Volunteers 2012: become part of Melt!

If you ever wanted to know what goes on backstage at Melt! Festival, here's your chance to find out. We want you back as volunteers at Melt! since sustainability is not only something that is associated with ecological issues. There's also a societal perspective to it which we try to encompass as well. With our ... weiterlesen

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs: touring in April

With songs like "Garden“, "Trouble" or "Household Goods“, Orlando Higginbottom a.k.a. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs caused quite a stir in the past two years. Clicking beats, whispered lyrics and reserved post-disco attitude fit the images perfectly. The Oxford-based musician with the ... weiterlesen

Matthew Herbert’s One Pig on tour

After his exclusive Berghain performance, Matthew Herbert will bring his performance One Pig to the stage once more in February 2012. After One One and One Club, Herbert released the final and most controversial part of his trilogy, One Pig, on which he documents the life of a pig “from birth to plate“. “My ... weiterlesen

Introducing w/ Age of Consent, Citizens! und Ter Haar

In 2012, we continue our search for all the fantastic newcomers with our monthly party series Introducing. We kick off with Age of Consent's edgy synth sounds and vocals. The band consists of two former Shitdisco members, who learned their lesson in terms of exhausting everyday life with an band. Their music, such as ... weiterlesen

Melt! Festival wins Green 'N' Clean Award 2011

On Wednesday, the Festival Awards Europe 2011 were held during Eurosonic Noorderslaag. Alongside such categories as "Best Major European Festival", "Best Indoor Festival", and "Artist's Favourite European Festival" (which was awarded to Melt! last year), Melt! Festival was given the "YOUROPE ... weiterlesen

Certain People w/ Star Slinger, Niki & the Dove, Vondelpark

Star Slinger a.k.a. Darren Williams is one hell of a newcomer, and one hell of an act to continue our Certain People concert series at the Berlin-based Berghain. On his debut album, “Volume I“, the mix master from Manchester samples everything from Motown classics to British electro funk, thereby creating a ... weiterlesen

Melt! 2012 - hardpaper tickets and trailer

Slowly Melt! is getting ready for festival season 2012. With a new trailer and hardpaper tickets available in shops now, the friendly ravers from Saxony-Anhalt have Christmas presents aplenty for you. After all 2,000 early bird tickets are sold out, we're still doing things the classy way. From 12pm on, Melt! Festival ... weiterlesen

M!ECO survey 2012

In 2012, Melt! Festival’s environmental project, M!ECO, goes in its third year. In 2010, we primarily concentrated on mobility issues with our first Melt! hotel train as well as various alternative travel offers. This year, we focussed on energy matters (solar panels were installed on the roofs of Ferropolis). Now ... weiterlesen

Introducing w/ Duchess Says, Miracle and Colorist

December does have its dark moments indeed. To end 2011 with a bang, we still have an ace up our sleeve with Duchess Says, Miracle and Colorist. Duchess Says from Montreal, Canada is an eager representative of the “moog rock” genre. The band’s second album, In a Fung Day T, boasts strong images, and ... weiterlesen

Melt! Booking 2012: Foster the People, Chairlift, WU LYF

The year is coming to a close. Smashing gigs and parties are behind us. Yet, we don’t waste time on nostalgic retrospectives. 2012 is almost here. We don’t know exactly what’s going to happen, but we can promise you this: it’s going to be a fantastic year filled with Melt! Booking gigs galore. Foster ... weiterlesen

Black Lips: three dates in Germany

After having released their current album, Mountain Arabia, in June this year, Black Lips are back on tour in Germany to bring us smashing hits like „Modern Art“ (produced by Mark Ronson) as well as their new single „Raw Meat“. If you missed out on the Canadian boys’ shows in May, you will ... weiterlesen

Junior Boys: on tour + new single

Junior Boys called their current longplayer, It's All True, which was released in July 2011, the "most accomplished to date". The boys recorded the album, which is filled with synth pop songs in 80s guise, in Shanghai, Hamilton, Ontario and Berlin. However, when you see them live, you're in for a surprise. ... weiterlesen

Intro celebrates its 20th anniversary

Intro is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Between November and February we’ll focus on numerous intimate little concerts. The first weekend of March, we finally celebrate the magazine’s birthday with two spectacular indoor festivals in Berlin and Cologne. What once started as a fanzine in the picturesque ... weiterlesen

Victory w/ Punks Jump Up & the Neongolden DJs

Victory’s back! On 2nd December, we, once again, take over club What?!. This month’s guests usually turn the zeitgeist into dance floor material at East London’s basements. Of course, we’re talking about Punks Jump Up, who caught our attention with their relaxed and sweat-soaked releases on Kitsuné ... weiterlesen

TEED on his way to Melt! 2011

This year, Orlando Higginbottom a.k.a. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs performed Melt! Festival for the first time. In the following documentary, you will not only see how TEED got to Melt! but he will also tell you about his attitude towards the music biz, the reason for his extravagant costumes as well as his musical ... weiterlesen

