Butane Club
The Butane Club (also butane for short ) was an EDM club in the Heckinghausen district of Wuppertal . It was one of the most famous discos in Germany and has received many internationally successful DJs over the years .
history
The Butan Club was founded in December 1999 by Tobias Wicht in the former Tielmann meat factory next to the Heckinghauser gas boiler not far from the Wuppertal-Oberbarmen train station with an investment volume of 200,000 DM . Initially, the club focused exclusively on the techno and house segments, and from 2001 rock parties were also held under the name Rockoko . In 2009 the Butan Club was one of three locations for the 400th A State Of Trance program, alongside Club Air in Birmingham and Maassilo in Rotterdam . In 2012 the well-known sound of butane series started .
The club had four floors . Since the lease could not be extended, the operators announced the closure of the club after 21 years at the end of 2018.
Festivals
With increasing popularity, butane was also a regular guest at or co-organizer of festivals. The club had its own stages at the Love Parade or Ruhr in Love , its own floor at Nature One and was often co-organizer of after-show parties at the Love Parade. In 2018, butane was one of the side shows of the BigCityBeats World Club Dome in Düsseldorf.
Guest appearances
Numerous nationally and internationally successful DJs performed in Butan, including Adam Beyer , Alan Fitzpatrick , Armand Van Helden , Armin van Buuren , Carl Cox , Chris Liebing , Deadmau5 , Deichkind , Extrawelt , Felix Kröcher , Fritz Kalkbrenner , Jeff Mills , Joseph Capriati , Green Velvet , Neelix , Paul van Dyk , Richie Hawtin , Steve Mason , Sven Väth , Tiësto , Tom Novy or WestBam . Butane's resident DJ was Frank Sonic .
review
Several well-known specialist magazines such as DJ Mag or Faze Magazin describe butane as “legendary” and one of the best-known and most successful German techno clubs. Faze Magazine describes the club as "a nationally and internationally recognized brand". According to DJ Mag, the club was also one of the “best-known institutions for electronic music in Germany”.
From 2006 to 2008 the club received the German Disco Award for clubs up to 1000 m². The established Fanzine Partysan voted the club among the ten best clubs in Germany in 2012. The Raveline awarded the “Club of the Year” prize in 2006 and 2010 to Butane. Faze Magazin listed the club as the best clubs in Germany in 2013 and regularly among the five best clubs in the years that followed until it was closed.
successor
As early as March 2019, the former butane premises were used by the successor Kulturgut Wuppertal . This sees itself as a combined club and cultural operation with the aim of protecting the premises and preserving them for the local club scene. At the opening ceremony on March 1st, not only local artists but also well-known greats such as Extrawelt , Riley Reinhold and Criss Source performed . In addition to parties, there will also be space for readings, poetry slams , concerts, jazz evenings and theater in the future.
On August 5, 2019, the operators of the Wuppertal cultural property announced that the previously calculated costs would have to be exceeded many times over in order to be able to maintain operations.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c 20 legendary clubs that unfortunately no longer exist in Faze Magazine on January 21, 2019
- ↑ a b The Butan Club Wuppertal - A legend comes before it goes in Gringoz Magazine on October 30, 2018
- ↑ a b Butan Club: Legendary disco will be closed this year! in DJ Mag from September 2, 2018
- ↑ Väth rocks Butan-Club in taz from March 20, 2004
- ↑ a b Partysan Award 2012: Best Club in Germany in Partysan from January 24, 2013
- ↑ World Club Dome in Düsseldorf relies on club atmosphere in the stadium on waz.de from October 2, 2018
- ^ Butane Club - Open to close. An interview with the operator Tobias Wicht in Faze Magazin on October 5, 2018
- ↑ Club dying: This is behind the disappearance of the discos! in DJ Mag from September 2, 2018
- ↑ Desperados brings Steve Angello, Brooks - and many more to NRW! on iaatm.de from August 1, 2017
- ↑ Butane named Club of the Year - Tobi Wicht in an interview in Westdeutsche Zeitung on January 14, 2010
- ↑ Fazemag annual poll 2013: Club in Faze Magazin from February 3, 2014
- ↑ Fazemag annual poll 2014: Club in Faze magazine from February 20, 2015
- ↑ The 15 best clubs in Germany in Faze Magazine from December 31, 2015
- ↑ Fazemag annual poll 2016: Club in Faze Magazin from January 25, 2017
- ↑ Fazemag annual poll 2017: Club in Faze Magazin from February 12, 2018
- ^ Club Butan: Successor Kulturgut Wuppertal opens on Friday in Westdeutsche Zeitung on February 28, 2019
- ↑ The tradition of the Butane Club is to be continued on www.wuppertal-total.de from March 3, 2019
- ↑ Kulturgut Wuppertal on facebook.de from August 5, 2019