In Austria there are plenty of festivals that showcase experimental and (post-)club music. Plus something else. In the following series I will discuss three of them. They happen in springtime: donaufestival (Krems), Hyperreality (Vienna) and the Heart of Noise festival (Innsbruck). If you like cutting edge electronic and experimental music mixed with art or performance…
This Saturday the rave scientist Lukas Fakegruber of the Shituationist Institute will hold a seminar about the emancipatory potentials of club culture: Reclaim your Club Reclaim Club Culture is a network reflecting on the conditions of hosting raves, asking how party organizers can position themselves face to face with structures of power and exploitation in…
I was again at the fusion festival this year, as I did the last years as well. Unfortunately our photo reporter drofnothing couldn’t really make it this year because he moved to Paris for two months. I certainly had much fun this year although the weather was shitty and the line up not as impressive…
Thousands of People took the streets yesterday to celebrate the annual Athens Pride, the biggest event of Lesbian, Gay, Trans, queer event in Greece. Report by dawn of the greeks
The Athens Pride will kick off in few hours in Klafthmonos square down-town Athens. The festival is a celebration like worldwide of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community and through the years it has grown into one of Athens’ most popular day events, attracting more than 12,000 people last year. This year the pride…
Richard Linklater’s «Before Midnight» will open next Tuesday (june 11th) the 3rd Athens Open Air Film Festival at Cine Thisio, the best movie theater in the world, according to CNN. The festival returns for a third year with outdoor film screenings and cultural events from June to September, events will be held in the city’s…
Gay, lesbian, queer, trans, bi rights in Greece are in a great danger. In collapse of society with the fascist rising and a threat even in basic human rights in Greece, Athens pride remains a great event not only for the lgbt community but for every free person. Athens Pride started as as small grassroots…
En techno fest already counts 4 years in a row. I probably have to mention that I haven’t been there the last years because I wasn’t in Greece that time.Therefore I can’t really tell you how this festival developed in time. However it remains a good event according the Athenian expectations though. The line up…
Some days ago, on the 28th of August, the annual fuck Parade took place in Berlin. A party on the streets with lot of trucks who bombed the city with breakcore, rave classics, even gabber and happy hardcore. Fuckparade once upon a time set out to counter the commercialism and conformism of the Loveparade. More…
A report/article taken from the blog of ION from Athens. This is Athens in the times of the crisis, or better to say there is an other Athens in the times of the crisis as well Several years back a friend of mine, that happens to be a film historian, handed me a dozen of…
“Since the ancient Greek music and outdoor celebrations, till industrial zones and illegal techno parties in warehouses, people serve the same need. The need for celebration, communication and happiness” These words are taken from the website of the Laiki techno panigyris organizers laikitechnopanigyris.com. A techno event who will held near Athens (about two hours or…
London This weekend (6-7 July) Bloc festival takes place at London’s Pleasure Gardens. As always it features a truly mind blowing line up with artists such as: Amon Tobin, Doom, Sandwell District, Squarepusher, Jeff Mills, Alva Noto, Monolake, Lucy, Perc and Surgeon. Also there will be showcases by Plex vs Perc Trax, Raster Noton, Boiler…
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