Octan Ibiza has spent the many months of Covid-closure working hard to refurbish its famous open-air Terrace, as well as planning a big return to dancing once restrictions are lifted later this summer.
There is already a big programme in place for as soon as the club opens. As usual, you can expect that the world’s best house and techno DJs will play, with line-ups coming as soon as restrictions are lifted and the Ibiza government makes a full announcement of their plans.
In 2019, the brand new Octan quickly established itself as a White Island favourite for those looking for a more underground experience. It boasted a first-ever weekly Apollonia residency with Planet Claire as well as parties like Steve Lawler’s Warriors. With a bold exterior featuring expressive artwork that immediately stands apart, the club has three spaces – The Lab, The Basement and The Terrace.
The Terrace has been refurbished and repainted in the last year. It now boasts a central 25m square bar that makes it much easier to order drinks. It also brings everyone together in the middle of the terrace for an extra cosy vibe and lively atmosphere beneath a clear-blue Ibiza sky. The walls are adorned with colourful designs from acclaimed Leeds artist Nicholas Dixon, and also contain the hustle and bustle of the crowd who will be chilling and drinking outside. There is now also a large seating area with some suspended shade from the beating sun, just in case you need to take a break from the main action.
Meanwhile, the club’s Basement is the perfect underground space for those who like it dark and raw. It has low ceilings and a world-class sound system with sleek and stripped back styling. The Lab is the third and final space with its own low key and immersive lighting making it an atmospheric space of pure hedonism. Winter will see the Basement and Lab spaces get further updates ready for a big comeback and full capacity parties from May – October 2022.
Cambridgeshire’s picturesque Chippenham Park is set to be transformed into a cultural and colourful wonderland on Saturday 31st July and Sunday 1st August 2021 as Hifields Festival unveils its biggest and best line-up yet at an all new venue. World class headliners including Terry Farley, Wilkinson, Will Taylor, DJ Luck & MC Neat, Jaguar Skills, Nicky Blackmarket, Scouting For Girls, Solardo, Prospa, Artful Dodger and more line up with 50 up and coming local stars to play spectacularly designed stages and arenas with unique décor, huge art installations, a circus, a fairground and a fully stocked food park.
Hifields has developed into a nationally renowned two-day festival, curated by music lovers for music lovers with 6000 people expected in 2021. It is a festival that strives to be green with reusable cups for drinks, shuttle buses from local towns and train stations, green generators, and recycling where possible. This year it’s at all new location Chippenham Park with rolling green meadows, a beautiful lake and plenty of natural British countryside vibes.
The festival makes a lasting impression that goes beyond the two days by encouraging attendees to get involved in music and arts by seeing people they know involved in the event and on stage, as well as a Circus workshop provided by Flotsam the Fool’s Circus Workshop and full fairground. Local hosting brands include Warning, Zest and 17 Music as well as Point Blank London Music School and Red Bull, Garage Nation, Raver Tots for the young ones.
Says festival founder and curator, Thomas Janes, “It is our biggest line up yet, and we are really excited to welcome worldwide renowned and our favourite acts Wilkinson and Scouting for Girls to perform in our little corner of Cambridgeshire.”
Musically the festival offers four carefully curated and bespoke stages The Meadow, Lost Woods, The Big Top and the Treasure Zest. The Meadow will be headlined by legendary Garage act, DJ Luck & MC Neat as part of the Garage Nation takeover while over in the Lost Woods, you will find the creator, innovator Prospa and Frank Wah. Drum n Bass heavyweight Wilkinson supported by Metrik and Crissy Criss will be sure to shut down the Warning Big Top whilst Tech House will be served up by Will Taylor, Sam Supplier, Marcellus and Riaz Dhanani from the Treasure Zest.
The Sunday will see performances from singalong kings Scouting For Girls who will be supported by folk legend Beans On Toast, The Fillers and Trials of Cato, whilst over in the Big Top the Raver Tots team will provide entertainment for the younger generation featuring Jaguar Skills, DJ Archie and Nicky Blackmarket. Old-School House OG’s Danny Clockwork and Terry Farley will keep things moving by the lake.
