For the first time at Positivus Festival on July 17th artists from all Baltic States have a chance to measure up themselves in a fascinating competition. 8 teams consisting of 16 talented illustrators, designers, comic and street artists, will compete in an international PAINT CLUB tournament.

Within the interactive tournament artists in teams of two are going to compete against each other for the national title. The national contest consists of some preliminary rounds followed by one final in which the teams are running for the national title. Coloured paint markers and white canvases are the general basics of every tournament. The audience together with the judges will make the decision over victory or defeat. The winner qualifies automatically for the international competition in October in Berlin.

The fascination of the PAINT CLUB arises through the interaction with the audience, the battle between the different teams and through the cooperation and the strategy within the singular teams. The PAINT CLUB will take place in context of significant events of major public interest and offers therefore a first-class forum for the artist and all involved partners.

Official homepage of PAINT CLUB: www.the-paint-club.com

Scissor Sisters return with their third album, Night Work, today on the June 28th! Night Work is a dynamic album with a big heart and some killer dance moves. Scissor Sisters will headline Positivus Festival on July 17.

One of the biggest bands in the UK over the past decade, Scissor Sisters have been hard at work in studios in London, Bahamas and their home town of New York, and are ready to follow up on the phenomenal success of 2006’s #1 album Ta-Dah. That album was the third biggest seller of 2006, selling over 1.4 million copies in the UK alone and producing the single, I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’, also a UK #1.

Night Work is a dance record but it’s not all electronic. You can still hear the sound of a band spinning out together in a rehearsal room. “Night Work is really us boiled down to who we are. It feels quintessentially us,” says Jake Shears. The album was preceded by the lead single Fire With Fire on June 20.

It is the first time Scissor Sisters have worked with another producer; they recruited Stuart Price (The Killers, Madonna) to co-produce.

Happy Mondays were the leaders of the late-'80s/early-'90s dance club-influenced Manchester scene who immersed themselves in the club and rave culture, eventually becoming the most recognizable band of that scene.

The music relied heavily on the sound and rhythm of house music, spiked with '70s soul licks and swirling '60s psychedelia. Happy Mondays were one of the first rock bands to integrate hip-hop techniques into their music. They didn't sample, but they borrowed melodies and lyrics and, in the process, committed rock blasphemy.

With their second album, 1988's Bummed, Happy Mondays became British superstars, particularly Ryder. Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches, released in 1990, marked the height of the band's popularity, creativity, and influence. In 2007, 15 years since their last record, the band (minus about half the original members, including guitarist Mark Day) released their fifth studio album, Uncle Dysfunktional.

Benji B is one of the UK's most respected DJs. Renowned worldwide for his radio shows and club sets alike, he's amassed a fanbase who have come to see him as a leader in the future and soulful music movement, mixing the genres of hip hop, house, soul, funk, dubstep, and more, seamlessly taking his audience from one genre to the next.

For the past seven years he's being doing his own two hour show on BBC 1Xtra playing the latest and greatest music from dubstep and hiphop to house and soul and everything in between while inviting some of the very best artists to the show for interviews and exclusive mixes ranging from Juan Atkins to J Rocc and Dorian Concept to Kode 9.

When 1Xtra launched in 2002 he was asked to present a show on Thursday nights. It soon became essential listening for music fans around the globe. Recently Benji made the move to Sundays and has recently been given an extra hour and will now broadcast from 10 pm until 1 am every Sunday night.

As a DJ it is easier to count the countries Benji hasn't DJ'ed in than the ones he has. Every weekend he is in a different part of the world and is one of the UK's most international specialist DJs, playing regularly in the USA, Japan, the Middle East, Asia and Australia as well as all over Europe.

Alongside his weekly BBC show on 1Xtra Benji has been running his club night Deviation Sessions in the East London's Gramaphone for almost two years. Each month he installs a bespoke soundsystem on which have played the likes of Flying Lotus, J Davey, Martyn and Skream to Moodymann, Dam-Funk and many more. It is now widely regarded as one of the very best club nights in London.