A technoparade (taken from the German word "Technoparade") is a parade of vehicles equipped with strong loudspeakers and amplifiers playing electronic dance music. It resembles a carnival parade in some respects, but the vehicles (called lovemobiles) are usually less elaborately decorated.[citation needed] Unlike some carnival parades, a technoparade does not share the tradition of bombarding the spectators with sweets.[citation needed] However, the revellers do occasionally throw confetti (usually larger and more sparkly than that in a carnival parade) and spray foam from the vehicles onto the crowd.[citation needed]
Technoparade
A DJ mixing music and multiple dancers at the Paris Techno Parade. The equipment is onboard the float, which has a large speaker setup for the moving crowd.
Nearly all of the vehicles are converted trucks.[citation needed] In order to power the amplifiers, the trucks are frequently equipped with an additional electrical generator.[citation needed] For safety reasons, horse-drawn floats are never used in technoparades: there would be a danger of horses panicking from the noise and chaos.[citation needed] However, there are occasional human-drawn floats equipped with generators, record players, amplifiers and loudspeakers.[citation needed] Some of the vehicles allow people to ride along, for a fee.[citation needed] For those on the sidelines, or travelling alongside on foot or bicycles, attendance is free.[citation needed]
The official program of a technoparade is generally not as important as what happens informally.[citation needed] In contrast to a carnival parade, the vehicles are little more than flatbed trucks with sound equipment, rather than elaborately decorated floats.[citation needed] There are usually no fireworks or other traditional elements of large celebrations.[citation needed] Technoparades are rarely linked to anniversaries of historical events:[citation needed] they usually simply take place in the summer to take advantage of the good weather.[citation needed]
However, in Germany technoparades are usually officially registered as a political demonstration and thus have an appropriate motto. That way techno fans have a constitutional right to dance in the streets, and any objections from the authorities to noise and traffic obstructions are overruled and the cities also have to pay for security and cleaning up the streets afterwards.[1]
CharacterEdit
DJs deliver a constant stream of music from the parade trucks.
Technoparades generally have a carnival atmosphere,[citation needed] where social rules (and some laws, or at least their enforcement) are at least loosened, and sometimes broken outright.[citation needed] An atmosphere of chaos and tolerance prevails[citation needed] as bystanders dance to the shifting sounds of successive vehicles rolling by them:[citation needed] the music blasting from one vehicle blends into that from another,[citation needed] which can mean a sudden change of dance style in the area where the spheres of influence overlap.[citation needed] The music coming from two sound trucks overlaps with approximately equal intensity,[citation needed] and people can dance to either of two competing rhythms.[citation needed] In the technoparade subculture they call this the Verwirrungsgebiet ("overlap zone") by analogy to a concept in radio frequency engineering.[citation needed]
The street allows for a type of dancing that would be literally impossible in cramped German nightclubs[citation needed], and the breadth of some people's dancing is further exaggerated as they throw their clothes outwards.[citation needed] Some in the crowd generally climb up to any high point that can possibly be scaled, more and more as the event continues.[citation needed] The spirit is usually continued at after-parties in the local nightclubs[citation needed], sometimes including unofficial after-parties at venues having no official connection to the parade.[citation needed]
ProblemsEdit
Law enforcement is often lax at Technoparades.Although not intended, sometimes things get destroyed by visitors of techno parades. The rain tube shown on the picture was torn down by a man in a slap-stick like manner when he tried to climb down from the roof of the building at the left on Street Parade 1997. At Street Parade 1998, it laid still at the place where it was put one year ago
Technoparades are not without problems:
They are regarded by some participants as a license to consume illegal drugs.[citation needed]
There is an inherent danger of accidents as people climb on and off moving vehicles.[citation needed]
Technoparades usually have big crowds and few toilets, especially because the companies that rent out chemical toilets will not happily rent to technoparades; the crowds tend to climb on the roofs of the toilet structures, which are not built to withstand the weight. Some well-constructed toilets do exist, but not enough to serve the entire technoparade.[citation needed]
Paraders dancing in front of the massive speakers carried by the parade trucks at the 2006 Paris Techno Parade.
