``They take decisions without talking with the organisers. They stop us from doing things, things which should be no problem,'' said the disc jockey known as Dr Motte who created the Love Parade in 1989, when it gathered only 150 people. This grew over the years to 15,000 in 1992 and finally the million plus attendance in 1997 and 1998, according to organisers.

But still, ``the Berlin state government and the city do not support us. This attitude is unbearable and unacceptable,'' Dr.Motte said. So ``the Love Parade of the next century will not be in Berlin. I know that other cities are showing us more interest and understanding,'' he said. The parade public relationschief, a disc jockey who would only identify himself as Disko, said on Wednesday that talks were still on, however, to resolve the dispute.

Berlin's central June 17 Avenue will at 2 pm Saturday burst with heaving crowds of ravers pulsing to the boom of high-power sound systems as the 50-float parade makes its way across the Tiergarten park, overlooked by the Brandenburg Gate and Victory Column.

``We're not charging money, we'll never charge money, for people to come,'' said Disko, who is an employee of Love Parade Berlin GmBH, the company that organises the event. He said the parade cost $ 526,000 to put on, but that the spirit now was still the same that Motte had in 1989 when he came up with the idea of bringing techno music ``out of dark, dank clubs and on to sunny streets.''

The ``peace and love'' creed of Motte, 38, still inspires the slogan-writers, who came up with ``Music is the key'' for this year. Ecstasy, a favourite drug of the techno culture, will be used by many ravers eager to enhance themusic's repetitive, hypnotic effects.