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The Dark Guitar scene in 2023 manifested itself primarily in the Gothic genres of Deathrock and Post-Punk. New names have recently appeared less frequently than 3-4 years ago, but they still appear with both new ideas and the execution of classic sound. In 2023, there were both young projects with debut releases and already known musicians who created new material, for some of whom it even turned out to be their debut.- Details
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In 2023, in some marvelous way mostly projects from France showed themselves on the Gothic Electronic’s scene top. This would be easy to assume, given the geographical roots of the currently popular Coldwave genre, but the French musicians showed themselves not only in this style. In general, the Gothic scene unlike most other areas of the dark scene continues to develop due to the rapid revival of Coldwave, which is good news. And even if someone may not really like Coldwave in its pure form, its rise became an impact for classic Synth-Goth and Gothic Electro to return to the Olympus of the dark scene, as it was in the 2000s.- Details
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Summarizing the year is always an interesting activity. While listening to the best releases, a complete picture of how the year has passed is created and writing top notes in individual areas allows you to completely immerse yourself in the atmosphere, because each scene within the overall dark scene has its own distinctive features and uniqueness. 2023 did not become a revelation or some kind of breakthrough. In 2023, there were not a large number of albums that aroused delight and when listening to the sound in my head “yes, this is an album for centuries in the player”, however, the year cannot be called a failure. A common year with ups and downs. - Details
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Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany2nd December 2023
Night of the Proms 2023 with Toto feat. Steve Lukather & Joseph Williams, Anastacia, James Morrison, Aura Dione, Camouflage, Nathan Chan, the Antwerp Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Alexandra Arrieche, the NOTP Backbone Band and the choir Fine Fleur – moderation by Marcus Fahn
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Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany26th November 2022
Night of the Proms 2022 with Kool & The Gang, Amy Macdonald, Nik Kershaw, Carol Decker of T’Pau, Matt Simons and Yolanda Brown, the Antwerp Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Alexandra Arrieche, the NOTP Backbone Band and the choir Fine Fleur
After the tour had to be postponed twice due to the pandemic, there is now good news: the NIGHT OF THE PROMS is staking place in 2022 as planned and presents a program with this year’s artists with a pronounced hit density. In addition to KOOL & THE GANG, AMY MACDONALD, NIK KERSHAW, CAROL DECKER from T’PAU, MATT SIMONS and YOLANDA BROWN are there as a classical soloist. The stars are accompanied on their greatest hits by the ANTWERP PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA and the CHOR FINE FLEUR under the baton of conductor ALEXANDRA ARRIECHE.
- Special: Top 10 2021 - Guitar Dark Scene album of the year
- Special: Top 10 2021 - Post-Industrial album of the year
- Special: Top 10 2021 - Electronic Gothic album of the year
- Special: ELECTRI_CITY Conference 2021 - Düsseldorf 2021
- Special: Stella Nomine Festival 2021 - The Blackest One: A new festival celebrated its debut
- Special: Artists and their Tattoos - Sara Leitão (vocals) from Dark Oath
- Special: Artists and their Tattoos - Mr. Seidel (guitar) from Trollfest
- Special: Artists and their Tattoos - Tom Jack Jackson
- Special: Artists and their Tattoos - Luke Thompson (bass, backing vocals) from Void Matter
- Special: Artists and their Tattoos - Kirk Matthews (Ceekay Jones)
