Röyksopp’s and Susanne Sundför’s “Ice Machine” cover will get a proper release on June 16. It’s on the Röyksopp-curated installment of “Late Night Tales” alongside new Röyksopp track “Daddy’s Groove” and numerous other tracks like Vangelis’ “Blade Runner Blues”.

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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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From what started off as a small celebration for independent music stores in the US in 2007, and the UK later, Record Store Day has turned into a worldwide celebration of the remaining record stores, vinyl and in a larger sense, the independent music scene.
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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...]