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Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The territory of Germany covers 357,021 square kilometers and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. With 82 million inhabitants, it accounts for the largest population among the member states of the European Union and is home to the third-largest number of international migrants worldwide.
[2010] A tale of well-washed Punks from GERMANYAnother year has gone and again I was asked to write an article about the status quo of the Trance scene in Germany. So well, has anything changed since my last little write-up? Perhaps I just start with all that stuff that did not change. Germany still is a definite hot spot of the global Trance scene with countless talented and also not so much talented producers, DJs and promoters around. Actually there is really kind of creative inflation going on in this respect, I realize that every time a reasonable amount of the (particularly) male audience at a party puts on a pitying grin or makes horrified gestures when the DJ screws up a mix. The giant adult playground along the highway A24 enables freaks and fraggles to hop from one open air festival to the other without coming down in between during the entire summer. Though actually there are some good reasons for coming down: Beside those, which have to do with physical and mental health, there are the blue-silver ones: The German cops- and their drug screenings. But well, in the end nobody has to do with drugs anyway, so sooner or later we all land safely on one of the numerous festival acres. These events are mostly professional in an infra- structural respect. Ok, there are people complaining about crapped toilets and dirty showers (the Trancers fancy being well-washed now; here we have a thing that really changed during the past years!). But I experienced problems like that more than enough during my long-year living community experience, so it is a rather common issue. Anyway: Germans always complain about something. It’s probably kind of their communication- culture thing… Apropos complaining: Sound at parties. No matter how long their dreadlocks are, Germans are pretty conservative concerning music. Only Psy Trance, please! Like it should be- and always used to… The technoid stuff is not very welcome at Trance events. In return, I meet more and more of my old Trance fellows in the ludicrously hyped Techno temples of the German capital. Really interesting on the other side of musical scene development is that whole Darkpsy thing, though much to fast for my taste. But I reckon exactly this is what makes it so promising: This style has kind of radical potential again, it makes parents worrying when it booms from their children’s rooms. These tunes are even kind of brutal, though the whole surrounding is the opposite: Laid-back, pleasantly freaked out and humorous. Pretty much Punk, isn’t it? So what changed? All together change is not too much wanted within this scene at the moment (except change of clothes, the new hygiene spirit rising). What I still love about this subculture is its easy, relaxed people who differ from the ugly- fashioned outer appearance of mainstream Techno culture and who represent a gleam of original Punk spirit with their overt affirmation of ongoing excesses. Tell us more about GERMANY 2011 Support your local scene and let us know about it. Please write in the third person and take a neutral point-of-view. An article about a country should contain the following things:
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