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König Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Germany30th November 2014
Night of the Proms with Zucchero, Katie Melua, Marlon Roudette, Madeline Juno, John Miles, Ksenija Sidorova
The Night of the Proms are touring now in their twenty-first year. What started 1994 with a show in Dortmund, now fills 12 big arenas 17 times in the weeks from end of November till Christmas 2014. Big part of the success of the NOTP lays on the side of the artists, always being well mixed. Classic meets Pop! That’s the motto of the Night of the Proms (NOTP). The 75 head grasping classic orchestra Il Novecento plays the classics and accompanies, together with the Electric Band, the Pop stars. And those stars were extraordinary also for this year’s edition with ZUCCHERO or KATIE MELUA among others. Orchestra, band, choir, backing singers and stars together with an extraordinary light show delivered once more an extraordinary concert evening where popular music from 300 years of musical history were presented.
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My voyage into music really started when David Bowie played the Bridlington Spa Theatre in 1973. I was on a family holiday there and my older sister went to the gig. Of course I was too young to go, but was found by my sister with the ‘Aladdin Sane’ lightning bolt across my face in her make-up. As glam flickered away and punk raised its head over the pulpit, I found myself listening to Lord John Peel and writing down each track I liked then spending my paper round money on the records the next day. My first concert was Siouxsie & the Banshees with Human League supporting when I was 14. I was hooked. - Details
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Review of the book ‘Some wear Leather, Some Wear Lace: The Worldwide Compendium of Postpunk and Goth in the 1980’s’ by Andi Harriman & Marloes Bontje - Intellect Ltd / University of Chicago Press, 2014When I interviewed Oliver Chesler (THE HORRORIST), he told me about Andi Harriman, one of the two authors of this book and the girl with whom he shares a music project called SCHADENFREUDE. He told me Andi was amazing because she is very young and she's completely obsessed by the 80s. I made friends with Andi on the internet and she told me about this book. After a successful Kickstarter campaign, the book was published and Andi was kind enough to have one sent to me. I always find it great when the younger generation is paying tribute to the 'pioneers' from the early years of Postpunk and Goth.
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Some time ago it became known that in Guantanamo, the prison used for terrorists, music is used as torture during the interrogations. Alone this was quite disturbing. But the track-list shocks even more: there are popular industrial, heavy-metal, rap, pop songs and even soundtrack from the ‘Sesame Street’.- Details
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2013 is coming to an end and it is time now to look back what the year brought us when it comes to new album releases. In this article, our new editor, Phil Blackmarquis, shares with us his top 20 of the best albums of 2013! You’ll find albums you’d probably expect in the Top 20, like NINE INCH NAILS or DEPECHE MODE. But there are also some bands you probably never heard of, like LINEA ASPERA or ESSAIE PAS. And let me just tell you, the top positions might surprise… And now, enjoy reading!
- Special: Listening Session and Concert - Empyrium in Berlin 2013
- Special: Metallica Rocked Berlin - “Through the Never 3D” European Premiere
- Special: Depeche Mode - “Monument”, a truly monumental book!
- Special: Photographer Cyril Pariaud’s “Bong Project”
- Special: Depeche Mode - Warming up the Machine!
- Special: Depeche Mode – A first insight into “Delta Machine”
- Special: Aida Night of the Proms - Oberhausen 2012
- Special: Heavy musicians speak about Christmas
- Special: Howl Griff - "Fragile Diamond" Track-by-Track
- Special: Aida Night of the Proms - Dortmund 2011
