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Friday, den 11.10.2024

FRONT 242 - BLACK OUT

Farewell Tour 2024 (Zusatzshow)

FRONT 242 - Zusatzshow Hamburg

Nachdem das Abschiedskonzert von Front 242 am 12.10. in der Markthalle-Hamburg innerhalb von einer Woche ausverkauft war, gibt es jetzt eine Zusatzshow am Freitag den 11.10. ebenfalls in der Markthalle-Hamburg

Tickets sind ab sofort bei Eventim und in unserem Ticketsshop erhältlich.

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FRONT 242 - Black out - Farewell Tour 2024
Special Guest: REIN

FRONT 242 - Biography
Front 242’s history starts in 1981 when Daniel B. lays out his ideas on a first single : Body to Body. Patrick Codenys (keyboards) and Jean-Luc De Meyer (vocals) join the band for the first album « Geography » in (1982), followed by Richard 23 (vocalist/stage performer) in 1983.

While developing their own independent recording and graphic units, along with a unique presentation on stage, the band progressively reaches a larger audience in Europe, touring and releasing records of its brand new genre they soon label « Electronic Body Music (aka EBM) ». EBM being a collage and synthesis of music and sounds, recycled from the media or TV, often reflecting or enriched by other artistical disciplines. In 1984 Front 242 sign on the label Wax Trax from Chicago. The EP « Take One » (1984) is their first US release, their success there will be massive.

Gaining experience in large European festivals and US shows from 1985, the band establishes itself as a very powerful live group, and EBM spreads across Europe. The albums « No Comment » (1985), « Official Version » (1987) and « Front By Front » (1988, including HeadHunter and Welcome to Paradise) seal Front 242’s international breakthrough and its status of an innovative and pioneering band.

Front’s vision continues to evolve toward fuller maturity after the acclaimed album « Tyranny For You » (1991). The two next albums, « 06:21:03:11 Up Evil » and « 05:22:09:12 Off » (1993) break through the classical Front formula to bring in new vocalists, live guitars and drums, along with a new producer, Andy Wallace (Nirvana, Sonic Youth). This begins redistributing roles and rules within the group, while retaining the scope of invention and the radical attitude that goes along with Front 242’s music.

During a 4 year hiatus (1993-1997), the band releases the albums « Live Code », recorded during their last world tour, and « Mut@ge - Mix@ge », a compilation album where The Prodigy, The Orb, Underworld, Rico Conning and others propose innovative mixes of Front 242 tracks.
The 4 original members of the band reunite in 1997 and, with German drummer Tim Kroker, start performing live again. Several live albums follow, capturing the energy and reflecting the numerous changes brought in by the versions being performed on stage.

After a long studio absence, the EP « Still & Raw » and the Album « Pulse » come out in 2003. These records, based on aesthetics of the 70’s and 80’s. Here, Front242 re-creates the original sound that was at the center of its art, enriched by 20 years of experience : analogue technologies and vintage machines pulsing into deconstructed tracks where emotion and research are still conveyed by a purely electronic attitude.
Having re-released their backcatalogue in newer, enriched versions, and breaking from the idea that every live campaign must necessarily be preceeded by a new album, Front 242 currently continue playing throughout the world with the same level of intensity, with the same success as ever, followed and cheered by crowds of loyal fans celebrating the band’s uniqueness and renowned integrity.

Discography Front 242
1981 - PRINCIPLES (7")
1982 - U-MEN (7") –
1982 - GEOGRAPHY (albumCD)
1983 - ENDLESS RIDDANCE (CDS) - TWO IN ONE (CDS)
1985 - NO COMMENT (albumCD)
1985 - POLITICS OF PRESSURE (CDS)
1986 - INTERCEPTION (CDS)
1987 - BACK CATALOGUE (albumCD)
1987 - OFFICIAL VERSION (albumCD)
1988 - HEADHUNTER (CDS / CDV)
1988 - FRONT BY FRONT (albumCD)
1989 - NEVER STOP! (CDS) - MASTERHIT (CDS)
1990 - TRAGEDY > FOR YOU < (CDS) - TRAGEDY > FOR YOU < TWO (CDS)
1991 - TYRANNY > FOR YOU < (albumCD)
1991 - MIXED BY FEAR (CDS) - RHYTHM OF TIME (CDS)
1993 - RELIGION (CDS)
1993 - UP EVIL (albumCD)
1993 - OFF (albumCD)
1993 - ANGELS VERSUS ANIMALS (CDS)
1994 - LIVE CODE (albumCD live)
1995 - MUT@GE.MIX@GE (album CD) (Mixes fromProdigy, Underworld and The Orb) 1998 - RE:BOOT LIVE (albumCD)Live)
1998 - HEADHUNTER 2000 (4 CDS mixes)
2003 - STILL & RAW (CD EP)
2003 - PULSE (CD Album)
2008 - “MOMENTS” - Double Live CD – Vynils
2018 – Re-release GEOGRAPHY + NO COMMENTS re-mastered collector versions.

* FRONT 242 - VIDEOGRAPHY *
1982 U-Men - ( dir : Marc Demeyer)
1984 Operating tracks - (dir : BRT/Roodfonk)
1984 Take One - (dir : BRT/Roodfonk)
1986 Quite Unusual - (dir : Serge Bergli /RTBF)
1988 HeadHunter - (dir : Anton Corbijn)
1988 Welcome to Paradise - (dir : Anton Corbijn)
1991 Rhythm of Time - (dir : Chris Christofferson)
1992 Integration - Compilation (The only commercial videocassette released) 1993 Religion (dir : Jon Klein /Conspiracy)
1994 Animal (dir : John Wentworth/ Assymetrical Prod.)
1996 Happiness - (dir : Etienne Auger / V-Form)
2005 - “Catch the Men” - Live DVD


Special Guest: REIN
REIN is the Stockholm based electro / avant-pop solo artist, producer, songwriter and record label owner of REIN RECORDINGS.

Her music is influenced by fusing elements from the 80’s and electro mixed into a futuristic sound for the dance floor. Her music and her explosive live performances is often described as groundbreaking, energetic and raw.

Since the release of her self-titled debut EP in 2016 she has been breaking boundaries and social norms. After her second release the single ”I Don’t Get Anything But Shit From You” she got two P3 Gold (Swedens National Radio) nominations for ”Dance of the year” and ”New comer of the year” in 2017. Later the same year she dropped her second EP ”Freedoom” were she was touching subjects such as feminism, injustice and social issues. The release got praised by the biggest music journalists in Sweden.

In 2019 she started her own record label REIN RECORDINGS and the year after, released "REINCARNATED", her critically acclaimed full-length debut album. The album got so praised that when the restrictions opened up she got invited to tour America two times in one year with a unique audiovisual show based upon “REINCARNATED”. She also got invited to play at the Roskilde Festival the same year. In 2021 and 2022 she released music at Boys Noize Records with Boys Noize and the French DJ and Producer Djejdjotronic.

In 2023 she release her second full length album on REIN RECORDINGS.