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September 16, 2014

Tribute to Industrial – Oblivion Sound Wave party – Friday, September 19 @Private Hell

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Industrialul nu a murit, ci reînvie de fiecare dată prin petrecerile Oblivion Sound Wave! Vă aşteptăm  vineri, 19 septembrie, în noua locație Private Hell pentru deschiderea noului sezon.

You wanted, you get it! În boxe se vor auzi ritmuri ale trupelor KMFDM, Rammstein, Nine Inch Nails, Deathstars, Celldweller, Lord of the Lost și Combichrist, mixate de către DJ MndFk, DJ Morph și invitatul nostru special, DJ Cesare (Italia).

Auzul va fi îndulcit de genuri muzicale întunecate, iar văzul va fi încântat de Red Elf Design – alternative clothing, care vă pune la dispoziție o gamă de produse goth handmade, iar la ora 2.00 AM vă aşteptăm cu două premii speciale.

Vă așteptăm în număr cât mai mare, să reînviem beat-urile de industrial! Intrarea liberă începând cu ora 22:00.

Oblivion Sound Wave este o comunitate înfiinţată în Octombrie 2013 care promoveză  subculturile EBM, Industrial, Goth. Încă de la prima petrecere încântăm simțurile celor prezenți prin inițiative tematice diferite, unice în Romania. Află mai multe pe Facebook.

Sursa: Oblivion Sound Wave

December 19, 2011

2011: A Music Year in Review (Viva Music version)

2011 was a great year for our scene. Just a quick roundup of the acts and artists who released new material this year is sufficient to give you an impression, however fleeting, of the great tumult the scene has caused and the important additions 2011 has brought to our playlists. New releases from VNV Nation, Apoptygma Berzerk, Haujobb, Sopor Aeternus, Covenant, Kirlian Camera and Diary of Dreams kept music lovers on edge and numerous other releases made their days worthwhile throughout the year.

In 2011, Viva Music had the pleasure and honor to listen to and review some 100 albums. In order to read our reviews, you can go to the menu and pick Album Reviews from the Interviews & Reviews section, or navigate using the right-hand visual cover flow. Pluses between brackets in the article lead you to the featured reviews.

Readers’ choice in terms of number of Facebook likes indicate Apoptygma Berzerk’s “Black EP vo.2” (+), Global Citizen’s “Nil by Mouth” (+), Haujobb’s “New World March” (+), The Cruxshadows’ “Valkyrie” (+), Ghost and Writer’s “Shipwrecks” (+), Autodafeh’s “Act of Faith” (+), Tenek’s “EP2” (+), Shiv-r’s “This World Erase” (+) and Covenant’s “Modern Ruin” (+) as top favorites. We have no doubt it was the beauty of the respective albums and not of our reviews that kept them up in the charts!

With numerous releases, the appreciation of the public was unanimous. It was an honor to have around VNV Nation’s “Automatic” (+), Kirlian Camera’s “Nightglory” (+), Diary of Dreams’ “Ego:X” (+),  Sopor Aeternus’ “Children of the Corn” (+), Aesthetic Perfection’s “All Beauty Destroyed” (+), KMFDM’s “WTF?!” (+), And One’s “Tanzomat” (+), Sin D.N.A.’s “Afterlife” (+), Lowe’s “Evolver” (+), IAMX’s “Volatile Times”, Imperative Reaction’s “Imperative Reaction” (+), Necro Facility’s “Wintermute” (+), Amduscia’s “Death Thou Shalt Die” (+), and System Syn’s “All Seasons Pass” (+ ).

No less impeccable and listenable in a loop proved to be a set of albums which, should you have missed them, are up on your shopping list next time you hit a record store. Ad Inferna’s “There Is No Cure” (+), The Pain Machinery’s “Surveillance Culture” (+), God Module’s “Seance” (+), Mona Mur & En Esch’s “Do with Me What You Want” (+), Leaetherstrip’s “Untold Stories” (+), Vic Anselmo’s “In My Fragile” (+), Solar Fake’s “Frontiers” (+), Mina Harker’s “Bittersuess” (+), Lahannya’s “Dystopia” (+), and Lord of the Lost’s “Antagony” (+).

Special mention should be made of Romanian wonders LeVant’s “Beyond the Masque of Eden” (+) and Brazda lui Novac’s “Dizzy” (+).

Let us not forget the beautiful events we were invited to attend, and had the pleasure to experience in 2011. We provided detailed footage both under the guise of reviews and photo galleries at Amphi Festival (+), Nordstern Festival (+), and Nocturnal Culture Night (+). In 2012, we intend to attend to more such events and keep you posted on our beautiful and dynamic scene.

