EUROPAREISE PARTICIPANTS 2010

4youreye (Vienna Austria)

4youreye was established in the early 1990s and is based on the Rave, Ambient and Club culture of that decade. 4youreye have, since their creation over 10 years ago, not only made a name for themselves in their own country but can also look back on many successful international performances. The 2 man Crew stand for fast hard cuts and unconventional screen sequences taking images that we believe to know from old viewing habits, out of their original context to then generate them into a completely new context. mehr

Afisha Picnic (Moscow, Russia)

Afisha Picnic is the biggest annual, one-day open-air summer festival in Kolomenskoe, Moscow, attracting about 50,000 people every year. It is the meeting place for everyone wanting to know more about the latest music, including todays most culturally relevant Russian and foreign musicians, artists and fashionistas. mehr

Austrian Music Ambassador Network

The aim of the Austrian Music Ambassador Network is to establish an international support for Austrian artists by enabling strategic partnerships between independent and major labels, institutions, promoters and sponsors. More than 20 music labels joined forces to form AMAN, and all essential genres from electronic & dance to jazz, world music, alternative, pop and rock are represented. mehr

Amsterdam Dance Event (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

The Amsterdam Dance Event is Europe's leading electronic and dance music conference as well as the worlds biggest club festival, initiated by Buma Cultuur. With a proven track record over the past 12 years, ADE attracts music industry professionals and clubbers from around the globe. mehr

AudioCoop

AudioCoop is an Italian association of independent music business, member of WIN and represent around 5% of the Italian recorded music market. Nevertheless, AudioCoop represents the most in vogue, critically acclaimed Indie artists in Italy. MEI, Italy's most significant Exhibition/Convention/Showcase Festival, is organized by AudioCoop and Takes place in Faenza each last weekend of november. mehr

Berlin Festival (Berlin, Germany)

Keeping it different – the new edition will be bigger, brighter and even better. World, look upon this city: Berlin definitely needs no wall. What Berlin needs is a festival. Where East and West once met, where Japanese travellers eat their first currywurst and where there’s no closing time – right in the heart of the city. The name says it all: Berlin Festival is not your common or garden festival mehr

Berlin Music Commission (Berlin, Germany)

The Berlin Music Commission is a local creative industry network and your one-stop shop to music in Berlin. Our network of successful small and medium-sized music companies joined together to develop new and existing markets for music businesses from the German capital. mehr

B.L.O.T (New Delhi, India)

BLOT is the Basic Love Of Things - a multidisciplinary project started by Gaurav Malaker and Avinash Kumar in New Delhi, India. With musical experiences at the core of their work, BLOT explores content creation through the visual arts, moving image and artifacts. As a performance ensemble, BLOT has been active at music, dance and cultural venues in India and abroad - with an agenda to alter experiences through music, visuals and space design. mehr

Bombay Electrik Projekt (Bombay, India)

Bombay Elektrik Projekt is a nightlife and entertainment solutions provider, combing the services of a booking agency, production house, PR and marketing agency, which they offer to DJs, bands, performance poets and short film makers. Bombay Elektrik Projekt organizes DJ nights at two leading bars in Bombay, and alternative events at eight bars in four major cities in India. mehr

Buenos Aires Culture Department (Buenos Aires, Argentinia)

The City of Buenos Aires Culture Department has four main goals: to strengthen and value the city's historical cultural identity; to foster new forms of artistic expression while acknowledging their diversity; to expand its Cultural Heritage within the metropolitan area and beyond its borders into the rest of the country and around the world; and to regard culture as a tool for economic growth and social cohesion. mehr

Buma Cultuur (Netherlands)

Buma Cultuur supports and promotes Dutch music copyright in both The Netherlands and key export markets for Dutch music. The aim is to increase the percentage of Dutch music in the Dutch market and to raise revenue flow by stimulating the use of Dutch music copyright on foreign markets. mehr

Bureau Export (Berlin, Germany)

Since 15 years, bureauexport helps the French music industry develop its artists internationally, in both pop and classical music. bureauexport offers a wide range of services revolving around two fundamental orientations, drawn up in collaboration with professionals of the export industry: consulting services and financial aid. mehr

c.sides Festival (Tel Aviv & Jerusalem, Israel / Cologne, Germany)

Since 2004, c.sides has been bringing together exciting innovative electronic music and arts, offering a platform for networking, examining social/political contexts and hosting a hella great party!
Beyond the bi-yearly festival, c.sides has established a wide platform of production including an independent label, bookings and international collaborations with festivals and art events. c.sides is an independent and non-commercial international festival established by and for artists. mehr

CIMA (Toronto, Canada)

CIMA is the Canadian Independent Music Association. We are Canada's largest independent music trade association, with over 180 members in all genres across Canada. We also maintain and manage Canada's export strategies, coordinating 'Canadian Blast' showcases around the globe, including at SXSW, Midem, The Great Escape and now Cologne POP. Shain Shapiro is the UK and EU representative for CIMA, and he lives and works in London, UK. mehr

CMJ – Music Marathon & Film Festival (New York, United States)

CMJ Network connects music fans and music industry professionals with the best in new music through interactive media, live events and print. CMJ.com offers a digital music discovery service, information resources, and community to new music fans, professionals, and artists. mehr

Culture Must (Worms, Germany / New Delhi, India)

Culture Must provides an inter-cultural platform for reflection, discussion, network building, and resource mobilisation in the fields of media, arts, humanities, heritage, and intercultural exchange. Our Culture Must Team initiates and organizes debates, discussion forums, and lectures as well as concerts, exhibitions, exchange programmes, and other collaborative projects with the creative minds of our world. mehr

Dissonanze (Rome, Italy)

Dissonanze is an international electronic music, performance and multimedia arts festival held in Rome since 2000. It arose from a conviction that a division exists between imagination and reality. The festivals mission is to move the boundaries every year and make it an unexplored zone of immersion and participation. Dissonanze also operates as a booking agency, promoter, events & exhibitions curator with selected partners across Italy. mehr

Distortion (Copenhagen, Denmark)

For 5 days and never twice at the same location, the Distortion festival attracts around 15.000 daytime visitors crawling in the streets, and 5.000 by night, dancing like monkeys at it's backyard-, boat- and bridge parties and the legendary raver-bus. Distortion is a celebration of fun and freedom featuring the newest latest in the party business.

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Dour Festival (Dour, Belgium)

With the usual formula of 200 bands, 6 stages, 4 days and music from midday til 5am, there's not a lot that can go wrong. Having won the prize for the best medium sized European festival this year, Dour has confirmed its place as a leader in the alternative music scene. This years 22nd edition will host the likes of Faith No More, A-Trak, and De La Soul, to name a few. Robbie Spargo is currently works in international communication for the Dour Festival, Belgium. mehr

Electron (Geneva, Switzerland)

Within only a few years, the Electron Festival has become a major musical event on the Swiss calendar. What’s more, it is now seen as a reference on the European electronic music landscape. Proof of this came with the incredible success of the seventh edition, in April 2010 with more than 14.000 visitors. A converging point between electronic music and arts, Electron’s initial ambition was to create a Geneva-based artistic platform for showcasing electronic music projects from different Swiss and international artists. mehr

Electronic Beats Festival (Cologne, Germany)

Electronic Beats is an international music and community program devoted to connecting diverse audiences and furthering individuality. Founded by T-Mobile, Electronic Beats Live Events attract sold-out audiences across Europe while Electronic Beats media, including the Electronic Beats magazine, the award-winning website, and the popular Slices DVD connects the community to the latest happenings in global culture, lifestyle and music. mehr

EuroSonic Noorderslag (Groningen, The Netherlands)

EuroSonic Noorderslag is Europe's main conference and showcase festival, focusing on European music.
The exchange of European music in is one of the main goals of EuroSonic Noorderslag.

