TOWER TRANSMISSIONS V
A 2 day event of Power-Electronics/Industrial/Dark Ambient/Avant-Garde
GENOCIDE ORGAN(d)
BASTARD NOISE(usa)
IN SLAUGHTER NATIVES(s)
INADE(d)
SARDH(d)
GOATVARGR(s)
CLINIC OF TORTURE(fin)
BIZARRE UPROAR(fin)
C.O. CASPAR(d)
DIVISION S.(i)
PUCE MARY(dk)
MAGADAN(cz)
Tickets: €60
email towerpromotions@gothic.ie stating name, number of tickets and preferred payment: Paypal or Bank Transfer(all extra costs on both methods must be paid by purchaser)
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25th/26th September 2015
Club Puschkin
Leipziger Strasse 12
01097 Dresden.
We are delighted to announce a special 5th edition of the Tower Transmissions Festival.
This year the festival is collaborating with renowned Power Electronics label L.White Records.
The label will be presenting their line-up on day 1 of the festival.
L.White Records was responsible for the legendary Consumer Electronics festivals in Berlin from 1999 - 2006.
Bands that performed during that time include Whitehouse, Con-Dom, Grey Wolves, Anenzephalia, Thorofon, Wertham, Fire In The Head and more...
Stay tuned for line-up and ticket announcements.
Confirmed: PUCE MARY(dk)
Puce Mary is the solo moniker of Copenhagen based sound artist Frederikke Hoffmeier.
Founded in 2010, the project has since then explored the fields of Industrial Noise and Experimental music with a vast amount of releases on labels as Posh Isolation, iDEAL Recordings and Freak Animal featuring collaborations with noise artists such as Loke Rahbek, Dan Johansson of Sewer Election and Rodger Stella of Macronympha . The performances and releases portrays her work methods to be many and diverse from dark sound collages and textured noise, to straight forward industrial music.
http://pucemary.blogspot.com.es/
http://www.discogs.com/artist/1922248-Puce-Mary
Confirmed: GENOCIDE ORGAN(d)
Genocide Organ is a German Power Electronics/Death Industrial group that formed in 1985.
Confirmed; C.O. CASPAR(d)
C.O. Caspar lives in Berlin and Sweden as a datoist, conceptor, constructor, author, theoretician and xeroxer. He works as a soloist, workshop organizer, actionist and musician with sound tools as installation, with projections, with light art. His medium is the processing of concrete tones and noises by means of digital equipment. Sound is planned as scenaric tone and speech acts, and is spontaneously developed from the original impulses of the sounding body - also in cooperation with other players.
Confirmed: DIVISION S.(i)
Division S is an experimental Neo-Folk and Post-Industrial band from Italy. Their music can in some cases be compared to that of bands like Nový Svět and Teatro Satanico.
Cabaret Noir
Red Wine
Cold Beer
Something To Drink
https://www.facebook.com/somethingtodrink/info?tab=page_info
Confirmed: MAGADAN (cz)
Active since 2013 Magadan represents a newcomer on the European Power Electronics/Industrial scene. Originating from Czech Dark Ambient project Stor the two member line-up, made of of M.K.Vermin and Guldur, portrays their views on disturbing themes related (not only) to the history of political/social oppression. Persecution, misery, revolt and dissent expressed by roughness of sounds and scenes - mixing harsh industrial samples with distorted synths, broken keyboards and peculiar archival sound-voice samples.
They released tape EP "Sojuz" which re-edition of remastered and reworked material is on programme now. Besides this Magadan contributed to an upcoming compilation which will be soon out on Zaetraom label.
Magadan will prepare a very limited release ,,Perm-36" specially for Tower Transmissions V. festival.
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/magadan-4
Discogs: www.discogs.com/Magadan-Sojuz/release/5576499 (Soyuz EP only)
Confirmed: INADE(d)
Deep Ambient.
The space itself breathes and the ever shifting cartography of the infinite is sonically translated along the ridge of collision.
http://www.inade.de/
https://www.facebook.com/inadeaudio/timeline
Confirmed: SARDH(d)
Originating from the East-German underground the Dresden based collective SARDH since 1987 create its own vision of sound.
http://www.sardh.de/
Confirmed: BIZARRE UPROAR(fin)
"BIZARRE UPROAR est.1992. Psychotic mix of hate and lust. In Dresden will be performing material mainly from latest "Amputaatio" album. 2 man line up."
https://bizarreuproar.bandcamp.com/
Confirmed: GOATVARGR(s)
Goatvargr is a co-operation project between the Swedish musician Henrik Nordvargr Björkk and his American colleague Andy O'Sullivan (Goat). This duo comes up with a harsh noise album. The album features powerful white noise, destroying everything, as well as rhythmic episodes. Two musical directions that differ considerably. Nevertheless an album with just brutal, relentless noise would have been too much; by injecting a noise eruption regularly, the harsh mechanical rhythm patterns get more power.
http://www.nordvargr.com/
Tickets on sale.
