The Prodigy and Groove Armada Soundsystem return to the Electronic Beats Festivals stage among additional artists to top line-ups in Vienna, Prague and a Live Special in Bratislava.

BONN, Germany, September 4th 2006: Today T-Mobile announces the dates and line-ups of the next ‘electronic beats’ Festivals in Vienna and Prague and the addition of an ‘electronic beats’ Live Special for the first time in Bratislava.

After two exciting ‘electronic beats’ Festivals in Cologne and Budapest earlier this summer, the series continues including a Festival in Vienna on October 25th with Groove Armada Soundsystem and in Prague on October 28th with The Prodigy. The ‘electronic beats’ Live Special will be in Bratislava on October 27th also with The Prodigy.

The ‘electronic beats’ Festivals are live music events featuring three to four artists with DJ sets in-between for a full night of live music that evolves into a party atmosphere stretching into the early morning hours. Planned for the first time in Bratislava, the ‘electronic beats’ Live Special is similar to the Festivals but with two main artists. ‘electronic beats’ Festivals and Live Specials have proved to be a successful format to showcase a blend of artists that appeal to fans of electronic music that is both underground and mainstream.

Groove Armada Soundsystem, who elevated the crowd with their set at the ‘electronic beats’ Festival in Budapest, will kick-off the next ‘electronic beats’ Festival in Vienna along with MIA, Superdiscount, Deichkind and Mathew Jonson. Tickets for the Vienna Festival are on sale now – the Festival will be broadcast on GoTV in the following weeks.

The Prodigy, infamous for their unpredictable and energetic performances – including their set at last year’s ‘electronic beats’ Festival in Amsterdam - will perform back-to-back nights at the Festival in Prague along with Slam, Yonderboi, N.O.H.A. and DJ Carl Craig and the following night at the Live Special in Bratislava with DJ Carl Craig and a local artist. Tickets for the Prague Festival go on sale September 4th and for the Live Special in Bratislava on September 9th. The Prague Festival will be broadcast on TVocko in the following weeks.

‘electronic beats’ is a music and lifestyle concept by T-Mobile that links music, lifestyle and communication together for people who thrive on expressing themselves through their passions. Combining ‘electronic beats’ media, festivals, live specials and culture activities, ‘electronic beats’ unites a community of people with similar lifestyles and attitudes to meet, hear music and share new experiences.

Following the success of integrated activities in 2005, Sony Ericsson is once again partnering with ‘electronic beats’ and will be present at the Festivals and Live Special with distinctive promotions for the W810i Walkman® Phone. Latest in their range of Walkman® phones, the W810i enables users to transfer their favourite CD collection or download tracks from music sites. The phone includes a digital music player, FM radio and music management software to make music listening on-the-go the perfect experience.

More info: www.electronicbeats.net

(source: Press release)