It is just 6pm on an ordinary Tuesday in Berlin when people start to gather in front of a local dance venue. Instead of the usual black and punk outfits, typical of Berliners on nights out, people in yoga leggings and sneakers are lining to enter the club. Before going in, everyone shuts their phone and leaves their shoes at the entrance.<\/p>\n
Some people are sitting alone on the floor – a mix of colourful carpets – some are stretching while having a conversation. The club is quite compact, many people seem to know each other but it is not intimidating: there is space also for more introverted people who wish to enjoy the time by themselves.<\/p>\n
Like many other sober events, Tazen3000 starts with a movement workshop. Founded in 2021, it is the Berlin’s first ecstatic Dance collective, giving space to many music genres and bpm. This time the workshop aims to introduce creative ways to dance to electronic music, to later transition into a Dj set, where everyone is free to express themselves and move as they wish. This place has never known peer pressure.<\/p>\n\n
The mantra of all sober events.<\/p>\n
Today it seems younger generations are not willing to carry forward Berlin’s hedonistic characteristic culture. While taking a break from dancing, Marianna (26) from Venice, Laura (34) from Berlin and Jack (26) from London, answer the question ”What techno means to you?”<\/em> and explain why they’re choosing sober events over traditional ones.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa7 Listen here:<\/p>\n