Price: €60
email towerpromotions@gothic.ie stating name, number of tickets and preferred payment: Paypal or Bank Transfer(all extra costs on both methods must be paid by purchaser)
email towerpromotions@gothic.ie mit Name, Ticketanzahl und Bezahlmethode: Paypal oder Überweisung(alle Extrakosten trägt der Käufer)
Confirmed: IN SLAUGHTER NATIVES(s)
In Slaughter Natives is the pioneer band in the symphonic industrial field. Their music is a mix of heavy electronics, martial percussions, religious chants, orchestral samples and gruesome demonic vocals. After releasing some great albums on Cold Meat Industry and Staalplaat, the project remained dormant since many years but kept getting on stage from time to time. After many years, In Slaughter Natives finally released a new album in 2014: 'Cannula Coma Legio'.
http://www.inslaughternatives.com/
https://www.facebook.com/inslaughternatives
Line up is looking amazing so far. But any chance for requests?! Grunt, Alfarmania and Trepanneringsritualen are a few additional acts on my 'wish list'.
Grunt already played in 2013. The other 2 are playing another festival in Germany this year.
would be CLINIC OF TORTURE and/or KOMMANDO (pre-THOROFON) intersting enough for additional booking?
or some others?
Both definitely yes! And Sick Seed and/or SSRI would also be more than sweet.
By the way, this is the best TT lineup ever, great work.
Confirmed: CLINIC OF TORTURE(fin)
Harsh noise project of Mikko Aspa (Clandestine Blaze, Fleshpress, Stabat Mater, Deathspell Omega, etc.) with violent power electronics touch. Sound of CoT is created without overdubs and recorded to analogue tape. Despite or maybe because of simple and "primitive" recording methods, result is very powerful and refreshing in times of digital and hi-fi noise. CoT sound is filled with harsh electronics, junk metal, feedback, agonizing voice of tortured females, whipping, etc. Themes are influenced by s/m, torture, and abuse.
http://www.cfprod.com/fa/cot.htm
Final act confirmed: BASTARD NOISE(usa)
Exclusive gig, Power-Electronics set.
http://www.bastardnoise.com/
Great we couldn't have better companions from contemporary power electronics. Looking forward to present the best we can do.
Dear friends, dear customers,
We´re proud to present you an nice festival advertising and new release announcements for L. White Records!
TOWER TRANSMISSIONS V
A 2 day private event of Power-Electronics/Industrial/Dark Ambient/Avant-Garde
https://www.facebook.com/events/494730134007907/502177936596460/
25th/26th September 2015
Club Puschkin
Leipziger Strasse 12
01097 Dresden / Germany
GENOCIDE ORGAN (D)
BASTARD NOISE (USA)
IN SLAUGHTER NATIVES (S)
INADE (D)
SARDH (D)
GOATVARGR (S)
CLINIC OF TORTURE (Fin)
BIZARRE UPROAR (Fin)
C.O. CASPAR (D)
DIVISION S. (I)
PUCE MARY (Dk)
MAGADAN (Cz)
DJ\'s: Lerry D. (L\'affaire fatale, Wiesbaden), DJ Robotka (Klanggalarie, Vienna), Herr Roth (Lärmbelästigung, Leipzig)
We are delighted to announce a special 5th edition of the Tower Transmissions Festival.
This year the festival is collaborating with renowned Power Electronics label L.White Records.
The label will be presenting their line-up on day 1 of the festival.
L.White Records was responsible for the legendary Consumer Electronics festivals in Berlin from 1999 - 2006.
Tickets on sale.
Price: €60
email towerpromotions@gothic.ie stating name, number of tickets and preferred payment: Paypal or Bank Transfer (all extra costs on both methods must be paid by purchaser)
or email info@lwhite-records.de
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oder email info@lwhite-records.de
As we expect this event to sell out, ticket reservations cannot be made.
If you order tickets please pay within 5 day or the tickets will go back on sale.
Thank you.
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Vielen Dank!
Tower Promotions&L.White Records
New announcements on L. White Records:
coming soon (please order in advance)
LW088 ZHELEZNYY
Terrorism Amwerica
CD lim. 100 / DVD slimcase packaging
LW089 IRIKARAH
Mechanized Copulation
Triple CD lim. 100 / DVD packaging
LW090 VILGOC
Eliminate The Target
CD lim. 100 / DVD slimcase packaging
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Hi all.
It would be great if Sektion B plays there :).
best.
SEKTION B has played there on TOWER TRANSMISSION II in 2012
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wZ0RBH9Wug
Less than a month to go until TOWER TRANSMISSIONS V -
only 50 weekends tickets remaining!
Pre-sales will end on the 17th September. Limited day tickets available at the door only.
Day reservations are possible at: towerpromotions@gothic.ie
(Collections until 7 p.m. at the box office. Uncollected tickets will be put back on sale.)