For further information and tickets please go to www.hifields.com
Used by music festivals, motor races, the NBA, and English Premier League clubs, the startup has been crucial in post-COVID reopenings; The series A round for the real-time collaborative SaaS platform and its hyper-realistic and interactive 3D Venue Twin feature was led by Pembroke VCT and Eppes Creek Ventures
OnePlan announced today it has raised $3.8M in Series A financing from investors in the UK and U.S.. The two-year-old startup streamlines the design and production process through the world’s best selection of 2D, 3D, satellite and aerial maps, providing real-time collaboration. For venue owners, it unlocks huge operational and commercial benefits through a hyper-realistic, fly-through-able Venue Twin of any stadium or arena. Clients using OnePlan include Arsenal F.C., ChelseaF.C. and the Brooklyn Nets, and Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada. Over 2000 events across 50 countries have used OnePlan, which is seen as a single source of truth for planners.
The round was led by Pembroke VCT and Eppes Creek Ventures, a consortium of leading investors from the fields of sports, finance, music and entertainment. Funding will expand the team, accelerate growth, develop new products and scale internationally.
“We’re excited to start the next leg of our journey with an amazing team of investors who share our vision for OnePlan,” said Paul Foster, Founder and CEO of OnePlan, who has also advised Interpol, FIFA World Cups, F1, Commonwealth Games and the upcoming Paris 2024. “Above all, we’re passionate about continuing to help our customers create amazing events in a simpler and more efficient way.”
Foster used his previous experience planning six Olympics and Paralympics games and festivals of all kinds to solve a major problem: planning events is costly and time consuming, with non-specialist map tools used and email causing version control nightmares. The solution used cutting edge technology to make planning deceptively simple, and to provide tools that can work for any size event from a local fair to a triathlon spanning multiple cities.
Imagine managing a music festival for 100,000 people and being able to use one platform to manage fencing, barriers, crowd control, camping, parking, staging, vendors and security. The Social Distancing Toolkit designs vaccine passport checks and COVID tests, calculates crowd flow and plans social distancing and seat assignment. Venue Twin duplicates every aspect of a stadium or arena in 3D, enabling organizers to fly-through a space and optimize fan experience using Seat and Suite Views. Broadcasters and sponsors can test sightlines and signage. The organizer can even test the effects of a sudden rain storm. (See Venue Twin in action).
Pembroke is a British venture capital trust with an extensive track record with innovative companies, including in the design and hospitality spaces. Eppes Creek is the Silicon Valley venture capital firm led by Brady Murray which funds some of the most relevant technology companies of the new decade.
A short time from now, in a woodland 20 minutes outside of Liverpool, another world lies waiting to be discovered. That world is The One in the Woods, and it opens its portals for a much anticipated debut from August 21st to 22nd 2021, when you will be invited to break free from the boundaries of space and time and lose yourself on three different stages of music provided by world class talents including Marcel Dettmann, Ben Klock, Rebekah, Lucy, Perc, Luke Slater, ANNA, Ben Sims, DVS1, Slam, Sub Focus, Camo & Krooked, Friction, DJ Marky, Fabio & Grooverider, Second City, Dave Angel, Bobby Analog and more. Get your final release Covid-19 protected weekend passes and afterparty tickets for just £72.50
This sure to be labyrinthine event encourages you to explore the enchanted woodland setting, get lost in the trees, follow the sound of the bass and experience alternative realities a million miles away from everyday life. It will be a setting for music lovers, with mesmeric production, crystal clear sound and welcoming crowds of people eager to leave behind the 9-5, or the confines of their own living room, as much as you are. Next to three stages of carefully curated music, there will be hosts of mouthwatering food stalls, fun attractions and boutique extras all dotted around the site to make it a perfectly escapist and mystic world to explore the summer.
Providing the sounds will be a who’s who of pioneering names form the worlds of techno, drum & bass and house including Ben Klock, ANNA, DVS1, Ben Sims, Rebekah, Nastia, Perc, Slam, Kusp, Lucy and Dave Angel, drum & bass from Sub Focus DJ Set, DRS In:Session, Camo & Krooked, Friction, DJ Marky, Koven, Matrix & Futurebound, Fabio & Grooverider, Benny L B2b Danny Byrd, Calyx & Teebee, Doc Scott B2b Loxy, Hype and house from Second City, Dave Angel, Bobby Analog and more.
The team first formed the festival in 2019 and after big plans for a launch event, COVID struck and everything was on hold. Rather than hang around, though, the team saw it as a chance to go big and so they secured this exclusive 5000 capacity site in a forest, 20 minutes outside of Liverpool with strong access links to the cities, including both train stations and bus stops within striking distance of the entrance and extensive car parking facilities. With deep roots in the drum and bass scene going back to the early noughties, the team have some serious know how, plenty of contacts and the experience needed to pull off this large event with style.
