Berghain Nights
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Buttons
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Clubbing
Cocktail D'Amore
dance
DJ
Electronic
Emma Warren
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Function
gay bar
Jeff Mills
kink
Kraftwerk
music
psychedelia
queer
Robert Hood
Tresor
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Product details
- ISBN 9781836390831
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Oct 2025
- Publisher: Reaktion Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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An Irish Times Book of the Year 2025
Liam Cagney is residing in a Berlin squat when one night he finds himself at Berghain. Fascinated by the strange techno and even stranger dance floor, he sets out to explore Berlin’s unique club culture in all its intensity. Berghain Nights is the result, the first major literary exploration of Berlin’s club scene.
Blending essay and memoir, Berghain Nights features interviews with major electronic dance music artists like Ellen Allien, Rrose, Luke Slater, Eris Drew and Function, alongside other figures from Berlin’s night-time economy and the history of techno. From kinky parties at KitKat Club to the industrial gloom of Tresor, from the queer garden of Buttons to the gay psychedelia of Cocktail d’Amore, Berghain Nights not only captures the excitement of Berlin’s clubs, it explores how spaces like these can help one find a truer self.
Liam Cagney is an Irish writer and
musicologist. His music writing appears
in publications including The Guardian,
The TLS, The Spectator and DJ Mag.
He was shortlisted for the White Review
Short Story Prize and is the author of
Gérard Grisey and Spectral Music:
Composition in the Information Age.
He lives in Berlin.
