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Dusseldorf [ENA] From 29 October 31, 2015 will take place in Dusseldorf in the aftermath of the highly acclaimed and widely acclaimed book "Electri_city - Electronic music from Dusseldorf" by Rüdiger Esch a conference with scientists and well-known musicians on the worldwide significance of the city for the electronic Music to the present place. Apart from the presentations and discussions, the program is rounded off by concerts and DJ sets.
Rüdiger Esch had in his book the Düsseldorf music scene of the 1970s and 1980s, which is considered the Mecca of electronic music and, inter alia, Has spawned Kraftwerk, Neu !, La Dusseldorf, DAF, Die Krupps, The plan, Liaisons Dangereuses, Rheingold and propaganda, for the first time comprehensively documented. This electronic music influenced countless bands such as New Order from Manchester, Liverpool OMD, Heaven 17, Visage and Ultravox from London and music styles like New Romantics, Techno and Industrial world.
On Thursday takes 9:00 to 19:00, a theme day with lectures on various scientific power plant in NRW-Forum. A peak is expected here at 16.15 - his conversation with Peter Hook 17.00 clock. Hook was a founding member of Joy Division and New Order, and is responsible for the most famous bass line in music history in New Order's Blue Monday. In 1983 he played with New Order in the university canteen of the Heinrich-Heine University and 1987 in the Philips Hall in Oberbilk and is at least as legendary as the "German Beatles" as power plant in the UK are often referred to, however, significantly more talkative.
In the evening Heaven playing in 17 ZAKK in Fichtestraße. Support is Emotikon from Cologne. Subsequently, the founder of the record label Mute and Manager of Depeche Mode, Daniel Miller puts on plates. The event is sold out for weeks. On Friday morning there is a mixed program of talks with themes about the influence on the musical genres Industrial and dancefloor and the electronic pop music in general, and about the bands NEW! and DAF. From 17 clock are in the CCD a panel discussion on Krautrock. Then play there as support the Tiny Magnetic Pets from Dublin and Wrangler from Brighton as support before the Düsseldorf legend Michael Rother with band music of New! and Harmonia presents.
On Saturday come in time 11-19 clock in the presentations and discussions in the CCD especially musicians like Rusty Egan (Visage), Andy McCluskey (OMD), Gabi Delgado (DAF), Ralf Dörper (propaganda), Ramon Zenker (Hardfloor ) and Rolf Maier-Bode (RMB) to speak. From 20 clock play Len Sander from Zurich, Vile Electrodes from Hastings (GB), Metroland from Brussels, Delta from Berlin and BAR in the CCD. For more information and tickets:
www.electricity-conference.com