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CASTLE PARTY FESTIVAL
Latest Journal Entry: CASTLE PARTY 2008 February 08, 2008, 10:18am
Profile: FESTIVAL NEWS: Trailer of the "Children of the Night" reportage from Castle Party 2007, screening in Polish TVP Kultura - 2.04.2008
The date of the next edition – 24.07 (warm up party) + 25-27.07.2008 (festival days) Confirmed bands: Deine Lakaien (de), Die Krupps (de), Anne Clark (uk) (feat. Implant (be)), The Cruxshadows (usa), Closterkeller (pl), 32crash (be) (side-project of Jean-Luc De Meyer (Front 242) & Implant), XIII. Stoleti (cz), Garden of Delight (de), In Strict Confidence (de), Pati Yang & FlyKKiller (uk), Persephone (at) (side-project of Sonja Kraushofer (L'ame Immortelle)), Cinema Strange (usa), 1984 (pl), Made in Poland (pl), [:SITD:] (de), Reaper (gr/de), Colony 5 (se), Sieben (uk), The Moon and the Nightspirit (hu), Red Emprez (pl), Thy Disease (pl), Xess (lt), Clicks (pl), Error::Genesis (ua), Elektro Jugend Kollektiv (uk/pl), The Void of Nul Haide (pl), Square Extension (pl) Confirmed DJanes: Hellen (ru), Copycat (ua), Nathashah (pl), Sigma (pl), Frail (pl), Ninaa-x (uk) Confirmed DJs: Emmanuelle 5 (The Dead Sexy Inc., Lt-No, fr), Khimaira (jp), Thunder (uk), u-men (head-less, de), George P. (gr), Metalhammer (de), AndyRavenSable (uk), MarKucH (SINusoid Squad, pl), Alan (uk), Sthilmann (pl), Betrayal (Deathcamp Project, pl), Mirage (cz), Rafal Tomaszczuk (Agonised By Love, pl) Fairyboy (pl/is) - tbc, Tyrant (ua), Dobermann (pl), Blackhawk (pl), Jawil (pl), Gothzilla (pl), NachtStalker Kaneda (pl), Einar (pl), Zielony (pl), Angelo (d’Archangel, pl), Cute (pl), jacup_H (pl), piTer (pl), ManieK (pl), noName (pl), tonid (pl), Tau (pl), AgraX (pl), Chesnokov (pl), Auriar (pl) ticket prices:
ABOUT THE FEST: Welcome to the Castle Party Festival. It's the only event of this type in the Middle & Eastern Europe. It's been hosting the major stars of dark independent since 1994.
In the year 1994, when Castle Party festival inaugurated, no-one assumed that from a small cameral concert of a few friendly bands, organized by a group of enthusiasts for a little larger group of believers of darker sounds, an international event would develop, gathering thousands of alternative music fans. The event which is not only the biggest dark independent music event in central and eastern Europe but also earned its name as an important point on the summer European festival map. Every year in the walls of Bolkow’s castle (the first three editions took place in a much smaller castle of Grodziec) not just music lovers from Poland meet but also unique festival atmosphere lovers from western European countries, e.g. Germany, Austria, France, Great Britain, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Spain, Holland, Greece and a pretty large team from Eastern European countries, e.g. Russia, the Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, Hungary, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia. You can also meet people from more distant parts of the world - you can run into newcomers from the United States, Australia, even Japan and Kuwait! The festival has become a meeting place for friends from various nooks of Poland and the world. Next generations of young people discover a party for them, often taking their parents along to this one, holiday weekend; what's more, some from the Old Guard come there already with their own little kids. Castle Party is an important event not just for the fans, but also the locals of Bolkow appreciate the significance of the party, which gives them rational benefits. The festival is a great promotion of the town, region and our country. Fourteen editions of Castle Party have passed, editions which gave the public many unforgettable moments, allowed many bands to arise and succeed, in a wider range, in the country and abroad Batalion d'Amour, Lorien, Artrosis, God's Bow, Desdemona can be called the result of Castle Party. Many important bands of the Polish independent scene played at the festival - Behemoth, Riverside, Sweet Noise, Armia, Brygada Kryzys, Variete, Lech Janerka, Agressiva 69, Hedone, Moonlight, Sirrah, Qiudam, Ankh, One Million Bulgarians, Renata Przemyk, Bonczyk & Krzywanski some of them treat their performance at Castle Party as the most important in the year - e.g. Fading Colours or Closterkeller. But we can't forget the tens of foreign bands. The festival stage hosted bands from Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Sweden, Great Britain, Lithuania, Russia, the Ukraine, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Belgium, Holland, the United States, Canada, Estonia, Norway, France even Japan, Mexico, Australia - next to bands less known, also stars such as Clan of Xymox, New Model Army, The Legendary Pink Dots, Front Line Assembly, I Am X, Deine Lakaien, Wolfsheim, Project Pitchfork, Mortiis, De/Vision, VNV Nation, Leaves' Eyes, Diary of Dreams, Electric Universe, Suicide