We are happy to have many more international visitors again this year - but from wherever you are we looking forward to see you at the festival!
Til then...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wZ0RBH9Wug
RUNNING ORDER:*
Friday 25th:
Main Stage:
Magadan: 19.00
CO Caspar: 20.00
Clinic of Torture: 21.00
Inade: 22.00
In Slaughter Natives: 23.20
Bastard Noise: 00.40
The Red Room:
18.00 - 23.40: L. White Sound System
23.40 - 05.00 Herr Roth
Saturday 26th:**
Main Stage:
Puce Mary: 19.15
Bizarre Uproar: 20.15
Sardh: 21.20
Genocide Organ: 22.40
Goatvargr: 00.00
The Red Room:
18.00 - 23.00 DJ Robotka's Klanggalerie Sound System
23.00 - 05.00 DJ Lerry D., Herr Roth
*All times subject to change
**Due to circumstances beyond Tower Transmissions control Division S. will unfortunately be unable to play.
Because of the short time frame we were not able to find a suitable replacement.
Just on my way home and thought I could use the time to share some thoughts.
Friday started off with Magadan, who did a pretty standard PE set with female vocals. Seemed to me like the overall concept was inspired quite a lot by GO and similar projects. Vocals were a bit too modified to be powerful enough and I found the sounds a bit too monotonous, but all in all OK for a starter act.
After skipping C.O. Caspar (too goofy for me), Clinic of Torture appeared. Starting out with very Industrial-style, calm and structured sounds with carefully planned metal percussion and getting progressively harsh towards the end, Mikko managed to present something highly unique . I needed my time to get into it, but the last 10 minutes were marvellous. Sadly, the heavy smoke buried the background video so that it was close to invisible from my standpoint. Bummer.
Inade, as I have decided now that all is over, were probably Friday's winning act. Nice, deep structures presenting the parts of the project's discography I favour most and seekingä constant progress with hypnotical sounds. Tasty!
As I had said in a few discussions with other Noiseheads, I was pretty certain that In Slaughter Natives would either be brilliant or really bad. However, I was surprised to see that it ended up being mediocre. Basically same strengths and weaknesses that are known from their studio releases, good sound interaction, but the vocal Performance was too tame and sabotaged by unwanted feedback.
Bastard Noise had a nice on-stage presence and raw vocals, but the sounds were a bit too glitchy and digital (regarding the style). I had the feeling that the set was based in improv, resulting in the fact that a few really strong parts were cut off too quickly.
For me, it is safe to say that Inade and CoT were the only really good Friday acts, but Saturday was a completely different matter. I didn't expect much from Puce Mary, as I am not too fond of most of the studio releases so far. Certainly not bad, but apart from the very decent releases on Freak Animal, just not my bag. BUT, the actual performance knocked me out cold. Frederikke delivered GREAT vocals with a lot of devotion and backed them up by precise sounds. These were calm at some times and utterly violent and intense at others while still maintaining a red line that ran through the whole set. Good enough to impress even the most critical of listener.
Puce Mary would have easily been my favourite, had it not been for the Finnish beast Bizarre Uproar. I gladly plead guilty to F&V fanboydom, so this report is far from neutral, but still: hot damn. The first track offered a slow, painful and suffocating buildup until an utterly harsh and brutal version of "Must be Ready" kicked in. Pasi screamed his lungs out and delivered a perfect vocal performance while Pekka did Bass and Metaljunks. "Musta Vittu" was hypnotically filthy and "Kusi Paska Veri" served as the perfect climax of a set that encorporated everything that modern BU represents. The backing Video was basically a compilation of past clips and images, so it was also nothing short of flawless.
Sardh was the second act of the Festival I skipped, in order to have a few chats. Next up was Brighter Death Now which replaced Genocide Organ. I think the beginning was somewhat messed up due to sound problems, but full quality was achieved quickly. Same set as in Mannheim, but, for some reason I cant exactly point out, inferiour to it (but still very good). Drunk and slightly chaotic - a trademark of BDN, for me - but still dark, menacing and sharp. Guest appearance by Puce Mary who was playfully maltreated (Pulling hair, deepthroat with mic etc.) by Roger. The fact that some people loved and others downright hated the show suits BDN perfectly, in my eyes.
Mr. Nordvargr ended the evening with his project Goatvargr. The sounds were pretty clean and structured (maybe sometimes bordering on EBM territory, heh), but some harsher frequencies and Nordvargr's vocals and presence made this one juicy enough to watch until the end. Solid, but not as good as the Folkstorm set he did in 2013.
Overall atmosphere and venue were great, but this shouldn't be news to anyone who has ever attended TT. Hoping for another one next year!
Great venue, great fest, thanks! Puce Mary ruled.
Some nice photos from the fest here:
http://foto.bildermann.de/fotoimpressionen-vom-tower-transmissions-festival/