The Olympus LS-100 Multitrack Linear PCM Recorder is a versatile, professional recorder for multi-track recording. The high-end studio microphones of the Olympus device are arranged in a 90° angle and can be regulated in their sensitivity and therefore they can easily handle a sound pressure level of 140dbSPL. The recorder is equipped with two XLR/jack combo sockets that are suitable for connections to music instruments as well as microphones. Additionally the recorder offers different editing and sound improvement functions and recordings can immediately being edited. Thanks to the robust metal housing with microphone protector, this recorder is also suitable for outdoor use.

Technical Details of the recorder:

• High quality stereo microphone
• High sound quality amplifier circuit
• Multi-track recording and editing
• XLR/Phone combo type connector with phantom power supply /24/48V)
• Linear PCM 96kHz/24bit recording
• Over-dubbing function
• 4GB internal memory and SD card slot
• Chromatic tuner and metronome function
• CD writing function
• Lissajour function


The recorder will be delivered in the original manufacturer packagingwith the following content:

• Lithium-ion battery
• USB AC adapter
• AC Plug
• USB Cable
• USB converter connector
• Carrying case
• strap
• Instruction manual


The auction started today, 12th March 2013 and will end on 19th March 2013. Follow the link and take part at the auction: cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll

The recorder has been donated to the Wacken Foundation by OLYMPUS. The proceeds will go to the Wacken Foundation who will use the money to keep on supporting bands and artists of the metal scene.

On Monday, 21st January 2013 the handing over of the Fendt engine bonnet took place at the agricultural technology company Mengel in Vaale. Fendt has made the bonnet available to the organisers of the Wacken Open Air and at the last W:O:A the airbrush artist Wolfgang Zeh styled the bonnet with the W:O:A 2012 design. Celebrities like Detlev Buck and Markus Kavka as well as bands like Betontod, Endstille, Sactuary und Oomph! signed the bonnet.

The bonnet has been bought now by Roland Kartmann from the company Wotech from Wolnzach in Bavaria. He drove the long way up to the north and picked up the bonnet in person. He himself and his company are not laymen regarding the topic agricultural technology as they take part in the development of components and modules for tractors from Fendt. The engine bonnet will now be admired in Wolnzach in an exhibition room of the company Wotech.

Respectively € 1,500 goes to the kindergartens Vaale and Wacken, € 300 goes to the Wacken Foundation. Both kindergartens will use the money to make a summer trip. The Wacken Foundation will use the donation to keep on supporting metal bands and artists. More information can be found on www.wacken-foundation.com.

The Wacken Foundation and the kindergartens from Vaale and Wacken thank the company Fendt and the organisers of the Wacken Open Air and wishes Mr. Kartmann a lot of pleasure with the engine bonnet.

At this years’ Wacken Open Air the band members of Paradise Lost decided to donate their banner with the cover artwork of their new album “Ttragic Idol”, released in April 2012, to the Wacken Foundation. The death metal band, which has been founded in 1987, wants to support the Wacken Foundation’s work and promote promising metal bands.

The banner of the CD cover of their thirteens’ album that has been signed by all band members - Nick Holmes, Greg Mackintosh, Aaron Aedi, Steve Edmondson und Adrian Erlandson – is now being auctioned. The action will start Wednesday, 12th December 2012 and will end Wednesday, 19th December 2012.

The total income will benefit the Wacken Foundation, whose purpose is the support of hard and heavy metal music. Bands from the metal scene have the possibility to receive financial support of the foundation to implement their projects.

Fendt engine bonnet in Wacken design will be auctioned

On this years’ Wacken Open Air a Fendt egine bonet has received a new design with W:O:A logo by airbrush illustrator Wolfgang Zeh and numerous artists have signed the bonet. Amongst them for example: In Extremo, Betontod, Overkill, Detlef Buck, Markus Kavka, Oomph, Mambo Kurt and Endstille.

Now it is finally time. This exclusive Fendt engine bonet, matching with all Fendt tractors of the 900 line, will be auctioned. The minimum price is € 3,000.00. The proceeds will half go to the Kindergarten Vaale and half to the Wacken Foundation. The Wacken Foundation is a non-profit foundation that supports hard and heavy metal music. Artists and bands from the metal scene are being supported for projects like CD/video productions, tours, etc. by the Wacken Foundation. More information can be found at www.wacken-foundation.com.

The auction will take place for one week from Monday, 26th November until 2nd December 2012 and can be found at cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll

The winner will be announced on Monday, 03rd December 2012.

The Swedish Hardcore-Punk and Metal Band Dead By April started a pledge campaign for a LIVE DVD. The DVD will beside a Live concert contain many unseen backstage scenes.

With this pledge campaign Dead By April offers his fans the possibility to take part in the realization of the project and additionally to receive some special items and gifts. According to the amount of your pledge the value of your item or gift increases as well: from a download of the Live DVD for € 10 up to a gig at your house party for € 6,000.

If the target will be reached the band will donate 5 % of the raised money to the Wacken Foundation. The Wacken Foundation is a non-profit foundation, which dedicates itself to the support of artists of the heavy metal scene.

So check out www.pledgemusic.com/projects/deadbyapril and help to implement the project!!

