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Joshua Brooks continues to cement its position as the UK’s best small club with another cultured series of parties this February, March and April. Moxy Muzik with Darius Syrossian, Shogun Audio, Whipping with Mele, T57 + Zero, Luuk Van Dijk, Yousef, Free From Sleep, Horse Meat Disco, Mason Maynard, several All Night Long parties with Hannah Wants, Seb Zito, Hannah Laing, Nick Warren, Fleur Shore and Rebuke, plus Sam Divine, Max Dean and a special three hour set from Toman plus much more all make it an irresistible run with tickets available now at.
Key to each party is the club’s subtle but immersive lighting but also the famous VOID sound system. It is perfectly tuned and tweaked to suit the venue and delivers every hi hat and kick drum as intended. The club is famously warm with exploded brick, an up close and personal DJ booth and crowds who know their music. For that reason, it offers a superior small club experience where tight connections are made between music, dancers and artists every night.
This run is another one that looks firmly to the cutting edge of house and techno with the return of Darius Syrossian’s Moxy Muzik party on Feb 4th. This one routinely sells out. On Friday 3rd, March when he plays an extended three-hour set, expect another masterclass. On Friday 10th February, the bass bins will be tested by their Shogun Audio crew and Pol & Bryson, Duskee and Monroe, then Venus Classics will bring the good times on the 11th; raw house specialist Mele plays Whip with a special guest on Friday 17th, T57 + Zero stop in as part of their UK tour on the 18th and after an All Night Long session from Luuk Van Dijk on the 24th, Circus founder and all-around scene figurehead Yousef play a special three-hour set.
Into March before Free From Sleep rolls in on Saturday 4th, with Ilan Bluestone seeing up his mesmeric melodic grooves. Friday the 10th is the always colourful Horse Meat Disco with Supernature DJs and more, and on Saturday the 11th, the local, new school hero that is Kaluki, DFTD, and Repopulate Mars associate Mason Maynard takes his place in the JBs basement.
Friday, the 17th, is the first of three consecutive All Night Long parties – the first with bass house queen Hannah Wants, the second on Saturday 18th, with longtime Fuse resident and dub house and garage-techno man Seb Zito and the third on Friday, the 24th with Dundee’s party starter Hannah Laing. The night after, it’s the fast-rising Max Dean, and the month ends with another three-hour special from Amsterdam’s slick house innovator and PIV artist Toman on the 31st of March.
Highlights in April include Just Snack with Mele and more, Rebuke, Fleur Shore, and Nick Warren all playing their one All Night Long parties, the monthly Moxy Muzik party, a set from Sam Divine, Whippin’ with The Mason Collective, Full Circle with Route 94, Retro with Paul Taylor and K-Klass and more.
There is nowhere in the country that offers an underground experience as authentic as Joshua Brooks, so get down for this next fine month of parties.
Caprices Festival‘s landmark 20th anniversary edition is fast approaching and now unveils its final and full line up. Playing in the Swiss mountains of Crans-Montana across the two unmissable weekends of April 7-9th and April 14-16th will be new additions including a ground breaking Agoria presents One Life Two Bodies show, Claptone, Dubfire presents Evolv, Bedouin, Osunlade, Satori(live), TSHA, Peredel, Andhim, Anfisa Letyago, Tripmastaz, Yulia Niko and Djaax all join previous names such as Jamie XX, Fatboy Slim, Black Coffee, ARTBAT, DJ Tennis, Jeff Mills, Zip, Loco Dice b2b Seth Troxler, Luciano b2b Ricardo Villalobos, Richie Hawtin, Sven Väth, Arapu b2b Gescu, Archie Hamilton, Raresh, Sonja Moonear and many more. Tickets will sell out so head to https://capricesfestival.com/ before it’s too late.
Switzerland’s breathtaking Crans-Montana resort – which has become culturally significant around the world once more thanks to Caprices – is the famous home of this unrivalled mountain-top festival. It provides an unreal backdrop to what is an experience unlike any other with its mix of world class music, cutting edge audio-visual technology, luxury gastronomy, an eco-museum, mountain activities, spa and wellness centres and of course over 100km of snowy paradise and a snow park for skiers and snowboarders to explore.
That music comes this year on five stages split across day and night, each with its own carefully curated sound and bespoke look, rich mix of performing arts such as dancers, actors and art installations and many more surprises. Daytimes are all about the famous greenhouse that is Modernity Stage 2,200m up the Swiss Alps, while adjoining The Club stage has sweeping views over the alps. When night falls, The Moon Stage is a core part of Caprices festival with its innovative audiovisual production, while the Forest Stage is a fully themed and escapist trip into towering alpine forests. The Dome Stage completes the picture with more high-level audio visuals.
