Underworld, James Blake, Róisín Murphy and more announced for Berlin Festival

Underworld, James Blake, Róisín Murphy and more announced for Berlin Festival

From 29th to 31st May Berlin Festival brings together all the city’s best features of unique music, culture and art. Genre barriers are torn down and redefined as techno flirts with hip hop, Arthouse with cabaret, high fashion with street wear, street food with haute cuisine and classical music with club culture.

Playing the 10th anniversary are top international acts Underworld, James Blake, Róisín Murphy, Seth Troxler, Carl Craig, Robert Hood, Rudimental and Ten Walls alongside key players from Berlin's club scene including Richie Hawtin, Fritz Kalkbrenner, Dixon, Tale Of Us and Âme (live). 

Berlin Festival will transform Arena Park into Berlin's biggest club, taking the electronic heartbeat of the city to the next level for a 48hour party.

Club institution and label Watergate has shaped the sound of techno in Berlin for over a decade and will gather resident DJs, label acts and international club regulars like Pan-Pot, Ellen Allien, Tiefschwarz, La Fleur and Marco Resmann.

Westbam will mark his 50th birthday with a special celebration of three decades of techno history: A Night with Westbam, while debaucherous gay club institution SchwuZ will invite you to join a collision of electro, indie, kitsch and glamour on the SchwuZ Love Boat, spread across Hoppetosse's two floors. splash! 

Mag, Germany's first address when it comes to world of hip hop, will return with its own stage featuring acts such as Kelela, Shlohmo or Purple at Glashaus. With its Yellow Lounge concept and celebrated classical music stars Valentina Lisitsa and Avi Avital, Deutsche Grammophon blends classical music and club atmosphere.

Berlin's film festival scene will make an appearance at the Festival under the banner of Berlin 'A' Screen: in co-operation with Berlinale, Teddy Awards, Pornfilmfestival and EXPOSED International Queer Film Festival Berlin. Arena Club will turn into a film lounge with Q&A’s and an intriguing cross-section of the film festival's programme. Meanwhile the city’s art scene will once again turn the entire Festival site into a creative Art Village with street art, graffiti, dance, performance art and poetry slam.

Early bird tickets for Berlin Festival are available via www.berlinfestival.de/tickets

All confirmed acts:

Underworld, James Blake, Róisín Murphy, Richie Hawtin, Fritz Kalkbrenner, Seth Troxler, Carl Craig,

Robert Hood, Rudimental, Dixon, Tale Of Us, Âme (live), Ten Walls (live), Chet Faker, GusGus,

Marek Hemmann (live), Tiga, Twin Shadow, Atari Teenage Riot, Howling, Recondite (live), Kelela,

Sylvan Esso, Pan-Pot, Ellen Allien, Westbam, Tiefschwarz (DJ-Set), Zebra Katz, Ratking, Shlohmo,

Tourist, Yung Lean, Purple, La Fleur, Valentina Lisitsa, Avi Avital, Marco Resmann, DJ Ipek, Eva Be, 

Clé (DJ-Set).

More performances across the Festival's ten indoor and outdoor stages to be announced soon!

Clean Bandit,Kaiser Chiefs and Underworld to headline Camp Bestival 2015

Clean Bandit,Kaiser Chiefs and Underworld to headline Camp Bestival 2015

It might be cold outside but things are really hotting up at Camp Bestival HQ! It’s all coming together for what is destined to be the wildest Camp Bestival yet, and boy do we have a gargantuan line-up announcement planned for early January. But because we’re just a bit too excited, and because it’s Christmas, we want to give you a tempting taster of what’s to come announcing two pretty special headliners and just some arts fun that will be gracing Camp Bestival Goes Wild this 30th July – 2nd August at Lulworth Castle on Dorset’s stunning Jurassic coast.

Rob da Bank says: “Here we go again, my wild and wonderful friends! It’s all getting pretty festive down at Camp Bestival HQ, and whilst we were sat in front of a blazing fire eating too many chocolates we thought why not spill the beans on just a smidgen of the acts that will play Camp Bestival 2015… So, without further ado, let’s intro Clean Bandit as our Friday night headliner who are gonna knock it out the castle with their string led electronic knees up, moving onto Saturday and our special guests will be the riotous Kaiser Chiefs and closing it all down in spectacular fashion one of my favourite acts of all time, Underworld, who are a blistering live act 20 years on from dubnobasswithmyheadman. Prepare to get Born Slippy and pretty wild! Have a fantastic Xmas all my Camp Besti buddies”. 

