Skrillex’ brand-new EP Bangarang is only a little teaser to the long-awaited SKRILLEX – GREY DAZE TOUR 2012 in February. He already polished Korn’s guitar-laden tunes with his brute electro sounds, and also collaborated with the legendary group The Doors more than once. He produced and remixed stars like Black Eyed Peas (“Rock That Body”), La Roux (“In For The Kill”), Bruno Mars (“Just the way you are“) and UK’s finest Dubstep Nero (“Promises“). He doesn’t refrain from genre borders, that’s for sure. Bangarang is proof enough. The EP is already available in digital form, and will be released on CD on 24^th January.

Tickets for his Germany tour are available in ticket shops as well as via www.eventim.de. We already announced the Stuttgart venue upgrade to Schleyer-Halle. Gigs in Hamburg, Berlin, and Munich were also relocated to Sporthalle, Columbiahalle, and Zenith. All purchased tickets for previous venues remain valid, of course.

Tour dates
23.02.12 Hamburg, Sporthalle
24.02.12 Berlin, Columbiahalle
25.02.12 Köln, E-Werk
26.02.12 Stuttgart, Schleyer-Halle
27.02.12 München, Zenith
28.02.12 Frankfurt, Cocoon

2012 is around the corner, and we’re all excited about all the upcoming performances already. We already announced new Foster the People, WU LYF, and Chairlift performances last week. However, there’s more: Hudson Mohawke will also pay us a visit in February. When he isn’t busy working on beats for artists like Rihanna, he puts together his own tracks, which he released on his debut Butter and his 2011 EP Satin Panthers. Thereby the DJ and Producer from Glasgow, who was socialised with jungle, jazz and hip hop, melted elements of funky rhythms with rock attitude, outlined by swirling synth waves and clicking electronics. We are looking forward to sophisticated electro collages.

Hudson Mohawke – Satin Panthers (Snips – out now) by Hudson Mohawke

Brandt Brauer Frick, who caused quite a stir with their album You Make Me Real will be back in April with two of their sensational sets.

See you in 2012!

Tour dates

Hudson Mohawke
03.02.12 Hamburg, Baalsaal
04.02.12 Berlin, Club Transmediale @ Gretchen

Brandt Brauer Frick
13.04.12 Osnabrück, Popsalon
14.04.12 Berlin, Gretchen

The year is coming to a close. Smashing gigs and parties are behind us. Yet, we don’t waste time on nostalgic retrospectives. 2012 is almost here. We don’t know exactly what’s going to happen, but we can promise you this: it’s going to be a fantastic year filled with Melt! Booking gigs galore.

Foster the People are back. In 2010, they brought us their uberhit “Pumped Up Kicks”, earlier this year, the band released its debut album Torches, in May 2012, they will be performing three gigs in Germany. Chairlift is one hell of a band from Brooklyn we are very proud to have on board for next year. After a three-year hiatus, the electro pop duo released a sensational single this summer called “Amanaemonesia”. With New Wave influence, bombastic synth sound and Caroline Polacheck’s magical vocals, they announced their second album called Something (due for release on 24.01.) after their 2008 debut Does You Inspire You. Last but not least, WU LYF from Manchester will be back in Germany for an exclusive gig in Berlin in March.

Further news and 2012 tour dates will be announced soon. An exciting year lies ahead of us. 2012 here we come!

Tour dates

Foster the People

01.05.12 Köln, Live Music Hall

02.05.12 Berlin, Astra Kulturhaus

Chairlift

23.02.12 Hamburg, Knust

24.02.12 Berlin, Heimathafen Neukölln

25.02.12 München, Atomic Cafe

WU LYF

27.03.12 Berlin, Bi Nuu

December does have its dark moments indeed. To end 2011 with a bang, we still have an ace up our sleeve with Duchess Says, Miracle and Colorist.

Duchess Says from Montreal, Canada is an eager representative of the “moog rock” genre. The band’s second album, In a Fung Day T, boasts strong images, and ritual ecstasy on stage is clearly a trademark of the genre. This fact might make it sound a tad religious. In fact, the four-piece band even claims to be part of the Church of Budgerigars worshipping the Duchess (or spiritual budgie) with the band simply acting as a medium. Well, at least the band’s influences are of the mundane kind and can be described in this world’s vocabulary: noisy new wave, psychedelic and punk. Epiphanies during shows might be included.

Steve Moore and Daniel O’Sullivan find their inspiration in similar genres. Their project Miracle comes with spherical vocals and edgy electronics of the dark wave, psychedelic and electro pop kind (as heard on their Visitors EP).

Colorist, on the other hand, draw on Steve Reich’s concept of “muic as a gradual process” using electrifying ukuleles, abstract drum sounds, droning deep techno patterns, spherical synth modulations, and out of this world vocals. Karrera Klub and Trashpop will cater for all your dancing needs before, in between and after the gigs.

Introducing takes place on 16th December at Berlin’s Magnet/Comet Club. Tickets are available at all well-known ticket shops.

After his exclusive Berghain performance, Matthew Herbert will bring his performance One Pig to the stage once more in February 2012. After One One and One Club, Herbert released the final and most controversial part of his trilogy, One Pig, on which he documents the life of a pig “from birth to plate“. “My motivation was to acknowledge the reality of what it is to eat meat. And for me the part of the problem we have in our society is a huge disconnect between what we do and the consequences of our actions.” With innovative instruments and a cook in tow, Herbert comes around with yet another unique performance, which shouldn’t be missed.

Tour dates
05.02.12 Leipzig, Centraltheater
06.02.12 Heidelberg, Karlstorbahnhof
07.02.12 Berlin, Hebbel Am Ufer 2
08.02.12 Hamburg, Kampnagel

After having released their current album, Mountain Arabia, in June this year, Black Lips are back on tour in Germany to bring us smashing hits like „Modern Art“ (produced by Mark Ronson) as well as their new single „Raw Meat“. If you missed out on the Canadian boys’ shows in May, you will get another chance this week in Stuttgart, Cologne and Berlin. Chuckamuck will be supporting in Stuttgart and Cologne as well as Sponges in Berlin. This sounds like the early Stones, the Stooges and Velvet Underground living it up. The drums rattle, the Fuzz guitars yowl, and all hell breaks loose – debauchery galore. Tickets are available via www.eventim.de.

Tour dates
10.12.11 Stuttgart, Universum
11.12.11 Köln, Gebäude 9
13.12.11 Berlin, Lido