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  • PLANETROX is a worldwide music competition whose mission is to discover the best new bands and expose them to a wider international audience. In 2012, Envol et Macadam will be expanding its ties to the rest of the world and hitting it with a big bang: alternative bands from 15 different countries will be able to sign up for their PLANETROX auditions and the chance to play at the next Envol et Macadam Festival in Quebec City, Canada.

    The PLANETROX project is an initiative of Envol et Macadam in collaboration with the City of Quebec. The mission of this international undertaking is to discover the best up-and-coming bands in each of the participating countries and to present them to the public at the Envol et Macadam Festival each September. This second year of PLANETROX will involve Canada, the United States, France, Belgium, Great Britain, Germany, Norway, Ireland, Italy, Czech Republic, Japan, China, Malaysia, Indonesia and South Korea.

    Envol et Macadam is Quebec’s top alternative music festival. It continues to innovate and to develop projects that allow local and international up-and-coming artists the chance to take part in an event that annually attracts over 20,000 music fans, as well as many industry professionals. Its programming appeals to a young and hip crowd; Bad Religion, Mastodon, Sum 41, Pennywise, Karkwa, The Sounds, Metric, Malajube, Raekwon, Bloc Party, Hatebreed, IAM, The Exploited and As I Lay Dying are but a few of the well-known artists that have played and delighted festival goers at Envol et Macadam in past years.

    How does PLANETROX works? Register your band and pick your best song (original compositions only). If you are chosen, send us a video and get people to vote for you!

    Any questions ? contact your country promoter at : missdju@hotmail.com

  • PLANETROX is a three-step process

    1. Each participating band will submit their original song for consideration through Sonicbids before June 13th, 5pm (EST : Eastern Standard Time) and a panel of international industry judges will choose 10 finalists throughout the country.
    2. The 10 finalists will be contacted to send a live performance video of their song to the Envol et Macadam committee. An online public voting process will then follow from June 18th to July 1st and the winner will be chosen by the results of this public vote combined with a panel of industry judges. The judging process will be weighted as follows- 25% based on public vote and 75% based on a panel of industry judges.
    3. The winning band will be invited to perform at one of Canada's biggest live music events, the Envol et Macadam Festival in Quebec City on September 7th or 8th 2012

  • PLANETROX timeline 2012

    April 2nd Launch PLANETROX & open band registration
    June 13th Band registration closes
    June 14th 10 Semi-Finalists announced
    June 15th - June 22nd Semi-finalists submit videos
    June 25th - July 9th Public voting period
    July 10th Winner announced
    September 9th - 10th 15 bands from 15 countries PLANETROX @Envol et Macadam Festival, Quebec City