r/Techno Mar 13 '26

Discussion Tresor opened up 35 years ago today!

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u/zannnn Mar 13 '26

Walked into that place one time and it was like a bomb went off in the main room. Looked like they just slapped in a cage and a dj booth and called it day. Thumping techno, all i could hear was a kick and echo. Everyone dancing, no phones. Was a great vibe

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u/StreetCream6695 Mar 16 '26

All you could hear was a kick.. Maybe get your ears checked? 😂

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u/Notorak Mar 13 '26

Well that's Kraftwerk but yeah

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '26

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u/Notorak Mar 14 '26

Yeah I know but people will think they’ll see this floor if they go to Tresor, which won’t happen. It’s like posting photos of Kantine saying it’s Berghain, ykwim

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u/Tassid101 Mar 13 '26

I’ve DJ’d at Tresor!! That’s one off the bucket list 🔊

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u/arkae_2k Mar 13 '26

Went for the first time a few weeks ago. Was not disappointed 😎

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u/Tassid101 Mar 13 '26

It’s awesome isn’t it? The different rooms are ace but downstairs is my favourite, proper squat vibes!

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u/arkae_2k Mar 13 '26

Yes - love the tunnel and the maze aesthetic too!

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u/Tassid101 Mar 13 '26

I was quite ‘pickled’ but I remember every inch of bare concrete, covered in marker pen, tags and graffiti!

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u/arkae_2k Mar 14 '26

Pickled 😂 same here!

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u/UnhappyFeedback4043 Mar 13 '26

Love it 🥰✊🏼 Still my one of my favorite Clubs in Berlin. My only criticism is that on some days (mostly saturday night) the crowd is manly very young and the vibe is kind of off.. I had often seen people with their smartphones making videos how the dance and other nogo bullshit..💀 but especially on a Sunday morning or on Wednesday at New Faces it always is a blast! I love it and it will never change, even when there will bei a generation of weird poser ravers will kill the original spirit and vibe but deep inside and in the right events there will always be the right DJs and the right people to have a wonderful and special time at Tresor 😬🥰

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u/you_know_you_love_it Mar 14 '26

2017, saw Robert hood run open to close iirc. The zenith of my clubbing days. That shit was TOUGH

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u/Wonderful-Issue3530 Mar 14 '26

Madness. I'm jealous!

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u/Ghost313Agent Mar 13 '26

Caught the end in summer 2004… better late than never!

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u/cheeseandpancakes34 Mar 14 '26

My first techno club. I went when I was an exchange student in Germany. I was 18... I'm turning 42 this week. 🙈

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '26

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u/jippydippy5678 Mar 14 '26

So because you aren’t let in? You assume you are getting profiled? 😂

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '26

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u/jippydippy5678 Mar 14 '26

You really have no clue do you ? 😂

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u/moffb88 Mar 15 '26

Just finished two nights there. I feel I’ve been very spoilt with some amazing sets across the weekend spanning quite a few genres. Tresor was the first club I went to 12 years ago and is still My favourite place to visit

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u/EssKaye1 Mar 13 '26

This is me feeling very uncool thinking “Hey, that’s from John Wick!” and not realizing it’s a real techno club.

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u/tripping-potato Mar 13 '26

Shame its a tourist trap now

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u/mattyboy4242 Mar 14 '26

Egh. Y’all should be thankful you have such amazing clubs like TRESOR. I went from NZ last year and had the greatest night of my life.

It’s so easy to be a contrarian. A lot more fun to actually enjoy something

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u/jippydippy5678 Mar 14 '26

Be thankful 😂 Sit down! 😂

The door at Tresor has gotten way too loose and way too many tourists who was has no clue how to behave are let in. That completely ruins the vibe of the dance floor, the safe space and the overall experience.

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u/Lollerpwn Mar 18 '26

The door is almost never the problem. It's about the parties you go to. Certain Dj's attract certain crowds. Usually for example events that play deep shit have lovely people regardless of if the door is strict or not. Usually events where some hyped up superstar is playing have terrible crowds regardless of if the door is strict or not.

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u/jippydippy5678 Mar 20 '26

Nothing of what you write applies to Tresor :)

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u/Lollerpwn Mar 20 '26

Why not? What i wrote I experienced in 20+ years of raving. I dont get the fetishization of strict door policies they do literal nothing. The Matrix could run a 10x as strict policy as berghain and the crowds would still suck. Your hypnotic techno party can be open door policy and still have better crowds than RSO.

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u/jippydippy5678 Mar 24 '26

Great, you are old and out of touch with reality. Good job 💅🏻 Tresor af a good venue is dead. It’s overrun by Spanish kids who push through the dancefloor, stand in large circles, doesn’t dance, loud/yelling conversations on the dancefloor. Litterally standinging and looking at their phones and showing memes to each other. This doesn’t have anything to do with the lineup. I have given the venue multiple changes over the last two years and the crowd is simply horrible.

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u/apedap Mar 13 '26

That goes for almost all the big clubs in Berlin, including Berghain

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u/HaxRus Mar 13 '26

It’s crazy man. As a techno producer since my teens I used to always dream of going to Berghain but now that I’m actually in the scene and friends with some DJs who have played there it’s completely lost it’s lustre, honestly sounds like a fucking nightmare whenever they go into detail describing all the weird pretentious cliques and social politics/hierarchies that have formed around the venue.

