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Drums, scratches, bass, vocals, effects — and just one mouth! Felix Zenger not only produces a wide array of sounds and complex rhythms, but above all uses his voice to create new and original music with a unique style of his own. And what with more than 30 million YouTube views (and counting) he just might be on to something…

The 24 year-old, awarded with Artist of the Year honors at the annual Funk Awards, has performed with or supported N*E*R*D, Kanye West, James Brown (R.I.P.), Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Kid Koala, DJ Q-Bert, The Scratch Perverts, Iiro Rantala New Trio, Joseph Bowie (Defunkt), Good Charlotte, Lew Soloff (Blood, Sweat and Tears) and The Coup. Felix is also a familiar face in the ranks of the Finnish Grammy-winning and multi-platinum selling Don Johnson Big Band.

Besides Europe, Felix has rocked stages in Japan, Australia, China, South Korea, Singapore, El Salvador, New Zealand, Mexico and more. In addition, Felix has been featured in TV performances broadcasted for crowds of more than 150 million people worldwide.

Known for her melancholic, alternative pop CALLmeKAT is the internationally acclaimed moniker of Danish singer, keyboardista and composer Katrine Ottosen.

Through word-of-mouth, she is drawing crowds in clubs throughout Germany, Benelux, France, Switzerland and Austria and all before an official international album release.

Her sonic identity pours from an intimate yet lively melting pot of artistic courage, where she creates music with an army of vintage keyboards and a voice that sets her apart from the indie-pop masses. Her music and compelling live performances has brought her recognition from many corners of the world, with nods from notable sources such as NPR’s All Songs Considered and Interview Magazine, just to name a few.

The thoroughbred European band know their stuff. Blending a massive electronic sound,
new wave guitar, subtle hook-lines and poetic lyrics that speak to the soul, THE MINT's
sound is hard to define or categorize; it just works.
THE MINT draw inspiration from their hometown, Berlin, and bring that to life with their
bittersweet, bold and sometimes melancholic music. Their songs speak of hope and sorrow,
grief and euphoria, in a self-described "Deutsch-International" sound. They pick up
where live electronic artists like Can and Kraftwerk left off.
On stage, the four artists intoxicate their fans with an avant-garde presence, delivering a
whirlwind of powerful songs and irresistibly rousing dance grooves, all the while remaining
blatantly authentic.

Swedish disco kraut act This Is Head recently released their critically acclaimed album 0001 on Adrian Recordings. The band received Swedish National Radio's “Pop Act Of The Year” award earlier this year, beating other nominees such as Robyn and The Radio Dept. To follow up on these great achievements This Is Head also performed at this year's Roskilde Festival – adding to an already insane European touring schedule.

Bernhard Eder grew up in a little farming village in the Austrian countryside. After spending his youth on his mother's farm, he decided to become a car-mechanic, but soon realized that his love of music was much stronger than that for cars. After putting down his wrenches he formed a band called "wa:rum" with some friends and started playing at parties and small festivals in his region. In 1997, Bernhard decided to move to Vienna to study Audio Engineering.

Two years later, after finishing his studies in Audio Engineering, he began studying jazz vocals at the Vienna Conservatory. In the meantime he released three records with "wa:rum" and become popular on Austria's biggest alternative music radio station; FM4.

Together with his new band and a notebook full of new songs he recorded "Tales From The East Side". This masterfully produced and orchestrated album hums in a tone both modern and old, swaying in slow-motion between the perimeters of folk and indie and leaving the listener with a slight taste of Nick Drake, Elliott Smith, and José Gonzales. Though his influences are apparent, Bernhard Eder has a voice all his own and uses those influences not as templets to shape himself with, but as fuel to propel his music in new and exciting directions.

Evelinn Trouble likes nasty surprises. And Evelinn Trouble likes noise. The sweet pop melodies of her debut album "Arbitrary Act" have barely faded away, as the 21 year old girl from Zurich releases her newest album; a record to kick all boxes and comparisons in the balls. "Television Religion" is an act of liberation, sizzling with fury and energy, while still soft but sinister.

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Alternative pop act alibi tom from Gothenburg digs deeper with new album “this sleeping”. Their unique music, generated by colliding classical counterpoint compositions with jam-session improvisation, has been recorded live in old rural churches together with mentor and producer Joakim Sehlstedt. This made for a living, breathing pop sound, adorned with harmonies and unexpected instrumental elements. Let’s call it playful seriousness – or the concept of making music being intimate yet big, dramatic yet contemplative and melancholic yet “so beautiful you just don’t know what to do with yourself” –Anna Enkvist, Joyzine.se.

