Portion Control

(UK) from London are often seen as electro & Industrial pioneers and can claim that they’re one of the most famous electronic acts ever. From Depeche Mode, over Front Line Assembly & Skinny Puppy to The Prodigy, they all claim to be influenced by these electronic masters who recently proved with “Violently Alive” that they still matters in 2010.
Don’t miss these legends on this year’s BIMFEST.

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Esplendor Geometrico

(SP) certainly need no introduction to indusfans. This cult band that has a huge following is sometimes stated as the missing link between harsh industrial sounds and EBM. Their industrial rhythms lead to releases on well respected labels like Staalplaat, Geometrik and Daft. BIMFEST is proud to have these industrial noise godfathers on Belgian playground.

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Twice A Man

(SE) are a Swedish synthpopband that released legendary albums like “Music for girls” and “Driftwood”. Their synthpop was often associated with avant-garde which  made them one of the biggest cult bands in the synthwave-area. Karl and Dan recently released their comeback-album “Icicles” in which ambient soundscapes still goes hand in hand with heavenly synthpopmelodies.

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Sixth June

(SERB) are a new band from Belgrade who happen to be influenced by everything that has a synthesizersound and found its origin in the eighties. They recently released their debut album “Everything” on Genetic Music’s side label No EBM Blanc and got positive feedback from minimal wave-fans worldwide, they can be ranked in the list of new talents that you better don’t miss.

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Dark Poem

(B) recently released their first and self titled EP after having appeared with a track on the highly acclaimed Dead By Dawn-compilation. This Belgian duo claims to make fairy tale-electro and just like in any fairy tale you’ll have some dark and light moments. Some say it’s dark electro, other think it’s ethereal electro but how difficult it might be to pigeonhole their sounds, you can be sure that their dark electronic music will haunt you though.

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DJ Skullscraper

vs DJ Wattie

DJ Skullscraper (B) aka Dirk Ivens better known as the head and voice of The Klinik, Dive or Absolute Body Control and abuser of machines with Sonar surely needs no introduction for our BIMFEST regulars. Together with DJ Wattie (Dark Entries, Bal Fatal) Mr Skullscraper Ivens will be spinning some tunes that will make you dance & sweat on the dance floor until you drop! 

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