This is set to be a stunning debut event that brings something new and exciting to the region, all in a magical setting that will make for a beautiful backdrop.
As Ibiza is added to the safe travel list, Amnesia continues to announce its much anticipated season in reverse. Next up is Pyramid’s sure-to-be historic 2021 closing party on Sunday, October 10th. This always legendary event will be headlined on the Terraza by firm favourites Ricardo Villalobos & Luciano, KiNK (live), Mar-T, and in the Club by Nina Kraviz, Dax J, Anetha and Luca Donzelli. Despite the current pandemic, Amnesia has worked hard to pull together two rooms of the world’s most elite DJing stars. This Pyramid closing party is proof of that, but there is much more to come in August, September and October.
In just a few short years, Pyramid has shaken up the Ibiza landscape. The Monday night party moved to Sundays in 2020 with some mega line-ups that sadly never came to be. But before that, it had already recaptured some of the island’s early glory days with a focus on the music first and foremost. At Pyramid, people are there to dance until the sun comes up and beyond. The night is synonymous with only the most globally acclaimed DJs and loved for its mind-blowing production. Each party is a sensory explosion with cutting-edge technology, organic materials and immersive audiovisuals that truly offer something unique. After too long away because of the pandemic, this closing show is sure to be a celebration like no other.
Fittingly, then, the world’s most iconic DJs will headline the famous Terraza. Ricardo Villalobos and Luciano have already sold out their show at Cova Santa, and are official Pyramid ambassadors. They will play together for a set of mind-warping techno that will show off the dexterous DJ skills and unpredictable selections that have made them real Pyramid favourites. Joining them is Bulgarian live wizard KiNK, who cooks up electrifying sets of impromptu techno on his vast array of synths and drum machines. It is one of dance music’s most amazing spectacles and cannot be missed. Lastly comes Mar-T, the long-time Amnesia resident, a DJ who knows the club’s crowds and sounds inside out, and who never fails to amaze.
In the Club is new school techno queen Nina Kraviz. The DJ, producer and Trip label boss has innovated the techno world in recent years and can do anything from deep, pulsing, acid-laced rollers to raved-up sounds that leave the dance floor in awe. Dax J is a London-born, Berlin-based artist who is the quintessential DJ in every sense. The Monnom Black label boss has a famously raw and individual take on techno that never lets up. Meanwhile, Anetha is a Parisian techno mainstay and Blocaus resident who has risen to the top with her forward thinking sounds. Lastly, Italian Luca Donzell is of course the second Amnesia resident known the world over for lighting up the world-famous super club with his storytelling sets of house and techno.
The Pyramid closing party is one of the real must-attend events in Ibiza. After the 18 months everyone has had, this one is set to be even more special than ever before.
‘5 INCREDIBLE STAGES OF MUSIC ON ONE BRAND NEW FESTIVAL SITE’
Following the latest government announcement, One World Festival is moving to 31st July and teaming up with Rave In The Park to bring you an even better and more complete experience. In the event of further delays, tickets will automatically be rolled over, or can be refunded on request.
One World Festival will make history as the first-ever event in a brand new location set in 1200 acres of rolling green landscape in the outskirts of London inside the M25. Every single detail of this debut festival has been painstakingly designed to make for the perfect musical experience. The eclectic and world-class line-up features five spectacular stages hosted by the likes of Art E Fect, Audio Rehab, Un-Mondo, Feel the Fruit and the newly added Rave In The Park, with headliners Steve Lawler, Mark Radford, GW Harrison, Devstar, Sam Supplier, Carnao Beats, Marcus Nasty, Art E Fect, Nightshift, Andy Mills, Sooney and many more.
One World Festival was born from the fallout following the demise of the live event industry during the Covid 19 pandemic. Upon the realisation that dance music would not be returning to clubs for some time, a group of close friends, brand owners and DJ/producers from the industry came together to create a new festival concept in a unique and all new outdoor location. And the event has since grown even stronger, linking up with Rave in The Park to make this the ultimate post lockdown celebration, with more essential DJs and world class sounds added to the already incredible line-up.