Commando, Funker Vogt, Das Ich, Hocico, Psyche, L'ame Immortelle, The Cruxshadows, The Birthday Massacre. Castle Party 2007 was the 3-day formula, exclusive choice of performers - starting with promising debuts, regulars, through guests from the East, native stars, to the top western bands of the dark independent scene such as Front Line Assembly, I Am X, Mortiis, The Legendary Pink Dots, Diary of Dreams, Suicide Commando. Friday night called OFF Night was a DJ party, during which, on the small stage at the castle, DJ sets were performed by Leszek Rakowski (Fading Colours), DJ Khimaira (Club Inferno/Japan), during the set of SINusoid Squad there was a performance of French group - Exiting Body Piercing, also you could see a special night show by a Polish idm/industrial project - C.H. District, and a new proposal - the Industrial Night took place at the festival first time, a small club event with a few experimental electronic/idm/ambient/industrial live acts and DJs. Apart from this, like each year, club after parties took place, stands with records, clothes and other gadgets were at the castle, and of course the freaky fashion revue presented by the fans. Remember that You - the public decide about the strength of the festival So see You at the castle in Bolkow. BOLKOW CASTLE
BANDS IN THE PAST: [haven] (pl), 1984 (pl), 2Cresky (pl), Accessory (de), Agonised by Love (pl), Agressiva 69 (pl), Aion (pl), Angelspit (aus), Anja Orthodox (pl), Ankh (pl), Arcana (se), Armia (pl), Artrosis (pl), Ataraxia (it), Athanor (pl), Attrition (uk), Batalion d'Amour (pl), Behemoth (pl), BlutEngel (de), Bonczyk & Krzywanski (pl), Brygada Kryzys (pl), C.H. District (pl), Cadra Ash (de), Camouflage (de), Canonis (ru), Catastrophe Ballet (de), Cemetery of Scream (pl), Centuria (pl), Charlotte Head (pl), Christ Agony (pl), Christblood (pl), Clan of Xymox (nl), Closterkeller (pl), Cold Sweat (pl), Common Dream (pl), Cool Kids of Death (pl), Cytadela (pl), Daemonicium (pl), Daimonion (pl), Dance on Glass (pl/uk), Dance or Die (de), Das Ich (de), Dawn Visitors (be), De/Vision (de), De Volanges (be), De Facto (hu), Deathcamp Project (pl), Deine Lakaien (de), Delight (pl), Desdemona (pl), Devian (pl), Diary of Dreams (de), Diorama (de), Disharmony (sk), Dom Snow (pl), Dreadful Shadows (de), Drimsztajn (pl), Dust Heaven (ua), Dynamic Masters (de), Electric Universe (de), Endraum (de), Epica (nl), Eva (pl), Eve of Destiny (jp), Exit (pl), Fading Colours (pl), Final Selection (de), Forgotten Sunrise (ee), Freeport (pl), Front Line Assembly (ca), Funhouse (se), Funker Vogt (de), Garden of Delight (de), God's Bow (pl), God's Own Medicine (pl), Grendel (nl), Hedone (pl), hervy (pl), Hocico (mx), Holodne Sonze - Solarice (ua), Illuminate (de), Immunology (cz), Inkubus Sukkubus (uk), Inscape (de), Interitus Dei (ro), I Am X (uk), Jesus Chrysler Suicide (pl), Job Karma (pl), Jude (pl), Kill The Audience (de), kobylinski (pl), Komu Vnyz (ua), L.D. (pl), Lahka Muza (sk), L'ame Immortelle (at), Land of Charon (hu), Leaves' Eyes (de), Lebenssteuer (pl), Lech Janerka (pl), Lorien (pl), Lt-No (fr), Lux Occulta (pl), Mandragora (pl), Mano Juodoji Sesuo (lt), Mass Kotki (pl), Mesmerisa (pl), Miguel & The Living Dead (pl), Moonlight (pl), Morbus Kitahara (de), Mortiis (no), Naamah (pl), New Model Army (uk), NFD (uk), Nirnaeth (pl), No Name Desire (cz), Nowy Horyzont (pl), One Million Bulgarians (pl), Other Day (de), P. Vampire (usa), PCM (pl), Pornografia (pl), Pride & Fall (no), Project Pitchfork (de), Psyche (ca), Quidam (pl), Reinkarnation (pl), Renata Przemyk - Alternatiff (pl), Riggor Mortis (pl), Riverside (pl), Robi (pl), Romowe Rikoito (ru), Sacrum (pl), Scianka (pl), Scream Silence (de), Season (pl), Sepulcrum Mentis (de), Serpent Beat (pl), Siela (lt), Sirrah (pl), Somnambul (de), Sons of Corint (pl), Stonehenge (pl), Strommousheld (pl), Sui Generis Umbra (pl), Suicide Commando (be), Swan Death (be), Sweet Noise (pl), synta[xe]rror (pl), T.R.H. (pl), Tear (cz), Terminal Choice (de), The Ancient Gallery (de), The Birthday Massacre (ca), The Breath of Life (be), The Cruxshadows (usa), The Dreamside (be), The Last Day of Jesus (sk), The Legendary Pink Dots (nl), The Royad Dead (jp), The Unholy Guests (ru), Tytus De Ville (pl), Umbra Et Imago (de), Undish (pl), Variete (pl), Venus Fly Trap (uk), Via Mistica (pl), VNV Nation (uk), Warthegau (pl), Whispers in The Shadow (at), Wolfsheim (de), XIII. Stoleti (cz) MAPS
Sounds Like: VIDEO-CLIPS: CASTLE PARTY 2007 by Alternation.pl Team
CASTLE PARTY 2006 by Alternation.pl Team
CASTLE PARTY 2005 by Alternation.pl Team
CASTLE PARTY 2004 by Chosen
CASTLE PARTY 2002 - reportage by Polish TV2
Influences: DARK INDEPENDENT - gothic, industrial, electro, metal, dark folk, goa-psychedelic trance, art rock, dark wave, ebm, electro-industrial, indie rock, post-punk, electro-clash, trip-hop, cold wave, future-synth-pop, deathrock, power noise, idm, electro-punk, etc.
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