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21 January 2015

Craig Charles and Pearson Sound announced as headliners Horizon Festival 2015

Craig Charles and Pearson Sound headliners Horizon Festival 2015

Craig Charles and Pearson Sound announced as headliners Horizon Festival 2015

A new wave of artists has just been announced for Bulgaria’s Horizon Festival. Joining a line-up that already includes Moodymann, Submotion Orchestra, KiNK, DJ EZ, Ben UFO and Move D are BBC 6 Music’s Craig Charles, Pearson Sound, Congo Natty, Solo Banton, Fliptrix and DJ Molotov. Drum and Bass acts Kasra, Ant TC1 and Foreign Concept also join the epic line up, as they are announced to play the Metalheadz vs. Critical showcase.

Taking place on 7th-13th March in Bansko Ski Resort, Bulgaria, the seven-day Horizon Festival starts at just 169GBP for festival ticket and accommodation. For more information and tickets head to the Horizon festival website.

What makes this boutique festival such an unique and incredible experience is the snow holiday element, of both ski-ing and snowboarding, mixed in with some of the best cutting edge electronic dance music Europe has to offer across its thirty exceptional venues, including secret mountain hotels, forest stages, medieval banquet halls, underground cavernous clubs and abandoned warehouses - all at unbelievably low prices.

LINE UP SO FAR:
Moodymann / Submotion Orchestra / KiNK / Ben UFO / Move D / Craig Charles / Congo Natty / Ant TC1 / Kasra / Foreign Concept / Solo Banton / Fliptrix / DJ Molotov / DJ EZ / Fatima and The Eglo Band / Om Unit / Paleman / Mungo's Hi-Fi / Benton / Egyptian Lover / Alexander Nut / People Just Do Nothing / Flava D / El - B / Dan Shake / Amy Becker / Edward Scissortongue / Dolan Bergin / Uncle Dugs / Dj Sammy B-Side / Nick Nikolov / Joe Raygun / Krywald / Farrer / Remi / Napper / Prangman / Twon / Never Trelson / Tekniq / Ramsey Hercules / Runner / Tommy Gun / Selector Lazy Face / Ison / Actor One / Dirtycheeks / George Adi / Darktom / The Menendez Brothers + many more acts tbc



15 October 2014

Horizon Festival 2015 announce headliners and first wave of acts

Horizon Festival 2015  headliners first wave of acts

Horizon Festival 2015 announce headliners and first wave of acts

Horizon Festival 2015 takes place at Bansko, the biggest ski resort in Bulgaria, from March 7th to March 13th 2015. What makes this boutique festival such an unique and incredible experience, is the snow holiday element of both ski-ing and snowboarding, mixed in with some of the best electronic dance music Europe has to offer - all at unbelievably low prices.  Prices for the week (accommodation, skiing and festival entrance) start as low as 259GBP per person.

The festival represents a wide range of dance genres. 2015 will see established House and Techno artists Moodymann, KiNK, Ben UFO, Move D and Egyptian Lover performing both on the slopes and around the downtown clubs. The Bass and Garage scenes will be represented by acts such as DJ EZ, Om Unit and Benton, while the Groove side of the festival will be covered with live appearances from Submotion Orchestra, Fatima and the Eglo Band and Mungo’s Hi-Fi.  On top of that, a whole host of up-and-coming artists are billed across the seven-day festival. Previous years have seen breaking dance music stars such as Jackmaster, Route 94, Ben Pearce and Bondax perform, so if you like to stay ahead of the crowd this is the place to hear music that is just about to break big.

Now in its third year, Horizon presents a unique winter snow holiday wrapped up in an abundance of cutting edge electronic music, spread across thirty unique venues. You never quite know where the next party will next take place with secret mountain hotels, forest stages, medieval banquet halls, underground cavernous clubs and abandoned warehouses all playing host to the Horizon parties, alongside the town’s numerous clubs and bars.

