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Brownstock Festival has announced that Pendulum (DJ + Verse), Route 94 and Sigma will be appearing in the dance tent at Brownstock 2014 and that Chloe Howl, Bipolar Sunshine, Josh Record and Tina V will play the main stage in support of headliners Dizzee Rascal, De La Soul and Razorlight. The festival has also added a host of upcoming and local unsigned support acts to the 2014 festival bill.
Brownstock Music Festival is a small independent music festival run by the Brown family on their farm near Chelmsford, Essex. This year the festival will be held on the 29th August to the 31st August 2014 and is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a birthday party theme.
World-famous dance music festival Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) returns to the UK for an epic two-day party which will see it transform theMiltonKeynesBowl on SaturdayJuly12 and SundayJuly13 beyond all recognition in the only way Electric Daisy Carnival knows how, promising to be even bolder and more explosive than 2013’s sold-out inaugural event, and making the ground-breaking festival the most breathtaking show of 2014.
Having already announced a star-studded line-up, ElectricDaisyCarnivalUK is adding even more names to join the weekend's festivities. First up is very special guest Hardwell, back by popular demand, returning to the KineticField stage after an incredible reception at EDC’s UK event last summer. Voted the world’s Number 1 DJ in DJ Magazine’s Top 100 DJs in late 2013, this inimitable Dutch electro house odyssey will have the crowd jumping to his tune, as one of the most dominant forces in electronic dance music.
Drum’n’bass and rock fusionists Pendulum bring a heavyweight electric DJ set to CosmicMeadow hosted by HARD, with hype man Verse on MC duties. A critically acclaimed stadium-worthy live and DJ act, Pendulum DJ sets successfully blur the lines between drum’n’bass, breakbeat, jungle and bass and guitar-led live electronica and rock genres. Staying on a drum’n’bass tip, UK duo Sigma beef up proceedings with a tendency towards jungle-infused sets. A highly sought-after production outfit, Sigma have worked with DJ Fresh, Rusko, Stylo G, Ellie Goulding, and Eric Prydz, and recently scored a huge number 1 with ‘Nobody to Love’.
He topped the charts with infectious banger ‘My Love’ in March, and now hot young DJ/producer Route94 takes on CosmicMeadow with his stripped-back deep house and laid-back party style. A leading proponent of the new house sound, Route 94 maintains a distinctly UK edge, his tunes laced with complex grooving basslines. US house master and innovator KerriChandler brings a DJ style that seamlessly blends deep through soulful and new house, disco with new wave and floor-friendly techno, UK bass and vocal garage, plus a very special performance fromDeorro who joins LaidbackLuke in the CircuitGrounds on July 13.
An Ibiza favourite whose star continues to rise across the European festival circuit and beyond, NickCurly is a tech house tour de force. This German DJ shows how it’s done. Cadenza one-to-watch AndreaOliva is another of Ibiza’s favourites heading to CosmicMeadow. Dutch electro DJ duo Firebeatz have the remixer’s Midas touch, while in-demand Hot Creations face and Outcross records head MiguelCampbell offers a masterclass in deep house. A-list electro-house production duo Bassjackers appear at KineticField. And multi-talented BBC Radio 1 DJ/producerDannyHoward – whose show boasts 1.8million listeners – joins CircuitGrounds.
EDC UK also welcomes some of the trance scene’s major players to CircuitGrounds, with Grammy Award-nominated progressive pacemakerAndyMoor and boundary-pushing evolutionist Lange going back to back, young talent and BBC Radio 1 In New DJs We Trust name JordanSuckley up against uplifting Irish DJ and producer BryanKearney, and Above & Beyond’s golden boy and progressive house tweaker Jaytech squaring up against Anjunadeep burgeoning talent Ilan Bluestone for a unique back to back set.
