Last Line-Up Update: Azure Blue (SWE)

Some of you have already read the sad news on Facebook, The Give it ups had to cancel their performance as one of the members cannot make it to the festival due to health issues in the family. We wish you all the best, get well soon!

But now let's look forward to the sunny side of this post and of our line-up, which is finally complete!

The first night of Indie Pop Days 2012 will see yet another act who is playing in Germany for the first time. Our headliner on Friday will be Azure Blue, a solo project of Swedish Tobias Isaksson, known to indie popsters for his former Labrador based bands Irene and Laurel Music.

On his first album "Rule of Thirds" which was released last year on the Sweden-based Hybris-Label and internationally on Matinee Records, he is leaving the grand Indiepop sound of his Labrador releases behind to enter a world of airy synthpop, much to the enjoyment of everyone who likes analogue synthesizers and drum-machines. Once you hear one of his tunes, be sure to have it stuck in your head - proof is a click away, "dreamy eyes" and "little confusions", both singles from "Rule of Thirds".
Fans of New Order, Air France, The Go-Betweens, The Cure, Sarah and/or current favourites from Sweden like The Radio Dept. have something to look forward to.

Zero days to go!

It's TODAAAY!!!

Hi everyone,

even though we'll meet tonight there are a couple of things we want to let you know.
If you take a look at our premium edition schedule you can see we included every special treat we got for you during this festival.

Well, no. We didn't. There are a couple more things we have for you.

At first we thought some of you who travel a more or less long way to Berlin might want to stroll around in the city for a while. If you feel like doing that we have a list of recommendations regarding places, shops and fleamarkets we'd like to go to. Check it out! Those who live in Berlin are of course also allowed to take a look.

But let's get back to the festival!

As you know we asked a couple of fine DJs to come and work out some nice shifts at the turntables for you to have a sweet party. We are very much looking forward to Flemming (DK, Labrador Records), Luise and Sindyan on Friday, Natalie Stardust, Lea Posh!pop, Tim Gane (Stereolab), Alex Bechberger and the guys from Sonic Pop Allnighter on Saturday as well as Sleepyheadphone and Anders on Sunday.

And we have a special guest who will join us for an acoustic (hopefully) outdoor set: Rune Simonsen will perform a couple of songs from his solo-project lagoonbird.

Lagoonbird - Anniversary by Breaking Olympic Records

Usually he is the singer/guitarist in the band Washington. We are pretty excited about that and look forward to seeing him live!



There are so many bands to see and meet we are looking forward to.
And last but not least we are looking forward to meeting you.

See you in a few minutes at Wasserturm Kreuzberg! Wuuut!!