May 2018

FOREIGNER - Lou, Luanne and Lucerne

After a good 40 years of band history, there are still new challenges even for foreigners. After all, even the Anglo-American success rockers are not on stage every day with over 100 people to present the almost inexhaustible pool of Mick-Jones compositions with orchestral force. In addition to this extraordinary experience, the band boss also talks about the anniversary concerts at which he once again met the original singer Lou Gramm. And in May the band is back on tour in Germany.

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KRAFTWERK - The Origin of "The Man-Machine"

From Golem to Frankenstein - the machine man is a vision that has moved people for centuries. The German formation Kraftwerk made the dream of the man-machine come true. Forty years ago, her groundbreaking work appeared under this name, whose influence not only radiated to musicians, but also immediately infiltrated the DNA of burgeoning musical styles in order to pass on his own heritage.

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LAZULI - "We are the opposite of the heady."

Lazuli are among the most interesting representatives of contemporary prog. For years, the Southern French have been moving musically at a consistently high level with their very own style. Their current tour also leads them to their loyal German fan base.

Only a few days before the tour of Lazuli starts we meet a rather excited Dominique Leonetti. In a conversation with eclipsed, the singer and guitarist talks about the new album "Saison 8", intuition in songwriting, the future of prog and the warmth of German fans.

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AURI VERSUS NIGHTWISH - Night Wishes and Morning Red

The Finnish musician Tuomas Holopainen obviously loves not only the night, but also the dawn: On the one hand his symphonic metal band Nightwish is on tour again and has a career retrospective in his luggage with the double album "Decades". On the other hand, the keyboarder, together with his wife, folk singer Johanna Kurkela, and Nightwish bagpipe player Troy Donockley, founded the new band Auri and released a debut album.

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DEEP PURPLE 50 - Part 2: The Guitarists

Deep Purple is a band for guitarists. With Deep Purple you can and must become a hero as a guitarist. Ritchie Blackmore created the template and filled it with life like no other rock guitarist. Huge footsteps a Tommy Bolin couldn't grow into because of the drugs. And a role that Joe Satriani, despite all his brilliance on the guitar, did not want to accept. Even on Steve Morse, after two and a half decades in the band, the mighty shadow of Blackmore still falls.

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Track premiere: SONS OF ALPHA CENTAURI "Continuum"

SONS OF ALPHA CENTAURI return after more than a decade with their second longplayer "Continuum"! This second album was originally scheduled for release in 2009 after the band worked with Karma To Burn and Yawning Man.

A short and concise explanation by bassist Nick Hannon: "We were going to record an album in 2009, but that record went onto become the Yawning Sons debut so instead we worked on a much darker reflection of the band for the second album."

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