Electronic Beats Festival 2012: Sueur de Cologne
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# Electronic Beats Festival 2012: Sueur de Cologne
Flashback: Berlin, Monday morning, busy calls on the telephone. **Alison
Mosshart** and **Jamie Hince** had just called in sick, which meant some
creative chaos for the Electronic Beats Cologne Festival booking: how to
handle a headliner cancellation situation, how to find a quality
replacement for **The Kills** in a short time, and how to not piss off
our guests. This was when we called **Marco Niemerski** aka
**Tensnake**, and he was in. The anxiety settled down. For a while.
Cologne, Thursday afternoon, sweltering heat. The sun was not just
shining bright today, it seemed more as if the whole town was boiling --
maybe not the best conditions for an indoor music festival, at least
that's what we thought during the day. But nearly 2,000 of you came out
during Electronic Beats Festival Cologne. That's very much appreciated,
especially bearing our announcement earlier this week in mind.
> Yo @[EBnet][1] kool hier aber bisschen warm [#oxymoron][2] [#ebcgn][3]
> [#ebfest12][4]
>
> --- Der Sascha (@DeutscheWorte) [May 24, 2012][5]
{: .twitter-tweet}
> Backstage at a boiling [#EBCGN][6]. Ready to play a very, very sticky
> show.
>
> --- CITIZENS! (@GoCitizens) [May 24, 2012][7]
{: .twitter-tweet}
Young British hot shots **Citizens!** took the festival stage at 9pm.
The **Kitsuné Maison**-bound band from London had their debut album
released today, and it was great to see how
**A.** tight they performed despite of the few number of gigs these
twenty-somethings have played to date,
**B.** charismatic Martyn, Thom, Mike, Lawrence, and Tom are on stage
**C.** many of the guests connected to their mostly guitar-based setup.
> @[EBnet][1] Thanks for the party! What a way 2 spend the hottest day
> of the year. Bliss! Those who aren't still partying with u are in ice
> baths!
>
> --- CITIZENS! (@GoCitizens) [May 24, 2012][8]
{: .twitter-tweet}
During the changeover **Marius Bubat** and **Georg Conrad** from
Cologne-hailing **COMA** dropped tunes, and people started flooding the
beer garden, silk-printing custom-made tote bags, trying their luck with
the claw crane, or just having a Bratwurst from the brazier.
When **The Hundred In The Hands** took over at an hour later, the venue
was alreay well-packed. Having released their self-titled album on
**Warp Records** two years ago, the Brooklyn duo of **Eleanore
Everdell** and **Jason Friedman** already had a great foundation for a
genre-crossing set -- but they took it to another level with their
sophomore album, up for release in June. On stage, they seemed like a
strange remembrance of The Kills: a girl/boy setup kicking off songs
without any hesitation, but with power and passion.
> waiting for @[TheHundredInThe][9] & @[austratalks][10] ... clearly
> the highlights of the evening ? [#ebcgn][3]
>
> --- thomas (@streetpreacher) [May 24, 2012][11]
{: .twitter-tweet}
"*When I started making music in Toronto, I was the only one playing
electronic music*", said **Austra**'s **Katie Stelmanis** earlier that
day. "*Everybody was trying to convince me to play a conventional
instrument. But I knew from other countries that it was allowed to use
computers instead of guitars.*" Good thing she learned from this
experience: when Austra brought 'Lose It' and 'Beats and the Pulse' to
the stage, something instantly snapped between them and the audience --
a feeling of elation filled the room. Which is, of course, because
Austra aren't based only on neither computers nor guitars, but also very
much on vocals, on a human face.
> having a good time with electronic beats ? can't wait for miike snow!
> @[EBnet][1]
>
> --- Nga Bui / Nana B. (@pikunikku) [May 24, 2012][12]
{: .twitter-tweet}
At quarter past midnight, this human face exploded into a grimace of
joy: **Miike Snow** stepped up with a blend of their three year-spanning
discography and a crazy stage setup: a custom-made synthesizer took up
the stage, with the band arranging themselves around this artifact of
music hardware.
> Weirdest stage setup ever? Check! @[MiikeSnow][13] And one crazy
> synth. [#EBCGN][6] [instagr.am/p/LBrgF7GUCM/][14]
>
> --- Electronic Beats (@EBnet) [May 24, 2012][15]
{: .twitter-tweet}
"*We used to remix and to produce a lot of other people's music and we
liked it. But we realized that we wanted things to progress
effortlessly*", co-producer **Christian Karlsson** explained to us. This
fleet-footed approach was present at every moment of their live show:
these guys are true animals, making every concert a unique experience.
It was good to see them back in Cologne after we already had them play
for the 2010 edition of EB festival.
"*We would have loved to produce the new [Depeche Mode][16] album*",
Karlsson continued during the interview. "*We were in the pitch. I think
that collaborations could be a new way for Miike Snow: I would like to
work with Martin Lee Gore and see what the result would be.*" And we
would love to bring this kind of collaboration to the stage, that's for
sure! These Swedish guys are great, not only musicwise, but especially
great in person -- see for yourself:
> [#wow][17] goosebumps. thank you @[MiikeSnow][13] @[EBnet][1]
>
> --- Kevin Hohn (@kevinminushohn) May 24, 2012
{: .twitter-tweet}
And then finally it was **Tensnake**'s turn. The Hamburg based producer
played a very charming and pop-heavy set, but he did so in front of a
80-100 people crowd -- what a shame. And yes, this was an ungrateful
slot, playing right after the headliner's last song -- specially when
it's already 1:30 on a Friday morning and people have been up all night.
Which is why everybody who stuck around, moved their bodies and enjoyed
oneself is to thank twice as much.
> Flüchtet doch nicht vor Tensnake -- der Typ ist super! [#ebfest12][4]
>
> --- Cosanne (@Cosanne) [May 24, 2012][18]
{: .twitter-tweet}
Anyway, what we really wanted to say is: THANK YOU for coming out last
night, thanks for being indulgent with our booking, and thank you for
being amazing people, readers, friends and partners! See you next time
around!
> Het was een gezellige avond in Koln met 2 highlights die er
> uitsprongen [#Miikesnow][19] en [#Tensnake][20] in de afterparty
> [#EBCGN][6] [#ebfest12][4] [#festival][21]
>
> --- Wessel Rubensky (@WesselRubensky) [May 25, 2012][22]
{: .twitter-tweet}
> What a fancy night I had. Thank you so much, @[austratalks][10],
> @[TheHundredInThe][9], @[GoCitizens][23] plus the wonderful ones of
> @[EBnet][1]! [#EBCGN][6] [#EBFest12][24]
>
> --- Herr Wunderlich (@herr\_wunderlich) May 25, 2012
{: .twitter-tweet}
*For now, watch images from our Facebook-enabled photo booth
[here][25]{: target="_blank"}, follow last night's [conversations][26]{:
target="_blank"} and also check out our [Festigrams][27]{:
target="_blank"}. More festival video material and live recaps will be
following soon, so you should [subscribe to our YouTube channel][28]{:
target="_blank"}.*
*Photos: © Peyman Azhari / Walter W. Wacht / Electronic Beats*
[1]: https://twitter.com/EBnet
[2]: https://twitter.com/search/%2523oxymoron
[3]: https://twitter.com/search/%2523ebcgn
[4]: https://twitter.com/search/%2523ebfest12
[5]: https://twitter.com/DeutscheWorte/status/205767663086088193
[6]: https://twitter.com/search/%2523EBCGN
[7]: https://twitter.com/GoCitizens/status/205731256552538113
[8]: https://twitter.com/GoCitizens/status/205770132897804288
[9]: https://twitter.com/TheHundredInThe
[10]: https://twitter.com/austratalks
[11]: https://twitter.com/streetpreacher/status/205748502213558272
[12]: https://twitter.com/pikunikku/status/205776466317819905
[13]: https://twitter.com/MiikeSnow
[14]: http://t.co/KhYrE9bT "http://instagr.am/p/LBrgF7GUCM/"
[15]: https://twitter.com/EBnet/status/205788463772078080
[16]: http://www.electronicbeats.net/artist/depeche-mode/
[17]: https://twitter.com/search/%2523wow
[18]: https://twitter.com/Cosanne/status/205804269985734656
[19]: https://twitter.com/search/%2523Miikesnow
[20]: https://twitter.com/search/%2523Tensnake
[21]: https://twitter.com/search/%2523festival
[22]: https://twitter.com/WesselRubensky/status/205853058415079426
[23]: https://twitter.com/GoCitizens
[24]: https://twitter.com/search/%2523EBFest12
[25]: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150899370889536.428721.8657329535&type=3
[26]: http://moritz.stefaner.eu/projects/revisit/#/EBCGN%252C%20EBFest12%252C%20%22Electronic%20Beats%20Festival%22%252C%20HW3rxk%252C%20rze3hS%252C%2012342893%252C%2012129563%252C%20from%253Aaustratalks%252C%20from%253AMiikeSnow%252C%20from%253ATensnake%252C%20from%253Athehundredinthe%252C%20from%253Agocitizens/Tweet%20%2523EBCGN%20%252F%20%2523EBFest12/500/true
