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Feature: Pryda Warehouse Party This Saturday
Eric Prydz is putting the house back into warehouse parties with a Pryda night in London’s premier underground nightspot. Ewer Street Car Park is set to host three arches of music on Saturday (July 31st) featuring Pryda label owner and international DJ star Eric Prydz taking centre stage and backed up by a selection of top talent for an all-nighter chock full of summer vibes to welcome in August.
Feature: Delta Maid releases debut EP Broken Branches
Straight from the banks of the Mersey delta comes 25-year-old blues singer Delta Maid, set to release her debut EP on Shake A Bush Records on July 26th. The five track release is a moonshine-swaddled serving of blues’n’bourbon inspired songwomanship, which owes as much to Nashville and Memphis as it does from Delta’s straight talking hometown of Liverpool.
Feature: Thomas Fehlmann talks ahead of August's Eastern Electrics warehouse party
Joy Orbison, Michael Mayer and Justin Martin will head up the August bank holiday edition of Eastern Electrics with the respected promotions and labels of mulletover, Kompakt, Dirtybird, and Resident Advisor hosting rooms for an end-of-summer, beat-driven all-nighter. Joining Michael Mayer, Robag Wruhme, Wighnomy Brothers and Jo Saurbier in the mulletover room will be the 52-year-old Thomas Fehlmann. zap! bang! Magazine talked to the man who has seen the evolution of electronic music since the 1980s.
Feature: CREATE10 Festival at Lovebox
The CREATE10 festival stormed into life at London’s Lovebox in Victoria Park with its Young Music into London programme taking over the Gaymers Bandstand. A host of fresh and exciting acts were given a platform to show off why they’re being shown off as the best talent to be emerging from the five host boroughs of the 2012 Olympics: Greenwich, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest.
Feature: Rising London stars given chance to shine at Create10 Festival
Talented youngsters from the five host boroughs of the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympic Games have been gearing up for three major performances at star-studded music events including this weekend’s Lovebox festival. Over the past few months, the cream of the UK music scene’s singers, producers and choreographers have united for Young London: Into Music to coach 150 young people between 14 and 25-years-old. Together with taking over a bandstand on the Friday of the three-day Lovebox in Victoria Park, they’ll be at the IndigO2 on Saturday and the Theatre Royal in Stratford East the following week.
The rising stars will perform alongside legends in grime, UK garage, hip hop and soul. So, rock out to Kele le Roc and Shola Ama, catch rising grime star Maxsta or enjoy the vocal harmonies of UD Vocal Collective, led by the talented ShezAr and directed by director Matthew Excalibah Xia as they paint a lively portrait with music about living in East London.
Feature: Tunng and The Kittiwakes play Roam
For the next three weeks, East London is being treated to a moving arts space presenting acoustic gigs, DJ sets and audio installations, and readings and talks from local authors on the area’s art and history. Roam is a specially commissioned vehicle that has embarked on a rural adventure, through a rapidly changing urban landscape — and one of the highlights is this week’s performance from Tunng and The Kiitiwakes.
Feature: The Big Chill 2010 Preview
The Big Chill’s co-founder and creative director Katrina Larkin has said she’s been able to push the creative boundaries for the festival this year thanks to their new relationship with Festival Republic, and by the looks of an even more innovative and eclectic line-up for the three-day event in Eastnor Castle in August, it’s an even more highly-anticipated weekend of music and the arts than ever.
Feature: GlobalGathering Full Line-Up Revealed
Whether you like to do the Big Fish Little Fish Cardboard Box crew, normally find you’re one of the early morning monkey jugglers or know what “all gone Pete Tong” means first hand, GlobalGathering’s 10th anniversary festival next month will get your rave pulse racing. Along with Faithless and Dizzee Rascal, every dance music genre will get a look in and Sister Bliss can’t wait to take to the main stage. She said: “The dance scene was written off as being a pretty spent musical force and a pretty redundant musical force because it was just mindless hedonism and people dancing. But it is probably the most vibrant it’s ever been!” Spread across 10 stages over two days, read on for the full listing of what to look out for in Stratford-Upon-Avon from Friday, July 30th to Sunday, August 1st.
Feature: Uffie, Alex Metric, Plastician & more added to SW4
Clapham Common’s South West Four has added more names to its ever-impressive line-up for the August bank holiday weekend to join headliners Armin Van Buuren and Fatboy Slim. Not only are they bringing the seductive Salt ‘N’ Pepa to London for the first time in 15 years on Sunday, August 29th and more top names over the Saturday and Sunday.
Feature: RockNess 2010 Review
Fatboy Slim, The Strokes and Leftfield headlined RockNess on the cusp of Loch Ness, Scotland at the weekend. The dance and indie fest boasted an impressive line-up that also included Aphex Twin, Crystal Castles, Vampire Weekend, Blondie, Chase & Status and Plan B. zap! bang!’s Mike Barnard and Freya van Lessen were on-site to capture the festival fun.
Feature: So NOT Barcelona at London's Big Chill Bar
Not going to Sonar this year? Then why not try So NOT Barcelona — the free London equivalent of the Spanish dance music festival. The Big Chill Bar on Brick Lane will host three days of cutting edge beats and bass with headliners Luke Vibert, Instru:Mental and Addison Groove from Thursday, June 17 to Saturday, June 19th.
Feature: Urban Nerds Present: The DMC DJ Championship London Heats 2010
The Urban Nerds are taking over another London warehouse as they host the DMC DJ Championship London Heats 2010. They’ve lined up some top turntable talent to support the unmissable DMC live showcase at the Scrutton Street Warehouse in Shoreditch on Saturday June 19th.
Feature: Cream Arena for LED Festival
London’s new August bank holiday music event the LED Festival has announced clubbing institution Cream will be hosting their own arena. Swedish House Mafia members Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso will headline the latest addition to the line-up on Friday, August 27th in London’s Victoria Park and there are new names for the Saturday too.
Feature: The Great Escape Festival 2010 Review
Thursday saw us check-out French band Fortune at luncthime — who’s electro stylings had enough bounce and squelch to satisfy though without delivering anything new or overwhelming. We also caught some of Yuck’s set — who were billed as Sonic Youth meets Pavement, and delivered a suitably US-alt-rock sound — though not as excitingly or as interestingly as either touchpoints.
Feature: The Great Escape 2010 - Highlights
Kevin Drew’s Canadian collective Broken Social Scene are a good time band. Whether they are five or twelve strong on stage the mood is always high and there is a focus on entertaining and uplifting a crowd. This is no different here to any other show — in fact the group seemed to feel like they had to get it ramped up quickly having been limited to a forty-five minute set.
Feature: Big Chill House Summer Festival Warm-Up
**UPDATE 08/06/2010: EVENT CANCELLED DUE TO BAD WEATHER**Get set for the summer at the Big Chill House featuring Toddla T on Wednesday, June 9th. The roof terrace at the Kings Cross venue will be swarming with music lovers as Toddla T plays a special dancehall set with a barbecue to fuel revellers through night of free music.
Feature: Tiesto in Victoria Park: More Acts Announced
Tiesto’s return to London’s Victoria Park this July has got even more hotly anticipated thanks to a string of new acts announced to play the one-day event. Avicii and The Japanese Popstars will warm up for Tiesto and Pendulum on the main stage while another trance hero will headline the Mixmag and Don’t Stay In arena.
Feature: WIN two tickets to Paul Van Dyk at O2 Academy Brixton on Sunday
This is your chance to win two tickets to a special London appearance from Paul Van Dyk on his Vandit 10th Anniversary World Tour! Worshipped amongst trance fans across the globe, the opportunity to attend a Vandit event would normally consist of a pilgrimage to the label’s birthplace Berlin. On Sunday, May 30th, the Vandit tour hits the O2 Academy Brixton for what is set to be a truly momentous night headed up by Van Dyk and a selection of exciting guests.
Feature: Bestival 2010: Sold Out
Rob da Bank the rest of the Bestival crew are celebrating selling out this year’s event four months in advance — and it’s no wonder with the line-up assembled for the four-day event on the Isle of Wight this September. Its Year of the Fantastic is set to be one of the best yet with Dizzee Rascal, The Prodigy and The Flaming Lips headlining and a whole host of new acts and areas unveiled.
Feature: Lovebox Weekender 2010 preview
Lovebox goes polysexual this year as London’s Victoria Park will see heads turning in all directions and ears alive to sounds of all kinds this July. Expanding from two days to three, running from Friday, July 16th to Sunday, July 18th, each day will be different, culminating in an outrageous party on Sunday headed up by the legendary 62-year-old diva Grace Jones.
Feature: More acts for GlobalGathering plus designers The Do LaB
GlobalGathering is set to get a cultural makeover this year as world-renowned festival art impresarios The Do LaB will design the VIP area and one of two outdoor terraces at this year’s 10th anniversary festival in Stratford-Upon-Avon.
