On November 3, 2001, he opened on the outskirts of the town of Cabanes, province of Castellon, the Piramides macro-disco, which would become known throughout the Valencian community, throughout Spain, and even in Europe. This is how Piramide was born, which more than a macro disco, became a mass phenomenon and an icon of the " makinera " culture, where some 10.000 people congregated every weekend. 

   Piramide could not escape the boom of the economic recession and the weekly sessions ended in the summer of 2009. The harsh economic crisis and the expansion of the facilities with the San Lazaro complex, which added to the discotheque a restaurant area with five large banquet halls, which were inaugurated a few months before the crisis began. 

                                           Bakalas/Makinera and Disco Culture

   The bakalas or { maquineros } are those young people who during the 90s and 2000s identified with the disco culture, especially with musical styles such as techno, house, progressive, trance or hardcore, included in what is generically called " electronic music " o " bakalao ".

   These styles are characterized by being music created mainly by computer, with very marked rhythms and where the mixing sessions are led by a Dj, who is in charge of creating and mixing live the musical compounds that sound in the disco. 

   Origin: The " bakala " culture began in the mid-80s, at the same time that the big mega-discos with " makinera music " { industrial techno, house...}, originated in Germany and later spread throughout Europe, become popular. The trend of discotheques of this type spread massively through several countries from the 90s, until well into the 2000s.

   In Spain, its beginnings were in the city of Valencia, where a large number of places come together to which young people went from one disco to another all night long on the so-called Bakalao Route. In its beginning during the 80s, the Ruta del Bakalao { or Ruta Destroy } was made up of several discos that played all kinds of music { dance, rock, pop, punk...}, and which were open uninterruptedly throughout the weekend. All kinds of young people went to these discotheques. However, in the 90s electronic music { techno } began to become popular and the route began to get a bad name in the media due to drug use. In the mid and late 90s, the Ruta del Bakalao went into decline and most of the discos closed. 

   Interests and Activities: The main interest of the " bakalas " is electronic music, especially techno and house. In the early 2000s, there were also certain discos in Spain and Europe that were a place of obligatory pilgrimage for these young people.

   Current Presence: Since 2005, some of the musical styles mentioned { especially techno } stopped being as fashionable as in previous years, the urban tribe of the " bakalas " practically disappeared and the disco culture stopped being so famous among the young people giving rise to the closure of most of the discotheques that had been an icon to that moment. 

   Currently, a significant number of electronic music discos are still open in Spain, especially active in summer in coastal and tourist areas. The organization of music festivals with DJs and raves that take place throughout Europe have also become popular, continuing today with the way of conceiving music and the festive atmosphere initiated by the " makinera " culture decades ago.