France, May 18 -- Supporters of the bill, which would impose heavy fines and prison sentences on organisers of unauthorised raves - known as "free parties" - say the crackdown is about tackling the issues of public order, drugs, dangerous gatherings and damage to farmland.
But free party advocates say the fight is also about who gets to occupy public space in France.
They defend what they say is a counterculture - and the right to share music in a non-commercial setting without tickets, sponsors or official permission.
Peneau, an electronic music producer who goes by the name of Maelstrom, was around 16 when he started organising free parties in western France in the late 1990s.
At his home studio in Nantes, he spreads faded photographs...