Adding another two arenas, with TidyArena and GoodgreefXtraHard, EDCUK makes a commitment to all things hard. On July 12 the TidyArena features hard dance pioneers TidyBoys, BK featuring Cortina with a rare live trance set, hard house faces AndyWhitby and AlexKidd. Rising hardcore DJ CallyCage appears with trance and hardcore selector KymAyers, presenting their very special Tidy Girls Like It HARD set.RobTissera is on board, as are progressive head Maddox and hard house banger Townend for their Untidy set. MaxMozart&Audox and TrapTwo round up the Tidy Arena line-up. And on July 13 GoodgreefXtraHard arrives, the international trance and hard dance institution bringing together hard-styler Technoboy and Q Dance radio’s Kutski. ScotProject plays a classics set, catch hard stalwarts OrganDonors and Mark E.G, Cally & Juice play their last ever UK festival set, Technikal plays a hard trance classics set, see Argy, and PhilMackintosh b2b ShaunT, hosted throughout by MCShocker.
Line-up:
Saturday July 12
Kinetic Field Avicii Steve Angello Steve Aoki Nicky Romero Martin Garrix Showtek Bassjackers (JUST ADDED)
Cosmic Meadow Marco Carola Dubfire Joris Voorn Hot Since 82 Davide Squillace Timo Maas Nick Curly (JUST ADDED) Miguel Campbell (JUST ADDED) Route 94 (JUST ADDED) Andrea Oliva (JUST ADDED) Plus very special guest Kerri Chandler (JUST ADDED)
Circuit Grounds Paul van Dyk Ferry Corsten Ørjan Nilsen Simon Patterson Andy Moor b2b Lange (JUST ADDED) Ben Gold Jordan Suckley b2b Bryan Kearney (JUST ADDED) Jaytech b2b Ilan Bluestone (JUST ADDED) Special Guest Paul Oakenfold
Tidy Arena Tidy Boys (JUST ADDED) BK feat. Cortina (live) (JUST ADDED) Andy Whitby (JUST ADDED) Alex Kidd (JUST ADDED)
Cally Cage & Kym Ayres (Tidy Girls Like It Hard set) (JUST ADDED) Rob Tissera (JUST ADDED) Maddox & Townend (Untidy set) (JUST ADDED)
Max Mozart & Audox (JUST ADDED) Trap Two (JUST ADDED)
Sunday July 13
Kinetic Field Calvin Harris Fatboy Slim Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike NERVO R3hab Carnage Plus very special guest Hardwell (JUST ADDED)
Cosmic Meadow hosted by HARD Pendulum (DJ set) & Verse (JUST ADDED) Gorgon City Sigma (JUST ADDED) Dillon Francis A-Trak Jack Beats B.Traits feat. MC Juma My Nu Leng Shift K3Y Destructo
Circuit Grounds Laidback Luke Sander van Doorn DVBBS Dyro Blasterjaxx Dannic Deorro (JUST ADDED) Firebeatz (JUST ADDED) Danny Howard (JUST ADDED) Rebecca & Fiona Julian Jordan
Goodgreef Xtra Hard Technoboy (JUST ADDED) Kutski (JUST ADDED) Scot Project (Classics set) (JUST ADDED) Organ Donors (JUST ADDED) Mark E.G (JUST ADDED) Cally & Juice (last ever UK festival set) (JUST ADDED) Technikal (JUST ADDED) Argy (JUST ADDED) Phil Mackintosh b2b Shaun T (JUST ADDED)
Over the past few years this fine Pagoda stage overlooking the Lake has played host to a first class array of disc jockeys, acts and artists; from Radio 1's Annie Mac & Toddla T to the mesmerising sounds of Matthew Johnson; from the NY groove of Kim Ann Foxman to the Eats Everything Bristol bounce. Remember the year Disclosure and Sam Smith performed 'Latch' at sunset? Or the time Skream went b2b with Zed Bias, Disclosure, Eats & Artwork?! T.E.E.D. dropping jungle? Jamie Jones & Seth Troxler b2b? Damn! that was the pure house party vibes right there!
This summer the Pagoda pays homage to resident djs from up & down our fair isle and beyond, representing nights such as Tief, Below, Circus, Rooty (RIP), Simple, Fleetmac Wood & Werk:It.
