NEWS ARCHIVE | 2006
17-12-2006 - Textures nominated for LiveXS Award...we need you!
From the Livexs site:
Textures has been nominated for two LiveXS Awards in the categories Best Live-Act and Best Album. The kickoff for the voting period is Thursday December 21, broadcasted live through Kink FM from Tivoli de Helling, Utrecht (NL). All nominated bands can be checked out at nightlivexs.com. You can vote from December 21 to January 10, 2006, by using the paper form in any LiveXS January edition, or through the LiveXS website.
The LiveXS Award will be awarded February 11, 2007 at the Paradiso show (Amsterdam). So, vote for Textures, make us win, and bathe in eternal happiness and joy for the rest of your life! Thank you!
17-12-2006 - Textures announces 2007 UK dates
And we're coming back again, United Kingdom. This time we'll rock with the guys from Murder One, maybe at your town! See you February 2007!
These are the dates:
23.02.07 Southampton (UK), Joiners
24.02.07 Luton (UK), Student Union
25.02.07 London (UK), The Underworld
26.02.07 Sheffield (UK), Corporation
27.02.07 Liverpool (UK), Roadkill
28.02.07 Glasgow (UK), Barfly
29-10-2006 - Textures to support Arch Enemy
Hell yeah! We are proud to announce that we will support thrash titans Arch Enemy for a couple of european shows next month!
These are the dates:
29.11.06 Bochum (D), Zeche
30.11.06 Hamburg (D), Knust
01.12.06 Glachau (D), Alte Spinnerei
03.12.06 Zurich (CH), Rohstofflager
05.12.06 München (D), New Backstage
06.12.06 Aschaffenburg (D), Colos-Saal
08.12.06 Antwerpen (B), Hof ter Loo
10.12.06 Strasbourg (F), La Laiterie
29-10-2006 - R.I.P. Maarten 'Ploegbaas' Luysterburg
Last week we were shocked to hear about the tragic death of our friend and musical collegue Maarten "Ploegbaas" Luysterburg. Our thoughts go out to his friends, family and bandmembers of Brutus. Condoleances can be shared on www.ploegbaas.tk.
29-10-2006 - Roermond, we apologize!
Yes, we do. We're very sorry we didn't make it to the show in Roermond last Friday, but we were stuck in a huge ass traffic jam in Germany for 10 (!) friggin' hours. As much we wanted to play, we just couldn't. And that sucks. But: we promise we'll make it up to you soon! Thanks for your understanding.
19-09-2006 - New (and old) pictures online
Today we put a lot of older and brand new live and backstage pictures online. You can check 'em out here.
10-09-2006 - Textures documentary on Myspace.com
The 11 minute documentary on the making of Drawing Circles is now available for viewing on myspace.com. Click here to view it. You can also view all of Textures' music videos there.
10-09-2006 - Textures announces French tour
France, We're coming over again for a full tour of france. Below are the dates:
31.10.06 Toul (F)
02.11.06 Larnod (F), Le Cylindre
03.11.06 Mulhouse (F), Noumatrouff
04.11.06 Limoges (F), CCO John Lennon
05.11.06 Rennes (F), Mondo Bizarro
06.11.06 Paris (F), Le Niveau Casino
07.11.06 Lyon (F), Le CCO
08.11.06 Perpignan (F), Le Crockmore
09.11.06 Bordeaux (F), Le CAT
10.11.06 Poitiers (F), Le BCS
11.11.06 Dompierre sur Charebre (F), Top Club
10-09-2006 - 'Drawing Circles' North-American release
Textures' "Drawing Circles" will see a North American release on November 7th through Listenable Records.
10-09-2006 - UK friends, we need your help!
We are running in this months new blood on Scuzz TV against Enter Shikiri and GU Medicine.
We need your help to vote on us as best video of the month. You can do this by texting BLOOD TEXTURES to 64343 during the program, which is on 17th of September at 21:00 UK time. If we would win this, it means we will be added to the main playlist at Scuzz which would be AMAZING! Thank you in advance!
03-07-2006 - 'Millstone' Video released
It's finally here, the videoclip for the song 'Millstone', and it's smokin'!
Textures - Millstone.mov (small)
Textures - Millstone.mov (medium)
Textures - Millstone.mov (large)
(Requires Quicktime 7 or higher)
Alternate Downloadable Formats::
Apple iPod format (23 MB)
Sony PSP format (17 MB)
Mobile Phone format (2 MB)
Alternatively you can check it out on Myspace or on YouTube.
Of course you can always find it in our Downloads section. Enjoy!
27-06-2006 - Textures instore mini-show @ Sounds Venlo 30-6
Textures will do their third instore mini-show at the Sounds music store in Venlo (Koninginnesingel) this Friday (June 30) to celebrate the release of 'Drawing Circles'. The show will start at 16.00. Come check it out!
6-6-2006 - 2 shows cancelled due to illness Dennis
Oh no! Dennis got struck by a collapsed lung (pneumathorax) again! He must be cursed! Unfortunatley this leaves us no other option than to to cancel the shows next Thursday and Friday (Koln and Oss)! We're very sorry about this but we need the time to warmup his temporary replacer Robin Zielhorst the upcoming days for the show next Saturday in Zierikzee. We wish Dennis strength! Get well soon dude!
31-05-2006 - Drawing Circles vinyl available
The vinyl release of 'Drawing Circles' (released by Garden of Exile) is available as of today! Head over to our store to get yourself a copy.
