Abyss Club
Shanghai's dedicated harder electronic room, pairing high-BPM techno and industrial energy with a separate smaller floor for house and disco.
Neighbourhood
Shanghai
Energy
—
Capacity
—
Price
—
Age
18+ (local law)
Opened
—
Indoor / outdoor
—
Dress
No stated code
The vibe system
A controlled vocabulary, so two rooms tagged the same actually feel the same.
More in Shanghai
Rooms that share this one’s DNA.
If you like this, fly to…
The same feeling, in another city.
Berlin
Tresor
The vault corridor under a decommissioned power station, still the loudest argument for why Berlin sounds the way it does.
Antwerp
Club Vaag
A Rijnkaai warehouse club on Antwerp's docks, running Friday and Saturday techno and electronic weekends with visiting and local selectors.
Chicago
smartbar
An independent Chicago institution devoted to adventurous dance music, resident DJs and a focused basement dance floor.
Lyon
Le Sucre
A 780-capacity club and cultural room on the roof of La Sucrière in Lyon Confluence, hosting club nights, concerts and Magic Mardi sessions above the Saône.
New York
Basement
Under the Knockdown Center, the closest thing America has to Berghain’s floor — and it is unusually honest about the debt.
Vienna
Grelle Forelle
A canal-side electronic institution with a techno core, an exacting sound system and a photography ban designed to protect the dance floor.