Kidz Rage !

Human Zoo is a new and exciting electronic music and arts festival for the East of England that aims to bring a friendly and intimate house party feel infused with a sprightly summer festival vibe. The three day outdoor party sees three music tents, hosted by the award winning club brand Spectrum, London’s warehouse sensation Slaang and Leeds institution Technique, who will each provide some of the UK’s and world’s most exciting and upfront live acts and DJs. The line up is as strong and varied as you’ll see for a small scale festival in its first year, and encompasses some of today’s best electronic advocates, from deep house and techno, over to drum and bass, breaks, beats, hip-hop, electro, not forgetting a slice of indie, folk and jazz, and so much more across three glorious days, nestled in the beautiful east of England, right between Cambridge and Ipswich, and only 45 minutes from London.

As well as the three main music arenas there will be an acoustic band stand, Spitfire air display, fireworks, entertainers, healing fields, children’s activities and entertainment, chill out tent, art gallery, saunas and hot tubs, Bedouin cinema and an art gallery all on a fantastic site just a couple of miles outside Bury St Edmonds in Suffolk, East Anglia. More details of exactly what will be happening in the arts festival side of Human Zoo will be coming shortly.

The first event for Human Zoo, originally conceptualized by teenagers Tom Notley and Dan Soler, has Pete Jordan (of Spectrum fame) curating the overall programming of the event, and together they feel they are the cusp of something special. With all other festivals in the UK having thrown their hats into the ring, so to speak, Human Zoo comes through a little late but all the better for it. Seeking to foster a new kind of festival environment, with as much music as there is traditional festival activity to engage in, Human Zoo represents a left of center philosophy far away from the more obvious events.

Wait for the reveiw as Mr DNBSPACE and myself will be attending. Expect some crazy stories and photos to come!

The Line Up:

Kid Creole & The Coconuts
DJ Yoda (Live A/V Set)
Coldcut - Journeys by VJ
Pendulum (DJ Set)
Green Velvet
Scratch Perverts
Black Strobe (Live)
The Plump DJs
M.A.N.D.Y (Phillip)
Fedde Le Grand
Mathew Dear’s Big Hands (Live)
Atomic Hooligan (Live)
Mr C
Shy FX
Altern8 (DJ Set)
Evil Nine
Man Parrish
Pete Jordan
DJ Food & DK
Tayo
Lisa Lashes
Utah Saints
Bodyrox (DJ Set)
Noisia
Drumattic Twins
JoJo De Freq
Rhysmix
Filthy Dukes
Rebekah
Inxec
Hexadecimal
DJ Hal & emceeKilla
Matt Tolfrey
Hand on Throat
Dave Martin
Robin Porter
Nightmoves
Riotous Rockers
Beat Vandals
SPMC
Phantom Beats
Japanese Popstars (Live)
Drum Monkeys
Vigi
Technique DJs
Fenech-Soler (Live)
Old Boyz
Bobby M
Michael Morph
Frakah (Live)
Delirium Funk (Live)
Transit Mafia
Nicky Alise
Kiss FM DJs
Freeman
SpamChop
Supertronix DJs:
Jurassik
AWE Soundsystem
Youthful Implants
Jonny Millward
Welfare for the Digital
Forecast and Jones
Priory DJs
Ambush Mob
Toni Jarvis
Daysleepers
Joe Watlin
Rhythm Punkz (Elev-8 Records)
Tom Wilkes (Stuff)
Dave James
The Groundhogs
Andy McAllister
Gary Willis
Ian Stratton
Moxie (dollop)
Obnoxious Frog
That Girl DJ
Will Usher
James Emery
JustGeorge.
Credible
Fat Chris & Mr Ed
Little Jo
FLF (Live)
Sparkie
Enwyn
Celsius DJs
More tbc

Top Visuals Team Including:
VJ Steve G
VJ Eyeborg
ASMD
Meno
ShaKinda

Check this fabulous lineup out!

Red Hot Chilli Peppers, The Kooks, Rage Against The Machine, Jose Gonzales & more!!

WOW !  This was a truly great festival….absolutely refreshing to see so many chilled out ravers enjoying themselves so much!

