Mojo Club
The Mojo Club is a music club on the Reeperbahn in Hamburg. The club was founded in 1989 and was considered a pioneer in the field of modern breakbeat-oriented sounds such as acid jazz in the 1990s and was of great importance for the dance floor jazz .
history
The Mojo Club was founded in 1989 after the legendary "Beatbox" in Wuppertal, which began in 1988 to bring the most important figures of the international acid jazz scene to Germany via Gills Peterson. In 1991 he moved to the eastern end of the Reeperbahn in an empty, former bowling center. A characteristically wreathed "M" became the logo of the Mojo Club. In the Mojo Club, Gilles Peterson , Massive Attack , Moloko , the Propellerheads , Pizzicato Five , Roni Size , Goldie , the EZ Rollers and Kruder & Dorfmeister performed .
The “Electric Mojo” and “Dancefloor Jazz” club series established themselves there. There was also a complementary cultural program with the “Urban Poetry” and “Power Club” readings held since 1993, as well as Raphaël Marionneau's “Le Café Abstrait”. The latter paved the way for the chill-out sound in 1996 .
From 1992 to 1997 the Mojo Club in Hamburg ran two fashion stores called “Mojo-The Shop”.
The Mojo Club closed in April 2003 and the building was demolished in November 2009.
Between 2010 and 2012, three new buildings, the Dancing Towers, were built on the site at Reeperbahn 1, and the new Mojo Club was integrated into their common basement. The entrance is set into the forecourt Reeperbahn 1 and can be entered through two floor hatches, there is also a Mojo café on the ground floor. The opening, originally planned for September 1, 2012, was postponed several times and finally took place on February 2, 2013.
Discography
Dancefloor Jazz 1992-2008
The record label Universal Records brought out a sampler series called Mojo Club Presents Dancefloor Jazz , of which twelve episodes were published between 1992 and 2005; Episode 13 was released in 2008 by Edel Records . In 2013 Universal's Mojo Club Presents Dancefloor Jazz Compilations were re-released as a limited vinyl edition. The concert recording "Joyce Live at the Mojo Club" can musically be assigned to the dance floor jazz publications.
Electric Mojo, Remix albums 1997-2008
In terms of content, the two series Electric Mojo and The Remix Album , as well as the recordings by Michael Sauer, Pulser SG and Rogue Soul , can be assigned to the breakbeat- oriented club series Electric Mojo .
The Mojo Club Sessions - from 2014
This series, published in cooperation with Edel Records , is purely analogue recordings. From the microphones to the recording on Studer or Nagra tape machines, to mastering and cutting the music signal into the lacquer film, there is no need for digital aids. The recordings for this series are mixed on site and while the music is being created by up to 18 channels directly onto the two stereo tracks. The publication is only on record .
Complete catalog
- Mojo Club Presents Dancefloor Jazz (1992) CD, LP
- Mojo Club Presents Dancefloor Jazz, Vol. 2 "For What It's Worth" (1993) CD, LP
- Mojo Club Presents Dancefloor Jazz, Vol. 3 “Work to Do” (1994) CD, 2 LP
- Mojo Club Presents Dancefloor Jazz, Vol. 4 "Light My Fire" (1995) CD, LP
- Joyce - "Joyce Live at the Mojo Club" (1995) CD, LP
- Mojo Club Presents Dancefloor Jazz, Vol. 5 "Sunshine of Your Love" (1996) CD, 2 LP
- Mojo Club Presents Dancefloor Jazz, Vol. 6 “Summer in the City” (1997) CD, LP
- Electric Mojo, Vol. 1 “The New Format Jazz Sessions” (1997) CD, LP
- Electric Mojo, Vol. 2 “Are Friends Electric?” (1998) CD, LP
- Mojo Club Presents Dancefloor Jazz, Vol. 7 "Give Me Your Love" (1998) CD, 2 LP
- Mojo Club Presents Dancefloor Jazz, Vol. 8 "Love the One You're With" (1999) CD, 2 LP
- The Remix Album (1999) CD, 2LP
- Mojo Club Presents Dancefloor Jazz, Vol. 9 "Never Felt So Free" (2000) CD, 2 LP
- Mojo Club Presents Dancefloor Jazz, Vol. 10 "Love Power" (2001) CD, 2CD, 3LP
- The Remix Album, Part 2 (2001) CD, 2LP
- Michael Sauer vs. Phoneheads "Why and How" (2001) CD single
- Pulser SG - "How Do You Want It" (2001) CD single
- Mojo Club Presents Dancefloor Jazz, Vol. 11 "Right Now" (2002) CD, 2 LP
- Electric Mojo, Vol. 3 (2002) CD
- Mojo Club Presents Dancefloor Jazz, Vol. 12 “Feeling Good” (2005) CD, 2 LP
- Mojo Club Presents Dancefloor Jazz, Vol. 13 "If You Want My Love" (2008) CD, 2 LP
- Rogue Soul - "Rogue Soul" (2008) CD
- Shantel & Bucovina Club Orkestar - "The Mojo Club Session" (2014) 2 CP
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Edel Germany GmbH (Ed.): Das Vinylprogramm von Edel: Kultur, Vol . 2 , April 2013, p. 15 (accessed December 7, 2014 11:30 pm)
Coordinates: 53 ° 32 '58 " N , 9 ° 58' 4" E