With over 2800 delegates, showcases by 260 artists and a conference with 100 panels, keynote speakers, interviews and meetings, EuroSonic Noorderslag is the key exchange and networking platform for European music, European artists, international music industry professionals and organizations. mehr

Future Classic (Sydney, Australia)

Nathan McLay has been professionally involved in the music industry for ten years. He runs Future Classic, a boutique music company active in music publishing, recording and touring. Future Classic has worked with artists including Aeroplane, Holy Ghost!, and Classixx among many others, and is based in Sydney, Australia. mehr

Get Disky Hype-Spot (Moskow, Russia)

Get Disky Hype-Spot is an event series that seeks to discover new contexts for contemporary culture and music. Moscow based Get Disky artists keep themselves busy by running club nights, street dance parties, exhibitions, installations, radio mixes and more. They are very dedicated to creating a new form of communication that opens the variety of cultural contexts towards dynamics in music and re-design the attitude towards the lifestyle behind it to the widest possible audience. mehr

Global Groove (New Dehli, India)

Global Groove is the first electronic music festival & convention in India, launched in New Delhi last year. Ajoint initiative between Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi and Entertainment Media Services Pvt. Ltd., Global Groove seeks to connect the International electronic music Industry & musicians with their counterparts in India. It is an opportunity for the International music professionals to interact with Indian labels, clubs, music TV and radio channels, promoters and of course musicians. mehr

Goethe Institut China (Beijing, China)

The Goethe Institute is a cultural organization of the German Republic (Federation) engaged in activities of cultural exchange on a global scale. The Beijing office of the Goethe Institute was established in 1988. mehr

Iceland Airwaves (Reykjavík, Iceland)

Iceland Airwaves is 5 day festival that takes place in different venues in downtown Reykjavík. The capacity of the festival is 4000-5000 people. 150-180 bands and artists performe at Iceland Airwaves. mehr

Iceland Music Export (Reykjavík, Iceland)

It’s difficult to think of Iceland without thinking of superlative music. From Bjork and The Sugarcubes, Sigur Ros, Mum and Mugison and many other classical, jazz, folk and pop artists, this small and remote North Atlantic nation has punched well above its weight over the last two decades.
If anything, the island’s incessant soundtrack is growing ever more dynamic, as artists and bands, inspired by the continual international success of their peers, continue to create original, world class music.
IMX, an exciting new government sponsored initiative aims to bring together the disparate strands of Iceland’s eclectic scene under one roof. mehr

ICIC – CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR THE CULTURAL INDUSTRIES (Barcelona, Spain / Berlin, Germany)

The Institut Català de les Indústries Culturals, ICIC (Catalan Institute for the Cultural Industries) is a public institution, attached to the Catalan Government’s Department of Culture, charged with promoting and fostering the development of the Catalan cultural industry. ICIC offers support to companies in all cultural fields: music, theatre and performing arts, audio-visual, publishing and media, as well as visual arts. mehr

Initiative Musik (Berlin, Germany)

The Initiative Musik GmbH is a funding agency set up by the German federal government to promote the music industry in Germany. It is supported by the German Collecting Society for Performance Rights (GVL) and the German Music Council. Financial support is provided by the GVL and the German Music Authors’ Society (GEMA/GEMA Foundation). The initiative was founded in October 2007. mehr

Insomnia Festival (Tromsø, Norway)

The Insomnia Festival has its base in Tromsø as the city was Norway's capitol of house and techno when the genre emerged. The local artists found their influences in music created outside Norway's borders, and got international contacts along the way. mehr

Institut Français (Köln, Germany)

The Institut français in Cologne is part of an international network of more than 135 French foreign institutes in the world.
This outpost of the French foreign ministry has the tasks of imparting the French language and culture and promoting bilateral collaborations in the areas of art, culture, creative economy and education. mehr

Juicy Beats (Dortmund, Germany)

With around 20.000 visitors annually, Juicy Beats is one of Germany's biggest Electronic & Alternative music festivals. On Saturday, 31. July, Juicy Beats offers 21 different venues incl. 8 stages, 17 dancefloors and a DJ train touring the park. The location itself is one of the biggest parks close to the city-centre of Dortmund/Ruhr area that boasts lakes, greens and flowers mehr

Julie’s Bycicle (London, United Kingdom)

