Under the headline “Grufti-wunder” German magazine Bild.de tells the story behind Das Ich frontman Stefan Ackerman’s tragic illness. We learn that the 42-year old had no less than 7 brain hemorrages. [more...]

A few days ago we wrote about the E-tropolis festival on February 22, 2014, that will move from Berlin to Oberhausen. Today, the first band announcements were made: Die Krupps, Apoptygma Berzek, Hocico, Aesthetic Perfection (pic), Faderhead, Tyske Ludder, Xotox, Chrom and (X)-RX.

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Very close to the festival on May 17-20, Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig lines up new bookings: And One, Paradise Lost, Tyske Ludder, Pankow, Catastrophe Ballet, Solar Fake, Bruderschaft, Aslan Faction and more.

May 24 marks the release of the new album from catchy hard electronics/aggro music project X-Fusion. [more...]

Held over the weekend of June 7-8, London’s famous music venue Brixton Academy will host an electronic music festival – Playground.

Of those announced for the festival already, artists include Squarepusher, Leftfield, Gary Numan (pic), The Orb, UNKLE, Kavinsky, Digitalism, John Foxx and the Maths and Wolgang Flür (ex Kraftwerk).

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The E-tropolis festival will be moved from Berlin to Oberhausen in the Ruhr area in 2014. The venue will be Turbinenhalle, a complex built in 1909 which has been transformed into cultural center with 2 live stages, a disco area and an indoor merchant gallery. [more...]

Covenant, Grendel, Of the Wand & the Moon and The Soft Moon are the latest additions to the 11th Summer Darkness. This Dutch festival takes place in Utrecht on July 26-28. [more...]

In April, we wrote about the new album from The Mission and their signing with The End Records in Brooklyn. Now, they have signed with SPV label Oblivion for Europe and we also learn that the new album is set for a September release. [more...]

Oppenheimer Analysis synthesist Martin Lloyd (born 1950) has just passed away due to liver failure.