ON THE FLOOR


BESTIVAL, ROBIN HILL COUNTRY PARK, ISLE OF WIGHT


Best of all! DJmag crossed the SOLENT to get our rocks off at The Isle Of Wight’s most magical festival, Bestival, last Thursday...


WITH Britain’s Indian summer turning out to be more like the Asian monsoon season, there’s a sense of trepidation as we get out of the car at Bestival’s site at the Isle of White and discover we’ve somehow brought a pair of wellies that are a size too small. On Friday morning however, the sun is burning bright as we wind our way through the vast coloured-coded camp sites to join friends who arrived the night before, Thursday night now a permanent fixture after last year’s successful experiment, the likes of Hercules & Love Affair and Santigold having already entertained the


eager early birds.


The Big Top is just one of the tents dedicated to dance-based beats and we break our 2011 Bestival virginity with Cut Copy, the Australian band whose new wave, madchester and early house influences hang heavy on their third album ‘Zonoscope’. Rousing the crowd, and working up a patchwork of sweat on their initially pristine pressed shirts, they’re just the first of numerous acts to pay tribute to Bestival onstage…


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