As well as the Top Secret special guests, The Pagoda also welcomes a sprinkling of headline talent along the course of the weekend for your listening pleasure .
Let's praise the residents. They are the ones who often dig deeper, the chosen ones who set the mood of an evening, that represent the club night, the ones who'll play you tracks you'll be pestering them about later, the guys with the biggest record boxes and an ability to take you into a trance like state.
Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome your Pagoda DJs for the weekend:
Aartekt – Adam Shelton – Aerial – Bill Brewster – Cat Lovers – Citizen – Clancy – Denney – Dia – Dom Chung – Emerson Twin – Em Williams – Fleetmac Wood – Frank Tope – Futureboogie – Head Gardener – Hilit Kolet – Huxley – James Vorres – Jay Karim – Johan Ten Houten – Lewis Boardman – Maribou State – Michael Palmer – Midland – Motty – No Artificial Colours – Richy Ahmed – Robert James – Sancho Panza – Shivas Regal & Mcculo – Sisterhood – Six Axle – Son Of Sun – Sophie Lloyd – Steve Huerta – T. Williams – Tayo – Urulu – Waze & Odyssey – Wild Fantasy – Wolf Music
Other stages additions include:
Artwork – Cherub – Danny Mathews & The Rustle – Geddes – Harry Wolfman – Jasper James – Mark Wells – Pardon My French – Real Connoisseur – Sarah Frenchy – Slim Howl – Tom Grainger –Zero 7 (dj)
With over 14 stages and 4 days of live music and dj sets 2014 promises to be one of the most music-packed Secret Garden Party’s ever…. add to the mix the renowned secret sets by some of the biggest names around and it is…game on!
Tennent’s Lager put out their annual call in March for Scotland’s unsigned acts to submit their demos to T Break in the hope of landing one of 16 highly coveted slots on the T Break Stage at T in the Park, and today they announced who will be taking to the legendary T Break Stage this summer.
Tennent’s Lager have been proudly supporting Scotland’s grassroots music scene through T Break for the past 19 years, providing the country’s freshest unsigned talent with the chance to showcase their material to fans, musicians and music industry insiders alike on the biggest platform for unsigned artists at T in the Park – the
T Break Stage.
T Break’s judging panel is made up of 14 of Scotland’s most respected and influential music industry experts who listen to each and every track submitted before coming together to deliberate their shortlists. The judges then decide on the final 16 acts – who will potentially follow in the footsteps of this year’s T in the Park headliner and formerT Break band Biffy Clyro – to make up the T Break 2014 line-up.
Simon Neil, Biffy Clyro front man said of their T Break performance in 1999, “It was probably one of the biggest moments of our lives, even now looking back, that first time you feel like a real band is phenomenal…that was literally the break, T gave us the break”
So, with that said, the 16 acts that will play the T Break Stage this year are:
Atom Tree
Birdhead
Blood Relatives
Deathcats
Fat Goth
Medicine Men
Model Aeroplanes
NAKED
Scary People
Secret Motorbikes
TeenCanteen
The Moon Kids
Tisoki
Tuff Love
Vladimir
We Came From Wolves
George Kyle, Head of Sponsorship at Tennent’s Lager said:“We are delighted with the line-up again this year, every year we’re amazed with the volume of fantastic entries T Break receives. We are immensely proud to continue to support Scotland’s grassroots music through T Break and I believe that former T Break band Biffy Clyro’s headline slot on the Main Stage this summer is testament to the importance of this support and to where it can lead”
Dave McGeachan, Senior Promoterfrom T Break partners DF Concerts sits on the judging panel. He said: “This is an incredibly strong year for Scottish music and the talent coming out of Scotland’s grassroots music scene in particular is of a very high standard. I feel we’ve managed to get a really great representation across many different genres with this year’s selection and I look forward to seeing some excellent live performances over the weekend."
