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October 2, 2013

Amphi Festival 2014 news!

Filed under: Amphi Festival,International Events,International Scene — Tags: aesthetic perfection, amphi festival 2014, amphi X, centhron, die kammer, eisbrecher, hocico, lord of the lost, mono inc., nachtmahr, project pitchfork, zeromancer — admin @ 6:25 pm

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 10^th 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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June 24, 2013

Amphi Festival 2013 News: Lineup, Running order, Tickets and more!

Filed under: Amphi Festival,International Events,International Scene — Tags: amphi 2013, amphi festival, amphi festival 2013, amphi festival tickets, german gothic festival, germany, octavian logigan, viva music romania, viviana ball — admin @ 5:01 pm

Amphi 2013 Flyer

It is with great pleasure that we bring the latest Amphi 2013 news to you! Apart from the full lineup, you can also find information about tickets and charity programs the Amphi organizers are involved in. This is a festival we cannot miss!

(source of press release: http://www.amphi-festival.de/)

IX. AMPHI FESTIVAL – OPEN AIR 2013

Dear Amphi Fans,

Summertime finally arrived and with it the core of the festival season. In less than a month the Amphi Festival will open its gates for more than 16.000 attendees from all over the world. For everyone participating we’ve got a whole bunch of fresh news concerning the festival progress and for those who haven’t secured their tickets yet an extremely important announcement to be made.

PRE-ORDER CONTINGENT EXHAUSTED!

It is and remains simply insane: for the fifth time in history we are very excited to announce the pre-order contingent being exhausted! All orders, submitted to date, will still be processed and shipped!

Responding to the incredible demand for Amphi Festival tickets, we offer you a small contingent of tickets, originally destined for box-office sales, for online reservation.

You can go to www.amphi-festival.de/2013/kartenreservierung.html and make a binding ticket reservation toAmphi Festival weekend tickets for the box-office price of 75,00 € each. Some day tickets for Sunday can also be reserved for 55,00 € each. When the reservation contingent is used up, there will be no further tickets available at the door. Every visitor may reserve up to 2 tickets per category. This offer stands, while stock lasts!

RUNNING ORDER & CLASHFINDER ONLINE

Finally we also present you the long awaited running order of the festival today. The stagetimes of all appearing artists can be found at http://www.amphi-festival.de/2013/bands.html. Ideal to set up and print your individual plan, we further fed the popular Clashfinder tool with the line-up at http://clashfinder.com/s/amphi2013.

AMPHI FESTIVAL HELPS FLOOD VICTIMS IN GERMANY

On 20.06.2013 the auctions of various fence-banners ended, by which we raised funds for the organization „Aktion Deutschland hilft!“, helping flood-victims in Germany. All auctions raised fundings of 753,46 €.

In addition to the banner-auctions we instantly donated the complete turnover of the Amphi Festival pre-shirts to „Aktion Deutschland hilft!“ (www.aktion-deutschland-hilft.de) 10 days ago! Therefore we may announce a total donation of 1.503,46 €. Thanks to everybody who made this possible!

For the latest news about the Amphi Festival 2013 please visit: www.amphi-festival.de and/or www.facebook.com/amphifestival.

IX. AMPHI FESTIVAL – Open Air 2013 – Facts:

Date:

20.-21. July 2013

City:

Cologne – Tanzbrunnen

Program:

