Maschinenfest - Aachen, Germany 1999
Pictures From Maschinenfest @ Musik Bunker -- Aachen, Germany -- October 30 & 31, 1999
Outside the Musik Bunker, Aachen. [CH]
One of our friendly hosts... [CH]
The Gatekeeper! [CH]
The trusty bartender. [CH]
The nice folks from De Luidsprecker records. [CH]
Tom (a.k.a. Dr. Demon) of Spectre Records & Herman (a.k.a Dr. Blood) of Ah Cama-Sotz, hanging out in the Spectre booth. [IAH]
Herman Klapholz teaching photo lessons. [IAH]
More camera antics! [IAH]
This is a picture of fearless ant-zen webmaster and list administrator Bauke van der Wal. He's so busy, this blurry shot was the only photo I could capture of him! [IAH]
Aha! Here's a much clearer shot of Bauke and myself. [CH]
Etienne and Aex hamming it up for the camera. [IAH]
Myself and Irish madman Shane Crowe. [CH]
Valerie drinking more than her share of beer! Actually, the coffee is hers. [CH]
Mario Walschaerts, chatting in a local pub. [CH]
Gert Haelevoet (a.k.a. Frames A Second) enjoying a beer with some friends. [IAH]
Hey guys...quit blocking the hallway! [CH]
Morgenstern: Andreas Schramm and Andrea Börner. The giant metal ring on the left was played by Andreas. It was connected to a processor which was used to manipulate the sounds it made. [CH]
Andrea Börner's eye peeking through a giant sawblade during Morgenstern's ritualistic set. [CH]
Morgenstern. [CH]
Andreas Schramm. [CH]
Andrea Börner. [CH]
Scott Beebe, head of Possessive Blindfold Records, during his performance as Zym0siZ. [CH]
Zym0siZ. [CH]
James Vietzke. [CH]
Herman Klapholz (Ah Cama-Sotz) onstage. [CH]
Ah Cama-Sotz. [CH]
P.A.L. with his drumsticks, looking not quite sober. ;-) [CH]
Tim Kniep of Synapscape, churning out annihilating rhythms. [IAH]
Tim and Philipp sending intense waves of sound through the crowd. [IAH]
Closeup of Tim. [CH]
Tim in the crouch. [CH]
Patrick Stevens unleashing a monstrous track from his new CD, "ffwd>>burnout!" [IAH]
Patrick Stevens & Mieke Maes tearing up the Musik Bunker. [IAH]
Damn Shit! [IAH]
They called this portion Hypnoskull vs. Tunnel, but it seemed more like both acts vs. the crowd -- Patrick using punishing beats to drive home Mieke's cloud of invectives and abusive lyrics. [IAH]
Raoul Rotation & Phil Philter making their debut appearance together at Maschinenfest. [IAH]
Another shot of Noisex. [IAH]
More Noisex! [IAH]
Noisex again! [CH]
Winterkalte -- Sheer abrasive electronic terror! [IAH]
S.alt and others onstage as Andxesion. [CH]
S.alt / Raoul / Andreas / Olivier. [CH]
The POWER of Andxesion! [CH]
A shot of the crowd during the performances. [CH]
Another picture of the crowd. [CH]
Do you see yourself here? Why the hell not? [CH]
Enjoying the concerts. [CH]
Crystal / Etienne / Aex / Val. [CH]
Same characters, different mood. [CH]
Aex & Val, victims of the 2-night rhythmic assault! [IAH]
Etienne & Sasha having a chat. [CH]
More guests of the festival in the corridor. [CH]
Valerie, enjoying the show. [CH]
What's so funny? [CH]
The great Frank Lachmann! [CH]
Enthusaism! [CH]
Discussing next year's lineup? [CH]
Sasha of Noizguild perched on a foosball table behind the Possessive Blindfold table. [IAH]
Aex, Numa, Andrea Börner and a couple other partiers near the bar. [CH]
Etienne, Sasha & Aex, just inside the front door of the venue. [CH]
Not sure what the hell this is, but it looks really cool! [CH]
All photographs on this site are Copyright I.Andrew Hall/Puppykisser 1998 and may not be used without written permission from the owner. Credits to yours truly [IAH] and Crystal H. [CH] for all photos.