Cinema Strange

Cinema Strange, often referred to as the Cinema Strange Project, is an American death rock group based in California. Their performances also incorporate film, dance, and visual art.

"The California-based Cinema Strange Project made headlines around the world when they completed a 1/20th scale model of Big Ben using toothpicks, fly legs, and fingernail clippings. The unpredictable ensemble commented, "We've played music in Europe a bunch of times, we've made films about zombies and dancing military men, and we made our last album like a story book. The Big Ben model was a logical next step."

The band is infamous in the North American gothic scene for their unique and theatrical stage shows, sometimes involving up to a dozen or more actors and performance artists. Their music, while originating humbly in 1994 as a high-tempo post-punk expression, has evolved into a bizarre and exciting species of musical storytelling, breaking new ground and taking over where bands like the Virgin Prunes left off.

After two self-released records and two albums with the German label, Trisol, they have left an unidentifiable but very real mark on the world gothic scene, and it's anyone's guess what they'll do, or where they'll be, or who they'll claim to be next."

Skeletal Family

The original line-up of the band was Anne-Marie Hurst (vocals), Stan Greenwood (guitar), Roger "Trotwood" Nowell (bass), Ian "Karl Heinz" Taylor (keyboard/sax), and Steve Crane (drums). In 1983, after their first single, the band signed on to the independent record label, Red Rhino Records, and recorded their first single for Red Rhino, "The Night", just after losing their original drummer Steve Crane. Crane was replaced by Howard Daniels. Daniels soon left, joining My Pierrot Dolls, and he was replaced by Martin Henderson (formerly of The Last Laugh). Skeletal Family's first album, Burning Oil, recorded in four days at a cost of £640, was released by Red Rhino in August 1984.It topped the UK Independent Chart, staying in the top 10 until the end of the year. The band began touring with The Sisters of Mercy during the Sisters' First and Last and Always tour. The group released "Futile Combat" in 1985, along with the "Promised Land" single.
The group then signed with Chrysalis Records, and Anne-Marie Hurst along with Martin Henderson left the band to develop new projects. Anne-Marie Hurst would eventually team up with Gary Marx in Ghost Dance. Martin Henderson teamed up with ex-The March Violets vocalist Simon D to create The Batfish Boys. Former Colourfield backing vocalist Katrina Phillips replaced Anne-Marie Hurst and Kevin Hunter replaced Martin Henderson. The remaining members of the group soon disbanded after being dropped from the Chrysalis label. Trotwood and Hunter formed a new band, Say You.
In 2002, Skeletal Family reformed, now with Claire Bannister on vocals. After reforming they played several high profile shows, including the Wave-Gotik-Treffen three times and Drop Dead New York.
Skeletal Family's last album, Songs of Love, Hope and Despair, was released in September 2009. Two months later the group announced that they had disbanded again.
Stan Greenwood and Roger Trotwood Nowell are currently recording and performing with Anne Marie Hurst as a Skeletal Family reunion.
Ian Karlheinz Taylor formed a band 'Sub Rosa' With Ashley Cartwright guitar and vox writer of the New Model Army Hit 51st State, Steve Wilson who stood in on bass for Skeletal Family on several occasions and was also in the Shakes with Ashley and Peter Kaberry drums of the cult metal band Dawn Watcher.