23-05-2006 - Textures VS Twin Zero UK Tour announced
United Kingdom, we're coming over again this summer! We'll be playing alongside British epic rockers Twin Zero who will be promoting their new album 'The Tomb to Every Hope' which will be released by Undergroove 26th June 2006. The dates are:
17.07.06 Nottingham (UK), Rockcity
18.07.06 Norwich (UK), Marquee
19.07.06 London (UK), Water Rats
20.07.06 Manchester (UK), Satans Hollow
22.07.06 Sheffield (UK), Corporation
23.07.06 Bournemouth (UK), Opera House
24.07.06 Southampton (UK), Joiners
25.07.06 Cardiff (UK), Clwb Ifor Bach
26.07.06 Hitchin (UK), Football Club
27.07.06 Milton Keynes (UK), The Pitzclub
23-05-2006 - Textures to co-headline ProgPower 2006
We are proud to announce that on Saturday 30th September we will co-headline the famous ProgPower festival in Baarlo (NL) with Mercenary (DK). Other great bands to play that day are Scar Symmetry (SE), Ephel Duath (I), Chaoswave (I) and Another Messiah (NL). Be there! More info on the ProgPower website.
16-05-2006 - Textures instore mini-show @ Sounds Rotterdam
Textures will do their second instore mini-show at the Sounds music store in Rotterdam (Korte Hoogstraat 24) this Saturday (May 20) to celebrate the release of 'Drawing Circles'. The show will start at 15.00. Time to destroy AGAIN!
09-05-2006 - Germany / Köln date confirmed
East neighbours, we're coming over! On June 8 we will play a show in MTC, Köln. Hope to see you there!
09-05-2006 - France & Spain May & June dates cancelled
Unfortunately the France and Spain tourdates (La Souterraine, Perpignan, Barcelona, Zarauts, Madrid and Barakaldo) on the dates May 27 to June 2nd have been cancelled. We couldn't get it all arranged properly. We're very very sorry, but we're really busy to make it up to you and come over later this year.
20-04-2006 - Drawing Circles available now & thanks
As of this week, our new album 'Drawing Circles' is available, so go get it in a store near you. (or in our webshop of course). Also, we want to thank all the people that showed up and supported us at our release shows, you ROCK! We had a blast, we hope you did too!
10-04-2006 - Textures instore mini-show @ Sounds Tilburg
Textures will do an instore mini-show at the Sounds music store in Tilburg this Thursday (April 13) to celebrate the release of 'Drawing Circles'. The show will start at 15.00. Time to destroy!
10-04-2006 - Textures @ Club 3voor12
Textures will perform live at Club 3voor12, Wednesday, April 19. The show can be watched live at 3voor12.nl. Wanna be there? Reservations can be made here.
29-03-2006 - New website, album pre-order started
As you can see, the website has undergone a complete overhaul. Some new content has been added and a lot of old stuff has been updated. Also, the forum has changed a bit and we're still eager to welcome new contributing members, so join today.
As of today you can pre-order Drawing Circles in our new webstore (where you can also preview the upcoming new merchandise!), order today and it will be automaticly sent to you on the release date (April 17).
Also, download the brand new track 'Millstone' from the downloads section.
29-03-2006 - Drawing Circles vinyl version
We are excited to announce that Garden of Exile , who have also released the vinyl by Burst and The Ocean, will release the vinyl version of our new album 'Drawing Circles'. Keep you eyes open for further news on this.
29-03-2006 - And the winners are...
Congratulations go out to the 2 bands who won the Aardschok contest to share the stage on the 2 release shows with Textures for the new album 'Drawing Circles':
Instil (Melkweg), With their metal rollercoaster ride of fury, emotion and brutality, gained massive critical acclaim with their album “Fire reflects in Ashes” - http://www.instil.nl/
Greyline (013) will hit everyone by a splendid mix between creative, beautiful melodies and brutal darkness. The band combines creative, diverse riffing with brutal rocking drums. With the overlay from a sick and desolate voice, you create Greyline. - http://www.greyonline.nl/
These killer bands will support both 'The Ocean' and 'Textures' onstage on 13.04.2006 (Tilburg (NL), 013) and 14.04.2006 (Amsterdam (NL), Melkweg)
29-03-2006 - Polars merchandise goes on sale
We've lowered some of the prices on our webstore. These are the last few copies of the "Polars" designs, and they are now very limited, so get em while you still can!
Polars t-shirts were € 13,- and are now € 10,-
Polars Longsleeves were E15,- and are now € 12,-
Polars Sweaters were € 25,- and are now € 20
beanies were € 12,50 and are now € 10,-
We've also released some cool packages:
CD Polars + Textures Beanie € 18,-
CD Polars + White girlie € 18,-
CD Polars + Polars Longsleeve € 20,-
29-03-2006 - Drawing Circles E-Card
Listenable records has released an e-card for the upcoming album 'Drawing Circles' for your viewing, listening and spreading pleasure. It contains a BRAND-NEW TRACK from the album called 'Millstone'! You can view it here .
08-02-2006 - New MP3 + cover art Drawing Circles
The wait is over. You can now get your first taste of the new album 'Drawing Circles' by downloading the brand new MP3 of the track 'Regenesis'. Click here to download. Enjoy! Oh, and: write it all down: 'Drawing Circles' will be released April 17. Also, check out the new album cover artwork by clicking here.
04-02-2006 - Thank you Paris
We had a damn great time in Paris last wednesday, you Frenchies rock! Thank you all for showing up early to check us out and horns up for Gojira, these guys are amazing!
01-01-2006 - Textures wishes you....
...a very heavy and inspiring 2006! May good things come to you all! We'll see you around!
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