Darkwave.ro Fest 2011>About 

There is little introduction needed for PROJECT PITCHFORK (Germany, dark electro/industrial, 15 albums). The band is a dictionary-definition for active forefathers of dark electro/industrial music - back in 1989 when their project started, ironically enough, with random dictionary pick of a name. Supported on tour by RAMMSTEIN before the latter's reputation soared, PROJECT PITCHFORK is aggressive poetry reaching out from a thick screen of musical mist. After 15 albums, 7 EP's, and numerous compilations, PROJECT PITCHFORK are now recognized masters of dark electro industrial music and are welcomed by avid audiences wherever they set foot.

RABIA SORDA (Mexico, aggrotech/electro-industrial, 2 albums) is an Erk Aicrag masterplan, springing from the same root that gave the rancid sap of HOCICO, active since 2003. An energetic stage presence and a very visual content blend in any RABIA SORDA performance, each performance carves in the listener's ability to adjust to a full-fledged aggrotech and industrial sound. Don't expect anything less of their descent to Bucharest: abrasive grooves and lyrics with a manifesto undertone enrich RABIA SORDA's music and seduce listeners, entrap their senses and bestow upon them cascade after cascade of gushing blood.

The youngest act of the festival, TENEK (UK, electro, 2 albums), hail from a quieter spectrum: with electro glides and enticing voices, they speak of a realm where all spirits are uplifted and adrenaline is running wild under a crust of crisp voice and delicate soundscape. TENEK benefits from the creative input of MESH's Geoff Pinckney, whose artistry is splendidly rejuvenated by Peter Steer, in an act of musicianship that never ceases to amaze. A lovemark for the generation of the next decade, TENEK will show you to what extent music still reaches out to people, and holds them together.

Updated information about DARKWAVE.RO Fest is available on the homonymous site. The Fest starts at 22:00, doors at 21:00. 

Videos:

Project Pitchfork - I live your dream  
Rabia Sorda - Walking on nails   
Tenek - Less is more  

DARKWAVE.RO FEST (Romanian Darkfest) history:

1st edition: Das Ich, In Strict Confidence, Diary of Dreams (Feb 14, 2009)
2nd edition: Slave Republic, Painbastard, Destroid, Frank the Baptist (Nov 12, 2010)
3rd edition: Tenek, Rabia Sorda, Project Pitchfork (Jan 29, 2011)