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Tollhaus, Karlsruhe, Germany6th December 2006
Anne Clark, Rainer von Vielen
ANNE CLARK is more than a one-hit-wonder of the early 80ies. She is touring and singing for 26 years now. Her unique style is supported by her calm voice. Although she is just speaking and not “singing” she found her way. After she had concentrated on techno music for some years she returned to the quiet and handmade music again. We were unsure if the “Tollhaus” will see many guests. It’s an alternative theatre and concert location. We arrived early, but the house was already filled up with people. It was shown that many people didn’t know the support act, because there were many discussions about him.
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Manifesto, Hoorn, The Netherlands2nd December 2006
The Dreamside
The Dreamside is a special band which deserves a lot more attention than it does right now. A lot of people don't seem to know them, but I'm sure that when hearing and seeing this band perform, many people will get hooked. The Dreamside was one of the three bands who were about to play in a difficult to find venue in the town Hoorn. They were the main act this evening and I was really looking forward to it. I had seen them several times before already, but this time their show was extended with the performance of a fire-artist. There were two bands that played before The Dreamside. At first there was the gothic metal band Mantikhoras with a female singer who was unable to reach high notes. The second band was the "blue" metal band Seraphique. Seraphique was struggling with technical problems for over half an hour, which made the impatience of the audience grow.
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Mejeriet, Lund, Sweden16th December 2006
electriXmas: Thermostatic, Hype, Modcom, Cat Rapes Dog, And One
Being the follower of Virtual X-mas, electriXmas is taking place every year in December since 2002 and developed to one of Sweden’s most famous synth festivals. The line-up this year was again very mixed between “old” heroes of synth music and new talents. Acts from abroad belonged to the line-up as well as local bands. When we arrived at the venue, which holds about 750 people, at about half past eight, there were still people queuing up. But it went quite fast to get in. As soon as we were entering the venue we got the obligatory electriXmas CD. A very nice tradition I must say. The waiting time until the first act started was filled with DJ music – as it was the same in-between all the bands and so the evening never got boring. This year’s bands on stage were THERMOSTATIC – a new Swedish band, HYPE – featuring ELEGANT MACHINERY’s vocalist Robert Enforsen, MODCOM – a side project of VNV NATION’s Ronan Harris, CAT RAPES DOG – the old-school electro band from Sweden, and AND ONE – one of Germany’s most famous synth bands. http://www.electrixmas.org/
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Fusion Club, Münster, Germany17th November 2006
Northern Light, The World Domination
There are not many concerts meeting my taste of music in Münster. But when Northern Lite announced that they will play in my home town it was sure that we’ll definitely be there. Seeing them at the M’era Luna festival earlier this year for only 5 songs at noon made growing the wish to see them for a full-time show in a club where also the visuals could be used. The guys turned out as very nice talk-partner during our interview before the show and also their performance proofed them to be very kind guys close to the fans.
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Röhre, Stuttgart, Germany8th November 2006
Cultus Ferox
CORVUS CORAX, SALTATIO MORTIS, CULTUS FEROX and others - there are quite a few German bands these days combining Metal with its typical instruments (electric guitars, bass, drums) with medieval tunes from bag-pipes, shawms, flutes and different percussion instruments. This October evening, CULTUS FEROX were to appear in the Röhre Stuttgart, and as I had never seen them live on stage before, I was curious to see their show. The band’s sound is clearly orientated towards the medieval stuff, but they occasionally also use electric guitars and drums. A group like CULTUS FEROX is surely better off on a medieval market or festival, with the appropriate surroundings their music shows a lot more impact. Not too many visitors had made their way to the Röhre, and the attendees were a motley crew made up of Goths, Metal heads, and quite "normal" people, and from teenagers to a 72 year old lady everything was represented. After quite a long time of waiting, during which we asked ourselves who would be the guest act and if it eventually had cancelled, CULTUS FEROX finally entered the stage. No support act - I don’t know if this wasn’t able to perform or if it hadn’t been planned from the beginning. http://www.roehre-konzerte.de/
