Berlin is now oat milk, private equity, and industrial-chic AirBnBs.
Thinking of crashing in a gluten-free Airbnb this summer and finding yourself at Berghain? Think again. This is your humorous travel guide to UNESCO Techno Island East Berlin – a city caught between squatter rave utopia and real-estate gentrification. From €400 flats to dog-biscuit-factory nightclubs this documentary exposes the absurd contradictions of the techno capital of Europe. What started as free art and illegal parties in the cold war is now an Airbnb-friendly industrial-chic circus of loudspeakers and private equity firms. Clubs featured (from outside): Berghain, KitKat, Sisyphos, Tresor, Kater, Wilde Renate, RSO, About Blank, and raves in random front gardens.
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Peter Sobat
Peter Sobat is a Los Angeles based creative entrepreneur who built his career in television, music videos, and documentaries. He helped develop the hit series Bridezillas, has directing and producing credits on MythBusters, Pimp My Ride, and Trading Spaces, and, as executive producer of Cypress Hill’s BReal TV, created The SmokeBox, which has generated billions of views. His award-winning music videos and documentaries have been shot on six continents for networks including CBS, MTV, ABC, ESPN, FOX, and Discovery, and for artists such as Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Cypress Hill, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, YG, Nipsey Hussle, and Wu-Tang Clan.
He founded BlurredCulture.com, a culture site that has reached millions of views, and The Bakerie, a cannabis brand that grew to operations in multiple states. Today he runs the Department of Peculiar Ideas (TheDopi.com), a boutique agency creating branding and campaigns for adidas, Nike, Ford, Ram, Japan Airlines, LAFC, Cookies, and High Times.