Deadmau5 to Roskilde

One of the hottest DJs right now is added to the programme together with 2562 and Mike Sheridan.

Electronic music has favourable terms at Roskilde Festival again this year. Roskilde Festival has three exciting acts ready that should generate enthusiasm and joy with everyone who loves partying to an electronic beat.

DEADMAU5 (CAN) is one of the most popular and requested DJs today. His already enormous catalogue reaches far – techno, house, trance and electro are the starting points for the young Canadian who always plays wearing a giant mouse head that grins from ear to ear. Deadmau5 outdistances practically every living thing in electronic music. One of this summer’s hottest and most explosive dance parties awaits.

2562 (NL) is often associated with the British dub step genre with is deep bass tones and dark minor chords. Yet, the Dutchman also adds elements of minimal techno and house so that one could speak of a new continental trend in the popular music genre. The debut album Aerial has been claimed a masterpiece by several media and could turn out to become a standing neo-classic like Burial’s Untrue.

MIKE SHERIDAN (DK) is Danish music’s new wonder boy. The first album from the young Dane is called I syv sind (In Two Minds) and shows a promising artist who is in full swing developing his sound. Fans of Trentemøller will recognise some of the same ultra-Scandinavian, minimalistic electronica – but Sheridan is a talent in his own right whose future career it will be extremely exciting to follow.

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News - 11th Isle of Wight Festival

Line up:
Neil Young, Prodigy, Pixies, Basement Jaxx, Razorlight, Maximo Park, The Australian Pink Floyd Show, Ultravox, Charlatans, The Human League and many more.
When is the Isle of Wight Festival? The 11th Isle of Wight Festival is on the 12th, 13th & 14th June 2009.

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The Hamburg Players present Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams

It is a hot sticky summer in the Mississippi Delta. The wealthy Pollitt family has gathered to celebrate patriarch Big Daddy’s 65th birthday.

But below the surface, turbulent emotions are brewing. What Big Daddy and Big Mama don’t yet know is that this will be Big Daddy’s last birthday – he is dying of cancer. Their eldest son, Gooper and his wife, Mae, are scheming to get younger son, Brick, cut out of the inheritance. Brick, an ex-footballer, has taken to drink since the death of his best friend, Skipper. Brick is estranged from his beautiful wife, Maggie, who is fighting tooth and nail to win back his love.

A layer of mendacity – of lies – has built up over the family’s disappointments and insecurities. Who is going to be bold enough to start telling the truth now? Is there enough love left to save?

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is an "interplay of live human beings in the thundercloud of a common crisis" (T. Williams).

Venue: Theater an der Marschnerstraße, Marschnerstr. 46 (3 minutes on foot from U-Bahn Hamburger Straße).
The Opel Dello car park is open to theatre-goers until half an hour after the performance finishes.

Dates: 6 to 9 and 13 to 16 May 2009, Wednesdays to Saturdays at 7.30 pm
Matinee performance only on Saturday 9 May 2009 at 3.30 pm
Tickets: tickets@hamburgplayers.de, (040) 713 13 99, (040) 292665, or at the box office on the evening of the performance.
Preview on 6 May, all tickets €10.
Reduced tickets with a valid student ID: €7

The Ensemble: Hamburg Players e.V. (founded in 1965) is an English-speaking theatre group which performs 3 plays per year in Theater an der Marschnerstraße in Hamburg.

www.hamburgplayers.de
info@hamburgplayers.de
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BENTLEY SOAPBOX SUSPENDED IN NYLON

One of MTT Technologies', formerly MCP Tooling Technologies Group, newest prototyping systems has been used in the production of the Bentley Soapbox Team’s entry at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

The vehicle came second in what is one of the most popular events at the Festival - a great result for the whole team!

Anxious to compress the time between production of CAD data and finished parts, Bentley’s Head of Concept Design, Jim Shaw, who is also team designer and driver, invited MTT Technologies to become involved in the production of around 20 mechanical parts for the vehicle.

This led to key components of the vehicle’s suspension system being produced using MTT's new Nylon Vacuum Casting System (www.mtt-group.com/nylon-vacuum-casting.html).

The process is already being used commercially by several major automotive manufacturers and is a brand new technology. It enables Nylon parts to be produced in a matter of days without the need for injection moulding and the associated cost and lead time required for the production of steel tooling which makes it ideal for producing quick prototypes and for low volume production runs.

Unlike generative processes which produce porous, sintered Nylon prototypes from powder, MTT's Nylon Vacuum Casting System produces fully dense parts in Nylon 6 - including those with complex geometries and thin wall sections as thin as 0.3mm.

Current commercial applications include living hinges, automotive air inlet manifolds, trims, brackets, and electrical housings. When Nylon parts are required for crash testing purposes, they can be produced in a matter of days using this process.
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Pet Shop Boys to Roskilde Festival

The British duo is added to the programme together with M. Ward and Mikael Simpson & Sølvstorm.

This Friday is all about men. Three prominent male voices should make it a happy weekend for festival-goers with a hankering for solid songwriting and rich lyrics.

PET SHOP BOYS (UK) is one of music history’s most durable duos – 50 million albums have been sold by lead singer Neil Tennant and sound wizard Chris Lowe. Few others can create as accessible – but at the same time serious – pop music from the baffling big-city life and the hardships of love. Their continued relevance has been sealed at this year’s Brit Awards by the honorary award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. In addition, they have just released their eleventh album – Yes – full of bone dry lyrics and catchy tunes. Roskilde Festival is very special to the duo as this is where they played their first festival concert back in 1997.

M. WARD (US) is an American singer-songwriter who in songwriting and inspiration draws heavily on patinated music genres such as country, blues and folk. His warm and slightly drawling vocals give new life to old song traditions in a wrapping that appeals to fans brought up on indie and alternative music.

MIKAEL SIMPSON & SØLVSTORM (DK) manage to turn songs about isolation and melancholy into an out-tuned and festive concert experience. After touring with Trentemøller, the versatile pop musician is now ready to regain the spotlight himself – with a new critically acclaimed album and the backing band Sølvstorm to support him.

Kanye West to Roskilde Festival

The hip hop and R&B star is added to the programme alongside Eagles of Death Metal, Oh No Ono and Peter Sommer.

Roskilde Festival continues in the absolute world-class hip hop groove. Last week the festival announced the young phenomenon Lil Wayne. He is not the only American hip hop star appearing on this year's Roskilde poster.

KANYE WEST (US) is no longer just one of the superstars of hip hop. With 808s & Heartbreak, Kanye West seriously conquers the pop scene which he has always flirted heavily with on his earlier, melodic hip hop landmarks. The phenomenon and style icon last played on Orange Stage in 2006 – and since then he has won over a steadily growing crowd. Roskilde Festival is happy to present yet a pop and hip hop party in American widescreen.

Image Line Software will present its audio software portfolio at Musikmesse 2009

Image Line Software, a leading developer of innovative audio software solutions, will present its audio software portfolio at this year's edition of Musikmesse which will take place in Frankfurt, Germany from April 1 to 4, 2009.



Visitors and media representatives are welcome at Hall 5.1, Walkway D, Stand 60 where the Image Line team will be on hand to demonstrate and discuss their flagship music production suite FL Studio (formerly FruityLoops). For those with an interest in live performance, the company will also be presenting Deckadance DJ mixing software (available for both MAC and PC) and Hardcore - a VST software simulation of the 10 most popular guitar effects pedals.

Further, updates to Edison (an advanced wave editor/recorder as both a standalone and VST plugin version) and the recently released Gross Beat (a time manipulation effect designed for repetition and scratching effects) will be introduced and demonstrated during the event. Music makers and hobbyists will also have the opportunity to test and enjoy the latest Image Line Software virtual synthesizers Ogun and related Autogun - both specialised ‘metallic’ synthesis plugins, as well as Sawer – analog modelling synthesizer based on the rare 1980's ‘Soviet era’ Polivox.
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Budvar Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2009

Budvar Cheltenham Jazz Festival (28th April – 4th May) has become an unmissable date in the jazz calendar due to its unique blend of British stars, one off collaborations and the freshest new sounds. In the 2009 programme, up-and-coming young musicians sit alongside some of the jazz scene’s most influential and respected performers.

