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Leather Strip is the solo-project of Danish electronic industrial artist Claus Larsen. Discovered by the German techno artist and producer Talla 2XLC, Leather Strip quickly built a buzz as one of the most exciting emerging acts in Europe in the early 90's. The band will play for the first time in Poland!

Never before has such a thing happened. The organizers of the Castle Party festival give You, the the festival attendees, the possibilty of choosing the line-up for the next edition! The rules are as the following - on& this link castleparty.com/wybierz_lineup.html is a list of 77 acts. You are allowed to pick only one. The first ten bands with the biggest number of votes cast will be invited to perform at the next Castle Party. There is a great variety of genres hence everyone will surely find something for themselves.

Specially for you AlterNation Music Magazine has created a virtual trip around Bolkow during the festival so that you are able to return to our festival at any time all the year round at least for a while. Have a look here.

Big thanks to all those who have attended this year's festival edition. It started unhappily but you proved that despite the bad weather, you cannot refrain yourselves from having fun. Unfortunately, on Friday we bit the dust struggling with the wind which was trying to sweep the stage construction away, outside the walls, but we'll do everything we can to let the stars, who were meant to perform on Friday, appear at the festival next year. We're looking forward to seeing you again!

Castle Party has been placed among the 150 tourist attractions taking part in the plebiscite "Wielkie Odkrywanie Dolnego Śląska" (The Great Discovering of Lower Silesia). In order to vote for our festival, one must send SMS to +48 72355 (cost 2,46 PLN) composed of the text: WOD.63. The poll results can be viewed here.

In a few days "Przesilenie" (Solstice) will premiere at the Castle Party festival in Bolkow (Poland). "Przesilenie" is a brand new printed zine (in Polish only!) devoted to the dark independent scene (gothic, EBM, industrial, ambient). The pilot issue will include interviews (f.e. Diary of Dreams, Suicide Commando, Clan of Xymox, Tides from Nebula, Cyclobe), music and nonmusic columns (from the history of synth music and noise aesthetics to performance, games and comics), extensive review of Wave Gotik Treffen XX and tons of CD reviews. Details and online ordering available at www.przesilenie.com.