The sizes are remarkable – some of them are bigger than 270 x 210 cm. Artist Jens Rusch is nor unknown in Germanys federal state Schleswig-Holstein. His artworks are hanging in the state parliament, a symbol painting of Schleswig-Holstein even in the state chancellery, in banks and shipping companies. His bronzes are placed in public space. He received cultural awards . Why is somebody like this giving away a whole series of paintings? His answer:

“It is because they have arosen in a four years long exceptional situation and they differentiate a lot from my other artworks”. For four years his friend Martin Kayenburg, before he became president of the sate parliament, he put an atelier on the Alsen demolition area on Rusch’s disposal. The graffiti mecca was a burnout bastion for Rusch, who painted his frustration about the artist-unfriendly art market from his chest.

At the same time Rusch was engaged in the extensive Wacken picture cycle. The working title of this project was W:O*Art and in this context Rusch got to know and came to appreciate the project “Wacken Foundation. “The aims of Holger Hübner and Thomas Jensen, to support new artists with this foundation are 100 % aligning with my own ideas” says the artist, who has been awarded last year as “Man of the year” by the newspaper publisher of Schleswig-Holstein for his own commitment.

It seems to be macabre but the material value of art follows strange criteria. Legacies, bequests by artists, particularly when documenting a complete creative period are achieving high prices only after the death of the artist. Therefore the advice of the artist himself to the Wacken Foundation is to initially store the paintings. But he does not have any influence on this anymore after handing over the paintings. What is going to happen with the artworks will according to the German foundation law now solely be determined by the board of directors of the foundation.

The Wacken Foundation thanks Jens Rusch for his generous donation and is looking forward to future joint projects.

The Wacken Foundation was present at the Hamburg Metal Dayz in order to communicate the foundation’s mission and to call the attention of other bands from the metal scene on the possibilities that are offered by the Wacken Foundation, the foundation was represented with an info booth at the Hamburg Metal Dayz. Every day there was taking place a raffle of a guitar that has been provided by EPIPHONE. The proceeds of € 1 per participant benefited 100 % the Wacken Foundation. Besides an information booth the curator Enno Heymann represented the foundation during a panel about the topic support of newcomers.

The Wacken Foundation’s mission is to promote rock and metal music and has and will support promising metal bands and artists.

A contribution has been provided by the band Heaven Shall Burn, one of the most important representatives of the Metalcore genre on the festival. They donated the Wacken Foundation half of theirfee for their headliner performance on Thursday. Guitarist Maik Weichert explains: “Since some time we are working together with the youth club VorTEFFlich from Weimar on a Metal workshop project. This is great fun and some of the young musicians are real talents! As young musicians we ourselves profited from
experienced metal and rock lovers showing us some tricks and ruses. In order to further develop the whole thing and maybe also create a basis for further similar projects with the Wacken Foundation we are performing for charity and will donate a part of our fee. Many people from the scene and the music industry are on site and of course we hope that we will enthuse more people for this kind of project.”

On Friday the curator Enno Heymann took part in the panel “Newcomer and promotion of young artists: How I can get my band over the first hurdle”. He used the possibility to explain the mission of the foundation and to discuss the topic promoting young artists with other experts. Also participants have been included in the discussion and have followed the panel with great interest.

The booth and the panel have been used by many guests as
information platform and therefore the Wacken Foundation will
certainly be on present at the next year’s Hamburg Metal Dayz.

Right on time for their new album "Infektion 1813" we got a really nice package from the German Black Metal Band ENDSTILLE to sell on auction:

-An original played drumhead from Mayhemic Destructor which is also signed by him!

-A shirt which isn't avaiable anymore in retail for the release of Navigator

-A patch Infektion 1813

-Limited digipak version of the new album Infektion 1813

The auction will be start Sunday, June, 19th at 7pm (CET), end exactly 7 days later and can be found at eBay

The Wacken Foundation is a non-profit foundation with visions in favour of the rock- and metal scene.

The Wacken Foundation was contrived in 2008 by the movers and shakers of the legendary Wacken:Open:Air with the aim to give talented and ambitioned bands and artists a chance within a radically changing music market in order to present their gift to a wider audience. Therefore, the foundation offers real deal help in the shape of financial and energetic support to the bands and enterprises from the areas Rock and Metal who apply accordingly.

Applications can be individually sent via letter or email to the Wacken Foundation.

In issue 5/2009 of the magazine "Die Stiftung" the Wacken Foundation for supporting young Rock and Metal artists has been mentioned.

According to its own account, “Die Stiftung” is the biggest independent paper concerning foundation work with the main focus on productive investment, strategy and management topics as well as succession and assets of family business in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

You can read the article here online, please click the image to enlarge it.

The Ballroom club will move from the Fischmarkt to another location. But not without saying goodbye appropriately from its loved location- in the form of a Ballroom Double CD featuring longtime friends:

HAMMERFALL, DARK AGE, EDGUY, OHRENFEINDT, DORO, KNEIPENTERRORISTEN, THE PLEASURES, PARAGON, STORMWARRIOR, MAMBO KURT, CHALICE, TORMENT, 2ND SIGHT, RABENSCHREY, CIRCLE II CIRCLE, GODS OF HATE, TOXIC TASTE and RUNNING WILD !!!

Exklusiv: Der Song "The Flame still burns" des BALLROOM UNITED PROJECT feat. MASTERPLAN, JEFF SCOTT SOTO, ERIC FISH, JADED HEART, KICKHUNTER, ELA, RAGE, INZAINE and ROUGH SILK.

The Wacken Foundation team wishes a happy new year, a good move and a stately re-opening at the Reeperbahn! Moreover, THANK YOU for buying the CD - 50 Cent of every sold CD will prove advantageous for the Wacken Foundation projects.

The CD is available on:
shop(at)ballroom-hamburg.com.

Detailed information about the move on
www.ballroom-hamburg.com.