VNV NATION

FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM

ALIEN SEX FIEND | AGONOIZE

PHILLIP BOA & THE VOODOOCLUB | ANNE CLARK

SUICIDE COMMANDO | PETER HEPPNER | DIARY OF DREAMS

OOMPH! | ATARI TEENAGE RIOT | LETZTE INSTANZ | WELLE: ERDBALL

DIE FORM | UMBRA ET IMAGO | TANZWUT | WESSELSKY | DE/VISION

ICON OF COIL | FADERHEAD | FAUN | STAHLMANN | FUNKER VOGT

SOLITARY EXPERIMENTS | GRENDEL | FROZEN PLASMA

THE BEAUTY OF GEMINA | A LIFE [DIVIDED] | TYSKE LUDDER

[X]-RX | ROSA CRVX | ROME | SANTA HATES YOU | BEN IVORY

ESCAPE WITH ROMEO | XOTOX | FABRIKC | ALICE NEVE FOX

CHROM | DR. MARK BENECKE | DUNKELSCHÖN

CLASSIC & DEPECHE | CHRISTIAN VON ASTER

+ supporting programme & aftershowparties

Tickets:

-Binding box-office reservation still possible online, while stock lasts at www.amphi-festival.de/2013/kartenreservierung.html.

Thank you and see you soon!

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April 12, 2013

BAS 2013 – Celebrating Basildon’s Musical Heritage

Filed under: BAS — Tags: alison moyet, analog angel, automatic writing, bas2013, basildon, depeche mode, electro kill machine, erasure, kloq, london, o2 arena, sinistar, strangers, tenek, tickers, weirdgear, yazoo — admin @ 5:48 pm

Good news! Viva Music will participate in, and document, one of the most interesting Depeche Mode related events out there in Europe. We are talking about BAS 2013 (the third edition), event which is based on the history-making surroundings of Basildon – the music and cultural heritage of which is known to everyone. Let alone Depeche Mode, the 30 years+ history of Basildon also includes Erasure’s Vince Clarke and Yazoo‘s Alison Moyet. As the organizers put it, the musical Mecca of Basildon attracts many visitors, and there are no statues to honor their heroes – and this is where Bas Productions steps in – by providing a three day musical event in May 2013.

bas_2013_logo

May 2013’s second bank holiday (May 25-27) should be in everyone’s calendar since musicians, DJ’s and enthusiasts are all going to join in a weekend full of love and dancing. Multiple venues and three nights – that’s the real deal and the good news is that’s only the beginning of a one-week once-in-a-lifetime occasion: just one day away from Basildon’s most praised sons, Depeche Mode, take over O2 Arena in London for two consecutive gigs (May 28-29).

bas_2013_flyer

The theme nights – and days! of BAS 2013 are a clever crescendo of entertainment which will provide the needed warm-up for the Depeche Mode concerts. On Saturday, May-25, the evening of ‘BAS Welcome Party‘ will last well into the night, with bands such as Analog Angel, Electro Kill Machine, or Weirdgear, supporting DJ program by Steve Thorogood, and Dpplgngrs. All that in The Edge (formerly known as The Highway), a pub where Depeche Mode members used to hang out.

Previously on darkwave.ro: Analog Angel – “The Thin Line Between Love and Hate”: Viva Music Review

On Sunday, May-26 (daytime), it’s time for ‘BAS 2013 Lounge‘ – with Berlin’s DJ Dr. Atmo, and band Cult with No Name. The daytime activities will go on with cult movies revolving around the magic of Depeche Mode and last but not least, an exhibition of art and memorabilia from Basildon’s golden age. As we move toward the evening, the second part of Sunday entitled ‘Live Band Night‘ involved headliners Heaven 17, plus supporting shows from Tenek, Strangers, Kloq, Sinestar and Automatic Writing. Guest DJ’s Dave Charles and Rob Harvey are going to close the evening with their sets.

Previously on darkwave.ro: Tenek – “EP 2”: Viva Music Review | Tenek @Darkwave.ro Festival 2011: Viva Music Review with Photos

On Monday, May-27 (daytime) we are in for the ‘BAS Chillout BBQ‘ – with a hog roast and DJ Mixmaster Morris and DJ’s from Depeche Mode London. Speak & Spell play during ‘Sound of Basildon Night‘, with supporting set from Modovar (who are going to offer a tribute for the music of Vince Clarke) and a live segment from Dean M. Oldfield (formerly part of Ba5ic). Guest DJ’s Steve Gray(TEC), and Russel (Crocs) are going to entertain you as the last countdown of 24 hours before the massive Depeche Mode London concerts is set.

