In October Budapest will host its annual Bonusz Festival, this major event is the biggest dance festival in Hungary that attracts an amount of about 20.000 visitors from Hungary and all over the world.

In origin, Bónusz used to be the well visited after party of the former Budapest Parade. The Bónusz after party became a party so popular that the event now has its own existence in the European dance scene. Today it has grown to one of the major dance events in the Center of Europe.

This popular mega dance party will be offering three great arena�s plus a main stage that will be presenting remarkable creations of contemporary electronic/techno/house music. These creative makings by the DJ�s will be accompanied by professional visual surroundings done by four experts in visuals.

All of this will come together with thousands of people from everywhere, having an awesome party in a great atmosphere. You don�t have to worry about the weather as this is an indoor Festival at the HungExpo, a huge fair complex in Budapest�s “district X”.

This year�s line up is simply solid offering artists coming from all over the world, completed by the best artists from the Hungarian dance scene. Among the specials are techno artist Richie Hawtin bringing the most innovative and advanced techno, dance-punk icon The Bloody Beetroots, Dutch Superstar Hardwell with Dutch talents Dannic and Dyro promising an exiting set. Britain will be represented by sensation James Zabiela, Max Cooper, last year�s bomb Yousef and the legendary duo Slam. High quality tech house will be brought by German Loco Dice. Leading Argentinian artist Hernan Cataneo is promising a great set, coming out with a new mix album soon. Icelanders GusGus and Canadian Felix Cartal will be coming with their strong live sets.

 Do not hesitate to come join the international party loving crowd of thousands that will be dancing till dawn in Budapest at the Bonusz Festival.

 

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Arena 01

Richie Hawtin, Loco Dice, Chris Liebing, DJ Rush, Slam Live, Hot X, Budai, Coyote, Profile25 Live, Nora Naughty.

Visual by Urbanizer

 

Arena 02

Bloody Beetroots DJ Set, Hardwell, Felix, Dannic, Dyro, Andro, Palotai, Firedog, Sikztah, Dublic, Stereokillaz.

Visual by Digitalistik

 

Arena 03

James Zabiela, Gusgus live, Hernan Cattaneo, Max Cooper, Yousef, Michal Breeth, Dandy, Jay Lumen, Chriss Ronson, Poli, Ivel & Tristan.

Visual by BPstreet

 

Stage 04

Igor Do�Urden, Kuhl, James Cole, Naga & Beta, Crossnine Troll, Secret Factory, Bernathy Zsiga Live, Jankex, Jambor & Calman.

 

When: October 13, 2012

Where: Hungexpo, Budapest

Address: 1101 Budapest , Albertirsai út 10

Ticket: 36 euro to 63 euro, VIP available

Entrance: Gate 1

Open: starting at 19:00, closing at 08:00

Note!: Bring your camera but video cameras are not allowed

 

Getting there: Taxi or public transport (Train/Metro/Bus)

Train:

- From Nyugati station: M3 (blue underground line) to Deák tér station, transferring to M2 (red underground line) to the final station of Örs vezér tér, from there to the entrance of the Vásárközpont by bus 100

- From Keleti station: M2 (red underground line) to the final station of Örs vezér tér, from there to the entrance of the Vásárközpont by bus 100

- From Déli station: M2 (red underground line) to the final station of Örs vezér tér, from there to the entrance of the Vásárközpont by bus 100

 

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The effects of electronic music are probably different than those of other musical genres. Although the rhythm is repetitive, songs random and a constant mix of rhythm, voice and interpretation electronic music reaches the senses deeper than any other musical genre. Furthermore, the constant drug use at festivals, raves and underground parties leads to a more intense experience that opens our imagination, desire and body at parties come close to rituals in certain moments, one could call them technological. The inicial interest in electronic muisic derived from the experimentation with several effects and devices that generated frequencies for over 50 years. Eletronic music entered our daily life as an established music genre with many different forms and possibilities to dance and listen to with technology that continues to advance and new possibilities to create effects through computers.

Maybe it was the psychodelic master Timothy Leary who with his talks about LSD and its effect on the body who it itself represents an electronic machinery claimed that drug use will broaden the limits of our minds and with these new bodies through which we carry electronic impulses we reach new levels of imagination and reality which meant a possible evolution through the stimulants of LSD.

Leary caused such inspiration in the German community creator of thel Krautrock, amongst whom the electro’s fathers, Kraftwerk, it would be essential for us to understand that experience of mental and sensory expansion had to be done with effects and electronic devices: synthesizers.

Kraftwerk’s career till today needn’t be mentioned now, but it is to understand that resolution of the electronic effect in the sound has been changing with the different tools and devices that are used today, both for electronic music generation as in its reproduction. This way, electronic music festivals are pilgrimage events, of a subculture that without even realizing, is already a great part of the system. So much that there is already very few it can be offered and which it could re-assimilate as a chance or aspect towards the mainstream side. The festival corporation is present all around as we know, and it is not but from this corporation that one can better understand the music today and conglomeration it causes, as well as its reactions. Our links with PCs are today so close that thinking of moving away from electronic music and its possibilities is crazy. We are closer and closer of a future which, as Blade Runner said, implies an electronic Hill and artificial life, perhaps music is our insertion path in a future which is already happening, against our wills, and from our senses.

To live electronic music, come to Budapest and be part of this festival that is the best event of the year. For further info, visit this page: http://www.bonuszfesztival.hu/2011/

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Translated by: Maria
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