[Dancecult-l] The Fuckparade 07: Berlin's Mobile Hardcore Carnival

[Graham St John]

Story on this year's Berlin Fuckparade at my blog:
http://edgecentral.blogspot.com/2007/08/fuckparade-07-berlins-mobile-hardcore.html


August 18 2007, I made the 10th anniversary of Berlin's Fuckparade, 
self-described as "an international political network of sub-, club-, 
and youth cultures". From its kick-off on Karl-Marx-Allee (formerly 
Stalin Allee and scene of the 1953 Uprising) I landed amidst a 
sensational protestival rolling its way through the district of 
Friedrichshain, formerly in the east and once separated from 
Kreuzberg by the Berlin Wall. Following reunification, Friedrichshain 
would become a creative hub for young artists and musicians attracted 
to the area's low rent accommodation, squats and cultural centres. 
Each featuring its own sound system, DJ line-up and speakers 
positioned to the rear, about a dozen audio floats sounded out 
predominantly Gabba and other hardcore styles, amid Jungle/DnB, 
Techno, House, Electro, live bands and MCs. Throughout the afternoon 
and into the early evening, the motley cavalcade saw up to 5,000 
tailgaters revelling in the exhaust of these crawling breakneck 
rhythm machines. Under heavy police presence and surveillance, the 
parade toured significant sites in the local alternative milieu, 
terminating finally at the former railway maintenance yard, the 
Reichsbahn Ausbesserungs Werk Franz Stenzer, now the RAW Tempel, a 
large non-profit alternative community arts organisation.

[[see blog for more]]
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