{"id":104765,"date":"2025-11-15T10:25:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T09:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/momem.org\/?page_id=104765"},"modified":"2026-03-31T01:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T23:24:11","slug":"omen-omen-club-frankfurt-1988-1998-new-electronic-ecstasy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/momem.org\/en\/omen-omen-club-frankfurt-1988-1998-new-electronic-ecstasy\/","title":{"rendered":"OMEN - OMEN Club Frankfurt 1988-1998 - New Electronic Ecstasy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The\u00a0<\/span>MOMEM - Museum of Modern Electronic Music<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>is dedicated to the legendary\u00a0<\/span>OMEN Club Frankfurt<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>a comprehensive exhibition for the first time.
Between\u00a0<\/span>1988 and 1998<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>electronic music history was written in Junghofstra\u00dfe.<\/p>


Founded by\u00a0<\/span>Sven V\u00e4th<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/span>Matthias Martinsohn<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Michael M\u00fcnzing<\/strong>the OMEN was one of the first clubs in the world to consistently and programmatically promote itself through Sven V\u00e4th\u00a0<\/span>focussed on electronic music. A new sound developed here, which made Frankfurt the
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When the OMEN opened in October 1989, the Berlin Wall came down just three weeks later - a symbol of a new beginning and change that also affected club culture. The DJ became an artist, music became a way of life and the club became a place of self-discovery and freedom.<\/p>

New, unheard sounds electrified the dancing guests. In the midst of fog, cigarette smoke and heat, an almost tropical atmosphere was created - sometimes even condensation dripped from the ceiling. This physical intensity turned the OMEN into a place where music was immediately transformed into energy.<\/p>

The exhibition\u00a0<\/span>\"OMEN Club Frankfurt 1988-1998 - New Electronic Ecstasy\"<\/strong> shows about\u00a0<\/span>100 photographs, films, flyers and original objects<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>from this period. Among other things, you can see one of the first\u00a0<\/span>Thorens turntable<\/strong>an original\u00a0<\/span>Rodec mixing console<\/strong>\u00a0from the OMEN <\/span>and the iconic wall-sized\u00a0
<\/span>Illustrations by the artists Stellmacher & Jensen<\/strong>that once adorned the club room.<\/p>

The curatorial team -\u00a0<\/span>Sascha Luond, Ingo Boss, Dr Torben Giese<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Alex Azary<\/strong> - brings together material from professional archives and private collections. Particularly impressive are unpublished video recordings of\u00a0<\/span>Pit Weber<\/strong>that show what goes on at the club both in front of and behind the scenes.<\/p>

In a video installation, key players, DJs and companions - including\u00a0<\/span>Matthias Martinsohn, Karlheinz Sondergeld, Pauli Steinbach, Dag Lerner, Frank Lorber<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Toni Rios<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>- of nights that were more than just parties: an expression of a new cultural awareness.<\/p>

The OMEN was more than just a club. It was a place of renewal - a symbol of new beginnings,
whose energy can still be felt in music, fashion and culture today.<\/p>

Artwork:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Sascha Luond
Original OMEN Logo No.1:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Brigitte Neubert Omen Logo No. 2: Peer Koch
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+ Aktuelle Sonderausstellung OMEN Club Frankfurt 1988-1998 New Electronic Ecstasy |  Das\u00a0MOMEM \u2013 Museum of Modern Electronic Music\u00a0widmet dem legend\u00e4ren\u00a0OMEN Club Frankfurt\u00a0erstmals eine umfassende Ausstellung. Zwischen\u00a01988 und 1998\u00a0wurde in der Junghofstra\u00dfe elektronische Musikgeschichte geschrieben. Gegr\u00fcndet von\u00a0Sven V\u00e4th,\u00a0Matthias Martinsohn\u00a0und\u00a0Michael M\u00fcnzing, war das OMEN einer der ersten Clubs weltweit, der sich konsequent und programmatisch vorangetrieben von Sven… Read More \"OMEN - OMEN Club Frankfurt 1988-1998 - New Electronic Ecstasy<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"full-width","neve_meta_container":"default","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"on","neve_meta_content_width":100,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"left","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"off","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"on","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-104765","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/momem.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/momem.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/momem.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momem.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momem.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104765"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/momem.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118401,"href":"https:\/\/momem.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104765\/revisions\/118401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/momem.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}