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Side-Line.com exclusively publishes an open letter from Alan Wilder (Recoil, ex-Depeche Mode), titled "Music For The Masses - I think not", in which Wilder handles his vision on today's shifting music market and the position of the artist in this. Originally intended to be an interview, it quickly turned into a small essay in which Wilder touches the volume war, the effect of excessive compression, the download spiral, alternative ways to release music, the birth of the fan powered release of the limited enhanced single 'Prey'/'Allelujah' in Russia, Mute Records, Depeche Mode, and much more. This open letter offers you a unique insight in the music vision of Alan Wilder, one of the most influential musicians from the electronic scene. We encourage visitors to leave comments !
Link to the article written by Alan Wilder
Source: Newsletter
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Celebrating KMFDM's 24th Anniversary, KMFDM presents KMFDM 24/7, a series of 24 KMFDM Classics on 7" vinyl singles! The first 7" of the series is on sale now in the KMFDM Store for $12.00. 23 more 7"s will follow on the first of each month for the next two years culminating with an exclusive new single on Feb 01, 2010. The next release is Don't Blow Your Top on April 01, 2008. Each release is strictly limited to 250 copies. The KMFDM 24/7 series is exclusive to the KMFDM Store. More info on KMFDM 24/7 can be found at KMFDM DOTKOM in the KMFDM Records News Section.Source: Newsletter / http://www.kmfdm.net
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Already early this year the Jugend Dischingen e.V. released the first band package and at the beginning of March, the program for the 12th Rock am Härtzfeldsee festival from 27th to 28th June is almost complete. After the cello virtuosi APOCALYPTICA are confirmed as the headliners for Saturday, the Dutch chart breakers WITHIN TEMPTATION have confirmed their appearance for Friday. The band fronted by Sharon den Adel is a constant in the European Rock Scene for many years now.- Details
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1. New band confirmation L’AME IMMORTELLE
Anything but nameless, the second last addition to the Amphi line-up is presented. As Austria’s most successful export of the scene, Sonja Kraushofer and Thomas Rainer aka L’AME IMMORTELLE can meanwhile look back on 11 moving years, in which the Viennese always followed their own path and came up with many surprises.
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Live always a guarantor for sweat-inducing and ecstatic shows, APOCALYPTICA will extensively torture their celli in Lüdinghausen. In a scene that likes to put bands into drawers and then slams the commode APOCALYPTICA successfully defended their widespread repertoire again and again. Not only as the international leader of the market but also as a band that created its own market - and that proves time and time again that Rock music has nothing to with the instruments you play it on but with the attitude you have.
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- GOTHMINISTER - Big tour, new album & plans for a DVD
- BACIO DI TOSCA - First video online
- CASSANDRA COMPLEX - First time live after 8 years
- SARA NOXX - New Album XX-Ray
- Preview ZITA ROCK FESTIVAL - Berlin 2008
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- Preview Schelmish - Cologne 2008
- OOMPH! - confirmed for Rock am Ring / Rock im Park
- BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE - Highscore at the Black Jack Online Game