A sunny and melodic indie-folk quartet, some international hotshots have titled them "the crown jewel of Estonian music", Ewert and The Two Dragons have been taking the Baltics by storm. Finnish music magazine Rumba named them "the best band of the entire fest“ after their performance at Positivus 2010. Their critically acclaimed second album "Good Man Down" (I Love You Records, 2011) is already one of the best selling records in Estonia. In autumn the Dragons’ jangly charm will be tested on proficient European ears during a minitour to take them to Germany, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Austria.

Management del Dolore Post-Operatorio were formed in 2006 and released the album "Mestruazioni” on the Videoradio label at the end of 2008. The first work was well-received in the music press. In the same year, the boys met Raffaella Tenaglia (Pixie Promotion) with which they started carrying out a strategy to promote music products and events through the new web technologies and unconventional marketing tricks (Videopin). Thanks to a dazzling impact during live shows, the four guys were chosen to open for major artists like Zen Circus, Nouvelle Vague, Echo & the Bunnymen, Bud Spencer Blues Explosion, Planet Funk, Marlene Kuntz, Diaframma, Gang of Four and Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti.

In just a few years the band won a lot of awards. The most important awards are: Italia Wave band 2009, Primo Maggio Tutto l’Anno Abruzzo 2009, fourth place in the Top 50 brands new MeiWeb with the single "Nei palazzi", special award MEI 2010 for "innovation technology applied to music" (Videopin by Pixie Promotion - the classic pin with a QR-code linked to the YouTube Channel's band) and finally the "Special Prize MArteLabel 2010" with the input the label on the roster. In June of 2011 they won the Bolzano Upload Festival, with Christian Godano (Marlene Kuntz) as president of the jury, who chose them for the Popkomm in Berlin. MADE DOPO has just recorded new album with the music producer Manuele Fusaroli (aka "Max Stirner"). It will be released in the Autumn of 2011.

This award-winning indie harpist/singer-songwriter has sold out shows from Philadelphia's Tin Angel to The Matador in Siberia. More Regina Spektor than Joanna Newsom, Grassie has toured across Europe, South America, North America, and Asia, earning grants from the Thomas J. Watson Foundation and the U.S. State Department, a slew of awards, and the fervent support of her fans, one of whom described her as "an awesome combination of Pippi Longstocking and the Mata Hari. Trust me, you never saw anything like this." Expect smart, accessible songwriting strewn with literary allusions, understatedly soulful vocals, and funny stories of her travel (mis)adventures.

Marco Notari is one of the most interesting and unconventional songwriters in Italy. His sound merges the tradition of the great italian songwriters with modern british and scandinavian music. Winner of the 2007 Indie Music Like Award as Best Independent Italian Artist, he released two EPs and two LPs within four years as well as a short novel contained in the vinyl version of the album "Babele". His new album "Io?" will be released on September 16th, while the english version will come out in the following months.

They are impulsive, stylish, straightforward. Charter stands for authentic, ecstatic rock – inspired by the different, strong characters of the four musicians. In their songs the Finnish way of life of frontman Antti mixes with Berlin´s vibrant creativity and an individual drive for freedom and an escape from simple life. Influenced by the greatness of bands like Placebo, U2 and The Killers, the band takes melodic-catchy indie pop-rock on stage. With tracks like “Impossible You”, “Trust” and “Girl” they deliver an energy-packed show leaving you with goose bumps.

As a newcomer band, the four musicians got together about a year ago. Frontman Antti who has worked as a songwriter in Dublin and London before, met Tilman in a bar. Burn and Thomas joined a few months later. Each one of them has his own musical background and was looking for something new. With Charter they are sharing their dream together. On numerous stages across the country, they've already enthused their audiences. As support for The Boxer Rebellion, they accompanied the German tour, convincing audiences and journalists alike at the Popkomm.

In the second year after forming the band, the John Fryer (Him, Depeche Mode) produced album “Impossible You” will hit the stores. An amazing debut of an expressive band!

