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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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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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March 22, 2012

Nordstern Festival Lineup Complete 2012

Filed under: Nordstern Festival — Tags: 2012, apoptygma berzerk, blind passenger, dive, eisenfunk, haujobb, lienup complete, lights of euphoria, mesh, monolith, moon.74, nachtmahr, nordstern festivsal, northern lite, project pitchfork, sitd, solitary experiments, the exploding boy, x rx — admin @ 2:53 pm

Finally the line up of our second Nordstern Festival 2012 is complete!

We stick to our idea of trying to present bands that you can only rarely see at the big festivals: The Belgian EBM combo Juggernauts is just such a band. The formed in 2010 and the their first song „Phoenix“ was released in July 2011 as part of the „Awake The Machines 7“ sampler. The Juggernauts will open on Friday at the Markthalle. With 18 bands on 2 days and in 2 two venues, a Kick Off – and an Aftershow Party the Nordstern Festival team is going to offer you a superb program in beautiful Hamburg. Below you can find all relevant festival information:

Line Up:
Markthalle (Big Hall), Friday, 13.07.2012:
Dive* Nachtmahr * Haujobb * :SITD: * Blind Passenger *

Markthalle (Marx), Friday, 13.07.2012:
Eisenfunk * Lights of Euphoria * Monolith * X-RX * Neurotic Mass Movement (Winner of the Newcomer Wettbewerb) * MOON.74 (Winner of the Newcomer Wettbewerb)

Stadtpark, Saturday, 14.07.2012:
Apoptygma Berzerk * Project Pitchfork * Mesh* Northern Lite * Solitary Experiments * The Exploding Boy!

Advance sale is running at full speed. Tickets can be purchased from: 2 days ticket: Tickets for Markthalle, Stadtpark & the Aftershow Party on 14 July (limited to 1000 tickets!!!): Those of you who want to buy such tickets should not wait too long. Stock is already low. Karsten Jahnke: www.karsten-jahnke.de/tickets.php (€ 49,90 including all fees) Eventim: www.eventim.de (€ 51,90 including all fees) Day ticket Stadtpark: Day tickets for Stadtpark and Afteshow Party at the Markthalle on Saturday: Karsten Jahnke: www.karsten-jahnke.de/tickets.php (€ 37,90 including all fees) Eventim: www.eventim.de (€ 39,90 including all fees).

All tickets also allow you to use public transport in Hamburg (HVV) free of charge. News and information concerning the festival can also be found at: www.nordsternfestival.de & www.facebook.de/nordsternfestival. (source: promoter)

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November 30, 2011

The Christmas Ball Festivals 2011: Hannover, Cologne, Neu-Isenburg, Berlin

Filed under: Christmas Ball — Tags: 2011, christmas ball, combichrist, front 242, hocico, protain, solitary experiments, the klinik — admin @ 10:45 am

Last year the Christmas Ball Festivals ranged among the most successful Christmas events of the dark music scene. With a total audience of over 6.000 enthusiastic fans the festival series noted a new attendance record. In 2011, celebrating their 5th anniversary, the Christmas Ball Festivals are reaching for the stars again by calling the titans of the dark dancefloor. Join in and experience spectacular Christmas events, driven by heavy electronic beats and stunning live-action, including headliners Front 242, the international top-acts Combichrist, Hocico and The Klinik as well as Berlin’s electropop institution Solitary Experiments EXPERIMENTS! Christmas Ball Festivals are scheduled to visit the following cities:

26-Dec: Hannover/Capitol * 27-Dec: Cologne/Theater am Tanzbrunnen * 28-Dec: Neu-Isenburg/Hugenottenhalle * 29-Dec: Berlin/Huxley’s Neue Welt * Doors open: 5:30pm; concert start: 7:30pm.

Tickets available from Protain ticketshop, CTS/Eventim offices and booths, ADticket at Eur 32,-. More information is available from the event’s website: http://christmasball-festival.de and http://protain.de.

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August 12, 2011

De/vision “Popgefahr – The Mix” Out on Oct-25!

