The boffins over at Resident Advisor have noted that Cocoon GMBH, the company behind the Cocoon Club have gone into administration.

This is sad news for a club that has siphoned underground sounds for locals and international guests of Frankfurt Germany since 2004.

Have you seen what the Cocoon club looks like after everyone has left? Check out these images of German clubs in the morning.

Cocoon Club was championed by techno legend Sven Vath and was spawned following the success of his own imprint Vath Cocoon Recordings. He was a partner but not involved in the day-to-day runnings of the club, as noted in a statement on the official site.

Guests over the years have included Richie Hawtin , Ricardo Villalobos , DJ Hell , Zombie Nation , Richard Bartz , Tiefschwarz and trance hall of famers Above & Beyond and Armin van Buuren.

The booking agency side will continue as normal.

European clubs have been facing off with local governments over proposed new laws looking to cut back on noise and tax venues within higher brackets as shown in Berlin recently.

Full statement below

Cocoon Music Event GmbH and Cocoon Artist Booking UG are independent and separate companies, in substance as well as financially, economically and regarding the employed staff.

The situation at CocoonClub GmbH & Co. KG does not affect the business operations of Cocoon Music Event GmbH and Cocoon Artist Booking UG in any way.

CocoonClub GmbH & Co. KG is solely a licensee of the brand “Cocoon”.

At CocoonClub GmbH & Co. KG, Sven Väth is just a partner who is holding a share of the GmbH. Furthermore, he is the visionary, ideas provider and advising musical curator behind the club concept, but he was never involved in any daily business operations.

Out of the wish to re-establish a trendy club of international format for electronic music in Frankfurt, Sven Väth has, together with other partners, decided to develop a club concept for the new millennium. The highly ambitious project, that has no equal world-wide, became an icon of modern clubbing in no time and has set standards and trends regarding design, sound and star-awarded cuisine.

We deeply regret the possible loss of jobs and strongly hope that the institution “CocoonClub” can be preserved for Frankfurt’s nightlife.

source: FACT