Day-/event ticket information here. | Bas Productions: Official | on Facebook

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September 25, 2012

Amphi Festival 2013: New Bands Confirmed

Filed under: Amphi Festival — Tags: agonoize, Alice Neve Fox, alien sex fiend, amphi festival 2013, amphi lineup, amphi tickets, chrom, Classic & Depeche, de/vision, Dunkelschoen, escape with romeo, Faun, fields of the nephilim, grendel, icon of coil, letzte instanz, Peter Heppner, rome, Rosa Crux, santa hates you, solitary experiments, stahlmann, suicide commando, tanzwut, the beauty of gemina, tickets, Umbra et Imago, welle:erdball — admin @ 7:21 pm

After a first wave of bands confirmed for Amphi Festival 2013 in less than one month from the actual 2012 event, including Fields of the Nephilim, Agonoize and Alien Sex Fiend just to entice buyers to stand in line for the opening of the commercial and internet ticket booths, today Amphi Festival officials announced new bands, thus making Amphi Festival a very desirable presence on the festival scene of next year.

Read Viva Music’s reports with photos from previous years of Amphi Festival: 2010: Day One, Day Two | 2011 | 2012

More fresh acts from the electronic, medieval, rock and classical genres populate the current lineup and you can actually count on seeing next year, on Jul-20&21 in Cologne’s Tanzbrunnen the following acts:

As always, more information is readily available on the festival official page and Facebook page. Tickets are on sale at the online shop, but also on Protain and Eventim shops.

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August 13, 2012

Amphi Festival 2013 news!

Filed under: Amphi Festival — Tags: amphi festival, amphi festival 2013 lineup, darkwave.ro, gothic festival in cologne, industrial music, tanzbrunnen koln, viva music — admin @ 3:21 pm

It is our pleasure to present the first bands to play Amphi Festival in 2013! We have just received the press release from the Amphi team, and are extremely pleased to share the great news with you! If you would like to (re)live a few amazing moments and experience the atmosphere (again), here are our reviews with photos of Amphi Festival: Amphi 2010 (Day 1), Amphi 2010 (Day 2), Amphi 2011 and Amphi 2012.

Here is the press release:

IX. AMPHI FESTIVAL – OPEN AIR 2013

Dear Amphi Fans,

the 8th Amphi Festival 2012 – „The Orkus Open Air“ is over and what a gorgeous festival it was! On 21. & 22. July Germany´s most iconic Gothic cathedral – the Cologne Cathedral – peered yearning glimpses to the other side of the Rhine, in painful desire to join the dance, when once again, over 16.000 attendants from all over the world began to celebrate their subculture under perfect festival conditions.

On behalf of the entire Amphi Team, we want to submit our sincerest thanks to all attendants for a gigantic AMPHI FESTIVAL 2012. You are AMPHI! Also we want to thank all bands, DJs, readers, traders, helpers, media partners and sponsors, our phenomenal crew, everybody from Tanzbrunnen Cologne, our club-partners, our street-team and everybody else involved in this exciting event.

After this incredible weekend awareness feels tough, that we have to wait for another year to finally meet each other again. Yet there´s one thing you can count on: the Amphi Festival returns in 2013 and it will be awesome!

AMPHI FESTIVAL 2013 – TICKETS NOW ON SALE & FIRST WAVE OF BANDS!

The ninth AMPHI FESTIVAL will take place on 20. & 21. JULY 2013 at the Tanzbrunnen Cologne, offering another great line-up of international top-acts including this first wave of artists:

FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM | ALIEN SEX FIEND | AGONOIZE

PETER HEPPNER | SUICIDE COMMANDO | LETZTE INSTANZ

WELLE: ERDBALL | UMBRA ET IMAGO | TANZWUT | DE/VISION

FAUN | GRENDEL | THE BEAUTY OF GEMINA | ROME

SANTA HATES YOU | XOTOX | FABRIKC | CHROM

+ side-programme and many others!