As Viva Music we also organized our own events in Bucharest. You can take a look at the feedback we received for the third edition of our Darkwave.ro Festival (with Tenek, Rabia Sorda and Project Pitchfork, +), for our Combichrist (+) and Kirlian Camera (+) concerts, as well as for our support for the first Nine Inch Nails Tribute in Bucharest (+). We do our best to keep our scene alive and the response we get is always heart-warming and positive.

 

What was your favorite release in 2011? And what are you looking forward to in 2012?

February 14, 2011

Nine Inch Nails Tribute in Bucharest, Club Fabrica, February 12 – Review, Photos and Videos

VIVA MUSIC is very proud to announce the success of our February 12, 2011 event in Club Fabrica. NINE INCH NAILS Tribute: Are You In?, the first local tribute to address the corpus of work of NINE INCH NAILS, represents the joint efforts of a group of remarkable artists of the Romanian underground and of VIVA MUSIC, efforts that were meant to produce a genuine NINE INCH NAILS experience for the band’s followership and for a tuned-in public, keen on seeing local creativity in tandem with songs that pinpoint the 20+ years of existence of a legendary band.

COVERED IN NAILS, as was self-dubbed the ensemble, is the result of diligent work carried out daily by five relevant artists, who thought up a supergroup pet project as a creative loophole for their respective artistic careers. A well-wrought brotherhood of musicians, COVERED IN NAILS is the brainchild of Stefan Zaharescu (KISTVAEN, DOMINATION, DWARF PLANET), Razvan Ristea (LUNA AMARA), Mihnea Ferezan (LUNA AMARA), Janin Pasniciuc (DEKADENS, ex-ZEBRE, PARTIZAN), and Victor Ferezan (TEP ZEPI), aided by VIVA MUSIC‘s enthousiastic support of the local scene and intelligent logistics. Announced at the end of 2010, the event, taglined as ‘We’re in this together‘, after a NINE INCH NAILS single, meant exactly this kind of exercise in communion and dedication to music for music’s sake.

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January 6, 2011

Nine Inch Nails live tribute la Bucuresti: detalii oficiale, artisti

 

Viva Music are deosebita placere sa anunte un eveniment in premiera pentru Romania si Europa de Est.

Cinci muzicieni cunoscuti din scena underground isi vor uni fortele pentru un proiect unic si cu totul special, primul tribut live Nine Inch Nails produs vreodata in Romania.

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Un proiect pus la cale inca din 2010, cele aproximativ 90 de minute ale spectacolului vor fi o productie NIN autentica: sunet, lumini si video, toate aceste detalii vor fi pregatite alaturi de oameni cu experienta in domeniu.

Pregatiti-va pentru o reprezentatie de o verosimilitudine NIN de necontestat!

Evenimentul va avea loc pe 12 februarie, in Club Fabrica, locatie ce bifeaza toate cerintele evenimentului si asteptarile publicului. Poate gazdui in jur de 600 persoane si ofera un complex de lumini, sunet si facilitati de standard profesionist.

Pentru acest proiect a fost nevoie de muzicieni cu experienta si talent, astfel ca pe 12 februarie vor urca pe scena:

Razvan Ristea – tobe (Luna Amara)
Mihnea Ferezan – chitara/backing vocals (Luna Amara)
Janin ‘Jan’ Pasniciuc – chitara/backing vocals (Dekadens/-ex Zebre, Partizan)
Victor ‘Vava’ Ferezan – bass/backing vocals (Tep Zepi)
Stefan Zaharescu – voce (Kistvaen, Domination, Dwarf Planet)


Contributie speciala din partea lui:

L  (The Spiral, Italia) – keyboards, synth, samplers

 

Complexitatea evenimentului insemna si o atentie deosebita oferita partilor de synth, un aspect fara de care organizarea acestui eveniment este absolut imposibila. Astfel grupul a apelat la ajutorul lui Luca, un tanar dar foarte talentat muzician din Italia, care a reusit sa recompuna si sa inregistreze cu succes toate pasajele de synth necesare pentru cele circa 17 piese incluse in setlist-ul concertului.

Experienta si profesionalismul muzicienilor implicati in proiect stau drept garantie pentru un eveniment cu totul special, primul de acest gen din Romania.

Evenimentul se va bucura de un warm up si DJ afterparty, detaliile fiind disponibile in curand.

Accesul in sala este posibil incepand de la ora 20:00. Biletele costa 20 de Ron (presale si locatie) si vor fi disponibile incepand cu data de 10 ianuarie pe www.bilete.ro, www.myticket.ro si www.ticketpoint.ro, precum si in retelele magazinelor Diverta, Muzica si Sala Palatului.