Lake-Parade-2001
The July Column during the 2006 Techno Parade in Paris, France
Beat on the Street Basel
Lake Parade 2007
LovEvolution 2009
LovEvolution 2009
LovEvolution 2009
LovEvolution 2009
Similar EventsEdit
Similar to technoparades, electronic dance events have also been organized using other moving vehicles such as boats and trams. In contrast to technoparades which are characterized by free participation on the street, in this case only the passengers on the vessels or inside the trams are part of the event. An example for a boatparade is the Berlin Beats & Boats event which takes place annually since 2009 and involves up to 14 swimming dancefloors.[2] A regular Housetram event has been organized by Monika Kruse in Munich since 1995.[3]
^"Corpus Techno: The music of the future will soon be history". MUNICHfound.com. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
^"Berlin Beats & Boats on the river Spree" (in German). tip Redaktion. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
^Gruban, Patrick. "Review: Munich Union Move" (in German). X-Letter. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
External linksEdit
Media related to Technoparades at Wikimedia Commons
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Technoparade news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message A technoparade taken from the German word Technoparade is a parade of vehicles equipped with strong loudspeakers and amplifiers playing electronic dance music It resembles a carnival parade in some respects but the vehicles called lovemobiles are usually less elaborately decorated citation needed Unlike some carnival parades a technoparade does not share the tradition of bombarding the spectators with sweets citation needed However the revellers do occasionally throw confetti usually larger and more sparkly than that in a carnival parade and spray foam from the vehicles onto the crowd citation needed TechnoparadeA DJ mixing music and multiple dancers at the Paris Techno Parade The equipment is onboard the float which has a large speaker setup for the moving crowd General InformationRelated genresTrance music electronic dance music goa dub techno psychedelic trance happy hardcore etc LocationGermany origin WorldwideRelated eventsMusic festival carnival parade rave doof algorave trance festivals electronic dance music festivals teknivalsRelated topicsLive electronic musicvteNearly all of the vehicles are converted trucks citation needed In order to power the amplifiers the trucks are frequently equipped with an additional electrical generator citation needed For safety reasons horse drawn floats are never used in technoparades there would be a danger of horses panicking from the noise and chaos citation needed However there are occasional human drawn floats equipped with generators record players amplifiers and loudspeakers citation needed Some of the vehicles allow people to ride along for a fee citation needed For those on the sidelines or travelling alongside on foot or bicycles attendance is free citation needed Contents 1 Official program 2 Character 3 Problems 4 Major events 4 1 World s largest 4 2 Germany 4 3 Austria 4 4 Switzerland 4 5 Other 5 Gallery 6 Similar Events 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksOfficial program EditThe official program of a technoparade is generally not as important as what happens informally citation needed In contrast to a carnival parade the vehicles are little more than flatbed trucks with sound equipment rather than elaborately decorated floats citation needed There are usually no fireworks or other traditional elements of large celebrations citation needed Technoparades are rarely linked to anniversaries of historical events citation needed they usually simply take place in the summer to take advantage of the good weather citation needed However in Germany technoparades are usually officially registered as a political demonstration and thus have an appropriate motto That way techno fans have a constitutional right to dance in the streets and any objections from the authorities to noise and traffic obstructions are overruled and the cities also have to pay for security and cleaning up the streets afterwards 1 Character Edit nbsp DJs deliver a constant stream of music from the parade trucks Technoparades generally have a carnival atmosphere citation needed where social rules and some laws or at least their enforcement are at least loosened and sometimes broken outright citation needed An atmosphere of chaos and tolerance prevails citation needed as bystanders dance to the shifting sounds of successive vehicles rolling by them citation needed the music blasting from one vehicle blends into that from another citation needed which can mean a sudden change of dance style in the area where the spheres of influence overlap citation needed The music coming from two sound trucks overlaps with approximately equal intensity citation needed and people can dance to either of two