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The InFest Festival was born in early 1998 through the efforts of three students of Bradford University (UK) and the Student's Union Entertainments Manager.
The concept of the show was a one day event for local goth bands in West Yorkshire. Even before the first event however, it spiraled into an altogether bigger beast when the Students Union agreed that funds could be found to book some much bigger acts; most notably Alien Sex Fiend.
the student organisers were already fans of the Whitby Gothic Weekend and took the idea for InFest to the Whitby festival-goers and traders to gauge how popular the show might be. the response was fantastic and the first InFest festival was confirmed as 14th and 15 August 1998.
The following year (1999) InFest paid more attention towards the electronic side of the goth and industrial music scene by booking Apoptygma Berzerk for their first UK show. This act sealed the fate of InFest as it took an increasing focus on the genres of industrial and electronic body music.
By 2000, Bradford University's Students' Union felt that they couldnt carry the costs of the festival any longer. In addition, the original students who had promoted the show had all but moved on. Fortunatley, an independent goth / industrial promoter and DJ, who had been advising throughout the show's early years, stepped in to fill the void. As a result of the heavy involvement with Terminal Productions, another twist to the show's music style took place, defining InFest in its current form. InFest changed its stance from Goth / Industrial crossover to Alternative Electronics, with a greater emphasis on Rhythmic Noise, Futurepop, Synthpop and EBM, with occasional bookings of more Darkwave-style Goth bands.
Since 2000, InFest has gained an international reputation, with festival-goers travelling from as far as Canada, and Acts flying from as far as Australia to play the UK. The show continues to provide a Market for traders, which helps to bring the music and the lifestyle of the show's fans together. There is also a full festival program where nightclubs, DJs, bands and businesses can make their voices heard. InFest is supported by a number of electronic record labels, notably Ant-Zen & Hands Productions, and has been sponsored by the online music store Music Non Stop, the drink Jaegermeister and the software publisher Ableton.
InFest Performers
Below is a full list of acts that have appeared at InFest between 1998 and 2004, with the year that they appeared in brackets:
Action Directe (04)
Ah Cama-Sotz (04)
Alien Sex Fiend (98)
Angel Theory (04)
Apoptygma Berzerk (99)
Arkam Asylum (03)
Asche (02) (04)
Aslan Faction (02)
Assemblage 23 (04)
Beborn Beton (01)
CombiChrist (04)
Converter (04)
Covenant (01)
Culture Kultur (03)
cut.rate.box (03)
Dive (01)
Dream Disciples (00)
Dust to Dust (98)
Faithful Dawn (99)
Funker Vogt (02)
Goteki (01)
God Module (03)
Greenhaus (02)
Horatii, the (98)
Hypnoskull (03)
Icon of Coil (01)
Illumina (01)
Imminent (00)
In Strict Confidence (00)
Inertia (99) (01)
Intra Venus (00)
Je$us Loves Amerika (03)
Katscan (01)
Killing Miranda (99)
Leechwoman (98) (01)
Libitina (00)
Lights Of Euphoria (04)
man(i)kin (98) (99) (00)
Manuskript (00)
Mesh (02)
Monolith (01)
Mono No Aware (04)
MS Gentur (00)
Narcissus Pool (99)
Needle Sharing (03)
Nekromantik (98)
Nine, the (01)
Noisex (02)
PAL (01)
Passion Play (98)
Plastic (04)
Project X (00)
Proyecto Mirage (04)
Psyche (02)
Resurrection Eve (03)
Revolution by Night (02)
scrap.edx (03)
Seabound (03)
Sneaky Bat Machine (98) (99)
SITD (03)
Silence Is Sexy (04)
Skinflick (04)
Sonar (02)
Spahn Ranch (99)
Spetsnaz (04)
Squid (98)
Star Pilots On Channel K (02)
Suicide Commando (01) (04)
Swarf (01)
Synapscape (00)
Synthetic (02)
Tarmvred (03)
Tarantella Serpentine (03)
Uitraviolence (98) (00)
VNV Nation (00) (03)
Void Construct (00)
(02)
Winterkälte (02)
XPQ21 (02)
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