Feature: Big Chill announces Thom Yorke and Tate Britain's Rude Britannia
The Big Chill Festival has unveiled its latest line-up additions to add the “wow” factor to an already impressive bill of music and the arts. Thom Yorke, Lily Allen, Morcheeba and Tate Britain’s “Rude Britannia” are just a few of the top attractions added to the event in Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire this August.
Feature: How's My Raving Weekender?
The London Big Chill venues will lose their traditional laid-back vibe and ask “How’s My Raving?” this weekend for two days of extremely hard beats and bass. The first of an annual weekender of raves following a roadblock January session at Big Chill House on Friday (May 21st) and Saturday (May 22nd) it will be your chance to move to a mash-up of the baddest genres to shake dancefloors.
Feature: Glade Festival Cancelled: Big Chill Ticket Swap
Dance music fans have been dealt a blow as this year’s Glade Festival has been cancelled. The four-day electronic dance music event in Winchester has been forced to stop preparations for the festival this July owing to increased costs and low ticket sales, however anyone who has bought a ticket from Ticketline has been offered the chance to swap their ticket for the Big Chill Festival at Eastnor Castle Deer Park event in August — and save £20.
Feature: More acts for South West Four Weekender
After announcing Sasha will be joining Armin Van Buuren on the Saturday of the South West Four Weekender, organisers have unveiled a whole host of names for the whole weekend of the now two-day dance music festival on the August Bank Holiday weekend. There’s acts from around the globe and spanning the genres to keep feet moving from Saturday well into Sunday.
Feature: James Holden DJ-KiCKS party
Magic and Medicine is renowned for putting together line-ups featuring pioneering electronic acts from around the world, and their hooking up with the acclaimed !K label follows that trend with British techno genius James Holden headlining a restored Victorian warehouse in London that has held parties for Hot Chip, Chromeo Major Lazer and Four Tet. Hot on the heels of DFA’s Juan Maclean’s set over the May Day bank holiday, this is a chance to see Holden up close and personal in a unique space on Friday, June 11th.
Feature: LED Festival unveils Planet Turbo Arena
The London Electronic Dance Festival continues to forge itself a winning line-up with the unveiling of Tiga’s Turbo Arena and a selection of top DJs from the drum and bass and bassline scene for the August Bank Holiday weekend event to join David Guetta, Aphex Twin and Leftfield.
Feature: WIN new Fat! Records release by Foamo
After more than two years of silence, Fat! Records is back. Kicking off the new decade with a release from Chew the Fat! resident Foamo, it’s two tracks of big beats and we’ve got a copy to give away.
Feature: Sasha added to South West Four Weekender
A man no stranger to South West Four, Sasha, returns to the festival on Clapham Common this August bank holiday. Now a two day weekender, Sasha will play on Saturday, August 28th having headlined alongside John Digweed last year.
Feature: 10 Years of Trunkfunk Records: 10 Facts of the Label
Swedish label Trunkfunk created by Fredrik “DJ Nibc” Nyberg has always had a strong connection to his legendary club nights in his native country with Axwell referring to one of them as “The Paradise Garage of Scandinavia”. With roots in the house scene and a passion for strong vocals combined with peaktime tracks and killer basslines, the label has moved between bumpy urban beats, house and electronica.
Feature: L.E.D. Festival: First Names Announced
London’s August bank holiday weekend has just got more exciting with the launch of a new outdoor dance festival in one of the city’s most attractive parks. Victoria Park is to host the London Electronic Dance Festival, or LED for short. Put together by live music promotions Cream, Goldenvoice and Loudsound, they’ve assembled an eclectic line up spread over Friday, August 27th and Saturday, August 28th.
Feature: The Big Chill Festival 2010
The first names have been announced for The Big Chill Festival 2010 as it starts its new partnership with Festival Republic going into its 16th year. The festival will return to the beautiful setting of Eastnor Castle Deer Park in Herefordshire this August with the headliners confirmed as Massive Attack and M.I.A.
Feature: The Great Escape 2010: Preview
Returning for its fifth year, The Great Escape is now firmly established as a one of the most interesting and important new music festivals with more than 300 bands appearing in a plethora of venues in Brighton across 3 days (13th-15th May). Additionally, it continues to carve out a place as a convention and networking arena, attracting more than 5,000 industry professionals each year to engage in debates fundamental to the industry’s future, as well as offering vital advice to artists, and entertain the music fan at large with stimulating stories and tales.
Feature: Greenwich Summer Sessions Line-Up Announced!
This year Greenwich will be celebrating its rich cultural history with a four-day event packed with diverse musical performances from the likes of Jools Holland, Athlete, Seth Lakeman, The Levellers, Jack Penate and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The historic hot spot will be rejoicing in the expected change in 2010 to make Greenwich a Royal Borough just in time for the Olympics.
Feature: Vortex Outdoors: a free festival of jazz, reggae, soul, funk and hip hop
London’s summer festival gets kickstarted in May with Vortex Outdoors featuring jazz, reggae, soul, funk, folk and hip hop. More than 1,500 music lovers are expected to descend on Dalston’s Gillett Square featuring Don-e, a gifted multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, and Zarif who supported Beyonce on her UK tour in 2009.
Feature: Tiesto returns to Victoria Park in July
After a spectacular show last year in Victoria Park which attracted more than 25,000 clubbers, global superstar DJ Tiesto returns promising even better production and a fresh sound.
Feature: South West Four Weekender New Acts Announced
As Clapham Common’s dance festival South West Four expands over two days this year to become a London weekender, the arena hosts and guests have been announced. There’s still more names to be added to the main stage where only the headliners are known so far, but the first SW4 Weekender is set to be an immense two day August Bank Holiday feast of fun.
Feature: Ganglians - Free Single Download + Album/European Tour
Sacramento’s Ganglians have released their new single as a free download. You can listen to “Candy Girl” on soundcloud by clicking here. Follow instructions/links there to download. The single is released on the Berlin-based Souterrain Transmissions label, home to Tweak Bird and CocoRosie among others.
Feature: GlobalGathering 2010 Line Up Announced
The 10th anniversary of GlobalGathering is shaping up to be a very special event this summer with the unveiling of acts that will play across its stages in July. Among them are 2ManyDJs, Chase & Status, Armin Van Buuren, Carl Cox, Above & Beyond and Eric Prydz — and that’s just the tip of the iceberg on the 30th and 31st of July in Stratford-upon Avon.
Feature: RockNess 2010 preview
Dance and indie music fuse together for this year’s RockNess which promises to be the best line-up the Scottish festival has offered since it was started by global superstar DJ Fatboy Slim. The man is returning once again to Loch Ness alongside the reformed dance music pioneers Leftfield and NY garage rock kings The Strokes as headliners as previously reported, but there’s so much more to see that will keep eyes distracted from thoughts of catching a glimpse of the fabled Loch Ness Monster.
Feature: Glade Festival 2010: new acts announced
As Glade Festival looks forward to its second year at Winchester’s Matterley Bowl in July, the excitement is building with the second wave of artists announced to add to Orbital, Simian Mobile Disco and Tricky. But second wave doesn’t mean second rate, in fact with names such as techno legend Jeff Mills, electronica’s finest Autechre, the power of a Benga and Skream-fuelled Magnetic Man and DFA’s Holy Ghost! this July the dance music event is set to build on last year’s reboot in fine fashion.
Feature: BLOC Weekend 2010 review
BLOC Weekend’s reputation as the premier electronic dance music festival remains after a fourth year of an impeccable choice of music back at Butlins Minehead. A vibrant atmosphere turned the resort into a clubber’s paradise for three days by the sea.
Feature: MGMT Release Free mp3 in build up to the release on second album Congratulations.
Having taken the music world by storm with their own brand of psychedelic pop with their 2008 debut, MGMT are to release Congratulations and build on their wave of popularity. Released in the UK Monday 12th April, MGMT are aware than many fans won’t be able to wait those extra few weeks. So, just to tease they are currently giving away a free Mp3 of new track “Flash Delirium” for vistors of their official site.
Feature: Snowbombing 2010
Hit the slopes then hit the rave: Snowbombing is back with in the snowy Austrian mountains of Mayrhofen for five days of getting on the piste and feeling the bass. The music festival that combines snow-based sport with top DJs, bands and live acts this year introduces a magical Narnia area and The 12 Sheds of Easter — read on for more details.
Feature: Global Gathering 2010 Headliners Announced
After nine years of hosting the biggest outdoor dance festival, GlobalGathering looks to its tenth anniversary promising its most spectacular production to date. Returning to Stratford-Upon-Avon for two days and nights of beats from Friday, July 30th, the stage is set for a landmark birthday event that will have a lasting effect on ravers for the next decade.
