Castle Party 2011

2012-02-18 / murd / Reads: 23238

However indistinctive a town Bolków might appear to an ordinary Pole, it is by all means a meaningful place for each fan of dark independent music, bringing a direct association with a festival called Castle Party. Every year, crowds of enthusiasts of more or less dark tunes are lured to...

Wrocław Industrial Festival 2011 + Clan of Xymox concert in Łódź

2012-01-27 / savetier / Reads: 6510

I went to Łódź, a large industrial city near the Polish capital Warsaw, because of a concert of Clan of Xymox. The journey began with a train ride from my home town Ljubljana to Vienna, then through Katowice to Wrocław, where the X. Wrocław Industrial Festival was taking place, which...

Taksirat Festival 2011, Skopje, Macedonia

2012-01-27 / ka.joz / Reads: 5570

The Balkans somewhat are more often associated with NATO saving interventions, mines, tanks, wilderness and other similar attractions than with good music. Yet, Amy Winehouse in Belgrade, Death in June in Zagreb and recently Taksirat Festival 13 in Skopje. Taksirat is probably the most important (and for sure the most...

Riverside, Paatos, The Pineapple Thief

2012-01-16 / soulfake / Reads: 3649

I have had a chance and great pleasure to take part in Riverside’s concerts a lot of times so far. The first time was in 2005 in already non-existent club Diabolique in Wrocław. At that time their output consisted of full-length album "Out Of Myself" and EP "Voices In My...

HellEktro - Nightmare Before Christmas

2012-01-11 / savetier / Reads: 2124

In Ljubljana's occupied zone, Metelkova, the club Channel Zero (CH0) is the venue of the monthly organized event HellEktro. The entrance fee is five Euros. In fact, HellEktro is one of the very few events in Ljubljana for the dark scene. On their creative flyers we already get...

Nocturnal Culture Night 2011

2011-12-26 / Dobermann / Reads: 12992

As it usually happens at the beginning of September, the summer heat wave had already gone, but NCN 2011 greeted us warmly and sunny. Last year’s 6th edition of Nocturnal Culture Night was inaugurated by Den.C.T.Bug. The charismatic singer welcomed everybody in few languages (including Polish). The audience was...