Female Dutch DJ Marcelle/Another Nice Mess has been a member of the Klangbad family since 2007 when she first appeared at the Klangbad Festival. Since then she dj-ed at every festival and released two double vinyl mixes (2008s DJ Marcelle/Another Nice Mess Meets Her Soulmates At Faust Studio Deejay Laboratory and DJ Marcelle/Another Nice Mess Meets More Soulmates At Faust Studio Deejay Laboratory (2010)) on the Klangbad label. After summer the third installment in this series will be released: DJ Marcelle/Another Nice Mess Meets Further Soulmates At Faust Studio Deejay Laboratory’.

Often portrayed as post-tonal dronedelic psych-pop noiseniks, Ectogram create music that on first acquaintance appears to conjure up the sound of flowers bursting into bloom, the smell of freshly ground coffee and the feeling of angels walking over graves all at once. Upon further immersion, however it becomes apparent that Ectogram are the very source of these sensations rather than a mere depiction of them, casting their wholly new art way above the realms of both aesthetic and social considerations and into a rarified world of pure being.

Immensely influential but painfully underrated: among others BRIAN ENO, DAVID BOWIE, AUTECHRE, TORTOISE, MOUSE ON MARS and PIVOT quote CLUSTER as a major inspiration.
the legend goes that ENO enjoyed working and hanging out with CLUSTER in their hideout in a former farm house in rural FORST (located in lower saxony) so much, that BOWIE literally had to drag his then producer back, to finish his album.
CLUSTER can be easily understood as "the originators of the space age" (as they have been dubbed in japan) or the forefathers of the recent COSMIC DISCO hype.

Dieter Moebius ist eine Legende der deutschen Rockmusik: ein Krautrock- Pionier! Moebius war seit Ende der 60er Jahre Mitglied der einflussreichen Elektronik-Tüftler-Gruppe Cluster, aus der in den 70er Jahren - durch den Eintritt von Michael Rother von Neu - die Formation Harmonia hervorging. Cluster waren Wegbereiter einer elektronischen Ambient-Musik, ein Interesse, das sie mit Brian Eno (Roxy Music) teilten, mit dem sie einige Album einspielten.

CIRCLE: THE MOST BORING ROCK AND ROLL BAND IN THE WORLD

It is not necessary to start a discussion about authenticity here. Anybody claiming that the "traditional" rock-attitude of Hamburg-based band Cpt. Howdy was nothing but a pose should beware - people who did that in the past were punished by being branded with the band's logo. Make no mistake: These guys didn't ask themselves for a split second if they wanted to do this kind of music or any other. For these guys, there was no other option; they simply had no other choice.

Christine Edwards und Emily Manzo sind Veteranen der New Yorker/Brooklyn Musik Szene.