Complementarity is what best describes DEER BEAR. The Ying and Yang parallel is obvious with the members being an odd couple: The female part is held by Anne Hjort, with a background rooted in the electro-popish. Her male counterpart is Lars Bjørn-Hansen who normally fronts the acclaimed death metal band Koldborn. But there’s no death metal in this musical setting, no insisting aggression, no screaming.
Their sound and songwriting stand in an appealing contrast to modernity, and one may sense a search for a more traditional insight and organic output. The style might be labeled as melancholic pop-folk, and while the sound is warm and comforting, the subject matter is far from it.

Junes developed from a small idea to an internationally-consi- dered band already taking successful career steps, such as 3 soldout shows with Hurts, and slots at big Swiss festivals, in- cluding OpenAir St.Gallen and Gurtenfest. The new album, „Donʼt Leave Me In Autumn“, shows off the band’s familiar sound structures and mellow melodies, while mixing cello and violin with new electronic tones. The output is a spherical mixture of old and new sounds.

From the Austrian Alps to the United Kingdom, from Japan to Germany to Iceland and back through Europe, Clues is the debut album of self-styled noisepop cosmopolitan Bensh... and the sum of a six year expedition to some of the most ecclectic places in pop. 

Born in Innsbruck, Austria, Bensh studied composition in the UK in 2004. After a period of extensive songwriting and subsequent recording sessions with Dan Swift (Snow Patrol, Art Brut) and Gordon Raphael (The Strokes), he embarked on a cultural exchange to Osaka, Japan. Since returning to Europe, Bensh lived and worked in Germany, UK, Austria and Iceland, where the final mix of Clues was completed with Biggi Birgisson (Sigur Rós). The track Doubt has received massive airplay in central Europe earlier this year, the new single How Come Nao is already receiving airplay in Austria and Germany.

On stage, Bensh is joined by virtuoso synth-wizard Sion Trefor from Cardiff/UK and Bensh’s multi-instrumentalist brother Sevo. After a number of shows in Austria and Germany the formation just brought their blend of catchy noise-pop to the US and Canada for the first time. Bensh’s debut Clues is out in several European territories this summer/fall, starting with a release in Austria on May 27th (Odd One In/Hoanzl) and the UK and Sweden and Germany on October 14, 2011, with Canada to follow in early 2012. The  three piece will tour extensively in the months ahead. Around the globe in thirteen songs. And this journey has clearly just begun.

Mati Zundel, born in the quiet countryside in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, has investigated different styles of Latin American folklore from argentine chacareras and vidalas all the way to Peruvian huaynos and Mexican sonideros. Shamanic chants, charango, guitar, and loops are the backbone of Mati's music. Native voices soar over delirious percussion and intense bass lines meet with melodies that combine cumbia and psychedelia. Mati Zundel composes songs that were once traditional but with the sonic engineering of the future are ideal for dance floors where he turns into a shaman under a sky covered in a storm of stars.

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Tremor creates a fusion between Argentine folkloric music and digital production, creating a unique combination of modern and traditional sounds. Their first CD, Viajante, presents a combination of folkloric elements in electronic textures that unite various acoustic instruments (like the charango, ronroco, accordion, bombo legüero drum, violin and more) with innovative digital experimentation. Electro-tribal malambos and glitch chacareras to IDM huaynos are some of the soundscapes that illustrate Tremor’s sound. In recent years Leo Martinelli, the man behind Tremor, has performed as a trio with Gerardo Farez on keys and melodica and Camilo Carabajal on bombo legüero. The trio has graced stages all over Buenos Aires, around the country of Argentina, Mexico, Europe and the US.

The german-american singer Janna - whose mother toured through America during the Summer of Love - was born in a hippy town in California and later grew up in the legendary "harem" of Rainer Langhans in Germany. It is Janna's songwriting that is the mastermind behind the band with her New Wave, NDW and 80's inspired melodies being the starting point of the songs journey. Her singing is both energetic and tough as well as dreamy and full of yearning. Her love of music has also shaped her work as a filmmaker with various music videos and an Hip-Hop documentary shot in LA under her belt. Her documentary "Kinder der Schlafviertel" (Street Punk Moscow) about Punks in the subburbs of Russia won her several prestigious newcomer Prizes.

