Tanzbrunnen, Cologne, Germany
19th-20th July 2008
Amphi Festival
From 19th to 20th July, they say again “D´r Goth Kütt” (The Goth comes) in Cologne, when the Amphi Festival - in its fourth season - invites to the dark dance at the sign of the thorn and the pulsating Rhine metropolis - following an old carnival-esque shout “D´r Zoch Kütt” (The Procession comes) - welcomes their extraordinary guests. Last year already 9.000 fans celebrated an ecstatic party with top acts from Gothic, Electro and Medieval within the black family’s circle whose peaceful attitude and friendly behaviour doesn’t fit to the dark look at first sight. And yet the old cologne maxim (live and let live) is a credo of the scene for a long time. Venue for this year’s Amphi Festival will again be the Tanzbrunnen at the lakeside promenades of the Rhine, which gives utterance to the saying (Cologne, you’re an emotion) like no other.
With 32 bands on 2 stages - Open Air as well as in the theatre - the Amphi Festival remains true to itself and again provides a top program with top quality acts and extraordinary pearls of the scene, from the kilt to the electro hammer, between harshness and dark romantic.
This time OOMPH! will enter the ring as headliners. With hits like “Augen auf”, “Gott ist ein Popstar” or “Träumst du” the rockers from the car city Wolfsburg reached an audience of millions and especially live, they’re an undisputed force. Packed in a thundering Tour de Force Dero, Crap & Flux will present their biggest hits as well as fresh material from the new album due for a release in 2008.
AND ONE will bless their fans with great jokers and party grenades. Infected by the Amphi fever, the body poppers return because of passion to finish what they’ve started in 2006 and to bring the mood at the Tanzbrunnen in Cologne to a boil, while the ‘Technoman’ builds the woman of his dreams. That’s how true love sounds.
We welcome DEINE LAKAIEN exclusively on the Amphi Festival 2008 who made their dream of an orchestra tour come true last year. After their return to the original sound, the old masters of the electronic avant-garde will be guests at the Tanzbrunnen with a Best-of program, when Alexander Veljanov raises his Bariton and Ernst Horn rushes through the sound laboratory again.
The next highlight in the Amphi line-up always had its own style. This band which isn’t one considering their name, belongs to the few phenomenon’s, you can’t put into a drawing so easily regardless of their success and if there was any it had to be called: PROJECT PITCHFORK
You don’t have to make many words about COVENANT and DIARY OF DREAMS. One is the most danceable export from Sweden and the other a black monolith of sublime perfection. Dark, intense and full of fascinating secrets the works of mastermind Adrian Hates get worldwide acceptation. Whether it’s Moscow, Rome or Kapstadt. All around the globe DIARY OF DREAMS touch their fans and will surely put a spell on the Amphi audience.
But this isn’t the end. Besides the only festival appearance of the Austrian duo L’AME IMMORTELLE, a Best-of Show of DAS ICH or a reunion with WELLE:ERDBALL and SUICIDE COMMANDO, it will come to the clash of generations between the Norwegian hellectro strikers COMBICHRIST and the Old School legends THE KLINIK. A feast for every Electro head.
Admirers of rather guitar oriented sounds can look forward to ZEROMANCER, the Gothic Rockers LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE (also exclusive) and a reunion with EISBRECHER who conquered the hearts of the last year’s Amphi audience in a storm. A bit of Italian temper from the shooting stars of THE LOVECRAVE and the devil’s violins of LETZTE INSTANZ will turn the Tanzbrunnen a hot place in which the also the death rockers represented by CINEMA STRANGE will leave a trace for the first time in 2008.
While the main stage provides a diversified program on both days, the Theatre presents a topic bound program. On Saturday 19th July on the “Electro-Stage” it’s all about the world of machines contrary to the “Gothic Stage” on Sunday, 20th July which is all dedicated to the black-colourful variety.
Of course, the best program is nothing without a voice presenting it and with Honey (WELLE:ERDBALL) and “Drill Sergeant” Jens (FUNKER VOGT) we recruited two specialists, who will surely entertain the Amphi audience with a dry sense of humour and musical knowledge.
The Social Program 2008
Aside from the fireworks on stage, also the social program of the Amphi Festival 2008 cuts a fine figure. For the first time, there will be big After show parties on both days in the theatre. Renowned scene DJs will provide a program through all possible styles.
Under the open skies, a ramble through the area could be worth it. While a well-assorted dealer’s mile invites to an extensive shopping tour, the Amphi Festival is very happy to welcome Germany’s biggest Gothic Family network with a stall at the Tanzbrunnen.
