Författararkiv: Mikael Kahrle

Several of the live acts for next year’s E-tropolis festival in Oberhausen (Ruhr, Germany) on March 17 have been announced.

Felix Flaucher from the bands Silke Bischoff and 18 Summers has died in his home in Ludwigsburg, Germany, after a long illness.

The annual one-day festival for synthpop, EBM and industrial music, electriXmas, in Malmö, Sweden is always successful and appreciated by the audience. Now, the complete line-up for the 2017 fest has been revealed.

Depeche Mode keep adding dates to their massive ”Global Spirit Tour” and the latest announcement was about two Nordic dates.

Rabid Records will release “Shaking the Habitual: Live at Terminal 5” with The Knife on September 1.

We update our Scandinavian live guide On Stage on a daily basis. Recent updates include electriXmas, Klubb Död, The Altern80s Club, Saint Etienne, Erasure, Lustans Lakejer, Bodyfest and Modeselektor.

Electronic wizards Mind.in.a.box have worked on their sixth album for two years. Now, ”Broken Legacies” is set for an October 13 release.

Two rare tracks from experimental/industrial band Coil will be released on vinyl in late September.

This year’s Bodyfest at Nalen in Stockholm will take place on October 7.

The August issue of the German magazine Musikexpress includes a Kraftwerk 7″ with a radio edit of ”Die Roboter”.