17/7: The Prequel

Red Cell (S) - Autoclav 1.1 (UK) - Neotek - Fake the Envy - A-E - Command Interface
+ DJs

5/9: The Festival

Fixmer/McCarthy (F/UK) - Rotersand (D) - Straftanz (D) - Essence of Mind (N)

Fixmer/McCarthy (F/UK)
Fixmer/McCarthy is a joint effort between Nitzer Ebb's legendary singer, Douglas McCarthy, and the techno Producer/DJ Terence Fixmer. Since the release of their first album, "Between The Devil" in 2004, FM have taken their world dominating, electronic beats and punishing vocals around the globe and have emerged to create a new direction for their sound. Emanating from Terence Fixmer's long standing obsession with EBM and Techno, "Into The Night" takes us on a journey into the heart of a new electronic darkness. With velvet melodies, hypnotic pulsating bass lines, and even a ballad to tug on your clubbed out heart strings, what more can you ask for? This concert will without a doubt be remembered for a very long time.

Rotersand (D)
Rotersand has been a big name in the industrial/futurepop scene since the release of their first album "Electronic World Transmission" featuring smash club hits such as Merging Oceans and Almost Violent. The second album, "Truth Is Fanatic" became a huge success with its diverse sound, and the hit track "Exterminate Annihilate Destroy", which is already one of the most played tracks in EBM clubs all over the world!
The third CD, "1023" adds more hits to their roster, with tracks such as "Lost" and "Rushing". Having already played at big festivals all over Europe, this is their first appearance at a Danish festival.
Rotersand's sound is melodic and danceable, yet original futurepop, which might be compared to popular bands such as VNV Nation, Covenant and Assemblage 23, but still Rotersand have created their own unique sound.

Straftanz (D)
What is not to love about the humorous project, Straftanz, that has taken the world by storm. Starting out as an in-joke, the first single, "Straftanz", quickly became one of the world's biggest industrial/EBM club hits.
Influenced by old school EBM, Straftanz utilizes a wide variety of modern influences with an interesting and highly danceable result. Their second single, "Tanzt Kaputt, Was Euch Kaputt Macht" was released only a month ago and is already hitting all over Germany, and the debut album is ready for a release in June this year.
Here is a chance to see a band with the appeal to go really big!

Essence Of Mind (N)
It is not everyday that Norway bears a new electronic fruit. However, history also has shown us that with bands like Apoptygma Berzerk, Icon Of Coil or yet Combichrist, the Norwegian seal is a guarantee for skill and quality.
Created in the spring of 2006, Oslo's up-and-coming electro duo Essence Of Mind will certainly maintain the excellence we have come to expect from Norwegian electronics! Their hard-hitting sonic assaults combine modern techno body music, pumping EBM bass-lines, catchy synth melodies and strong powerful vocals.
In autumn of 2007 Essence Of Mind joined Belgium?s Alfa Matrix label and the debut album called "Insurrection" was released in the spring this year.
Essence Of Mind is also popping up on various scene compilations like Endzeit Bunkertracks 3, Extreme Sündenfall 7 etc. Imagine a sound between the old stuff from Apoptygma Berzerk and Icon Of Coil.

Red Cell (S)
The Swedish band Red Cell played their first Danish gig a few years ago at the church in Møllegade. Since then a lot of things have happened, after getting a record deal with the fast growing label Progress Productions (also home of Sturm Café, Iambia, Necro Facility, Cryo etc.)
They have released two albums with the second one just out, entitled "Lead Or Follow". On the new album, the guitars were canned for a more synth heavy sound, which can be described as Future Pop with some Industrial Rock influences.
Here is the chance to see Red Cell for the second time in Copenhagen, and after the great reviews "Lead Or Follow" has received, we're keeping our fingers crossed that it will be possible to afford a third time, some time in the future.

Autoclav 1.1 (UK)
Hailing from the UK comes one of the big talents in the IDM scene, Autoclav 1.1, who has released multiple remarkable albums on the American labels Crunch Pod and Hive Records, while the new album entitled "Love No Longer Lives Here" is out on the rising label Tympanik Audio (home of Displacer, Pnuematic Detach, Subheim etc.), also in the US.
Autoclav 1.1's melodic, noisy, and sometimes danceable IDM sound is quite overlooked in Denmark. In some ways, you can compare his sound to the excellent IDM bands Gridlock and Somatic Responses.

Neotek
Neotek's only album, "Brain Over Muscle" was released back in 1995, with a special re-release as a double album in 2004. This is their first gig in Copenhagen since they last played at Stubnitz, for the very first Das Boot Festival in July 2006, where they played together with bands like Suicide Commando, Grendel and Solitary Experiments. This is the chance to see this genuinely old school Danish cult band again.
Neotek are working on their 2nd album with a planned release this Autumn - expect a new sound, which could be described as a mixture of Nine Inch Nails and Front 242.

Fake The Envy
Fake The Envy is probably one of Denmark's most active synthpop bands. They have already released two albums on their own record label Idle Works (also the home of MachineSoldier) in just a couple of years, and a third one is in the process. Fake The Envy have played a few shows in Copenhagen, supporting bands like VNV Nation, Client, and Helios.
Fake The Envy plays pure synthpop and has a sound that can be compared to bands like Mesh, De/Vision and Elegant Machinery.

A-E
A-E shouldn't require any further introduction, as the mastermind behind the project, DJ HAL a.k.a. Tim, has been a part of the local scene for a long time, and has played several concerts here in Copenhagen alongside bands such as Winterkälte, Klangstabil, and In Strict Confidence.
A-E started out as a pure Power Noise project, but since then, he has developed a more melodic sound with added IDM influences. A-E is one of our most promising secrets in Denmark, and hopefully he will soon be discovered by a potent record label.

Command Interface
Lars of Command Interface is notorious for his innumerable music projects, including familiar ones such as Hate Therapy and ZBR. While he has been experimenting with anything from gabber and noise to danceable EBM, Command Interface offers right-in-your-face power noise. Here will be no lack of danceable noisy tunes for you to throw yourself around to.
Command Interface is a kind of "Old School" Power Noise as some people like to call it nowadays, and it's easy to hear the influences from great bands/projects like Converter, Winterkälte, Punch Inc., 100 Blumen and so on.