[27]: http://statigr.am/electronicbeats
[28]: http://www.youtube.com/user/ElectronicBeatsVideo?feature=watch
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<p> Flashback: Berlin, Monday morning, busy calls on the telephone. <strong>Alison Mosshart</strong> and <strong>Jamie Hince</strong> had just called in sick, which meant some creative chaos for the Electronic Beats Cologne Festival booking: how to handle a headliner cancellation situation, how to find a quality replacement for <strong>The Kills</strong> in a short time, and how to not piss off our guests. This was when we called <strong>Marco Niemerski</strong> aka <strong>Tensnake</strong>, and he was in. The anxiety settled down. For a while.</p><p>Cologne, Thursday afternoon, sweltering heat. The sun was not just shining bright today, it seemed more as if the whole town was boiling – maybe not the best conditions for an indoor music festival, at least that’s what we thought during the day. But nearly 2,000 of you came out during Electronic Beats Festival Cologne. That’s very much appreciated, especially bearing our announcement earlier this week in mind.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>Yo @<a href="https://twitter.com/EBnet">EBnet</a> kool hier aber bisschen warm <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%2523oxymoron">#oxymoron</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%2523ebcgn">#ebcgn</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%2523ebfest12">#ebfest12</a></p>
<p>— Der Sascha (@DeutscheWorte) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeutscheWorte/status/205767663086088193">May 24, 2012</a></p>
</blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>Backstage at a boiling <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%2523EBCGN">#EBCGN</a>. Ready to play a very, very sticky show.</p>
<p>— CITIZENS! (@GoCitizens) <a href="https://twitter.com/GoCitizens/status/205731256552538113">May 24, 2012</a></p>
</blockquote><p>Young British hot shots <strong>Citizens!</strong> took the festival stage at 9pm. The <strong>Kitsuné Maison</strong>-bound band from London had their debut album released today, and it was great to see how<br>
<strong>A.</strong> tight they performed despite of the few number of gigs these twenty-somethings have played to date,<br>
<strong>B.</strong> charismatic Martyn, Thom, Mike, Lawrence, and Tom are on stage<br>
<strong>C.</strong> many of the guests connected to their mostly guitar-based setup.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>@<a href="https://twitter.com/EBnet">EBnet</a> Thanks for the party! What a way 2 spend the hottest day of the year. Bliss! Those who aren’t still partying with u are in ice baths!</p>
<p>— CITIZENS! (@GoCitizens) <a href="https://twitter.com/GoCitizens/status/205770132897804288">May 24, 2012</a></p>
</blockquote><p>During the changeover <strong>Marius Bubat</strong> and <strong>Georg Conrad</strong> from Cologne-hailing <strong>COMA</strong> dropped tunes, and people started flooding the beer garden, silk-printing custom-made tote bags, trying their luck with the claw crane, or just having a Bratwurst from the brazier.</p><p>When <strong>The Hundred In The Hands</strong> took over at an hour later, the venue was alreay well-packed. Having released their self-titled album on <strong>Warp Records</strong> two years ago, the Brooklyn duo of <strong>Eleanore Everdell</strong> and <strong>Jason Friedman</strong> already had a great foundation for a genre-crossing set – but they took it to another level with their sophomore album, up for release in June. On stage, they seemed like a strange remembrance of The Kills: a girl/boy setup kicking off songs without any hesitation, but with power and passion.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>waiting for @<a href="https://twitter.com/TheHundredInThe">TheHundredInThe</a> & @<a href="https://twitter.com/austratalks">austratalks</a> … clearly the highlights of the evening ? <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%2523ebcgn">#ebcgn</a></p>
<p>— thomas (@streetpreacher) <a href="https://twitter.com/streetpreacher/status/205748502213558272">May 24, 2012</a></p>
