Chris Liebing

This documentary gives a voice to organizers, DJs and party guests. Through their memories and confessions as well as unpublished videos and photos 20 years of history come back to life.

As one-half of the Grammy award-winning duo "Deep Dish", Iranian-American Ali Shirazinia (aka 'Dubfire') has established himself as one of the world's most successful DJs and producers. But the road to success was not an easy one. With candid interviews from family, childhood friends, industry peers, and fellow artists, this film takes an intimate and honest look inside the nuanced world of dance music. This is an aspirational story about pursuing your passion, daring to dream big, and the challenges that come with success. It is an insider's look at what its like to be an electronic music artist from Above Ground Level.

About the infamous techno club Aufschwung Ost/Stammheim in Kassel, Germany. The Techno Club "Aufschwung Ost" opened it's doors in 1994 in Kassel and in 1996 changed it's name to "Stammheim". In the first two years of it's opening it was chosen twice as best German Techno club and as a result Kassel became a magnet for hundreds of techno fans from all over Germany.

Electronic music from Germany is famous all over the world. Party tourists from all over the world come to Berlin because of it. The starting point is Sven Väth's legendary club Omen in the 90s. A lively techno scene emerges throughout Germany. In the east, Leipzig develops into a center. Away from the metropolises, legendary venues emerge, such as Nature One, one of the biggest festivals in Europe. Sven Väth, Monika Kruse, Paul van Dyk, Anja Schneider, Matthias Tanzmann and many more tell us why techno and house are so successful in Germany.