Abused MuSick - trash!
hardcore drum'n'bass, industrial, dubstep, ...

Venetian Snares (Can): al tien jaar geluidsterrorist. Godfather en tongue-in-cheek provocateur van de breakcore, met wereldwijd een schare hardcore fans. Dubstepper avant la lettre. Een hoop aliassen en schuilnamen (is dat niet hetzelfde?) en toch gewoon Funk als familienaam. Alsof er op Rihanna's pas 'Von Beethoven' zou staan!
Zijn jongste plaat 'My So Called Life' verscheen vorig jaar op Planet Mu/Funk: stepping back from the brink of brutalized acid back towards the go-for-broke breakcore he made his name on. Klinkt als: playing jungle at a French speedcore party.
No posers, no cameraphones!

Plus plus plus:
Mr. Kill aka rotator (Fr, Peace Off), Dylan (USA, Freak, Outbreak), Tymon (Au, Industrial Strength), Bryan Fury (UK, Pacemaker, Deathchant), MKL (Fr, Peace off), Igneon System (Be, Rebelscum, Agnost1k, MuSick) en Mr Orange (Be, Abused Recordings).

Flo D is the founder from Phosgore. After ten years working as an Electro/EBM/Industrial DJ, he decided to use his knowledge of the club scene to create music himself. Shortly after the first self-published promotional CD called ?Club Domination? was released, Phosore was signed to the German label ProNoize. The bestial sound of Phosgore took the electro/industrial scene by storm.

Statik Sky (NL) is the creation of Stefan Petrie. The music he makes comes forth out of the frustrations from life in general. Using a PC for sequencing, 2 synthesizer for making sounds and 1 bad ass drumsynth combined with a few nice distortions for nice distorted beats. For live performances there is another pc involved. This one sends out images through a videobeamer. Using industrialthemed images and texts from his songs diplaying on the screen simultanious he creates a complete show on stage for all to enjoy.

Thomas Rainer's history as a music producer goes back to as far as 1997 where he laid groundwork with his band L'âme Immortelle and Siechtum he is currently setting dancefloors aflame with his latest project Nachtmahr. Thomas DJ'ed at the most renowned electro / industrial clubs of the world in the last 10 years and ran his own club in Vienna.

DJ [halfevil] of German industrial act FABRIKC alwasy keeps the dancefloor moving. Known for his industrial dj sets.

DJ Hive has been going by his chosen DJ name since 1996, when he decided to start up the VampireParty with some friends.
With his finger on the pulse of new developments and music within the Dark Electro-scene, DJ Hive aims to bring his audience the best classic and brand-new tracks that are available

After several guest-DJ appearances at VP, DJ Amarillys joined the VampireParty DJ team as a resident in February 2012.
DJ Amarillys has been DJing since 2004, spinning at parties all across Belgium and abroad and is currently one of the best DJs the Belgian scene has to offer.

Not many Electro-bands can look back upon a quarter of a century of existence, numerous timeless club anthems and still be going strong as hell! Started back in 1986 with very limited equipment and heavily influenced by EBM legends like Klinik or Front 242, Suicide Commando over the years also became one of the rare acts pioneering an entire genre. After releasing 9 demo tapes Suicide Commando soon got picked up by the rising german Off Beat label who released their first album "critical stage" back in 1994. Only one year later Suicide Commando already return with their 2nd album "stored images", including their first big clubhit "see you in hell", in 1996 followed by the "contamination" EP. Two years later Johan returns with his 3rd studio album "construct-destruct", offering some new clubfood with "better off dead" and "desire". End of the nineties Suicide Commando leaves Off Beat to start a new episode at Dependent Records.
After releasing a collection of old demo takes on chromdioxyde", the band unleashes mindstrip" on us in 2000, including new club anthems like hellraiser" or yet love breeds suicide". The mindstrip" album brought Suicide Commando to the top of the harsh electro scene. Also its successor axis of evil" in 2003 once again becomes an instant hit. After extensive touring throughout Europe and releasing several new singles and EP's the band finally returns with new material in 2006. To celebrate 20 years of Suicide Commando the limited X20 boxset is being released in 2007 and still the story goes on. In 2009 Suicide Commando signs to the german Out Of Line label and after releasing their first ever 7" vinyl severed head/until we die" soon their new album implements of hell" hits the stores in 2010, delivering us their next clubhits die motherfucker die", death cures all pain" or yet God is in the rain".

2011 will become another milestone in Suicide Commando's history as they exist exactly 25 years. To celebrate this unique birthday the band releases the suicide sessions", a luxury 6 CD boxset including their first 3 studio albums and 3 more CD's full of rare and previously unreleased material from their early days.


For over two decades the godfather of Harsh Electro has been bombarding us now with countless club smashers and morbid soundtracks, and still the end is not in sight. Full speed ahead !