With more opportunities for dancing, wining and dining than ever before, this year’s festival is a whistle-stop tour of the world’s finest jazz set to a stunning regency backdrop.

At the head of this year’s star-studded programme, world famous virtuoso violinist Nigel Kennedy will celebrate the Bank Holiday in a spell-binding festival finale. Undoubtedly one of the most important violinists Britain has ever produced, Kennedy’s passion for jazz resulted in the acclaimed album Blue Note Sessions in 2006.

He brings his Polish Jazz Quintet to Cheltenham to perform exciting high-energy compositions which roam from blues and bebop to ballads and bossa-nova, interspersed with an occasional blast of metal. This is a unique and exciting opportunity to see this icon of British music.

International starlet Madeleine Peyroux returns to Cheltenham following her sell-out performance in 2007. Her previous albums Half the World Away and Careless Love sold over a million copies, earning critical-acclaim for her jazz/blues interpretations of works by artists such as Leonard Cohen and Edith Piath. In the intimate setting of the Everyman this will be Peyroux at her jazz club best.
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Roskilde donated to hip hop centre in Gaza

The Roskilde Festival Charity Society supports young people in one of the world’s hot spots.
The Roskilde Festival Charity Society donates one million Danish kroner (approx. € 135,000) to establishing a hip hop centre in Gaza.

The Gaza Strip has been occupied in the past two years and poverty has escalated. Moreover, the area has recently been hit by a devastating war, and many young people have lost friends and relatives.

Music – and especially hip hop – has become a lifeline for the young people in Gaza. Music and the poetry that hip hop expresses work as a vent through which young people can give way to their frustrations, hopes and dreams in their everyday lives of constant repression and human rights violations.

Much-needed support for Gaza
The donation of one million Danish kroner (approx. € 135,000) is given to the Danish Centre for Culture and Development (DCCD) – an institution under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark whose purpose is to incorporate culture in the Danish development aid.

“With this donation we would like to mark a much-needed support to an area in one of the hot spots of the world, which needs all the help that we in the Western world are able to give. This is a cultural project directed at young people, and it corresponds perfectly with our objects clause while at the same time making a statement,” says Roskilde Festival’s managing director Henrik Rasmussen.
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Exhibition of Kenno Apatrida in Wilde gallery Berlin

WILDE Gallery is pleased to announce the solo exhibition of Kenno Apatrida, his first with the gallery on Friday March 27th. Apatrida’s works were recently displayed at SCOPE New York Art Fair, gaining great report and attention with the American public.



Kenno Apatrida, originally from South America has spend the last 18 years in Berlin as an involuntary resident, goes against the tide of contemporary thought by unleashing works of art that defy many current trends in art making. His works are phantasmagorical, spiritual and transcendental, humorous and painfully genuine.

Apatrida’s practice refers to philosophical precursors, ranging from shamanistic rituals to the nightmares of William Blake and Henry Füseli, William Burroughs, political junk from the former GDR and Zen Buddhism. Apatrida’s works go through an alchemical process and are returned to us as icons of spirituality specific to our modern age, transformed to shrines of fallen empires, ancient mythology, cultural constructs and the many ghosts of the past that continue to both enrich and enslave the present.

WILDE Gallery was founded September 2007 in Berlin and deals with contemporary art as well as art advisory services. The gallery shows 8 to 10 exhibition per year with international contemporary artists.

WILDE Gallery
Chausseestr. 7
10115 Berlin
www.wilde-gallery.com

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Roskilde Cinema 2009

This year, Roskilde Cinema offers more seats, reduced power consumption and Scandinavian films.

Through the past couple of years, Roskilde Cinema has enjoyed increasing popularity and therefore expands to 900 seats this year. Measured in seats, Roskilde Cinema thereby becomes Denmark’s second largest cinema.

In addition, the technique will be upgraded so that Roskilde Cinema as of this summer goes 100 % digital. Practically all films will be shown in full HD format, and the sound will be improved and adjusted to the surroundings.

At the same time, Roskilde Cinema is working on making the cinema greener. Roskilde Cinema has made an ambitious objective for reducing the power consumption. Already as of 2009, the cinema expects to use 30 % less power than in 2008 – and the objective is to achieve a reduction of approximately 60 % over a period of three years.

As a part of Roskilde Festival’s overall focus on climate in 2009, Roskilde Cinema will make an account of the power consumption per guest in the cinema.

Scandinavian focus
Roskilde Cinema’s programme will have a strong Scandinavian focus this year.

”The past couple of years have offered films such as the Swedish absurdly funny cult film Gitarrmongot (The Guitar Mongoloid), the Swedish youth comedy Hata Göteborg (Hating Gothenburg), the Norwegian mad travesty of Tarantino's Kill Bill, Kill Buljo, have been a great success with the festival audience. We want to build on that success,” says cinema manager Torsten Hvas.

Many Scandinavian films contain a skewness and humour that fit perfectly with the levity and playfulness which mark the atmosphere at Roskilde Festival.

”People want to be entertained and at the same time have an extraordinary experience – and that's what we want to give them with this year's film programme,” says Torsten Hvas.

Treats from the programme
This year's programme offers the Norwegian Nazi-zombie-gore-comedy Død Snø (Dead Snow). To guarantee entertainment in the late hours, the programme is horrored up so the audience can look forward to the Finnish horror film Sauna (Filth), Lordi's fantasy thriller Dark Floors and the Swedish social-realist vampire film Låt den rätte komma in (Let the Right One In).

Roskilde Cinema also presents a couple of Danish premiere screenings. Look forward to a Bollywood-remake of the Danish film Pusher and the slightly brutal Australian drama West.

Like in the rest of Roskilde Festival's programme, Roskilde Cinema also makes room for the new growth layer. Roskilde Cinema will this year show films from the National Film School of Denmark, short films from dvoted.net, and the film club D.Y.I will present their newest creations. In addition, Roskilde Cinema is currently working on establishing a collaboration with two major international film festivals that will help find upcoming film talents from other parts of the world.

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Standing Hampton Honored at Cityview Best of Des Moines 2009 Awards

Iowa rock group Standing Hampton, was named finalist as “Best Local Band” 1st runner up on the 2009 Cityview’s “Best of Des Moines” list this February. This is the first year for the group to land a “best of” title which recognizes excellence in Des Moines as voted upon by the readers. Overall voting was up by 52% this year.

Standing Hampton member Douglas Dixon was excited by the award saying, “We’re very proud that our hard work has been acknowledged by the fans in Des Moines and central Iowa. Considering all the talented competition we were up against, we’re honored and elated.”

About Standing Hampton
Standing Hampton is a retro rock act from Central Iowa whose members are: Nancy Benson, Tony Benson, Devon Miller, Douglas Dixon, and Dave Cornelison. Their debut CD “Brace Yourself” was released in 2007.

About Cityview
Cityview is Central Iowa’s Alternative Newsweekly publication featuring music, art and entertainment news with a readership of over 75,000. You can contact Cityview at www.dmcityview.com.

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Tidworth Festival 2009

Christian Moullec will be taking to the skies at Music in Flight this year. Moullec who is also known as "Gooseman", has taught a flock of feathered friends to fly in a v-shaped formation behind his microlight.

The performance is titled Vol avec les Oiseaux or Flight with the Birds. Moullec will be flying in synchronized timing to vocal and orchestra pieces from Saint-Saens' opera Samson & Delilah and will be flying with his flock of graylag geese and Canadian cranes.

Moullec said: "I love to fly with these birds, who now think of me as their parent. To be able to fly with them and to observe them so closely in flight is an incredible privilege. It is difficult to describe the feeling of gliding in the air with geese in regular formation at my side - but there is simply nothing else like it in the world. I first learnt to fly a micro light in order to be able to fly with birds - so to be coming to Wiltshire and sharing this flight is a wonderful opportunity."

With careful training, the birds accept Christian and his micro light and come to consider him as their parent, following him in flight. His first successful flight was in 1996 when he flew across part of France accompanied by 12 barnacle geese.


