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Speakers, Delft, The Netherlands14th December 2006
The Gathering
The Gathering, starting as a doom metal band, was founded in 1989 by the brothers René and Hans Rutten and Bart Smits. New members joined the band and in 1992, they released their first official album ‘Always’. Not a long time later they encountered the dark side of the music business. New hope arose when a new singer came into the picture, Anneke van Giersbergen. With her, the band released the atmospherical album ‘Mandylion’, followed by ‘Nighttime Birds’. Throughout the following years, their music had changed from dark, heavy riffs to a more melancholic and psychedelic sound. Currently they're doing an extensive clubtour through The Netherlands called the "Homelands Tour" to promote their latest studio album "Home". The band members are: Anneke van Giersbergen (vocals), René Rutten (guitars), Marjolein Kooijman (bass guitar, backing vocals), Frank Boeijen (keyboards, programming) and Hans Rutten (drums, percussion, loops). http://www.gathering.nl/ / http://www.myspace.com/gatheringofficial
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Boerderij, Zoetermeer, the Netherlands16th December 2006
Mostly Autumn
Finally, it was time for Mostly Autumn’s annual pre-Christmas concert at Boerderij in Zoetermeer! I sadly had to miss last year’s gig, which was especially regrettable given its special nature. Fortunately, I was able attend this time around, with special thanks to the band.
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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/
