Ultrasound (club)

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The ultrasound II in the potato drying plant of the former Pfanni works

The ultrasound was a techno club in Munich that existed from June 17, 1994 to January 31, 2003.

history

The club, often referred to as U-Schall or Schall for short , included the Berlin clubs Tresor and E-Werk , the Frankfurt establishments Dorian Gray and Omen and the clubs KW - Das Heizkraftwerk , Natraj Temple and Millennium in, which were also located in Munich at the time in the 1990s one of the best-known techno culture clubs in Germany. According to FazeMag , the ultrasound was “for many techno fans, next to the safe, the most authentic techno club”.

Origins

The origin of the ultrasound lay in the monthly Ultraworld parties on the site of an alternative cultural center, in which mostly punk concerts were held ( Kulturstation in Oberföhring , today's Kafe Kult ). These club nights were very much inspired by the burgeoning Berlin techno scene and particularly by the Tresor and Planet clubs . They are among the very first events in Munich where electronic music was played. Due to the great popularity of the parties and the lack of ventilation , it was necessary to interrupt the music for about 10 minutes every two hours in order to open the windows and supply new oxygen.

Ultrasound i

On June 17, 1994, the ultrasound by Dorothea Zenker, Peter Wacha and David Süss opened in the former large kitchen of the canteen of the former Munich-Riem airport , which was then converted into a cultural center (now known as ultrasound I or old ultrasound ). The club is considered the first pure techno club in Munich after only a few club nights and raves had previously taken place in the Bavarian capital (including in the Parkcafé, in the Nachtwerk and in the Babalu Club). A special feature of the club was that it was almost completely lined with white ceramic tiles. Large parts of the club were also decorated with spaceship backdrops from the science fiction film High Crusade . With such avant-garde decorations and the overall concept of the club as a "world of experience", in which, in addition to music, light installations and video art also took up a lot of space, the Ultrasound I gained an international reputation . The members of the Ultraworld crew and resident DJs of the club included DJ Hell , Monika Kruse , Richard Bartz and Acid Maria . The parties in the ultrasound were often considered experimental and wild. Monika Kruse describes an event as follows: “The entire dance floor was set up as a huge bed. People would come by and grab mushrooms or just bring their bong. Everyone was lying on the floor talking. The club was jam-packed without any dancing. ”Since the grounds of the old Munich airport were needed for the trade fair town of Riem , the cultural center was closed in the summer of 1996. So the ultrasound I had to close too.

Ultrasound II

The entire Riem cultural center moved to the Kunstpark Ost in Munich's Berg am Laim district near Munich's Ostbahnhof . The ultrasound was reopened there in the potato drying plant of the former Pfanni works under the name Ultrasound II on September 13, 1996 by Michi Kern and colleagues. The new premises were considerably larger and thus offered the possibility of setting up two floors . The main floor was tiled in white on all four sides, divided by columns and self-contained. The space, characterized by simple geometric shapes, had the ambience of an industrial production facility, but not the atmosphere of a warehouse club due to its strong angularity. The main floor was known for the clanking, cold sound caused by the reflective tiles on the walls, as well as for the wooden floor, which vibrated strongly from the bass. The second floor soon became known as the “ Green Room ” due to the decoration with green flokati fabric . From 1998 this room served as the home base for the Flokati House Club, initiated by Tobi Neumann and others , which moved to the Harry Klein disco in 2004 . On Saturdays, the room was mainly used as a chill-out for the main floor, which can hold around 1,500 people and which is also regularly used by international DJs such as Jeff Mills , Carl Craig , Jay Denham and Green Velvet . Like the Ultrasound I, the successor also attached great importance to light installations and live mixed visuals , which were realized by the Highflyer crew. The second ultrasound also acquired the reputation of being one of the best decorated venues in techno culture. With the end of the Kunstpark Ost, the Ultraschall II closed its doors on January 31, 2003, after negotiations with the city of Munich and the operators of the Kultfabrik about a further operation were unsuccessful.

successor

The Octagon Club officially opened in the converted halls of the Ultrasonic II main floor on March 12, 2005 , after phosphorus had already tried to start again in 2004 . Some of the employees and shareholders of the Ultraschall GmbH (= carrier company of the Ultraschall II ) now operate the Harry Klein , which embodied the green space in the ultrasound. The other part now runs the Rote Sonne club , which is reminiscent of the Ultraworld from back then. Most recently, the Nox Club resided in the premises of the former ultrasound bar before the low-lying factory building was demolished in January 2016 to make room for the new factory district.

Web links

Commons : Ultrasound (club)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. cf. Ronald Hitzler , Michaela Pfadenhauer: A post-traditional community: integration and distinction in the techno scene . In: Frank Hillebrandt, Georg Kneer , Klaus Kraemer (eds.): Loss of security? Lifestyles between multiple options and scarcity . VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften 1998 / Springer-Verlag 2013, ISBN 978-3-531-13228-0 , p. 85, 4th footnote , doi : 10.1007 / 978-3-322-83316-7 .
  2. 20 legendary clubs that unfortunately no longer exist. In: Faze magazine . November 11, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2017 .
  3. Patrick Gruban: Ultrasound. In: X-Letter. May 21, 1995. Retrieved October 13, 2017 .
  4. a b Take a virtual trip through Munich's most famous 90's techno club. In: Electronic Beats. October 13, 2017, accessed October 13, 2017 .
  5. a b Sven von Thülen: The sound of the ultrasound: The birth of the Munich techno scene. In: The filter. December 10, 2014, accessed June 27, 2017 .
  6. Alex Woolaver: Monika Kruse: Clubs don't want to be involved in political discussions these days. October 25, 2018, accessed April 26, 2020 .
  7. Karin Gabler: Der Yogamann , AGHZ, No. 2010/3, January 16, 2010.
  8. Club design. In: De: Bug . January 26, 2000, accessed April 26, 2020 .
  9. Tanith : The Oral History of the Munich Ultrasound. In: Tanithblog. October 16, 2014, accessed June 27, 2017 .
  10. Highflyer Munich. In: De: Bug . March 21, 2001, accessed April 26, 2020 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 7 ′ 32.5 ″  N , 11 ° 36 ′ 24 ″  E