CCTV | 10 June 2012
These days, restaurants and bars are always looking for new, edgy ways to attract customers.
How's this for a creative concept - a historic bomb shelter-turned-night club? Shanghai's literal
"underground" music club offers a unique night out.
It may look like any other building, but the simple entrance disguises one of Shanghai's newest
trends -- transforming disused bomb shelters into imaginative new spaces. Once through the
door, guests are led through a labyrinth of tunnels down to the dance floor of "The Shelter," an
underground music haven popular with Chinese and foreigners alike. The club, six metres below
ground, is now one of the city's most popular hot spots, luring the likes of DJ Premier, who
produces music for US rapper Jay-Z.
Gary Wang, Founder And Co-Owner of "The Shelter" Club, said, "The most important thing is
that we can play the music we like in this place. Of course we were lucky that it is a bomb shelter
and it fits the kind of music we play and the mood we want."
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These days, restaurants and bars are always looking for new, edgy ways to attract customers.
How's this for a creative concept - a historic bomb shelter-turned-night club? Shanghai's literal
"underground" music club offers a unique night out.
It may look like any other building, but the simple entrance disguises one of Shanghai's newest
trends -- transforming disused bomb shelters into imaginative new spaces. Once through the
door, guests are led through a labyrinth of tunnels down to the dance floor of "The Shelter," an
underground music haven popular with Chinese and foreigners alike. The club, six metres below
ground, is now one of the city's most popular hot spots, luring the likes of DJ Premier, who
produces music for US rapper Jay-Z.
Gary Wang, Founder And Co-Owner of "The Shelter" Club, said, "The most important thing is
that we can play the music we like in this place. Of course we were lucky that it is a bomb shelter
and it fits the kind of music we play and the mood we want."
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