From the 2nd until the 5th of June the Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig will celibrate its 26th edition.

These bands already are confirmed:

Aeon Sable (D) - Ah! Kosmos (TR) - Amanda Palmer (Dresden Dolls) & Edward Ka-Spel (Legendary Pink Dots) (USA/NL) - Andyra (D) - Angels & Agony (NL) - Annwn (D) - Autodafeh (S) - Azar Swan (USA) - B-Movie (GB) - Besides (PL) - BFG (GB) - Black Nail Cabaret (H) - Bloody, Dead & Sexy (D) - Cephalgy (D) - Chemical Sweet Kid (F) - Corde Oblique (I) - Cryo (S) - Cuelebre (E) - Da-Sein (E) Weltpremiere - Der Blaue Reiter (E) - Der Fluch (D) - Desperate Journalist (GB) - Drab Majesty (USA) - Eden (AUS) Europa-Premiere - Eisfabrik (D) - Esben And The Witch (GB) - Frankenstein (USA) - Hautville (I) - Hørd (F) - Hexperos (I) - Ianva (I) - Illuminate (D) - In the Woods... (N) - Iszoloscope (CDN) - Jarboe (USA) exklusives Akustikkonzert - Klangstabil (D) - Klez.e (D) - Landscape Body Machine (CDN) - Larrnakh (H) - Lebanon Hanover (GB) - Lucifer's Aid (S) - Masquerade (FIN) - Mlada Fronta (F) - Moon Far Away (RUS) - Nikolas Schreck (USA) - Noisuf-X (D) - Nox Interna (D) - Ohm (CDN) - Peter Bjärgö (S) - Peter Heppner (D) - Pouppée Fabrikk (S) - Principia Audiomatica (HR) - Red Cell (S) - Red Mecca (S) - Ritual Howls (USA) - Rotersand (D) - S.P.O.C.K (S) - Saigon Blue Rain (F) - Sex Gang Children (GB) - She Past Away (TR) - Shireen (NL) - Sixth June (SRB) - Skinny Puppy (CDN) exklusives Konzert in Deutschland 2017 - Soviet Soviet (I) - Sylvaine (N) - The Agnes Circle (GB) - The Devil And The Universe (A) - The Mission (GB) - Vain Warr (USA) ehemals Blacklist - Virgin In Veil (FIN) - VNV Nation (IRL/GB) - Whispering Sons (B) - Wires & Lights (D) -

www.wave-gotik-treffen.de

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X MARKS THE PEDWALK has just released an exceptional and atmospheric album preview trailer with 15 minutes (!) music from their forthcoming album “SECRETS”.

Warm analog synthesizers, pulsating sequencer sounds and powerful rhythms - Sevren Ni-Arb and Estefanía spread out their distinctive dramaturgy of sound again – touching and thrilling!

X MARKS THE PEDWALK “SECRETS” will be released on march 24th (MESH1002 / CD+Digital).

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Ever since their inception, the name The Moon And The Nightspirit is metonymic with enchanting and melancholic folk music enhanced by a bewitching pagan aura where threads of ancient mysticism combine with phantasmagoric atmospheres. Now the Hungarian duo, namely multi-instrumentalists Ágnes Tóth and Mihály Szabó, returns with its sixth studio album, "Metanoia".
The group's new work builds on its alluring, fairytale-esque explorations, delivering enveloping songs that are as gentle as they are powerful. Creating otherworldly music built on the backs of multitudes of instruments and the beautiful, ethereal vocals of Tóth, The Moon And The Nightspirit delivers its most impressive music to date and cements its place as frontrunners of the folk / world music landscape. As with previous The Moon And The Nightspirit albums, the lush, delicate artwork created by Tóth provides the perfect visual accompaniment to the duo's sprite fairyworld.
Meaning 'a return to the pristine and pure path of crystalline existence', "Metanoia" is an initiation, a rebirth, an awakening of the higher self, and the rekindling of an inner flame.
Release date: 17.03.2017

Tracklist:
1. A Hajnal Köszöntése
2. Az Elsö Tündér Megidézése
3. Mystérion Mega
4. Kilenc Hid
5. A Fény Diadala
6. Metanoia
7. Kristálymezök
8. Hen Panta Einai (Minden Egy)

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Besides both being electronic musicians and composers, Somekilos (half of 2kilos & More) and Phil Von (co-leader of Von Magnet) also share a passion for percussions and rhythms.

Their common project entitled META MEAT associates the source of flesh (MEAT) with its passage beyond (META). META MEAT is a very physical live act bound to propel our bodies and souls into another state, a state of release and trance, incarnating a wish to elevate our animality towards a higher conscience of being. The duo fights together in a vibrant duel. Their joined skills and energies combine real drumming & beating (Somekilos), real stamping & banging (Phil Von) together battling against twisted virtual synths samples & machines. The electronic sounds being treated as radically as the acoustic percussions played by the two musicians, the musical result turns out sounding utterly “tribal”. Enhanced by the magnificent production and mixing of Def, this first album is a Samurai pact, a commitment to raw musical integrity and an oath to elegant barbaric sonic power.

And if this album was a weapon, the perfect soundtrack for our actual world wars? Cruel, merciless, sad, pandemic but harshly accurate. When two antagonistic cultures scrape and collide against each other, Occidental versus Oriental, modern versus archaic... even adding the Eastern Asian third part into the balance, so to stir an even more complex and brutal electro-ethnic blend.

How can we envision a better world?

Let us first try to transcend its poignance.

Listen to the album on BANDCAMP

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Long Distance Operators (LDO) is a collaboration between the Australian musician Hugo Race and the Belgian violinist Catherine Graindorge.

The music of LDO is an intensely atmospheric dreamweave of violins, electronics and Hugo's darkly evocative voice. The duo explores metaphysical lyrics, experimental sounds and retro-baroque orchestration in a romantic, song-based context.

The CD is released on 09 02 2017 through the label Sub Rosa & the first clip can be seen here below.

Hugo Race

Singer, songwriter, producer and author, he has a long and wide-ranging history, from the trans-global Dirtmusic and his groups True Spirit and Fatalists to his origins in the 80's Melbourne post-punk scene with Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds and The Wreckery.

Catherine Graindorge

She is a Belgian violinist, composer and actress, known for her work with the Belgian groups Monsoon and Nox, and more recently with Détroit (Bertrand Cantat- Pascal Humbert), John Parish or the German singer Andrea Schroeder. She also plays and composes for theater and cinema.

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