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I’m very honoured to inform you that I have been nominated for two Schallwelle Awards 2012, the annual awards for Electronic musicians and albums presented by Schallwende e.V. One for Best Artist 2012 International, and the other for Best Album 2012 International. The Schallwelle Awards Ceremony will take place on March 16th 2013 at the Zeiss Planetarium, Bochum (Germany).

If you’d like me to win, please make sure you have submitted your votes on the Schallwelle Preis website before January 31st 2013!. You can find the voting pages at the following links:

– Best Artist 2012 International (René Splinter)
– Best Album 2012 International (René Splinter – “Singularities”)

Thank’s for your votes!

Some exciting news will be announced here very soon. Please keep posted.

On June 30st 2012 I will be performing at “Winnie’s Schwingungen Party” in Hamm, Germany. It’s a gardenparty organized by Electronic Circus and I’m sure it will be great fun, as usual. I have been visiting the parties over the last two years, on which the last time more than 100 visitors showed up. It’s one of the best EM events around.

I’ll be the opening act of the event, which means I will be starting my performance at 14:00 in the afternoon. So be there in time if you’d like to see me performing.

To order tickets, please send an email to party(at)electronic-circus.net . You will be informed about the address and how to reserve your ticket. Don’t worry about the cost, as it will be more than worth for the great food and entertainment you’ll enjoy in return. 🙂

Please also check out the Facebook event page here for more info.

The schedule is currently as follows:
14:00 – 15:15 René Splinter (NL)
15:45 – 17:00 TAX 5 (= Stephan Schällmann) (CH)
17:30 – 18:45 Glenn Main Henriksen (N)
19:30 – 20:45 Uwe Reckzeh (D)
21:15 – 22:00 Vraigaist (D)
22:45 – 24:00 Pyramid Peak (= Axel Stupplich, Stefan Morsch & Uwe Denzer) (D)
24:00 – ?? All Star Concert (Jamming session)

My performance at the Zeiss Planetarium in Bochum last Saturday was a great success. I had great fun performing, and the full dome projections were fantastic. Thank you all for being there.

Special thanks go to Klaus-Dieter Unger for the stunning projections and the wonderful support during the day. Big thanks to my friends Zhen and Jan-Cees. Without you this whole event would not have been possible. And a warm thank you to Sylvia and Klaus Sommerfeld of Schallwende e.V. Thank you for inviting me to perform at the planetarium. It’s so far the best experience I had in my life.

Photos of the event can be seen here at the Schallwende website.

For those who are interested in the setlist of the event, here it is:

RENE SPLINTER – “THE EVENT HORIZON”
LIVE CONCERT AT ZEISS PLANETARIUM BOCHUM
MAY 12 2012

SET 1

• THE EVENT HORIZON
• SINGULARITIES
• BERING GLACIER
• ALMERY
• ALATNA RIVER
• UNTITLED (piano intro to “The Pendulum”)
• THE PENDULUM

SET 2

• THE TIME TRAVELER (extended version)
• BAHNHOF ZOO
• PALAST
• LUCID DREAMING
• UNTITLED (piano improvisation)
• TIMESCAPES
• UNTITLED (piano improvisation)
• BEFORE BABEL
• THE LIGHTHOUSE

ENCORES

• LEMNISCATE
• THE BIG STAR

In just two days from now, I will be performing at the Zeiss Planetarium in Bochum (Germany, near Essen). It’s going to be a spectacular event (especially for me, most probably). My live performance will be accompanied with breathtaking full dome projections by Klaus-Dieter Unger.

For info about the concert, please check out this area on how to get there, and how to order your tickets. You could also try to buy your ticket on site as there will probably still be enough tickets available to buy your’s at the planetarium.

Groove Unlimited will also be there with a stall. They offer 10% discount on pre-ordered GROOVE titles. Please check out their website GrooveUnlimited.nl to pre-order the GROOVE CDs that you’d like to pick up there. Please note that this 10% discount only counts for titles released on Groove Unlimited lable.

Well, I’ll see you there!

Please check out the new official video for the track “Timescapes”. “Timescapes” (‘Singularities’, Groove Unlimited) is inspired by just looking outside of a moving train and watching landscapes passing by. I figured that it wasn’t the landscapes that I was looking at, it was the movement of time.

I get this similar idea when looking at images through a Viewmaster viewer. Those amazing 3D pictures are beautiful timescapes in which you can easily imagine yourself wandering about.