My friend Tom (Dj DEFine or http://www.djdefine.com) ended up going with the BBC 1xtra crew down to the Global Gathering.  They had a smaller outdoor side tent going on, but there were enough sick beats coming outta the speakers! 

First up doing the warmup set was some guy ive never heard of, but had a clean set, with some interesting beats.  Next up was L Double with MC Rodney P, who TOTALLY smashed it.  Pulling a variety of tricks out of his bag, not to name the countless VIP’s he was slipping in between, him and Rodney completely had the place buzzin. I gotta say this was my favorite set of the entire night. 

Next flight graced the stage with MC Joker D, who at first brought the vibe right down, to start a more tech-step style dnb sound, which eventually led to some more darker tearouts & what sounded like some Metalheadz biz….absolutely smashing.

By this time “bar Bailey” was in full effect inside the BBC 1xtra tent, so there was no shortage of spliffs, vodka & cokes and plenty of bass. As Sappo and crew head on in, they are all welcomed by the BBC lot.

During Flights set we all (Double, Wrekka, Define & myself) checked out what the rest of GG had to offer.  I discover this nice little mexican food stand which was servin up all kinds of Mexicano goodness….so that was like heaven for me, as a good burrito is fuckin hard to come by in these parts of Europe!  For those of you that know me, you can almost gaurantee that this called for 2 burritos

There were about 7 massive tents from what i remember, with various music generes in each.  The sound was astonishing, quality productions and a superb lineup!

After a heavy bombing of rain we decided to grab the record bags and head out of the party to go home.

This was a long day/night, but TOTALLY 100% worth it, as this was a party that was well worth checking out and reminded me of the good ole days back in southern california when raving was in its peak and the festivals simply rocked!

Mr Boxed

100 Acts, 6 Tents 3 Days

Fat Joe (US), Seeed, Gentleman & The Far East Band, Blumentopf & Liveband, Juelz Santana (US), Joy Denalane, Jan Delay & Disko No.1, D4L (US), splash! meets Classic Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie ft. Samy Deluxe, Beginner, Curse, Tefla & Jaleel, Azad, Toni L. & Torch, Spezializtz

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Keith Murray (us), slum village (US), Curse, Azad, saian supa crew (FR), dj jazzy jeff (us), dj premier (us), DJ DRAMA (us), scratch (us), prinz pi, denyo & the denyos, Booba (FR), Harris, Olli Banjo, Ceza (tr), pete philly & perquisite (nl), Deluxe Soundsystem, headliners & illo, jonesmann, Pal One, ercandize, franky kubrik

abdel rodriguez, abroo, angel dust, asphaltliteraten, breitbild (CH), casper, creative urge, cronite, d.i.s, damion davis, dj b.side ls. mc pepi dj fiks, dj mischer, dj ron, dj shusta, dj sign, dj steewax, dj tease & redrum, dra-q, east side famlee, favorite, fiva & radrum, f.r., fraktion 42, galla, germaican roadshow 2k6 ft. ill inspecta/pionear/upliftment international, jasha, jaysus, jeff smart, jesen, jeyz, kaisaschnitt, k.i.z., l double, lettuce, lunafrow, mach one, maeckes & plan b, manuellsen, mc phowa, mc reef, million stylez (SE), millionadi, miss dee, miss ill, p.o.s. & force, phenomden (ch), phlatline club movement, phlatline sound ft. puppa starr, pow pow movement, racoon, real & chopper, rebellion the recaller (uk), rhymin’ simon, robird stylez, rowdy streetlife soundsystem, san gabriel ls. mangu, schlafwandler, selfmade, sentino & kobra, seperate, shiml & kollegah, snaga & pillath, soca twins, soundbwoys destiny, soundquake soundsystem, static & nat ill, tai chi, texta (AT), vincent fries, YT (uk)

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Europe’s ever-expanding music festival scene offers a diverse line-up this year -from Franz Ferdinand at a Serbian fortress to Scissor Sisters underneath the Spanish sunshine. 

Whether you’re a UK music fan looking for something cheaper than the home-grown festivals, or you are heading to an event in your own country, have fun  & rage on !!

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Glastonbury’s year off has not diminished festival-goers’ enthusiasm - old stagers like Reading, Leeds, V Festival and T in the Park are part of this year’s line up, while younger festivals like Belladrum, Green Man and Latitude are forging their own paths.

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