Australia’s best kept musical secret, Sydney rock powerhouse Syndicate’s debut self-titled album is about to hit the streets. Recorded in Los Angeles, the album is jam-packed with iconic rock songs and its release on July 1 will be a history making event for the five-piece. Featuring the likes of Jeff Blue (Linkin Park, Matchbox 20, Korn, Limp Bizkit, The Last Goodnight), Brandon Friesen (Nickelback, Comeback Kid, Sum 41, The Music), Mike Fraser (AC/DC) and Scott Humphrey (Metallica, Mötley Crüe, Andrew WK, The Cult) to name a few, and the producing credentials alone have got the public on the edge of their seats. Syndicate could very much be the legacy of rock in Australia.

Syndicate’s album is all about solid rock ‘n’ roll. It’s no surprise the album has attracted the attention of the best rockers out there either, featuring other rock ‘n’ roll bigwigs like Brent Fitz (Slash, Alice Cooper, Theory of a Deadman), Gil Sharone (Dillinger Escape Plan, Stolen Babies, Puscifer) and Rowan Robertson (Dio) as well as drum legend Matt Sorum to guest on the album.

Heike Has The Giggles is a super catchy heavy pop trio from Ravenna, Italy, formed in September 2006.

Emanuela Drei (lead vocal and guitars) sings mostly like PJ Harvey in raw, fast rock songs wich you can do well with in any (punk) garage. After two demo tapes (”Next, Please” & “How To Giggle”), released in 2007, the band immediately starts to play in huge Festivals (Italia Wave 08 Main Stage and Sziget Festival 2008) and opening for big foreign acts in the biggest italian clubs. They’ve played before the Wombats (Estragon Club - Bologna), GlasVegas (Bronson - Ravenna), Tricky (Vox Club - Modena), Pete & The Pirates (Spazio211 - Torino) or Look See Proof (Casa139 - Milano) performing also a lot of solo shows. The band is also in the line up for Canadian Music Week 09 in Toronto, club Hideout, All 2gether Now Festival in Maschinenhouse, Berlin, SonicVisions Festival in Luxembourg and Eurosonic Noorderslaag in Groningen (Netherlands).

“Sh!”, their debut album, was released on February 2010 for the new indie label Kitano, with a great feedback from audience and specialized press. During 2010 the band performed on other big european stages like Walk The Line Festival (Den Haag NL), Liverpool Sound City, Panoplie Nights (Luxembourg) and supported The Gossip in their show in Bologna, Italy. Winners of the MTV Italy Hit Week Contest, the band had performed a showcase at the Trash Bar, NYC, beside that event.

From the end of this long tour Heike Has The Giggles are locked up in recording sessions to prepare the new album, scheduled for January 2012. In June 2011 Foolica Records released DEAR FEAR, the first single from the new upcoming album.

Happy  25th Birthday "Songs Wanted"!
Der Informationsdienst "Songs Wanted" feiert 25 Jahre im Business mit einem Sekt & Selters-Meet & Greet-Empfang  plus Akustik-Showcase mit hochkarätigen Singer/Songwriter wie Diane Weigmann ("Das Beste"), Martin Goldenbaum (Punk-Liedermacher),  Johannes Falk (Absolvent der Pop-Akademie Baden-Würtemberg bei Gerth Medien unter Vertrag),  die Straßenmusikantenband Felix Meyer (105 Music) und Special Guest DSDS-Sieger Tobias Regner, der den Nr.1-Song "I Still Burn" über "Songs Wanted" bekam. Moderiert wird die Show vom US/Berliner Singer/Songwriter Tom Cunningham.  Come one, come all!

Diver's music is affective, simple and honest. Emotions are realized powerfully, still quiet, with acoustic instruments and through a variety of different voices. The essence of their music is the contradiction between harmony and their lyrics dealing with insecurity and disorientation. Their songs are swirling around the difficulty to fulfill other people’s expectations,still trying to be true to oneself and about the discrepancy between overwhelming emotions and rational realizations.

Diver are: Olaf Schuberth, Stephan Ebert, Wolfgang Bruckner

School Is Cool brings you adventurous indiepop with bouncing rhytms, that refers to Pixies, Paul Simon, Kate Bush, Arcade Fire, Vampire Weekend, The Dodos and in a way Händel.