Feature: Husky Rescue's Marko Nyberg Drives zap! bang! To Lapland
Husky Rescue have always had their sound likened to those of nature, but it is only recently that the group’s founding member Marko Nyberg moved out of Finland’s capitol Helsinki. “More and more, as years go by, I appreciate space, peace and quiet.” The move prompted a period of reconnection with the beauty of nature, which is echoed throughout the sextet’s third album Ship Of Light.
Feature: Bestival 2010- The Year of the Fantastic
The multi-award winning Bestival invites you to step into a world of magic and myths this summer with its Year of the Fantastic. The September festival curated by Radio 1’s Rob da Bank has become famous for its revellers embracing its fancy dress theme, and together with another illustrious line-up that features
Dizzee Rascal, Flaming Lips, LCD Soundsystem, Roxy Music, Fever Ray and The xx, it’s time to start thinking about the September festival once again.
Feature: The Warehouse Project Presents Easter Weekend
It’s been less than two months since Manchester’s Warehouse Project brought another winter of dance mayhem under the streets of the city to a close, but the party is ready to ignite again as the team enters its fifth year of parties. Over the long Easter weekend Warehouse Project is back.
Feature: Countdown to BLOC Weekend
There are just two weeks left until the premier indoor electronic music festival BLOC Weekend kicks off. The line-up has been confirmed with some legendary acts set to make their debut and there are new additions to make the three days of underground dance music at the premier Butlins resort in Minehead the best yet.
Feature: South West Four Weekender Announced
London’s inner city dance festival South West Four is evolving for 2010 into two days of beats on Clapham Common. With Get Loaded focusing on gigs in venues this year, SW4 is taken over the August Bank Holiday Weekend and holding a second day of music on the Sunday. The SW4 Weekender will see world’s biggest DJs, electronic live acts and leading dance labels hosting its arenas, bigger and better than ever before.
Feature: The Gallery featuring John 00 Fleming
John 00 Fleming has seen it all: the early years of trance, it’s explosion during the Superclub years and the lull in popularity which followed. Through it all, he has upheld an unwavering support for the genre, consistently plucking out the tunes his ears enjoy and bringing the psy trance sound to audiences who may never have discovered it without him. And so it goes with The Gallery: the legendary London clubnight was forced to move to Ministry of Sound with the demise of its famous Turnmills home, but its policy of booking the biggest names in trance, house and techno has continued and made Fridays at the Ministry its own. Both Fleming and The Gallery have found success by being consistent and keeping their fingers on the pulse of what they are best at: delivering the best party music.
Feature: Vitalic announces second wave of live dates and new single "Second Lives"
High-octane electro powerhouse Vitalic is back with a new single and string of club performances and festival appearances throughout the UK. Fast becoming as respected as his pioneering Gallic peers Daft Punk, Pascal Arbez-Nicolas is not short on electrifying material following the release of his acclaimed Flashmob album last year. He’s set to unleash “Second Lives” as his second single on March 22nd and will come with a remix package for the first time.
Feature: Red Bull Music Academy call for budding reporters and photographers
The Red Bull Music Academy has touched down in London with thirty nights of events up until mid-March. The five week series of events includes cultural collisions which bring cutting edge acts together at renowned venues, and Red Bull is looking for budding reporters and photographers to attend and cover the events. You could be one!
Feature: Win "That's Amore", A 2CD collection of Dean Martin's Classic Love Songs
Highly regarded as the epitome of cool, the velvet-voiced crooner Dean Martin was part of the legendary hell-raising Rat-Pack. With That’s Amore however, he shows his tender side — an album of beautiful, classic love songs.
Feature: Glade Festival 2010 Headliners Announced
The UK’s premier outdoor electronic dance music festival Glade has unveiled it’s new look for 2010 with a fresh website and the first headline acts on its main stage. Following a hugely successful move to a new home at Matterley Bowl in Winchester last summer, this July organisers are promising to build an even more awe-inspiring world to immerse yourself in.
Feature: Playaway Annonuces New Acts
Now dreaded January is out of the way, it’s time to think to warmer times and the joys that come with them: music festivals. Playaway is a new entry for 2010, promising to instil some old skool sea side antics into the musical mayhem that comes with the season of rocking out to bands and dancing your way through the night to DJs you’ve never heard of before.
Feature: Urban Nerds Host Valentine's Warehouse Party as a Warm-Up to Snowbombing 2010
Looking for a party to shake your booty to at Valentine’s weekend? Look no further than the Urban Nerds warehouse party — a warm up to their appearance at this year’s Snowbombing festival in Austria. It’s set to get hearts racing with a top line-up in a fresh new Urban Nerd venue.
Feature: Leftfield back for RockNess
Electronica pioneers Leftfield are back with their first show for a decade this summer, at Scotland’s RockNess festival. Following in the footsteps of The Future Sound of London and Orbital who returned to wow dance fans once more last year, the return of Leftfield is even more eagerly awaited as they will be bringing the sounds of their seminal album Leftism to life once more.
Feature: Camp Bestival 2010
Family favourite Camp Bestival returns next July with another mix of music, comedy and entertainment at Lulworth Castle in Dorset. From Friday, July 30th to Sunday, August 1st Madness, The Human League, Lee Scratch Perry and the English National Ballet will take the lead to keep kids of all ages happy in the first weekend of the summer holiday.
Feature: Europe's cultural stars come out to play with VICE & Vodafone
Some of 2009’s music superstars have teamed up with VICE and Vodafone to produce a unique project in true VICE style. VV Brown, La Roux, Santigold and Chromeo got in on the act, with a wild spurt of creativity from each.
Feature: WIN: Spandau Ballet Live DVDs
Fresh from the release of Once More, their first album in 20 years, Spandau Ballet’s first live recording in over two decades will be released on DVD on November 30th.
Feature: New festival from Live Nation unveiled: Playaway
Music festivals are fast becoming regular events out of their traditional summer field settings thanks to the emergence of resorts such as Butlins opening up their holiday parks for revellers to enjoy music inside out of the cold and the luxury of a chalet to sleep in. The latest edition is the intriguing offering from Live Nation, the producers of festivals worldwide including Wireless and Download in the UK. Dubbed Playaway, this brand new event next April promises to be a festival of music and high jinks — think old school British Holiday capers with a twist of contemporary chic.
Feature: RockNess 2010
Scotland’s Rockness has announced it’s return for 2010 starring the band who received NME’s album of the decade, a Belgium act famed for their party prowess, a Mercury-nominated act and new additions for the Highland music festival from Friday, June 11th to Sunday, June 13th.
Feature: Mister Jack invites you to 'Dream a Little Dream This Christmas'
Mister Jack has become an online sensation this year thanks to MySpace, Youtube, Facebook and Bebo users lapping up his reggae sounds. As the 38th most viewed musician on UK Youtube and awards such as Best Male Vocal and Best Lyrics from Garageband.com, the reggae act is set to take the Christmas chart by storm with “Dream a Little Dream This Christmas”.
Feature: Cover to Cover in aid of the Hepatitis C Trust
Boy George rarely takes to a stage unnoticed, and his performance at a the Hepatitis C Trust’s celebrity karaoke night Cover to Cover was one of many tongue-in-cheek performances at The Paradise in West London. Organised to raise awareness of the fact 20 percent of people in the UK have Hepatitis C but as few as 10 percent know they have it, there were many reasons to go home with memories of this night thanks to the selection of nervous popstars, and a very scared Sadie Frost, getting up on stage in front of a heaving crowd keen to see their favourite perform.
Feature: J-Proc bring novelty back to the Christmas chart race!
“We kind of wanted Jedward to win X Factor, just because it would have been a bit more fun than another bog standard cover version!” announces JW of newly launched techno-pop duo J-Proc. Formed of JW and Proc Proc (apparently their real names, somehow we at zap! bang! don’t believe them) apparently met outside a garage in E17 and discovered a shared love of the novelty pop record. Agreeing that the charts had changed and that the Christmas race was no longer exciting. For them, the lack of releases by artists including the Teletubbies, Cheeky Girls, Mr Blobby or Clive Dunn’s meant that the Christmas rundown was the same as every other chart rundown of the year.
Feature: Blur live 2009 free with The Sunday Times
Relive Blur’s best summer moments with The Sunday Times this weekend as it gives away five more free songs to download from iTunes. Following last week’s free 10-track live CD inside every copy of the Sunday Times, this Sunday you can add another five songs to your Blur collection –- all recorded from their reunion summer gigs.
Feature: Competition: Win Signed Whigfield Goodies!!!
Before Whigfield arrived on the scene in 1994, the phrase “Saturday Night” may have caused everyone to picture drunken nights out on the town. But that was all about to change when the 23 year old blonde Dane arrived on the scene with her insanely catchy bubble gum pop tune “Saturday Night”. Suddenly “Saturday Night” was a dance routine that everyone knew (and secretly still does).
