Reverence (music festival)
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Reverence was an electronic music festival, held annually in Madison, Wisconsin
, United States
2003-2009. Showcasing primarily aggrotech, electro-industrial
and synthpop
bands, it has included other electronic dance music genres as well. Originally a single daylong event, it now has expanded to multiple days and venues.
The festival has featured artists such as Voltaire
, Null Device
, Boole
, Iris
, Epsilon Minus
and Stromkern
.
2004 : The year sometimes referred to as "Irreverence"
2005 (July 24-25)
2006 (July 21-22)
2007 (July 25-28)
2008 (August 20, 22-23)
2009 (September 17-19) : [Part of the larger Forward Music Festival for 2009]
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
2003-2009. Showcasing primarily aggrotech, electro-industrial
Electro-industrial
Electro-industrial is a music genre drawing on EBM and post-industrial that developed in the mid-1980s. While EBM has a minimal structure and clean production, electro-industrial has a deep, complex and layered sound. The style was pioneered by Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, and other groups,...
and synthpop
Synthpop
Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...
bands, it has included other electronic dance music genres as well. Originally a single daylong event, it now has expanded to multiple days and venues.
The festival has featured artists such as Voltaire
Voltaire (musician)
Voltaire , is a popular dark cabaret Cuban-American musician...
, Null Device
Null Device
Null Device is an electronic pop band from Wisconsin, USA.-Band history:Null Device is an electronic band formed in 1995 by Eric Oehler, William Annis, and Tom Lawrence at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. After the amicable departures of Annis and Lawrence, Dr. Eric Goedken joined as a...
, Boole
Boole (band)
Boole is an electronic hybrid act formed in 1996 by Brad Barkett and Mike Barkett at Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland. The band was formed as a foray into explorations of post-modern forms of popular dance music, in contrast to Brad Barkett's experimental music project formed in 1990, The...
, Iris
Iris (Texas band)
Iris is an American synthpop band, formed by Reagan Jones and Mat Morris in 1993. After releasing their first album Disconnect, Matthew Morris was replaced with Andrew Sega, who pushed the band's sound into a more experimental electronic direction...
, Epsilon Minus
Epsilon Minus
Epsilon Minus was a Canadian futurepop/trance band formed in 2000 by Bogart Shwadchuck and Jennifer Parkin. The name "Epsilon Minus" is a reference to Aldous Huxley's novel, Brave New World....
and Stromkern
Stromkern
Stromkern is a band that blends electronic music and hip-hop. The band was formed in 1994 by James "Ned" Kirby.Kirby was originally a DJ in Madison, Wisconsin as a teenager, experimenting under the moniker "Flowers for Ravers" before founding Stromkern. Disenchanted with the music he was receiving...
.
Band lineups by year
2003- Stochastic Theory | Null Device | BooleBoole (band)Boole is an electronic hybrid act formed in 1996 by Brad Barkett and Mike Barkett at Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland. The band was formed as a foray into explorations of post-modern forms of popular dance music, in contrast to Brad Barkett's experimental music project formed in 1990, The...
| VoltaireVoltaireFrançois-Marie Arouet , better known by the pen name Voltaire , was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion, free trade and separation of church and state...
| Iris | StromkernStromkernStromkern is a band that blends electronic music and hip-hop. The band was formed in 1994 by James "Ned" Kirby.Kirby was originally a DJ in Madison, Wisconsin as a teenager, experimenting under the moniker "Flowers for Ravers" before founding Stromkern. Disenchanted with the music he was receiving... - DJs: Whiterabbit, Mindphaser
- Venue: Inferno
2004 : The year sometimes referred to as "Irreverence"
- The Gothsicles | Stochastic Theory | Null DeviceNull DeviceNull Device is an electronic pop band from Wisconsin, USA.-Band history:Null Device is an electronic band formed in 1995 by Eric Oehler, William Annis, and Tom Lawrence at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. After the amicable departures of Annis and Lawrence, Dr. Eric Goedken joined as a...
| BooleBoole (band)Boole is an electronic hybrid act formed in 1996 by Brad Barkett and Mike Barkett at Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland. The band was formed as a foray into explorations of post-modern forms of popular dance music, in contrast to Brad Barkett's experimental music project formed in 1990, The...
| Epsilon MinusEpsilon MinusEpsilon Minus was a Canadian futurepop/trance band formed in 2000 by Bogart Shwadchuck and Jennifer Parkin. The name "Epsilon Minus" is a reference to Aldous Huxley's novel, Brave New World....
