"Gutmair's chronicle is about another mise en scene ... namely that of the first electronic dance clubs. His descriptions of the sounds and smells, bass drums and breakbeats, the low-ceilinged and cinder-strewn dance floors transport one to those locations better than any film version of the day."The National"[A] fascinating work of cultural history.""[A] fascinating work of cultural history." "[A] fascinating work of cultural history."Society
List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsPreface to the English editionMap of LocationsI. How Long is Now?II. The Year of AnarchyIII. Occupying the Government DistrictIV. At the Elektro, Mauerstrasse 15V. The Nineteenth-Century 'Founders' of BerlinVI. U. S. P.Bibliography
Ulrich Gutmair works as cultural editor at the alternative Berlin-based newspaper taz.