In terms of the final line-ups, Weekend One (April 7-9th) will now feature Bedouin, Satori(live), TSHA, Adolpho & Franky, Aracil, Djaax, Dymos & Shizzo b2b Jay Fase, Healdreams, Jad Alexander, Ła Foret, Mario Persic, Megablast, Osunlade, Peredel, Raphael Graham, Rolbac, TT, Vincent and Yulia Niko. These arrive on top of Jamie XX, Fatboy Slim, Black Coffee, ARTBAT, Monolink (live), Adriatique, DJ Tennis, Blond:ish, Who Made Who (live), 8Kays, Amine K, Brina Knauss, Fiona Kraft, Layla Benitez, Magda, Modal Tune (Guti b2b Sarkisi live), Themba and YokoO.
Weekend Two adds a Agoria presents One Life Two Bodies show in which the French multi-disciplinary artist and DJ create a conceptual “Agoriaverse”. It is a link between our physical and our digital bodies in which dancers will be able to scan a QR code that will trigger experiences including the live minting of an NFT.
He is joined by Claptone, Dubfire presents Evolv, Andhim, Anfisa Letyago, Apoteoz, Dan Ghenacia, Flabbergast, Flyuko, Fraderik, Giorgia Angiulli, Lidlaw, Lea Kadoche, Manolo, Nesta, Nicolas Duvoisin, Olivia, Roman, Romano, Tripmastaz and Vito. They play alongside first wave names Jeff Mills, Loco Dice b2b Seth Troxler, Zip, Luciano b2b Ricardo Villalobos, Richie Hawtin, Sven Väth, Arapu b2b Gescu, Archie Hamilton, Cobblestone Jazz (live), Djerry C, East End Dubs, Janeret, Manda Moor, Miroloja, O.Bee b2b Tomas Station, Raresh and Sonja Moonear.
Lastly, the Sunday afterparty on Weekend One will be hosted by UNKNOWN tribe, a brand from Geneva that deals in stylish melodic house direction, and Weekend Two’s host is Zurich brand Under The Tree that is known for its organic and hypnotic sounds.
Caprices offers hotel packages and a rich array of additional services and access to the region’s many different activities so the potential for new experiences and unforgettable life memories is endless at Crans-Montana. Do not miss this unique mix of travel, winter sport and world class music.
Adriatique, Artbat, Bedouin, Black Coffee, Blond:ish, Dj Tennis, Fatboy Slim, Monolink, Satori(live), TSHA, WhoMadeWho
8Kays, Adolpho & Franky, Amine K, Aracil, Brina Knauss, Djaax, Dymos & Shizzo b2b Jay Fase, F.O.E. Live, Fiona Kraft, Gene On Earth b2b Dyed Soundorom, Giorgio Maulini, Healdreams, Jad Alexander, Joh Erba, Ła Foret, Layla Benitez, Los Refrescos, Magda, Mario Persic, Masaya, Megablast, Modal Tune, Osunlade, Peredel, Raphael Graham, Rolbac, Shaun Reeves b2b Ryan Crosson, TT, Themba, Vincent, YokoO, Yulia Niko
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WEEKEND TWO
Agoria presents One Life Two Bodies, Claptone, Dubfire presents Evolv, Eats Everything, Jeff Mills, Loco Dice b2b Seth Troxler, Luciano b2b Ricardo Villalobos, Richie Hawtin
Alci, Andhim, Anfisa Letyago, Apoteoz, Arapu b2b Gescu, Archie Hamilton, Cesar Merveille, Cobblestone Jazz (live), Dan Ghenacia, Djerry C, East End Dubs, Flabbergast, Flyuko, Fraderik, Giorgia Angiulli, Janeret, Laidlaw, Lea Kadoche, Manda Moor, Manolo, Mike Shannon, Miroloja, Nesta, Nicolas Duvoisin, O.Bee b2b Tomas Station, Olivia, Raresh, Roman, Romano, Sonja Moonear, Sven Väth, Tripmastaz, Vito, Zip
NASS festival returns in July with an epic line up bringing together some of the world’s most exciting artists.
NASS is the UK’s biggest celebration of music, street art, skate and BMX, located at the Bath & West Showground, near Bristol.
This years line-up includes an eclectic mix, including grime, hip hop, garage, drum & bass and house.
