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13 February 2015

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

Underworld, James Blake, Róisín Murphy 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!

17 October 2013

Jamaican Stars Mighty Diamonds, Head To Liverpool For Night Of Reggae And Caribbean Cuisine

Jamaican Stars Head To Liverpool For Night Of Reggae And Caribbean Cuisine

Jamaican Stars Mighty Diamonds, Head To Liverpool For Night Of Reggae And Caribbean Cuisine

Following the fantastic tours with Mokoomba and Culture, Oyé Touring and Trading are back with another treat for the UK. Jamaican roots reggae legends, Mighty Diamonds, best known for their album Right Time, will be visiting 10 venues across the UK in October for what promises to be a fantastic tour for the harmony trio.

One of Jamaica's longest running vocal trios, Mighty Diamonds, will visit Liverpool as part of their UK Tour with 'Oyé Touring and Trading'. The harmony trio plays to 'entertain the crowds and spread a message of unity and love' and their records are a staple in any respectable reggae collection. The roots legends have been entertaining and educating audiences with an unchanged line-up for 41 years and their performance at District on Saturday 26th October is set to be an amazing night of music with support from France's own HandCart Band and DJ sets from one of Liverpool's oldest soundsystems, One a Penny Sound. The evening's food will be provided by the famous Trenchtown Truck Company, serving the best Caribbean cuisine.

The band’s UK tour coincides with the release of Pass The Knowledge, the latest in VP Record’s critically acclaimed Reggae Anthology series, which shines the spotlight on The Mighty Diamonds. Collecting together 40 of their greatest hits including many tracks making their CD debut as well as a number of previously unreleased dubplate exclusives, Pass The Knowledge is brimful of roots classics like The Right Time, I Need A Roof, Identity, Gates Of Zion and Pass The Kouchie. A DVD of The Mighty Diamonds live at Reggae Sunsplash is also included showcasing that the Diamonds have always been equally at home on stage as they are in the studio.

For more information on Africa Oye and Oye Touring & Trading, check out the links below:

africaoye.com / facebook.com/africaoye / @africaoye #africaoye

28 September 2010

LIVERPOOL MUSIC WEEK 2010

LIVERPOOL MUSIC WEEK 2010

FREE SHOW HEADLINERS ANNOUNCED!

Artists announced for 2 week extravaganza include-

DARWIN DEEZ, SLEIGH BELLS, LOS CAMPESINOS!,

CHAPEL CLUB, MILES KANE, CAST

The UK’s biggest indoor winter music festival kicks off on 29^th October and we are pleased to announce details for this year’s Liverpool Music Week free show agenda.

This year LMW HQ has delivered one of their most cutting edge line ups ever, which will feature performances from the likes of Leftfield, Efterklang, Chase & Status, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, Warpaint, Hadouken, Beardyman and K’naan. To wrap up proceedings, we’re thrilled to announce Warp Records’ !!! Chk Chk Chk is the final ticketed show to be announced for the run of this year’s debut shows at The Stanley Theatre and their first Liverpool show in over 7 years on 31^st October.

However this year the multi-venue festival - that this week has also been nominated as Best UK Metropolitan Festival in the UK Festival Awards - is proud to announce one of the most exciting free line-ups in the event’s 8 year history, with a selection of the UK’s freshest artists at the one of the city’s most lively young music hotspots - MOJO.

After their sell-out debut Liverpool show in May, Darwin Deez return to open the festival’s activities at MOJO. After huge success with the first single releases from their debut album – and already a firm favourite with the Liverpool crowd, the Deez gang will bring their music, moves and Radar Detectors to kick off the festival free shows in style on Friday October 29^th.

The free music agenda has always been an integral part of the festival’s blueprint, and this year audiences will also be able to get the chance to see exciting new acts such as Sleigh Bells, Field Music, Egyptian Hip Hop, O Children, Chapel Club, and Los Campesinos! all taking place at MOJO between 29^th Oct – 15^th Nov.

Also at MOJO is what will be one of the most anticipated of our free shows. Miles Kane will make his Liverpool solo debut, since his international success with The Last Shadow Puppets. This show takes place on Thursday 11^th November..

Another serious highlight of the free show agenda comes from one of Liverpool Music Week’s favourite sons. John Power will return with Cast to play in the performance space at BBC Radio Merseyside. John has a special affiliation with the festival since his legendary show back in 2005 where he was joined on stage with La’s bandmate Lee Mavers. This unique performance from Cast, especially for LMW, will precede their full UK tour including 3 sold-out o2 Academy Liverpool dates later in the month. Again, please check the LMW Facebook for further announcements on how to gain entry.

LMW Director Mike Deane said “We are delighted at the agenda we have pulled together for 2010. Important headline artists will fly in (out of festival season) from all over the world to play alongside the city’s most important Scousers of today. To have Cast and Miles Kane playing the type of shows that are intrinsic to how the festival works, is a perfect example of how we mix it with the music’s hottest new artists such as Darwin Deez, Egyptian Hip Hop & Sleigh Bells. I’m very much looking forward to the free MOJO shows at this year’s festival.”

You can access more information on these shows by checking the festival Facebook page - www.facebook.com/officialliverpoolmusicweek

If you are looking to go to MOJO free shows, please be advised to attend early. Doors at 7pm each show. We will announce ways of guaranteeing entrance on the Facebook page. The full agenda for the free shows will be announced in the next 2 weeks.

Liverpool Music Week has been nominated for Best Metropolitan Festival, Best Grassroots Festival and Best Family Festival in this year’s UK Festival Awards, to vote go to http://uk.festivalawards.com/

Tickets on sale now / Info: www.liverpoolmusicweek.co.uk / Tel: 0151 707 1309

DATES ANNOUNCED:-

MOJO FREE SHOW AGENDA

in association with BIDO LITO!

DARWIN DEEZ

Friday 29^th October

Mojo – Back Berry Street