</blockquote><p>“<em>When I started making music in Toronto, I was the only one playing electronic music</em>“, said <strong>Austra</strong>‘s <strong>Katie Stelmanis</strong> earlier that day. “<em>Everybody was trying to convince me to play a conventional instrument. But I knew from other countries that it was allowed to use computers instead of guitars.</em>” Good thing she learned from this experience: when Austra brought ‘Lose It’ and ‘Beats and the Pulse’ to the stage, something instantly snapped between them and the audience – a feeling of elation filled the room. Which is, of course, because Austra aren’t based only on neither computers nor guitars, but also very much on vocals, on a human face.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>having a good time with electronic beats ? can’t wait for miike snow! @<a href="https://twitter.com/EBnet">EBnet</a></p>
<p>— Nga Bui / Nana B. (@pikunikku) <a href="https://twitter.com/pikunikku/status/205776466317819905">May 24, 2012</a></p>
</blockquote><p>At quarter past midnight, this human face exploded into a grimace of joy: <strong>Miike Snow</strong> stepped up with a blend of their three year-spanning discography and a crazy stage setup: a custom-made synthesizer took up the stage, with the band arranging themselves around this artifact of music hardware.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>Weirdest stage setup ever? Check! @<a href="https://twitter.com/MiikeSnow">MiikeSnow</a> And one crazy synth. <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%2523EBCGN">#EBCGN</a> <a title="http://instagr.am/p/LBrgF7GUCM/" href="http://t.co/KhYrE9bT">instagr.am/p/LBrgF7GUCM/</a></p>
<p>— Electronic Beats (@EBnet) <a href="https://twitter.com/EBnet/status/205788463772078080">May 24, 2012</a></p>
</blockquote><p>“<em>We used to remix and to produce a lot of other people’s music and we liked it. But we realized that we wanted things to progress effortlessly</em>“, co-producer <strong>Christian Karlsson</strong> explained to us. This fleet-footed approach was present at every moment of their live show: these guys are true animals, making every concert a unique experience. It was good to see them back in Cologne after we already had them play for the 2010 edition of EB festival.</p><p>“<em>We would have loved to produce the new <a href="http://www.electronicbeats.net/artist/depeche-mode/">Depeche Mode</a> album</em>“, Karlsson continued during the interview. “<em>We were in the pitch. I think that collaborations could be a new way for Miike Snow: I would like to work with Martin Lee Gore and see what the result would be.</em>” And we would love to bring this kind of collaboration to the stage, that’s for sure! These Swedish guys are great, not only musicwise, but especially great in person – see for yourself:</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/search/%2523wow">#wow</a> goosebumps. thank you @<a href="https://twitter.com/MiikeSnow">MiikeSnow</a> @<a href="https://twitter.com/EBnet">EBnet</a></p>
<p>— Kevin Hohn (@kevinminushohn) May 24, 2012</p>
</blockquote><p>And then finally it was <strong>Tensnake</strong>‘s turn. The Hamburg based producer played a very charming and pop-heavy set, but he did so in front of a 80-100 people crowd – what a shame. And yes, this was an ungrateful slot, playing right after the headliner’s last song – specially when it’s already 1:30 on a Friday morning and people have been up all night. Which is why everybody who stuck around, moved their bodies and enjoyed oneself is to thank twice as much.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>Flüchtet doch nicht vor Tensnake – der Typ ist super! <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%2523ebfest12">#ebfest12</a></p>
<p>— Cosanne (@Cosanne) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cosanne/status/205804269985734656">May 24, 2012</a></p>
</blockquote><p>Anyway, what we really wanted to say is: THANK YOU for coming out last night, thanks for being indulgent with our booking, and thank you for being amazing people, readers, friends and partners! See you next time around!</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>Het was een gezellige avond in Koln met 2 highlights die er uitsprongen <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%2523Miikesnow">#Miikesnow</a> en <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%2523Tensnake">#Tensnake</a> in de afterparty <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%2523EBCGN">#EBCGN</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%2523ebfest12">#ebfest12</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%2523festival">#festival</a></p>