Headliners this year include:
CHASE & STATUS LIVE
LITTLE SIMZ
WU-TANG CLAN with ‘ENTER THE WU’ 30TH ANNIVERSARY
ALONGSIDE OTHER WORLD-CLASS ARTISTS
ANNE MARIE | BRU C | EXAMPLE | GREENTEA PENG | EASY LIFE |
SHY FX | KOJEY RADICAL | EXAMPLE | JOEL COREY | NATHAN DAWE
HEDEX | PROBLEM CENTRAL | FLAVA D | JACK SAUNDERS
Chase & Status Live will be headlining the main stage on Friday, with their cutting edge dance music. The duo are ready to delight fans with an unmissable live set packed with their biggest hits, including Blind Faith, End Credits, Mixed Emotions and many more.
On Saturday, Wu-Tang Clan, arguably one of the greatest hip-hop groups of all time, will be headlining. Celebrating the 30th anniversary of their classic ‘Enter The Wu (36 Chambers)’, they’ll be playing some of the biggest hits including Protect Ya Neck and C.R.E.A.M. Truly one of the best headliners of the summer festival season and one not to be missed.
Little Simz will bring Sunday to an epic close, with songs from her award winning ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’, and new album ‘No Thank You’.
Also added to the incredible line up are Anne-Marie, bringing her chart-smashers from over the years including ‘Ciao Adios’ and ‘2002’. Elsewhere Shy FX will be bringing special guests for a unique show, while Easy Life will be bringing their indie-pop to the Bath & West showground.
Recently added are Summer Festival Guide favourites Example, Joel Corry, Nathan Dawe and Kojey Radical.
Further details of the impressive line up can be seen above.
Gwen Stefani has announced that she will be making her highly-anticipated return to the UK this summer.
The six dates will see Stefani perform a series of huge outdoor shows, taking place at Warwick Castle, Harewood House in Leeds, Bolesworth Castle in Chester and Broadlands Estate, Romsey. Dates are shown below – So What You Waiting For?
Pop royalty Gwen Stefani also joins P!nk at BST Hyde Park 2023. Fans will be treated to Gwen’s catalogue of chart-toppers from her solo career, as well as unforgettable hits from No Doubt.
A multi GRAMMY® Award winner, Gwen Stefani has achieved global success as a songwriter, performer, charismatic frontwoman of No Doubt, and as a multi-platinum solo artist.
To date, she’s sold more than 60 million units worldwide, including her four-times platinum debut solo album Love. Angel. Music. Baby. – that delivered the hit singles “Rich Girl,” “What You Waiting For?” and the Pharrell Williams produced No. 1 hit “Hollaback Girl.”
Her sophomore album, The Sweet Escape, featured the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 single “Wind It Up” and the unforgettable anthem “The Sweet Escape.”
GWEN STEFANI – 2023 UK DATES:
Friday 23 June: Warwick Castle, Warwick
Saturday 24 June: American Express presents BST Hyde Park, London
Sunday 25 June: American Express presents BST Hyde Park, London
The greatest rock and metal festival of all time, Download Festival, announces 44 new names and the day splits for 2023’s mammoth line-up. New names include the blistering Halestorm, Alter Bridge, Neck Deep, Bob Vylan, Carcass, Five Finger Death Punch, Jinjer, Coheed and Cambria, Electric Callboy, Hot Milk and The Amity Affliction, who will join the celebration of Download’s 20-year legacy at the hallowed grounds of Donington Park across four days over 8-11 June 2023. They join headliners Slipknot, Bring Me The Horizon and Metallica, who will deliver two massive no-repeat performances. Weekend and day tickets are now on sale, as well as a very limited amount of camping tickets and new VIP options: www.downloadfestival.co.uk.
The biggest annual gathering of the rock and metal tribes will be joined by 44 new names, including the Grammy-winning Halestorm, hard rock frontrunners Alter Bridge, heavy metal behemoths Five Finger Death Punch, MOBO’s first ever Best Alternative Music Act Bob Vylan, Welsh pop punk kings Neck Deep, Las Vegas glam rockers Palaye Royale, and effervescent partycore group Electric Callboy.
Joining them at the hallowed grounds will be Biffy Clyro’s Simon Neil with his grindcore extreme metal side project Empire State Bastard, metalcore veterans Hatebreed, progressive rock icons Coheed and Cambria, death metal heroes Carcass, throwback rap rockers Joey Valence & Brae, dual-fronted power pop rockers Hot Milk, bright Leeds metalcore outfit Caskets and frenetic Yorkshire-based rock group Dinosaur Pile-Up. Californian punk veterans The Bronx will also be returning to Donington, along with metalcore legend and former lead vocalist of The Dillinger Escape Plan Greg Puciato, and LA metal heavyweights Bad Wolves.