Filed under: International News — Tags: blitzmaschine, de/vision, iris, mesh, mic, new release, october 2011, popgefahr, remix, remixes, solitary experiments, viva music review — admin @ 8:00 am

Tracklist: Disc One: “mAndroids (Intuition’s Automatischer Mix)” * “Rage (Mesh – Tantrum Mix)” “What’s Love All About (Raytracer Mix)” * “Time To Be Alive (Iris Mix)” * “Plastic Heart (SideChain Moog Mix)” * “Be A Light To Yourself (Abysmal Mix)” * “Ready To Die (Hearhere Remix)” * “Flash Of Life (Backscatter Remix by Solitary Experiments)” * “Twisted Story (Rob Dust Remix)” * “Until The End Of Time (Renegade Of Noise Stomp RMX)” Disc Two: “|mAndroids (Nydhog Remix)” * “Rage (Naweed Mix)” * “What’s Love All About (Kant Kino Remix)” “Time To Be Alive (BLITZMASCHINE Pre-Build Mix)” * “Plastic Heart (Neuroplastic Mix by Cold In May)” * “Be A Light To Yourself (Subsonique – Flashlight Remix)” * “Ready To Die (Remix by ROTOSKOP)” * “Flash Of Life (Intuition’s Perfect Life Remix)” * “Twisted Story (Tkach Rogue Mix)” * “Until The End Of Time (Timeless Rmx by Technomancer)

Did you enjoy De/vision’s latest “Popgefahr”? If so, you now have the opportunity to enjoy the full playlist of “Popgefahr” in not one, but two more versions. The forthcoming “Popgefahr – The Mix” brings you two remix versions of each of the songs, on two separate discs, with highlights from Mesh, Iris, Solitary Experiments and Blitzmaschine. We are looking forward to this release on Oct-25, 2011. You can pre-order the double disc directly from Metropolis Records, as well as other arrangements from different resellers.

De/vision – Official Website | on Facebook | Discography on Discogs

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April 12, 2011

Kinetik Festival, May 19-23 in Montreal: News!

Filed under: Kinetik Festival — Tags: 2011, aesthetic perfection, agonoize, alifeffekt, assemblage 23, bruderschaft, continues, corrupted suburbs, covenant, die krupps, dj acucrack, e.s.a., everything goes cold, festival, festival concept, festival news, fgf280, front 242, front line assembly, funker vogt, god module, iszoloscope, ivardensphere, Kinetik festival, lineup, mind.in.a.box, modulate, monolith, montreal, news, painbastard, phosgore, sket, solitary experiments, squarehead, suicide commando, system syn, terrorfakt, the klinik, ticket information, unter null, vnv nation, waste, x rx, xotox — admin @ 10:00 am

A non-profit organization founded by a partnership between KAO Production, EBEN Production & [i] Prod to promote the North American Electro-Industrial-Noize scene, Kinetik Productions is proud to bring you back after the success of the last editions, the Kinetik Festival from May 19 to 23 2011 in Montreal, Canada. Don’t miss your chance to be part of this unique experience with some of the best acts of the Electro-Industrial scene performing during those four days!

KINETIK DEFINITION (KINETIC) :

The kinetic energy (also called in the old writings live viva, or sharp force) is the energy which a body because of its movement has. The kinetic energy of a body is equal to work necessary to make pass says it body of the rest to its current rotation and translatory movement.

It is Guillaume d’ Ockham (1280-1349) who introduced, in 1323, the difference between what is called the dynamic movement (that we generate) and the kinetic movement (generated by interactions, of which collisions).*

* Definition supplements via wikipedia

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December 31, 2010

2011 Festivals to Look Forward to

Filed under: International Events — Tags: alien sex fiend, amphi festival, analog angel, apoptygma berzerk, arcana, asp, attrition, belgium, berlin, blackfield festival, brazda lui novac, bucuresti, clan of xymox, cologne, combichrist, covenant, darkwave.ro, das ich, destroid, diary of dreams, die braut, die krupps, diorama, dr. arthur krause, dreadful shadows, dutch order, dv8fest, e-tropolis festival, empusae, end of green, eyes shut tight, faderhead, finland, front line assembly, fuzzbox, gelsenkirchen, germany, gothic festival waregem, grendel, haujobb, hildesheim, in strict confidence, klangstabil, leaether strip, leipzig, lisbon, lumous festival, m'era luna festival, mono inc., MORTIIS, nosferatu, ordo rosario equilibrio, persephone, planet myer day, portugal, pray silence festival, project pitchfork, qntal, rabia sorda, red lorry yellow lorry, romania, rotersand, santa hates you, skinny puppy, solitary experiments, sono, staubkind, subheim, suicide commando, summer darkness, tampere, tenek, teufel, the beauty of gemina, the netherlands, tying tiffany, uk, unheilig, utrecht, vlad in tears, vnv nation, wave gotik treffen, waves under water, whitby gothic weekend, within temptation, york, zin, zita rock festivals — admin @ 9:30 am