Soman is an TBM/noise act from Dresden, Germany, formed in 2003 and headed by Kolja Trelle. Kolja has his musical roots in the rave music of the 90s and got into the industrial scene as a sound engineer for bands, such as Absurd Minds, Hocico and Terminal Choice, as remixing songs for many other bands.
Soman has its very own unique sound mixture of Noise, Electro and Techno, more often described as 'Industrial For Clubs'
Since his debut album 'Sound Pressure' in 2003, Soman has released several EPs and 2 more albums, the latest one, 'Noistyle' in 2010.

Founded by the highly explosive German duo Joel Meyer and Daniel Meyer, the industrial-project "SAM" released their first output "Demo Lition" in 2004. Directly afterwards they got signed by ProNoize, one of the most popular labels for industrial music. In 2006 ProNoize released SAM's debut album "Synthetic Adrenaline Music", including the clubhit "24 Stunden", which promptly entered the German Alternative Charts (DAC) as well as several other German and international charts.

Motivated by this achievement SAM started working on their successful second album "Destruction Unit" in 2008. Meanwhile they established their reputation as an excellent live-act. Their uncompromising and powerful live performance provided them many shows both in Germany and abroad. In addition they supported giants of the electro scene like Combichrist, Agonoize or [:SITD:], and also played on known festivals like the Wave Gotik Treffen and the Canadian Kinetik Festival.

No doubt, SAM have become an industrial-/electro-reference, that shouldn't be missing in any DJ case or at any ride with over 130 MPH on the freeway.

In 2010, the long awaited third album "Brainwasher" was released as a limited digipack, containing 13 mindblowing tracks including the hit-single "Bull Fucking Shit".

The sound has noticeable developed and progressed. Now it rolls unstoppable like a steamroller, crushing everything on it's way. Groovy basslines, screaming synths, intelligent sampling and bloodcurling drumbeats have been and always will be the trademark of SAM.

SAM - TWO RULE THEM ALL

After DJing under the alias of ' C-Lekktor ' in Mexico for 10 years, Marco starts up an aggrotech music project under the same name in 2000, together with Rene Martínez. After the release of a first demo in 2004, C-Lekktor gets its first shot at a live show, opening for Decoded Feedback in Mexico City.
2005 is a year of transition for the band, as they perform frequently throughout Mexico and work on composing a lot of new songs, released on two maxi-CDs. At the end of year sadly, René decides to leave the band, due to new priorities and obligations in his life.

The next few years see C-Lekktor touring throughout South and Central America, and opening for such big name bands as Hocico, Grendel and VNV Nation. They frequently release new albums, with their most recent one 'X-Tension In Progress' coming out in 2012, working in a powerful production partnership with Jan L of NOISUF-X / X-FUSION.
Only recently did C-Lekktor become a more well-known name outside of Latin America, with an upcoming European tour (stopping in Belgium at Petrol) and gigs in the U.S. and Russia.

Surgyn are set to surgically reconstruct the face of electronic music. Surgyn is an aesthetically pleasing monstrosity designed to make you move, born from the the most beautiful nightmares of its two charismatic creators, Veil and Sovereign. Combining bone-shattering beats, mind-melting hooks and anthemnic vocals, they invite you to join them in their self-styled theatre of vanity.

FASHION OVER FUNCTION
FAKE WHAT YOU LACK
BEAUTY IS AGONY

Over the period of a single year, Surgyn have proven themselves in a series of high-profile shows all across the UK. With the release of their debut album in 2011, 'Vanity', they have secured their position as a powerful emerging new sound. Now with the backing of their label, Deathwatch Asia, and strong support from fans everywhere on the planet, the future couldn't be brighter for the Scottish duo. Storming up charts and being invited to ever more prolific events, Surgyn are rising stars.

Pay close attention, because this is only the beginning. The best is yet to come.

Counterstrike (Algorythm Recs/Obscene Recs/Moving Shadow Recs/Renegade Hardware/Barcode Recs/Evol Intent Recs) also known as Animal Chin and 500 Mills, have been active drum 'n bass DJ's on the club/rave circuit since the mid Nineties playing all over South Africa and abroad in countries like Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal, England, Germany, Norway, Poland, Belgium, Holland, Austria, Denmark, Hungary, Slovakia, Switzerland and the USA.

Counterstrike has been producing drum 'n bass as a collective since 1998. They've had over 40 12" vinyl releases on various high profile labels and re-launched their own imprint, Algorythm Recordings, internationaly in 2005. Apart from their busy production schedule they still find the time to regularly perform abroad. 2009 saw them DJ in 18 countries.

Their musical sound can be described as a cunning blend of sharp jungle-beats and basslines combined with high-range trance-ish leads.