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DiCaprios Girlfriend Bar Refaeli on the Cover of Sports Illustrated 2009

Bar Refaeli is 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Cover Model! Refaeli, 23, an Israeli model, is Academy Award nominated actor Leonardo DiCaprio's girlfriend since 2007. Bar Refaeli who previously featured twice on the inside pages of the mag has finally become a first-time cover girl for SI. Cover photo of Refaeli wearing a string bikini by Missoni is smoking hot and very seductive! Jessica Simpson must be very jealous of Refaeli's curve figure now, hehe Kidding!

The cover has to reflect the athleticism and sexiness of the culture. This photo is modern, her hair and swimsuit look natural. You see her freckles. Her body is amazing and she looks intelligent.

Bar Refaeli SI bikini photos were shot on Canouan Island in the Grenadines. Sports Illustrated 2009 Swimsuit Issue was unveiled on the Late Show with David Letterman last night. After reaching to SI's millions of readers, both male and female, Bar Refaeli is sure to win the bountiful contracts from big brands. Congrats!

Bar, 23, began modelling as an eight-month-old in her native Israel. Bar would pester her mother to sign her up for photo shoots and commercials and only took a 3-year break while wearing braces. At age 15, Bar signed with an agency and began modelling for catalogues and later became the face of Hurley and the Diddy cologne, I Am King. This is Bar's third Swimsuit Issue.
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WINDPOWER 2009 Conference & Exhibition Chicago

The WINDPOWER Conference & Exhibition is the world's largest and most anticipated annual event for wind energy. The WINDPOWER Conference program includes over 300 speakers and moderators, 150 poster presentations, and 50 sessions on leading wind energy topics organized into tracks with policy, business, and technical focuses. The Exhibition at WINDPOWER will be an impressive display from the leading companies from all facets of the wind energy industry.

More than 13,000 wind industry leaders, government officials, and business executives, and over 900 exhibitors, including wind power plant developers, turbine manufacturers, and the full range of supply chain manufacturers and service providers.

The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA) and the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau (CCTB) are pleased to join the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) in announcing today that the WINDPOWER 2009 Conference & Exhibition, the world’s largest annual wind energy event, will be held in Chicago next year, at the McCormick Place Convention Center from May 4 – 7, 2009.

The WINDPOWER Conference & Exhibition has become one of the most successful and fastest-growing industry shows in the United States. Sold exhibition space for WINDPOWER 2009 already exceeds that of WINDPOWER 2008, which was 85% larger than the previous year. WINDPOWER was recently listed in Tradeshow Week magazine’s latest installment of its prestigious 50 Fastest-Growing Shows in North America.
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Yesterday Roskilde Festival served up pop from England and Afro-beat from Nigeria. Today the festival crosses the Atlantic and proudly presents two arch-American acts who are both strong profiles in their respective music genres.

LIL WAYNE is among the very hottest hip hop acts at the moment. His latest release is the both eccentric and pop Tha Carter III. The critically acclaimed album shows that the New Orleans-based rapper with the Rasta dreads is probably not all that out of line when he calls himself the world's best living rapper.

SOCIAL DISTORTION has since the early 80s released album after album with melodic mid-tempo punk rock that draws as much on The Rolling Stones and Johnny Cash as it does on the more aggressive hardcore and punk scene. The legendary and influential band has inspired numerous current rock and punk bands.

Both Lily Allen and Tony Allen play this summer's festival.

This Wednesday's new acts do not have much else in common but the last name – they are not related to one another, not in one way or the other. They come from two different worlds musically, personally and geographically. Where else but Roskilde Festival can so different names appear under the same headline?

LILY ALLEN (UK) has for the past couple of years controlled the gossip columns and the charts with her outspoken attitude and inescapable pop songs. With inspiration from R&B, synth pop and ska, Lily Allen creates her own personal universe. Songs such as ”Smile” and ”The Fear” will last much longer than the blinking tabloid headlines.

TONY ALLEN (NGA) is, according to Brian Eno, perhaps the greatest drummer who has ever lived. The almost 70-year-old Nigerian invented the influential Afro-beat genre together with Fela Kuti way back in the 60s. He is releasing the new album Secret Agent in June and visits Roskilde Festival, placed behind a nine men strong band.

The best German Fifa player

nGize.FSP, European top eSport club, proudly announces that their famous Fifa 09 player André „AndResoN“ Richter was invited to the „Zocken Deluxe“ (Playing Deluxe) event by Electronic Arts (EA) in Cologne, Germany.

The public Fifa 09 tournament will take place on 14.03.09 in EA’s facility right by the beautiful Rhein, the largest river in Europe. Among casual and fun gamers who were able to sign up online, EA also invited 8 professional Fifa gamers from Germany. One of these is also nGize.FSP’s star player André.

André does not only represent the nGize.FSP as a successful individual player, when finishing 2nd at the European Championship 2008 in Vienna or 1st at the ESL Sports Pre-Season group stage, but he also takes responsibility for the whole Fifa team as the team captain.

André has been able to develop as a role model for many professional Fifa players and therefore embodies nGize.FSP and its sponsors FSP Group, SPARKLE Computer and PUMA allesraubkatze in the best possible way.

"On Saturday I will be in Cologne again, to represent nGize.FSP at a brand new event from EA. There will be prizes worth more then 1500€ to be won. Of course, I feel honored to be one of eight pro gamers chosen to be part of the Fifa 09 offline tournament and I will give my best to win it", says André Richter. (more)

Justin Stein news

On April 18th, 2009 at 7:30PM, pop singer Justin Stein will be a celebrity judge and performer for the Change the World event sponsored by Brooke’s Bandwagon (a support association for 2008 “American Idol” finalist Brooke White). The event is set to raise awareness and financial support for the Malaria No More non-profit organization.

Stein will be judging talent from all over Minnesota among his fellow celebrity panel of judges including: Paris Bennett (“American Idol”), Twitch (So You Think You Can Dance), Allison Holker (“High School Musical,” “So You Think You Can Dance”), Wendi Russo (Mrs. Minnesota America/TV host) and Megan Herickhoff (Miss Teen Minnesota International).

Stein will be putting on a special performance among “So You Think You Can Dance” finalist Twitch and the Minnesota Vikings Cheerleaders.


"I am so excited to be a part of Change the World benefiting malaria research. Malaria No More is a terrific non-profit organization that definitely deserves significant attention and support. I'm also excited to be the judge of a talent contest.
I hope I don't come across to hard... I tend to agree with Simon when I watch ‘American Idol!’" shares Stein.

The event will be held at Hopkins High School Auditorium located at 2400 Lindbergh Drive Minnetonka, MN 55305. Doors will open at 6 pm and tickets will be $10.00 while Meet and Greets will be $5.00.

In addition to supporting Brooke’s Bandwagon, Stein has also been supporting other charitable causes such as literacy programs in elementary schools, AIDS community support and teen self-esteem in association with Relate Magazine.

Stein is best known for traveling around the country as the official opening act for Corbin Bleu’s summer tour. His first single “Lose Control” off his self-titled debut album was featured on Radio Disney (Disney’s Incubator) and he just recently released the single “Sweetest Girl” with a new music video and contest.

Please visit www.justinsteinmusic.com and www.myspace.com/justinsteinmusic for more information on Justin Stein. For information on Malaria No More, please visit: www.malarianomore.org.

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More music at Roskilde Festival 2009

This Monday Roskilde Festival presents a handful of the lesser known acts. Acts like these add edge and character from the smaller stages to the music programme.

BLACK DICE (US) cultivate their own twisted rave music – which will probably not sound quite normal until year 2090. The New Yorker trio's concerts are sonic total attacks full of electronic trance rhythms, free-flowing synthesizers and African percussion.

THE CHAP (UK) puts together disco, funk, electronica and disturbing experimental rock in a changeable mix – so that the outcome almost sounds like a meeting between concept rockers The Residents and electro popsters Hot Chip.

THE DODOS (UK) take their starting point in percussion-based tribal music, which Animal Collective have also explored on their early albums. But The Dodos also know how to write ear-catchers, which they prove on the breakthrough album Visiter.