Since 01.08.2012 original tickets for the festival in 2013 are exclusively available at the AMPHI SHOP under www.amphi-shop.de .

Also the extremely popular 5+1 group-tickets (buy six, pay five) are available now. Please be informed that these group tickets are strictly limited and last time they were sold out way before Christmas. So don´t hesitate to pick up your group bundle right away and enjoy receiving one of those six tickets for free! As always, group tickets are available as weekend- or day tickets.

AMPHI MERCHANDISE 2012 ADDED TO THE SHOP

Are you looking for a new t-shirt, a girlie, a fancy cantine or Amphi shirts for children? Then visit us under www.amphi-shop.de. Various items of the Amphi 2012 merchandise collection have recently been added to the AMPHI SHOP, now available for mail-order.

FINAL RESULT OF BENEFICIAL AUCTIONS

Before the Amphi Festival 2012 we auctioned various site-fence banners for a good cause on Ebay. These auctions generated an amount of 637,90 €. After the Festival we added another special site-fence banner with signatures of various artists, which generated 174,10 €. Together with the donations made at the box office and the service point during the festival, we collected a total amount of 933,65 €, which we are pleased to round up to a sum of 1000,00 €!

Within the next couple of days we are going to hand over 500,00 € each (!) to the “society for the prevention of cruelty to children” in Garbsen ( http://www.kinderschutzbund-garbsen.de ) and to the “animal home Hanover” ( http://www.tierheim-hannover.de ). Thanks to everybody who contributed to this donation!

Best regards,

Your Amphi Festival Team

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July 27, 2012

Amphi Festival 2012: Viva Music Review, Jul-21&22, Cologne

Amphi Festival took over Cologne’s Tanzbrunnen for the 8th time! With a very clever choice of acts, and overall perfect organization, Amphi stated once more its position as one of the central events for the electro and industrial scenes. As it often happens, a sold-out event weeks before its start, Amphi Festival provided quality entertainment, very good facilities and considerable fuel for a crowd of almost two score of thousands. With early starts on both festival days, both on Saturday Jul-21 and Sunday Jul-22, the festival comforted the audience with a solid palette of both on the outdoor main stage and in the nearby Staatenhaus, as well as alternative entertainment in the Theater building. If you add to the set of concerts the wide array of stands, facilities, areas (including the famed beach zone), you could have practically spent a whole festival day just digging through bargains and taking your time in front of quite varied meals and still call it a full day. Or day and night! Because after countless concerts in the various venues of the area, DJ sets went on until the early hours of morn. But as a yearly convention of already sufficient stance, Amphi Festival meant, of course, a probe of temperature and color in today’s scene, and if audience reactions stand for anything, we’re all good, the entertainment is still varied, the ethos of the scene is still valid and vivid, people still feel the urge to dress up and make a stand, and the music sounds as good as ever.

Viva Music would like to take a minute to thank for the opportunity to be there and enjoy Amphi Festival 2012 to: the flawless clockwork organizing team, to the numberless artists and tech personnel who made concerts happen, and to the beating heart of the audience, which keeps our scene alive and kicking. And if you missed Amphi Festival this year, put these two things down on your to-do list: (1) read our act-by-act review and browse the individual photo galleries; (2) book in time your Amphi Festival 2013 experience: with tickets already on sale this coming week on Aug-01, and the first acts to be confirmed on Aug-13. Amphi Festival 2013 will take place on Jul-20 and Jul-21 in Tanzbrunnen Cologne. (more…)

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June 29, 2012

Blackfield Festival 2012 – Jun-23&24 – Gelsenkirchen: Viva Music Review with Photos

