Music, Makers & Machines – At the Club for a Good Time

The night is young

Explore the electronic music scene in 9 vibing cities

Tbilisi

(Club) cultural battles

Chicago

From House to Footwork

Lagos

The Art of Soundscaping

Bristol

Black British Culture

Tel Aviv

Explore legendary space Michatronix

Detroit

Where Techno was invented

New York

Beats in Space & Discwoman

Bucharest

The "Romanian Sound"

San Francisco

West Coast vibes

Spotlight on: Germany

Where clubbing culture came into it's own

Club Culture in Munich

From Giorgio Moroder to Blitz club

Frankfurt

Dorian Gray, Robert Johnson and Städelschule

Nineties Berlin

Open spaces, illegal raves and a thriving sub culture in a newly united Germany

Hamburg

Anarchy on the dancefloor

Kontor Records

25 years with legendary releases and parties

Which Berlin-based club is located in a former power plant?

Berghain

The United Kingdom of Rave

Electronic music in Great Britain

Dancing in the dark

Coming-of-age stories, safe spaces and new cathedrals

Three Stacks High

Sound system culture

Club Culture

An incomplete history

After The Rave

90s club culture in the UK

Spit, Sawdust and Spirit

Blackburn's Acid House parties

Dance Music Collectives

Finding strength in numbers

Electric Histories

From Rave to Garage

Clubbing Deconstructed

Looking for the origins of dance music

Squat Raves

Underground in 90s UK

25 Women Who Defined UK Youth Culture

A brief look at key influencers of the last 50 years

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Queer pioneers

Exploring the role of LGBTQ ravers in the history of electronic dance music

The Club Kids

From ballroom and disco to cybergoths and psytrance

LGBTQ + Club Culture

Club life as a self-image for young queers

Where the magic happens

The iconic places to feel the bass

Salon des Amateurs

The Düsseldorf club in the Kunsthalle

Amsterdam Dance Event

The world's most important conference for electronic music

Factory

Learn about Manchester's music scene

Berghain

Club of clubs

United We Stream

A simple idea unites club culture in its darkest hour

Spotlight on: Tresor

No other club has helped to define techno as much as Tresor

3D Object

The Coolest Door in Techno History

See what's on the other side of the door in 3D

History

Tresor Never Sleeps

Where East and West Berliners celebrated the fall of the Berlin Wall to relentlessly hard techno

History

How It Became a Hotspot

The history of Köpenicker Str. 126

Nocturnal spaces

Discover more about the history, design, and culture of the night club

The Importance of Nightclub Design

An under-appreciated art...

Clubs as Temporary Spaces

The fight against gentrification

Techno Capitalism

The globalization of electronic music

Repeating the beats

Going from the club to the concert hall to cultural phenomenon

Concerts

Sydney Ope-rave House

Club culture has made its mark at the Sydney Opera House

Installations

Nocturnal City

Exploring urban hubs and communities at Somerset House

Performances

The History of Electronic Music Live

From Grandmaster Flash to festivals held inside Minecraft

Festival

Melt! Festival

Partying in a Mad Max-like location

Exhibition

Sweet Harmony

The biggest art exhibition about rave culture

Art attack

How sound art and immersive installations combine

ISM Hexadome

Redefining museum experiences in 360°

Brian Eno

The Ship

Keith Haring

A commitment to club culture

Ryoji Ikeda + Carsten Nicolai

Media art and human perception

Sonic Boom

The art of sound

Claudia Skoda

Dressed to thrill

Emeka Ogboh + Jumoke Adeyanju

The art of soundscaping

Carsten Nicolai

Vision, sound, science and technology

Louis-Philippe Demers + Bill Vorn

A robotic participative performance

Laurie Anderson

The Withness of the Body

The history of club flyers

These artistic expressions are more than just a marketing tool

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Just Here For the Music

The artists, the genres, and the tracks

From legendary tracks to the studios that mixed them to the nightlife they inspire