Planet Myer Day 9

When: January 7

Where: Leipzig, Germany

Who: Destroid, Brazda lui Novac, Klangstabil, Empusae, Subheim

Official Website: http://www.myspace.com/planetmyerstudios

Darkwave.ro

When: January 29

Where: Bucharest, Romania

Who: Project Pitchfork, Rabia Sorda, Tenek

Official Website: http://www.vivamusic.ro

Whitby Gothic Weekend

When: March 25 & March 26

Where: Whitby, North Yorkshire, UK

Who: Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Fuzzbox, Dr. Arthur Krause, Dutch Order, The Beauty of Gemina and others to be announced

Official website: http://wgw.topmum.co.uk/

Wave Gotik Treffen

When: June 10 thru June 13

Where: Leipzig, Germany

Who: Analog Angel, Die Braut, Eyes Shut Tight, Nosferatu, Tying Tiffany, Vlad in Tears, and others to be announced

Official Website: www.wave-gotik-treffen.de

Zita Rock Festival

When: June 18 & June 19

Where: Zitadele, Berlin, Germany

Who: Zin, Teufel, Qntal, End of Green, Mono Inc., Project Pitchfork and others to be confirmed

Official Website: http://www.zita-rock.de/

Blackfield Festival

When: June 25 & June 26

Where: Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Who: Apoptygma Berzerk, Dreadful Shadows, Sono and others to be announced

Official Website: www.blackfield-festival.de

Lumous Gothic Festival

When: July 8 thru July 11

Where: Tampere, Finland

Who: Leaether Strip, Nosferatu, Waves Under Water, and others to be announced

Official Website: http://www.lumous.net

Amphi Festival

When: July 16 & July 17

Where: Tanzbrunnen, Cologne, Germany

Who: Die Krupps, Das Ich, Diorama, Grendel, Staubkind, Klangstabil, Persephone, Suicide Commando, In Strict Confidence, and others to be confirmed. Classic & Depeche (piano concert with pianist Lars Arnold) also in the schedule.

Official Website: http://www.amphi-festival.de/

DV8Fest 2011

When: July 21 thru July 24

Where: York, UK

Who: Nosferatu and more than 50 other acts to be announced

Official Website: http://www.dv8fest.com/

Castle Party

When: July 21 thru July 24

Where: Bolkow Castle, Poland

Who: Atari Teenage Riot (de), PROJECT PITCHFORK (de), DIARY OF DREAMS (de), Closterkeller (pl), UMBRA ET IMAGO (de), SUICIDE COMMANDO (be) and many more

Official Website: http://castleparty.com/

Summer Darkness

When: July 29 thru July 31

Where: Utrecht, the Netherlands

Who: Lineup will be announced during the Summer Darkness Winter Edition, on Feb-04 (Combichrist & Mortiis concert)

Official website: http://www.summerdarkness.nl/festival/

M’era Luna Festival

When: August 13 & August 14

Where: Hildesheim, Germany

Who: Within Temptation, ASP, End of Green, Mono Inc., The Beauty of Gemina and others to be confirmed

Official Website: http://www.fkpscorpio.com/meraluna/

E-tropolis Festival

When: September 3

Where: Berlin, Germany

Who: Rotersand, VNV Nation, Haujobb, Faderhead, Solitary Experiments, Santa Hates You, and others to be confirmed