Filed under: Blackfield Festival — Tags: 2012, agonoize, blackfield, blackfield festival, combichrist, culture kultur, end of green, event review, funker vogt, gelsenkirchen, grendel, herzfeind, hocico, in extremo, in legend, megaherz, oomph, pakt, photo review, review, saltatio mortis, she wants revenge, solitary experiments, stahlmann, the exploding boy, viva music, vnv nation, welle:erdball, x-divide — admin @ 5:22 pm

Blackfield Festival celebrated its fifth edition with a first-time sold-out arena on Jun-23&24 in Gelsenkirchen. In the already traditional Amphitheater of Gelsenkirchen, the festival was set up as a middle-sized event to the minutest of details. Not only the amphitheater was made-to-fit the crowd and its access to and fro, but it provided excellent venue facilities. All bands were rigorous about their stage time and the schedule allowed everyone to be entertained by a musical diversity which was at the same time well-thought and respectful of people’s tastes and interests. The setup of the festival was complemented by a large array of facilities and the food served met all tastes. Add to that the number of shops for gear and clothing, jewelry and fragrances, as well as the wonderful medieval fair, and you tick all the boxes of a dream festival. Unfortunately, the weather was not so welcoming, but however, did not actually impact the audience, who stood against a first day of scorching sun and wind, and a second day of drenching rain and dark skies.

Viva Music’s presence at the festival was enriching and educational – we have of course met before decent and respectful organization of events, and Blackfield is one of the festivals which actually commit to people’s well-being while on the premises, but we were constantly overwhelmed by the friendliness of space, people, and concept of the festival. So our thanks go to the Blackfield organizing team, to our fellow artists, journalists and music fans – with them, the event felt like a blessing, and within minutes of its end, we would have started this experience all over again! Go back to top

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June 13, 2012

E-tropolis Festival: Date Postponed, But New Acts Announced

Filed under: E-tropolis — Tags: 2013, autodafeh, covenant, DAF, etropolis, leaetherstrip, melotron, new date, solar fake, ticket info, welle:erdball — admin @ 8:50 pm

As festival authorities just confirmed, the third E-tropolis Festival at the Columbia compound in Berlin has been postponed. Already bought tickets remain valid for the new date!

Initially scheduled for September 2012, the alternate date has been set to 23.03.2013. The postponement of the entire festival became necessary, after the original date collided with the agendas of various high-profile artists. In order to provide you with the strong musical line-up, the festival is acclaimed for, featuring the best of EBM, industrial, electro- and synthpop, we decided to pull the plug and to reconfigure the control board again, in order to gather up a diversified billing for the system re-boot in March. Finally we don´t need to hold back any longer, what will offer a total blast of electronic dance music!

Before we get to the new announcements, all fans of NACHTMAHR, DIORAMA, GRENDEL and [X]-RX shall feel relieved. All four of these previously announced bands agreed to the postponement and will perform at the E-tropolis Festival in March 2013.

Accompanied by a large bite of “now more than ever!”-attitude we meanwhile managed to add 7 striking reasons for your festival-trip to the German capital of Berlin:

COVENANT * DAF * WELLE: ERDBALL * LEÆTHER STRIP * MELOTRON * SOLAR FAKE * AUTODAFEH

In addition to that we have even more artists in the pipeline, soon to be announced! So anticipate the electro-event of the year with us and salute spring 2013 in Berlin with a threefold thundering: “Darker:Harder:Louder!” – no holds barred!

Tickets: As usual, original tickets and our highly-requested 5+1 group tickets are exclusively available from our festival ticket shop www.etropolis-festival.de/tickets. Additionally standard festival tickets are available nationwide on all CTS/EVENTIM, ADTICKET and TICKETMASTER outlets! Tickets are priced 38,00 € plus charges and shipping. Tickets bought for the festival date in 2012 stay valid for the new date! (source: press release)

For further information visit the festival’s official page and their Facebook page.

