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One weekend, 4 different bands, 3 festivals, 3 different countries and a lot of work was scheduled from july 16th to 20th:
The first stop for Sebastian "Basi" Roeder was at BANG YOUR HEAD festival in Balingen / Germany.
Task: Tourmanager and FOH-Soundengineer for PRIMAL FEAR and the headliner KREATOR.
Next day: Tourmanager and FOH-Soundengineer for MICHALE SCHENKER´s TEMPLE OF ROCK at the VÄSBY ROCK FESTIVAL in Sweden.
Last stop: FOH-Soundengineer for the swiss melodic rock band CRYSTAL BALL, opening up for the legendary SCORPIONS at the GUITARE EN SCENE Festival in france.
It´s the time of the big summer festivals again...
Sebastian "Basi" Roder recently travelled to the following festivals, working for various bands:
DERRAMEROCK Festival / Spain: FOH-Soundengineer and Tourmanager for MICHAEL SCHENKER´S TEMPLE OF ROCK
WITH FULL FORCE Festival / Germany: FOH-Soundengineer and Tourmanager for KREATOR
MASTERS OF ROCK Festival / Czech Republic: FOH-Soundengineer for KROKUS, GOTTHARD, VODOO CIRCLE, Tourmanager for VODOO CIRCLE
RHAPSODY´s new album "PROMETHEUS" (engineered and mixed by Sebastian "Basi" Roeder @ BACKYARD STUDIOS) just hit the charts in two more countries:
Position 34 in hungary and position 78 in japan.
Summary so far - chart entries in 5 different countries for RHAPSODY !
RHAPSODY´s new album "Prometheus - Symphonia Ignis Divinus" finally got released by NUCLEAR BLAST and hit the charts this week on Nr. 43 in italy, 70 in germany and 82 in switzerland !
Sebastian " Basi" Roeder recorded all vocals and choirs and also mixed the album in his BACKYARD STUDIOS , with mastermind Luca Turilli producing this "cinematic metal" epos himself.
A european tour will follow later this year in november and december. Stay tuned !
ROCKSPITZ is a new party band from Ulm / Germany fronted by ex-ALBFETZA lead vocalist Jody Katsikas. Sebastian "Basi" Roeder mixed and mastered the first single in the BACKYARD STUDIOS. Watch the video clip here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQQEk2EO_ik
A musically extremely diversified week just ended.
Sebastian "Basi" Roeder started with 3 shows close to Dresden / Germany, running sound for the successful Schlager Duo FANTASY.
Next in line was a travel to COPENHELL festival in Copenhagen / Denmark - working as the tourmanager and FOH-soundengineer for the thrash metal band KREATOR.
The final show of the week took place at the TONS OF ROCK festival in norway, again with KREATOR and also taking care of the FOH sound for the norwegian metal band TRIOSPHERE.
Sebastian "Basi" Roeder traveled to PEGOROCK Festival as the FOH-Soundengineer and tourmanager for PRIMAL FEAR.
This gig was also the welcome show for the new drummer Francesco Jovino ( ex U.D.O.) - of course in his home country italy !
More than 45.000 people came to visit the first edition of the ROCKAVARIA festival in munich´s Olympic Park.
Sebastian "Basi" Roeder was on duty as tourmanager and FOH-soundengineer for KREATOR in the Olympic Stadium.
Last weekend Sebastian "Basi" Roeder was on double-duty as the tourmanager and FOH-soundengineer for the two bands KREATOR and SINNER at the ROCK HARD FESTIVAL in Gelsenkirchen / Germany.
RHAPSODY released the first single from the upcoming album "Prometheus" (Release Date: june 19th) via Nuclear Blast.The song "Rosenkreuz" was - as the rest of the album - recorded and mixed by Sebastian "Basi" Roeder in the Backyard Studios Kempten and produced by mastermind Luca Turilli himself. "Rosenkreuz" can be watched and listened to in the worldwide web by clicking the following link: