Punchbowl Festival returns to the Wiltshire countryside this summer on the weekend of Saturday 31st August - Sunday 1st September. The event raises money for the small local charity Wylye Valley Disabled Children's Riding Fund, and has been running since 2009 to focus on the basics that make a festival fun. That's beautiful music, strong cider and good company, in case you wondering!
The dbe crew will be heading down to end the summer in style, keep up to date with the details on the Facebook Page Here!
After three mightily successful years down in the South of Manchester at Platts Field, Parklife Festival has upped sticks and moved north of the city centre to the celebrated Heaton Park, confirming it's status as one the highlights of this summers festival season.
The festival will take place across the weekend of Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th June, with confirmed guests so far including Plan B, Rita Ora, Disclosure (Live), John Talabot (Live), Julio Bashmore... i'll stop now as we could be here for a while! For full line-up and up-to-date news check out the OFFICIAL SITE HERE.
We are also incredibly proud to announce we have been selected as an official clubbing partner for the festival, so for all your ticketing needs look no further than yours truly. Give us a call on 07921023082 to get hold of your ticket, and don't hang around because this festival sells out every time without fail.
We are Very Very Very excited to announce that dbe will be an Official Clubbing Partner for Hideout Festival 2012!
In 2010 we teamed up with Bigger Than Barry & Ibiza Rocks to bring a week long clubbing holiday where experiences were had, and minds were lost... This ones set to be no different!
So onto 2012, and the mighty Hideout festival. Here's some info on Europes' newest Shindig,
INTRODUCING HIDEOUT 2012
Hideout Festival Croatia made its spectacular debut this summer – a beachside event in a stunning and unique location.
The first-time event was a complete sell-out and made an outstanding entrance onto the summer festival scene. Reviews from attendees, artists and clubbing partners were phenomenal and within days of Hideout 2011 having ended, talk of Hideout 2012 begun.
The wheels are currently being put in motion to bring you an exceptional Hideout 2012 and it is already set to be even more phenomenal than the last.
BIGGER
Due to extreme popularity and demand, capacity is being increased for next year’s event, so even more of you will be able to have the Hideout experience. A fourth venue has been added – in addition to Papaya, Aquarius 1 and Aquarius 2, which proved to be hugely successful venues last year, they’re now adding Kalypso into the mix.
Kalypso is Zcre beaches most infamous night club, right next to the sea and surrounded by palm trees, this exotic venue is going to add a brand new, exciting dimension to Hideout 2012!
To accommodate the extra capacity, as well as securing even more apartments in the town of Novaljia and surrounding areas – just down the road from the action and right near all the bars, pubs, restaurants and all-important beach – Hideout Festival will this time around offer the option to camp right next to the beach, with a stunning mountain back drop to the camp site.
BETTER
Some of your favourite DJ’s from last year will be returning – including Annie Mac, Nero and Jamie Jones who will both be playing back to back on the main stage – whilst some new huge acts will also be introduced. Absolute legends such as Ricardo Villalobos, Four Tet & Caribou, Claude Von Stroke, Skrillex, Skream and Jacques Lu Cont are going to be joining the line-up next year, ensuring an even more outstanding programme than before.
Clubbing partners Mono Cult, Jaunt, Urban Nerds, and Just Jack will be back, who were hugely popular last year, plus some all-new affiliations will be involved including Mulletover, Kubicle, London’s Fabric Live, Birmingham’s Face & Below and of course dbe...
2012 will be also be bringing you an even bigger programme…
Hideout Festival 2012 will take place across the four venues, from Friday 29th June to Sunday 1st July and will this time be hosting an entire week of events, from Tuesday 26th June right up until to the early hours of Monday 2nd July! Plus stay alert for updates and ticket information on the secret location parties they’re going to be hosting around the island – updates will be available on their Facebook and Twitter pages.
HIDEOUT 2012
Not for the faint-hearted, Hideout 2012 will once again combine the stamina of a beach holiday with the intense euphoria of the most turbo charged electronic festival!
So by now you should be plenty educated and read up on this month's eminent dbe lineup. The albums and singles have been downloaded (or bought if you're a good boy or girl), and the mixes have been rinsed thoroughly. But, some of you might find trouble getting information on one particular headliner. And we here at DB HQ understand you plight! Yes, the one man bad boy known as Oneman seems to be quite an online enigma, and for those outside of our capital city or perhaps those who don't know of the seminal pirate/not pirate radio station Rinse FM, let me give you a brief rundown...
Whereas many line-ups put on from ourselves come from DJs and producers that have been killing the game with singles/eps/albums with a huge array of dubplates, Oneman is an exception to that rule. Known for being simply, a hugely talented, exciting and enigmatic personality on the decks, Oneman has carved a name for himself without any releases or upfront dubplates from other producers. Known for playing both modern bass, dubstep and garage tunes, Oneman also integrates older garage from the mid and late 90s, specifically what he listened to growing up.
“I don’t find there’s enough classics out there... I’m happy making (mixes) as I do (because I) feel that way. The lack of 'classics' over the past five years has kind of lead me to go back around to garage and bring some of those tracks back to life"
It's a refreshing way to play out and create mixes and one many people have looked up to and are now flipping the "always looking forward" mentality of djing. With the classics in mind, Oneman always suprises his audience with mixes that shouldn't work but do, often producing smiles from people who havn't heard a certain 'classic' for a looong time. He claims that the best tunes to dance to are the 2step beats, the tunes with rhythmic energy and a certain groove injection. His mission is purely to create a good vibe and to not stop your feet moving.
Not only is Oneman an incredibly varied DJ, he is also an incredibly fast DJ. Oneman is content switching the crossfader over to another track without checking the BPM whatsoever. Headphones are often left on the side which allows him to mix fastly but with incredible skill. This abilty is pure balls out DJing and something that someone who mixes themselves can highly appreciate. Fast mixing also allows for 'more classics per minute' and is one of the main reasons we booked him, we know we're getting ALOT of tunes!
So whether he's playing new Funky, starting off with dub-house, classic 2 step or just plain ol dubstep, Oneman is certainly a purveyor of the rejuvenation of classic garage sounds and a continuing force in blending the parallels between various genres. And between those lines and mixes comes moments of pure perfect magic. "The Third Space" as it is becoming known is the place between two tunes where a transition becomes a new amalgamation altogether (but blended so well it sounds like a new song). It's something you will have to search out yourself, and it's not hard to find. Whether you choose to buy his latest Rinse Mix CD, which compiles the latest in new dubstep and garage, or listen to his shows on Rinse where his varied palette for tunes forms a very exciting show, or of course catch him live where his knowledge of his audience backed with arsenal of great records will get the whole crowd moving, you are sure to be highly surprised and intrigued by the UK's latest music don.
It is a privilege and an honour to be invited to co-host the main dubstep room at this years Detonate Indoor Festival held at the Stealth/Rock city complex in Nottingham.
For one evening only Notts party regulators BASSLACED and ourselves will be taking over the 1000 strong 'Club EQ' as part of the festival and presenting a line-up dripping with dubstep royalty. Let the line-up for EQ speak for itself...
And that ain't it. Oh no. The rest of the festival includes acts such as Andy C // Claude Von Stroke // Hudson Mohawke // Tinie Tempah // Ms Dynamite // Toddla T // Zinc & more... Sweet baby Jesus and the orphans.
For the full line up and more info on the festival click here...
