Voodoobeats
The two Voodoobeats events mark the beginning of the later event activities. With local DJs and a consistent focus on underground techno, they formed the precursor to the later Voodooculture series.
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Overview
The archive is not meant as a complete collection of everything that ever existed. It shows curated excerpts that make specific phases, series and releases traceable. The events section forms the first major part, because most of the activity over the years happened there.
Events
Party Series
The event series consistently stood for underground techno beyond commercial club formats. Long nights were an essential part of the concept and unusual in Bremen in this form: many parties ran far into the morning, often until at least 11 a.m., sometimes even until noon.
Over the years, this became more than just a series of events. Many visitors identified with the environment, the music and the open atmosphere. The later slogan “Voodooculture – We Are Techno Family” describes exactly that: celebrating together without stress, exclusion or commercial gloss.
Voodooculture – Season 1
The first Voodooculture season developed into an independent underground techno series in Bremen. In contrast to more commercial techno formats, the focus was deliberately on harder, more uncompromising sound. The parties ran deep into the morning, usually at least until 11 a.m.
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Aquarius
Aquarius was a short, independent series at Neue Welt. The events were created in collaboration with Superstition from Hamburg and continued the underground techno context with local and international DJs.
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Voodooculture – Season 2
With the second Voodooculture season, the series was revived at Underdock. The long running times were especially distinctive: the events were officially promoted with “ends at 11 a.m.”, and sometimes continued until 1 or 2 p.m. This is also where the slogan “Voodooculture – We Are Techno Family” emerged.
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Voodooculture – Season 3
The third Voodooculture season continued the series at Magazinkeller. This phase also stayed true to the original idea: underground techno, local and international DJs and a clear counterpoint to commercial club formats.
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Further archive sections
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Still in progress
Still in progress
Press reactions
Press articles, newspaper clippings and early reactions to releases, CDs, vinyl and selected events.
Releases / Label Voodoomania
Releases, label context, tracks and remixes from earlier phases.
Radio
Radio activities, Joint Venture Radio Network and later broadcast contexts.