'A Journey into Steampunk' Festival 24th/25th August 2012 at
'The Workhouse',Llanfyllin in Mid Wales...
TICKETS now on sale...
Friday 24th August Line up
BB BLACKDOG (Rock/Psychedelic/Stoner/Steampunk)
A mix of German and English members, with nearly 200 gigs, 5 albums worth of original songs, showcases in Hamburg, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, London, Birmingham and tours across 2 continents, BB BlackDog have become a Band not to miss. Using no overdubs, playing simple catchy music, remaining fiercely independent, and powered by a rapidly growing, loyal band of supporters, BB BlackDog are different, and thats a good thing.
BLACKLIGHT MUTANTS (Punk / Metal / Electronic)
An experimental art/video/punk group from Manchester who mix punk, death rock, electronics to form their sounds and noises as well as video and artwork to carry their message. The sounds and echos from a future worlds end Manchester, a post apocalpytic new world where survivers, the mutants, cults and vigilanties roam the cities alleyways and the once glass fronted high streets. As survivers they come to help give guidance through these tragic and bleakening scenes.
ELLEN ELIZABETH COX (Folk from Hell/Dark Acoustic/ Alt-Folk)
Ellethia hails from the heart of the ancient Cambrian Mountains in Mid-Wales, UK. With a rich cultural heritage at her back and an eclectic mix of musicians old and new in her book of influences, she creates a unique, poetic and darkly delicious brand of underground alt-folk. A powerful voice and mesmerizing acoustic guitar drive her distinctive fusion of politics, punk, feminism and fantasy. Compelling rhythms, loaded lyrics and entrancing melodies combine to create a sound that shoots straight to the heart.
Saturday 25th August Line up
ABNEY PARK (Steampunk)
Abney Park was formed by Robert Brown in 1997. They released their first full-length album Abney Park in 1998, and in 1999 they released Return to the Fire. Their third album "Cemetery Number 1" drew from their first two albums as well as introducing several new songs. In the early years of Abney Park, the band featured a gothic musical and visual style, which culminated with their 2002 release From Dreams Or Angels. In 2005, the band released Taxidermy which is a collection of new versions of songs from past albums, three live tracks and two covers. In 2006, the release of the album The Death of Tragedy marked the beginning of a major change for the band, as their music departed from a goth/pagan sound to a more world music/fusion one. Abney Park transformed themselves from a largely goth industrial band into a steampunk band. According to that story, the band's plane collided with a time-travelling dirigible called the Ophelia said to have been created by a Dr. Leguminous Calgori (presumably a reference to the 1920 silent film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) in a freak storm. The band commandeered the vessel, deciding to become airship pirates, and formed a new band from the surviving members of the crash. In the spring of 2008, That year, they released Lost Horizons, their first steampunk-themed album. Also in 2009, the band released Aether Shanties, their tenth album. A recording of a live performance of one of them (later confirmed to be the title track, "The End Of Days") can be found . The End Of Days, their seventh studio album, was released on October 15, 2010.
GHOSTFIRE (Alternative Rock/Steampunk/Gothic)
The music of Ghostfire resonates to the debauched decadence and absinthe-fuelled anarchy of life in the eighties… Stalking the cobbled streets; lurking in the shadows of the darkest alleyways... Dare you glance beyond the safety of the guttering gaslights? To where the gin-soaked moxie plies her trade, the dipper watches his mark and the drunken sailor staggers blindly... It’s this shadowy world of villains, rogues and rascals that Ghostfire calls home. In the darkest corners of the flash taverns, we raise glasses with vagabonds, footpads, pirates and thieves. All seeking sanctuary in the anonymity only notorious London Town can afford... Come in and see the whole nightmare…A band that you surly cannot miss....
BITTER RUIN (Haunting and Dramatic Noir Indie Folk)
Bitter Ruin formed in 2007 in Brighton when Ben Richards and Georgia Train met at music school. Although the pair understood each other musically, they had dramatically opposing musical tastes. Georgia had a history in Musical Theatre and Art, she listened to the likes of Fiona Apple, Regina Spektor and The Talking Heads whereas Ben preferred Rock, with the occasional tortured writer; Jeff Buckley and Metallica. However, their main bond as musicians was their Classical training.So the music has ended up somewhat eclectic and Bitter Ruin themselves describe it as ‘Contemporary Expressionism’ meaning that the style of music will change continuously as the lyrics, emotion and purpose of expression does.