Bansko has one of the longest ski seasons in Europe and the 70kms of breath-taking mountain ski slopes up to 2600m high, provide all Horizon-goers ample ski and board fun. Beginners can take advantage of the ski school at very low cost and intermediates can make good use of the long blue and red runs. The mountains black runs are guaranteed to clear advanced skiers’ fuzzy heads in preparation for the next series of parties.

Food and drink are also super cheap – you can eat out for as little as £5 in Bansko, which also offers up the beauty of the Pirin National Park, ancient streets, culture drenched churches and a wealth of history dating back to the earliest settlers.

For a week of epic proportions, book your tickets early through the Horizon website now. A brilliant, affordable snow holiday, packed with novel Bulgarian charm, great quality food and drink, a breath taking mountain playground, friendly and beautiful faces and of course the non-stop music, which neighbouring towns can just about hear… What’s not to love?



26 March 2014

Meadows In The Mountains unveils over 40 artists for it's magical mountain line up

Meadows In The Mountains festival 2014

Meadows In The Mountains unveils over 40 artists for it's magical mountain line up


 Meadows In The Mountains Festival unleashes it's otherworldly sunset, sunrise and sun kissed line up for it's 4th chapter this June. With over 40 artists announced today, Meadows is back bigger, better with a wider spectrum of music and a superb array of creative art collectives and installations set across three days in an unrivalled and breathtakingly beautiful festival vista. 

Set in the heart of the stunning Rhodope Mountains, Meadows is completely unlike any other festival in the world and is very proud of it's quirky and different attitude that does not follow others trends or other festival’s concepts. Meadows is a festival dedicated to offering a truly unique and one off experience for all, not just a list of run of the mill artists reflected throughout other european festivals.
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As the beautiful landscapes of Bulgaria beckon once again, the magical mystery and true sense of community that Meadows In The Mountains represents returns home once again, a world away from other same same soul less festivals, Meadows is a festival who’s uniquely intimate ethos is predominantly made by it’s stunning setting and friendly Europe wide people that attend and not just the exquisite line up it presents.

This year's mountainous line up presents something for all tastes; a summer celebration of outstanding and beautiful worldwide music comprising of some of the best live and DJ talents, who are all over, on and bubbling under the radar fused with the Meadows In The Mountains friends and family who will collectively be showcasing for your dancing and listening pleasure everything from disco, house, electronica, acoustic, jazz, funk, chill, hip hop and even spoken word across the festival's two stages; Sunset and Sunrise stages, all set alongside a backdrop of mind expanding creative arts, collectives and installations set in the stunning vistas high up near Bulgaria's Greek border. 

This year Meadows adventurers and line up cohorts bring forth a vast array of Europe's finest DJ and live artist talent including the likes of recent Theo Parrish collaborator and undeniable 'Flowers EP' anthem maker (and Gilles Peterson's track of the year) Andrew Ashong to the mountain, his crate digger mentality yields a rich chronology of funk, soul, Latin music and weird interstitial rarities which is absolutely not to be missed. Brand New Wayo will be bringing up front music from new artists alongside heritage and obscure records from decades past, for a magic carpet ride not to be forgotten. Jazzanova's Alex Barck will be bringing a flavour of the infamous Berlin collective's sounds to his mountain top DJ set, the group are simply just supreme producers, composers, remixers and party starters so expect to move BIG, Dresden's Uncanny Valley label co-founder Albrecht Wassersleben will be taking the Meadows crew on a ride from RnB influenced House to hypnotic african styled Techno, with the occasional oldschool driven Hip Hop and Soul tune, he'll be pleasuring it up!

Also stepping up is longtime Meadows friend Razorlight's Fred Stitz who heads back with his special blend of beautiful acoustic mountain magic, alongside consistently impressive, experimental electronic music master. Hrdvision who will be showcasing his unendingly diverse sound that distills his myriad of influences into irresistible and deeply different dance floor moments. Fresh from their recent run in with Prince, Love Is The Law Magazine will be showcasing their effervescent beats and treats on the mountain top and Maayan Nidam, all round beautiful lady and regular fixture at clubs and events like Tokyo's Colors Studio, Frankfurt's Robert Johnson, New York's Wolf + Lamb, Belgium's Decadence and Amsterdam's Mono-Club will be showing off her looping, swinging, hips-and-ass-friendly groove with a big helping of bubbling mountain funk in the mix.