Xmal Deutschland

Xmal Deutschland was formed in 1980 by Anja Huwe (vocals), Manuela Rickers (guitar), Fiona Sangster (keyboards), Rita Simon (bass guitar) and Caro May (drums) in Hamburg, Germany. Their first single, "Schwarze Welt" was released a year later on Alfred Hilsberg’s ZickZack label. The band also contributed to the label compilation Lieber Zuviel Als Zuwenig (ZZ 45). Around this time Rita Simon was replaced by Wolfgang Ellerbrock.
In 1982 the band released the Goth classic "Incubus Succubus". Drummer Caro May left the band and formed a new band, and the vacant drummer position was filled by Manuela Zwingmann the same year. While German audiences were less than receptive at first, a United Kingdom tour opening for the Cocteau Twins resulted in a label deal with independent label 4AD Records. Their debut album, Fetisch and the singles "Qual" and "Incubus Succubus II" were released in 1983, all 3 making the UK Independent charts, even though the band wrote and performed in German.
Manuela Zwingmann left the band after one year, being replaced by Peter Bellendir. This lineup, Huwe/Rickers/Sangster/Ellerbrock/Bellendir proved to be the longest running. 1984 saw the release of the single "Reigen" and the album Tocsin, followed by a world tour through 1985.
The Sequenz EP was essentially a remake of a John Peel session, which had been originally recorded April 30, 1985, and was broadcast May 13, 1985. The EP contained the tracks Jahr Um Jahr II, Autumn (the band’s first English lyrics, apart from brief snatches of English that appeared in Qual, Young Man and Tag für Tag) and Polarlicht but omitted Der Wind, which was played at the Peel sessions.
1986 saw the release of Matador, produced by Hugh Cornwell of The Stranglers. Xmal Deutschland also opened for The Stranglers at a concert at Wembley Arena in London. Their follow-up album, Viva was recorded in Hamburg and was released in 1987, followed by the single "Sickle Moon". Viva contains a large number of English lyrics, among others a poem by Emily Dickinson. It was during this time that the band were interviewed by Jamie Meakes for the infamous underground Goth Fanzine 'House Of Dolls'.
After the release of Viva, Manuela Rickers, Fiona Sangster and Peter Bellendir left the group. Anja Huwe and Wolfgang Ellerbrock continue to work with Frank Z. (Abwärts) on guitar. Producer Henry Staroste played keyboards, and German studio drummer Curt Cress completed the line-up that would record the 1989 LP Devils and the singles "Dreamhouse" and "I’ll be near you". This also proved to be the last release of Xmal Deutschland, showing a change of direction towards mainstream pop. 1990 saw a few scattered live appearances by the group, but eventually the group split up.

Gothic Pogo Festival VII

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true home for DeathRock ++ PostPunk ++ GothRock ++ NewWave ++ DarkPunk ++ MinimalWave ++ ColdWave ++ Synthpunk ++ and more



THURSDAY // MAY - 24 ### 5 € // 10 pm ###

### WARM UP PARTY###

+ Deathrock + PostPunk + GothRock + New / Cold / Minimal Wave +

SCHLÖ (Katacombe/Jena) &
MERLIN (In The Dead Of Night/Bunker - Dresden)
FALK (Deaf Blind Dumb/VL - Halle)
UN5OUND (Vanity Noire/Leipzig)

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FRIDAY // MAY - 25 ### 10 € // doors open at 8 pm ###

### DEATHROCK SPECIAL### 1st floor ###

-LIVE-

ZOMBINA AND THE SKELETONES (UK)
M!R!M (Italy)
LEBANON HANOVER (UK)
KOMBAT KATZ (Sweden)

-AFTERSHOW-
+ Deathrock + PostPunk + GothRock + Horrorpunk + Gothabilly +

ZEITUNGEIST (Gothic Pogo Party)
RAUL (Cemetery Dance/Leipzig)
EVILYN (Gothenburg/Sweden)
JAN ENDZEIT (Crimson Night/Münster)

### SHOCKWAVE SPECIAL### 2nd floor ### start at 10 pm ###

+ Cold Wave + TrashPunk + SchranzPop + SynthMinimal + UndergroundNDW + ItaloDisco + 80es Trash + Polka +

THE RINGO & `M´ & ANDRÈ

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SATURDAY // MAY - 26 ### 5 € // doors open at 10 pm ###

### DROP DEAD SPECIAL### 1st floor ###

+ Anarcho + Dark Punk + NDW + Deathrock + Minimal Wave + Psychobilly + all kinds of dark sounds +

POLINA Y (Drop Dead Festival)
IT-SICKO (Gothic Pogo Party)
BATLUDER (Denmark)
ALEX BROGL (Tanz mit dem Herzen)

### MUTANT TRANSMISSIONS SPECIAL### 2nd floor ###

+ Mutant Wave + Electro Punk + 8 bit + Cold Electronix +

POLINA Y (Mutant Transmissions Records)
JEMEK JEMOWIT (Berlin)
GERTRUD STEIN (London)
MARGO (Lumière bleue/Leipzig)