Says Andy Mills of Rave In The Park: “A festival is fundamentally a rave in the park. We are incredibly excited to be teaming up with One World Festival, a partnership that will elevate both events and deliver the best possible experience to the ravers who are desperate to get in a big field and dance again.“
The festival will feature a main stage marquee, three tunnel stages, a VIP marquee and three large bar areas. The site will also include a funfair as well as a selection of local traders, vendors and food stalls. It will boast world-class audio-visual technology, including neon bars mounted within screens, huge LED screens, Pioneer DJ equipment and a KV2 large outdoor stack system for next-level sound. There is also a camping area and all other amenities essential for world-class outdoor festivals including local traders offering plenty of bespoke and boutique goodies.
A key mantra for One World Festival is to support the emerging industry wherever possible. Helping artists and brands on their own journeys is a key part of that. The underground and upcoming scene is the lifeblood of the industry, and One World is setting out to support it at every turn, with each of the five stages featuring a carefully curated line-up comprising some of the very best DJs and producers in house, tech house and UKG, as well as a considered selection of up-and-coming artists.
Each of the stages as well as the VIP stage will be hosted by a different key brand partner. Hosting the main stage will be Art e Fect, who’s core ethos is about mixing legends with the next generation of talent. Pre-pandemic, the brand had a residency at London’s iconic EGG Club and is now ready to get back to doing what they do best.The newly added Rave In The Park was born this year amid all the uncertainty surrounding the music industry as a whole. While this would have been the brand’s first festival, the team behind it has over 25 years experience in putting on events and performances, with some huge future plans that are sure to cement its legacy over the coming years as they strive to deliver some of the best events across the country.
Underground house label Audio Rehab is the brainchild of influential DJ and producer Mark Radford and has spawned its own sub-genre of lights-out, bass heavy house music. Un Mondo, headed up by DJ GGB aka Glen Butcher, is a collective of DJs and producers with over 25 years experience serving up atmospheric vibes to the ravers. Finally, Feel The Fruit will bring their house, tech and classics sound to the VIP stage, having hosted sold out events all over London and Essex.
With its great attention to detail and focus on emerging talent as well as international names, One World Festival is a vital new addition to the UK summer.
STEVE LAWLER, GW HARRISON, SAM SUPPLIER, SOONEY, DEVSTAR, CHELSEA SINGH, ART E FECT, MARLON SADLER, TYLAH SANCHEZ, SAMUEL MORGAN
STAGE 2: RAVE IN THE PARK
AR / SHENIN AMARA / SUPA D & COLDSTEPS / ANDY MILLS / LEE B3 EDWARDS / JACK & DANNY / X5 DUBS / CARLOS ARIES / FABIO LUIS / RISE N RAVE / JAYDAA / SAM BEACH
STAGE 3: AUDIO REHAB
MARK RADFORD, CARNAO BEATS, LOUIE ANDERSON, NIGHTSHIFT, IAN SOLO, IWIZZ, DANNY GHOST, NOCTURNAL JOE, DECK RADFORD
STAGE 4: UN-MONDO
MARCUS NASTY, DJ PIONEER, SUPA D, GGB, CKP, ANTONY RANZ, TEASER, TRUCE, BOBBY DAVIS, EASY RIDER, JACK JONES, JACK MENSAH, DJ KNOWLEDGE, DEZY B ON PERCUSSION.
Cova Santa to Host Exclusive Live Music and Food Experiences
Nightmares on Wax, Adam Beyer and Ida Endberg, Sasha, Jamie Jones, Guy Gerber, Lee Burridge, Joseph Capriati, Ricardo Villalobos & Luciano and many more to soundtrack mouthwatering a la carte menu from Michelin Star chef!
Cova Santa is one of the most magical locations in all of Ibiza. This summer, the exclusive hillside spot with its manicured gardens and open-air terrace will offer a premium food and music experience like no other. Ibiza has a green light for travel from June 30th, just in time for the opener on July 1st with Nightmares on Wax. The rest of the month is brimming with electronic music’s elite such as Purple Disco Machine, Adam Beyer and Ida Endberg, Sasha, Jamie Jones, Guy Gerber, Lee Burridge, Joseph Capriati, Ricardo Villalobos & Luciano, Marco Faraone and party brands including Do Not Sleep, Pyramid, Story Tellers, Estelle, Woomoon plus plenty more island heroes, Balearic classics and live performances for a truly unique Ibiza adventure. Space is limited and tickets are already selling fast so move quickly to secure your table by heading to covasanta.com
Located just 7km from Ibiza town on the road to San Jose, Cova Santa is part of The White Isle’s beating Bohemian heart. It is a stunning natural cave that is 25 meters deep, formed by the waters that have tumbled down the San José mountain over thousands of years. The supremely stylish spot boasts stunning panoramic views, towering palm trees and a magical pagoda that are all backlit with warming reds and greens once night falls.