<p>— Wessel Rubensky (@WesselRubensky) <a href="https://twitter.com/WesselRubensky/status/205853058415079426">May 25, 2012</a></p>
</blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>What a fancy night I had. Thank you so much, @<a href="https://twitter.com/austratalks">austratalks</a>, @<a href="https://twitter.com/TheHundredInThe">TheHundredInThe</a>, @<a href="https://twitter.com/GoCitizens">GoCitizens</a> plus the wonderful ones of @<a href="https://twitter.com/EBnet">EBnet</a>! <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%2523EBCGN">#EBCGN</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%2523EBFest12">#EBFest12</a></p>
<p>— Herr Wunderlich (@herr_wunderlich) May 25, 2012</p>
</blockquote><p><em>For now, watch images from our Facebook-enabled photo booth <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150899370889536.428721.8657329535&type=3" target="_blank">here</a>, follow last night’s <a href="http://moritz.stefaner.eu/projects/revisit/#/EBCGN%252C%20EBFest12%252C%20%22Electronic%20Beats%20Festival%22%252C%20HW3rxk%252C%20rze3hS%252C%2012342893%252C%2012129563%252C%20from%253Aaustratalks%252C%20from%253AMiikeSnow%252C%20from%253ATensnake%252C%20from%253Athehundredinthe%252C%20from%253Agocitizens/Tweet%20%2523EBCGN%20%252F%20%2523EBFest12/500/true" target="_blank">conversations</a> and also check out our <a href="http://statigr.am/electronicbeats" target="_blank">Festigrams</a>. More festival video material and live recaps will be following soon, so you should <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/ElectronicBeatsVideo?feature=watch" target="_blank">subscribe to our YouTube channel</a>.</em></p><p><em>Photos: © Peyman Azhari / Walter W. Wacht / Electronic Beats</em></p>
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# Electronic Beats Festival 2012: Sueur de Cologne Flashback: Berlin, Monday morning, busy calls on the telephone. **Alison Mosshart** and **Jamie Hince** had just called in sick, which meant some creative chaos for the Electronic Beats Cologne Festival booking: how to handle a headliner cancell...
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> > --- CITIZENS. (@GoCitizens) [May 24, 2012][7] {: .twitter-tweet} . Young British hot shots **Citizens!** took the festival stage at 9pm. The **Kitsuné Maison**-bound band from London had their debut album released today, and it was great to see how **A.** tight they performed despi...
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> > --- CITIZENS. (@GoCitizens) [May 24, 2012][8] {: .twitter-tweet} During the changeover **Marius Bubat** and **Georg Conrad** from Cologne-hailing **COMA** dropped tunes, and people started flooding the beer garden, silk-printing custom-made tote bags, trying their luck with the claw c...
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clearly > the highlights of the evening . [#ebcgn][3] > > --- thomas (@streetpreacher) [May 24, 2012][11] {: .twitter-tweet} . "*When I started making music in Toronto, I was the only one playing electronic music*", said **Austra**'s **Katie Stelmanis** earlier that day. "*Everybody wa...
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@[MiikeSnow][13] And one crazy > synth. [#EBCGN][6] [instagr.am/p/LBrgF7GUCM/][14] > > --- Electronic Beats (@EBnet) [May 24, 2012][15] {: .twitter-tweet} . "*We used to remix and to produce a lot of other people's music and we liked it. But we realized that we wanted things to progres...
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These Swedish guys are great, not only musicwise, but especially great in person -- see for yourself: > [#wow][17] goosebumps. thank you @[MiikeSnow][13] @[EBnet][1] > > --- Kevin Hohn (@kevinminushohn) May 24, 2012 {: .twitter-tweet} . And then finally it was **Tensnake**'s turn. The...
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See you next time around. > Het was een gezellige avond in Koln met 2 highlights die er > uitsprongen [#Miikesnow][19] en [#Tensnake][20] in de afterparty > [#EBCGN][6] [#ebfest12][4] [#festival][21] > > --- Wessel Rubensky (@WesselRubensky) [May 25, 2012][22] {: .twitter-tweet} ...
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More festival video material and live recaps will be following soon, so you should [subscribe to our YouTube channel][28]{: target="_blank"}.* *Photos: © Peyman Azhari / Walter W. Wacht / Electronic Beats* . [1]: https://twitter.com/EBnet [2]: https://twitter.com/search/%2523oxymoron [3]: https...