Venue: Mojo Club
Town: Hamburg, DE

The Mojo Club is a music club and live venue in Hamburg, Germany located on the city's famous Reeperbahn. Founded in 1989, it is considered to be a pioneer in the field of modern breakbeat-oriented sounds such as acid jazz and had a major impact on dancefloor jazz. Located in a former bowling alley at No 1 Reeperbahn, the old venue had to make way for a landmark new high rise development and closed its doors in 2003. Following a 10-year hiatus, The Mojo Club re-opened on 2 February 2013 in the same location, underneath the "Dancing Towers", designed by Hamburg-based architect Hadi Teherani, it entrance set into the forecourt of No 1 Reeperbahn,. Founders Oliver Korthals und Leif Nüske started organising Mojo Club parties in Hamburg in 1989. In 1991, the club found its permantent home in an abandoned bowling alley at the top of Hamburg's famous Reeperbahn, No 1. Both the location, as well as the iconic logo, a black "M" surrounded by white prongs, quickly became synonymous for the club and the brand. Its international reputation grew continuously throughout the 90s. As one of the protagonists of the German club scene, it also became the continental stage for the progressive London club sounds. The genres most prominently featured by the club were Dancefloor Jazz and modern breakbeat sounds like Acid Jazz, including performances by artists like Massive Attack, Moloko, the Propellerheads, De La Soul, Faithless, Black Eyed Peas, D12 feat. Eminem Pizzicato Five, Nightmares On Wax, James Lavelle, Roy Ayers, The Sugarhill Gang, Roni Size, Goldie, the E-Z Rollers as well as Kruder & Dorfmeister. Furthermore, the successful club compilations “Electric Mojo” and “Dancefloor Jazz” became known over the years and a highly innovative cultural program completed the picture with lectures like “Urban Poetry” and “Macht Club” in 1993 or Raphaël Marionneau's “Le Café Abstrait”, which paved the way for the chill out sound in 1996. In April 2003 the Mojo Club was closed down and the bu