Technoparade

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Technoparade

A DJ mixing music and multiple dancers at the Paris Techno Parade. The equipment is onboard the float, which has a large speaker setup for the moving crowd.
General Information
Related genres	Trance music, electronic dance music, goa, dub techno, psychedelic trance, happy hardcore, etc.
Location	Germany (origin) Worldwide
Related events	Music festival, carnival parade, rave, doof, algorave, trance festivals, electronic dance music festivals, teknivals
Related topics	Live electronic music
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A technoparade (taken from the German word "Technoparade") is a parade of vehicles equipped with strong loudspeakers and amplifiers playing electronic dance music. It resembles a carnival parade in some respects, but the vehicles (called lovemobiles) are usually less elaborately decorated.^{[citation needed]} Unlike some carnival parades, a technoparade does not share the tradition of bombarding the spectators with sweets.^{[citation needed]} However, the revellers do occasionally throw confetti (usually larger and more sparkly than that in a carnival parade) and spray foam from the vehicles onto the crowd.^{[citation needed]}

Nearly all of the vehicles are converted trucks.^{[citation needed]} In order to power the amplifiers, the trucks are frequently equipped with an additional electrical generator.^{[citation needed]} For safety reasons, horse-drawn floats are never used in technoparades: there would be a danger of horses panicking from the noise and chaos.^{[citation needed]} However, there are occasional human-drawn floats equipped with generators, record players, amplifiers and loudspeakers.^{[citation needed]} Some of the vehicles allow people to ride along, for a fee.^{[citation needed]} For those on the sidelines, or travelling alongside on foot or bicycles, attendance is free.^{[citation needed]}