FUCKED UP (US) plays aggressive punk rock with a serious agenda, which has won the band lots of praise – not least because of the latest masterpiece, The Chemistry of Common Life. Black Flag's raw energy and Hüsker Dü's musical curiosity are retrieved with Fucked Up – but their life-affirming shows throw the band's visionary anger into even sharper relief.

STEINSKI (US) has since the early 80s broken ground for today's pirate artists such as DJ Shadow, Girl Talk and The Avalanches. Much of Steinski's influential music has been banned because of copyright issues – it was not until recently that What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective was released.

Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday…
Wednesday is Roskilde Festival's traditional announcement day – but this Monday the festival just could not help itself. More new acts are coming on Wednesday.

New Energy Husum - Germany - reports record results

- Renewable energy defies the economic crisis
- New Energy Husum closes with record visitor numbers
- 2010 fair already almost fully booked
- Wind associations agree international co-operation in the small wind turbine sector

The words of the Husum Exhibition Centre boss, Hanno Fecke, on the opening day of this year’s New Energy trade fair were somewhat prophetic. “The real power, the great strength and the worldwide benefits of renewable energy particularly stand out in a time in which virtually all the other industries are starting to ail in the maelstrom of the global economic crisis”, said Fecke.

And then New Energy opened its doors and the visitors flooded and flooded in. During the four days of the trade fair the total number of visitors to the stands of the 150 exhibitors from all areas of the renewable energy sector exceeded 15,000. The organisers had “only” expected around 12,000 visitors, and at times the traffic around the North Frisian county town came to a complete standstill. Local police spoke of scenarios reminiscent of the great HUSUM WindEnergy trade fair.
“Other fairs representing other industries are registering a fall in visitor numbers whereas the renewables sector and we in Husum can report record figures!” confirmed a thrilled Hanno Fecke.
The exhibitors shared this optimism: “We are still looking for a large number of qualified employees”, they said.

Visitors from all over the world
This year New Energy has shown that it has become far more international. Some visitors had come from quite a distance: Albert Klaas of Elektro Klaas announced that “At our stand we had visitors from Russia, Finland, Denmark, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Austria, India and North Korea, as well as from all the various German federal states”, reflecting the experiences of a large number of other exhibitors.


For the first time, New Energy Husum 2009 exhibited the whole range of areas of renewable energy
“Numerous exhibitors presented new products here that have not been shown anywhere else in the world, especially in the photovoltaic sector and products using state-of-the-art heating technology.
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Essen - Germany - FIBO POWER: Top Atheletes at one place

Düsseldorf/Essen. One thing is for sure: who wants to see the top athletes of the international championships all at one place, will meet them on stage at FIBO POWER in Essen.

Dennis Wolf and James Flex Lewis are only two examples of the great number of stars. In cooperation with BSN Bodies Prometeus FIBO POWER also presents Brandon Curry and Trey Brewer.
Markus Rühl will give a big interview on saturday April 25th. Furthermore he will be at the booth of “House of Pain” during the whole saturday.

Even Olimp (among others Kamila Porczyk and Strongman Mariusz Pudzianowski) and All Stars (among otheres Felix Decker and P.A. Konstedt) have announced their teams of athletes for the show.

Nutriworld from the Netherlands will present 20 American companies at their stand space in hall 9. Among others Rich and Liz Gaspari will take part with Gaspari Nutrition. For the latest news please visit www.fibo-power.de .

In addittion to the stage show programme all further items of the agenda and contests are already fixed. One thing is for sure: There will be plenty of action! Registration for the contest “Miss FIBO POWER” is already possible at www.fibo-power.de. The FIBO Strongman Classics on Saturday will this year take place as qualification for the Strongman Champions League. At the FIBO POWER Strongman Camp on Sunday, April 26th, visitors can dabble in the Strongman Sport during an open training camp.

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Interior Lifestyle in Tokyo

Impressive response to Interior Lifestyle 2009: registrations already received from those who are happy about their result of the previous fair

The next Interior Lifestyle will hold on 3- 5 June 2009, at Tokyo International Exhibition Centre, also known as Tokyo Big Sight. Drawing upon the success of the Messe Frankfurt world-renowned Heimtextil and Ambiente brands bringing a combined fair concept to the Japanese market, the fair has become the paramount destination for those involved in the home décor industry and has established an exclusive opportunity for serious buyers and sellers of a wide spectrum “modern living” products.

Some of the main products typically presented at this fair include table, kitchen & houseware products (glassware, ceramics, cutlery, kitchen tools and machines, household articles and tools), gift items (arts and crafts, florist requisites, room fragrance, candles, stationary and paper goods), interior products (furniture, lightings, interior planets), home textiles (table and kitchen linens, bathroom textiles, sleep systems, furnishing fabrics) and design & style (home fashion collection, design products, products for contract business and product design).
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Ilosaarirock Festival 2009

The Ilosaarirock Festival has revealed its new, fresh look for the summer of 2009 and published the first news of the program. The festival will be held from 17th to 19th of July in Joensuu, Finland and, true to its style, the festival will again bring you a fantastic variety of music from chill-out rhythms to heavier grunting.

In July, the Ilosarirock Festival will present the long-awaited American groups The Dillinger Escape Plan (USA) and Walls of Jericho (USA), the Swedish thrash metal group The Haunted, the long standing death metal legend Obituary (USA) and the Japanese Melt-Banana.


Photo: Pistepirkko pressi Vesa

Stars at Rentolava include the Jamaican reggae artist Beenie Man and the Nigerian afrobeat virtuoso Femi Kuti with his band The Positive Force.

As for Finnish groups, the Ilosaarirock Festival will present such acts as Children of Bodom – with one of the few gigs they'll be doing in the summer – PMMP and Disco Ensemble. Search for the performers continues, as also this summer more than 80 bands will take to the stage over the three festival days.

The tickets will be sold from 4th of May onwards and the rest of the program will be finalised over the spring.

– The program is about half way finished and we're still working hard on it. Already we've managed to establish that Ilosaarirock festival will stay true to its style with plenty of exciting, yet so far lesser known groups taking to the stage.

We still haven't been aiming to gather megastars, but focused on finding the best groups from the marginal, says Panu Hattunen of Joensuu Pop Musician's Association.

After years of wooing, the American metal noise mayhem Dillinger Escape Plan, rarely seen in Finland, has been confirmed to appear at the festival. It's impossible to put The Dillinger Escape Plan in just one genre, as their music has got elements from hardcore, metal, punk, progressive rock and jazz. The Beenie Man (JAM) at Rentolava is one of the brightest stars of dancehall reggae today. (more)

Eddy Brimson at The Edinburgh Festival

Eddy Brimson, presents his first pure stand-up show at the FREE FESTIVAL. In this hour-long show Eddy examines how we are all free to make choices in life, one of the biggest being whether or not to have kids, a hot topic due to Scotland's dwindling population. Is it to be the Early Learning Centre or the Flight Centre? ' Oh the joys of being child free ' !

Fiercely intelligent but with cheeky charm, Eddy will be exposing the ludicrousness of real-life situations; addressing pertinent issues effecting today's society such as personal freedom, political correctness gone mad and taking responsibility for our own actions.

This will be Eddy's second solo show at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe, following his debut ‘Up the Anti' in 2005, a true story inspired by the raiding of his house by MI5.

EDDY BRIMSON IS FREE ' AND A BIG BELIEVER IN THE TRUE SPIRIT OF THE FREE FESTIVAL
'that's why this year, he's chosen to return to the Festivals roots and bring his show to Edinburgh as part of the FREE FESTIVAL.
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The Berlin Wall

Berlin Wall .co.uk is a new information website about the historical Berlin Wall and its role in the Cold War. This website is for all those who are interested in German history and the division of Berlin into east and west from 1961 to 1990. With lots political and social information, Berlin Wall .co.uk allows visitors to identify with Germany and its charming capital.

The website explains why the Berlin Wall was built, why a lot of East Berliners wanted to escape to the “other side” and how the Cold War ended with the Fall of the Berlin Wall 40 years after the establishment of the German Democratic Republic.

A Wall of 155 kilometres with metal fences, watch towers and bunkers divided Berlin and Germany into two parts.