For these unique experiences, there will be a secluded VIP area as well as a lavish selection of drinks and cocktails from the esteemed mixologist and Drink’s Atelier founder, Marc Álvarez. You will also be able to enjoy some of the best wine in Ibiza from the onsite cave, as supervised by the most prestigious winemakers on the island. The masterfully curated a la carte menu is the work of newly appointed head chef Xavi Alba, the former director of operations of elBarri restaurants and a winner of four Michelin Stars. The cultured restaurant is a luxurious place to sit and enjoy the live music, which will tastefully soundtrack the journey from early evening into late night.
On July 1st for the special restaurant opening, it is White Isle resident and global soundman Nightmares on Wax who will bring his eclectic bag of sun-kissed sound, dub, funk, soul and house. Estelle is a local event born and raised in Ibiza at Las Dalias and La Granja, and run by experienced party people Storytellers and WooMooN. It lands on July 2nd with Jamie Fiorito – son of Balearic legend DJ and Amnesia godfather Alfredo – plus Simon Morell, Sadeedo and many more. On July 3rd, the gardens officially open with master tunesmith Purple Disco Machine, who serves up the lushest house and disco imaginable. His catalogue has had more than 750 million streams and counting, he is the number 2 charting Beatport artist of all time and his singles have gone multi-platinum in multiple countries around the world. Indie pop innovators Sophie and The Giants – who worked with Purple Disco Machine on 2020 hit ‘Hypnotized’ – will also play one of their magical, Italo disco-inspired sets.
Further highlights include the White Island Orchestra on July 6th, Sasha on July 7th for Luz Oscura, Ricardo Villalobos & Luciano for Pyramid on July 10th, Manifest with Adam Beyer and Ida Engberg on July 12th, Jamie Jones and Friends on July 15th, Guy Gerber and his Rumors party on 21st, Lee Burridge’s All Day I Dream Party on July 29th and much more.
This is the start of what is sure to be a very special run of intimate, tasteful and grown-up experiences for the White Isle’s keenest food and music lovers.
The History of Cova Santa
Ibiza is an internationally recognized destination thanks to its cultural richness, its natural beauty, its ties with the history of music and it being a benchmark of excellence in areas like hospitality and gastronomy. Cova Santa has all these characteristics, has a cultural and historical background, is located in an environment of unquestionable beauty and has a gastronomic offering that stands out for its avant-garde spirit.
Cova Santa can be seen from the road that goes from Ibiza to Sant Josep at kilometre 7. Immersed in the side of a Mediterranean mountain of pine trees and junipers, Cova Santa is witness to the passage of different civilizations and cultures that permeated the place with mysticism, spirituality, and cosmic energies. A refuge for pirates, smugglers, holy men and a meeting point for the hippie community.
In 2001 when the AMNESIA Group bought Cova Santa, its priority was the conservation of the cave and the improvement of its access, always with the advice of geologists and technicians, so their visits are very restrictive. In addition to the conservation work, the AMNESIA Group opted for a conceptual and aesthetic transformation, generating a multidisciplinary space from which to stimulate all the senses. An incomparable landscape, exotic gardens full of vegetation distributed in terraces at various levels, spacious and equipped spaces for restaurants and gastronomy, decorated with exotic oriental furniture and a complete indoor party room.
Patrick Topping, Paul Woolford and Gerd Janson, Cinthie
MAIN ROOM
Archie Hamilton, Sidney Charles and Chris Stussy b2b S.A.M.
Amnesia Ibiza continues to announce its long-awaited 2021 season in backwards order with news of it’s always unforgettable Do Not Sleep Closing Party on October 12th. This year’s much-needed celebration will be headlined by house and techno tastemakers Patrick Topping, Paul Woolford, Cinthie and Gerd Janson on the Terrace, and Archie Hamilton, Sidney Charles and Chris Stussy b2b S.A.M.