Mathis Mootz, the teutonic mastermind and producer behind The Panacea from Wuerzburg, Germany, has developed and perfected his sinister drum and Bass mashup style over the years. The Panacea is the digital Napalm Death, fueled by wreck-step beats, he samples and generally throws together elements of hardcore techno, drum'n'bass, jungle and industrial into his unique explosive sound.

As one of the dominant faces of the German Position Chrome Label he has released 23 ep's and 5 albums since 1996. His debut 'Low Profile Darkness' was one of his most influential works to date, and a huge success with over 12,000 copies sold. Others followed like the techno and hardcore influenced 'Twisted Designz','Phoenix Metabolism' with it's hip hop and booty bass roots, the enormous 'German Engineering' and 'Underground Superstardom', and the experimental and noisy 'Architettura'.

His experimental, electro, and neo-industrial beats were produced under the aliases of Squaremeter, Disorder, Warfare, Kate Mosh, Bad Street Boy, Radar and Rich Kid. These productions landed on labels like Mille Plateaux, Ant-Zen, Hands Productions, Ambush, Ad Noiseam, Kniteforce, Intransigent and Outbreak to name a few.

The rebirth of Position Chrome, and the launch of close friend Raidens' Offkey Recordings, marks the start for awesome collaborations and heavy tuneage in the future. The Panacea has recently joined the Anger Management DJ roster, and will be releasing this year on Dylan's mighty Freak Recordings.

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3). The more recent act called MOTOR (note the caps) is Mr. No and Bryan Black. They first released music under this name in 2003. Their label's hype says "MOTOR is totally un-compromised music that deliberately breaks any musical restrictions or sound barriers. Electronic music practising a punk ethic, MOTOR is unlike anything else: abrasive, strangely melodic, pulsing like a machine. A sound, which by no mistake, has put them in a class of their own." Their website is

Killing Joke are an English post-punk group which formed in October 1978 in Notting Hill, London, England. (Several sources state that they formed in early 1979.) Founding members Jaz Coleman (vocals, keyboards) and Geordie Walker (guitars) have been the only constant members. A key influence on industrial rock, their early music was described by critics Stephen Thomas Erlewine and John Dougan as well as industrial metal[16] and "quasi-metal ... dancing to a tune of doom and gloom," which gradually evolved over the years, incorporating elements of electronic music, synth-pop, gothic rock, and alternative rock, though always emphasizing Coleman's "savagely strident vocals." Finding modest commercial success, Killing Joke have influenced many later bands, such as Nirvana, Ministry, Amen, Lamb of God, Nine Inch Nails, Napalm Death, Amebix, Big Black, Godflesh, Tool, Prong, Metallica, Primus, Jane's Addiction, Soundgarden, Foo Fighters, Faith No More, Blacklist, Shihad and Korn, all of whom have at some point cited some debt of gratitude to Killing Joke.

"Veteraan die al releaste toen hij nog op school zat. Mee bepalend voor de ontwikkeling van de hele electronische muziekscene, waar in die context vooral naar zijn groep Atari Teenage Riot wordt verwezen. Straffe man Trent Reznor van Nine Inch Nails is grote fan van de ""digital hardcore"" van Empire, en hij niet alleen."

I started buying records at the age of five (1983 - Thriller that is). My father was into electro wave back then so I grew up listening to Gary Numan, Kraftwerk, Front 242, Dave Ball... To be honest, these robotic sounds really scared the shit out of me. As soon I discovered Public Enemy in 1988 my passion for hip hop became big. With the help of dj Murdock and dj 4t4, who were the older kids in my school, I learned a lot about hip-hop. When I first witnessed the videoclip "On" from Aphex Twin in 1993 I threw myself into electronic music (names like Autechre, Reload, Plastikman, the Black Dog, Biosphere). I bought my first Technics in 2002 and four months later I had my first gig at Modfest at the Muziekodroom (with Ladytron and Red Snapper). Then I met the World Invaders & I started organising the Dominion parties at The Zoo (Hasselt). In the past I have played at Festivibe, Modfest (3 times), Body to Body, Breakdown (Ed & Kim's concept), 3 years La Fete, the Kaaiman (Antwerp), The Zoo, Casino (Genk), Recyclart, Bazaar, Le Gazon (Brussels) with acts and dj's like The Hacker, Tom Barman, Jimi Tenor, Vive La Fete, Dj Tiga, Neon Judgement, Ed & Kim, Felix the Housecat etc... My style of mixing is very eclectic and full of energy. I like to play old skool electrofunk, wave, Hacienda classics, old skool hip hop, Italo, 80's smashers, electrohouse, rock, new beat, synth pop, miami bass... No dj-rules at all. Besides playing party records, I make mixes with "hard to mix records". These contain speed metal, 70's, trip hop, underground mash-ups, electro rarities, funk, rock'n roll,..