A lot of people lost their lives along the wall, most of them citizens of East Berlin who wanted to start a new and better life in West Berlin without Stasi control and the influence of political authority by the Soviet Union as the GDR’s “big brother”. “You are leaving the American sector”: as a constant reminder of this history this sign still stands at the legendary Checkpoint Charlie, which was the most famous border crossing point from east to west.

At Berlin Wall .co.uk, visitors can also find a historical map of Berlin showing the location of the former Berlin Wall. Many pictures show what still remains of the historical Berlin Wall located between Berlin Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg.

Berlin Wall .co.uk is a project of Berlintelligence by Eventelligence. ltd. and is owned by real Berliners who were there during the time of the wall and experienced first-hand the dramatic changes which took place when it came down.

www.berlin-wall.co.uk

Text / Photo: Berlintelligence by Eventelligence ltd.

Pet Shop Boys release their tenth studio album Yes

One of the most iconic and influential pop acts in the world, Pet Shop Boys return with their tenth album and first for Astralwerks on April 21, 2009. In a career spanning over 2 decades, the duo of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe have created some of the most beloved and recognizable hits in the world (West End girls, It's a sin, New York City Boy, etc.), and sold over 30 million records.

They've worked with artists like Dusty Springfield, David Bowie, Liza Minnelli, Robbie Williams, Electronic, The Killers and Madonna. In the USA, Pet Shop Boys are the fourth most successful artist in the history of the Billboard dance charts (behind Madonna, Donna Summer and Janet Jackson).

Filled with sparkling state of the art pop songs, Yes is an affirmation of the duo's knack for mixing innovative artistry with exuberant commercial appeal. Produced by the acclaimed Xenomania (Girls Aloud, Sugababes, Cher, Kylie Minogue, Saint Etienne), the album features guitar work by ex-Smith Johnny Marr and orchestral arrangements by Owen Pallett (Last Shadow Puppets, Final Fantasy).
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14th ShanghaiTex will be Held in June 2009

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the most established textile industry exhibition in China and the unique national brand, The 14th International Exhibition on Textile Industry (ShanghaiTex 2009) will be held on June 12-15, 2009 at Shanghai New International Expo Center, Pudong, Shanghai, PR China.

It is expected that the exhibition area will reach 120,000 sqm and over 1,500 international exhibitors will participate.

ShanghaiTex is held biennially in odd-numbered years in Shanghai since its establishment in 1984. The exhibition has been serving as a professional trading platform for cutting-edge textile machinery and technologies for the textile industry.

In ShanghaiTex 2009, the East & West wings of Shanghai New International Expo Center will also be fully utilized, displaying knitting, hosiery, printing, dyeing, finishing, spinning, non-woven, techtextile and weaving machinery, textile chemicals, spare parts and accessories, etc.

New Tax Initiatives Reinforce Confidence of Textile Industry
To promote market confidence and assist enterprises to survive in the tough times, the Chinese government has been launching new tax initiatives and measures. On October 21, The Ministry of Finance and State Administration of Taxation announced that starting from November 1, 2008, export tax rebate rate for 3,486 commodities will be increased, comprising 25.8% of all taxable commodities of Chinese customs.
As an example, export tax rebate rate of some textile products and apparels will be increased to 14%. Besides, the State Council has launched 10 measures for stimulating domestic demand. Starting from January 1, 2009, value-added tax (VAT) transformation reform will be implemented nationwide to all regions and industrial sectors.

For example, VAT is directly deducted when enterprises purchase equipment. Meanwhile, VAT exemption on importing equipment and VAT rebate to foreign-funded enterprises on purchasing China made equipment are cancelled, and a universal 3% of VAT rate will be implemented to small-scale taxpayers, etc. The textile industry is expected to benefit from the new policy, and it is generally beneficial to textile machinery manufacturers too as purchase of equipment might be increased with the raising purchasing power of machinery buyers & users, and thus enhance the sales of machinery.
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Roskilde Festival 2009 - Four fresh bands from Scandinavia and Great Britain

Roskilde Festival has two Scandinavian blockbusters ready. A couple of best-selling acts who sell tickets and albums far away from their local, wind-swept birth towns.

RÖYKSOPP (N) combines frost-bitten and atmospheric electronica with Euro dance and 80s pop, which has sent the two Norwegians straight onto the charts. Their third album, Junior, soon sees the light of day and will certainly bring about new hits in the same way as was the case with the million-selling debut Melody A.M.

VOLBEAT (DK) just keeps winning new fans in Denmark and abroad. With the latest album Guitar Gangsters and Cadillac Blood, they tighten the grib on a unique sound that is best described as an oiled cocktail mix of Metallica, Danzig and Elvis Presley. World dominance may very well follow as the Danes this year also tour in the US.

British dance rock and folk
New acts keep jutting out in Great Britain. The tireless music media create more names than one manages to digest – but Roskilde Festival believes to have found two truly long-lasting ones.

FRIENDLY FIRES (UK) excel in melodic and danceable rock. Disco, rave, 80s synths and African-inspired rhythms are component parts in the young band's Talking Heads-inspired universe. This British band is for fans of Klaxons, The Rapture and LCD Soundsystem – and despite their young age they already deliver tremendous and very energetic concerts.

FRIGHTENED RABBIT (UK) plays semi-bitter, Scottish everyday rock in the tradition of Arab Strap and The Twilight Sad. Lead singer Scott Hutchison's candid stories – that are like outcasts of fortune – take the centre of the songs. They are accompanied by a band whose melodic folk rock often gets an extra shot of aggression and distortion when played live.

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More than 1,500 Research and Industry Contributions for the 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition!

WIP Renewable Energies (WIP) reports that a new record number of research and industry papers has been submitted for the 24th EU PVSEC - European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (September 21-25, 2009) and Exhibition (September 21-24, 2009) which will be held in Hamburg, Germany.

This year’s 1,580 papers received mark another record high in the EU PVSEC’s history and represent a 20 % rise compared to the number of papers submitted for Valencia last year.

The global interest in the EU PVSEC is evident in the soaring number of 72 countries where the submitted papers originated: All European countries, North and South America, Asia and Africa, as well as Australia have contributed.

This international exchange on such a high professional level authenticates the EU PVSEC’s status as the world's leading PV solar event for a specialist audience.

Prof. Wim Sinke, Conference Chairman of the 24th EU PVSEC says: “It is absolutely impressing to see how the global photovoltaic R&D community responded to the Call for Papers.

This number is showing that we are able to continue the trend of strong growth. I also find it really encouraging that solar energy stays high on the agenda, in spite of the very difficult times this world is going through.

Photovoltaics is a key to our sustainable energy future and this Conference and Exhibition is at the heart of the global developments in this area; in science, technology, industry and applications. It is my great pleasure to chair this leading platform for PV solar energy."
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Madonna's new face

Plastic surgery, facelifts and lid correction have been typical for ageing Hollywood stars. Now they're going out of fashion. Stars like Madonna now rely on New Cosmetic Surgery to rejuvenate their face and shape.

In New Cosmetic Surgery age-related changes in face and body are being treated not by lifting and silicon, but by the use of body-own, stem-cell-enriched fat.

"Madonna offers a good example for rejuvenation of the face by use of own fat," says DDr. Heinrich, Vienna-based expert in cosmetic surgery and anti-aging medicine. The most recent method in own fat transplantation is the use of own fat enriched with body-own stem cells. Patients from all over the world have come to see DDr. Heinrich and receive such treatment.

This method has made possible breast augmentation and rejuvenation of the face without scalpel, silicon, and plastic. "Own fat offers natural filling and has even shown a local rejuvenating effect, if you concentrate it with body-own stem cells," says DDr. Karl-Georg Heinrich, who is the first in Europe to offer this treatment.

In the first step of the treatment, fat will be harvested by use of microcannulas. Following concentration with body-own stem cells, the fat will be injected into the face or breast. This procedure may be performed under local anaesthesia or in twilight sleep. Only minimal aftercare is required, the patient is expected to be fully mobile and leave the clinic right after surgery.

Stem-cell-enriched own fat offers a lasting and safe treatment option for breast reconstruction, cosmetic breast augmentation, or aesthetic rejuvenation of the face. This has been proven in clinical studies in Japan and the USA.