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SUNDAY// MAY - 27 ### 10 € // doors open at 8 pm ###

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IN TRANCE 95 (Greece)
CORPS NOIR (Austria)
LINEA ASPERA (UK)

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-AFTERSHOW- + New Wave + 80es Underground + Kassettentäter + Flexipop + Cold Wave + Minimal-Elektronik +

NEON FORCE & LINEARNETRIK & RIIKKA

### OLD SKULL SPECIAL### 2nd floor ### start at 10 pm ###

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TOMEK (Old Skull/Warsaw)
YVONNE (Old Skull/Warsaw)
WOODRAF (Bat-Cave.pl)

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MONDAY // MAY - 28 ### 5 € // doors open at 10 pm ###

### THE PETER OUT WAVE - RELEASE PARTY###

+ Deathrock + PostPunk + GothRock + New / Cold / Minimal Wave +

SIR HENRIK (Peter Out Records/Deathrock Radio/Gothenburg/UK)
DR DV8 ( DV8 Festival/York/UK)
SHEATLE (Minimalkompromis/Chemnitz)
ALEKS (Detonation Boulevard/Zwischenfall)



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ANY DARK MUSIC PARTY

18.04.2012

ΤΟ ΚΑΦΕΝΕΙΟ (Γ. Σταύρου 4 - Ξάνθη)

Post-Punk, New Wave, Dark Wave, Deathrock, Minimal Synth, NDW, Coldwave, Dark Cabaret, 
Medieval, Neofolk, Ethereal, Gothic Metal, Psychobilly


On decks


Vel Sad & Danis K

VEX

.England’s Vex were a short-lived post-punk band on a subsidiary label of Conflict’s Mortarhate Records. They only produced two albums one being the “Sanctuary” EP and a 3-song demo which has the only “studio” version of their song “Pain” on it. Vex seem to have been chiefly inspired by Killing Joke but teased out that band’s punkier elements a bit; though Vex are still post-punk, they definitely retain the “punk” part of that equation, unlike manybands labeled post-punk. “Pain” has a really nice militaristic drumming style of the kind pioneered by Penny Rimbaud in Crass (as in the drumming for “Do They Owe Us a Living?”) — a drumming style that I think is great, and surprisingly under-utilized by punk bands. In the 80s — and since then — punk bands went head-over-heels for the d-beat and thrashy drumming styles of Discharge and Minor Threat, and almost no bands have consistently used the more militaristic chops Rimbaud laid down, and which Vex exploit in “Pain.” A shame... - Information taken from "Radio Schizo" @ ..CULTPUNK.COM.. ..Vex hailed from London and the ’Sanctuary’ 12" is their one and only release. It was issued on Fight Back, a sublabel of Mortarhate, run by the people of Conflict. Vex played gigs with Conflict, so they were more associated with the anarchist punk scene than the Batcave fair. But contrary to most anarchopunk bands from that time, they were not influenced by CRASS or Conflict. Soundwise, the band was more inspired by Killing Joke or UK Decay. Another song called ’Rushing To Hide’ can be heard on the ’We Don’t Want Your Fucking Law’ comp. LP, also on Fight Back. ’It’s No Crime’ also appeared on the ’Who What Why When Where’ comp. LP on Mortarhate (and reissued on Get Back Records)... -Information taken from Phoenix Hairpins @ ..http://phoenixhairpins.blogspot.com..

Cortex

The Swedish New Wave band Liket Lever transformed into Cortex 1979/80. Freddie Wadling is the only lasting member - the line up changed constantly. 

On their debut album, Spinal Injuries (recorded 1981, released 1983), they were a quintet: Wadling, Wall, Svensson, Jörneryd and Örtendahl. Heavy on Kraut and Hawkwind influences, they didn't sound like the average New Wave band. 

On their next release, Live at Urania (recorded October 1983, released as cassette 1983 and reissued as LP 1990), the line up had changed totally: Wadling, Westergren, Strauss and Hutha. 

On their last album, You Can't Kill the Boogeyman, the line up was Wadling, Wall(again), Lidgaard, Andersson, Karlsson and Söderholm.