Angelusnoctis - Bats inside my head

So long writing in my blog and I haven’t said anything about an important artist… Digital21, a guy who makes everything in his CDs, even the cover art, the videoclips…

I went to a concert of him about two years ago, I haven’t listened to him before, but I remembered reading the name of the group in sonidobscuro.com. As the concert was really cheap (just 1,5€, some official institution pays the rest!) I bought my tickets, and I could enjoy one of the best concerts I’ve ever seen. It was so great that I bought his CDs at the end of the show. The music he makes is described as eletronic punk… I have to say that some tracks remind me of Placebo music.

Since that day I’ve tried to see Digital21 again, he’s been playing in Malaga (his hometown, and the place where I live) this summer, but for different reasons I couldn’t go (one of the concerts was the same day I was arriving from the Mera Luna, we were so tired!).

This time I’m not gonna miss it. I’m looking forward to see again all that electronic machinery around him as he shouts loud the powerful lyrics, full of critics and nonconformity. This time the show takes place at the same venue, the “Teatro Diputación” in Malaga. This time is cheap too: just 4 euros. The 9th of february, at 10:00 pm. I’ll be there for sure!!

Look the CD cover of the latest Miss Kittin work!!!!

I love all those small bats, the illustraton style, the colors… ^^

I want a T-shirt with those drawings!!!!!!

Since I came back from my holidays in Berlin I’ve been searching for an reason to go back to Germany… And some days ago I found it! The 25 Dark Dance Treffen.

In Lahr, next to Karlsruhe and Strassburg, the Universal DOG is the venue for a great night of live shows and DJ sessions. For the first time in my life I’m seeing Hocico!!! And Xotox…

I didn’t know this fest existed, but latelly I’m in a “searching mode”. I let my boyfriend search for new music and I’m allways looking for events! The thing is that they don’t have any english info in the DDT website , so I have to guess almost everything with the google tanslator… I’ve gotta say that the fest organization has been really helpful answering us the most important questions.

So, the crazy weekend plan is like that: taking a plane on Saturday, arrive to Stuttgart, rent a car and get to Lahr by the time the fest starts. And the same to come back home on Sunday… I know it’s gonna be a hard weekend, but I know how I’m gonna feel after that: extremely happy.

The next CD of UnterArt comes with a great cover design… I loved their first CD artwork, but I think this one is even better. The mixture of texures and the touch of reds and orange over white make it really powerfull. And I’ve allways admired the art of making something so bright look so dark…

We don’t have the CD in our hands right now, as the release date is the 1st of february, but I guess the designer of the cover is the same that their first CD artwork designer… Look that noisy texture over everything!. Check the website, a great portfolio full of CD sleeves with a peculiar style.

Out of line has uploaded an UnterArt wallpaper, which I’ve already made mine!! Now we just have to wait for the CD to be in the stores…

I was just checking last.fm to add the WGT to my events… And I found they updated it!! This is the line-up users have written (I suppose they have been checking shows in each group tour info, as the official WGT site hasn’t updated anything yet.) (I keep the links to the last.fm profiles)

Tristania, Covenant, London After Midnight, Lake of Tears, Mesh, Trail of Tears, Die Krupps, Welle:Erdball, Unheilig, Neuroticfish, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Samsas Traum, Faun, Gothminister, Skeletal Family, Asrai, Reaper, Inertia, Xotox, end of green, Rezurex, Jesus On Extasy, Secrets of the Moon, The Other, Star Industry, The Spook, The Creepshow, Chamber, 32Crash, Nachtmahr, Krauka, Straftanz, Ashbury Heights, WeltenBrand, Necessary Response, Super Heroines, Militant Cheerleaders on the Move, Onetwo, northborne, Steinkind, Cauda Pavonis, Kloq, The Beauty of Gemina, StoneMan, Schallfaktor, Morian, Menticide, In Mitra Medusa Inri, PostScriptum, Suicidal Romance, Knifeladder, Days of Fate, Gothika, Mono Inc., Lavantgarde, While Angels Watch, Din [A] Tod, Other Day, 13th Monkey, Deviant UK, The Beautiful Disease, Santa Hates You, Transit Poetry, The Veil, Dead Guitars, Ingrimm, Stellar Corpses, Solar Fake, Jesus On Exstasy, Folkstone, Christian Death 1334, The Dirty Weather Project

