In the second half of the nineties some dark shadows flitted over otherwise very idyllic and peaceful Mecklenburg: Above all some young people searched for a reason for their acute hopelessness and reckoned to find it in the foreign on wich they focussed their hate from then on. In contrast to the quickly spreading right-wing radicalism a group of artists and musicans from the area of the small town Neustrelitz demonstrated an alternative their tolerant and cosmopolitan lifestyle. They tried to establish a new perspective wich electronic dance music they spread their message and rapidly found followers who also just wanted to have a good time in the wonderful nature of Mecklenburg. In this way they contributed some important youth welfare work to the area and became locally well known under the name Fortschritt3000 from 1998. It's hard to say how many people put their efforts into this project over all the years but it's been a lot. Without peering at recent trends too much or developing a profiling compulsion Fortschritt3000 grew steadily and today features the two music labels 3000° and Acker Records, a small booking agency as well as the own series of events „SOS U-Ground“. Latter supports the region with its frequent parties on the venue of Fusion Festival with electronic music culture and incidentally also was the setting for the available live recording.