Official Website: http://www.etropolis-festival.de

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December 28, 2010

2010 Album Releases You Want to Listen to

Filed under: Album Reviews — Tags: 2010, 2010 albums, ad inferna, angel theory, angels on acid, chrom, code 64, combichrist, culture kultur, das ich, diary of dreams, faderhead, front line assembly, funker vogt, heimataerde, hocico, how to destroy angels, in strict confidence, iris, killing joke, klangstabil, la femme verte, laurentiu rusen, lost area, massiv in mensch, menschdefekt, Mergel Kratzer, mind.in.a.box, minerve, painbastard, peter murphy, project pitchfork, provision, s-talker, sam, santa hates you, shadow minds, slave republic, solemn novena, solitary experiments, stereomotion, tenek, tense, viva music, wynardtage, zeromancer — admin @ 10:00 am

A rich and provocative year, 2010 meant the release of many new albums from the relevant names from the gothic, industrial and electro scenes, but also the discovery of new artists, that come, layer upon layer of sound, to further enlarge the musical spectrum, reconsider the influences, and at the same time remain under the non-mainstream cone of light.

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December 6, 2010

2nd electro music show on Bucuresti radio (98.3 fm) on Sunday, December 5

Filed under: Viva Music radio shows — Tags: a la chart de weekend, alphaville, bogdan crutescu, combichrist, dave gahan, informatik, laurentiu rusen, minerve, noyce tm, project pitchfork, radio bucuresti, radio online, solitary experiments, the pixels, viva music, viviana ball — admin @ 12:01 am

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Viva Music took the second step in making the dark gothic.industrial.synth music known to the Romanian audience on Sunday, December 5, 2010. Our dear friend and supporter, Laurentiu Rusen (thank you, Laur!) and Vivi were guests of the extremely popular “A la chart de week-end”, with Bogdan Crutescu show on Radio Bucuresti (98.3 FM) for the second time.

We talked about electro.dark.gothic.industrial music, the electro scene, the gigs Viva Music is organizing in the first months of 2011 (the third Darkwave.ro Fest, NIN live tribute and Combichrist). We are grateful to Bogdan Crutescu for his invitation, and we appreciate his support. It looks like he is turning into an electrohead himself!

Stay tuned on Sunday, December 26, between 7:30–8:00 pm and 8:30–9:00 pm cause we are playing ELECTRO.INDUSTRIAL.SYNTH MUSIC on Bucuresti FM again! Please write to us with suggestions for the playlist at viviana@vivamusic.ro. Don’t forget that you can watch the show live on http://www.bucurestifm.ro/.

Playlist, December 5, 2010, “A la chart de week-end”, with Bogdan Crutescu (guests Viviana Ball, Laur Rusen)

Noyce TM – This World (Un::welt)

Minerve – Please (Please)

Solitary Experiments – Lost (Compendium 2)

Informatik – As we lay silent (Beyond)

Project Pitchfork – Timekiller (Daimonion)

Combichrist – Through these eyes of pain (Making monsters)

Dave Gahan – Kingdom (Hourglass)

The Pixels – Sell my soul (Fire exit)

Alphaville – I die for you today (Catching rays on giant)

Note that at the end of every show we submit a list of the tracks we played so royalties can be sent to the record labels of each band. Does that sound good or what?

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August 10, 2010

Amphi Festival 2010 review: Day 1

Filed under: International Events (Reviews) — Tags: amphi festival, and one, anne clark, ashbury heights, asp, blackfield festival, blutengel, combichrist, concert, cruxshadows, darkwave, destroid, din a tod, eisbrecher, electro, end of green, faderhead, festival, festival in romania, funker vogt, goth, industrial, letzte instanz, lyrics, mainstange, miss construction, nachtmahr, patenbrigar, project pitchfork, samas traum, skinny puppy, solitary experiments, staatenhaus, travis, welle: erdball, zin — admin @ 8:37 am

AMPHI FESTIVAL in Cologne, Germany is the smartest and most convenient festival I have ever attended. It was obvious on July 24 and 25, 2010 that the organizer had definitely worked very hard to make all the 16,000 participants feel entertained and satisfied.

The clout of this festival was made of: the participants (amazing crowd of amazing dancers and party people, donning wonderful outfits – sometimes the audience were better dressed than the band members), the organization, the venue (amazing view of the Rhine, beach bar and lounge, small and large places to sit down, terraces and benches, in the shade or in the sun, vegetation everywhere). The location gives you the feeling of an all inclusive holiday club with another 16,000 people who are also enjoying themselves to the max.

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