After winning Belgium’s biggest rock contest Humo’s Rock Rally 2010 in a very convincing way, this Antwerp-based band played more than 60 festivals in Belgium last summer including Boomtown, Dranouter, Pukkelpop, Crammerock, Pukemarock. Their first single “New Kids In Town” was the summerhit of 2010 (hotshot or highest rotation and 7 weeks number 1 in Belgium’s biggest hit list De Afrekening on Studio Brussels). “In Want Of Something” is the first single of their forthcoming album, which will be released in Belgium on 18th of October 2011 (again hotshot, again highest rotation, and again number 1 in De Afrekening!). The album was recorded at motormusic studios and produced & mixed by Reinhard Vanbergen (member of Das Pop – former productions: The Hickey Underworld, Drums Are For Parades, Goose…). Album is being presented in exclusive avant-premier at one of the main Belgian festivals, Pukkelpop 2011 (Marquee).

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Untamed creativity and intuition combined with a joy for experiments and musical craftsmanship define LEYAN‘s sound that is treading the thin red line between indie, pop and rock. Distinctive, expressive vocals which often change effortlessly into falsetto liaise with unique guitar structures and riffs alongside multidimensional, siren-like synthesizer - always carried by the uncompromisingly driving rhythm section of drums and bass. The Berlin- based band soon gathered speed and has supported such renowned acts as SCOUTING FOR GIRLS, BLUE OCTOBER and TURIN BRAKES. The band’s debut album “Dancing Sculptures” has been released June 24, 2011 at Noizgate Records/ Rough Trade.

Christiania is the much-anticipated second album from Holmfirth-based solo artist Napoleon IIIrd; a compelling tale of small-town life and escaping it's constraints, told over nine tracks of rewired pop, operatic indie and lush, textured instrumental music.

It’s been a busy few years for Napoleon IIIrd. After a sold-out national tour with Mercury Prize nominees and fellow Leeds alumni Wild Beasts, he played at festivals including Bestival, Green Man, End Of The Road, Leeds and Truck, he performed in front of 1,000 people at the palatial Koko in London for Club NME, and he toured Europe widely, ending at Iceland Airwaves in Reykjavik. All this while writing and recording the album many consider to be his magnum opus.

Opening track “The Unknown Unknown” was released to fans as a free single on Sept 13th and topped the global Hype Machine charts. The album followed on Nov 8th and was met with rapturous responses in the UK’s mainstream music media.

Since then, Napoleon IIIrd is gearing up release Christiania all across Europe, and playing industry events such as In The City in Manchester and Popkomm Live in Berlin. This most promising UK artist is about to go global.

19:00 Tantrum To Blind (SE)

20:00 State Of Grace (SE)

21:00 You Say France And I Whistle (SE)

22:00 Dolly Daggers (SE)

23:00 This Is Head (SE)

Iotatola is a female duo making jazz-tinged, edgy indie pop, utilising all kinds of modern electric and acoustic instruments, authentic vocals and melodies, while stealing elements of con- temporary theatre and old school music hall.

21:00 Bensh (AT) http://www.benshmusic.com

22:00 Diver (AT) http://www.myspace.com/wearediver 

23:00 My Name Is Music (AT) https://www.facebook.com/mynameismusic

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21:00 The New Spring

22:00 Dad Rocks!

22:45 Lydmor

23:30 Let Me Play Your Guitar

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21:15 Deer Bear (DK)

22:00 CALLmeKAT (DK)

23:00 Emma ACs (DK)

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20:30 Tove Styrke (SE)

21:30 Felix Zenger (FI)

22:30 Lauri Ylönen (FI)

20:00 Hellcity Punks (FI)

20:40 Black Light Discipline (FI)

21:20 Silent Scream (FI)

22:00 Cold Cold Ground (FI)

22:40 Beati Mortui (FI)

23:20 Kinetik Control (FI)

00:00 Turmion Kätilöt (FI)

19:30 Marco Notari (Italy)
20:30 Sycamore Age (Italy) 
21:30 Heike Has The Giggles (Italy)
22:30 Management Del Dolore Post-Operatio (Italy)

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A short and intense immersion in the places of dream and vision....Sounds and words that give voice to the mud and the light that we are....sounds generated by objects of all kinds - confetti on ceramic, wooden sticks, fists on the furniture, forks in a grater, programmable music box, lids, spoons and cutting boards....disillusioned and dreamy characters, they go along their way, asking harrowing questions....."Us", a beautiful and terrible and forlorn humanity.

