THE PRODIGY

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FRIDAY, 13TH OF AUGUST

The claustrophobic confines of a west London attic hideaway. Walls, covered in heavyweight purple curtains seem to bring the dimly lit room's parameters collapsing in as a huge computer screen’s wallpaper radiates the green glow of long hot summer. Its pastoral image of feudal tranquility is the room’s only window on the world. Look closer and there's a twist in this Constable painting.

UNKLE

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SATURDAY, 14TH OF AUGUST

Everything James Lavelle has created and initiated has been driven by the same irrepressible sense of curiosity and an incorruptible willingness to take risks. The music released today under the banner of UNKLE is very different from early UNKLE records. The spirit is the same.

James Lavelle was a fresh-faced fourteen-year-old when he began to travel every Sunday from Oxford, where he lived, to the Soul 2 Soul shop in London. “Soul 2 Soul were my heroes”, he says. “Them, and The Wild Bunch. It was my sort of Punk. My escape.”

GORILLAZ SOUND SYSTEM (DVJ)

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SUNDAY, 15TH OF AUGUST

G.S.S. is a multi-sense experience, featuring the music of Gorillaz mixed and remixed by DJ Kofi,  with a full visual display by official G.S.S. VJ Roland. G.S.S. percussionist Remi adds another layer to the DJ performance with a variety of live instruments, while Pauli bangs the drums, no mean feat. It’s sure to be a truly unique experience – and all sanctioned by none other than Gorillaz  bass-slayer Murdoc Niccals himself.

APOLLO 440

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FRIDAY, 13TH OF AUGUST

"THE FUTURE'S WHAT IT USED TO BE"
2010 will see the release of Apollo 440's fifth studio album - the first Apollo record in 7 years. The new album will be released in the summer.

The current live set includes a few of the new tracks alongside old favourites.

In 2000, after three years of touring round the world, Apollo 440 kicked off their tour boots and went into the studio to start work on their 4th album. "Dude..." was released in 2003, but the band were kept busy in the studio on various projects and didn't think about going back out on the road....

EVERLAST

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SATURDAY, 14TH OF AUGUST

House of Pain was a great band. And its frontman is able, even as a soloist, to seriously quake the ground, wherever he passes. Everlast aka Erik Schrody is affixing his signature over tracks of an inimitable sound style. The main line he is subject to is hip-hop, but he is erecting over it some elements of alternative, rock, American folk and sometimes blues, in a way he is the only one to do. Everlast is a musician, a singer, a МС and the author of tracks with a sound impossible to confound with whatever else.

SERJ TANKIAN

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SUNDAY, 15TH OF AUGUST

SERJ TANKIAN is an Armenian born in Lebanon. This is a multifaceted personality: he is a poet, a singer, a poly-instrumentalist, a musical producer and a political activist. You could recognize him best through his front man’s background, as a keyboardist, a guitar player and a creator of the songs for the rock group being awarded to a Grammy for the System of a Down.
His new solo project, Elect the Dead, in which he just is playing all the instruments, is an explosive way to demonstrate his political and intellectual views about the American anti/missile system.

Andy C and MC GQ (Ram Records // UK)

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FRIDAY, 13TH OF AUGUST

Last year saw Andy C reign supreme once more as he was crowned Best DJ by Drum & bass Arena for the 6th successive year; a record for the drum and bass industry. He was the highest drum and bass representative at DJs top 100 DJs Poll at number 28, and started the year getting the ultimate accolade from the bible of dance music Mixmag listing him in the top 10 of their Club lands Ultimate Power List.

DJ SHADOW

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SATURDAY, 14TH OF AUGUST

Don’t get it twisted. DJ Shadow is a hip-hop DJ -- at least according to an Afrika Bambaata playlist.
“Entroducing... ,” DJ Shadow’s seminal debut album, embraces Soulsonic’s M.C G.L.O.B.E.’s definition of hip-hop-“Punk rock, new wave, soul/pop music, salsa, rock & roll/calypso, reggae, rhythm &blues.”

Shadow takes us there. “I have no problem delving into realms that -- by ’96 standards -- would never be considered hip-hop.
The last frontier of hip-hop is to go back to the extreme form of experimentation while still keeping that funk. Hip-hop has become one of the most conservation forms of music out right now.

GRANDMASTER FLASH

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SUNDAY, 15TH OF AUGUST

Joseph Saddler aka Grandmaster Flash was the first person who dared to touch the vinyl LP with his fingertips and manipulate it in a way to create a new generation of sounds. He is the one who invented the theories of Quick Mix and Clock Mix which represent different variations of scratch techniques, experimented and introduced by him for the first time in the hip-hop DJ practice. He is the first one to have had the idea to include the presence of an MC during the DJ set.

H.M.S.U DJS

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FRIDAY, 13TH OF AUGUST

H.M.S.U. has a history of over 150 successful events featuring the most highly acclaimed drum and bass artists worldwide. For the main part of these events H.M.S.U. are the sole organizer and Exclusive producent. In 2008 and 2009 more than 60 artists with international recognition were invited to the parties in Bulgaria. Having set a concrete standart for quality H.M.S.U. is proud that almost all visitors continue to highly appreciate the level of organization and holding of events .

Information on previous events can be found at www.hmsu.org. On the website you can also find a non-stop streaming radio, as well as a subscription to H.M.S.U. newsletters, free downloads of music and video clips as well as promo mixes, a community shoutbox and much, much more !

SOLARDIP

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SATURDAY, 14TH OF AUGUST

solardip is an electro/indie band, based in Istanbul, comprising of Emir Arkman, Duygu Aba and Yigit Gurcihan.

Having released the 1st EP 'Dip Inside' in August 2009, the band has appeared on many blogs and websites, having been broadcasted by well-known Turkish radio stations. Then they have begun to stage their music, influenced by French Electro, Indie, Synth-Pop and Nu-Disco, along with impressive visuals.