Download Festival continues to showcase the best of the international metal scene, with Dutch symphonic metal group Epica, Ukrainian progressive metal band Jinjer, globe-trotting Mongolian warriors The Hu, Australian metalcore heroes The Amity Affliction, Scandinavian pop-rockers Smash Into Pieces, Swedish metal ringmasters Avatar, French gothic electronic musician Perturbator, incendiary Canadian heavy rock duo Cleopatrick, Mexican metal sisters The Warning and French dark-synth pioneer Carpenter Brut all on the bill.
Alongside them will be Maryland stoner metal monarchs Clutch, pop punk reformists Mom Jeans, two-time Polaris Music Prize nominees PUP, doom-trap purveyor Mimi Barks, contemporary heavy metallers Spirit Adrift, Essex alt-rock quintet Tigress and Hunstanton’s finest, Deaf Havana. And from the bloodline that brought us the late Eddie Van Halen, we have Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth WVH.
Last but not least, we have fist-pumping doom outfit Green Lung, the theatrically bleak A.A. Williams, eloquent emo-infused alt-rockers Beauty School, ostentatious Wyoming metallers Antisaint, punishing riff purveyors Undeath and Metallica protégés Taipei Houston. Not to mention that Fearless Vampire Killers are back, and their flair for the dramatic and vaudevillian is sure to charm the Donington crowds.
Aside from bands, Download Festival are pleased to announce a brand new Camping Plus five-day ticket, which includes toilets and showers in a private campsite. For those who already have a four or five day camping tickets, upgrades are available. For something a little different, a selection of new and unique accommodations have been added to The Rock Retreat including The Skoolie, Fire Truck and Billy The Snail.
For more information on VIP options, camping tickets, weekend and day tickets, please go to: www.downloadfestival.co.uk.
Boomtown, the 66,000 capacity festival set in the Hampshire hills, has launched its official trailer for the latest offering in their immersive storyline, Chapter Two: The Twin Trail. This can be viewed on YouTube below:
The festival takes place for five days from August 9th 2023, and is famed for its film-like sets, winding streets and high production stages and shows.
The Twin Trail follows on from last years’ Chapter One: The gathering, where the festival defined a new era after two years of cancellations. In the characteristically cinematic trailer, attendees are invited to follow the journey of The Twin Trail, which delves deeper into how a person interacts with themselves, and how they give back to the world.
Megan Clifton, Head of Narrative Design at Boomtown, said:
“Boomtown is known for satirically mimicking the society we live in, and too often our dystopian visions have come closer to reality than we ever imagined possible. With The Twin Trail, we wish to go deeper and turn our focus inwards.
“The Twin Trail represents the two paths we all have to walk in our lives; the inner and the outer path. Without addressing our inner world, learning and accepting every part of ourselves – even the darker parts – how can we address the darker parts of society?
“We know that we have an opportunity to use the fun, interactive and immersive experiences we offer to enable actual shifting of mindsets, real-world change, and for people to take something that they learnt at Boomtown home with them.”
After the success of withholding the musical line-up until shortly before the show in 2022, Boomtown will be keeping this under wraps once again, but its ‘citizens’ can expect to see some of the biggest names in hip-hop, plus worldwide artists spanning the electronic spectrum. They have already been leaving clues as to what to expect in a recent video update.
Max Golfar, Music Programmer at Boomtown, said:
“We’ll be bringing the freshest acts in post-punk, to the dons of the reggae world, through to disco divas and afrobeat royalty. As well as all of this, next year marks 50 years of hip-hop. It’s going to be insane.”
Boomtown is at the Matterley Estate in Hampshire, 9th-13th August 2022. Instalment plan tickets are available from £45.
Soul Town Festival is back once again with a stunning line-up of the best soul, disco, motown and reggae on September 2nd and 3rd 2023. This year’s festival returns to the bigger and better Croydon Recreation Ground in Beckenham, Kent which was such a success last year and the first wave of names includes Sister Sledge ft Kathy Sledge, UB40, Tunde Baiyewu (Lighthouse Family), Desmond Decker & The Aces, Edwin Starr Band, Omar plus more to be announced. Super Early Birds tickets sold out fast so move quickly to get the best ticket deals at https://soultownfestival.com
Soul Town Festival is a perfect two day escape with plenty of musical magic, more than 65 artists, over 40 food vendors as well as dancers, rides, attractions, live steel bands, face painting, glitter stalls, hair braiding, fashion and craft stalls and so much more. The new and improved location is a beautiful lush green space in Beckenham with more bars, more staff, more toilets and improved disabled access and viewing points.
