Pont Aeri discotheque opens in Terrassa as a mákina and hardcore club

In December 1991 the Escudero family opened Pont Aeri, a discotheque in Terrassa, an industrial city near Barcelona. The club specialised in mákina and hardcore, fast electronic styles that were growing among young clubgoers in Catalonia and elsewhere in Spain. Some sources give slightly different opening years, but December 1991 is the most specific date recorded.

The venue was run by the family, and two of its sons, Marc and Xavi Escudero, later became DJs under the names DJ Skudero and Xavi Metralla. Both became residents at the club in the second half of the 1990s.

Pont Aeri grew beyond a single dancefloor. It released its own compilation series, and one track from Pont Aeri Vol. 4, "Flying Free", won a DJ1 and DEEJAY magazine award in 2001 for best mákina and commercial track. The club later became closely tied to the identity of the genre, which is why its origins matter to the story of that anthem and the documentary now being made about it.