CrispyBeats.com » Festivals http://crispybeats.com Electronic Music Blog - Ambient, Electronica, Funky Breaks, Breakbeat, Drum & Bass Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:42:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Its nearly august… http://crispybeats.com/its-nearly-august/ http://crispybeats.com/its-nearly-august/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:10:30 +0000 Aimee Lou http://crispybeats.com/?p=306 … and for those who love the ambient chill out scene (or just really cool festivals)… it means one thing.

THE BIG CHILL!

The big chill is a lot of things to me…

Cat ladies waving a giant inflatable banana on a stick, perverse universe, the art trail, the media mix tent, random new friends, ‘tiger tiger burning bright - burning kites right through the night’, amazing fancy dress costumes, sushi tents, Brothers’ pear cider, Camel cigarettes, wellies, talking to santa for about half an hour, sunshine, smoothies, corn on the cob, vegetarian curry, cool eccentric shops, fairies, elf and safety, poiing, reggae, drum ‘n’ bass, the massive bonfire, grass art, giant carts to move your belongings from A to B, mojitos in the sun, So-Co summer cup’s, giant letters, glow in the dark stick men wandering around… random hats, giant wicker women, random pianos in fields, just a few highlights of the Big chill.

Nevermind the dancing zebras who were wandering through crowds, coaxing us to follow them to their show… trying sushi for the first time, or the guy who attached a fan to a rocking chair, then proceeded to float around a field with an array of amazed/confused spectators watching in wonder.

As amazing as all these things are and are a big part of the festival, the best thing is…

The music!

Nowhere will you find the delights of Mr Scruff, Explosions In The Sky, Bonobo, Caribou, MIA, Massive attack, Thom Yorke, Netsky, Little Dragon, High Contrast, Easy Star All Stars, just to name a few… all in one place!

Some of my fave ambient and D’n'B artists all at one festival!

Throw in the lovely days time ambience and amazing night time festivities… this is definately a festival not to be missed for those chill out enthusiasts.

Can you play piano? Show off your skills with random pianos placed around the festival!!

Inflatable banana crew!

Sunsetting over another day at the big chill.

Dancing behind pixelated cubes…

Giant bonfire to end the amazing weekend…

Friends made on the way…

We at crispybeats.com hope to see you there :)

]]> http://crispybeats.com/its-nearly-august/feed/ 10 Sven Vath Headlines Time Warp in Holland http://crispybeats.com/sven-vath-headlines-time-warp-in-holland/ http://crispybeats.com/sven-vath-headlines-time-warp-in-holland/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:55:56 +0000 Crispy Ste http://crispybeats.com/?p=35 The Time Warp festival in Rotterdam this year will be headlined by the awesome Sven Vath.  This years gig will see five rooms of the latest house and techno by some of dance music’s prominent names.  The event will take place on December 12th in Rotterdam and is sure to be a sell out so be quick!

Confirmed guests include Sven Vath, James Holden, Michel De Hay, Loco Dice and Chris Liebing.

Vist the official site.

Coaches from the UK are available at Time Warp UK.

]]> http://crispybeats.com/sven-vath-headlines-time-warp-in-holland/feed/ 1 DEAF (Dublin Electronic Arts Festival) http://crispybeats.com/deaf-dublin-electronic-arts-festival/ http://crispybeats.com/deaf-dublin-electronic-arts-festival/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:16:05 +0000 Crispy Ste http://crispybeats.com/?p=18 DEAF have announce the full program for their mammoth 10 day festival in Dublin next month.  And what a program it is!  Almost triple the size of last year’s, the event takes place in various venues including art galleries, film studios and the more usual night spots throughout Dublin.

The event’s opening night is on Thursday 22nd October.  Expect appearences from Soap & Skin, The Fugitive Video Project, Projector Collective, Donal Dineen Mix Media, Roger Doyle, ChoiceCuts, Lunar Disko and many more.

Official Site: DEAF 2009

Program: DEAF Event Program

]]> http://crispybeats.com/deaf-dublin-electronic-arts-festival/feed/ 0 N.A.M.E. Festival confirms Line-up http://crispybeats.com/n-a-m-e-festival-confirms-line-up/ http://crispybeats.com/n-a-m-e-festival-confirms-line-up/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:53:13 +0000 Crispy Ste http://crispybeats.com/?p=3 This year France’s N.A.M.E. festival, in Lille, celebrate’s it’s 5th year.

This year the festival’s organisers have split the event into two parts – N.A.M.E. by Day and N.A.M.E. by night, similar to the SONAR setup.  The day part of the festival will be free to attend.

Confirmed guests include Tiefschwarz, Radio Slave, Andrew Weatherall and Tim Green on the decks, and Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts, Buraka Som Sistema and Crosstown Rebels boss Damian Lazarus all performing live.

Saturday’s antics involve mostly to the Germans: Ellen Allien, Michael Mayer, Matias Aguayo and Minilogue are all in the lineup.

Sunday’s daytime line-up at Gare Saint Sauveur includes Ed Banger’s Krazy Baldhead and Feadz. The final party of the festival, hosted at Dunkerque Kursaal will see the amazing M.A.N.D.Y. playing live.

Visit the offical site: Name Festival.

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