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Published: 07 January 2013

ARMA Music Hall, Moscow, Russia
7th & 8th December 2012
X Moscow Synthetic Snow Festival 2012 Day 2: DSTR (Instead of Project Pitchfork), Covenant (Instead of T.O.Y), DBS, In Strict Confidence, De/Vision

Ten years ago the first Moscow Synthetic Snow Festival was the biggest alternative electronic and synth music event in Russia and it managed to maintain this status up to the present, when Russian Synth Community invited admirers of dark synths and pushing rhythms to celebrate its first anniversary with 2 days of excellent music, unforgettable performances and festive atmosphere. Unfortunately, it didn’t go off as smoothly as it had been planned because of the unprecedented cancellation of 3 out of 10 acts right before the beginning of the festival (PROJECT PITCHFORK and DIORAMA – due to vocalists’ health conditions and T.O.Y. – due to flight problems). Nevertheless promoters managed to cope with this situation with the help of remaining acts.

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Published: 04 January 2013

Kulturfabrik, Krefeld, Germany
22nd December 2012
Plusweltfestival X: Vic Anselmo, Microclocks, OBK, De/Vision, Mesh

7th December 2002 was the birthday of Pluswelt festival. And now ten years later, the tenth anniversary is celebrated – as kind of tradition – at the Kulturfabrik Krefeld when all signals were on Electro-Pop with headliner MESH or DE/VISION. Also the rest of the billing promised a diversified evening.

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Published: 21 December 2012

Matrix, Bochum, Germany
19th December 2012
Iced Earth, Evergrey, Steel Engraved & Dead Shape Figure

Wednesday evening presented a fine Metal package at the Matrix. Headlined by ICED EARTH, all in all 4 bands were there to make people sweat. Starting was really early and doors opened at 18:30. So the crowd was quite manageable, especially when the first band started already 15 minutes after doors opened…

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Published: 21 December 2012

ARMA Music Hall, Moscow, Russia
7th & 8th December 2012
X Moscow Synthetic Snow Festival 2012 Day 1: Mental Discipline, Felix Marc/Frozen Plasma, Haujobb, Clan Of Xymox, Covenant

Ten years ago, the first Synthetic Snow Festival in Moscow was the biggest alternative electronic and synth music event in Russia and it managed to maintain this status up to the present, when Russian Synth Community invited admirers of dark synths and pushing rhythms to celebrate its first anniversary with 2 days of excellent music, unforgettable performances and festive atmosphere. Unfortunately, it didn’t go off as smoothly as it had been planned because of the unprecedented cancellation of 3 out of 10 acts right before the beginning of the festival (PROJECT PITCHFORK and DIORAMA - due to vocalists’ health conditions and T.O.Y. - due to flight problems). Nevertheless promoters managed to cope with this situation with the help of remaining acts.

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Published: 20 December 2012

Huxleys Neue Welt, Berlin, Germany
15th November 2012
Bat for Lashes

BAT FOR LASHES is the work of the British singer-songwriter, multi- instrumentalist and visual artist Natasha Khan. She was born in 1979 and in between her travels, Natasha lives in Brighton, England. Parlophone Records markets her Indie/ Alternative music. The album 'Two Suns' was released in April 2009 and the new album, 'The Haunted Man', in October 2012. Natasha and her band toured around last month to perform new and old songs live. This tour was expected long and Berlin was the only gig in Germany for this year. https://www.facebook.com/batforlashes / http://www.batforlashes.com/

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