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Haarzuilen, Utrecht, The NetherlandsApril 23rd 2006
Elf Fantasy Fair
Just after I left home it was clear, I was not the only one from this part of the country going to Haarzuilen. After the train stopped for the first time I saw pointed ears and swords appear. Soon enough more elves and fairies joined us. During the last part of my journey by train there were only 1 or 2 ‘normal’ folks on the train. Everybody was talking to each other, some in LARP slang, even some sword fights were held.
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Trädgår’n, Gothenburg, Sweden
14th April 2006
SAMA – Scandinavian Alternative Music Awards 2006
Seize, Iris, Sturm Café, Das Ich, Strasse, De/Vision, Spetsnaz, VNV Nation
SAMA 2006 means the ninth event like this. The history of SAMA started in 1998 as SEMA (Swedish Electronic Music Awards) when mostly Swedish bands like ‘Covenant’, ‘Cat Rapes Dog’ or ‘Saft’ could be seen on stage. In the following years SAMA expanded from Sweden only to the rest of the Scandinavian countries and to other styles of alternative music too, even though electronic music is still the main issue like you may recognize in this year’s line-up too. Like every year the ceremony was held in Gothenburg again – this time it was the first appearance of Alexander Hofman (S.P.O.C.K) as moderator of the show. He did a great and very funny job! Besides the awards people are mainly coming for all the concerts happening during the event. 2006 eight bands were playing on two stages. Different to the previous two years, Pre-SAMA (some kind of warm-up) was help just one day before the event and attracted lots of people. http://www.sama.mu/
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Hannover / Cologne / Dortmund / Hamburg, GermanyFebruary 2006
Covenant, Client, Rotersand
In February 2006 central Europe had the pleasure to get a very exciting live package. Swedish heroes ‘Covenant’ hit the road for the first leg of their Skyshaper 2006 Tour and brought two very special guests for their shows in Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria and Italy - German Electro shooters ‘Rotersand’ and ‘Client’, the all-girl band from Andy Fletcher’s (‘Depeche Mode’) label ‘Toast Hawaii’. Enough reasons to attend a total of four shows and share this experience with all of you.
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Dynamo, Eindhoven, the NetherlandsOctober 29th 2005
One Inch Men, Feed Forward, Treadstone 71, Xenomorph, Sun Caged, Seraphique, Prostitute Disfigurement, Up The Irons
This Saturday I went to the opening festival of the Dynamo venue, because I was invited by their promoter Joyce. Eight Dutch metal bands from different metal genres would perform in two parts of the venue; the basement where the cafe is and a concert hall that can hold about 500 people. We arrived an hour early so we first sought a café in the sun where Joyce joined us for a while, before we went back to the venue to see the first bands.
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Interview with:
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