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Contrast nl

- Amsterdam, NL Alternative / Industrial / Gothic

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Members: Patrick van Alphen - programming, vocals, guitar / René Jongeneelen - programming, electronic drums, backing vocals / Sharon Feigal - live keyboards

Label: Tripple Handshake / Pandaimonium Records

Bio: We're a Dutch band from Amsterdam, founded in 2003. Our music has been described as a mixture of industrial-elektro, old-school ebm and dark wave.
In december 2003, we finished our first demo-mcd the devastation files. From this demo, the song "follow the leaders" appeared on the cd decoder (a co... See Full Bio

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"Opener 'Dare' vat alles goed samen, melodieus en dansbaar en enig hitpotentieel zonder te gaan enerveren of in platvloerse beats te weg te glijden. 'Insecure' laat meer gitaar toe, net als de niet onaardige ballad 'Chained To The Past' waar je met een beetje fantasie ook ietwat het recente geluid van Clan Of Xymox in herkent. Elektronisch aangestuurde Dark Wave voor deze 21ste eeuw (...). Al bij al een aanvaardbaar debuut met enig potentieel dat ondanks de duidelijke knipoog naar de dansvloer en de nodige actuele electro ingrediënten (...) toch nog voldoende eigenheid en diversiteit kent (...). Waag uw kans indien u wel wat voelt voor een eigentijdse kruisbestuiving tussen Dark Wave en dansvloer Electro."

— Dark Entries, Dark Entries (webzine)

“(Review in edition JUNE 2009): "(was Contrast) mit diesem Debut abliefern, kann sich "sehen" lassen. Hauptsächlich von Old-School-EBM geprägt und durch hübsche Melodien verfeinert, liefern die Songs weiteren Stoff für die Electrosammlung. Positiv hervorzuheben sind atmospärischen Tracks wie "Senseless", die angenehme...Momente bieten... Gut gemacht." ”

— Zillo, Zillo

“(Review): "(...) First there is an electronic side, which is dark and sometimes a little bit reminding to the 80’s. Next there’s a kind of gothic touch, which might be seen as the reminiscences of the Malochia period. Besides these influences, this album reveals a quite mature production process. From start to finish Contrast brings a dynamic electronic composition merged with some atmospheric strings and solid guitar parts. (...) This is miles away from the traditional standards (...) that makes the charm from this album. “Antidote” is a honest debut! 7 points””

— SideLine, SideLine (webzine)

“(Review): "Finally an electro-band NOT attending the game of loudest band in the world, but a band which is obviously busy with quality during the studio-sessions. And not only on the mixing they sound perfect: also the music it self is one of the best releases I have heard this year... they are moving through the spectre of subgenres, but the old EBM-beat is never far away. Back to old school: yes please! 9 of 10 points" ”

— Gothtronic, Gothtronic

“SONIC SEDUCER (Story, Soundcheck and Review): "Klingende Synthsläufe, lässig eingestreute Meloeinwürfe, ein starkes, breites Bass -Sequenzen Fundament, klopfende Bassdrums... darüber ein böses Fauchen und Raunen... Ein Hommage an das goldene Zeitalter des düsteren Electro. Energetisch, rund und souverän aufbereitet." ”

— Sonic Seducer, Sonic Seducer

“(Story and Review): "Electro, gepaart mit Old- skool-EBM und Dark Wave Elementen... hier lohnt es sich definitiv reinzuhören... hier gibt es endlich mal wieder ein bischen Abwechslung auf die geschundenen Lauscher... Atmosphärisch statt wuchtig, die Stimme trotz Verzerrer noch angenehm klingend... die beiden Soundtüftler (legen es) auf ausgefeilte Klangstrukturen an. 8 von 10 Punkten" ”

— Orkus, Orkus

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2011
Feb 26

P60
Amstelveen, NH, NL | 8:30pm
P60
Amstelveen, NH, NL
Sat Feb 26, 2011 8:30pm
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Jul 30

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Steenwijk, NL | 2:00pm
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