Feature: Celebrities and Popstars Karaoke at Hepatitis C Trust's Get Tested! Get Covered
Popstars, celebrities and superstar DJs will be taking to the microphone and performing their favourite songs to raise awareness of the Hepatitis C Trust’s GET TESTED! campaign. It’s collaboration with Cover to Cover will see Boy George, Sadie Frost, The Chemical Brothers’ Ed Simmons and more line-up for a one-off extravaganza at West London’s The Paradise on Thursday, November 26th.
Feature: BLOC Weekend 2010 - First Names Announced
Lets talk about sex and party — the premier indoor dance festival BLOC Weekend returns next year and has just announced its first acts including the reformed, biggest selling rap group of all time Salt N Pepa. Never an event to follow current trends, the bold move is supported by fellow rapper Ms Dynamite, the original turntablist Grandmaster Flash and leading electronica, techno and dubstep names too.
Feature: Competition: Win tickets to T4's Stars of 2009
Presented by T4’s Steve Jones, Miquita Oliver and Rick Edwards, T4’s Stars of 2009 will feature live performances from 14 top UK acts that made 2009 so memorable for its music.
Feature: Charlie Winston Competition!
Already praised by the press, Charlie Winston’s debut album Hobo is set for release. Charlie has been very generous and donated not just 1 but five signed albums for lucky zap! bang! readers to win!
Feature: WIN tickets to UB40's Labour of Love Tour
Not many bands can boast about a career spanning more than 30 years with over seventy million albums sold, which makes Birmingham band UB40 one of the most successful British groups ever. Lead singer Ali Campbell may have flown the nest, but the remaining members have vowed to continue with his brother Duncan stepping in to fill his shoes.
Feature: Nirvana Live At Reading
Ranked number 1 in Kerrang Magazine’s “100 Gigs That Shook The World” and voted as “Nirvana’s number 1 Greatest Moment” by fans in an NME poll, Nirvana’s historic August 30, 1992 headlining appearance at the UK’s Reading Festival is one of the most bootlegged concerts in the annals of rock’n’roll. Now, fans will have an opportunity to own a pristine copy of that entire performance — with colour-corrected video from the original film with audio sourced from the original multi-track masters. Nirvana Live At Reading will be issued in a limited edition DVD and CD Deluxe Edition as well as DVD-only, CD-only configurations on November 2nd, 2009, followed by a two LP version on November 16th, 2009.
Feature: Rainbow Value Happy Halloween Warehouse Party
Looking for the ideal Halloween party during the recession? The Rainbow Value Happy Halloween Warehouse Party in London promises to give you the most bang for your buck with a ghoulish twist.
Feature: Urban Nerds and Fiesta present The Haunted House of Horrors Halloween Weekender
Get double the trouble this Halloween as the Urban Nerds and Fiesta present The Haunted House of Horrors Halloween Weekender. For two nights The Macbeth in London will be transformed into a frightening party parlour, featuring three floors of interactive fun including a torture chamber, nightmare attic, masochist’s laboratory and creepy nursery room playing host to pumpkin beats.
Feature: Free REM album from The Times
REM fans need to get to the newsagents fast tomorrow: The Times is giving readers the chance to download a complete album from the band in iTunes. In the fist giveaway of its time by a British newspaper — you can be the first to own five songs from their new live album and five classics.
Feature: BLOC 2010 tickets on sale
One of zap! bang! Magazine’s favourite festivals, BLOC Weekend, has announced its dates and tickets are on sale now. Act fast as after last year’s move to Butlin’s Minehead venue and one-off sets of such quality they are unlikely to ever be repeated again, BLOC Weekend is now firmly established as the premier electronic dance music event for the music aficionado.
Feature: X-Press 2 Headline Out the Box Plus Free Acid House Mix
House pioneers X-Press 2 headline Clapham’s Out The Box this Friday with a special old skool and acid house set which will hark back to the days when the duo were just making a name for themselves on the way to dance stardom. To celebrate, they’ve prepared a special free-to-download mix.
Feature: Dubai Sound City Preview
Literally the hottest new festival to hit the circuit for a long time, Dubai Sound City makes its debut in November. The music business conderence and festival has already brought in Ian Brown for the launch party — they mean business. Run by Liverpool Sound City in collaboration with Dubai’s leading entertainment and nightlife company, New Dawn. Read on to find out who the first acts are to be announced.
Feature: Bestival 2009 Review
As Bestival counted down to blast off for the year of the spectacular, there was hope the outer-space themed event would not be struck by a weekend of rain twice running. Weather forecasts predicted sunny skies early in the week and when those predictions turned out to be a reality, no one was going to let the sun shine in vain and Rob Da Bank’s three days of music at Robin Hill Country Park on the Isle of Wight went off like a rocket.
Feature: WIN guestlist to Out The Box featuring Shadow Dancer, Zinc & more!
Following the killer launch party in August featuring Detroit Grand Pubahs and Toddla T, Clapham’s freshest new monthly club night Out The Box returns with yet more stupid funky fresh beats this time courtesy of some of the hottest kids on the block.
Feature: Ian Brown Launches Dubai Music Festival
Festival season may almost be over in Europe and eyes are turning to next year’s events, but there is a new event coming this winter which will be guaranteed to come with hot weather and picturesque surroundings. Dubai Sound City is coming in November and to officially announce the event, Mancunian Ian Brown is flying east for the launch party in October.
Feature: Get Loaded in the Park Review
The sun retreated behind the clouds for the second Clapham Weekender of the August Bank Holiday, but a packed out Get Loaded in the Park enjoyed a choice selection of live acts and DJs with a very special finish.
Feature: South West Four Review
Glorious sunshine shone on Clapham Common as the sounds of trance, techno and house pounded out across the open space for South West Four, entertaining a crowd which was all smiles on the Saturday of the August Bank Holiday. It was a day for lapping up the open air main stage where some of the world’s most renowned DJs got behind the decks.
Feature: The Big Chill 2009 Review
The Big Chill celebrated 15 years of relaxed vibes with a weekend of top quality sounds from across the genres of music as well as comedy, film, art, spoken word, circus performances and more. Basement Jaxx, Orbital and David Byrne shared the headline slots and were the tip of a fine festival iceberg.
Feature: South West Four and Get Loaded After Parties
When London’s two big August Bank Holiday daytime festivals in Clapham draw to a close in the evening there is no need to turn your thoughts homeward. Saturday’s South West Four and Sunday’s Get Loaded in the Park are chock full of the best artists dance music has to offer, and there are two official afterparties to keep your booty shaking into the early morning.
Feature: WIN Bestival tickets with gig race
Win tickets to this year’s Bestival thanks to Ted Baker, launching a new collection of menswear for everyday use that’s as inventive and versatile as it is upbeat and vibrant.
Feature: Urban Nerds Carnival Special 2009
London’s trendiest party organisers the Urban Nerds are kickstarting the carnival this year with their own Shoreditch warehouse party over the August Bank Holiday featuring everything from dubstep, garage and grime to drum and bass, reggae and UK funky to get you into the tropical vibe.
Feature: Tiësto at Victoria Park
Tiësto is a DJ who likes to take the lead when it comes to entertaining his fans. The first DJ to sell out dates at the Brixton Academy, Alexandra Palace and the O2 Arena, he is also the only DJ ever to sell out 12 Mondays in a row with his residency at Priviledge Ibiza last summer. Now he’s become the first DJ to ever have his own open air concert in Victoria Park, and it was a partisan crowd who danced themselves into a frenzy to the sounds of the trance master.
Feature: Global Gathering 2009 Review
Blessed by sunshine, festival-goers at this year’s Global Gathering enjoyed another two days of dance music in their favourite trainers. Yes, the ground was our friend at one of the few events not to have been met with a downpour this summer and was all the better for it as the clubbers’ playground came alive to the sounds of top DJs and live acts including Orbital, The Prodigy, Richie Hawtin and, er, Roy Mclaren.
Feature: Warehouse Project 2009
Manchester’s rave season returns with The Warehouse Project 2009, back beneath Piccadilly Train Station in the heart of the city for three months of weekend parties with the biggest names from the electronic music scene. Read on for full line up details…
Feature: Glade Festival 2009 Review
Longer, louder and later — that was the intention of Glade Festival’s move to Winchester’s Matterley Bowl. Pulling into the car park early Thursday evening in the pouring rain was not the best start to three days of camping to a soundtrack of electronic dance music, but once base was set up the music easily soothed any weather worries as the festival kicked off on Friday.
Feature: Hadouken! join Tiesto's Victoria Park Summer Show
Superstar DJ Tiesto’s summer gig in London has completed it’s line up as Hadouken! join the main stage bill together with Calvin Harris and the Sneaky Soundsystem. Set in Victoria Park on Friday, July 31st, there will also be stages hosted by Don’t Stay in and Last.fm.