Further information: http://www.new-cosmetic-surgery.org .

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Nine Inch Nails to Roskilde

Trent Reznor's visit this summer may be the last chance of experiencing the trendsetting industrial rock act.

It is not Wednesday yet – but Roskilde Festival simply cannot wait to get this one out. The festival has excellent news for all fans of night-black industrial rock, and is extra pleased to be able to present this act as it may the last chance.

NINE INCH NAILS (US) have taken the cold and mechanic stylistic features from industrial and passed them on to more wide-ranging rock. The undisputed front man Trent Reznor has added choruses, pop riffs and emotional lyrics to a traditionally clinical music genre – resulting in millions of sold records.

The latest and – according to Reznor himself – perhaps last album from Nine Inch Nails is called The Slip. It is available for download free of charge on the band's own website – as a token of appreciation from a popular artist to his devoted fans.

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elysia announces musical equalizer

elysia announce the museq – the musical equalizer – as their third major product. The basic idea behind this analog EQ is the combination of premium sound shaping capabilities with optimally matched parameters which enables the user to find the desired results fast and precisely.



The provided bands with their ample control ranges as well as some elysia-specific special features make sure that the museq can be flexibly used in any recording and mixing situation, and the stepped controllers are especially dedicated to mastering applications.

Each of the two channels offers three parametric bands with a switchable Q. The additional outer bands are low/high shelf designs which can be separately switched into a low/high cut mode with an extra resonance peak as a special finesse.

Each gain controller of the two times five bands can be altered from boost to cut mode which results in a notably well resolution of the control ranges and twice the number of available settings. Both channels have a switchable option for a stronger coloration of the signal to complete the musical master plan.

The circuit design of the museq is completely based on discrete analog technology. The entire signal processing is realized with single transistors in permanent class A mode, and even the power supply is composed of fully discrete circuits. An oversized transformer, selected capsuled conductive plastic potentiometers as well as special current feedback amplifiers are part of the technical refinement.

The combination of these elements aims at maximum signal quality and guarantees clean and powerful sound characteristics even when extreme settings are used.
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5th Anniversary Duke Ellington Jazz Festival

Turning his full attention back to this year’s annual festival, the music event that has put Washington, DC, on the international jazz map. He and Sunny Sumter, DEJF’s Managing Director, have announced big plans for this year’s fifth anniversary, which will feature a spectacular celebration of New Orleans.



Says Fishman, “We’re excited to pay tribute to the unique, rich and diverse musical heritage of New Orleans. We’ll offer three free special performances on The National Mall this year, which will kick off Friday, June 12, 2009, with an evening performance by Grammy Award-winner Terence Blanchard and be followed by two all-day extravaganzas.

And we’ll honor New Orleans’ own musical treasure, pianist/composer/educator Ellis Marsalis, at our annual Jazz Masters concert presented at and in conjunction with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.” Adds Sumter, who also directs the festival’s education program, “We’ve expanded the festival to 11 days from seven days last year, which enables us to include more free and community-based programs, such as two Jazz ‘n Families Fun Days at the Phillips Collection.

And we’ve moved the festival permanently to June to have broader appeal to residents and tourists alike, who usually have more flexible schedules in the summer and whose children will be out of school.”

The DEJF will present over 100 programs in almost 50 venues, bringing jazz to every part of the city and to every level of fan from young to old, artist to student, resident to tourist. For schedule and ticket information, visit www.dejazzfest.org.
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820th HAFENGEBURTSTAG HAMBURG

The annual Hamburg port festival is coming up! From Friday 8 May to Sunday 10 May 09 Hamburg will be celebrating the 820th HAFENGEBURTSTAG HAMBURG (Hamburg Port Birthday).

The world’s biggest port festival features a host of attractions on the water, on land and in the air. With visits by some of the world’s largest and most magnificent sailing vessels. Every year, the festivities in the port of Hamburg attract more than a million people.

Celebration of the “Port Birthday”, the HAFENGEBURTSTAG HAMBURG goes back to the Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa, who issued a charter to the citizens of Hamburg on 7 May 1189, granting exemption from payment of any toll or customs duties for their ships on the River Elbe from the city to the North Sea.
This date has been regarded ever since as the Birthday of the Port of Hamburg.

The heart of the HAFENGEBURTSTAG HAMBURG is the programme of attractions along the River Elbe, from the Museum Harbour of Oevelgönne to the landing stages as far as Baumwall.

The highlights include the grand arrival and departure parades of the tall ships, historic ships, sailing and motor yachts and other vessels, the Dragon class regattas, the big fireworks display on the Saturday evening, and the unique Tug Ballet on the Saturday afternoon.

The Maritime Mile from the warehouses of the Speicherstadt to the Fish Auction Hall will attract the crowds, with some 500 fair stands, food & drink stands, and numerous show stages with live performances by prominent musicians.

There will be activities for children, families and young people to join in, and a whole range of cultural attractions put on by the museums. Further highlights of the HAFENGEBURTSTAG HAMBURG are the Opening Service, the Craft Fair, the Lotto Action Zone and the Games & Entertainment Promenade.

There is also an attractive programme of air events, including fly-past events with helicopter flights, parachuting and hot-air balloon rides. The HAFENGEBURTSTAG HAMBURG has something for everyone – on land, water and in the air.

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Salisbury International Arts Festival 2009

On Monday 1 December the Salisbury International Festival launches seven wonderful highlight events as trailblazers to the 2009 Festival, 22 May to 6 June.

They will be announced at a special launch at the Guildhall in Salisbury by the Festival’s New Festival Director Maria Bota, and Chairman Laura Phillips.

The Festival is always eagerly anticipated and the highlights launch is a great way of whetting the appetite of our supporters, offering a flavour of things to come. The advanced ticket sales are welcomed by our huge Festival fan base who know that it may be a once in a lifetime opportunity to see the world class artists the Festival brings to Salisbury.

The Highlight shows are:
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Berlin - Germany - Frühlings Zauber Traum 2009

The plants are soon to be in full bloom and we decided to prematurely invoke this years spring with one of the most wonderful Psy-Gatherings of the year...After last years “Frühlingszaubertraum” couldn't take place due to lack of opportunity and an adequate location, we're all the more thrilled.

Actually there is an additional occasion: Pardauz is celebrating his birthday. For this 6th edition of “Frühlingszaubertraum”, numerous artists from all overthe world will join together in a unique, spacious underground location.

Like in the past, this duty shall be performed with a bag full of passion,commitment and idealism. Encased within magical underground-halls you shall be elevated towards springtime.

The Organizers - “Die Funtasten”, “Schwingkreis”, “Psypix.org” - with friendly support by Mindwaves Music and many good friends, have been engaged in long-term preparations – interacting with decorators, lighting- and video-teams, musicians, many helping hands, those entrusted with your well-being as well as the energy of the site and last but not least: you - to let this years “Frühlingszaubertraum” become a harmonious mergence of souls.

Important notice: Be an essential part of the whole sound-installation. Clean out your ear-holes to avoid aural deprivation, fasten your
polyrhythmic-seven-league-dancing-boots and plunge into dynamic meditation.

Berlin 14.03.2009 - Location info 24h before www.FZT09.TK

Isle of Wight Festival 2009 - Neil Young

The 11th Isle of Wight Festival is on the 12th, 13th & 14th June 2009. Rock’s most intriguing chameleon will be sharing his ‘Heart of Gold’ in an exclusive headline performance at this year’s Isle of Wight Festival. The cult hero will close the festival on Sunday 14th June with his deeply personal lyrics and distinctive guitar, performing a set which is sure to be another unforgettable Isle of Wight Festival memory.

The Canadian legend will join an already blistering line up which sees The Prodigy, Basement Jaxx, The Ting Ting’s and Pendulum playing up a storm on Friday night. Saturday is just as impressive with Stereophonics and Razorlight rocking the Solent. Over in the Big Top The Charlatans front man Tim Burgess will be curating Sunday’s line up, so expect all sorts of surprises popping up as well as a set from the band. The Isle of Wight Festival 2009 boasts a line up every bit as stunning as its surroundings!

