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October 9, 2013

E✖T▲NZE Party, Underworld Club Bucharest – October 12, 2014

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E✖T▲NZE

DARK SOUNDS

In ziua de sambata, 12 octombrie, sunteti invitati la evenimentul lunar E✖T▲NZE, ce promoveaza cele mai intunecate sunete din aria electro-industrial. De la ora 22:00, in Underworld Club (Str. Coltei, nr. 48), 3 DJ se vor ocupa de muzica: Malice, Ginki si X, imbinand cu succes stiluri precum dark electronic, industrial, dark dnb si hardcore techno.

E✖T▲NZE este un eveniment unde cele mai digitale sunete sunt mixate de DJ in timp ce ai posibilitatea de a urmari interesante si intunecate visuals intr-o atmosfera speciala.

Intrarea este libera, iar participantilor li se ofera sansa de a castiga un tricou E✖T▲NZE la ora 2:00.

Genuri muzicale: Dark electro, industrial, darkwave, noize, hardcore techno, aggrotech, dark trance, dark dnb, darkstep, schranz

Eveniment Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/516207461782930/

Pagina Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/extanze

October 7, 2013

BLN – “Moldern” Out Oct-07, Release Party Oct-11

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bln_moldern_album_cover_2013Tracklist: “ILA” * “Care” * “Toy” * “Silk” * “Trip” * “Classic” * Prdss” * “Crystal” * “Naked” (feat. Luiza Zan) * “Gandurile” (vs. Monojacks) Remixes: “Care” (Plaid Inashed Remix) * “ILA” (Architect Remix) * “Toy” (Roel Funcken rmx) * “Silk” (r.roo Remix) * “Care” (Yvat Remix) * “Trip” (Erode Remix) * “Classic” (Dirk Geiger Remix) * “Naked” (Midimode Remix) * “ILA” (Basementgrr rmx) * “Care” (scrambled by Cycler on a rainy day) * “Trip” (Across the Bridge Mix by Talvekoidik) * “Prdss” (Reformed by Randomform) * “Care” (Core Dumped by Reform-1)

BLN previously on Viva Music sites: Brazda lui Novac in deschiderea concertului Covenant | Brazda lui Novac – “Dizzy”: Out Tomorrow |

Release date: Oct-07, 2013, via Bandcamp.com

Official launch event: Oct-11; 22:00hrs @Control Club, Bucharest, Romania | RSVP here.

About: Started in 1997 as a hobby, Brazda Lui Novac is now Romanian musician Victor Popescu’s fully blossomed electronic project. Having spent his childhood in a district called “Brazda Lui Novac” (translation: “the furrow of Novac”), Victor found it fitting to give the same name to what he creates musically, as adult now. Entailed in a genre fusion, Brazda Lui Novac’s sound stretches from melodic synth sounds to collages of IDM, industrial, electro and often encompassing subtle elements of shoegaze. In 2003, Victor opened Square Sound Studio, followed by Square Sound Records in 2009. This had a major influence on his livesets by shifting the digital feel of the music to a more physical one, including more hardware to the act. In 2011, Brazda lui Novac (currently BLN) released the album “Dizzy” with Raumklang Music.

BLN – “Moldern” – Viva Music Review: BLN’s “Moldern” comes as a revelation this fall, with sufficient warmth to keep us going through the coming cold. “ILA” is the opening piece of the two-disc album, serving both as an intro and a recipe for the entire album. It combines diversity and a common red thread that reads easily and makes a perfect soundtrack for the fall. The ensuing piece, “Care” is probably one of the best pieces of the album, and its eerie effect does not wear off even after several listens. “Toy” adds to the previous agenda-setting a little more boost, with its majestic arches and staccato flows over a cathedral-like anthem. With “Silk” and “Trip” the album gains in texture, and with “Classic” it marks a turning point int he album toward the nostalgic and the yearning. “Prdss” continues the series with a great melodic line, which would make the best soundtrack for the end credits of a new Bond movie. Up next, “Crystal” stands very well as a good competitor against “Care” for best track of the album. Of a special quality that matches in tone and hue the album, the Luiza Zan feature is a splendid example of what finely tuned vocals can do in finesse to the above trend, and you can notice her jazzy input for a track that is altogether brilliant. As for the last piece, “Gandurile” (Romanian: “The Thoughts”) is nothing less than we expected from a collaboration with the Monojacks. It bears their signature riffs, but blends in miraculously with the undercurrents of BLN’s music creating a topnotch track. The second disc of the album is a series of remixes for the first disc tracks, amplifying the voices in “Moldern”, ranging from Architect to Dirk Geiger remixes. An extensive listen, the second disc is a manifest for such collaboration, because of the wealth of musical ideas that can develop in collaborative music spaces. BLN’s “Moldern” is an album that is well worth many listens, and encapsulates enough musical material to sound different with every such listen. Highly recommended new addition to your album collection, enjoy!

