“This is a special record from Mackenzie, a somnambulating wraith that pokes at the eerie corners of dark ambient but never quite gets to a horrible status. It is beautiful darkness, like a shawl over a hospital patient.”
 
Ekca Liena is the more exposed solo project of Daniel W J Mackenzie from London’s drone/ambient/noise group Plurals. Here, the musician uses a wide variety of textures and influences like drone, ambient, post-rock to create a highly dynamic and dramatic music. Melancholic quietude, psychedelic landscapes and doomed guitar passages are key aspects of the overall Ekca Liena sound, though glimpses of everything from warm electronica to modern classical show through. Graduals is the first Ekca Liena full length in over two years, the official sequel to the dreamscapes of the critically acclaimed Slow Music For Rapid Eye Movement.
 

From 15th April in Belgian film theatres: HUNGRY HEARTS

Director:Saverio Costanzo
Stars:Adam Driver, Alba Rohrwacher, Roberta Maxwell

The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.

In all theatres from 25th March on : IT FOLLOWS
Director:David Robert Mitchell
Stars:Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Olivia Luccardi

For nineteen-year-old Jay, Autumn should be about school, boys and week-ends out at the lake. But after a seemingly innocent sexual encounter, she finds herself plagued by strange visions and the inescapable sense that someone, something, is following her. Faced with this burden, Jay and her friends must find a way to escape the horrors that seem to be only a few steps behind

Apostille is the solo musical guise of Glaswegian DIY protagonist Michael Kasparis. Initially a creative harbour from his groups Please and The Lowest Form, Apostille has grown into an explosive synth-punk project unafraid of both physicality and emotional leakage.

Powerless is Kasparis’ first album proper, following exploratory works on Goaty Tapes and Clan Destine, and is Apostille’s first release on his own Night School Records. Fiercely independent in practice and execution, Apostille’s stated purpose is to bridge the gap between audience and performer, to connect through the fog of power structures and post-modernism; to ferment a direct pop music unconcerned with control. Listen to 'Good Man' below...

Powerless explodes with Life - a rage of brilliance that acts as a communal outlet of shared frustration and confusion at the world. At moments haiku-like mantras lament over a damaged industrial de-composition as in The Collector, at other times there’s a Depeche Modish fragility as in Side 2 opener Deserter. In warped, subterranean ballad Olivia’s Eyes an almost decapitated duet details criminal instincts, while live favourite Slurry demolishes proceedings with a Suicide-like take on Chicago house; a mammoth journey into the psyche of a ‘Falling Down’ prototype, lost in a world of perpetual motion, speeding up and uncaring. Touchstones of early Mute artists like Fad Gadget can be found in Apostille’s overwhelmingly physical live performances but like Tovey’s best work, or perhaps that of Crash Course in Science, there’s a depth on record that paints in more complex colours.
 
Apostille is pop music from the outside looking in.
 
 
Upcoming shows:
 
March 21st - Old Hairdressers, GLASGOW. Mega Hair all dayer.
March 25th - Mono, GLASGOW. Sacred Paws Launch Party
March 28th - The Kazimier, LIVERPOOL. Chew Disco night with Happy Meals and Shift Work
March 29th - The Hope And Ruin, BRIGHTON. with Happy Meals and Sacred Paws.
March 30th - Espace B, PARIS. with Happy Meals and Night Riders
March 31st - La Rouge, LILLE. with Happy Meals
April 1st - Vrankrijk, AMSTERDAM with Happy Meals
April 2nd - De Gym, GRONINGEN with Happy Meals
April 4th - Sameheads, BERLIN with Happy Meals and Molly Nilsson DJ.
April 5th - PRAGUE with Happy Meals, Lightning Glove and Freddy Rupert
April 9th - Power Lunches, LONDON with Happy Meals and Design A Wave
April 10th - Islington Mill, MANCHESTER. Comfortable On A Tightrope party with Happy Meals
April 11th - The Flying Duck, GLASGOW. End of tour party with Happy Meals. 11pm Doors.
April 15th - Nice n Sleazy, GLASGOW with Richard Youngs, Death Shanties, SealionWoman
May 21st - The Flying Duck, GLASGOW with LCDD
June 13th - Supersonic Festival, BIRMINGHAM

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Eurorock have started to accept reservations for our FREE camping spaces at EUROROCK. Please note that you need to reserve in order to be able to use our free campings. Complete this form on our website and carefully read our instructions.

There are 2 FREE campings available:
 
Camping A: This is a campsite for tent, these places are free if you have a festival ticket.
Camping B: This is a campsite for your car or camper, these places are free if you have a festival ticket.
After completing the form you will receive a confirmation mail including the data you submitted and this one week before the festival. Print that mail out and bring it together with your festival ticket to the camping of your choice.
 
Make sure to reserve on time as places are limited!

Tickets for the festival can be ordered right here. The 3-day festival Eurorock takes place in Neerpelt, Belgium on May 14-15-16 2015.
 
Bands playing include Front 242 – Therion - The Orb – ASP – Oomph! – Apoptygma Berzerk – Fields Of The Nephilim – Therion – Killing Joke – Kant Kino – The Bellwether Syndicate – Stahlzeit – Vive La Fête – Diary of Dreams – Whispers in the shadow – Legend – Peter Hook (Celebration of Joy Division) – Tanzwut – Suicide Commando – XMH -Alien Vampires – Star Industry – Lovelorn Dolls – The Juggernauts – Lescure 13 – A Split Second – Crash Course In Science – Alien Vampires - Stin Scatzor – Arbeid Adelt – Absolute Body Control – Lacrimas Profundere – Asrai – Stoneman – Customs – The Crüxshadows – The Dallas Project – Monica Jeffries – The Neon Judgement with more to be announced.
 
There will also be a Stubru party ‘Was het nu 80,90,2000′ and a Depeche mode Party.