Yet again this year's Melt! festival was great fun. We really enjoyed the new camping site and swimming in the lake was awesome. Always sunny but not too hot, what more would you want? And of course, the line up: more than 80 live-acts and DJs were just a blast.
More than 13,000 music enthusiasts, that's 20% more than the year before celebrated a peaceful festival. A very impressive figure, I think, taking into account that the Loveparade in Berlin was just around the corner.
We are looking forward to Melt! 2007 which will also be the 10th anniversary. See you July 13th 2007 and meanwhile enjoy the photos.
… and still recovering. We had a great time this year. Enjoying a bath in the lake, the sun, awesome artists and yet again this breathtaking atmosphere. As soon as we have the photos ready, we put them up on our Flickr accounts and post them here. Stay tuned!
There won't be any postings for the next days until we are in Gräfenheinichen on Thursday. We are at the airport waiting for our flights to Germany. See you in 4 days at the Melt! We are so exited…
Last minute tickets on your mobile phone
4 Comments Published by Olaf June 30th, 2006 in festival, Melt! Team 
If you are one of those type of people who can't make a decision just now, well, there is still a chance to get your Melt! tickets on your way. The Melt! folks have teamed up with picticket.com and kartenhaus.de allowing for online purchase whereby you receive your ticket on your mobile phone. The picture message you will be sent is some sort of barcode which is scanned in at the entrance and exchanged for a wristband. You can pay by credit card or direct debit.
Melt! Compilation to be released tomorrow (23 June)
2 Comments Published by Olaf June 22nd, 2006 in artists, festival, music
We hope the new 2006 Melt! CD is as good as the ones before. The first year we went to Melt! we had the CD/ Ticket bundle which is also available this year at mikromarken.de (61 Euros). It was a geat warmer-upper to get into the right festival mood driving all the way up there. Anyways, here is the tracklisting:
- The Kooks - Sofa Song
- Art Brut - Good Weekend
- The Streets - Fit But You Know It
- Bloc Party - Always New Depth
- Blumfeld - Tics
- Die Sterne - Wenn ich realistisch bin
- Maximo Park - Horror Hammer
- Editors - Bullets
- Tomte - Ich sang die ganze Zeit von dir
- Jamie Lidell – Multiply
- Soulwax - NY Lipps
- Infadels - Jagger 67
- Egoexpress - Knartz IV (Abe Duque Remix)
- Ellen Allien & Apparat - Turbo Dreams
- Isoleé - Djamel Et Jamshid (Villalobos Edit)
- Nathan Fake - Dinamo (Dominik Eulberg Remix)
- Aphex Twin - Meltphace 06
The CD is available as of tomorrow for 9.90 Euros plus shipping. Check out the Intro.de online shop.
This year, the Gremminer Lake will be open for swimming for the first time and there will be an additional camping site there. Camping opens Thursday around noon but bathrooms will not be accessible before Friday morning. Campers who can't live without their vehicles (or sleep in one) need to use the camping site along the main road, though. Doors open 4pm on Fridays, the first bands performing an hour later.
See maps here.
When it comes to online presentation of artists and bands, there is one thing you can almost rely on. Type in "myspace.com/bandname" and chances are you make your match. MySpace has evolved to be the most important promotion platform for many artists. Mediengruppe Telekommander is one of many examples and the guys highly endorse MySpace in a recent interview. Of course, Melt! Festival has a mySpace page as well.
Melt! Festival - we are coming!
0 Comments Published by Olaf June 14th, 2006 in iheartmelt, festival, Melt! TeamWe have booked our flights and can't wait to enjoy 2 great festival days at Melt! 2006. We are planning to report live from the event and update this blog with the latest photos and rants every other hour. Our thanks go the Melt! Festival organisation team for fast accreditation - you are the best!
Melt fans are everywhere and of course also on Last.fm. Check out the Melt! Festival group on the social network and music lover's favourite website. As always on Last.fm, great for getting inspired to find new music or simply to connect to people that share one's passion.
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