| Noonerschaft | StromkernStromkernStromkern is a band that blends electronic music and hip-hop. The band was formed in 1994 by James "Ned" Kirby.Kirby was originally a DJ in Madison, Wisconsin as a teenager, experimenting under the moniker "Flowers for Ravers" before founding Stromkern. Disenchanted with the music he was receiving... - DJs: WhiteRabbit
- Venue: Inferno
2005 (July 24-25)
- Blind Faith and Envy | CombichristCombiChristCombichrist is a Norwegian Aggrotech band formed in 2003 by Norwegian Andy LaPlegua based in Atlanta.-Formation:The first material LaPlegua wrote was a few powernoise/techno crossover tracks under the moniker DRIVE...
| Cruciform Injection | Endif | GlisGlisGlis is an Electronic / Industrial music project founded in 2001 by Shaun Frandsen of Seattle, WA . The band has experienced several lineup changes and guest appearances, with frontman Shaun Frandsen acting as the primary producer, vocalist, songwriter, and instrumentalist...
| The Gothsicles | Imperative ReactionImperative ReactionImperative Reaction is an electro-industrial band founded in 1996 by Ted Phelps and David Andrecht from the remains of the band D.N.A.-History:...
| Manufactura | Monstrum Sepsis | Neuroverse | Sensuous Enemy | Thoushaltnot - DJs: I. Hall, WhiteRabbit
- Venues: Orpheum Stagedoor, Inferno
2006 (July 21-22)
- Android LustAndroid LustAndroid Lust is the industrial solo project of Shikhee, that combines elements of rock, industrial, gothic and classical styles into a blend of music that she describes as "electronic and dark."-History:...
| C/A/TC/A/TC/A/T , also known as Chaos and Terror, was the Folsom, California based industrial band created by film and sound engineer and founder of the Crunch Pod music label and distribution, Ben Arp, back in 1998. Originally based in Davis, California, Arp was active in the Northern California electronic...
| CausticCaustic (band)Fanale has claimed Caustic's genre to be "Jizzcore," as a joke about the amount of self-indulgent, artist-created subgenres in industrial.Influences Matt Fanale has referenced include Revolting Cocks, Hank III, Pop Will Eat Itself, Chemlab, Atari Teenage Riot, and Stromkern, as well as the...
| CTRLSHFT | God ModuleGod ModuleGod Module is a United States-based Dark Electronic band founded in Orlando, Florida in 1999, relocating to western Washington in 2006. The band is currently signed to Metropolis Records in the U.S. and Out of Line Music in Germany. God Module's founding members were Jasyn Bangert and Andrew Ramirez...
| Heliosphere | Null DeviceNull DeviceNull Device is an electronic pop band from Wisconsin, USA.-Band history:Null Device is an electronic band formed in 1995 by Eric Oehler, William Annis, and Tom Lawrence at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. After the amicable departures of Annis and Lawrence, Dr. Eric Goedken joined as a...
| Sensuous Enemy | Stochastic Theory | StromkernStromkernStromkern is a band that blends electronic music and hip-hop. The band was formed in 1994 by James "Ned" Kirby.Kirby was originally a DJ in Madison, Wisconsin as a teenager, experimenting under the moniker "Flowers for Ravers" before founding Stromkern. Disenchanted with the music he was receiving...
and a surprise appearance by The Gothsicles - DJs: Apocalypse Meow, I.Z.
- Venues: High Noon Saloon, Inferno
2007 (July 25-28)
- StromkernStromkernStromkern is a band that blends electronic music and hip-hop. The band was formed in 1994 by James "Ned" Kirby.Kirby was originally a DJ in Madison, Wisconsin as a teenager, experimenting under the moniker "Flowers for Ravers" before founding Stromkern. Disenchanted with the music he was receiving...
| Bella MorteBella MorteBella Morte is a gothic band that was formed in 1996 in Charlottesville, Virginia. They also incorporate elements of metal, darkwave, deathrock, alternative, and synthpop. The name is Italian for "beautiful death."...
| IrisIris (Texas band)Iris is an American synthpop band, formed by Reagan Jones and Mat Morris in 1993. After releasing their first album Disconnect, Matthew Morris was replaced with Andrew Sega, who pushed the band's sound into a more experimental electronic direction...
| Null DeviceNull DeviceNull Device is an electronic pop band from Wisconsin, USA.-Band history:Null Device is an electronic band formed in 1995 by Eric Oehler, William Annis, and Tom Lawrence at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. After the amicable departures of Annis and Lawrence, Dr. Eric Goedken joined as a...
