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Die Hillsong Church (ursprünglich: Hills Christian Life Centre) ist eine 1983 in Sydney (Australien) gegründete Pfingstgemeinde, mit ca. 20.000 Mitgliedern, die Mitglied bei den Assemblies of God ist. Seit 1999 trägt sie ihren heutigen Namen. Tochtergemeinden existieren in London, Kiew, Kapstadt, Stockholm und Paris. In Berlin und Moskau werden ebenfalls die Gründungen von Tochtergemeinden angestrebt. Wichtige Höhepunkte im Gemeindeleben aller Hillsong Kirchen sind ihre Konferenzen und die Live Aufnahmen neuer Musikproduktionen. Die Hillsong Church wurde international vor allem durch ihre Musikgruppen und ihre Fernsehsendungen bekannt. Namhafte Mitarbeiter sind die Gründer und Pastoren Brian Houston und seine Frau Bobbie, die internationale...

Contrastate were formed in 1987 by Stephen Meixner and Jonathan Grieve. Their initial musical ventures were of a more improvisational nature, based on noise and volume (not to be confused with power electronics). Sounds emerged, sub-merged and re-emerged at varying painfully low frequencies with extremes of treble tonality. The idea was physical confrontation through sound. Nothing was ever released by Contrastate in this form, although some influences from this era are present on the first Lp “Seven hands seek nine fingers”. There were also a couple of live performances, one in London and one in Geneva. The London performance had...

Pulse State started in the late 90's as an emotional outlet for the Detroit based musician Mike Phipps, who also uses Pulse State as a pseudonym. Moving through different electronic styles during its lifetime, Pulse State has been operating in the melodic EBM, electro-pop and darkwave spheres for some years now. A few early releases paved the way for the long-awaited debut album, With a Single Step (2008). The free album, now unavailable from its original source, focused on what Mike felt were his best songs to that point, reproduced to his standards at the time. Work on new music...