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Axel Concato has the fingers he needs to play several instruments, a voice to charm, a physique to offer him equal pleasure and pain, and a musical talent to get him sought after. Born in Normandy, the town's influence on his music can still be heard today, largely because he's (still) surrounded by many of his childhood friends. He had a happy childhood, effortlessly picking up guitar, keyboard, bass guitar and drums. Possessed by the spirit of rock'n'roll, his musical gift led him to quit Paris for Camden, London, in 2001. Represented by Andy Ross, he was picked up to play keyboards in several supporting acts. In 2003 he toured Texas for the South by South West festival with Country-Punk band the White Russians, expressing the same finesse with which he and Barth (with whom he has recorded two albums) supported The Pretenders. We can't help but mention that after said Pretenders gig Paul McCartney insisted on personally congratulating Axel's keyboard skills. Still on the brink of 2004, Axel formed Axel And The Farmers in London, with English musicians. He went on to play multiple concerts with the band and by the combined grace of his swagger and silhouette, starred as an extra in a number of TV shows and ads...

As defined as in the modern fixture, ‘an old-school songwriter’ and a crowd pleaser. He is able to carry two traits nonchalantly. When you hear him on the electric guitar, he gives you the semblance of old school rockers like Jeff Beck or Mark Knopfler and every time he renders the acoustic guitar, shades of Martin Sexton is evident.

Alex Rintu, this mild mannered individual has an air of calm surrounding him, which camouflages an extremely dexterous musician within. Engage him in a conversation on music and you will see those eyes widen up and there will be spring in his step, which is just an expression of his extreme devotion and determination. An undisguised respect for everything under the sun, he caries this very spirit while rousing up the Indie music scene with his guitar-centric ‘lyrical–blues pop rock’ music.

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The 6 of them got together for real in 2008. The main core, the singer and the beat maker got together some 10 years earlier and they make a songwriting team while the rest would come (and stay) gradually, over last two years and they are Ewa X who is a classical viola player (with a strong urge to dance all nights in the clubs), another drummer, an experimenting one, Lord Gwadera, always trying to go beyond the usual way, a free jazz double bass player from the east, with loads of experience and in the end, Paul Bishop, a guy with a diploma, clarinet master, who would usually perform Reich or Glass, also starring as Blisko Pola's first album producer.

We Cut Corners are a Dublin, Ireland-based two-piece who write short songs
on drums and guitar. They recorded their debut LP, 'Today I Realised I Could
Go Home Backwards' with Jimmy Eadie (David Kitt, Valerie Francis). They
have played shows with artists such as Frightened Rabbit, Fight Like Apes,
Joan as Police Woman, Villagers and Two Door Cinema Club and, sonically,
they exist somewhere between Burt Bacharach and Death From Above 1979.
The debut album is scheduled for release in October 2011.

Mary Ocher was born in Moscow (Russia, former USSR) in 1986 and grew up in Tel Aviv (Israel). She moved to Berlin at the age of 20 and has been playing more or less everywhere in and out of town ever since; both solo and with Mary and The Baby Cheeses.

A true artist whose creativity spans beyond music to filmmaking and drawings, Mary's art reflects her eccentric personality. Her recent album, "War Songs" (2011), is a concept album about what Mary might ironically regard as her favorite subject – war – as well as social status, persecution and hints of nationalism and sexual abuse.

She has recently started working on new songs with garage soul icon, producer King Khan, who described her music as "a mix of Kate Bush, Kim Fowley and Buffy Sainte-Marie". Her style includes various influences, ranging from protest folk songs to theatrical punk, Lo-fi, Brian Eno like experimental music and even psychedelic pop.

Sufjan Stevens, Anathallo, Efterklang, Owen Pallett and Danny Elfman (yes, Danny Elfman). Throw them together and you’ll end up with Einar Stray. Next year the Norwegian genius is set to release Chiaroscuro, an album that any of those artists would be proud to have created. No hyperbole at all. It really is that special. The annoying thing is that he’s only 20. Makes you feel bad about yourself, doesn’t it?

French Films is a five-piece indie rock band from Finland. Their music is often described as a mixture of sunny surf rock and new wave. The group got started in 2010 by putting couple of home demos on their myspace page, which led to largely positive feedback and interest all over the world. In November 2010 the band released their first EP, Golden Sea, through Gaea Records and is currently working on their debut album, which is about to come out in fall 2011. Known for their furious live performances, the band has so far been touring around Europe and is now planning on visiting US, UK and Japan as well in the end of 2011 / beginning of 2012.

Debut album Imaginary Future will be released in September.

Dad Rocks! is the solo moniker of Icelandic artist Snævar Njáll Albertsson, also known from the Danish band Mimas (Sinnbus, Big Scary Monsters). Dad Rocks! is folk pop with complex guitar work and tongue-in-cheek lyrics full of both humour and something to think about. After two EPs that ensured him both great reviews, a solid following and airplay in several European countries, Dad Rocks! has now finished his first full length album, “Mount Modern”, produced by Addi 800 (Blur, Björk) and mastered by Tom Mcfall (Stars, REM, Bloc Party).

Litoral is a name that is bent off of Pau Roca’s worries. The band consists of Iván Cuevas, Javier Monserrat, Manu Moreno, Guillaine Goose and Pablo Magariños; musicians with baggage from different origins and perspectives whom draw, as they say in one of their songs, an ¨electrocardiogram¨ on the map. Doing honor to their name their music coordinately drinks Mediterranean folk. 

By using only acoustic instruments each musician is able to mobilize their own instruments. They do not see distance with their public yet cautiously interact with the people as they throw large dosages of positive energy that is felt through smiles and interactive hand clapping. 

Their first EP, "1" contains four songs, the first single  “A segle of paisatges” quite easily expresses the groups natural aura. It’s as if Pau’s Spanish guitar leads the percussion which is played with Pablo´s palms to keep a  rhythmic pulse  added with the brushstrokes of Iván's voice. Definitively born music to caress the ears and the spirit, something to be enjoyed in any place of the world as it transports you to an idyllic moderate place such as a special moment by the sea. The ¨El nostre meridià de Greenwich¨ is a beautiful bossa nova song played by a Portuguese guitar, which creates a frank and yet impressive psychedelic effluvia. Tauntingly the EP continues with "Una dona que dorm ", another precious acoustic game of shades and texture that is covered with idyllic images of a beautifully sleeping woman. The EP closes with  "A la vora del mar" a song that begins with an introduction of African percussions and ends to evoke a pleasurable Mancunian pop. Another declaration of the beginning, which is only the beginning and a far way from any end.

"1" has been edited in 12" vinyl and limited edition CD´s which are specially numbered and sewn. The design has been illustrated by Diana Sudyka (known by her works for The Decemberists, Jeff Tweedy and Andrew Bird).

One day two guys, Tapio and Matti, felt really gray. Healing was what they needed! They sat down by the organ and in a second the music started to stream out of their fingers and mouths. Like little rapids forming a beautiful, fertile river! It was magical; it was as if they had found their power animals. Letting go of their complete emotional and existential frustration they opened themselves to the unexplainable and started the healing process of song. And the more they played the more they were healed.

Catch the one & only South African singer -Yolanda Y’awa in her divine intervention. If you love the unique sounds of Afro Contemporary Jazz and soul with a touch of reggae then her original compositions and her remarkable voice will blow you away and have you on your feet. Her set celebrates Yawa’s album debut and her talents as an entertainer and fashion designer. Expect an performance of note as this acclaimed award winning songstress reaches out with her voice, words and pride in being an African woman.

This is a summer soiree not to be missed!

Last year I am Oak’s melancholic folk album ‘On Claws’ received critical acclaim. The band formed around Dutch songwriter Thijs Kuijken have since played over 65 in tours and festivals through the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxemburg and Switzerland.

During this Thijs was also working on a new album called ‘Oasem’, which will be released in The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany exactly one year after the release of ‘On Claws’. The slightly darker ‘Oasem’ resembles the overall theme of its predecessors, but musically it might be more removed from the previous album than one would expect. The acoustic backbone that characterized ‘On Claws’ has transformed to one consisting of organs, keyboards and even a balafon.

‘Oasem’ (pronounced like ‘awesome’) is a word in Dutch dialect for ‘breath’. On this album Thijs is cautiously exploring his place in the world by asking questions regarding our relationship to the elements and ancient nature. These questions can become quite overwhelming and confusing at times, but can also encourage new discoveries. ‘Oasem’ is an excerpt from the never-ending search these questions bring about.

Born in 2005, SFEM – THE LADS PRODUCTIONS is an independent Publishing Group and Music Label, active in the production and development of new wave, rock, electronic and alternative rock bands and projects. Since 2007 we have been a dynamic “music factory” where concrete projects and talented artists can find space and help to grow. Nowadays our network operates in Italy and Europe, with a specific focus on the Scandinavian and Northern European music market: the factory manages a few bands (we believe in quality, not in quantity), which are currently touring around Europe and promoting their singles in order to build a strong fan base and to make people talk about them. All products are physically distributed in Italy and Europe by Audioglobe.