Paloma Faith, The Hoosiers, From the Jam, Bay City Rollers and Toyah have been added to our existing lineup which features the very popular boy band Union J, Grammy award winner Foxes, number one hit artist Conor Maynard, current high-flyers Neon Jungle as well as Nina Nesbitt and Luke Friend.
mplimented by some EXCITING new additions.
Born in Hackney, London, Paloma who’s latest single ‘Only Love Can Hurt Like This’ is currently in the official top 10, is half Spanish and half British. As an ex magician’s assistant, trained contemporary dancer, St Martin’s alumni with an MA in theatre directions, a performer in burlesque shows and an actress, she has been mixing artistic media throughout her short adult life.
The fascinating singer-songwriter Paloma will be performing a unique DJ Set at Osfest, a brilliant DJ, Paloma plays a mixture of guilty pleasures from the 90's RnB and recognisable old soul.
Carly Woodward, Event Director says “The charismatic Paloma Faith is cutting edge on both the stage and the DJ scene, we are really looking forward to her performance, what an amazing way to finish Saturday Night!”
Osfest are also delighted to have the re-formed the Hoosiers on the line up, Sam Swallow of the Hoosiers admits “We came back to it for a very simple reason: we started enjoying writing songs again.” The Hoosiers multi-platinum success of their 2007 debut album, The Trick to Life, includes singles such as ‘Worried About Ray’ and ‘Goodbye Mr. A’.
Osfest festival goers will be transported back to the late seventies as From The Jam, featuring former The Jam bassist Bruce Foxton and Russell Hastings, will be performing all their classics including “Going Underground”, “Town called Malice” and “That’s Entertainment”! LES McKeown and the Bay City Rollers will be performing "Bye Bye Baby" which was their first UK Number One in May 1975 and the infamous Toyah Ann Willcox will entertain us with "It's a Mystery"!
And now what you’ve all been waiting for…..with the line-up complete and only one short month until CC14 celebrations kick off at the height of British summer time, we are pleased to release not one, but TWO FREE invaluable festival warm ups to ready you for the 2014 Camden Crawl weekend on the horizon.
FREE CC14 APP FOR ANDROID & IPHONE AVAILABLE 23RD MAY 2014 The Official CC14 App is the ultimate way to experience the Camden Crawl festival this summer. Taking place 20-21 June 2014, CC14 hosts more than 200 cutting edge artists, special guests, comedy events and club nights across 25 London NW1 venues. With so much to take in and discover, the app gives you the opportunity to listen to & learn about all the amazing artists on the line up prior to the event. It also provides a full schedule of performances viewable by artist, venue or time and allows you to select favourites, create a customised schedule and set reminders well in advance of the festival. Upon arrival at CC14, the app’s GPS map displays your current position amongst the venue locations and line ups and includes ‘on now & next functionality’. For those who want to share their festival insights and experience pre, during and post event, the app is completely integrated with Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. It also includes up-to-date news & announcements via push technology, full festival information, ticketing and quick links to various festival promotions.
CC14 ALBUM RELEASED FOR FREE DOWNLOAD IN ASSOCIATION WITH 7DIGITAL As tradition has is it and one of its original USPs, Camden Crawl has delivered a free compilation to festival goers every year since its inception. Starting out as a series of vinyl 7”s and graduating to CD in 1995, the compilation eventually evolved to digital download in 2008 courtesy of long term Digital Download Partners 7digital. This year’s edition of the annual ‘Official Camden Crawl 2014 Album’ is as genre defying and unpredictable as its predecessors. Featuring more than 70 tracks from a selection of artists performing at June’s CC14, the album is a sonic rollercoaster ride which delves deep into the leftist of electronic fields, rises to the heavenly harmonies of Britain’s brightest new songwriters, bounces off the walls of edgy punk rock and jumps back to the beat of London’s latest urban sensations.
