The Bassement Club — Attraction in Madrid

Not the biggest fan of techno/house but I figured I would check it out anyway. I got my tickets for free but still feel scammed. The drinks were extremely expensive and not very strong. The entire place was horrendously dirty with smoking inside, urine on the floors (not only in the bathroom), and other random wet spots. Sadly, the music was not even slightly redeeming. The crowd was dead and the DJ did not change soundtracks. One guy was walking around and photographing the only people dancing for their instagram and socials. I wanted to leave early because of the poor environment and music, but the bouncers did not want to allow any exiting until 2:30. When I told them I wanted to leave and I wasn’t planning on coming back multiple bouncers got extremely aggressive. They shoved me and hit the back of my head several times on the way out for absolutely no reason (I was already exiting as planned). While waiting outside for my Uber, I saw another group get into an altercation with the bouncers. They chased down and started hitting a group of young people who had just left the club. I am not sure what caused it but the people did not fight back at all while the bouncers repeatedly assaulted them. If you got free tickets and really love house then maybe you can check it out if there are no other options, but if you want to have a good time I highly recommend...

You can refer to my review last year (2024) in Laster club, Google maps listing. And the very late response from the owners 1 year later. Thanks anyway.

However, the response was just in time for my next Madrid trip. So I decided to give them one more try, collabs Chris Liebing and Speedy J. Thank goodness for their great set.

Water is now 5 euros instead of 3 euros. Very nice 🤑🤑. Refill it at the tap with the same bottle if you get thirsty.

Indoor smoking problem at the stage still exists, people progressively smoke more and more throughout the night. Camera on the dance floor is still happening. You're not "cool" for breaking the rules, mainstreams. Also, I don't see staff stopping them when you can obviously smell cigarettes or weed and they were standing around.

Sound was OK for me at a techno event. Not too loud. You could survive without earplugs.

The vibes though.... Most people just spectating. Subpar techno culture. Locals love squeezing into the crowd with their groups. No spatial awareness. No one comes alone because they like the music. It's always the "con...

"Techno" club. The venue itself is nice, good facilities and very good sound system. They bring sometimes very good djs. What we disliked - there is a very aggressive vibe from the bouncers and the guards. during the party they go and check you with lantern. They don't allow smoking inside (ppl do that tho) and not letting you go smoke outside.. At 6am they turn on all lights and push you out like you are a cow, one in a life time experience (; Also the crowd was super young and the vibe reflecting it, very bouncy, very instagramy, taking videos even if it's officially not allowed.. If you are more then 30 you might feel super old. So I can't really call it techno party/club, it's def not the right techno mindset. Feels more like friends gathering. First time I felt that a party is business, when you finish to pay, they immediately...