Din 2009 Viva Music a organizat concerte pentru trupele MELOTRON, DIARY OF DREAMS, IN STRICT CONFIDENCE, DAS ICH, COVENANT, SLAVE REPUBLIC, PAINBASTARD, DESTROID si FRANK THE BAPTIST. Viva Music a deschis apetitul publicului romanesc pentru muzica non-mainstream, inteligenta si educata, oferind nu numai spectacole muzicale de calitate, dar si atmosfera.

 

Evenimentul se bucura de sprijinul deplin al METALHEAD.ro, cea mai mare platforma de internet din Europa de Est dedicata muzicii rock/metal, dar si al NIN.ro, site-ul oficial al comunitatii Nine Inch Nails din Romania.

Sursa: Metalhead.ro


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Five best known musicians of the alternative rock/metal scene will put together a special and unique project, the first Nine Inch Nails Tribute to be ever presented in Romania. The event, produced by Viva Music will take place on February 12, 2011 at Fabrica Club (11 Iunie St., no 52).

 

A project mused upon since 2010, the 90 minutes of the show will be an authentic NIN production: sound, lights and video will be attended by experienced minds of the scene.

 

Brace yourself for a show of undisputed NIN veracity!

 

The event will take place on February 12 at Fabrica Club, a venue that checks off all the prerequisites of the show and all the expectations of the audience. It can host up to 600 people, and it offers a very professional light system along with proper sound and venue facilities.

 

Musicians of thorough experience and talent were called upon for this project, so on February 12 you will meet on stage:

 

 

Razvan Ristea – drums (Luna Amara)
Mihnea Ferezan – guitar/backing vocals (Luna Amara)
Janin ‘Jan’ Pasniciuc – guitar/backing vocals (Dekadens/-ex Zebre, Partizan)
Victor ‘Vava’ Ferezan – bass/backing vocals (Tep Zepi)
Stefan Zaharescu – vocals (Kistvaen, Domination, Dwarf Planet)

 

 

A special contribution is gladly received from:

 

 

L (The Spiral, Italy) – keyboards, synth, samplers

 

 

The complexity of the show imposed granting special attention to synth sounds, since without them, putting up this show would have been out of the question. This is why the project supergroup called on Luca, a young but nevertheless very talented Italian musician, who was able to reconstruct and record successfully all the synth waves needed for the 17 songs that make up the concert setlist.

 

The experience and professionalism of the musicians who enrolled in this project is collateral to a totally special event, the first of its kind in Romania.

 

The event will include a warmup and DJ afterparty to be announced soon.

 

Doors open at 20:00. Tickets cost 20 Ron (presale and at the venue) and and can be purchased starting January 10 online from www.bilete.rowww.myticket.ro and www.ticketpoint.ro,, as well as from Diverta, Muzica and Sala Palatului stores.

 

About Viva Music:

Viva Music stays devoted to its mission of exclusively promoting new wave, EBM, electro, dark, gothic, industrial and aggrotech in Romania, at the same time believing that music can inspire anyone, and gets the best of us. As a team of young, motivated individuals who promote best practices in event organization in Romania, we gladly devote ourselves to ensure best conditions for artists and their fans.

 

SourceMetalhead.ro

December 16, 2010

Trent Reznor’s ‘Social Network’ Golden Globe Nomination and Rolling Stone Interview

On December, 14, HFPA, the Golden Globe’s official site, published the nominations for the 2011 awards. The Best Original Score nominations include: Alexandre Desplat’s “The King’s Speech“, Danny Elfman’s “Alice in Wonderland“,  A.R. Rahman’s “127 Hours“, Hans Zimmer’s “Inception“, and, as well, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross‘s “The Social Network“.  With six nominations, “The Social Network” affirms itself as a great 2011 favorite.

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December 3, 2010

Nine Inch Nails live tribute in Bucharest, Club Fabrica, on February 12, 2011

Viva Music are deosebita placere sa anunte un eveniment special pentru data de 12 februarie in Club Fabrica din Bucuresti

Cinci muzicieni cunoscuti ai scenei de rock alternativ si metal pun la cale un proiect unic si special, primul tribut Nine Inch Nails produs vreodata in Romania.

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Cele 90 minute ale spectacolului vor fi o productie NIN autentica: sunet, lumini si video vor fi angrenate intr-o reprezentatie de o verosimilitudine NIN de necontestat. 18 melodii sunt produse chiar in acest moment, iar artistii depun toate eforturile ca lucrurile sa mearga conform planului.

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