After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the city unified and a scene for electronic music emerged that had never been seen before. Abandoned places were turned into temporary nightclubs, and techno brought the East and West together before the reunification did, as people from both sides built a new party scene together in the ruins of the partition. With an abundance of deserted spaces suddenly made available to them, former no-man's land was transformed into raver's paradise. New clubs sprung up in unlikely spaces: an empty bank became a nightclub called Tresor, which means “vault.” An old salon was rechristened as “Friseur.” And an abandoned power plant was reborn as Berghain.

After the fall of the wall people divided by gender, race, sexuality and politics were united by their shared dedication to techno. The relief and freedom after the reunification was celebrated with non-stop parties and flourished through the strong underground scenes. For many, the repetitive techno rhythms, with bass that one can feel throughout the whole body, contributed to a feeling of unity creating equality on the dance floor.

Today, most of the techno clubs are located in either Kreuzberg or Friedrichshain, districts that are close but separated by the Spree, the river that, in this part of the city, also marked the border between East and West. The claiming of politically and commercially unmarked space that was available after the fall of the Wall formed the starting point for the development of alternative cultural clusters. In fact, after the wall came down many spaces were suddenly available for parties: power plants, bunkers, hangers, underground stations. In these places people felt a sense of liberation being able to dance in places where previously you might have been shot for trespassing.

For instance, one of the most famous clubs in Berlin, Tresor, represents a great example of this reunification: most of the building was destroyed during World War II, it was abandoned after the war, remaining located in the no-man's land between East and West Berlin. The club's founder, Dimitri Hegemann, happened to discover the space in 1991 and immediately knew that he had found a special place.

Techno in Germany was strongly influenced by US cities such as Chicago and Detroit. Different styles developed along the way coming from specific scenes around the world, each with their own characteristics. The newly reunified German capital contributed to the success of many of these styles, especially techno as the relief and freedom that Berliners felt after the reunification was a crucial driver for the development of this genre of music that managed to bring people closer who were once divided, finally able to dance in the same vibe.

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