The Britannia Boat Club, Trent Side North, Nottingham, UK
21st to 23rd June 2013
Dark Waters Festival 2013: Golden Apes, Red Sun Revival, Skeletal Family, Rhombus, Tenek, The Last Cry and many more…
Dark Waters Twenty Thirteen is a weekend festival in Nottingham, UK. A festival over 3 nights showcasing some of the best LIVE Goth and Dark Alternative music plus DJs, club nights, alternative market and more!
Promoters’ aim at Dark Waters is to bring some of the best bands the scene has to offer here from around the UK and Europe to Nottingham. They pride themselves on having performances from an eclectic mix of bands and music genres over the entire weekend. The Britannia Boat Club is the venue at which Dark Waters is held and is situated on the banks of the river Trent, not a stone’s throw from the city centre and has had a massive influence in helping shape the music scene within Nottingham. Over the years it has had a history of important bands who have played there from Led Zeppelin to the Sex Pistols (their first gig outside of London) and from Ultravox to Elton John!
So who's on the final line up for Dark Waters Alternative Festival 2013?
On Friday 21st June: Golden Apes (GER) Berlin based Goth rockers who began in 1998 are a shimmering gem in the Independent-Wave and Gothic scene. Their sounds are noticeably direct and resolute. The bands catchy melodies are woven in a texture of strong guitars with melancholic vocals and surreal lyrics creating an individual, distinctive style within the scene. Red Sun Revival Hailing from London, this band are an alternative/gothic rock band who formed in 2011. The band’s sound is defined by sonorous vocals with intricate, often sparkly guitars which float over driving bass lines and weave amongst haunting violin harmonies. Naked Lunch Was formed in 1979 and was one of the first of the British electronic bands to tour and play live. They were one of the bands that stood on the forefront of this new musical revolution. Momento Mori Originally formed in 1987 in northern England, Momento Mori were very active participants in the UK Goth scene of the late 80's/early 90's. Bad Pollyanna Are an alternative rock band from Huddersfield with an overtly theatrical stage show. Influences include pop, industrial rock and even operatic and classical genres. 
Saturday 22nd June: Skeletal Family Skeletal Family who formed in Keighley, West Yorkshire, England in December, 1982 from the ashes of the Elements, and soon became one of the leading bands of the fledgling Goth Scene of the 80's. Recording top 5 indie albums, of which the 1984 Burning Oil album topped the UK Independent Chart, staying in the top 10 until the end of the year. They had 7 radio sessions with John Peel, Kid Jenson and Janice Long plus tours with The Sisters of Mercy, the Banshees, theatre Of Hate made them a big live act too. Now original vocalist Anne Marie Hurst who also had success with Ghost Dance, Stan Greenwood and Trotwood are back as Skeletal Family. Rhombus Regarded as one of the finest Goth Rock bands to emerge from England in many years are a well-established band in the UK alternative scene. These guys mix things up with male and female vocals and swirling guitars, driving bass and electric violin. Rhombus combine some of the best elements of traditional 80s/90 UK Goth, with their own modern, upbeat approach. The Mekano Set The Mekano Set from London originally began as an informal collective of musicians and DJ's improvising around programmed electronic beats. The group's musical style is a combination of post-punk and electronic with an emphasis on distinctive drum-beats, bass and baritone guitar riffs, heavily distorted and processed guitars and unconventional song-structures. The use of baritone vocals, minor keys and drum machines lends much of the group's material a modern Gothic rock sound. Berlin Black A band from York who are producing one of the most exciting sounds on the UK's alternative scene Berlin Black and the Shades of Grey mix together elements of post-punk, glam and new-wave to produce a sound and look all of their own. Dreams Divide Born out of a love for synth pop, industrial and electronic music, DREAMS DIVIDE decided to make its voice heard and give the lovers of these genres a new musical addiction. A band who are breaking the boundaries of dance music to shape the future of synth pop.
Sunday 23rd June: Tenek Brighton based and formed in 2007 this band are about hard grinding electro grooves, a power house of classic British synthesiser pop and stabs of driving guitar. They craft these sounds with insanely infectious song writing and strong confident vocals to produce a unique crossover which is credible and satisfying to both the cult electro scene and yet retaining a mass market appeal through the immediacy of their melodies and hooks. Dark and introspective yet rewardingly uplifting and anthemic, their music is for the masses and for the underground and this is why Tenek are vital! The Last Cry The Last Cry are a three piece Darkwave band from the south coast. They skilfully combine keyboards and guitars weaving around the bass lines and coming together with the heartfelt and emotional vocals making their sound as distinctive as the mixture is and drawing the listener into a lyrical maelstrom of fear, despair and void. Joe Black Gin drinking cabaret darling, musical comedy misfit and acid tongued ringmaster Joe Black is one of the leading figures in the dark cabaret genre. He takes an audience firmly by the hand and guides them into a place where the strange and unusual reign supreme. No stranger to the absurd, Joe Black creates a world where the shocking is the sublime and the ridiculous is the beautiful. Living somewhere between the stages of music, theatre and comedy Arcane Winter Arcane Winter are a new Goth band from Nottingham featuring members and former members of Every New Dead Ghost, The Realm and Midnight Configuration. With influences as diverse as Chrome and Hawkwind to Killing Joke and Siouxsie and The Banshees their sound is a different take on early Gothic rock. Arcane Winter are a back-to-basics band with a traditional guitar-vocal-bass-drums organic sound, a deliberate step away from programmed beats and industrial guitars. Already having been dubbed "a Gothic grand guinol" Arcane Winter mix traditional positive punk attitudes with a Gothic sensibility to sublime effect. Scandacross This new project see's Sarahjane (Novus UK/Faithful Dawn) make a long overdue return to her beloved post punk/gothic roots. Music designed to delight the dark at heart. Scandacross also sees Sarahjane once again strap on her bass guitar, to drive her songs and vocal melodies along.
The Batronic Club Night will also be held on the Friday night till 2am and again on Saturday night running through until 3am! With Batronic resident DJs and very special guests martin old Goth, DJ Wolfman, DJ Paul B, DJ Ant and more!
The Festival line up in overview
Friday 21st June 2013
Golden Apes (Ger)
Red Sun Revival (UK)
Naked Lunch (UK)
Momento Mori (UK)
Bad Pollyanna (UK)
Saturday 22nd June 2013
Skeletal Family (UK)
Rhombus (UK)
The Mekano Set (UK)
Berlin Black (UK)
Dreams Divide (UK)
Sunday 23rd June 2013
Tenek (UK)
The Last Cry (UK)
Joe Black (UK)
Arcane Winter (UK)
Scandacross (UK)
There is also a warm-up party for this Festival on Saturday 25th May
Tickets
Tickets for the full three days are priced at £47.50 (inc bk/fee)
Limited 100 early bird tickets, priced at just £42.50 (inc bk/fee) are available until 1st March
Individual day tickets will be available from 1st March.
To buy tickets visit www.darkwaters.eventzilla.net
Physical tickets are also available from Void Clothing, Hockley Nottingham subject to booking fee.
Details of extra events being run over the weekend will be announced on the lead-up to Dark Waters Alternative Festival Twenty Thirteen. To keep yourself up-to-date and for more information check out Facebook www.facebook.com/darkwatersnotts and the website www.ministryofgoth.co.uk/darkwaters
