From jamesx Sent Wed, May 27th 1998, 10:20
From jamesx Sent Wed, May 27th 1998, 10:20
>X-Sender: (Unverified) >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 22:16:43 +0100 >To: xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xx.xx >From: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xx.xx (Peter Lawrence) >Subject: Re: Line up for Big Chill festie >X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by >popmail.dircon.co.uk id WAA24826 > >new updated web site should be this week...www.southern.com/chilled/ > >May Update >>> Big Chill festival August 07/08/09 License granted > > >Latest Update >^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > >The Big Chill team up with Hoxton based charity Space Studios to present >THE ENCHANTED GARDEN - a three day mixed media arts event in central >southern England Wiltshire / Dorset borders (15 miles from the Dorset >coast) with a variety of mixed media but the setting will be very special >- the Larmer Tree Victorian Pleasure Gardens laid out in 1880 by General >Pitt Rivers. > >The site - as good an example of "outstanding natural beauty" as you'll >find in England - features lawns, roman temples, Nepalese buildings, >ornamental pheasants, real life peacocks and free flying macaws, bark >gardens, and numerous glades and ponds. Weekend attractions will be wide >ranging: music, performance art, installations, open air theatre, digital >art, internet webcast and workshops, good food, bars, tea rooms, market >area and free camping. > >The license for the event has already been granted for the weekend of >August 7-9 and there are still tickets left although they are selling fast. > > >Line-up >^^^^^^^ > >Confirmations so far : 4 Hero, Global Communication, Mr Scruff, Ian O'Brien >(Clear), Jimpster, Pork Recordings featuring Fila Brazillia, Akotcha, Baby >Mammoth and Bullitnuts, instrumental/Mao, Michael Reinboth/Beanfield >(Compost), Rainer Truby/A Forest Mighty Black (Compost), Metamatics, >Diversity Of Life, Tipsy (tbc), Euphonic, Rita Ray, MELT 2000, Byron >Wallen, DJ LoveGrove (Cloudwatch, Baltimore), Sidestepper, Earthtribe, Joi, >Mixmaster Morris, Knights Of The Occasional Table, Rollercone, Far Out >Recordings, London Electricity / Hospital Recordings, Raya featuring Andrew >Beck, Simon Green, Dave Colbran, Gamers In Exile (Guido Zen/Pik'n'Mix), Tom >Churchill and Steve Merrylees, Phantom Beats, Cai B=F8jsen-Moller, Nelson >Dilation, Bedouin Ascent, Hub, Hoax, Pacific 231 (Japan), Another Fine Day, >Paul Thomas (Kiss Fm), Toona, 10 sui, dj Paolo. > >VJs : Hexstatic, Glimpse, Sorted and guests >interFACE global netcasting >internet workshops >Big Chill FM - bring a radio! TBC >Special guest : Full Moon (Saturday) > >Night-time visual art site-specific exploration, featuring performance and >projection in the ponds, laser and UV installations, video projections, >sculpture in the glades and an open air cinema. > >Performances and installations by Gary Hume, Matt Mitchell, Carl Von >Weiler,Rachel Inman, Michelle Griffiths, Tina McCallan, Maria Yiasoumi >Thomas Gray and Mark Bell, Kino Film Club - curator Alice Sharp. > >More to be added... > >Brixton Academy box office is our major ticket outlet and is also taking >credit card and cheque bookings - all weekend tickets are 50 pounds. There >are limited numbers of children's tickets (5-14 years) left at 12 pounds >each. > >The box office number (which accepts credit cards) is 0171 924 9999 or >alternatively tickets may be ordered direct from The Big Chill via cheque >made payable to PK Productions at The Enchanted Garden, PO Box 7378, London >N4 3RH. > >also > >Forthcoming : London > >The Big Chill presents INDIAN SUMMER with Ananda Shankar and guests State >Of Bengal, Earthtribe, Nelson Dilation and the Outcaste Sound System with >Ges-e, Mo Magic and a live performance from Badmarsh and Shri. > >Shepherd's Bush Empire, Shepherd's Bush Green, W12 > >Friday July 17th. 8pm-2am > >Ananda Shankar on stage at 9.30pm. > >10 pounds in advance. Entry on night is 15 pounds. > >Box Office 0171 924 9999 Stargreen 0171 734 8932 Ticketmaster 0171 344 >4444 Tower and HMV > > >In the 60s and 70s, working on the West Coast of America and then Calcutta, >Ananda Shankar developed a potent fusion brew - jazz, psychedelia, American >r'n'b, soundtracks and Indian classical instrumentation collided and >mutated, producing amazing cover versions of The Stones' 'Jumping Jack >Flash' and The Doors' 'Light My Fire' which became cult hits with >rare-groove merchants and lounge lizards. Two tracks in particular, >'Streets of Calcutta' and 'Dancing Drums' are absolute classics of their >time, still sounding totally fresh today. > >After a very long wait, Ananda Shankar finally comes to Britain to >collaborate with Indian and British musicians. Starting with a three week >rehearsal period, he will be updating some of the better known pieces from >his back catalogue and commissioning new work in conjunction with UK based >producer State of Bengal and a band of top musicians. Ananda goes on to >headline his first major London date at The Big Chill's 'Indian Summer' >event with a selection of the freshest from the Asian club circuit >supporting. The event will enable two generations of innovative music >producers to come together and create something fresh for today's >audiences. It should also finally recognise the unique contribution that >Ananda has made to contemporary Indian music and reinforce his influence on >a wide variety of musical styles. This will not be revivalism it will be >the sounds of tomorrow today - from India to England live and direct. >