Do Not Sleep launched in 2014 and immediately changed the Ibiza landscape with a non-conformist attitude exemplified by its ‘straight through crew’ mantra and hashtag. The party’s firm focus on young, fresh talents and music-first, underground-only vibes also stands it apart. Initially a nomadic party in hot demand at Space, Pacha and Privilege, it eventually set up a more lasting home at the globally renowned Amnesia. This year the brand will be on a mini world tour, hosting club events and festival stages all over the globe, always with the hottest house and techno acts providing the sounds.
This closing party at the famously authentic Ibiza superclub that is Amnesia will be no different. It will play out across the club’s two iconic spaces – The Terrace, and Main Room. In the former will be Patrick Topping, the Trick party and label head who is very much the face of contemporary British house and techno. He will be joined by the relentless Paul Woolford, who can do everything from classy piano house bangers to face-melting techno, all with endless reserves of passion and energy. Running Back label boss and famously eclectic, party-starting DJ and deep digging vinyl collector Gerd Janson also plays with an always unpredictable bag of tricks. Completing the Terrace is Berlin mainstay, record label boss and record store owner Cinthie, whose raw, deep, authentic brand of house music has made her one of the best in the game.
The Main Room will be lit up with the pounds of Archie Hamilton, who runs three labels in Moscow Records, Moss Co. & Arkityp, and someone who is one of the most sought after DJs in the game because of his knack for laying down sets of irresistible minimal-leaning house. Heavy House Society label boss Sidney Charles also lines up with his bass-heavy, chunky, floor-facing house grooves which are designed for maximum physical impact. Lastly, Chris Stussy b2b S.A.M is a face-off between two vital talents and masters of electronic funk and slick, spaced out house. Between them, they have landed on classy labels like Stussy’s Up The Stussy, Locus and Eastenderz.
This will be another historic night. Make sure you get involved with the #straightthroughcrew.
“Atlanticus have the creativity and imagination to help create the kind of unique digital piece we envisaged in thoughtful and sensitive ways. They really understand how to help tell a story in the right way, regardless of the priceless nature of the manuscript. We’re working closely with them to find the right music collaborator. We have the worldwide exclusive rights in all sectors and are opening up this once in a millennium opportunity to them with the Magna Carta for NFT’s. Knowing that the really care about every element of this which is essential when taking something of such historical significance half way around the world during a global pandemic” said Luke Purser, Director at Hawkwood International.
Co-built and curated by tech, music and cultural experts who strongly believe in the freedom of artists and creators to benefit from content focused decentralized networks, Atlanticus is a new musical experience driven NFT platform offering exclusive experiences to creators and fans.
Having music at its very heart, the teams at Atlanticus are honoured, in partnership with Hawkwood International, to have secured a unique NFT involving the Magna Carta and a unique piece of music by the three-time Grammy Award nominee and international superstar DJ Paul Oakenfold as a first release. This original document, accompanied by the King’s Writ, a one of a kind letter from King John in 1215, is travelling from England to Washington next month and we are lucky to have the opportunity to be part of the 800 year old history by adding a 21st Century NFT to it.
Atlanticus is built on the foundations of music and has been designed to best serve creators, collectors and the wider fan community. Like any world class gallery, Atlanticus is not only about transactions but wants to share the beauty of these pieces with as wide an audience as possible. You don’t have to own the rights to a piece of music to appreciate it or indeed to buy a recording of the original.
“It is a unique honour to be able to connect my music to such an iconic priceless manuscript, knowing that it will live on for ever more“ said Paul Oakenfold.
By utilizing the blockchain and NFT technology, Atlanticus offers the freedom for any artists in the world to share instantly their tracks, albums, DJ sets, videos, music experiences and any music related creation they may think of with their fans and other music lovers. It creates a way for artists to address their communities directly, and for music lovers to own rare, unique and exclusive creations, numbered and digitally signed on the blockchain.
“Being open minded and understanding that they want to share their creations is essential when working with creative people and being able to give cultural assets, be they music, art or film a global audience is something that Atlanticus have as a core message. We did that at Stonehenge with Universe, Paul Oakenfold and Carl Cox before anyone had heard of NFT’s so imagine what we can do now!” said Alon Shulman, MD Universe, CEO World Famous Group & co-founder at Atlanticus.
Created and developed by and for music lovers, Atlanticus is about enjoying and sharing exclusive music between artists and communities, it makes music exclusive again by offering rare and limited editions of music pieces.
