30 years after the first Loveparade, founder Dr. Motte shares how he started a ‘rave-olution’

On July 1, 1989, a few months before the fall of the
Berlin Wall, a couple handfuls of people started a dance parade
to acid house music along Kurfürstendamm in West Berlin. It was
called Loveparade and was organized by a DJ named
Dr. Motte.


30 years on, we caught up with Dr. Motte to find out more about
the origins of the legendary event, and how a celebration founded
in the name of “peace, love and pancakes” became a world-renowned
party.


Produced by Monika Müller-Kroll