As an ideal meeting point for families with kids “Gothic-Familay.net” arranges a big program for adults and children with free draw- and play offerings, familiar signing sessions and many more. A separate parent-child area (i.e. Play & diaper corner) will provide for an overall successful family festival experience.
Amphi Cup 2008
In the extended frame of the Amphi Festival 2008, respectively on Friday, 18th July, a Soccer tournament of a very special kind will take place with the Amphi Cup at 7:30 PM. In the hall of the Cologne “Indoor Soccer Wessels Ltd” the biggest indoor football arena in Europe, 6 teams consisting music notables, Amphi attendees, sponsors, organizers and representatives of the media will step up for the hunt after the rolling ladder.
More Information regarding the Amphi Cup and the conditions of participation on http://www.amphi-cup.de/ (Online as of 31st March 2008). Deadline for all applications is the 31st May 2008
Organizational Innovations at the Amphi Festival
With constant ticket fees the Amphi Festival 2008 shows itself considerably improved in many points and offers its attendees more than ever.
A new structured schedule, providing the bands with more playing time, additional sanitary facilities and a brand-new parking-place concept are just a few of many improvements, the Amphi Festival the Amphi Festival will convince with this year.
As of now the parking areas P2, P3, P4, P5, P6 and P11 are available for all festival attendees. The areas are in close proximity to the Tanzbrunnen and are reachable in about 5 minutes. Of course the parking at those places is free for all festival attendees. Current general views of the area, as well as a site plan for the new festival parking places are available at the following links:
http://www.amphi-festival.de/docs/amphi_gelaendeplan_zoom.pdf
http://www.amphi-festival.de/docs/amphi_gelaendeplan.pdf
Billing
OOMPH! (Best of Show and presentation of new songs) + AND ONE + DEINE LAKAIEN (Sole Scene Open Air Festival 2008 in Germany with Best of Show!) + COVENANT + PROJECT PITCHFORK + DIARY OF DREAMS + SUICIDE COMMANDO + COMBICHRIST + THE KLINIK (Sole Summer Open Air Festival 2008 in Germany!) + DAS ICH + ZERAPHINE + L’AME IMMORTELLE (Sole Scene Open Air 2008) + WELLE: ERDBALL + EISBRECHER + CLAN OF XYMOX + ROTERSAND + ZEROMANCER + SOKO FRIEDHOF (Sole Summer Open Air Festival 2008 in Germany!) + LETZTE INSTANZ + CINEMA STRANGE + LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE (Sole Scene Open Air Festival 2008 in Germany) + HAUJOBB (Worldwide Farewell Concert!) + CINDERELLA EFFECT (Solo Project of Constance Rudert/Blutengel!) + TACTICAL SEKT + GRENDEL + SPECTRA*PARIS (all-girl Band of Elena Alice Fossi (Singer & Co-leader of Kirlian Camera!) + THE LOVECRAVE + SPIRITUAL FRONT + NACHTMAHR + NOISUF-X + MEDIAEVAL BAEBES
Tickets
Original Tickets are available at the Amphi Ticket shop (http://www.amphi-festival.de/). Tickets are also available at Ticket Online, CTS / Eventim and Kartenhaus Ticket Offices, on the Internet at http://www.dark-ticket.de/ or telephone Hotline +49(0)1805-997060 (from Germany).
Official Amphi Festival Warm-up Parties
Also in this year several warm-up parties will take place prior to the festival so far starting with Oschatz on 23rd February while the final countdown will take place on 18th July in cologne. All in all one dozen parties are already confirmed as you can see on the following list:
23rd Feb.2008 Germany Oschatz E-Werk www.massmovement.de
4th April 2008 Germany Marburg Kult www.nocte-obscura.de
30th April 2008 Germany Münster Sputnikhalle www.monasteria.net
9th May 2008 Germany Saarbrücken Roxy www.tanzritual.org
7th June 2008 Germany Kaiserslautern Club Nirvana www.darksaar.de
13th June 2008 Germany Braunschweig Meier Music Hall www.meier-music-hall.de
13th June 2008 Germany Cologne Darkclub www.darkclubcologne.de
21st June 2008 Germany Ingolstadt Paradox www.nachtwerk-online.de
21st June 2008 Germany Bottrop Cage Club www.cageclub.de
28th June 2008 Germany Bremen Tivoli www.rabenschwarzenacht.de
11th July 2008 Germany Leverkusen Shadow www.shadow-lev.de
18th July 2008 Germany Cologne Alter Wartesaal www.memphis-team.com
Regular Info for the Amphi Festival 2008 - The Orkus Open Air
Date: 19th - 20th July 2008
Venue: Cologne - Tanzbrunnen
Current Festival info: http://www.amphi-festival.de/ or www.myspace.com/amphifestival
Source: Press Release
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