Feature: Arcadia fired up for Glade Festival debut
Glastonbury was this year wowed by the incredible creations of the scrap yard geniuses known collectively as Arcadia. After being given their own field next door to Shangri La at this year’s Glastonbury festival, their combination of cutting edge music, mind boggling bespoke future shock stage constructions and ripping pyrotechnics rocked the party in no uncertain terms. If you’re off to Glade next week, find out what you’ll be treated to over three days of electronic dance music.
Feature: Tartufi Tour News / Video
Recent Southern Records signings Tartufi are starting to make a few waves over here in the UK following their label debut Nests Of Waves And Wire. Originally a power-pop trio, the group switched directions after third album Trouble (2005) with Lynne Angel and Brian Gorman continuing the group as a more experimental drums/guitar/vocals duo utilising loops and a whole heap of atmosphere to create organic song structures with interweaving melodies and rhythms.
Feature: Nick Ladd's Festival "Thrival" Guide
Festival season is well and truly underway with the Isle of Wight and Glastonbury blessed with fantastic weather and acts to match — could 2009 be the best summer to go camping in a UK field while getting silly enjoying music outside? After rain marred many a festival of the last two years, it may well be. Nick Ladd, Glade Festival head honcho and general festival guru, presents a survival guide for those needing a little advice heading to events.
Feature: Glastonbury Festival 2009 Review
Come rain or shine, Glastonbury leaves an unrivalled impression on all those who make the trip to Michael Eavis’ farm each June. Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen and Blur headlined this year’s festival, and Mike Barnard was there to indulge in the all the musical goodness it has to offer. He presents a diary of his days on Worthy Farm, and ponders whether the term “Mid Skool” is hear to stay.
Feature: Competition: create your own event and get into this year's hottest festivals
What are you up to this summer? Same old, same old? How about putting on your own event, getting into some of this year’s hottest festivals for free and meeting top bands backstage — at the same time as giving your CV a massive boost? By being part of ActionAid’s Bollocks to Poverty: Work It! competition, you could have the chance to do just that.
Feature: Glade Festival does drum and bass
As Glade looks to cement its status as the leading outdoor dance music festival, it has announced it will be hosting a genre it has often been criticised for ignoring. Drum and bass has always been given an airing in the past, but never to the extent it will be heard in 2009. South West drum and bass award-winning promoter and DJ Mr Nice, promoter of Rinseout in Exeter, has put together some of the country’s finest along with breakthrough DJs and MCs.
Feature: Get Loaded in the Park full preview
The second of Clapham Common’s twin August bank holiday festival is shaping up to be an unmissable edition this year. Get Loaded in the Park is unique to its sister event South West Four as live acts take centre stage backed up by leading DJs to fill in the gaps. Their choice for 2009 is exceptional.
Feature: The Great Esape 2009 - Highlights
Friday’s highlight were all-girl hip-indie sensation Vivian Girls, whose C86-friendly sound fuses Vaselines-like light airy indie with Slant 6 angles, pop sensibilities and harmonies straight out of The Ronettes catalogue delivered with The Slits ramshackle edge. A full and sweaty basement at Po Na Na’s was treated to much from the New York group’s 25-min-long self-titled debut LP, including “Wild Eyes” and “Where Do You Run To”.
Feature: South West Four Preview
Clapham’s annual DJ-fest South West Four brings the top global names in dance music to its famous green space once more this August Bank Holiday. Clapham Common will play host to four stages curated by the leading promotions in London on Saturday, August 29th for another nine hours of top tracks.
Feature: Bleep43 featuring Omar-S
Deep house and techno returns to London’s Corsica Studios with Bleep43 in June starring Omar-S. The Detroit master will be jetting in for a four hour set supported by Rome’s Donato Dozzy on his first visit to the UK and a second room featuring Bleep43’s own live acts and residents covering house, techno, funk, electro, italo and disco.
Feature: Mad Decent Soundsystem & Crookers May Bank Holiday London Party
Approaching the entrance to a car park beneath the rail tracks connecting London Bridge and Waterloo, a crowd was forming. Beyond the barriers and security, the booming bass of a rave could be heard, but this crowd wasn’t eagerly queuing up to get in, they were desperate to find tickets as, to their surprise, this was the bank holiday Sunday party everyone wanted to be at featuring the hugely popular Diplo and men-of-the-moment Crookers. Those who weren’t lucky enough to bag entry thanks to a rare spare tickets missed out on an electric atmosphere and some booty shaking music to round off the weekend.
Feature: The Great Escape 2009 - Overview
Brighton’s The Great Escape rears its head early on in festival season but loftily claims to be Europe’s Leading Festival for New Music, meaning it should stand as a highlight at any point. In actuality it probably lives up to this name due to the sheer amount of up and coming acts that you might or might not have heard of being showcased, some of them several times across the huge array of gigs and venues that make up the festival. That is not to say that its not hosting bigger acts too though and in fact by now the fest has the appeal to draw in big name acts like Kasabian, Idlewild and The Charlatans, who in turn help to draw in the music fans and help expose the littler acts that sit proudly at its heart.
Feature: Strange Worlds return with their first summer party
Get a dose of top notch techno as the first of Strange Worlds’ parties this summer kicks off this bank holiday weekend in West London. It’s the perfect way to cap off the Sunday and take advantage of a Monday off work.
Feature: Tiesto Live in Victoria Park, London
Trance master Tiesto loves to make a spectacle of his live shows and this summer is no exception. Having played to a worldwide crowd at the 2004 Olympic ceremony to sell out shows here in the UK at London’s Brixton Academy, the O2 Arena and Alexandra Palace, now he is to become the first DJ to have his own open air concert in Victoria Park at the end of July.
Feature: The Big Chill 2009 Preview
After 15 years of producing events full to the brim with the leading names in music, comedy, art, spoken word and film, The Big Chill is having a landmark birthday celebration of sorts as it returns with another line-up featuring the best in culture and entertainment. Rich with diversity, organisers have again looked far and wide to put together a unique festival spread over four days for the first time. If you like art in all its forms, The Big Chill offers acts of the highest order from all creative outlets this August.
Feature: Neon Noise Project featuring Fischerspooner
Fischerspooner, Yuksek, SebastiAn and the Autokratz took centre stage at The Coronet in London for the latest edition of the Neon Noise Project as a cosmopolitan crowd lapped up a night of hefty electro.
Feature: The Great Escape Festival Preview
The Great Escape returns to Brighton for a three-day mid-May festival of music including over 300 new, local and international artists in 34 venues spread across the city. Complimenting the huge and intense live music programme The Great Escape also offers fans, artists and industry professionals alike the opportunity to learn and engage at talks, panel discussions and networking sessions during the day, and then late night boozing, clubbing and partying.
Feature: Glade Festival Preview
Longer, later, louder. Three words which will be music to the ears of any festival-goer, not least the avid Glade followers who have had their calls for an extended event answered this summer. In a year when most festivals are playing it safe with only a few tweaks here and there, Glade Festival is putting innovation first with a new location, updated set-up and fresh ideas to make it a unique weekend celebrating electronic dance music.
Feature: Fischerspooner Return With Live Show in London
Electroclash veterans Fischerspooner celebrate the launch of their new album Entertainment with a live performance at London’s Neon Noise Project backed up by an impressive supporting cast.
Feature: Urban Nerds Second Birthday Party Preview
One of London’s favourite underground party organisers the Urban Nerds are celebrating two years of unique night with a special warehouse bash this Saturday (April 25th). Bringing together a line-up featuring their favourite performers alongside a selection of the freshest selectors and MCs around from the realms of dubstep, drum & bass, garage, grime, jungle, electro and the rest.
Feature: Outlook Festival - London Launch Party
If you’re looking for a festival overseas this year, Croatia might seem an unlikely place to consider, but you would be wise to consider it’s Outlook Festival if the London launch party is anything to go by. The capital’s Coronet venue south of the River Thames in Elephant and Castle hosted more than 30 DJs and MCs mixing up dubstep, reggae, hip hop, drum and bass, bassline and a splash of electro to an exciteable crowd.
Feature: Global Gathering 2009
Global Gathering has been a regular feature of the clubbing calendar for dance fans for nearly 10 years and the full line-up for 2009’s event has just been revealed. Adding to headliners The Prodigy, Pendulum and Orbital are leading names from the trance, techno, electro, house and drum and bass scenes all hitting Long Marston Airfield in Stratford Upon Avon in July.
Feature: Get Loaded in the Park 2009 Preview
Electronic music giants are coming together for August Bank Holiday Sunday on Clapham Common this year with the return of London’s award-winning one-day festival Get Loaded in the Park. Now in its sixth year on London’s favourite bit of grass, the inner-city festival is unleashing a hotbed of dance acts and a strong selection of hotly tipped bands with more to be announced soon.