| I:ScintillaI:ScintillaI:Scintilla is a post-industrial music band from Chicago, Illinois, consisting of Brittany Bindrim , Jim Cookas , Vincent Grech , and Brent Leitner .- Early Years and The Approach :...
| CausticCaustic (band)Fanale has claimed Caustic's genre to be "Jizzcore," as a joke about the amount of self-indulgent, artist-created subgenres in industrial.Influences Matt Fanale has referenced include Revolting Cocks, Hank III, Pop Will Eat Itself, Chemlab, Atari Teenage Riot, and Stromkern, as well as the...
| Prometheus BurningPr0metheus burningPr0metheus Burning is a two-member electro-industrial group from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which started in early 2001...
| mindFluxFuneral | Filament 38 | In Tenebris | CTRLSHFT | Endif | The Gothsicles | Sensuous Enemy | Stochastic Theory | Parasite Twin | The Dark Clan | Beta Virus - DJs: WhiteRabbit, I.Z., Opstorm, Deftly-D
- Venues: High Noon Saloon, Inferno
2008 (August 20, 22-23)
- SomanSoman (band)Soman is a power noise/techno act from Germany.-Biography:Originally, Kolja Trelle worked as sound engineer with Absurd Minds, Hocico, and Terminal Choice, and remixed songs by VNV Nation, Red Sand, and Tom Wax. Trelle signed a record deal with Out of Line for his musical project Soman...
| Ego LikenessEgo LikenessEgo Likeness are an American darkwave/industrial rock band from Baltimore, Maryland. They were formed in 1999 by artist Steven Archer and writer Donna Lynch.-Early Work:...
| ScandyAndy LaPleguaAndy LaPleguaa, born September 15, 1975 in Fredrikstad, Norway, is a musician originally known for being founder and lead vocalist of the futurepop band Icon of Coil...
| Claire Voyant | BooleBoole (band)Boole is an electronic hybrid act formed in 1996 by Brad Barkett and Mike Barkett at Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland. The band was formed as a foray into explorations of post-modern forms of popular dance music, in contrast to Brad Barkett's experimental music project formed in 1990, The...
| Cervello Elettronico | Marching Dynamics | The Gothsicles | Sensuous Enemy | Parasite Twin | CTRLSHFT | The Dark Clan | Breath and Decay | Defcon - Venues: High Noon Saloon, Inferno
2009 (September 17-19) : [Part of the larger Forward Music Festival for 2009]
- Alter Der RuineAlter Der RuineAlter Der Ruine is a power noise group from Tucson, Arizona. After self-releasing their first album The Ruine Process in August 2006 the band began playing shows across the southwestern United States and Mexico.In 2007 the group was signed to Sistinas Music, expanded to four members and produced...
| IszoloscopeIszoloscopeIszoloscope is an industrial band from Aylmer, Quebec, currently based in Montreal. Iszoloscope's music ranges from harsh, rhythmic noise to ambient soundscapes...
| Delta 9Delta 9Dave Rodgers, better known as Delta 9, is a hardcore techno DJ/producer from Chicago.The name "Delta 9" comes from delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol , the main psychoactive substance found in the cannabis plant....
| CTRL | The Atomica Project | CausticCaustic (band)Fanale has claimed Caustic's genre to be "Jizzcore," as a joke about the amount of self-indulgent, artist-created subgenres in industrial.Influences Matt Fanale has referenced include Revolting Cocks, Hank III, Pop Will Eat Itself, Chemlab, Atari Teenage Riot, and Stromkern, as well as the...
| The Gothsicles | Null DeviceNull DeviceNull Device is an electronic pop band from Wisconsin, USA.-Band history:Null Device is an electronic band formed in 1995 by Eric Oehler, William Annis, and Tom Lawrence at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. After the amicable departures of Annis and Lawrence, Dr. Eric Goedken joined as a...
| Sensuous Enemy | CyanoticCyanoticCyanotic is a Chicago-based industrial rock collective fronted by Sean Payne that formed in 2002 and released its first full-length album in 2005. Cyanotic is known for its genre-blending work, which fuses traditional industrial beats and vocals with drum n bass, sampling and heavy metal to create...
| The Dark Clan | glassGhosts | Captive Six | Parasite Twin | The Gentleman Loser | Los Bastardos Guapo - Venues: Frequency, Orpheum Stagedoor, Inferno