Eurosonic Festival 2012
11-13 January 2012, Groningen

The Eurosonic Festival is Europe's premier showcase for breaking artists from across the continent.

What started out more than 20 years ago as a one-day festival to promote Dutch bands has grown into a three-day affair with international fame, with more than 180 European bands performing in 20 venues to industry representatives and fans alike. Recorded and offered by NPB-3FM (Netherlands) in collaboration with VRT-Studio Brussel (Belgium), DR-P3 (Denmark), SR-P3 (Sweden) and BBC (United Kingdom), the Eurosonic festival enjoys every year the unique input of the EBU. For this year's edition, no less than 24 EBU Member organizations are supporting 27 acts to perform in Groningen.

Like every year, a double CD has recently been issued. Check the playlist and listen to the tracks…

CD 1

Fuel Fandando – Shiny Soul [Nita & Ale Acosta] – Warner Music Spain SER/Los 40 Principales (Spain)

Ewert & The Two Dragons – (In The End) There’s Only Love [Erik Pärnoja/Ewert Sundja] – I Love You Records ER Raadio 2 (Estonia)

Mahagon – Furá [Ahramenco Denis] TRM (Moldova)

Hjálmar - Ég Teikna Stjörnu [Þorsteinn Einarsson] – Borgin RUV Ras2 (Iceland)

Elektro Guzzi – Pentagonia [Bernhard Hammer/Jakob Schneidewind/Bernhard Breuer] – Edition Orcam/Freibank – Macro ORF FM4 (Austria)

Kraftklub – Zu Jung [Felix Kummer/Karl Schumann/Steffen Tidde/Max Marschk/Till Kummer] – Edition Beat The Rich/Melodie Der Welt – Universal Music Domestic Rock-Urban ARD (Germany)

Heartbeat Parade – No Bailout! [Felix Faber/Vincent Le-Gac/Orianne Vincent] ERSL 100.7 (Luxemburg)

Kerekes Band – Bad Guy [Fehér Zsombor/Fehér Viktor/Csarnó Ákos/Námor Csaba/ Kónya Csaba] MR2 Petofi (Hungary)

Team Me – Show Me [Marius Drogsås Hagen] – Propeller Recordings NRK P3 (Norway)

Anna Aaron – Siren [Anna Aaron/Marcello Giuliani] – Two Gentlemen SRF DRS3 (Switzerland)

DVA – Tatanc [Barbora Kratochvilova/Jan Kratochvil] – Indies Scope CR Radio Wave (Czech Republic)

Amatorski – Come Home [Inne Eysermans] – Motion Music/Munich Records VRT Studio Brussel (Belgium)

Switch Opens – Pompous Pumping Heart [Anders Bartonek/Tomas Bergstrand/Jesper Skarin/ Mikael Tuominen] – Transubstans Records SR P3 (Sweden)

CD 2

Baskerville – Devil’s Town [M.P. VD Klugt/B. Possemis/B.W. Van Liemt] – Pennies From Heaven – One Dollar Dave NPO 3FM (Netherlands)

Ram'sPocket Radio – Dogs Run In Packs [Peter McCauley] – Adventures In Gramophone/Awal BBC Radio 1 (United Kingdom)

The Bewitched Hands – Hard To Cry [The Bewitched Hands] – Savoir Faire/Sony Music Entertainment Radio France Le Mouv’ (France)

Honey For Petzi – Handmade Cloaks [Philippe Oberson/Emmanuel Diserens/ Sami Benhadj/Christian Pahud] – Two Gentlemen RTS Couleur 3 (Switzerland)

Casper Feat. Marteria – So Perfekt [Benjamin Bistram/Benjamin Griffey/Marten Laciny] – Universal Music Publishing Group, No Limits One/Bug Music – Four Music Productions GmbH ARD (Germany)

Tove Styrke – High & Low (2011 Remake) [Berger/Berger/Styrke] – Universal Music Pub./Ten Music Pub./Copyright Control – Sony Music Sweden SR P3 (Sweden)

Thulebasen – Monster [Thulebasen] – Escho/Tambourrhinoceros DR P6 Beat (Denmark)

School Is Cool – The World Is Gonna End Tonight [Johannes Genard/School Is Cool] VRT Studio Brussel (Belgium)

Phuture Shock – In & Out [Desislava Andonova/Filip Alexandrov] BNR (Bulgaria)

Noiserv – Mr. Carousel [Noiserv] RTP Antena 3 (Portugal)

Reckless Love – Hot [Olli Herman/ Ilkka Wirtanen] Kaku Songs/Warner Chappell Music Finland – Mercury/Universal YLEX (Finland)

The Jacqueries – Kitsch [Andrea Catenaro] – Edizioni Preludio Srl – 42 Records RAI Radio 2 (Italy)

Great Mountain Fire – Late Nights [Great Mountain Fire] – All Rights Reserved – Konijin Music RTBF Pure FM (Belgium)

God Is An Astronaut – Age Of The Fifth Sun (Edit) [Niels Kinsella/Torsten Kinsella/Lloyd Hanney/Patrick O’Donnell/Thomas Kinsella] – GodIsAnAstronautPub. (Imro) – Revive Records RTÉ 2FM (Ireland)