The Julie’s Bicycle Industry Green Framework helps companies from across the creative industries reduce their carbon emissions. The ‘IG mark’ is an environmental seal of approval which will tell your business partners, suppliers and your audience that you have assessed your impact on climate change and are taking steps to reduce it. mehr

Konzerthaus Dortmund (Dortmund, Germany)

The KONZERTHAUS DORTMUND is a concert hall with perfect acoustics for classical AND pop music! Since its opening in 2002 the KONZERTHAUS DORTMUND has become one of the leading halls for classical music in Europe. With the introduction of the subscription series »Pop-Abo – Akustik Pop« in 2006 it has broadened its outlook to comprise yet another fascinating aspect of contemporary live music mehr

Le Printemps de Bourges (Bourges, France)

The Printemps de Bourges music festival was founded in 1977 as a response to a lack of TV and radio exposure for new talent. Today, the festival is flourishing with a record of hosting over 4,000 artists, a stable identity and efficient means to scout out for new talent, making it a renowned hotspot among professionals and one of France's most famous festivals. mehr

Leipzig (Pop Up (Leipzig, Germany)

Leipzig (Pop Up is an annual music trade fair for the independent music scene. Our definition of ‘independent’ is creative working in the various fields of music and pop culture and thus putting the music first and not the money. mehr

m4music

m4music – Festival, Conference & Demotape Clinic is Switzerland’s most important meeting point for pop music. The festival is focusing on artist development, with musical styles ranging from rock to electronic to urban music. The next m4music edition will be held in Zurich, 24-27 March 2011. mehr

MaMA (Paris, France)

MaMA, the international professional music event, will take place in Paris, on October 15th & 16th 2010. It was created during Le Printemps de Bourges in 2009, and is a cross-sector platform for international music industry professionals offering an insight to the French market. mehr

Meg Montreal Festival (Montreal, Canada)

For the new decade, the 12th edition of the MEG Montréal Festival will be the opportunity for the public to assist to an explosive selection of artists. The MEG Montréal Festival portraits actual musical trends, discovers and promotes promising new talents and presents recently acclaimed artists of the international scene. mehr

Melt! (Gräfenhainichen, Germany)

The Melt! Festival is a music festival in Germany. Since 1999 the festival is held near the small village of Gräfenhainichen in the state of Brandenburg. A principal attraction of the festival (beside the magnificent line up) is the location called Ferropolis, an openair museum of huge machines from the 20th Century. mehr

Moers Festival (Moers, Germany)

After its premiere in 1972, moers festival soon became one of the most important major events in the current improvised music scene. The 'International Whitsun Festival of Improvised Music in Moers' has always stood for the courage to break out in new directions and has thus guaranteed a host of exciting musical discoveries. mehr

Music Export Norway (Oslo, Norway)

Music Export Norway A/S is an organization established in 2000 by the Norwegian music industry. We provide access to information on Norwegian artists and companies. In addition, we assist the Norwegian music industry by organizing international trade show participations and presentations designed to increase the worldwide awareness of Norwegian music. mehr

MusicXport.nl

MusicXport.nl is a joint initiative of Buma Cultuur and Music Center The Netherlands (MCN) that aims to promote Dutch artists and stimulates the export of Dutch music abroad.
From 2009 onwards musicXport.nl initiates musicXport+; an educational program aimed at providing knowledge and know-how to Dutch music industry professionals. mehr

Mutek Canada (Montréal/Canada)

MUTEK is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the development and dissemination of digital creativity in sound, music, and audio-visual art. Its mandate is to provide a platform for the most original and visionary artists currently working in their fields, with the intent of providing an outlet of initiation and discovery for the audiences it seeks to develop. mehr

ON – Open Broadcast Exchange 02 (Basel, Switzerland)

ON, the festival of Open Broadcast - user generated radio out of Basle, broaches the issues Digital Radio, Open Source and Web2.0. The motto of ON topic 2010 is «Future Radio». In an international exchange we're aiming to fathom future developments of the medium radio as well as to develop models and strategies pointing towards future production on the radio platform of Open Broadcast. mehr

Open Source (Düsseldorf, Germany)

In the 80’s, all over the world Duesseldorf was able to position itself as homeland of new pop musical concepts, primarily affected by the music of Kraftwerk as well as the fundamental formation of ‘Neue Deutsche Welle’ with bands like Fehlfarben or Andreas Dorau. In the 90’s, this motivation was passed on to bands like Mouse of Mars or Kreidler, both ever looking for closeness to art. mehr

Phoenix (Hong Kong, China)

Phoenix Television Group SEHK: 8002 is a Hong Kong-based Mandarin Chinese television broadcaster that aims to promote a free flow of information and entertainment within the Greater China region. It has 5 different television channels. Phoenix Television is well-known of providing Infotainment programmes with popular 'Star' Anchors and talk show hosts. mehr

Plektrum Festival (Tallinn, Estonia)

Plektrum is festival that takes place once a year in September and October in Tallinn, the capital of the Northern European small country Estonia. The festival lasts for 10 days and its goal is to present and render meaning to the confluences of people, technology and contemporary culture by showing social and cultural use of technology. mehr

Pop100 - Music & Media Service (Dortmund, Germany)

Pop100 was launched in 1998 as on online publication, dedicated to music and media related issues. The managing editor Manfred Tari also writes for trade publications such as IQ Magazine, Music & Copyright, Musikmarkt and Vip News. mehr

POP Montreal International Music Festival (Montreal, Canada)

POP Montréal International Music Festival is an annual not-for-profit curated cultural event that supports independence in arts by presenting emerging, innovative and celebrated artistic talents from Quebec, Canada and abroad on an international platform. mehr

Presences Electroniques Geneva (Geneva, Switzerland)

Originally organized by the INA’s (French Audiovisual Authority) GRM (Groupe de Recherches Musicales) in Paris 6 years ago, PRESENCES ELECTRONIQUES is now held in Switzerland each December. The festival aims to highlight the diverse means of electronic music production, by offering the best possible conditions for listening. mehr

Primavera Sound (Barcelona, Spain)

The festival has always concentrated on offering the chance to see new promising independent bands and also renowned artists from any style or genre, fundamentally looking for quality and essentially backing pop and rock as well as underground electronic and dance music. Over the years, the festival has had the most diverse range of artists. mehr

Red Bull Music Academy (London, UK)

The Red Bull Music Academy is a symposium of music and knowledge that travels the world. 60 selected producers, vocalists, DJs and instrumentalists from all across the globe come together in a new musical metropolis every year.
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Reeperbahn Festival (Hamburg, Germany)

The Reeperbahn Festival is a Club-Festival unique all over Europe. On the last weekend of every September dozens of new international bands meet an enthusiastic audience in Germany's music metropolis Hamburg. mehr

ROOTS & ROUTES (Cologne, Germany)

ROOTS&ROUTES is a European non-profit project for the advancement of young music, dance and media talents. ROOTS&ROUTES started in the Netherlands in 2001 when Rotterdam was the European cultural capital; mehr

ROSA - The Danish Rock Council (Denmark)

Established in 1981, ROSA – The Danish Rock Council, is a music focused political umbrella organisation for a number of music societies and organisations. mehr

SKIF (St. Petersburg, Russia)

SKIF, Sergey Kuryokhin International Festival, is a multidisciplinary international festival of modern arts, taking place each year since 1998 in St. Petersburg, Russia. mehr

Sonar (Barcelona, Spain)

Sonar is a music and multimedia arts festival that takes place in Barcelona every year during three days in June. It's diverse artistic offerings are split between the Sonar by Day activities and Sonar by Night. At last year's festival edition more than 75,000 people enjoyed the combination of Sonar's Electronic headliners with it's hundreds of emerging artists and DJ’s, all representing the most up-to-date music and media trends within the electronic culture. mehr

Sound of Cologne (Cologne, Germany)

Sound of Cologne (Cologne, Germany)
Attending representative: Alexandra Kinne, Project Manager
Cologne´s music network! Powering ideas, networking and creative industries in the Cologne Area, Embassador and distributor of culture & music. We spread the word, export ideas, distribute digitally, develop events, festivals and fairs and most of all we connect.
http://www.sound-of-cologne.com mehr