competing rhythms citation needed In the technoparade subculture they call this the Verwirrungsgebiet overlap zone by analogy to a concept in radio frequency engineering citation needed The street allows for a type of dancing that would be literally impossible in cramped German nightclubs citation needed and the breadth of some people s dancing is further exaggerated as they throw their clothes outwards citation needed Some in the crowd generally climb up to any high point that can possibly be scaled more and more as the event continues citation needed The spirit is usually continued at after parties in the local nightclubs citation needed sometimes including unofficial after parties at venues having no official connection to the parade citation needed Problems Edit nbsp Law enforcement is often lax at Technoparades nbsp Although not intended sometimes things get destroyed by visitors of techno parades The rain tube shown on the picture was torn down by a man in a slap stick like manner when he tried to climb down from the roof of the building at the left on Street Parade 1997 At Street Parade 1998 it laid still at the place where it was put one year agoTechnoparades are not without problems They are regarded by some participants as a license to consume illegal drugs citation needed A few technoparades have been exploited by makers of pornographic films citation needed There is an inherent danger of accidents as people climb on and off moving vehicles citation needed Technoparades usually have big crowds and few toilets especially because the companies that rent out chemical toilets will not happily rent to technoparades the crowds tend to climb on the roofs of the toilet structures which are not built to withstand the weight Some well constructed toilets do exist but not enough to serve the entire technoparade citation needed Major events EditMain page Category Technoparade World s largest Edit nbsp Count of participants for the Love Parade blue and Street Parade red This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items May 2015 Street Parade Zurich around 1 000 000 participants annually as of 2018 Love Parade previously the world s largest with 1 5 million in 1999Germany Edit 5 big technoparades of the 1990s and early 2000s Love Parade Berlin Ruhr area 1989 2010 Union Move Munich 1995 2001 Generation Move Hamburg Kiel 1995 2007 Reincarnation Hanover 1995 2006 Vision Parade Bremen 2002 2006 Parades with a political character Fuckparade Berlin since 1997 Krachparade Munich since 2014 Zug der Liebe Berlin since 2015 Rave the Planet Parade Berlin since 2022 Nachttanzdemos many cities Small town or onetime moves Night Move Cologne 1994 Future Parade Brockhagen 1997 2003 Beatparade Empfingen since 1998 Numerous othersAustria Edit Freeparty Vienna 1994 1999 Unite Parade Salzburg 1999 2008 Loveparade Vienna 2000 2006 Freeparade Vienna 2001 2010 Snow Move SoldenSwitzerland Edit Street Parade Zurich since 1992 Jungle Street Groove Beat on the Street Basel since 1995 Antiparade Zurich since 1996 Lake Parade Geneva 1997 2015 2017 2023 Tanz Dich Frei Dance yourself free Bern 2011 2013 Other Edit FFWD Heineken Dance Parade Rotterdam Netherlands 1997 2007 Techno Parade Paris France since 1998 Love Parade Santiago Chile Tel Aviv Mexico City 2000 2006 Budapest Parade Budapest Hungary 2000 2006 Elektro Parade Oporto Portugal 2001 2003 Cityparade Ghent Liege Brussels Mons Charleroi Belgium 2001 2006 Freedom Parade Tartu Estonia 2002 2009 LovEvolution San Francisco Oakland United States 2004 2011 Gallery Edit nbsp Franconia Love Truck 1995 nbsp Paraders dancing in front of the massive speakers carried by the parade trucks at the 2006 Paris Techno Parade nbsp Lake Parade 2001 nbsp The July Column during the 2006 Techno Parade in Paris France nbsp Beat on the Street Basel nbsp Lake Parade 2007 nbsp LovEvolution 2009 nbsp LovEvolution 2009 nbsp LovEvolution 2009 nbsp LovEvolution 2009Similar Events EditSimilar to technoparades electronic dance events have also been organized using other moving vehicles such as boats and trams In contrast to technoparades which are characterized by free participation on the street in this case only the passengers on the vessels or inside the trams are part of the event An example for a boatparade is the Berlin Beats amp Boats event which takes place annually since 2009 and involves up to 14 swimming dancefloors 2 A regular Housetram event has been organized by Monika Kruse in Munich since 1995 3 See also EditList of electronic music festivals Teknival Doof RaveReferences Edit Corpus Techno The music of the future will soon be history MUNICHfound com Retrieved 5 February 2017 Berlin Beats amp Boats on the river Spree in German tip Redaktion 9 July 2010 Retrieved 10 June 2016 Gruban Patrick Review Munich Union Move in German X Letter Retrieved 9 June 2016 External links Edit nbsp Media related to Technoparades at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 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