Warehouse closing report
From Krass
Warehouse closing report by Christof Damian for planet.e
WAREHOUSE IN COLOGNE HAS BEEN CLOSED! ===================================== Last friday the 29.7.94 the police busted the Warehouse/Cologne. With about 300 policemen (150 of them went inside) the caught 4 people with illegal drugs and powders that are not identified yet. All of them are out of prison again, because they were between 18 and 23 years old and it was their first time dealing with the police. But the owner and manager of Warehouse Jena remains in prison. The Cologne police was observing the Warehouse the last three months and it will never be opened again. Too bad, I really liked the Warehouse. Everytime I visted my family in Bonn I went to the Warehouse too, a lot of the Warehouse DJs and the Manager were supporting the Housenation from the begining of Acid in Germany. For the Popcomm '94 there were 5 special evenings planned with lots of guest DJs in the Warehouse. Because the Ballhaus/Bonn is closed at the moment too, there are no places left in the area Cologne/Bonn where you are able to listen to really good DJs and innovative music. (There are still a lot of techno and house clubs left, but these are only cheap clones to make money, "low spirit"). If this is the beginning of a new politic of Cologne, than it might be a begining for a new underground. Because one thing is clear: They can put us in prison, they can forbid our party, they can take our drugs away, but the music is in our mind and our mind is free, and we will never stop dancing, because the beat goes on and on and on and on .... rave on Christof - Tuebingen, Germany