South By Southwest (SXSW) (Austin/Texas, USA)

SXSW Music: March 16-20, 2011
The music festival showcases hundreds of acts from around the globe on more than eighty stages in downtown Austin. During the day, conference registrants do business in the SXSW trade show, or watch provocative panel discussions which feature hundreds of speakers of international stature. mehr

Spot Festival (Aarhus, Demnark)

The ambition of the SPOT festival is to create a promotion platform for the Danish and Nordic music. The festival’s repertoire is dictated chiefly by the will to support new bands and artists that are of a quality to succeed internationally. mehr

springfestival (Graz, Austria)

Ten years ago, a new era of music and culture began in Austria, heralding the birth of springfestival, the biggest Austrian festival for electronic music and art. The Noughties have since seen springfestival evolve from a small local gathering into a global forerunner of clubture; a meeting place for live musicians, multiple electronic genres and clubbers alike, united for a long weekend of aural enrichment and cultural hedonism. mehr

Summerstage (Cologne, Germany)

Eleven years of "Funkhaus Europa Summerstage"! On Sunday, 27 June 2010, the music festival, organized by the inter-cultural broadcaster "WDR Funkhaus Europa" celebrates his eleventh edition! "LA BOOM!" is this year's motto, presenting France's dazzling music scene and will be celebrated in the Cologne location "Tanzbrunnen". mehr

Swiss Music Export (Switzerland)

Since 2003, SME has been promoting Swiss artists and bands producing anything that can be construed as “pop” music and trying to make it outside Switzerland. mehr

Synch (Athens, Greece)

Synch first started in 2004 and focuses on bringing the Greek and international audience in touch with contemporary sounds and images. Synch stand for limitless expression of music. The participating musicians come from very different backgrounds and currents, creating constantly evolving musical hybrids that combat easy categorization. mehr

Tallinn Music Week (Tallinn, Estonia)

The Tallinn Music Week is a showcase festival aiming to stage the best and most outstanding Estonian, Baltic and Nordic talent in Tallinn's most vibrant live venues. It is also a networking event for music industry professionals. mehr

The Great Escape (Brighton, UK)

In just four years, The Great Escape has established itself both as the leading event in Europe for showcasing new talent from around the world, and as one of the most exciting events on the festival and convention calendar. mehr

Time Warp (Mannheim, Germany)

The gateway between film, literature, dance and further education.
With the adding of the sectors ‚media&arts‘ and ‚lab‘ in 2007, the Time Warp evolved into the week-long ‚Time Warp – Festival for Jetztmusik and Media Art‘. The aim of this event is to present a platform across diverse locations for innovative projects that span the border between electronic music and related art forms. mehr

Whisper (Shenzhen, China)

Where the music meets fashion and arts!
Neebing is the festival organiser, arts curator, film music supervisor, He also works as a radio DJ and as a music, arts & design journalist in Beijing, China and is the owner of the PR agency lychee productions. He's working on a new project which will be the first media art museum in central Beijing near Tian An Men Square. mehr

Wilsonic (Bratislava / Slovakia)

Wilsonic is an international music festival, held annually in Bratislava, Slovakia. The festival is a spectacular celebration of today’s forward-thinking music, connecting the best elements of music fused within the atmosphere of a concert, a club and a party. mehr

WOMEX (Sevilla / Spain)

WOMEX is the most important international professional market of world music of every kind. This international fair brings together professionals from the worlds of folk, roots, ethnic and traditional music and also includes concerts, conferences and documentary films. mehr

Worldtronics (Berlin, Germany)

Since its successful debut in 2007, the festival of global electronic music has been on the lookout for the most exciting musical developments from the wide electronic world beyond Europe and North America. WORLDTRONICS has always seen itself as a festival that explores all aspects of Electronica, with a goal to surprise you rather than to confirm your expectations. mehr

Ypsigrock Festival 2010 (Castelbuono, Italy)

Now in it's 14th edition, the Festival takes place in the fascinating Piazza of Castelbuono, a small medieval town in the mountains of Sicily. mehr