Bob Beaman

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The Bob Beaman was 2010-2019 a famous techno club in Munich district Maxvorstadt .

History and venue

Sound and light architecture

The Bob Beaman opened in October 2010. In 2009, the founders of Bob Beaman received the offer to convert the data center of a bank in the Gabelsberg Tower built by Alexander von Branca into a club. The concept was to make an optimized sound experience the central theme of the club according to the motto form follows function and to offer the best possible room acoustics. For this purpose, the club was planned from the inside out and a room-in-room construction developed by architects and acousticians, so that the club consisted of 90 percent walls made of dark maritime pine with 8000 holes and no wall was parallel to another . A Martin sound system was installed for optimal sound reinforcement and matched to the room situation. The DJ booth was cast in concrete in order to avoid the slightest vibration and interference when the vinyl is placed on it. Otherwise, the club was furnished in a very pure style and largely without seating to focus on dancing. With this concept of aligning everything to acoustic requirements and conceiving a techno club as a concert hall, the Bob Beaman set new standards for the sound architecture of clubs at the time. The club was thus also referred to as the “Philharmonic among Munich clubs”. Due to its excellent sound properties, among other things, the club was soon considered one of the best in Germany and Europe.

In addition to the sound architecture, the club's suspended light ceiling was repeatedly highlighted in the media. Initially, the lighting system was controlled by a light jockey, in later years it responded to the sound using sound sensors. The Süddeutsche Zeitung described the honeycomb-like light installation as a “kaleidoscope sky” under which “the waking and sleeping relationships could be turned around”.

DJs, music and scene

The Bob Beaman not only became famous for its sound architecture, but also made a name for itself within a very short time with its first-class booking and was soon considered to be one of the best clubs in Europe. The club was considered a venue for mainly internationally known DJs and live acts from the fields of techno and house , including DJ Hell , Carl Craig , Green Velvet , Kerri Chandler , Guy Gerber , Seth Troxler , Chris Liebing , Solomun , Henrik Schwarz , Monika Kruse , Nina Kraviz , Move D , Rainer Trüby , DJ Koze , Hans Nieswandt , DJ Sprinkles , George FitzGerald , Loco Dice , Moonbootica , Agoria , Dixon , Shit Robot , Tama Sumo , MANDY , Sascha Braemer , Âme , Felix Kröcher , Matthew Dear , Christian Prommer , Robert Owens, Kink, Butch, Honey Dijon and Gerd Janson. The club's booker and creative director was David Muallem. Resident DJs included Muallem, among others, Roland Appel , Sascha Sibler and Leo Küchler. After the booker and the resident DJs left the Bob Beaman in 2016 to found the Blitz Club , the club realigned itself and hip-hop and drum'n'bass have now also been included in the musical program.

Well-known events at Bob Beaman included the 3-day SMiLE festival and the event series The Art of Dance . DJ Hell regularly organized his Bavarian Gigolo Nights in the club . The World League Club Night, which has been held in Munich since the 1990s, also took place regularly in the Bob Beaman.

Due to its excellent acoustics, the Bob Beaman was also interesting as a concert hall for other musical styles. Classical concerts were regularly held in the club, including the Munich Philharmonic , the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the winners of the ARD and Echo Music Awards at Bob Beaman.

Other facilities

Outside the club, the Bob Beaman had an outdoor area where daily raves were held regularly during the summer months . However, the volume and garbage problems of the club repeatedly led to complaints from residents.

End of the club

Surprisingly and without any omens, the club announced its end in August 2019, which resulted in a corresponding response in the media. The reason for the closure was that the landlords of the building had announced their own needs. Since the closure occurred during the club's summer recess, there was also no closing party. Shortly before the end of the club, there was another operator change in spring 2019. In February 2020, in connection with the surprising end of the club, there was a legal dispute between the old and the last operators over the transfer fee for the facility and the rental deposit.

Bob Beaman as a film location

The Bob Beaman is a central location in the movie Safari - Match Me If You Can from 2018, in which the protagonists in the scene club get to know each other after making contact via a dating app. The shooting in the club took place with the main actors and around 90 extras in the late summer of 2017.

reception

The Bob Beaman was one of the most famous Munich clubs of the 2010s with regular reporting in national, national and international media. In the Resident Advisor Ranking, the Bob Beaman was rated as one of the most popular clubs in Munich, and for the longest time it was in existence, it was ranked 3rd. The specialist magazine Groove rated the Bob Beaman one of the best clubs in Europe "not just because of its sound". The Goethe-Institut named this Bob Beaman as an example of the club deaths of the late 2010s.

Web links

Commons : Bob Beaman  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 45.9 ″  N , 11 ° 34 ′ 28.6 ″  E