Feature: Bestival 2009 Preview
Bestival survived a weekend of wet conditions last year and returns with an awesome line-up in what it is calling “The Year of the Spectacular”. Pioneering electronica legends Kraftwerk are headlining together with Massive Attack and backed by a talented-laden bill of artists old and new.
Feature: Noise of Art Preview
Pver the last three years, Noise of Art has been putting on events which celebrate the convergence of music and visual art brought about by thr digital age. April sees them return to London for the first time in 2009 with three parties appealing to the more considered music fans, including one as part of this year’s Ether Festival which will see London’s Southbank Centre transformed into a disco-dancing space ship.
Feature: BLOC Weekend 2009 Review
BLOC Weekend relocated to a new home for 2009, and evolved into a even bigger beast of a dance festival pumping out the finest beats to one of the friendliest crowds. Based at Butlins in Minehead, the beachside resort was transformed into a serious ravers paradise as the big guns of dub, techno, acid, old skool, dubstep, electro and more shook its foundations for three days of fun with Frequency 7, Egyptian Lover, Aphex Twin and The Hecker, Afrika Bambaataa and Altern8 keeping the crowds wrapped around their sonic vibrations until the end.
Feature: Camp Bestival 2009 - Preview
Voted “Best New Festival” in the UK Festival Awards 2008, Camp Bestival returns in 2009 as the smaller companion of Rob Da Bank’s main event on the Isle of Wight in September. Taking on a holiday resort theme inspired by the classic Hi De Hi television series, the second year of Camp Bestival will combine music, comedy, arts, crafts, spoken word and dance in a family-friendly atmosphere.
Feature: Global Gathering 2009: Headliners Announced
Three major acts in dance music converge for Global Gathering 2009, the first acts to be announced for the annual two-day rave up on Long Marston Airfield in Stratford Upon Avon. Expect some heavy beats and high energy hooks at this year’s festival as 55,000 people congregate to revel in a field in July, read on to find out who top the bill.
Feature: Raped by Bass Volume 3 - Mixed by Rattus Rattus
When London DJ Rattus Rattus isn’t playing out at Fabric, matter and other top London venues, he’s also laying down devestating basslines for you to enjoy at home in the form of the Raped By Bass series — now on volume three.
Feature: Rosie and the Goldbug's Alternative Valentine
After an impressive and fast-paced 2008, Rosie and The Goldbug bring you their next single “Heartbreak”. The pop anthem is their catalyst to a night of romance to celebrate the annual love-fest, although you won’t catch them buying any cards or sending any chocolates…
Feature: Field Day 2009 - first acts announced
The eclectic and forward-thinking Field Day returns for 2009 with an impressive array of artists in its first announcement of musical treats. It’s already sold all its early bird tickets and the rest are likely to go quickly thanks to the unveiling of some top acts.
Feature: The Warehouse Project: Beneath The Streets
Manchester’s Warehouse Project is set to return at Easter for a series of four events dubbed “Beneath the Streets” over the long weekend and the only parties before it’s annual autumn schedule starting in September. Read on for details of those all important line-ups to the celebrated cavernous venue.
Feature: UK House Mafia at Koko
House heads can get their fill of the music they love when the UK House Mafia returns to one of London’s most famous clubs in March. Koko will play host to three of the biggests acts from the scene as the second event follows a sold out launch night in December. Read on for more details…
Feature: 2008 Review / 2009 Preview
Most people do these lists in December or early January, but we’ve only got round to publishing ours now — and by this time we’ve already had very strong contenders for both best film and best album of the year 2009 lists, in the shape of Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler and Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavilion. We even picked The Wrestler in our 2009 preview bits but hey.
Anyway, here’s what some of us here had to pick from the year that was 2008:
Feature: BLOC Weekend: line-up almost complete
In just two months time, fans of underground electronic dance music get their annual treat in the shape of BLOC Weekend. The three-day indoor music festival has moved to Butlins Minehead to add the largest water park in the South West to the musical distractions, and it’ll take a lot to draw ravers away from this year’s line-up with the new additions announced.
Feature: Rockness 2009
The first acts have been announced for the fourth Rock Ness festival in Scotland, the artists who will be rocking the main stage at the iconic loch. Read on for more details…
Feature: Big Chill 2009 - First Look
The first names have been announced for the UK’s friendliest festival: The Big Chill. Set in the grounds of Eastnor Castle, the idyllic surroundings provide the perfect environment for an August weekend of summer fun to refresh the soul and provide three days of fun. Read on for a first look at next year’s event and full ticket details.
Feature: Urban Nerds NYE Special
The Urban Nerds have been taking their underground sound beyond their residency at Brick Lane bass-bin 93 Feet East in 2008. They’re hit Fabric’s cavernous third room, hosted the afterparty with ckIN2U for the DMC World DJ Championships, taken over a room at the Mixmag Christmas party at Egg and teamed up with the likes of Time Out and Don’t Panic. They plan to cap all this with the best New Year’s Eve party to be found in London combining everything from grime, hip hop and dubstep to breaks, jungle and electro.
Feature: Blissfields returns in 2009
After a year off, Blissfields is back in 2009 offering festival goers the unique chance to become the President of The United States of Bliss for the weekend along with the usual antics which won the event the Best Small UK Festival award in 2007.
Feature: Snowbombing 2009 preview
Hit the piste then party the night away to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Snowbombing, the dance music festival set to a backdrop of mountainous ski slopes. Next March at Mayrhofen in Austria Fatboy Slim will headline the annual snow-and-dance-athon
Feature: BLOC Weekend 2009 preview
Leave those tents at home for now, BLOC Weekend kicks off the festival season early in 2009 in its regular March slot at a holiday park. Underground electronic dance music is the flavour for three days of sheltered musical madness and no worries of rain interrupting the enjoyment. Together with fairground rides, an arcade, water park and chalet accommodation included in the price, it boasts an impressive initial line up featuring today’s stars of the scene, past heroes and a few surprises. Dance fans, pay attention.
Feature: Festival Season 2009: Event Tickets on Sale!
Festival season has hardly finished and tickets are already on sale for a whole range of top events next year. From the biggy of Glastonbury to the promise of a new look Glade and Bloc Weekend, read on to find out the information available about many of the events happening next year with tickets available now.
Feature: Warehouse Project: The Ape 3rd Birthday Bash
Manchester’s Warehouse Project is known as the premier party venue for the city with line-ups which make even London ravers go green with envy. It’s programme features every dance genre imaginable with the top names from each, and the Ape 3rd birthday brought together some of the best in dubstep, grime, hip hop and drum and bass for another memorable night.
Feature: Bloc Launch Party - London
Bloc launched its 2009 event in fine style with two parties: one in Paris, the other in London. Both starred acid pioneer Phuture 303, first playing at the Batofar boat-club on the river Seine then heading up the line-up in a London warehouse. I got along to the London event to witness the first rumblings of excitement ahead of the 2009 Bloc Weekend.
Feature: London Airwaves Festival
Iceland’s Airwave Festival celebrated its tenth anniversary with a one-night visit to East London featuring leading electronic acts. Spread across eight venues in Shoreditch acts such as Digitalism, Crookers, The Whip, Young Knives and A Human, it was a welcome addition to the recent trend of festivals uniting clubs and bars together.
Feature: Dave Clarke launches new label White Noise
DJ legend Dave Clarke has made it his mission to bring fresh sounds from new artists into clubs with the launch of music label White Noise. Named after his globally syndicated weekly radio show, it’s the first label Dave Clarke has been involved with since his time as with Magnetic North in the early 90s. Just as his show’s use of unsigned music offers a unique taste of electro and techno not heard elsewhere, so the label will showcase all that is great and new.
Feature: Eastern Electrics Saturday
Eastern Electrics revealed a new party space over the August bank holiday weekend: Ewer Street Car Park in Southwark with an outdoor DC10-style courtyard and spectacular indoor arches. It was the setting for a Cross Central style mix of DJs and bands playing house, techno and electro. zap! bang! was there for the Saturday of the two-day mini-festival to report back about the debut event.
Feature: Global Gathering 2008 Highlights
Global Gathering 2008 saw a festival exclusive from Kanye West, Sven Vath bring his Ibiza Cocoon party to the UK, Tiesto play to a tent so full people spilt outside and DJ/producer Mark Ronson perform a full live show. zap! bang! Magazine presents a round up of the dance event in Stratford Upon Avon attended by 50,000 music fans.
Feature: Eastern Electrics - August Bank Holiday Weekend
August Bank Holiday in London was looking a little empty following the final TDK Cross Central last year. The lack of the two day dance festival spread across three of the capital’s top clubs had left a gap in the calendar for partygoers to fill. Lucky for them, something new has stepped up: Eastern Electrics. With a similar ethos to Cross Central with a mix of indoor and outdoor spaces, the action moves east to Shoreditch for an ambitious launch.