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AMI 2009 in Leipzig - Germany

With two world premieres and 31 German premieres so far, the international and German manufacturers at Auto Mobil International (AMI) in Leipzig are clearly setting the scene for an upswing in car sales.

"This list will be gradually extended", according to Leipziger Messe CEO Wolfgang Marzin who expects a total of 60 premieres at the show. "AMI comes just at the right time for the industry and customers", Marzin continues. "We are very pleased that Nissan has decided to show in Leipzig after all." Well-known new exhibitors set to be welcomed included Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. (BRP), eoil automotive & technology, Rad Center Derkum and Real Garant Versicherung as well as Pirelli.

Michael Borchert, managing director of Marketing & Sales for Pirelli Deutschland GmbH, comments on his company's premiere appearance in Leipzig: "Pirelli is represented at AMI not least because even in uncertain times we want to maintain and cultivate direct contact with our customers. We will be presenting an extremely interesting and new product in Leipzig, specifically for drivers for whom performance and safety do not conflict with optimised fuel consumption and environmental awareness".

From 28 March to 5 April 2009, approx. 450 exhibitors are expected at AMI and AMITEC in Leipzig, coming from the sectors cars, individualisation and styling, vans/light commercial vehicles, spare parts and accessories, car care, motor vehicle services, as well as vehicle parts, garage workshop equipment and motor vehicle maintenance.

After 2007, the conference and fair "crash.tech" is back at AMI, this time with a key focus on motor vehicle safety.

VDIK president Volker Lange: "Leipzig's Auto Mobil International is Germany's most important customer and buyer show in spring 2009. As a consumer-friendly show, it provides excellent opportunities to compare the diversity of car marques. In conjunction with measures such as the Environment Premium and the restructuring of motor vehicle taxation, it can help to give the car economy a boost".

Focusing on the environment – AMI conference looks to the future
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Snow Patrol Live at 02 Arena in London

Snow Patrol are set to return to The O2 as the venue for the London date of their 'Take Back The Cities' 2009 tour. The group's appearance at The O2 on 14 March will be their first since The O2 opened in June 2007.

David Campbell, CEO & President of AEG Europe, owners and operators of The O2, commented: "Snow Patrol were one of the first acts to play The O2 so we are thrilled to welcome them back. I remember lead singer, Gary Lightbody, told the crowd "this venue is great!". I hope he finds it much the same - if not even better!!!"

The tour announcement comes as the band release their brand new album 'A HUNDRED MILLION SUNS' which came out on Monday 27 October 2008.

Having recently undertaken an incredible whistle-stop tour of four cities (Dublin, Belfast, Edinburgh and London) in two days to launch the new album, Snow Patrol have sealed their reputation as one of the finest live bands in the country. Snow Patrol are now one of the biggest selling UK bands this decade and 'A Hundred Million Suns' follows up the 2006 Number One, seven times platinum phenomenon 'Eyes Open' which sold an incredible 2.1 million copies in the UK and over 1 million in the USA.

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INTERNORGA 2009 – from 13 to 18 March 2009

INTERNORGA is bigger and better than ever before in 2009. The leading fair for the catering and food services market is held from 13 to 18 March 2009.

The event has more exhibition space than ever, with a total of 87,000 square metres. There will be about 1,000 exhibitors from Germany and abroad at the 83rd International Fair for the Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Baking and Confectionery Trades. This international industry highlight, presenting innovations, trends and complete solutions, is expected to attract more than 100,000 trade visitors from all parts of the world.

“2009 is a milestone for INTERNORGA,” says Bernd Aufderheide, CEO of Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH (HMC), adding that “The new halls mean that this trade fair is well equipped to face the future and international competition.

Hamburg now has one of the most modern and most attractive fair sites in Europe. That will be a great benefit to INTERNORGA, which was the main stimulus and driver for our expansion.”

He has the full agreement of Ralf Hübner, Chairman of the INTERNORGA Exhibitors’ Board – “On behalf of the exhibitors, I would like to congratulate HMC on the new fair site.

INTERNORGA has already benefited from progress in the construction programme in the last few years. Completion of the site means that the trade fair can now take another big step forward, playing a leading role on the international stage, as the largest trade show of its kind.”
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2nd Annual Sydney International BACHATA FESTIVAL

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, February 19, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- This Anzac day weekend 24th - 26th April 2009 Sydney, Australia will host the 2nd Annual Sydney International BACHATA FESTIVAL.

This event is presented by MV Productions, Bachateros.com.au and Picante Latin Dance. Organisers passionate and committed to "Spreading the love of Bachata in Australia".

The festival focuses on celebrating Bachata, a sexy and sensual partner dance from the Dominican Republic. It will also include other popular Latin Rhythms like Salsa, Merengue, Zouk and Kizomba.

After the success of the first Bachata Festival in 2008, this year's event is guaranteed to be bigger and better. Latin Dance lovers from Australia and the world will come together to experience an amazing, inspiring weekend!

The Bachata Festival 2009 comprises of 2 days and 3 nights of Latin Dance Workshops, World-Class Performances and Prestigious Parties. And to add some spice, for the first time ever in Australia the festival will feature a big Urban Latin Bachata concert on the last night (Sunday 26th) of the festival! The band 4Ever has been confirmed!

This event caters for all people who love Latin dance and music. Festival attendees can feast on a vast array of workshops, witness some breathtaking shows and dance to the tunes of some of Australia's finest Latin Djs.

Over 20 student and professional teams have been selected from Australia in addition to our international guests. Some featured artists include: Rodney Aquino (USA), Juan I. Ruiz (Australia), Nestor and Lidia (Australia), Sky Blue (Australia), Leslie and Jorge (USA), Nirico and Nikal (New Zealand) and many more.

Tickets will go on sale in February, 2009 via http://www.bachatafestival.com.au

For more information, please visit http://www.bachatafestival.com.au, or email info@bachatafestival.com.au

5th Annual UK Pinball Show

Pinballers Anonymous are pleased to announce the 5th annual UK Pinball Show. The 2009 event is open to the public and is being held from Friday 24th until Sunday 26th of July at Franklin’s Gardens, the home of Northampton Saints Rugby Club. Over 100 pinball machines, from vintage to the latest releases, will be set on FREE-PLAY for visitors to enjoy and children can get in FREE!* You can try your luck in the European Pinball Championship, or enjoy a number of other tournaments for adults, children and teams**. Many of the tournaments are recognised by the International Flipper Pinball Association and award World Ranking Player Points for competitors.

But it’s not all about competition. Nick Bennett from The Pinball Blog tells us “The UK Pinball Show is a family friendly event attracting enthusiasts and casual players from all around the world. Not everyone will be the next Pinball Wizard, but everyone can have a great time.The majorty of machines are there to be played in the public arena with a vast selection of different machines available ” Legendary pinball designer Steve Ritchie flies in for the event and speaks at a special evening dinner and awards ceremony at the Marriott Northampton on Saturday night.
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Munich international filmfest 2009

Due to an overwhelming number of requests, MUNICH INTERNATIONAL has extended its deadline to March 15th, 2009 – Send in your submissions today! The festival takes place directly prior to the "big" Munich Filmfest. Starting on Thursday, June 18 through Wednesday, June 24, 2009, the festival will showcase the world's best contemporary short films each night at the tradition-steeped Gloria Filmpalast in the heart of the Bavarian capitol.

Submissions are open to non-German language films of all genres (fiction, animation, documentary, experimental, music video or other) from any nation of the world. Films must not have been shown in Bavaria at a festival, in a theatre or on television before, and must not exceed a length of 15 minutes.

All non-English films must have English subtitles. The festival only screens 35mm prints. To submit a film, please register at Reelport.com – after registering, you will be guided through the necessary steps, from the filling of simple data requests to the automatic upload of a video file. You may also send a DVD preview copy to the address mentioned on the Reelport website. Please do not send your preview copy directly to the festival. Please check the complete submission requirements at http://www.muc-intl.de

Music in all kinds of colours to Roskilde

In true Roskilde spirit, this week's announcement offers a mixed music package. Whether the audience is into nightly electro, grandiose vocal harmonies, far out instrumental jams or intense genre mixtures, there is something in store for most.