BLN – on Facebook | on Discogs

October 2, 2013

Amphi Festival 2014 news!

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Dear friends and fans of electro/industrial/gothic music, Amphi Festival crew have already started the preparations for next year’s festival in Cologne, Germany! Here is the first batch of info. Enjoy and book your tickets! Amphi Festival is always sold out, so make sure that you take advantage of the early bird offers. See you next year!

X. AMPHI FESTIVAL 2014 – OPEN AIR

Dear Amphi Fans,

in August we already announced the first wave of artists for the 10th Amphi Festival anniversary on 26. & 27.07.2014 in Cologne. Now there is another selection of exceptional artists waiting to be unveiled. Actually our latest programme comes with 4 additional entries!

NEW ARTISTS ADDED TO THE LINE-UP

BLUTENGEL & THE MONUMENT ENSEMBLE
PROJECT PITCHFORK | JANUS | DIE KAMMER

In early 2013 we followed the release of „Monument“, the most sophisticated BLUTENGEL-album to-date, which peaked at an impressive 4th position of the German Media Control album-charts and received overwhelming praise from the fan-base and beyond. By the name BLUTENGEL & THE MONUMENT ENSEMBLE the band of mastermind Chris Pohl also embarks on a special tour this autumn to create a symbiosis between gothic and classic. Needless to say, we are very delighted to bring this mesmerizing experience exclusively to you, with BLUTENGEL´s only classic show on a festival in 2014. 

PROJECT PITCHFORK are back in „BLACK“ – more powerful and charismatic than before the electro-pioneers from Hamburg adorned their latest work with hymnic melody phrases and gripping sounds between club-compatible industrial influences and picturesque soundscapes. No matter whether in a club or on the big festival stage – PROJECT PITCHFORK always aim dead center, to pick you up from the get-go! Not to forget their impressive drum-performance with two, sometimes even three drummers at the same time.

For the first time since their famous “Winterreise” in 2005 the German cult-band JANUS will also return to stage again at the X. Amphi-Festival in Cologne. The upcoming re-release of their groundbreaking concept album “Schlafende Hunde” marks the occasion for two exclusive acoustic shows at the Theater am Tanzbrunnen, played over both festival days. Other appearances in 2014 by this uncompromising band around frontman RIG and sound wizard Toby are not planned. Actually it is an equally unexpected and rare opportunity for later-born and nostalgians to experience JANUS live. Those who witnessed the legendary “Winterreise” concerts in their full chamber music outfit know that goosebumps will be guaranteed!

Also confirmed for the Theater am Tanzbrunnen we present you DIE KAMMER at the Amphi Festival 2014. With DIE KAMMER the two long-term companions Matthias Ambré and Marcus Testory joined back together to wander on the musical path of the singer-/songwriter´s art. Melancholic, morbid, sometimes with a hint of sarcasm, sometimes with a charming twinkle in the eye, DIE KAMMER take their audience on a magic journey full of genuine emotions.

TICKETS

Original Amphi tickets are available worldwide exclusively from the AMPHI SHOP at www.amphi-shop.de. Furthermore you can buy festival tickets at all nationwide EVENTIM box offices or www.eventim.de.

In three of our neighboring countries you can also buy tickets directly from box-offices now. Tickets are available directly in the Netherlands at www.eventim.nl, in Austria at www.oeticket.com and in Switzerland at www.ticketcorner.ch, including the associated box-offices.

For all latest news about the Amphi Festival 2014 please visit us at:
www.amphi-festival.de
www.facebook.com/amphifestival

Best regards
Your Amphi Festival Team!

 

X. AMPHI FESTIVAL – OPEN AIR 2014
26. – 27. July 2014 D – Cologne | Tanzbrunnen
EISBRECHER | BLUTENGEL & THE MONUMENT ENSEMBLE
PROJECT PITCHFORK | MONO INC. | HOCICO | NACHTMAHR
IAMX | ROTERSAND | ZEROMANCER | AESTHETIC PERFECTION
LORD OF THE LOST | SOLAR FAKE | JANUS | EISENFUNK
UNZUCHT | DIE KAMMER | MAERZFELD | CENTHRON
+ many other artists + supporting programme
Info:                            www.amphi-festival.de or www.facebook.com/amphifestival
Original tickets:        www.amphi-shop.de (worldwide)
Tickets:                     Germany: www.eventim.de & all associated national box-offices
                                   Netherlands: www.eventim.nl & all associated national box-offices
Austria: www.oeticket.com & all associated national box-offices
Switzerland: www.ticketcorner.ch & all associated national box-offices

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