Feature: The Big Chill 2008 review
Fairies, wizards and even a power ranger came out to play at The Big Chill - and that was just the adults! The family-friendly festival at Eastnor Castle Deer Park basked in sunshine for two days and shrugged off the light rain on the last as it created an enchanting atmosphere filled with music, comedy, art and impromptu moments of magic. This year, it also joined forces with the cancelled Sunrise Celebration due to take place at the end of May for an added dimension to the varied activities.
Feature: Bloc 2009 Paris/London double date acid spectacular launch party weekend
Way back in March the second Bloc Weekend brought a selection of the finest electronic music artists to a Pontin’s for three days of delectable music headed up by Dave Clarke, Mad Mike, Amon Tobin and Karl Bartos. It finished with a night of acid, and that’s where the launch party for 2009’s event will begin in an international party double header. Paris and London will host two Bloc nights in September with acid house originators Phuture 303 heading both.
Feature: Warehouse Project 2008
Manchester’s club scene gets treated to another 14 weeks of top line ups from across the dance music spectrum as The Warehouse Project returns for its third stint in the city. Once again a cavernous area beneath Piccadilly Train station will be the setting for a diverse series of parties including Jeff Mills, Squarepusher, Justice, Pete Tong, Sven Vath, Basement Jaxx, Dizzee Rascal, Andy C, Justice and many, many more. Read on full full details of Warehouse Project 2008 and the tantalising line ups.
Feature: Rosie and the Goldbug: War of the Roses EP
The hotly-tipped three piece band Rosie and the Goldbug claim they could fill any arena with their stage performance and even give Muse a run for their money, along with being softer on the eye too. They are right in the middle of a huge touring schedule — details below — including Bestival on the Isle of Wight, and their EP War of the Roses is out now.
Feature: Independents Day 08: ID08
4th July saw the launch of Independents Day, a new annual initiative in the UK from the Association of Independent Music (AIM) to celebrate the importance and success of independently released music throughout the world — with album/event activity replicated globally under the umbrella of WIN, the Worldwide Independent Network) — and also to raise a bit of cash for charity.
Feature: Glastonbury 2008 Review
Complaints of Jay-Z as headliner, rumours of poor ticket sales, what was described as a disappointing line up, talk of the threat of constant rain — all the hallmarks of Glastonbury 2008 being one of the worst weekends in its long and famous history of the festival you just have to be at. Yet an impressive set from Jay-Z going solo without any guests, the most sunshine in years, only a light splattering of rain and a spirited atmosphere from start to finished from the ‘effective sell out’ crowd of 137,000 proved there was no threat of it becoming a blot on its copy book. Glastonbury thrived under the pressure of being written off and Michael Eavis has every reason to expect demand to be even stronger in 2009.
Feature: Big Chill 2008 Preview
The festival famed for it’s laid back nature, The Big Chill puts atmosphere first, music second for a vibe that is the envy of others. This year it has teamed up with the Sunrise Celebration after the Somerset based festival was washed out by terrible flash floods that hit the area to make a unique festival within a festival space. This year’s event at Eastnor Castle in Ledbury, Herefordshire will be an extra special treat as a result, read our preview for what to look out for over the three days.
Feature: Global Gathering 2008 Preview
Kanye West making his only UK festival appearance of the summer at Global Gathering might be a surprise to many given the dance origins of organiser Godskitchen, but it could prove to be a defining moment for the festival as rivals opt for tried and tested big names still doing the rounds. Together with the likes of Mody, Tiesto, Sven Vath, John Digweed, Sasha, 2ManyDJs and more than 100 other leading acts and DJs, he will entertain 55,000 revellers as main headliner of the two-day event on Long Marston Airfield in Stratford Upon Avon on Friday July 25 and Saturday July 26.
Feature: The New York Dolls headline Lounge on the Farm
Legendary proto-punk heroes, The New York Dolls, have been announced as the headliners for Kent’s Lounge on the Farm next month. As the band’s only UK headline festival appearance for 2008, it is an opportunity to catch one of rock ‘n’ roll’s greatest live bands at close quarters.
Feature: Raped by Bass Volume II - Mixed by Rattus Rattus
London DJ Rattus Rattus serves up a treat of dubstep, electro, grime, funk, bassline and garage in one of his signature mash up mixes that keeps the rave spirit alive throughout. Still spinning the vinyl while everyone else seems to be opting for CDJs, his new mix Raped by Bass Volume II does exactly what you’d expect — provide another onslaught of bass-heavy tracks that leave a serious imprint on your ears.
Feature: Noise of Art: London Summer Micro Festival 2008
Germany’s biggest electronic exports, Booka Shade, headline the third Noise of Art microfestival celebrating the convergence of music and visual art in the digital age. A week on the Southbank, in East London and central London will feature art installations, club nights, gigs, music and film events between Friday, July 11 and Saturday, July 19.
Feature: Bestival and Camp Bestival previews
A festival fancy dress theme of 30,000 freaks under the sea could only be the brainchild of Bestival head-honcho and Radio 1 DJ Rob da Bank for another weekend of fun-filled musical madness on the Isle of Wight. More popular than ever, this year’s event has already sold out; but for those lucky enough to get tickets a mouth-watering line-up awaits. For those who will be missing out, there is still time to buy a ticket to the inaugural Camp Bestival in July. Read on for details of both…
Feature: Review: ATP: Explosions In The Sky (Part 2 of 2)
For some it was a toss-up between Japanese artist Worlds End Girlfriend and the first half of the FA Cup at the start of Saturday’s line-up. For others it was a toss-up between leaving the beach or not. It still wasn’t amazing weather yet there were several cricket and football matches in action on the Minehead sands. There was a large crowd gathered though by the time A Hawk and a Hacksaw took to the stage in the massive tented Pavilion — one example of several seemingly strange choices for the more open and large of the three musical areas.
Feature: Review: ATP: Explosions In The Sky (Part 1 of 2)
After the previous week’s adventures with All Tomorrow’s Parties playing against Pitchfork in Camber Sands, Minehead’s monstrous Butlins played host to the more traditional format of single artist-curated ATP festival with Texan post-rockers Explosions in the Sky taking on the necessary choosing duties. Their pick list ranged to include a whole host of US indie alongside math and art rock bands and several folk styles represented along with smatterings of lo-fi noise, bouncing hip-hop and techno.
Feature: SugaRush Beat Company release debut single
You may have seen a computerised soul singer wandering the music channels singing about love in an uplifting, gospel style song not far off the Gnarls Barkley style which saw them make it big with “Crazy” in 2006. Well, the video is of SugaRush Beat Company’s “L-O-V-E”, and looks set to catapult them into the big time.
Feature: Gatecrasher Summer Sound System 2008
Strong winds and constant rain — a combination British festivals always run the risk of being undone by. Gatecrasher’s first ever two-day Summer Sound System with camping suffered at the hands of the elements when its first day of windswept dance music to a backdrop of sunshine was met by incessant rain on Sunday morning. While never causing the same kind of chaos as Glastonbury’s near-annual mudfest, spirits struggled to remain high as disappointing organisational efforts fought against increasingly poor conditions.
Feature: Glade Festival 2008 preview
A run of three years of beautiful sunshine for the first Glade Festival events came to a momentous end in 2007 when a monsoon seemed to have enveloped the site causing chaos. Yet, the organisers hauled the event out of troubled waters and the crowd shrugged off the weather conditions to party on through the mud and rain. The weather may not be guaranteed for 2008, but 2007 proved that as long as the vibe and music is right, nothing can stop a good party.
Feature: Rock Ness 2008 Preview
Head to Scotland for a little northern exposure to top music acts at the festival on the shores of the legendary Loch Ness. This summer’s two-day Rock Ness line up is shaping to be an exciting mix of electronic, dance and rock’s most celebrated names, although you’ll probably have to find any legendary monsters yourself.
Feature: Bang Face Weekender review
What is it with holiday parks these days? Once the preserve of families looking for a cheap and easy beach break, now they are being taken over by party animals. Bang Face Weekender, dubbed as “Neo-rave Armageddon”, took over Pontin’s Camber Sands for the second dance music event at one of the venue this year following Bloc Weekend at the Great Yarmouth in March. Taking its cue from the London club night of the same name, the promise of mild paced reggae and dubstep through to techno and acid as well as the crazier stylings of jungle, breakcore and gabber is enough to send most modest ravers into meltdown at just the thought. For the Bang Face Hard Crew in attendance, it was more like euphoric hysteria.
Feature: Lounge on the Farm 2008 preview
Chill on a Kentish farm for the weekend and see a host of top local acts alongside heavy hitters with the south east’s Lounge on the Farm. The three-day July festival is set in the idyllic surrounds of Merton Farm in Canterbury, and its rustic charms will host 160 bands spread across six stages geared towards all ages. Whether you want to see live acts, DJs or tuck into a hog roast, Lounge on the Farm promises an ethos firmly rooted in the local community to make it a friendly, corporate-free experience.