FEVER RAY (S) is a new project by Karin Dreijer Andersson, one half of The Knife. Her solo project continues the style from the sibling duo's Silent Shout – eerie and atmospheric electro that can almost make snowdrop flowers and other heralds of spring wither.

FLEET FOXES (US) offers Beach Boys-like vocal harmonies combined with rustic folk music from long before the world was out of joint. The Seattle band is one of the most critically appraised young acts today, and they are played everywhere – from small alternative cafes to giant London megastores. Fans of gorgeous, acoustic pop music should not miss out on this.

THE MARS VOLTA (US) consists of some of the members from now-defunct post-hardcore band At the Drive-In. But this band draws just as much on Pink Floyd, Santana and improvised jazz music. Their live concerts are famous for being a psychedelic tour de force where the Americans prove their technical and musical mastery. Unfortunately, the eight men strong band had to cancel when they were last on the programme in 2005. Therefore, Roskilde Festival is happy to finally present them again in 2009.

DEN SORTE SKOLE (DK) mixes everything from Turkish traditional songs and Indian hymns to hip hop and dubstep in their own explosive hotchpotch. The concert at Roskilde Festival offers new twisted and surprising style mixtures from the vinyl lovers who were responsible for one of last year's greatest pop-up experiences at Roskilde Skate. This year they deserve to be part of the official programme.

New Energy Husum – Main topic - small wind turbine exhibitors

Enterprises from all renewable energy sectors will be showing their innovative, renewable energy systems in Husum from 12 to 15 March. This is the first time that more than 20 companies offering state of the art small wind turbines have come together in one place anywhere in the world.

“We are delighted with the response. The great interest is reflected in the number of visitors who have registered from all over the world”, announced New Energy Husum project manager Kira Sönksen. These include high-ranking business delegations from Denmark, Switzerland, Austria and North Korea.



The BWE specialist symposium on small wind turbines will be opened on March 14th by Hermann Albers, president of the German Wind Energy Association (BWE) and Dr. Anil Kane, president of the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA).

The symposium is also fully booked, “and there is already a very long waiting list!” says symposium co-ordinator Gudrun Kromrey.
“This once again shows that here in Husum we are not just always quick to recognise new, interesting and globally important energy issues, but that we can also provide meaningful support through our trade fairs “, sums up Husum Exhibition boss Hanno Fecke.

There is also a great deal of interest in the other main New Energy congress topics. On every day of the exhibition, homeowners, homebuilders, farmers, enterprises and local authorities will be able to get information and detailed advice – especially about the new German renewable energy and heat law.

There are also information events for the electrical, HVAC and roofing trades, for energy consultants, building services planners, architects, and public housing associations.


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Woodstock Film Festival 2009

The WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL (Sept 30th – October 4th, 2009) is currently accepting submissions in all categories. Maverick Awards are presented for Best Feature ($5000 cash), Best Documentary, Best Short Documentary, Best Short Film, Best Student Film, Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Best Animation. Cash, prizes and/or services are given out in each category (see 2008 awards). Audience Awards are presented for Best Feature and Best Documentary.

Award sponsors have included The Lee Marvin Estate, the late James Lyons, Lowel-Light, Apple Computers, Final Draft, Post Factory, A&E Indie Films, Docurama, Kodak, Baseline, Markertek, and others.

http://www.woodstockfilmfestival.com/



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The Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival 2009

Most people conceive jazz as ‘complicated’. Its’ tunes, as do rhythms, continuously change. The musicians and singers of the genre often adopt a Quasimodo-like expression, not exactly a sight to behold. Nonetheless, that is jazz. It is full of expression.

The truth is no special trick is needed to enjoy a jazz music presentation, be it live or through a recording. Enjoying jazz is an individual appreciation. Interpreting its beauty is the ear of the beholder. For that reason, despite the numerous debates in relations to jazz as a music genre, as an art form or how it ought to be enjoyed, jazz is merely an outlet for freedom of expression. So, one may stick to one’s opinion as one wishes.

One thing for sure, jazz is an amalgamation of various musical approaches by diverse cultural backgrounds. As human beings evolve, influence and be influenced by changes from time to time, jazz also evolves. Jazz evolves through time, although some people remain devoted to its ‘genuine’ form, when it was first conceived.

Perhaps that is the cause of jazz popularity all over the world, its capability to be modified. Some people consider the ability to revel and comprehend jazz is a prestige of its own. It is no wonder that the space of Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival (JJF) is always packed solid.
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Winner of the World Hotel Award 2008

The World Hotel Award has been established to reward extraordinary hotels in different categories. Hotels, which stands for uniqueness and the exceptional far away from usual standards. The most preferred hotels of opinion leaders in the whole world. An exclusive panel of opinion leaders in the area of economy, politics, art, design, fashion give us their personal impressions. The evaluations are totally different from normal standard appraisals; they are more a personal feeling of what at the end makes the difference. The recommendations are screened through a high calibre jury team, which consists of members from the economy, from art, from fashion and journalists.

The jury members of the World Hotel Awards travelled one year around the world to inspect luxury hotels and –resorts. Therefore we are pleased to announce the winners of the World Hotel Award 2008 in the following categories:
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35th annual Alaska Folk Festival in April 2009

The Alaska Folk Festival was born on a cold winter evening in 1975 when a half dozen Juneau folk musicians decided to put on a performance in the Alaska State Museum and grandly announced it as the First Annual Southeast Alaska Folk Festival. Eight musicians and an audience of several hundred friends had so much fun that evening that it was obvious there would be more such festivals.

The Alaska Folk Festival is a non-profit organization run entirely by volunteers and donations. There is no admission charge for the festival concerts, workshops, dances or other events. No performers are paid either, with one exception. Each year there is a single "Guest Artist" act which is hired.

As the trees begin to turn brilliant shades of red, yellow and orange, we are reminded once again of winter's imminent approach. Time to clean out the chimney, gather firewood, wax the skis and rosin the bow. Time for friends and family to gather and share
music in the long winter ahead. The Folk Festival board too has been preparing for winter, with some great
concerts coming your way. I’ll let the board members who are producing those concerts tell you more about
them; or you can visit our website at www.akfolkfest.org.

As you know, 2009 is the fiftieth anniversary of Alaska statehood. It is also the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Alaska Folk Festival. (Wow! How does it go by so fast?) The board has been working hard on next year's festival to make it an even more special event. As always, the festival charges no admission at the door. However, the cost of producing the festival goes up every year. You can help us by volunteering some of your time or making a financial contribution with your membership to the Alaska Folk Festival.

As many of you need to plan ahead for spring, the dates of the Alaska Folk Festival are April 13 – 19, 2009. Looking ahead further we have April 5 – 11, 2010 and April 4 – 10, 2011.

Talented pets of Britain– The Ultimate Pet Show needs you!

Move over Britain’s Got Talent winner George Sampson as The Ultimate Pet Show - Britain’s first show celebrating pets of all kind, from the cute and cuddly to the weird and wonderful - is launching a search to find ‘Britain’s Most Talented Pet’.

Dogs that dance, horses that sing and piano playing pussy-cats, will have the chance to showcase their unique talents for all to see at the Birmingham NEC from 2nd-4th May 2009.

The most talented pets will be pre-selected to appear at the show in the quest to find Britain’s Most Talented Pet. Their pet-tastic skills will be judged by industry experts, TV vet and founder of thepet.net Marc Abraham and a celebrity judge. The winner will be crowned with the prestigious title of ‘Britain’s Most Talented Pet’ on the 4th May 2009.

If you think that your pet has what it takes to become ‘Britain’s Most Talented Pet’ then email a photo or video clip to talent@ultimatepetshow.co.uk by 4th April 2009. As well as the ‘Britain’s Most Talented Pet’ grand final, the Ultimate Pet Show will be packed full of fun animal themed activities to enjoy, wonderful things to buy for you and your pet, free expert advice and helpful tips plus celebrity guest appearances.

Visit www.ultimatepetshow.co.uk to book tickets and for more information on Britain’s Most Talented Pets and other exciting features at The Ultimate Pet Show.