POISIONED ELECTRICK HEAD (Zombie,Punk ,Twisted Rock)
The band's first release was the 1986 cassette-only mini-album Drink Me, followed three years later by the "Trickeroo/Cap of Flies" single. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Poisoned Electrick Head built up a fiercely devoted live following in their hometown and in other parts of the UK. By the start of the 1990s, the band had taken their onstage theatricality a step further, with the singers dressing in boiler-suits and wearing latex "death masks" and other bizarre stage costumes while the remaining band members wore ornate H. R. Giger-esque "alien domeheads" and robes.
VICTOR MENACE (Gypsy, Classical, Punk)
T"Stories of ship-wrecks and shark-bites, blurry-eyed Hawaiian islands, post-apocalyptic hoe-downs and horse-races.. it’s all there, like a Brothers Grimm collection written in a foreign language, with some of the pages stuck together."
PROFESSOR ELEMENTAL (Chap Hop)
PROFESSOR ELEMENTAL hosts, performs and teaches hip hop in more ways than you can imagine and he adds a healthy dollop of comedy and cabaret on the side. If you’re looking for lively, fun-packed rap music, taken in new and exciting directions, then Professor Elemental is very much your man. Professor Elemental is a steampunk mad professor. His hobbies include adventure, invention, and a good cuppa. Aside from a few of his experiments (best left unmentioned), the Professor first got himself noticed with the track Cup of Brown Joy.
VICTOR SIERRA (Steampunk, Dieselpunk, Retro-futurism, Rock, Electro)
Victor Sierra is Paris-based Steampunk rock electro band. Victor Sierra’s transversal universe is made of sound and visual explorations and knows no limit.A powerful and imposing rhythmic set roars in the engine room of a baroque vessel sailing on a rough sea to mysterious lagoons and ice fields on fire.Their melodies wind up and stretch out just like furious fever peaks.Words from varied origins open up to new roads that always take you further away.
ROGORA KHART (Band Musika Rogora Khart)
Welcome my friends to the wonderful and exciting world of Rogora Khart.With our bizarre blend of frenzied, break neck punk, we make for you an entertainment explosion of joyous musical and visual delight.Influenced by Eastern European music, and brought together, as a group, by the compelling desire to entertain audiences.Rogora khart present a show of original songs sung in Georgian, German, English, Welsh and Russian, which are simple and celebrate the joys of life. They also play Eastern influenced, upbeat dance tunes, which are enjoyed by the audience and danced to, by the group's talented dancer, Siluria.
BITHRITE (Black Country Steampunk)
Formed in the year 2000, originally the band was called The Naz, Jon answered an add in the local paper when they were looking for a guitarist, they didnt have a bassist at that time instead they had two keyboard players one of which was Lee who later became the drummer. the other keyboard player Matt left soon after Jon joined and not long after the drummer Dean left also. So with Alan, Lee and on left it was decided to go for a more stripped down rawer sound. An add was placed for a bassist and the name changed at this point to Bithrite to reflect the new direction Bill Daniels was the bassist that joined and the band did a fair amount of gigs and some recordings.
DARK PATRICK (Downtempo/Ambient/Ethnic-trance)
Anglo-Ukrainian duet Dark Patrick perform music in the style downtempo/ambient/ethnic-trance. Club beats and synthesizer enhancement form the backdrop for hurdy-gurdy, old world bandura, uilleann pipes, bodhran and woodwind solos that intertwine with hypnotic, haunting female vocals.
Dark Patrick’s music is original, full of surprises and shockingly beautiful. Audiences talk about it with wonder and awe, stating, that it is absolutely new and original and hard to place under any certain genre category.
GLADSTONE (Steampunk)
My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, Gladstone are herewith destined to bring the wonderous phenomenon that is Steampunk and all of it's glorious attributes to your delicate ears, marvel as Steampunk comes into your life in a wonderous tirade of awesome sound bedazzling your very senses. Pip, pip old bean,you have been warned!
BROADARROW JACK (Steampunk Style)
Formed in the birth-throes of 2011, a group of unlikely strangers follow a mission to achieve dominion over the waves - auditory and oceanic - and achieve mastery of the universe as a by-product. Broadarrow Jack are an enigma wrapped up in a conundrum, with a delicate twist of the sea air and a heavy handed daubing of pure something. Tea, most likely. Or cake. Or possibly gin. They are six in number and have a wide range of musical tastes and influences, reflected in the music they play and they play whatever they like - steampunk style!
More artist's to be confirmed soon.....
*ALL ARTISTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE..
Only 1,000 tickets will be available..
Camping will be available throughout the weekend...
Camping £5 per tent per night which will be donated to the Workhouse charity. You can purchase camping passes on the day's of the festival. There will be plenty of camping to accommodate all..