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May 16, 2012

Zita Rock Festival – One Month to Go – Running Order & News!

Filed under: Zita Rock Festival — Tags: 2012, asp, berlin, evanescence, festival, june, lord of the lost, mono inc., oomph, running order, saltatio mortis, spandau citadel, staubkind, the 69 eyes, zeraphine, zita rock — admin @ 11:28 am

The Zita Rock Festival is one month away (Jun-15&16, Berlin Spandau Citadel – one of the most beautiful and important Renaissance castles, built between 1559 and 1594)! Once again, the citadel will be invaded by rock fans for the special musical program of Zita Rock Festival. With an impressive musical program, combining the best of alternative, gothic, medieval and electro-rock music, the two-day festival announces itself as one of the best summer events of 2012! No less than US megastar Evanescence are headlining the festival, in addition to world-famous acts such as Lord of the Lost, Oomph!, Staubkind, Zeraphine, Mono Inc., Saltatio Mortis, ASP and The 69 Eyes.

The final schedule and running order are decided upon, and here are the important times you need to set in your agenda, should you wish to spend the two days of the festival in the company of music: Jun-15: 17:00h – doors open, 18:30-19:10h – Lord of the Lost, 19:40-20:40h – Oomph!, 21:20-22:25h – Evanescence; Jun-16: 13:00h – doors open, 15:00-15:40h – Staubkind, 16:00-16:50h – Zeraphine, 17:10-18:00h – Mono Inc., 18:20-19:10h – Saltatio Mortis, 19:30-20:30h – The 69 Eyes, 21:00-22:00h – ASP.

Day tickets are available at EUR36,-, while weekend tickets are at EUR59,- plus booking fees here. For orders places before Mar-23 for day tickets, full festival upgrades are available, inquire at upgrade@zita-rock.de). More and updated information is provided on the official website of the festival, as well as on the festival’s Facebook page.

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May 5, 2012

Industrial Booom – ReBoot Festival – Apr-27-29, in Budapest, Hungary: Viva Music Review

Industrial Booom – ReBoot Festival is one event we were definitely eager to attend. To begin with, we are always happy to see the scene evolve and manifest itself in our part of Europe, and the scene of Budapest, especially after last year’s Industrial Booom, was something we were curious to check out. Then this year’s lineup screamed thrill coming our way, and we could not resist it. Guided and welcomed by the extremely helpful and accommodating professionals who organized the Budapest event, Black Head Agency, we attended Industrial Booom – ReBoot Festival in Budapest, Hungary, between Apr-27 and Apr-29 and were simply thrilled. Our thanks go to the organizers, to the nice emerging dark scene of Budapest, and needless to say, to the artists who gave their best on the stage of Barba Negra Music Club, a truly great venue, with everything from a VIP lounge to a kitchen, as well as a great stage and sound system, a welcoming concert hall, and a smoking ban that was appreciated even by smokers.

The event lasted for three days, and each day was given a special name to accommodate the genres and acts who were performing. The first day, Fri, Apr-27, entitled Mechanix Day, was the day in which First Aid 4 Souls, Decoded Feedback, Haujobb, The Neon Judgement, 32Crash and Project Pitchfork went up on stage. Then on the second day, Sat, Apr-28, we witnessed the Electronic Body Day, with acts such as Escalator, Absolute Body Control, Klutae, Spetsnaz, Front 242, and The Juggernauts. Finally, the Dark Side Day, on Sun, Apr-29, meant incredibly good performances from The Arch, Sonar, Dance or Die, In Strict Confidence, Clan of Xymox, and Diary of Dreams. Belgium was the most represented country if you think of the nationalities of bands, with seven acts, closely followed by Germany with five. Local acts from Hungary, two of them, as well as acts from Canada, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands, one each, completed the beautiful and clever lineup of the festival.

Detailed festival concert reviews illustrated with event photography can be accessed below by scrolling or by clicking on the days and act names from their respective menus.

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