Yes indeed, the Caste stage will be bouncing this summer at our fest-holiday jamboree with a headline performance from techno gods Underworld who have recently been celebrating the 20th anniversary of their seminal dubnobasswithmyheadman release with what we can only describe as utterly mind-blowing live shows, and we just can’t wait to see them!

Underworld said of their show closing headline set: “We’re really excited to be making our debut at Camp Bestival in 2015. We'll be bringing a show for acid house veterans and festival first timers alike, so see you there next summer”.

Baroque pop giants Clean Bandit will also be playing a brilliant headline set for us! Fusing lush classical motifs with deep house and electro pop, they blew us away a couple of years ago, and now they’re back at the top of the bill to do it all again! Ace. And finally for now, we can announce our very special guests, the ultimate sing-along mob, Kaiser Chiefs! We predict a riot of mums and dads singing at the top of their voices on Saturday night. And don’t forget, there are a host of new acts, old faves, and way beyond still to announce!

There will, as ever, be a thrilling mix of theatre, shows, attractions, activities, poets, authors and talks for all the family, including some incredible new shows like The Cat in the Hat. Yes! We’re ridiculously excited to say that Dr Seuss’s best-loved creation will be rocking the tots (and let’s face it, everyone else) in Lulworth with us this summer. If you can find a more joyous and lively kids theatre show we’ll eat our hats! And back by extremely popular demand were delighted to say Dick V Dom Go Wild in the Ring will see our favourite duo unleashing their unstoppable madness for everyone to enjoy. Anyone who’s seen them before will know that they’re unmissable, so make sure you’re there! There’s so much more arts, theatre, shows and more to announce, from the most beautifully enchanting to the sublimely silly, so watch this space when we tell all in January.

And we’ll also have an adventurous mix of truly wild fun and games throughout the weekend, including Explore Your Inner Beast, which will be all about bushcraft, den building, foraging, survival skills and wild cooking, and Woodland Adventures, which will maximise the wild times with mud kitchens, campfires, nature hunts, mass sleep outs, daily picnics and falconry. There’s loads more Wild action happening, so look out for lots more info in the New Year, plus we’ll have the return of The Den and so much more. We can’t wait to tell you all about it!

If that’s whetted your appetite suitably then why not guarantee yourself a nature fuelled summer and treat your loved ones to some tickets with our amazing Camp Bestival Christmas offer? As well as entry to Camp Bestival, all tickets ordered before 19th December also get a super-festive and exclusive Camp Bestival Christmas card and a souvenir ticket.

Tickets for Camp Bestival 2015 (July 30th to Aug 2nd) are on sale now via: Ticketline / 0844 888 4410

Tuatara to release new album Underworld

TUATARA, the renowned instrumental supergroup featuring members of REM, Pearl Jam, Screaming Trees, and Luna, are releasing  their first album in almost 7 years. The new album, titled "Underworld", will be released on August 4th 2014, via Barrett Martin’s label, Sunyata Records.

It is an ambitious 20-song double album produced by drummer and group founder Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees, Mad Season, Walking Papers), and mixed by Jack Endino (Nirvana, Soundgarden, Screaming Trees). 

"Underworld" is an album that plays more like a modern movie soundtrack, steeped in electronic moods and urban beats, hypnotic bass and guitar, virtuosic saxophone, and shimmering percussion. The album features all five original members: Drummer Barrett Martin, REM guitarist Peter Buck, Luna bassist Justin Harwood, tenor sax legend Skerik, and Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready. 

Like the soundtrack for a movie that has yet to be made, this album is about a journey into the Underworld, the mythical abode of the dead, a place of departed souls and wandering spirits, where deities and demigods battle with shamans and medicine men for spiritual supremacy. It is the realm of shades, a world of shadows and echoes, and that is where our story takes place. It's also where the most interesting stuff happens....

Drew is a contributor to Google Ocean, and he uses the Tuatara song  for his short film about ocean conservancy. His film, “Save Your Planet Everyday", was recently  debuted  at the Reef Renaissance Film Festival on St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands.

To Pre Order ‘Underworld’ Track listing 
CD go to http://www.amazon.co.uk/Underworld-Tuatara/dp/B00KGIU1NC/ref=sr_1_2_bnp_1_aud?ie=UTF8&qid=1403016457&sr=8-2&keywords=tuatara+-+UNDERWORLD


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