FM Belfast: on tour in Germany

On 3rd June, FM Belfast released their second album, Don’t Want To Sleep. The Icelandic band combines playful ambient sounds with electro pop, jumps between the slow and fast forward tracks and keeps the magical charm of their debut, How To Make Friends. Now FM Belfast is on tour in Germany. Today's concert (28.11.) ... weiterlesen

Neon Indian: two exclusive gigs in Germany

Neon Indian is back with a new album and two performances in Germany. It’s been two years since the release of his debut Psychic Chasms. Back then, the 20-year-old Alan Palomo played around with spherically jumping synth sounds creating a gateway between psychedelic and quirky Nintendo sounds. As of today, Neon ... weiterlesen

New Melt! Booking tour dates: WhoMadeWho and Friends

The Danes are on the loose again! In spring 2011, WhoMadeWho released their mini album Knee Deep. Their sound is more sophisticated than ever, and their live shows debaucherous as ever. WhoMadeWho’s next album is also in the making and due for a release in February 2012. In addition, the boys from Copenhagen will ... weiterlesen

Introducing w/ Givers, Com Truise and Here Is Why

What a line-up! Our November edition of Introducing comes with energetic indie pop, dark synth sounds as well as 80s nostalgia. Givers, a quintet from Louisiana, headlines the event bringing us euphoric indie pop tracks off their debut In Light. Seth Haley a.k.a. Com Truise is more into electronically generated sci-fi tunes. ... weiterlesen

Azari & III + When Saints Go Machine on tour

Azari & III is comprised of Christian Farley aka Dinamo Azari, Alphonse Lanza aka Alixander III as well as Starving Yet Full and Fritz Helder. Together they’ve brought excellent dance music to the international club scene with reminiscences to the glamorous 80s and the fluorescent 90s – as heard on the EP ... weiterlesen

Matthew Herbert presents One Pig live at Berghain

Matthew Herbert is back with the final part of his album trilogy One and an accompanying, unique performance at the Berlin-based club Berghain on 17th November. With One One, the first out of three albums, Herbert released a spherical singer-songwriter album whereas part two, One Club, focused on the live aspects of ... weiterlesen

February with Skrillex and Firefox AK

Brace yourselves, February 2012 is going to see two smashing Melt! Booking acts touring the country: Skrillex and Firefox AK. He collaborated with Korn to give their track “Get Up!” a little bit of a boost, and to record the Miles Davis classic “Milestones”, he joined forces with The Doors. He ... weiterlesen

M83: 2012 tour dates ready

Anthony Gonzalez a.k.a. M83 doesn’t perform too often. Yet, when he’s on stage, he’s giving his all. Doesn’t matter if he’s opening for well-known supporters such as Depeche Mode, The Killers or Kings of Leon. The coy songwriter, producer, guitarist, singer and remixer, who was born at the ... weiterlesen

Certain People w/ Darkstar, Wild Beasts, Butterclock & o F F

For the second time, we will host our new concert series Certain People at Berghain. Our monthly party, co-hosted by Melt! Booking and Berghain, features Darkstar, Wild Beasts as well as Butterclock & o F F. With their debut album North released via Hyperdub earlier this year, production duo Darkstar was living proof ... weiterlesen

The D.O.T.: Mike Skinner is back

We didn’t have to wait long to witness Mike Skinner’s comeback. With a tear in the eye, we had to say goodbye to Mike Skinner, who buried his project The Streets for good after one last festival performance in Ferropolis. Unfortunately, he didn’t say how, when and if he’d be back. Luckily we don’t ... weiterlesen

Dum Dum Girls: two exclusive shows in Germany

On 30th September, Dum Dum Girls' second album Only in Dreams was released. Now the four-piece band from California is back in Germany to play two exlusive dates in Berlin and Cologne. In terms of lyrics, the band's debut, I Will Be, dealt with the ups and downs of being a teenager out of a nostalgic perspective. ... weiterlesen

European Festival Awards 2011: Voting for Melt!

You were at Melt! 2011? You had a fantastic weekend with bands and acts like Pulp, Robyn, Paul Kalkbrenner, White Lies and co? Now you have the chance to express what you held back all these weeks! The European Festival Awards are once again looking for the best festivals the planet has to offer. Melt! is nominated in ... weiterlesen

Apparat Band: on tour with new album

Apparat’s „Goodbye“ off the current album The Devil’s Walk rang in the smashing fourth season finale of the US drama series Breaking Bad only three weeks ago. Now the Berlin-based musician presents us his new album on tour. To record The Devil’s Walk, Sascha Ring a.k.a. Apparat left the ... weiterlesen

Introducing w/ Fool’s Gold, Jamie N Commons, Get People

Tropical sounds, dirty blues riffs and glittery pop tunes – our Introducing party is bound to tackle the autumn’s tedious shades of grey. Fool’s Gold rush to Berlin to present us with their second album, Leave No Traces. The former art collective has shrunk to a solid five-piece band since the release ... weiterlesen

Twin Sister: sophisticated pop song structures

The wonderful Twin Sister just released their debut In Heaven album this September. The combo from New York presents us with an album that is full of mesmerising contradictions: melancholy meets playful arrangements, high production values meet lo-fi and sophisticated beats meet minimalist instrumentation. Front woman Andrea ... weiterlesen