Since 1998 part of the viennese alternative scene. Since then uncountable national and international bands stopped at the B72 to play, for example Zoot woman, Calexico, Tocotronic, Moneybrother, Chikinki, Kettcar, Firewater.. to name but a few. The B72 covers a wide range of underground music and offers especially young austrian bands a possibility to play a well established club to fair conditions. The B72 is situated close to other well known viennese alternative bases, like the chelsea or the rhiz. It offers space for about 250 people and has a gallery to watch the stage and the crowd comfortably. Also there is a garden where you can sit outside and enjoy your drinks and the people around you.
Bikini Test is venue located in the Jura mountains of Switzerland, near the France limits (near Belfort, Besancon).
Capacity : 350
Stage : 8m x 5m
Electricity : 220V/50HZ
Open usually on fridays and saturdays.
Kinds of music : rock, metal, stoner, post-rock, rock'n'roll, dub, reggae, ska, electro, trip-hop, electro-jazz, funk-soul, hip-hop, etc...
starting 1984 with punk/hardcore shows - 25 years later - the kapu is a place of refuge for different styles of music, like noise-rock-hiphop-crust-jazz-electronic-metal... and running a small cinema, a recording studio, organizing lectures and exhibitions.
a combination of voluntary working people, professional working and a bunch of enthusiasm makes this place to the best club on earth.
capacity: 10 to 200 humans and a maximum of 7 dogs
bands played like: Arab On Radar, Attwenger, Automan,Bastards Sons Of Johnny Cash, Bedlam Rovers, Blonde Redhead, Bobby Con, Brutal Juice, Cheval De Frise, Dalek, Deadzibel, Don Caballero, The Ex (+ Tom Cora), Flamingo Massacre, Flipper, Fugazi, Gary Floyd, Girls Against Boys, Groove, GSYBE!, Grant Hart, Green Day, Graue Zellen, Happy Wizz, Hidden Hand, Hitch, Jack Frost, Killdozer, Knut, Kurort, Lemonheads, Le Tigre, Locust, Melt Banana, Merker Tv, Monno, Negazione, Nina Nastasia, Nirvana, Oneself + Yarah Bravo, P.A.I.N., Paperchase, Porn To Hula, Scorn, Scout Niblet, Sensual Love, Shudder To Think, Shy, Sister Double Happiness, Sole, Stand To all, Strahler 80, Surfaholics, Swollen Members, Target Of Demand, Techno Animal, Texta, Valina, Wipe Out, Witchhunt, ....
The OCCII (Onafhankelijk Cultureel Centrum In It) is a venue for alternative and independent music in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The organization is mostly run by volunteers and has its roots in the squatting movement; the building was squatted in 1984 and “legalized” in 1989. Next to the concert hall, there’s also a , a restaurant (called MKZ), the Anarchist library, theatre for children (Kinderpret), a bike workshop (Farafina), a sauna (Fenomeen), rehearsal studios, and a big courtyard with a garden.
The building the OCCII resides in was built as a horse tram garage with stables in 1883-84 by architect Abraham Salm (1857-1915), who also designed (together with his father G. B. Salm) the buildings where popular commercial venues Melkweg and Paradiso now operate.
The OCCII has no central programming, instead there are several programming groups that set the agenda. Some of these groups are Le Club Suburbia (mostly indie and post-punk), `Nada (new wave and EBM), Muziek Kapot Moet (experimental, electronic, noise, weird pop), Spellbound (Queer, electronic, dance), The Real Amsterdam Underground /Doom!Shit!Doom! (punk, hardcore, Doom, Sludge), HalloGallo (sounds & colours for body and mind) and Cool Schmool (dance, indie, mostly female fronted).
Stadtwerkstatt is a cultural association in Linz/Austria, founded in 1979 by art-school dissidents. It is a communication platform for the local art scene and an experimental space for art and cultural development. Being a vibrant place for an independent national and international avantgarde underground art scene in the early years, over the years Stadtwerkstatt became an independent art-media center. The focus is on critical reflection of the conditions of society and fostering free cultural initiatives, mainly independent media-projects.
Stadtwerkstatt runs a cultural center downtown Linz. Hosting public access media structures that were built up throughout the last years in cooperation with other media activists like
Radio FRO (non commercial local radio station, 24 hrs a day - also broadcasting in the net) - and servus.at (internet service for art and culture in the region), a Cafe with a small club-stage, Cafe Strom and a hall for concerts and events (dates).
All of these stages (real, virtual and ether) are networked.
Stadtwerkstatt realizes art-projects that are prototype samples of the interdisciplinary work with main focus on public spaces, audience participation and technology.
more info on art projects: http://www.servus.at/stwst/kunst