You have a wide range of food and drink to keep you fuelled across the two days. New for this year is the Pimms bus which has a terrace on the top deck, a premium gin garden and cocktail beach, plus many more exciting drinks for everyone. Food-wise, every stall has been hand selected from Caribbean food, wood fire pizzas, vegan wings and more plus meals, desserts, sweet treats and more.
There is also a mix of special VIP areas and VIP tickets include separate queuing for fast track entry, a drink and food voucher (beer, wine, spirit and mixer), Soul Town merchandise, private bar, luxury toilets, makeup bar, prime stage viewing area at both stages and more.
The music comes across two spectacular main stages with immersive light, sound and visuals set to provide the perfect summer sound explosion. Headliners include the legendary Sister Sledge ft Kathy Sledge who are one of the most iconic American acts in the world, the seductive soul sounds of Omar, uplifting pop and soul from Tunde Baiyewu (Lighthouse Family), classic reggae from the one and only UB40 and iconic vocalist Desmond Dekker and the Aces plus the soul and Motown greats that are the Edwin Star Band and many more to come.
The compact and cultured Soul Town Festival is a real music lover’s haven, so don’t miss out on the fun and get your tickets now.
As part of the historic final run of parties at London’s iconic Printworks, Volaris is to make his much anticipated debut at the renowned club supporting Deadmau5 and Kaskade as they bring their K5 collaboration to the UK for the first time on February 3rd. Having recently signed to the Canadian electronic giant’s influential Mau5trap label, Volaris will also support Deadmau5 on his world tour, including a huge party at Miami Music Week 2023.
Volaris’s “Hand of God” is an epic track and is his first signed to Mau5trap, dropping on February 21st. It is a huge new progressive house track with lush signature melodies sure to take crowds into the next dimension next to an iconic vocal and powerful drums. High profile support has already come in from tastemakers such as Vintage Culture, Solardo, Joseph Capriati, Above & Beyond and many more while Radio 1 and KISS FM have also being giving it major plays.
The track is the latest in a long line of successes for Volaris which is now fronted solely by Nathan Cozetto, with Rhys Buckley joining for studio duties. They have been crafting forward thinking sounds now for over 18 months. In that time, releases on John Summit’s Off The Grid, Armada and Sola have gained global attention, picking up a Beatport No. 1 with “Slow Motion” whilst racking up many millions of streams. With a wealth of new music all lined up for this year across labels including Armada, Purified and more, 2023 is set to be a significant year for Volaris.
This career defining show at Printworks sees Volaris line-up in the famously vast halls with all the mesmeric production sure to add an extra dimension. Also playing are Deadmau5 himself as well as fellow electronic luminary Kaskade as well as British DJ and producer Brad Littler aka OCULA, a rising star in the melodic house scene.
This is a great chance to catch Volaris drop his huge new tune in a perfectly epic setting.
The next Italian Easter weekend stands out with some of the very best electronic music thanks to Decibel Presents Easter Edition, which will be held in April 2023, Sunday 9th and Monday 10th (noon-midnight) in Florence, at Mandela Forum (Piazza Enrico Berlinguer).
Thanks to Decibel Presents Easter Edition, Florence is confirmed as one of the most important musician Capitals in Europe, waiting for Decibel Open Air 2023 Edition, scheduled in September, Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th at Parco delle Cascine in Florence. 2022 edition was attended by around more than 50,000 people with 30% of the visitors coming from outside of Italy.
Decibel Presents its Easter Edition line up including many techno and house heavyweights: Marco Carola, Nina Kraviz, Loco Dice, Ilario Alicante, Deborah De Luca, Chris Liebing, Cloone, Patrick Mason, Chelina Manuhutu, Mattia Trani (live), U.R. Trax, Sara Mozzillo and The Florentian Cabaret.
Marco Carola is a global ambassador of techno. From Napoli in the South of Italy, Marco was instrumental in the development of the electronic scene in the early 90s, he took the flourishing techno scene to the rest of the world. Producer, occasional vocalist, and DJ, Nina Kraviz is well known as a passionate record digger and for her outstanding taste in idiosyncratic electronic music, which lead her to create her label трип (pronounced trip). Every so often a DJ or producer comes along who inspires the collective imagination. If you’ve seen Loco Dice in his sets all around the world, in the most important clubs and festivals, you will have clicked on this. Loco Dice is someone who can puzzle together intangible moods with a direct approach.