“Imagine owning a signed Banksy or one of the 100 numbered limited editions of a Picasso lithograph, this is what Atlanticus does for music, it’s as simple as that! We’re delighted as a music platform to be given the unique opportunity to unite both the foundations of individual freedom and those of dance music with the Magna Carta Libertatum & Paul Oakenfold“ said Stéphane Schweitzer, owner of Clubbing TV & co-founder at Atlanticus.
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“Atlanticus is a magic music place where any artist in the world could share their music with their fans, creating love, proximity and a strong link between creators & collectors” said Adrien Aversa, owner of Marmeladz, a leading European digital media group & co-founder at Atlanticus.
Fully invested in music creation, Altanticus will reserve a portion of all its proceeds to be donated to its “Atlanticare” initiative, a foundation that provides recording equipment and a way to benefit from the digital income from their creations to musicians in regions across the world where as a result of economic or political reasons they struggle have no access to this. The New Music Era is coming… Atlanticus.io, stay tuned ! Creators and collectors can pre-register now on www.atlanticus.io Contact us for more information :
On Sunday 27th June 2021, Save Our Scene UK (“SOS”), #LetUsDance and friends will be demonstrating in London with performances from some of the biggest names in music. It is expected to be the largest demonstration the music industry has ever seen.
Kai Cant, the founder of Abode came to SOS with the initial idea and has since rallied DJs and powerhouses from across all corners of the scene to come together under the rallying cry of #FreedomToDance!
The march will depart from Marble Arch at 12pm on Sunday making its way to Parliament, with DJ sets from the likes of Alan Fitzpatrick, Eats Everything, East End Dubs, Fat Tony, Franky Wah, Hannah Wants, Jess Bays, Max Chapman, Charlie Tee, Kizzy Alicia, SUAT, Seb Zito, SOSA, Waff, Summer Ghemati, Wheats and many more…
The Founder of SOS, George Fleming says, “Whilst it’s great to see waves of football fans partying in London, it really asks us a question, why is the music industry still being suffocated by the Government? We have proven that we can open responsibly, and 58,000 people took part in the pilot events, of which only 15 people tested positive (5 of which were home related). This has proven the industry can successfully carry out safe events without adding to the spread of the virus.”
Michael Kill CEO NTIA / Savenightlife CIC #LetUsDance says “The Government has consistently marginalised our sector, we have had to fight for every bit of support and engagement throughout the pandemic. We have been continually targeted by the Government and excluded within every announcement. Our Industry is recognised and valued across the world, yet undervalued by our own Government. It’s time to push back and show the power of electronic music and the night time economy through its greatest asset, its people! Time to #Letusdance.”
Eats Everything, leading U.K. artist says, “This Government is all about money, and it can’t be that our industry isn’t financially beneficial to them because we clearly are, so it has to be merely down to the fact that they don’t like the culture plain and simple. I’m absolutely not a Covid denier or anti mask/vaxer in any way shape or form, but what I am is a person who is a member of an industry that has been totally downtrodden time and time again…Stop ruining hearts, minds and livelihoods”.
Hannah Wants, British DJ and Producer, who is also performing on Sunday says, “I’m proud and excited that the dance music industry is coming together as one to ultimately fight for our industries future.”
The industry has lost all confidence in the Government over their handling of the arts through the last 18 months and there are huge signs that the Government has a complete disregard for the very industry which makes life so worth living for workers and music lovers combined.
Fleming continues “We are protesting this week to tell the Government that enough is enough and we will not stay silent any longer. Too many jobs have been lost and the damage has become irreversible. Around 10,000 licensed venues have already closed permanently and over 400,000 live events staff have lost their jobs. Our message to the Government is if they delay any further, we will be on the streets protesting daily. We cannot afford to wait any longer.”
One of the organisers, Kai Cant says,“Some might ask, why protest now, it’s only 4 weeks away? To which I answer, if we stay silent, this will present a greater potential for the Government to delay again and again. We have run many polls over the past 2 days, which shows on average 90% of the population don’t believe they will lift all restrictions on July 19th. This shows a complete lack of confidence, so that is why we are here today. For the people.”
Save Our Scene supports people’s personal choice in whether they decide to engage with the vaccination programme or not and they respect people’s opinion on the matter.
They have also encouraged everyone to act responsibly, safely and pick up their litter on the march.