Feature: Gatecrasher Summer Sound System 2008 Preview
Gatecrasher is not quite the giant in clubland it once was. Indeed, all the dance superbrands have found the going tough since the turn of the millennium, culminating in overexposure and a re-aligning to offer more infrequent events. This year sees Gatecrasher’s Summer Sound System expand to over two days on the second May bank holiday weekend with the option of camping and a few surprises away from the beaten track to lure 60,000 clubbers to the Turweston Aerodrome near Brackley in England.
Feature: New album from Barry Adamson
The stage is dark, the tension in the air is weighty. A sign saying ‘Hotel Hades’ is the only thing that’s lit. And you’re attracted — like a moth to a flame. You’re welcomed in, your course guided by a familiar hand. Step inside, make yourself at home and take a tour around the home of the Jazz Devil…
Feature: Blissfields 2008 Preview
Winner of the best small festival in the 2007 Festival Awards, Blissfields returns in 2008 to a new home of The Matterley Bowl near Winchester. Following in the footsteps of the late and respected Homelands dance festival, Blissfields is a three-day, wallet-friendly event running from July 4th to 6th with big ambitions. Its three headliners range from the quirky in The Wonder Stuff, the fresh in The Whip and the legendary in the form of Roni Size Reprazent. Yes, Blissfields is looking to put itself well and truly on the regular festival calendar for all in 2008.
Feature: Bloc Weekend 2008
A dose of techno, a game of air hockey, a flirt with dubstep then go-karting and a quick nap in a chalet bed before hitting the 24-hour dancefloor again may not sound like a normal weekend at the family holiday park Pontin’s, but that was exactly what was on the menu in Great Yarmouth for the second three-day Bloc Weekend where the party really didn’t pause for breath thanks to a superb range of artists and an even better selection of festival-goers keeping one of the most friendly vibes alive throughout the first major party of the year.
Feature: Coming soon: Bloc Weekender 2008
Less than a month away, the final details of Bloc Weekender 2008 have been revealed — including details of the previously secret headliner and what sounds like one of the most madcap final days to a festival imaginable. Read on to find out more…
Feature: 2007 in Review
A few of us over at zap! bang! thought we’d discuss what we particularly enamoured with in 2007, so here’s some lists of our individual favourites.
Feature: Southern Records Sampler Competition
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Feature: BLOC Weekend 2008
Dance fans who like their music fresh and away from the glare of mainstream gloss should set aside a long weekend in their diary for 2008: March 14th to 16th for the second BLOC Weekend. Its mix of underground electronic dance music is one of the newst to the UK’s growing number of fesitvals at holiday parks and after a highly-rated first event, this year’s promises to be even bigger.
Feature: Zaum
The anomaly here though which stretches the label’s scope far wider is with the experimental sounds of improvisational jazz outfit Zaum. Led by drummer/percussionist Steve Harris, Zaum originally came together in 2002 and have put together several records, most notably Above Our Heads The Sky Splits Open (Slam, 2004), which received high acclaim in The Penguin Guide to Jazz, as well as the new record I Hope You Never Love Anything As Much As I Love You, released last month on Amazon, and described by the Wire as “…quite simply the best British improvised record in more than a decade”.
Feature: FREE City Slang Label Sampler
Following on from the success of DigiSlang 1, City Slang have taken the next logical step to release the sequel.
The new City Slang digital sampler is not only FREE but it has tracks from the latest and greatest City Slang offerings.
Feature: Mark Ronson Competition
Mark Ronson is playing London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire on October 25th and we’re able to give you the chance to win a pair of tickets for the show plus a stay at the prestigious K West hotel (in association with Columbia).
Feature: The Changes to release debut album
Chicago band The Changes is promising to dispel any thoughts their music can be pinned down to a blueprint when their debut album is released on Monday, September 17th — by claiming to make it impossible to compare them to anyone.
Feature: Andy Lewis and Paul Weller collaborate on new single
The Modfather Paul Weller has gone back to his Northern Soul roots by teaming up with Britpop DJ-turned-artist Andy Lewis.
Feature: 2007 Mercury Music Prize Nominations
All awards ceremonies are flawed: hailing one album better than all others across genres is ridiculous and taste-specific (and as experienced as the judging panel is I’m sure they haven’t got any 16 year old grime kids on it), but the Mercury Music Prize is still an improvement on most. Better than the glossy industry back-slap/sales-boost of the Brits, better than the bizarre categories of the Grammy’s (“Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package” anyone?) and better than the admittedly fun, but narrow-focussed NME Awards. M-People apart it has rewarded some great records in the past, like Screamadelica, Dummy and Different Class.
Feature: TDK Cross Central 2007 Preview
The August Bank Holiday Weekend is always packed full of fantastic music events, but it just wouldn’t be the same without an annual dose of the highly acclaimed TDK Cross Central. Slap bang in the centre of London at an urban Victorian Goods Yard dating back 150 years and incorporating three of the capital’s finest late night spots, the two-day festival of cutting edge sounds should be on everyone’s hitlist for either Saturday, August 25th or Sunday August 26th — or even both for the party animals.
Feature: A Christmas Presents to You: Free Stuff!
We here at zap! bang! sincerely wish you all a very happy festive season. Get out there and savour the local Christmas ales, then do some Christmas shopping (it’s easier that way round) and then when you are done, get back home and help yourself to a present or two from us at zap! bang! and some of our many friends. Check them out, Santa’s bag is indeed a mixed one this year!
Feature: Reflexive Blubbering in the Face of the New Reality of Entertainment: Run Amok at BE THE RIOTTT!!! Music Festival
I was sent on behalf of zap! bang! Magazine to the BE THE RIOTTT! (Sic) festival, which took place in San Francisco’s Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on November 11th, 2006. In brooding over how to begin composing this text I found myself debating if some questions should even be asked. That is to say that upon entering the auditorium - or even further back, in my ascent from the city’s underbelly parking garage to street level — I was by degree overcome by an awed understanding and scaling disgust for the situation laid before me.
Feature: Groundbreaking digital music show From the Basement
Top artists will take centre stage of new digital download music programme From the Basement. With no host and no studio audience, it aims to bring you pure, intimate and unadulterated performances launching with Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke.
Feature: Idlewild Free Download
Idlewild are back after almost two years away with an exclusive new track to coincide with their sold out UK tour. The band will be previewing material from their latest album Make Another World (Sequel) released in February 2007 on six dates, but if you did not get a ticket you can still get an early listen to one of the tracks.
Feature: Fuck Yeah Fest 3
This was the third installment of the yearly music festival, and again the Fuck Yeah Fest transformed Sunset Boulevard in Echo Park, Los Angeles, into the likeness of an east coast style block party. Hundreds filled the streets waiting to see the over fifty bands, plus local comedians and art exhibits.
Feature: MAKE ROADS SAFE Campaign
The Make Roads Safe campaign has scheduled another gig to raise awareness of the dangers of the roads, to be held this Wednesday — with Dirty Pretty Things and Metro Riots playing. The gig is now sold out, with 400 tickets having been won in a competition run by the charity, and hopefully this will give a large audience to the cause’s message.
Feature: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Melua: Exactly, I mean it’s obviously not taking itself too seriously but it’s only because she can’t afford to. I mean, that’s part of the MySpace world — everyones frontin so you never get caught out because you never divulge your true personality.
Digital: I know what you mean. But Lily Allen despite this, does seems to have this charismatic personality on record and off that seems to attract people — even if it isn’t a very original one.
Feature: Star Chamber
Star Chamber are hoping 2006 will be a major year in its long yet unsigned history after the band took some time out to concentrate on new material and recording. Now the indie-rock band are on the road again with gigs lined up in London and a new EP under their belt. Will it be their break through year?
Feature: 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' All Tomorrow's Parties - December 2005 - curated by The Mars Volta
What made this line-up even better was how you could make a link back to The Mars Volta, their members and their musical parts, for all of the acts there, threading it together and making the festival work well as a whole piece - as it should.
Feature: MR SCRUFF COMPETITION!
You can win 1 of 5 pairs of tickets to Mr Scruff’s New Years Eve bash at the London Forum on Dec 31st…
Feature: Malcfest 2005
Four years ago, a man named Malcolm had a vision — that he could put on a festival in his Catford flat, with all his mates’ bands playing in his living room. Now in its fourth year, Malcfest continued to grow, surpassing all previous expectations.
Feature: Ashton Court Festival
The giants of Bristol’s recent musical past have all played here, but Kosheen are shit, Massive Attack have become shit and Portishead and Tricky have just gone. How will the city’s new breed live up to their (mostly) glorious history?
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