Posts

Sonus 2023 Report

The 10th running of Sonus Festival took place on the shore of Pag Island, Croatia, assembling a showcase of the big names in techno, tech-house and deep electronic music including Adriatique, Joseph Capriati, Claptone and Deborah De Luca. Ann McManus was there to check it out. The first impression  After a day warming up for the evening, enjoying tanning with a side of cocktails and dancing on the nearby Novalja beach, we embarked upon Zćre beach. The scene we encountered was quite unlike anything I’d seen. Imagine Verona Beach in Baz Luhrman’s Romeo + Juliette on speed. The expansive beach was an eruption of sound: many variations of electronic music all playing loudly at once, screams and shouts from crowds of people having fun, arcade game noises; and, distantly, the sea. The beach set up with bright neon entertainment everywhere – pop up food stalls, arcade games of all sorts, restaurants, bars, fairground rides and people dressed in netted outfits in all colours revelling everywhe

Skrillex, Aurora, Róisín Murphy, Sexyy Red added to Roskilde Festival 2024
Some 23 acts have been added to the 52nd edition of Danish non-profit festival Roskilde. Returing from Saturday, June 29th to Saturday, July 6th, the new additions include Skrille…

Terminal V Festival announces 2024 acts
Ellen Allien, Blawan, Dax J, Interplanetary Criminal, 999999999, Partiboi69, Aisha, and Hannah Laing will play Terminal V Festival 2024. The 10th edition will return to Edinburgh’…

First reveal for Sónar 2024 in Barcelona.
Jessie Ware, Kaytranada, Marie Davidson, Ben Böhmer, Floating Points, Vince Staples, and Olof Dreijer are among the first acts confirmed for Sónar 2024 in Barcelona. The 31st edi…

Massive Attack, Overmono, Noname, Ezra Collective for Bilbao BBK Live 2024
Massive Attack, Overmono, Noname, and Ezra Collective will play Bilbao BBK Live at Kobetamendi next year. Floating Points (Live), Mulatu Astatke, Los Bitchos, The Prodigy, JPEGMaf…

London's City Splash Festival announces first wave of acts
Beenie Man, Capleton, Shenseea, Busy Signal, Channel One, General Levy, Seani B, and Izzy Bossy are among the first acts confirmed for City Splash Festiva 2024. The reggae and dan…

SunceBeat New Horizons lands in Portugal next summer
After 14 years of festivals in Croatia, SunceBeat is going back to its roots with a new event in Portugal next summer. SunceBeat New Horizons will run from Thursday, July 18th to …

Somerset House Studios announces the relaunch of project space G31
G31 at London's Somerset House Studios, formerly known as Gallary 31, will relaunch in February as a project space dedicated to the work of in-house artists and residency prog…