Venetian Snares back in Norfolk / Faster Than Sound Festival

[james]

We tried unsucessfully to book Snares again for a date during his upcoming European tour, the reason being that he didn't want to play two dates in East Anglia.

I soon wondered where else he would be playing so stumbled across these details on the Planet-Mu forum.

VENETIAN SNARES EURO 06 SUMMER TOUR::

01/06 Italy, Rome @ Alpheus, Via del Commercio. M
02/06 Switzerland, Bad Bonn festival. M
03/06 tbc
04/06 Austria, Vienna @ Wuc. M
05/06 tbc
06/06 UK, Brighton (special 666 party) @ Concorde2. M
07/06 Birmingham, Capsule @ Custard Factory
09/06 UK, Leeds @ Velvet Underground (downstairs at Northern Lights). M
10/06 UK, Bristol: Bash Out @ Black Swan. M
OFF
15/06 Holland, Amsterdam @ Paradiso. M
16/06 Belgium, Vooruit, Breakcore Gives Me Wood
17/06 Denmark, Copenhagen, Lab
19/06 Denmark, Aarhus, Musikcafeen
20/06 tbc
21/06 tbc
22/06 tbc
23/06 UK, London @ Electrowerkz. M
24/06 Faster Than Sound Festival @ Aldeburgh, Norfolk
25/06 tbc
OFF
28/06 France tbc
29/06 France tbc
30/06 Germany, Berlin, Maria. M

M = Special Planet Mu100 Party including Mu Ziq live (& more tbc) to celebrate the 100th album release from Planet Mu.

Notice the one in bold, "Faster Than Sound Festival" in a village somewhere in Norfolk. Does anyone have any clue what this is? Google didn't come up with anything for me and I'd like to know more about a festival where Mr Funk is going to be.

[MikeTheBarber]

there is a place by that name in Suffolk, on the coast between ipswich and lowestoft........

There is a link on this webpage - http://www.aldeburgh-uk.com/indexframes.htm That mentions a festival with no date, but the link doesnt work!

Now I just found this......http://www.aldeburgh.co.uk/home.cfm?fla ... /index.cfm

"59th Aldeburgh Festival 9-25 June 2006"

Looks like it will be that, but by the listing on that website it all seems to be classical, maybe the organisers heard a little snippet from Rossz Csillag and booked him ..........seems a bit random venue for pure mashup

[MikeTheBarber]

Just read a bit more.......

"
24/06/06

59th Aldeburgh Festival
Faster Than Sound
Faster Than Sound will be a super-sonic experience at Bentwaters Airbase, taking off where Channel 4's Space Cadets landed. A vibrant mix of music and installations from the worlds of electronica/dance and contemporary music will swirl around Bentwaters' Hush House, Star Wars Building and The Lightning Hangar."


Sounds like it will be dope!!!!!


ps. your google skillz suck

[DannyBee]

Sounds like total fun...

Snares on a disused airbase in Norfolk...

Why don't we all go down there and mash it up big time and give some support the the Canadian Grumpy Legend... (Well he was at Uncollected anyway)

Anyone know who is organising this? All the decent DJ's in Norfolk should get on the case and make this awesome!

Bring it ON!

[DannyBee]

did a genus bit of research by going to....

www.fasterthansound.co.uk (as it was the festivals name)

and it appears that it links to Lumin (a london based promoting company)

Shitmat and Snares are listed on the site so I guess we can hope for good things?

Damn I am easily excited today... (obviously it's a shame it isn't in Brighton *JOKE*)

[Jonny Megabyte]

Now this sounds really interesting (in a 'another excuse to get mashed' kinda way)

[james]

Dannybee found some further details on this, and I managed to dig up their website. Looks like a hawt line-up in an intresting venue.

Faster Than Sound
Saturday 24 June 2006
Bentwaters Airbase, daytime/evening

Venetian Snares
Luke Vilbert
Mira Calix
Andrea Parker
Shitmat
Max Tundra
Mileece
Ultre
Tim Exile

Faster Than Sound will be a super-sonic experience at Bentwaters Airbase, taking off where Channel 4’s Space Cadets landed. A vibrant mix of music and installations from the worlds of electronica/dance and contemporary music will swirl around Bentwaters’ Hush House, Star Wars Building and The Lightning Hangar. With artists including Venetian Snares, Mira Calix, Andrea Parker, Mileece and Shitmat, an installation by the University of East Anglia and Sound Film from Semiconductor, it will be an exhilarating ride.

More information available soon - register your interest on fasterthansound@aldeburgh.co.uk
Co-produced with Lumin, with support from the University of East Anglia

Website: http://www.aldeburgh.co.uk/events/event ... cfm?id=747

This in June and Glade in July. Yay for summer festivals.

[james]

Official website is up and running with ticket info.

http://www.fasterthansound.com/

Apparently you have to get a coach there because regulations. There is one going from Norwich though.

[MikeTheBarber]

I dont know if i can goto this cos its too expensive and i have no money, unless i go for the break in option

[james]

Good luck breaking in to an ex-military base.

[renzelkouten]

this still sounds pretty fatty tho,

i reckon could be worth da monies

[MikeTheBarber]

Why not goto the show at the elektrowerkz in london the night before, its got a lot of the same people playing plus some more (also hasnt got some of the others playing) but is half the rpice and goes on all the way til 6am............where as this finishes at 11 or 12 from what i can gather?

[MikeTheBarber]

Good luck breaking in to an ex-military base.

Most airfields and such only have normal chain link fences around them, its just the perimeter patrols or millitary police that would make it hard......this place prolly would have a staff of about 20 max, mostly at the main hanger and a few on the gates........recon it would be easy as long as theres no wrist bands

[james]

Well with a line-up like this that it's bound to be pretty militant.

I failed to notice that the electrowerkz night was the night before this as I am definitely going to that. Looks like it will be one messy weekend if I manage to get to both.

[james]

News flash: Cars are now allowed to park on site.