Rewind South – the 80s Festival – Henley, UK – August 15-17 2014 – report

Release Magazine guest writer Sebastian Hess went to the Rewind Festival in Henley outside London to revel in 80:s pop music and to have a chat with icon Jimmy Somerville. Read about the meeting with Jimmy in an upcoming article.

Rewind Festival has become a big part of the UK festival Summer with 3 huge events attracting over 100 000 people in total. The concept is full on 80:s with bright colours all over and artists who will bring back memories of your youth in a flash. The line-up this year included a lot of artists with their roots in electronic music like Marc Almond, Holly Johnson, A Flock of Seagulls, Thompson Twins (well, Tom Bailey from Thompson Twins at least.) and Jimmy Somerville.

Sebastian put on one pink glove and dove in. Fortsätt läsa ”Rewind South – the 80s Festival – Henley, UK – August 15-17 2014 – report”

News from Daily Planet – the synthpop duo interviewed

It’s been way too long since the world was blessed with a Daily Planet album. The synthpop duo’s excellent debut album “The Tide” came out as far back as in 1996 and after that the Johan Baeckström and Jarmo Ollila ventured off to other projects like Jarmo’s Mr Jones Machine.

This year we finally got first the single ”Trust/Fragile” and then the new album ”Two”, so I contacted them to find out more about what has happened and what the future holds. They reveal that they are already working on a new album. Fortsätt läsa ”News from Daily Planet – the synthpop duo interviewed”

Progress Productions celebrates anniversary with mini festival

On November 22, Gothenburg label Progress Productions will celebrate its 10 Year Anniversary in their hometown. Most of their artists will perform live: Kite, Henric de la Cour (pic), Kingdom of Evol feat Freddie Wadling, Xenturion Prime, Wulfband, Angst, Vanligt Folk and Daily Planet. Fortsätt läsa ”Progress Productions celebrates anniversary with mini festival”

Why festivals going under affects everyone in the scene

By: Sebastian Hess & Henrik Wittgren (Organizers of Electronic Summer & Winter festivals in Gothenburg)

In the aftermath of Alt-Fest we wanted to share our thoughts about organizing events and festivals. Especially how high-risk festivals without proper funding jeopardize every other event and festival in the scene. Fortsätt läsa ”Why festivals going under affects everyone in the scene”