Origins The origins of the club lie in the monthly Ultraworld parties on the grounds of an alternative cultural center in Munich's
Oberföhring borough, which was called
Kulturstation and often also hosted punk concerts. The techno club nights were inspired by the nascent techno scene in Berlin and especially the clubs
Tresor and
Planet at that time. Because of the popularity of the parties and the lack of ventilation, the music had to be interrupted every two hours and to open the windows in order to supply sufficient oxygen.
Ultraschall I On 17 June 1994 the first Ultraschall club was opened by Peter Wacha, David Süss and Dorothea Zenker in the former
canteen kitchen of the recently decommissioned
Munich-Riem Airport. The club is considered to be the first pure techno club in Munich, after earlier clubs in the city also had other music genres in their program besides techno (such as
Parkcafé,
Nachtwerk,
Pulverturm,
Tanzlokal Größenwahn or
Babalu Club). Moreover, large parts of the club were fitted out with spaceship decorations taken from the science fiction movie
The High Crusade. With such
avant-garde decorations, and the overall concept of an "world of experience", where beyond the music also light installations and
video art played an important role, Ultraschall achieved international fame. The crew members and
resident DJs of the club included
DJ Hell,
Monika Kruse,
Richard Bartz and
Acid Maria. The new premises were much larger than the first Ultraschall and allowed to establish two dance floors. The main floor was located in the factory's former swimming pool for washing potatoes and, as with the first Ultraschall club, was completely lined with white ceramic tiles and divided by columns. The floor tiles were later covered by a wooden floor. The space, characterized by simple geometric shapes, had the ambience of an industrial production site, but due to its strong angularity it did not have the atmosphere of a warehouse club. The main floor was known for the cold clanking sound, as well as for the wooden floor which was vibrating strongly due to the basses. Due to its decoration with green
flokati, the second floor became known as the
Green Room. Since 1998 this room served as a home base for the popular
Flokati House Club, which was initiated by
Tobi Neumann and in the 2000s moved on to the
Harry Klein Club when Ultraschall closed. On Saturdays, the green room served as the
chill out for the
Main Floor, which provided space for 1,500 people and where international acts such as
Jeff Mills,
Carl Craig,
Jay Denham or
Green Velvet played. Just as the Ultraschall I, its successor put a lot emphasis on decoration, light installations and
video art by the
Highflyer crew, and both incarnations of the club are considered as being some of the best decorated venues of all time. The club also launched the careers of many of its residents, some of which became important representatives of the German techno scene themselves. Famous resident DJs of Ultraschall include
DJ Hell,
Monika Kruse,
Richard Bartz,
Acid Maria and
Tobi Neumann. Ultraschall and Munich-based techno labels such as
International DeeJay Gigolo Records,
Disko B and
Kurbel Records formed a close network, and the club was used as a test platform for all new records of these labels. Further the club was used by the labels to get to know and enlist guest DJs, such as for example
Blake Baxter,
I-F or
Abe Duque. The other part of the Ultraschall crew opened the club
Rote Sonne, which reminds of the
Ultraworld and also became one of Europe's most popular techno clubs. In the 2010s, the
Nox Club was the last venue that resided in the former bar area of the Ultraschall, before the factory building was demolished in January 2016, in order to create space for the planned
Werksviertel working and residential district. == Gallery ==