Man of many talents and supreme uber creative DJ,  Mirko Hector is returning for another luscious mountain set, there isn't much that this man can't do, a truly unique set awaits. Moomin's zany dance floor delicacies and ethereal super sexy psyche sounds will be gently engulfing the mountain with warm, mellow sun kisses, also stepping up is Watergate resident and Upon You Records stable mate and all round Berliner good guy Ruede Hagelstein, he will be dropping his slick sounds at the peak alongside another Meadows friend, San Proper, who is back for more crazy mountain magic, he's a man who without a doubt knows how to work the party, not one to sit still he'll be bringing his live set and with it everything from Acid to Afrobeat to the party and undoubtedly much, much more. 

Meadows In The Mountains supports, nurtures and encourages the best new and emerging worldwide music talent, and this year is no exception with so many delightful sun kissed musical moments spanning every genre under the sun set across the three days to come from the likes of:

Andy Ukhtomsky, Balearic Social, Bosha, Bruno Schmidt, Chaz Thorogood, Chrissy Meraki, Deadecho, Delfonic, The Fish, Garo, Gemma Rogers and The Mil Men, The General, Gypsy Delica, Hunter and The Bear, Itchy Rich, Into The Moon, Jackson Scott and The Jackstronauts, Jeange, Jim Cassady and Pablo, JOill, Kingz Of Vocals, Laylla Dane, Leonardo Robarts, Michael Moore, Rachel D'arcy, Rat On The Roof, Strangelove, Son Of Sun, These Ghosts, Will Lynch and SARJ, Wizard Of Odd  and many many more. Come, indulge, expand and take a new musical memory home!

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19 March 2012

Meadows In The Mountains Festival

Meadows In The Mountains Festival

Meadows In The Mountains Festival

RHODOPIAN MOUNTAINS, BULGARIA
The dawn of an unrivalled new adventure
June 8th 9th and10th
**Music line up just announced**

CRAZY P (SOUNDSYSTEM) / WILL SAUL / BICEP
 LO*KEE / RIOT JAZZ / JANE FITZ / JUST JACK DJ’S / REGGAE ROAST
THE COMMON TONGUES / SOMETHINKSOUNDS / MIRKO HECTOR
TRED BENEDICT / CARLOS VALDES / NORTHERN PURPOSE / HOMEPARK / KITSCH & SYNC
DEAD ECHO / QVC / BRUNO SCHMIDT / THE PRIORY / DEMOB HAPPY / THE COLOUR MOVEMENT
 LINLEY HAMILTON QUARTET / HENRY KIRKUP / CHAZ THOROGOOD
And many more…

Early Bird tickets sold out!
Return flights only £100-£150
3 DAY FESTIVAL PASSES STILL AVAILABLE: £65 + BF

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Meadows In The Mountains is like no other festival in the world. Nestled in the stunning heart of the Rhodopian Mountains near Bulgaria’s Greek border, set in an otherworldly and jaw-dropping setting that is unmatched anywhere on the planet. A truly encompassing and unique music, arts and literature festival which brings to life the possibility of real adventure embraced by guaranteed Sun and friendly faces fused with a thoughtful, inspired and explorative music and arts line up that burns brightly all day and all night against the magical back drop of the intimately beautiful mountain top scenery that makes it so very special.
Now in it’s second year and until now only accessible to those in the know, the festival this year opens its doors to offer a select number of festival tickets to the lucky few. To retain its Intimate and unrivalled ethos the festival does not follow trends and other festival concepts and is proud of its quirky and unique attitude and with a combined party mileage over the years the team have found the best tried and tested recipe for their way forward.

Over three days from sunrise to sunset and throughout the night under the stars, the music, art and theatre line up revolves around two main stages -Sunrise Slope and Sunset Valley all set in breathtaking scenery.

