Musik
23.04.2011
What kind of people actually make music in the Ruhr Area? Considering the slogan “Ruhr metropolis”, can we call it a representative local „scene“ (or are there even several scenes)? Maybe the ”hot” popular music in Germany is produced in Hamburg, Düsseldorf or
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22.04.2011
Justin Sullivan has successfully avoided any categorisation of his work for 30 years in a row now. But he doesn't avoid putting his finger in the open wounds of our society, be it as New Model Army's front man, with his solo thing, or with his project Red Sky Coven.
The means of expression used by
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08.12.2010
Our interview partners of today have put many of their punk rock role models in their creative life working as local politicians, label manager or TV reporters. "You need good luck and great stamina", says Swen Bock about his self-conception when showing us the halls of Plastic Bomb mailorder. The
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17.07.2010
Could the story of the Love Parade in the Ruhr Area be symptomatic of the region? In 2008, the closure of the B1 for the Dortmund-based Techno event was a huge success for everybody involved, with 1.6 million visitors. One year later, the event in Bochum had to be cancelled due to organizational
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27.05.2010
Nowadays, stage music is much more than a mere background to the theatrical action. The focus has shifted, the music gets more and more attention, being a production on its own. Does this change lead to new forms of staging? And if that was the case: will the perception of music change? Does it
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29.04.2010
Heavy Metal and the Ruhr area – a classic combo like fish’n’chips. Since the 80s, this region is a stronghold of Metal, so nobody was surprised when Iron Maiden recorded their gig on November 24, 2003 in the Westfalenhalle Dortmund and released this live document on DVD - and it
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25.03.2010
Why Mülheim an der Ruhr? Well, we don’t know either... But one thing was obvious when we started the preparations for our series: the artists hailing from this city seem to have some kind of special standing in the Ruhr area. Totally unique, hovering between so-called „e-music“
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