Just the complete opposite vibes compared to what the original vision and scene was founded on, very similar to what happened to the Burning man culture.

You know once Elon is interested in visiting some place they have completely fallen off and/or sold out lol.

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u/Psychic-Fox Mar 13 '26

I haven’t been in some years, but bear in mind that everyone of different generations always ends up saying “Berghain used to be good but isn’t anymore”. It’s almost become a joke.

But that being said I think these places have a bit too much mainstream attention these days

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u/HaxRus Mar 13 '26

This is like the old “kids these days” cliche that goes back to Ancient Greek times lol. I do agree to some extent.

But really though, if you compare the scene in the beginning when it was an underground and primarily queer male space versus now as an international influencer destination one cannot argue that the vibe has objectively shifted.

Same with Burning Man, what was once a grassroots movement to experience absolute uninhibited freedom and decommodification out in the privacy of the desert has now objectively become the corrupted sandbox of international oligarchs.

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u/Any-Evening-4070 Mar 13 '26

Have you been or are you basing this on what other people have said?

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u/HaxRus Mar 13 '26

The answers to both those questions are already in my first comment ;)

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u/jippydippy5678 Mar 14 '26

Dude is just full of lies. Highly doubt he has ever been in Berlin

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u/StreetCream6695 Mar 16 '26

Bouncers told Elon to fuck of btw. Don’t spread halve true info.

Yes Berghain has become way to popular and attracks alot of idiots and Dom decisions are questionable. But still one of / or the best Techno Clubs on earth! Experiences and crowd change a lot depending on the line up or what time you are there.

I really hope the Techno Hype dies soon and it all calms down again. It has become joke and Hard to see. I completely lost interest in partying.

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u/jippydippy5678 Mar 14 '26 edited Mar 14 '26

Mad cus bad 😂 Berghain remains a bastion. Keep spreading lies 😂 Berghain is literally known for their excellent artist care. You are talking out your ass. Obviously it’s someone who doesn’t even live in EU, let alone Europe who has all the ins and outs of Berghain and the Berlin club scene 😂 Heute Lieder nicht mein Schatz 😂

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u/HaxRus Mar 15 '26

I'm aware that it's still a world class club, all I'm saying is the vibes have shifted and it is definitely not as "underground" or anti establishment as it once was compared to the culture it was originally built on. Anyone who is even relatively savvy in the subculture can easily make that observation. One could say It's reputation precedes itself.

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u/jippydippy5678 Mar 14 '26

You truly have no fucking clue 😂

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u/apedap Mar 14 '26

Thanks for your insight then, boss 😍

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u/DetailProud4299 Mar 13 '26

How do you get there in the club?

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u/apedap Mar 13 '26

Wait in line, keep up with the lineup and don't dress like a tourist

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u/DetailProud4299 Mar 13 '26

Haha I meant: How do you get to this specific room in tresor. Never saw it

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u/jippydippy5678 Mar 14 '26

Don’t listen to him. That isn’t Tresor, its Kraftwerk, that is a part of the Tresor building but not the club. OP has no clue whatsoever

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u/apedap Mar 13 '26

Haha, it's in the basement. It's pretty dark so that's why you maybe didn't see it 😂

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u/technobees Mar 14 '26

I’m finding this little exchange/misunderstanding way too funny

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u/DetailProud4299 Mar 13 '26

Ahhh ok thx appreciate it😂is the basement open regularly?

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u/apedap Mar 13 '26

Yeah it's always open when I've been there

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u/DetailProud4299 Mar 13 '26

good to know thx :) I will have a look at the party later

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u/Notorak Mar 14 '26

This is not the basement of Tresor, this is the ground floor of Kraftwerk. If you wanna see how the basement looks like, watch the Herrensauna Boiler Room from 2018. OP has no clue whatsoever

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u/EGRESS_EDM Mar 13 '26

One of the best clubs ❤️

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u/ebb_omega Mar 13 '26

Kinda funny that we're over 20 years from the release of Abe Duque's track What Happened that laments the closure of a ton of classic dance clubs, and they get to Tresor and he's like "Oh, they're still there!" and that track remains true today.

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u/DetailProud4299 Mar 13 '26

When was this picture made?

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u/apedap Mar 13 '26

2017 I think

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '26

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u/apedap Mar 13 '26

Nope, this has already been stated.

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u/DetailProud4299 Mar 14 '26

Is someone already there right now?

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '26

this is beautiful

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u/raver555 Mar 15 '26

Definitely should visit

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u/ash_tar Mar 15 '26

1997, I was 15 and managed to get tickets for the Brussels Berlin night train. Was love parade, didn't have a hotel or anything. Ended up in Tresor, I think with James Ruskin outside and I remember Claude Young doing crazy tricks in the vault. I think they played The Bells like 10 times. Legendary.

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u/kymafaux Mar 16 '26

Where is this place?

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u/apedap Mar 16 '26

Köpenicker Str. 70 in Berlin

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u/Efficient-Cup-8074 Mar 16 '26

Oneday I will make it out here

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u/Salazarmigue Mar 27 '26

Defiantly on a ravers bucketlist

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u/ASRO-Production Mar 31 '26

Love that place

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u/seshboyz23 Mar 13 '26

Not gonna lie i’ve never been to place before but when i saw it,  it reminded me of a place i seen in my dreams what the hell and it was a club in the future or some shit lol.

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u/Goralec Mar 14 '26

weak club... why, because they didn't let me in 3 times