M'era Luna 2011

2012-02-22 / semi android / Reads: 18205

Friday. Hildesheim gave us a rainy welcome. No concerts took place on Friday. Which does not mean whatsoever that nothing was going on. In the pagan village somebody was giving performances nearly all the time, while at hangar, starting from 20.30, German writers – Markus Heitz, Christian von...

Wave Gotik Treffen 2011

2012-02-20 / Dobermann / Reads: 16832

This year, due to a substantial number of bands presented in the line up of WGT, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the event's existence, the festival commenced a day earlier. Unfortunately, our participation in the event began on Friday and we missed the chance to see i.a. Das Ich. In...

Castle Party 2011

2012-02-18 / murd / Reads: 23684

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: 6811

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: 5802

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: 3918

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...