This year’s carefully selected music line up reflects the festival’s unique ethos and features some of the best dance, electronica and band talent under the Sun.  Crazy P, known for some of the best live dance music shows on the planet will be getting the party started, whilst infamous producer and DJ Will Saul the man behind Simple Records and Aus Records will be taking to the decks to show off some deep dubdiscohousetechno licked with flashes of soul and irresistible melodies that hark back to the early days of Detroit, perfect to shake a leg to in the mountain Summer Sun.

Other artists heading out to Meadows In The Mountains include the likes of Belfast duo, Bicep (Feel My Bicep) with a love all things analog their blog Feel My Bicep has grown to be a retro goldmine for those searching for a cutting-edge and hard-to-find disco, Chicago-house, Detroit techno and italo edits - expect sonic treats!. Whilst East London underground legend and promoter Jane Fitz will be rocking the mountain top alongside the likes of Lo*Kee collective re-nound for their Sunday day parties in East London these boys really know how to get you going at the after after after after party and you can trust Riot Jazz to bring their infamous twisted mix of Funk, Soul, Hip Hop and aggressive jazz, sculpted round their live 8-piece Riot Jazz Brass Band to the party…. pure audio sunshine!. Somethinksounds will be also be representing with some of their infamous DJ sets that reflect the best of everything from House, Hip Hop, Garage, Techno, RnB, Funky, Reggae, Soul and Boogie.

Also joining them in the Meadows In The Mountains ranks over the festival’s jam packed three days will be some pretty amazing special guests and performances from some of the best soundsters around - Reggae Roast, Just Jack DJ’s, The Common Tongues, Mirko Hector, Tred Benedict, Carlos Valdes, Northern Purpose, Homepark, Kitsch and Sync, Dead Echo, QVC, Bruno Schmidt, The Priory, Demob Happy, The Colour Movement, Linley Hamilton Quartet, Henry Kirkup, Chaz Thorogood and many more. With an eclectic arts and theatre line up to be announced shortly what’s not to like?

Sunshine is a must when it comes to festivals and Meadows in The Mountains brings you some of the best weather that the Mediterranean has to offer. Set in the exceptionally beautiful surroundings of the Rhodope Mountains lies the quaint Bulgarian village of Polkovnik Serafimovo. 850m above sea level and a stones throw away from the Greek border, this enchanting village is where Meadows in the Mountains likes to call home.

Historically the country has been invaded and conquered by the Roman Empire, Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great and was finally enveloped by the mighty communist iron curtain (and now us!). As a result the local area has a rich cultural heritage including ancient Thracian sites such as Perperikon and Tatul; medieval castles, churches, monasteries and scenic villages with traditional Bulgarian architecture from 18th and 19th century. The Rhodopes is the greenest and most picturesque Bulgarian mountain range and is also known as the homeland of the mythological singer Orpheus. Orpheus was a legendary musician, poet, and prophet in ancient Greek religion and myth. His accolades are centered on his ability to charm all living things and even stones with his music. Like Orpheus, Meadows in the Mountains invites you to be charmed by our music along with the beautiful scenery and people of Bulgaria.

The festival ticket includes a camping pitch and tent, which leaves plenty of wallet space for drinks and heaps of bag space for favorite fancy dress. Showers and clean toilets are provided and the on site convenience shack will ensure all onsite needs are catered for. There are also limited availability for apartments and house rentals, these are situated in the nearby village, which is a pleasant 10-minute walk from the festival site.

On top of this Meadow In The Mountains festival goers will be treated to a delectable range of locally sourced fresh food will be available onsite to feed any hunger, no dried up burgers or greasy eggs and all charged at reasonable ‘festival’ prices.

For an exceptional festival of magical adventure Meadows In The Mountains is the one festival not to be missed this summer and with only a handful of tickets available and early bird tickets already gone expect tickets to be like go like magic mountain dust!

Watch out for more announcements soon: www.meadowsinthemountains.com