Yet, 30 years after the techno scene awakened at the first Love Parade, Berlin club culture is increasingly coming under threat.Among those sounding a warning is one of the world's most prominent DJs and techno producers, Zak Khutoretsky, better known as DVS1. Tel: +44(0)7940488008A new documentary about Berlin’s techno scene and electronic music history is coming this week.Sound of Berlin, set for release this Friday, 18th May, is a one-hour documentary that explores the German capital’s rich club culture and long-standing status as one of the global epicentres for electronic music.Executive produced by Hermes Eck and produced by Franziska Koch and Carolina Thiele, Sound of Berlin features artists interviews with Juan Atkins, Pan-Pot, Mathias Kaden, Monolink and Marc Houle, who also provided the film’s score. "Either you find a solution or the whole thing goes down the drain." "In Berlin, you can be freer than anywhere else in the world," Ciura gushes. They come for the diverse venues, the quality of the music, the special free atmosphere.
And this is no isolated case in Berlin.The famous Tresor club, for example, is said to have only received rental agreements for a period of three months. ven, set 11, 23:00 Without a doubt, Berlin’s most famous techno club, Berghain stands at the foundation of the city’s reputation as the nightlife capital of the world.
Or are big property investors driving the clubs out of their longstanding locations? The grounds of the Griessmühle, a vast former pasta factory, seemed the ideal place to do so.
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"Long-term leases are no longer available in the inner city ring," complains Ciura, who speaks of the ongoing "fear of being thrown out." "Criticizing Berlin's Berghain club as a place that enables sex, drugs and sleep-deprived partying, an AfD councilwoman proposed closing it. (19.04.2018)
Currently, his rental contract has only been extended until the beginning of 2020. Every week, thousands of techno fans from all over the world flock to Berlin's legendary clubs. Following a backlash, the party distanced itself and said it stopped the plan. These include Griessmühle in the south of the city, founded by David Ciura eight years ago.The 30-year-old today can point to a proud record. Save Berlin Tekk w/ Die Gebrüder Brett, Kopf & Hörer, Leigh Johnson to your collection. The clubs are taking a beating from big investors, gentrification and techno tourists.
At the start of the COVID-19 crisis, Netflix postponed the release of "Biohackers," as some scenes felt "disturbing." "Like me, I think Berghain tries to protect the aesthetics of the underground," said DVS1. Create your NAKT club outfit to get ready for your next techno rave or festival. But for how long?
The question remains whether other clubs can sustain their character, and economic existence, despite the many threats. Arguably the world’s most famous techno club, Berghain in Berlin hasn’t rumbled with 130 beats per minute since March, silenced by the coronavirus pandemic.
A new documentary about Berlin’s techno scene and electronic music history is coming this week.
Another nine clubs are considered to be endangered.
DW columnist Gero Schliess went to a rare art event at the famous techno club - and got to know a totally new side to it. But this alone will hardly be enough to ensure the clubs' survival.There's a lot at stake: Berlin arguably possesses the world's most distinctive and lively club scene, not only because of legendary headline clubs such as Berghain, Tresor and Watergate, but also due to the constant emergence of new clubs — some of which spring up illegally.These new grassroot club culture foundations are an expression of the freedom that Berlin still represents today.
Ideas range from more efficient light and cooling systems to generating energy through dancing. And there's an even bigger goal.
That could happen, for example, if an investor offered so much money for the Griessmuehle location that the owner of the site decided to sell.According to Ciura, the techno clubs have helped pull Berlin out of its slumber over the last decade "And now, after such a short time, it would be a pity to have to sacrifice it all," he says. Techno DJ DVS1 is concerned that a thriving club scene is coming under threatThe DJ's concerns have many potential origins. Awakenings Festival. What is technically a gay or fetish club welcomes every one…as long as they are able to make it past the Berghain’s very own Charon, Sven, who guards the door in adherence to a very strict and enigmatic entrance policy. (12.02.2019)What happens in Berghain stays in Berghain.