The ‘Official Camden Crawl 2014 Album’ is exclusively available through 7Digital:
And, without further ado the ‘CC14 OFFICIAL ALBUM’ tracklisting:
01. Fortune Teller Song by Adrian Crowley 02. Jaws Of The Day by Anneka 03. So Very Predictable by Arrows Of Love 04. Bull Jazzed Up by BaD WoLF 05. 27-25 Blues by The Black Tambourines 06. Leave Me Now by Blizzard 07. Instagram Famous by Brawlers 08. Do No Harm by Charles Howl 09. Emily by Cocos Lovers 10. Marcy by The Crookes 11. Silver Tongues by The Crows 12. Time Traveller by Cut 13. Erosion by Cymbals 14. You Are Everywhere (featuring Rebecca Rivers) by D/R/U/G/S 15. Mistakes by Desperate Journalist 16. Sad Shape by Dignan Porch 17. Dead Ringers by The Drink 18. To Be Heard by Early Ghost 19. Meadow Song by Ed Dowie 20. 6ft 6 by Eighteen Nightmares at the Lux 21. Tell A Lie by Farao 22. Milk and Honey by Felt Tip 23. Daydreamer by Femme 24. Can a Bull Love? by Gang 25. Belong by GAPS 26. Hunter by Great Ytene 27. Glockelbar by Haiku Salut 28. Scumblood by Henry Blacker 29. Trials Of Life by Higher Prospectz 30. Woodhouse by Hot Feet 31. Gyroscope by Jack Chesire 32. Stay On My Cool by Jay Prince 33. Riff Glitchard by Johnny Foreigner 34. The Feast by Katie Kim 35. Mardi Gras by Kinnie the Explorer 36. Then I Will Love You Again by Laetitia Sadier 37. Cut From Stone by The Magic Lantern 38. Goodbye by Max Marshall 39. The Day I Come Alive by Michael A Grammar 40. Tumbling Down (feat. Joel Culpepper) by Mickey Lightfoot 41. Dangerous Blues by Miraculous Mule 42. She Swimming by Moon Ate the Dark 43. Oh Yeh! by Mourning Birds 44. Hym by Mouse On Mars 45. The Wash by Mumdance 46. Rush by Nai Harvest 47. Follow (Tape Demo from Murmurs) by Novella 48. Chrome Cat by The Oscillation 49. Evil Is Always One Step Behind by Pale Seas 50. Devil's Eyes by Parlour 51. End Point by Pev & Kowton (Livity Sound) 52. Titan by The Physics House Band 53. Strange Feeling by PrimeTime 54. Make A Sentence by Rachael Dadd 55. Black Dog Panting by School Is Cool 56. Empire by Sean Nicholas Savage 57. Long Way Home by Shopping 58. Aquarius by Soccer96 59. We The Children by Spit Shake Sisters 60. Gallop by Tall Ships 61. Sound Machine by Theo Verney 62. Sound Of Screams by Thumpers 63. Tis Money In My Purse by Tout 64. How The Mighty Fall by Violet Skies 65. Acceptance by Visionist 66. Possession by Vodun 67. March Hare by Whistlejacket 68. Where The Flowers Don't Grow by Wildflowers 69. King For A King by Will Varley 70. Watching Accidents by Woahnows 71. All Returns by Wolf People 72. Heavy Rain by Youth Man
Check out the 8th installment of this years Redfest. This year the KINGS of ragga metal SKINDRED headlining our main stage on Friday 25th July, who will be joined by MOBO winners Krept & Konan, London boys TOY, and Young Kato, who are currently on tour with You Me at Six.
Skindred are veritable festival veterans and famed for their intense live performances, we have absolutely no doubt that Friday night is going to GO OFF.
Skindred's Benji Webbe: 'As ambassadors of British music Skindred are more than buzzed to be invited along to headline Red "DRED" fest. All the boys in the band have enjoyed playing in Surrey and this is another chance for us to stamp down power in front of British music fans. We ain't fucking about Redfest, You're GETTING IT!'
South London hip hop duo Krept & Konan are Casyo "Krept" Johnson and Karl "Konan" Wilson, and winners of the 2013 'Best Newcomers' MOBO award.
