Der Schwarze Ball

Der Schwarze Ball on Good Friday, March 26, 2027, at X-TRA: 7 bands, 2 stages / 12 DJs, 3 dance floors

Three bands have already been confirmed, and they are among the most influential names in dark music:

The Chameleons (UK) were discovered in 1981 by BBC legend John Peel and released three groundbreaking albums in the ’80s: *Script of the Bridge*, *What Does Anything Mean? Basically!*, and *Strange Times*. Their blend of melancholic, powerful songs and hypnotic guitar riffs made them one of the most influential guitar bands in post-punk, shoegaze, and indie. Today, their live performances are more intense than ever, with a new single and album in the works.

Anja Huwe xMal Deutschland (DE): Anja Huwe is the legendary singer of the post-punk pioneers Xmal Deutschland, founded in Hamburg in 1980. Following her solo album *CODES* (2024), produced with Mona Mur, she brings new songs and Xmal classics to the stage in modern interpretations.

Kirlian Camera (IT) has been one of the longest-running and most distinctive projects in Italian electronic music since 1979. Named after Kirlian photography, which makes the electrical aura of living bodies visible, the band moves between synth-pop, industrial, ambient, and art rock. Since 2000, singer Elena Alice Fossi has shaped the band’s sound, most recently with the album *Radio Signals For The Dying* (2024), which entered the official German charts.

Four spots on the stages are still up in the air. We’ll reveal who will fill them in the coming weeks.

Translated with DeepL