Sansa is a talented young Finnish songstress . Her music is a mixture of pop, folk and even "trip hop".
Sansa's brand new album "Savior" will be released in G/A/S (G-Records / Rough Trade) and also in the US later this autumn.

Over a quarter of a century since it began and a decade after it folded, this is the definitive film about Creation Records, one of the world's most successful and colorful independent labels. This is the story of the rock n roll dream and its accompanying nightmares. Millions of sales on both sides of the Atlantic, near bankruptcy, pills, thrills, spats, prats, success, excess, pick me ups, breakdowns and of course some of THE defining music of the late 20th Century. This is the definitive and fully authorised story of the UK's most inspired and dissolute label, from the Jesus & Mary Chain at the Living Room to Oasis at Knebworth.

19:30 I Am Oak (NL)

20:30 Lucy Swann (NO)

21:30 Choir Of Young Believers (DK)

22:30 Dry The River (UK)

20:00 Loane www.loane-lesite.fr

21:15 Axel & The Farmers http://www.myspace.com/axelandthefarmers

22:30 General Elektriks www.general-elektriks.com

General Elektriks is the brainchild of Hervé “RV” Salters. A French national and a vintage keyboard player, RV quickly became the go-to Parisian for “vintage sound,” scoring session work with Femi Kuti, -M-, and DJ Mehdi, among others, before leaving in 1999 to relocate to the US.
  
The new album “Parker Street” will be released mid October by cuting-edge French label Discograph (Coralie Clément,Brisa Roché) ) in Europe and Japan and by Quannum Projects in North America. Parker Street is the most successful and most dense of General Eletriks albums , filled with multiple influences and perfused by the energy and experience of live concerts.

23:45 Fortune http://www.f-o-r-t-u-n-e.com/

On stage: Dear Reader / Hundreds / Julia Marcell / New Found Land / Laing / Chinawoman / Erik & Me

+ radioeins-team und DJs: Peter Radszuhn, MC Lücke, Anja Caspary

20:00 Blisko Pola (Poland) http://www.myspace.com/bliskopola

21:00 Polaris (Poland) http://polarismusic.eu

22:00 Kamp (Poland) www.myspace.com/kampmusik

23:00 Fonovel (Poland) www.myspace.com/fonovel

20:40 Jules Not Jude

21:25 Seddy Mellory

22:10 Ovlov

23:00 The Pink Holy Days

22:00 Corroded

23:00 Don Fernando

19:30 Gary

20:25 Luise Pop

21:20 Killed By 9V Batteries

20:45 Miracle Fortress (CA)

21:30 Einar Stray (NO)

22:30 Kill It Kid (UK)

23:30 Norman Palm (DE)

20:30 Mary Ocher http://www.maryocher.com/

21:15 The Raw Men Empire http://www.myspace.com/therawmenempire

22:00 Daniela & Ben Spector http://danielaandbenspector.bandcamp.com/album/love-is

22:45 Rutsi Buba http://www.myspace.com/rutsibuba

Host: Berlin Music Commission BMC  & German Association of Independent Music Companies VUT

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An all-girl band made up of four young Italian rockers who choose music as a weapon of rebellion to the customs: they are Le Rivoltelle. A feminine plural (that also sounds in Italian like “small revolts/rebellions”) which is ironic and nonconformist personality of the band: their real weapons are musical instruments, the songs are their bullets, the audience's emotions are their target.

In 2011 the third millennium A. D. when globalization in the good and bad moves people of different ethnicities and races without even the religions, ambassadors and heads of state can still understand each other and talk to each other, the Universe Supreme instructs a being, the Archangel to come down to earth and assemble a tribe music / the multi-ethnic "ISOLA SONG" to return to play as they were able to live in different worlds of music: Classical music, the DJ music, ethnic music and rock with the words, parables of life.
Thus, in one night while The same elected and sing a hymn propitiatory dictated by God:
"NOI TRIBU ',' the world come together and together DANCE!

20:00 The Mint

22:00 Charter

Start 20:30

Mutinity On The Bounty (www.myspace.com/mutinyonthebountytheband)

Versus You (www.myspace.com/vsyou)

Angel At My Table (www.myspace.com/bandangelatmytable)