Dr. Motte

This lost classic, shot on 16mm in a wintry Berlin in 1993, explores the origins of the German trance scene. Featuring interviews with fresh-faced selectors including Laurent Garnier and MFS Records founder Mark Reeder, the documentary also feature footage from the city's iconic Love Parades in 1991 and 1993.

The original Tresor was in many ways the quintessential Berlin club: located in an unrenovated vault beneath a bombed out department store, it opened its doors amidst the general confusion and ecstasy that swept across the city when the wall fell. Its low ceilings, industrial decor and generally unhinged atmosphere created an unprecedented platform not only for techno in Berlin, but also for the scene taking shape across the Atlantic in Detroit.

"Sound of Berlin" is a documentary about the electronic club and music scene in the German capital.

At the end of the Cold War, something new arised that should influence an entire generation and express their attitude to life. It started with an idea in the underground subculture of Berlin shortly before the fall of the Wall. With the motto "Peace, Joy, Pancakes", Club DJ Dr. Motte and companions launched the first Love Parade. A procession registered as political demonstration with only 150 colorfully dressed people dancing to house and techno. What started out small developed over the years into the largest party on the planet with visitors from all over the world. In 1999, 1.5 million people took part. With the help of interviews with important organizers and contemporary witnesses, the documentary reflects the history of the Love Parade, but also illuminates the dark side of how commerce and money business increasingly destroyed the real spirit, long before the emigration to other cities and the Love Parade disaster of Duisburg in 2010, which caused an era to end in deep grief.

Dans le cadre du Red Bull Music Festival, la boîte de nuit Funkhaus Berlin offre aux fêtards de tous âges un marathon techno exceptionnel. L’affiche alléchante et pléthorique mêle les pionniers du genre à leurs jeunes héritiers : Gudrun Gut, Mor Elian, Electric Indigo, Dr. Motte, DJ Rush, Tanith, DJ Hell, Antigone, Steffi, Nina Kraviz, Miss Kittin, Westbam. Réputée comme l’une des plus grandes métropoles techno au monde, Berlin attire depuis trois décennies les DJ les plus talentueux de leur génération, venus de tous les points de la planète. Pour célébrer trente ans de nuits berlinoises, le célèbre complexe musical Funkhaus Berlin a accueilli en septembre 2018 un événement exceptionnel, dans le cadre du Red Bull Music Festival;

The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.