Torul
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28 Dec 2024
GermanyLangenNeue Stadthalle LangenA concert by Slovenian synthpop band Torul. At the Electronic Dance Art Festival -
19 Oct 2024
SlovakiaTrnava10BARA concert by the renowned synthpop group Torul. -
8 Jul 2023
SwedenVanersborg -
3 Jun 2023
SwitzerlandArbonBodensee -
20 May 2023
GermanyBerlinMuseumpark RudersdorfA concert by TORUL -
19 May 2023
GermanyBerlin, Nuremberg, NürnbergDark Horizon Open Air Festiva, Der Cult, Der Cult - nightclub & moreA concert by TORUL -
17 May 2023
GermanyDresdenBlack Swarm Extra, Blauer Salon, ParkhotelA concert by TORUL -
13 May 2023
GermanyLeipzigMoritzbasteiA concert by TORUL -
15 Apr 2023
GermanyHerrenhausLassaA concert by TORUL -
22 Jul 2017
GermanyCologneTanzbrunnenA concert by Torul At the Amphi Festival Cologne -
1 Apr 2017
GermanyDresdenReithalle DresdenA concert by Torul At the E-Werk Ost Festival -
6 Aug 2016
11 Nov 2016
GermanyCologne, Deutzen, Erfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Hameln, MunichA series of concerts by Torul -
25 Oct 2015
AustriaSchwechatMultiversumA concert by Torul at the Schattenwelt Festival within The Measure Tour 2015 -
8 Oct 2015
23 Oct 2015
GermanyBerlin, Cologne, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Leipzig, OberhausenThe Measure Tour 2015 by Torul -
29 Apr 2015
SwitzerlandZürichX-TRAThe Measure Tour by Torul -
25 Apr 2015
PolandWarsawT.B.A.The Measure Tour by Torul -
26 Mar 2015
11 Apr 2015
GermanyDresden, Frankfurt am Main, Langenstein, Munich, OberhausenThe Measure Tour TORUL live by Torul -
25 Oct 2014
GermanyBerlinHuxleys neue WeltA concert by Torul -
4 Oct 2014
SwitzerlandZürichX-TraA concert by Torul -
3 Oct 2014
GermanyLeipzigMoritzbasteiA concert by Torul -
27 Jul 2014
GermanyCologneAmphi eventparkA concert by Torul at the 2014 Amphi Festival -
21 Jun 2014
GermanyGelsenkirchenAmphitheater GelsenkirchenA concert by Torul at the Blackfield Festival 2014 -
11 Apr 2014
12 Apr 2014
RussiaMoscow, VolgogradBlack Dog, TeatrConcerts by Torul -
28 Dec 2013
GermanyLangenNeue StadthalleA concert by Torul At the Electronic Dance Festival -
7 Sep 2013
GermanyNürnbergRockfabrikA concert by Torul -
6 Sep 2013
GermanyDeutzenKulturparkA concert by Torul At the Nocturnal Culture Night 8 -
19 Jul 2013
GermanyCologneEssigfabrikA concert by Torul -
19 Apr 2013
21 Apr 2013
United KingdomLondon, Manchester, NewcastleLegends, O2 Academy, Sound ControlA series of concerts by Torul within the MESH European Tour -
16 Apr 2013
FranceStrasbourgLa Laiterie ArtefactA concert by Torul within the MESH European Tour -
15 Apr 2013
AustriaViennaSzeneA concert by Torul within the MESH European Tour -
6 Apr 2013
SwedenGothenburgThe BrewhouseA concert by Torul within the MESH European Tour -
5 Apr 2013
17 Apr 2013
GermanyBochum, Cologne, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Hannover, Leipzig, Munich, RostockBackstage, Batschkapp, Live Music Hall, Markthalle, Matrix, Mau Halle, Musikzentrum, Werk IIA series of concerts by Torul within the MESH European Tour -
28 Sep 2012
GermanyLeipzigMoritzbasteiA concert by Torul at Schwarzes Leipzig Tanzt -
27 May 2012
GermanyLeipzigKohlrabizirkusA concert by Torul at the Wave Gotik Treffen -
25 May 2012
CroatiaSisakOutside Club SKWHATA concert by Torul At the Small Urban Festival Sisak -
24 Sep 2011
SerbiaZaječarYouth CentreA concert by Torul at the Festival Fantastike Zaječar
The group also puts great emphasis on the visual component and, besides insisting on well thought out stage lighting, they also put much effort into the production of their videos which they themselves conceive, direct and produce.
Background
Borut Bernik, who has actually been using the name Torul for almost two decades, started his music career at the start of the nineties. Besides sporadically playing keyboards for the darkwave band Coptic Rain (and the lesser-known Silent Order), his primary act was a collaboration with Aleš Čačovič, with whom they worked under the names Clox, Channel Klirr, Cloak Device and The Clockworx and released a number of techno vinyls for the Ljubljana-based Matrix Music and some other labels.
In later years, Borut started to release music under the alias Torul and at the break of the century appeared on labels such as Force Inc, Low Spirit, Thule, Tissje, Touch Tone, High-Head and so on. He also started playing live-acts (having played in many respected European clubs including Tresor), and as his musical interests reached beyond techno, his sound became more and more personal, gradually leading him into the territory he is now exploring with the trio.
At the start of 2010, when the first Torul LP was released, this trio did not yet exist. Borut Dolenec contributed his bass guitar for only a few songs, and the vocals were handled by Mitja Šedlbauer and Bernik. But as live performances demanded a more solid line-up, the current trio came together soon after.
Discography and performances
Following the release of Dark Matters, the band signed with the German independent label Infacted Recordings and released there a number of successful albums such as In Whole (2011), Tonight We Dream Fiercely (2013, simultaneously released in the USA at Metropolis Records) and The Measure (2015). Singles from these records have gotten to the very top of many alternative charts such as DAC, GEWC, DAT20, EAC and others. The albums have gotten very positive reviews on various online magazines and earned them the title "Newcomer of the Year" on the high profile portal depechemode.de.
The band started playing abroad very fast and first appeared in Germany already in 2011 and 2012. In 2013, they went on a tour with Mesh, a legendary English synthpop band from Bristol, and toured all over Europe. This, taken together with well-received albums, has enabled them to subsequently play extensively in Germany and Central Europe, even getting them as far as Moscow. They appeared at Wave Gothic Treffen, E-Tropolis Festival, Sci-Fi festival, Amfi festival, E-Werk Festival. In Slovenia, they were invited to Flow Festival Ljubljana, Lent Festival and played at a number of venues like Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture, Orto Bar, Gala Hala, Klub Menza pri koritu, F-Club, ...
With the name Torul taken by the band, Borut Bernik chose the name DJ Torulsson for his DJ gigs, offering – as he says – "special club mash-up sets. Dynamic unconventional DJ sets, where various music styles, such as electro, synthpop, darkpop, techno, electroclash and postpunk sounds seamlessly integrate".