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Published: 29 May 2015

When STEVEN WILSON released his youngest record ‘Hand.Cannot.Erase’ (position three of the official record charts) the critics went head over heels. Nothing less than the return of progressive rock was cheered at there. The multi-instrumentalist has been making fantastic music for years, all his fans have known this for a long time. The founder, singer, guitarist and songwriter of Porcupine Pine and at least a half dozen of further bands and projects, this composer, arranger, lyricist, producer, remixer, restorer and label operator works with all possible sounds and styles after all. Is this still prog? Wilson only distinguishes between boring and exciting music. ‘Hand.Cannot.Erase’ belongs definitely to the second category.

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South Africa's alternative rock export SEETHER return to German stages this summer. Already end of 2014 the band presented its current record, ‘Isolate and Medicate’, live on stage and excited their fans on their nearly sold-out tour. The trio surrounding singer and guitarist Shaun Morgan that was awarded multiple times with platinum worked with producer Brendan O'Brien (Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen) on this record again. Since their founding in 1999, SEETHER advanced to one of the most successful bands in alternative rock. In the course of their career, Shaun Morgan, Dale Stewart and John Humphrey sold over 4,5 million records and 7.5 million singles so far.

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Published: 28 May 2015

THE PRODIGY are the unquestioned superstars of British club culture with 20 million sold records worldwide. Their unique mix of techno, rave, big beat, jungle, Drum’n’Bass, acid house, punk and electronic Hardcore has found millions of fans regardless of the genre for more than 20 years. They are the only ones who won an MTV music award for “best alternative act” and “best dance act” in the same year. The British trio came back impressively with their current record ‘The Day is My Enemy’ on 27th March which immediately stirred up the international charts, landed in the top 10 in Germany and Austria as well as Switzerland and reached the very top in their British home country. THE PRODIGY are coming back again for four shows in Oberhausen, Hamburg, Munich and Frankfurt from 6th to 10th November after sold out shows in spring and headliner shows at Rock am Ring and Rock im Park.

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KRAFTWERK have written music history in more than four decades. They are considered as the founding fathers of different music genres like electro, hip hop, synth pop, minimal and especially techno. KRAFTWERK have been already connected with the advancements of the most modern technologies since the early 1970s and have anticipated and significantly coined the soundtrack of our digital age. After the worldwide success of their 3D shows, the electro pioneers KRAFTWERK have announced a Germany tour in autumn 2015. The man machine KRAFTWERK is a total artwork of image and sound with their specifically developed 3D projections.

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San Francisco-based classic doom metallers ORCHID’s brand new EP 'Sign Of The Witch' which was scheduled for a late May 2015 release will now be released July 17 via Nuclear Blast Records. 'Sign Of The Witch' will contain 4 brand new tracks and will exclusively be available from the Nuclear Blast Mailorder - Get your copy here: http://smarturl.it/ORCHID-SignNB. The band will arrive in Europe next week to play big festivals like Rockavaria and Rock im Revier on the Centerstage.

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