We also welcome indie rock band Peace to our main stage as our Saturday headliners. Having received critical acclaim from publications such as The Guardian and NME in 2012, comparing them to bands like The Maccabees and Foals, Worcester quartet Peace went on to be nominated for Radio 1's 'Sound of 2013', and had Top 20 success with their 2013 album 'In Love'.
Also joining us with be Landudno boys Catfish and the Bottlemen. Playing loud, explosive, sexy rock and roll songs full of guitars and energy, CATBM took part in Radio 1's Future Festival at the beginning of the year, and have been wowing audiences up and down the UK.
We also welcome Irish folk-pop duet, and brothers, Harry and Alfie Hudson Taylor, who will be joining us along with Youtube sensation George Barnett, The Skints – back by very popular demand, along with The LaFontaines, the hauntingly beautiful voice of Lauren Aquilina, Jim Lockey and the Solemn Sun, mesmerising soul from Lulu James, rousing rock lads The Struts and Birmingham lads JAWS.
The Total Uprawr Stage
It may surprise some to find a band like Welsh pop rock gods The Blackout headlining such a billing, but with so many crossover vibes and mashed genres going on over the whole weekend we are confident of a great reception. And a very full tent.
Our Friday night headliner is Heart of a Coward, a band that has been KILLING the metal tents at festivals such as Download, and who always bring the RAWR.
We also welcome London hardcore troupe TRC, with Heights, The Dirty Youth, Lostalone, Polar, Baby Godzilla, Astroid Boys, The Catharsis, Slaves, The First, The One Hundred, and Rat Attack also on the billing.
Completing our Uprawr Stage lineup are Skies in Motion, Fathoms, Collisions, When We Were Wolves, Aurora, Our Hollow Our Home, A Moment Lost and Set Your Sails.
V Festival has today announced a sensational line up for its Glee Club Comedy Tent. Alan Carr and Adam Hills are confirmed to headline with other acts including Paul Chowdhry, Rob Beckett and Andrew Maxwell also joining the bill.
Alan Carr is set to make a triumphant debut appearance at V Festival this year. One of the UK’s most outstanding comedians Carr has also received critical acclaim for television shows including the ground breaking and hugely popular Alan Carr’s Chatty Man. He has won countless awards including a BAFTA in 2013.
Alan Carr said: “Can't wait to perform at V!! Watch out Timberlake there's someone else bringing Sexy Back! See you there!”
Adam Hills is also making his debut V Festival performance this year. The Australian has achieved international success as one of the world’s best stand up comics, he is best known in the UK for hosting the critically acclaimed ‘The Last Leg.
Adam Hills said: "I'm a V virgin, and am therefore quite excited to pop my cherry at this year's festival. Since it's my first time, I'm guessing I'll make a fool of myself, be very loud, and it'll all be over much quicker than I had hoped. Unlike my actual virginity though, I'll get to lose it twice in a weekend."
Paul Chowdhry said of his upcoming appearance: “I’m gonna go in heavy at the V Festival this year. If my performance time on the comedy stage clashes with Justin Timberlake or The Killers, I’d like to apologise in advance for stealing their audience.”
Across the weekend V Festival goers will be treated to the very best in stand-up comedy with other names including, Fosters Comedy Award winner Phil Nichol, Jarlath Regan and John Fothergill. The Glee Club Comedy tent will also feature the very best in upcoming talent including Matt Richardson, Charlie Baker and Dapper Laughs.
With Justin Timberlake and The Killers set to headline the main music stages and a whole host of other fantastic acts confirmed, this year’s V Festival is set to be the most exciting weekend of the summer.
The London-born and Devon-raised Ben Howard comes to the festival riding a wave of momentum that has taken the folk star from the cosy venues of south west England to festival stages the world over. Having signed to Island Records in 2011, Howard has since gone on to be nominated for the coveted Mercury Prize for his album Every Kingdom, and later going on to win the Best Newcomer and Best British Solo Male Artist at the 2013 BRIT Awards. He was also nominated for the Ivor Novello for Best Album in the same year.