It will be nice that all of them are confirmed (some are, as I’ve done my reseach work too :D)… There are a few that are on my whislist: Covenant, London After Midnight, Gothminister, Reaper, Straftanz, Northbone, and… Christian Death!!! (I was thinking about going to their show in Madrid in February, but maybe I wait for the WGT). Of course there are a lot I also want to see… Xotox, 32Crash, Skeletal Family, Welle:Erdball, Neuroticfish, Die Krupps…

I can’t wait to know moreeeeeeeeee!!!!!

VNV Nation - Nemesis (video by Irvihammas ). First time I paid attention to the lyrics I felt like crying (yes, I cry over everything hehehe) ^^. Enjoy!

“Everybody wants to live in a lie
But why should we delude ourselves
It’s not as if we can’t see something’s wrong
Where’s the duty to what’s right
Intentions end with empty words
And chaos replaces order

Those who shout loudest
Impose their will
Upholding laws that serve a few
Declaring peace while the sirens sing
In the name of progress
The name of madness
Drum beats faster
Crowd chokes louder
And chaos replaces order

Oh when justice lowered a voice
It can’t be heard
Vindication for every suffering and hurt
Let retribution hold dominion over earth
Because Judgment Day’s not coming
Judgment Day’s not coming soon enough

Because Judgment Day’s not coming
Judgment Day’s not coming
Judgment Day’s not coming
Judgment Day’s not coming soon enough

Oh when justice lowered a voice
It can’t be heard
Vindication for every suffering and hurt
Let retribution hold dominion over earth
Because Judgment Day’s not coming
Judgment Day’s not coming
Oh when justice lowered a voice
It can’t be heard
Vindication for every suffering and hurt
Where retribution hold dominion over earth
Because Judgment Day’s not coming
Judgment Day’s not coming soon enough

Soon enough”

Yesterday my boyfriend and I were shopping in a shopping mall… Just searching for some throusers. And suddenly we paid attention to the waist of some men’s black jeans… And the Combichrist skull was there! They have used it instead of the “i” dots. Here you can see the photo. It was a pity I didn’t have my camera with me, we took a small pic with a mobile phone…

I had already seen that skull in other clothes, is exactly the same as the one in Combichrist CDs, but they have just removed the signs in the forehead…

I wonder if the ones making clothes are copying Combichrist logo, or if Combichrist did it and they just added the signs… I’d love to know who’s the designer of their image. Anyone?

Last week I bought my flight to Berlin to stay there a couple of days and then go to the Wave Gotik Treffen!! I’ve never been there, but as my friends tell, it must be an incredible experience.

It is supposed to be something like a huge meeting of goths from all over the world, something like a big family. When I search photos of it I allways find every style in people: the after-punk ones, classic goths, electro and cyber ones, the fetish looks… The great thing is that the whole city becomes dark. A friend of mine told me that in every corner of the city, every shop or restaurant they prepare something “goth” for that days. I’m afraid of feeling so comfortable these days that maybe I’ll get depressed when the festival is over.

Check the official page gallery where I’ve taken the nice photos for this post. You’ll find not only a lot of photos of people, but also live photos of the bands. The thing that still impresses me is to find families with their children! It’s nice to find kids there, I suppose it has to be funny for them, as their parents dress them up in those black and goth clothes, they make up them… Girls even look like little princesses!

We don’t know the line-up yet, but I have my wishlist:

• And One
• UnterArt
• London After Midnight
• Combichrist
• VNV Nation
• Cinema Strange
• The Sisters of Mercy (incredible, but last year they played in the South of Spain!)
• Covenant
• and many more…