8 Frontlines
ON THE HOP
SIDELINES
as an event totally free of ticket registration Out now on Viper is a new four track EP from Shock
with no VIP areas, branding or sponsorship. One. The self-titled ‘Shock One EP’ showcases
This year the festival offers a weekend experi- four brand spanking floor bangers. Meanwhile on
ence of boutique camping, top-notch food and sister label Viper V.I.P is a 12” Austrian duo Camo &
traditional ales, with some of the best artists Krooked featuring ‘Get Funky’ / ‘The Fear’ and then
playing over three stages. Saturday’s line up it’s Uman’s ‘Big Foot’ / ‘Let Me Down’. Looking fur-
includes The Fratellis, Pigeon Detectives, Echo ther ahead and Viper have released further details of
& The Bunnymen, Florence and the Machine, their forthcoming album ‘Acts of Mad Men’. It is due
Noah and the Whale, Howling Bells, Etienne to drop throughout the months of August, September
De Crecy, Dr Lektroluv, D.I.M, Jape, The & October, as a four-piece vinyl & mix CD.
Twilight Sad, Let’s Wrestle, The Good The
www.viperrecordings.co.uk
Bad. On Sunday you can expect Paul Weller,
www.myspace.com/viperrecordings
Editors, Doves, Super Furry Animals, Mystery
Jets, The Twang, Ladyhawke, The Rifles, That Uncertified Music is a new digital music label started
Petrol Emotion, 2ManyDJs, Scratch Perverts by some of the people behind the original Uncertified
(pictured), Alex Gopher, Burn the Negative night - Wilsh, Ascension and Madcap. Distribution
and R.S.A.G. will initially be from Juno Download, Digital Tunes &
I Think Music. Their first release is Andy Skopes –
It is a festival for festivalgoers, returning live ‘Yeah You Know’ / ‘Jah Jah Man’ / ‘Let’s Try Again’
Vince Power’s Hop Farm Festival returns music to its roots, where music lovers turn up / ‘Replicant’ followed by June Miller – ‘Malkovich’ /
on July 4th and 5th and this year it will be and enjoy the same experience as every other Macc – ‘Boomer’ and then Villem – ‘Scratch You Out’
a two‐day festival, with camping, set in ticket holder. Weekend tickets are £125 includ- / Madcap – ‘Consequence’.
the grounds of the picturesque Hop Farm, ing camping and parking and day tickets at £65.
www.uncertifiedmusic.com
Paddock Wood, Kent.
www.myspace.com/uncertifiedbiz
www.hopfarmfestival.com
The Hop Farm Festival is a great antidote to Cyclone Recordings is a new drum & bass imprint
most other commercial festivals as it’s themed brought to you by Kano (Sinuous Records) and
Dynamic. “We’re building a crew from all over the
world of fresh and developing artists who are
collaboratively creating an original sound for the
Cyclone imprint,” they say. Their first release features
Malsum’s – ‘Destiny’ and Paperclip’s – ‘Nemesida’
and is out soon and will be followed by ‘The End
Is Coming’ EP with tracks by Sunchace, Data &
Dynamic, Allied & Kano and Dabs.
www.myspace.com/cyclonerecordings
Subterra has been busy in the studio and out now are
his tracks ‘The End’ and ‘Celestial’ on
CHILL OUT
Frequency and ‘Lost Light’ (with Dekko) on Diverse
Products. Subterra & Dekko have two downtempo
tracks on the forthcoming Shiva Soundsystem album
Fifteen years old, but fresher and more innova- Byrne is performing and including Talking and a track ‘Revolution’ on the new 31 Records
tive than ever, the Big Chill festival returns to Heads tunes in his show is fantastic! compilation. Solo goodness from Subterra to look
Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire from out for are his bootleg of Leftfield’s ‘Rino’s Prayer’
Thursday 6th – Sunday 9th August with a line-up HOW HAS IT CHANGED OVER and the tracks ‘Quagmire’ & ‘Torrent’ on Frequency.
packed to the rafters with some of the most cred- THE YEARS? Outside of drum & bass Subterra has been working
ible names across culture and entertainment. We We’ve grown a reputation for staging great on a couple of live projects engineering and produc-
spoke to them to find out exactly what they have music. Chillers have faith that if we program an ing with bands Jamblin and Cubrik. He also has been
in store for us this year… unknown act that they are bound to be amazing. dabbling in a bit of dubstep, doing collaboration
Plus we want to look after people attending the tracks with Luke Envoy.
WHAT’S THE BIG CHILL FESTIVAL event and make sure their time with us is one
www.myspace.com/subterradj
ALL ABOUT? of the highlights in their year. Plus it’s not just
The Big Chill is an independent festival that is about the music at The Big Chill; it’s the whole Out now ICR’s digital imprint Misspent Music is Sub’s
pure eccentric escapism from the everyday hum- experience down to the smaller details. ’Cerberus’ EP featuring four tracks from the Austrian
drum of life. We are 15 years young. Somewhere producer and ICR’s ’Feels Like Spring’ / ’Tingle
to enjoy life whilst we at Chill HQ make sure all WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR Tangle’. Later this year look out for a label mix by DJ
the details are taken care of. THE FUTURE? Ren AND ICR’s third artist album entitled ’Something
Always to take plans a year at a time. Feedback About Nothing’.
WHAT CAN PEOPLE EXPECT THIS YEAR? is key after each year and we really want to make
www.myspace.com/misspentmusic
The promise that The Big Chill has spent the sure we keep in touch with cutting edge culture
last year sourcing some fantastic treats for the and for that you need to continuously bend We can reveal that Sub Focus’ long awaited debut
valley. We’ve organised many small intimate the rules! album will be out this summer. Look out for a single in
stages alongside the larger outdoor stages. We’ve June with the album itself due out in July on Ram.
a new area ‘Stop The City’ which is an ambient ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO TELL
space in the woodlands which runs into the early US ABOUT? Silent Killer’s album ‘Everyone Bleeds’ is out now on
hours of the morning. Film4 and Warp Films are Watch out for The Big Chill Guide to Summer Ohm Resistance:
www.ohmresistance.com
filming a zombie movie on site which Chillers Living, published on June 4th. It’s the indis-
have a chance to be in. Film4 are also hosting a pensable month-by-month guide packed with Horizons Music have just released their first digital EP,
film tent and dereliction drive-in. Rankin is set- ingenious ideas on how to get the most out of for just £3.99 you get Saburuko - ‘Warped’ (Survival
ting up a photographic studio as part of ‘Rankin the summer! unreleased remix), Survival - ‘Rainmaker’, Gridlok
Live’. The fancy dress tent is back, a wide range - ‘Vienna’ and Resound ft. MC Stapleton - ‘Shady’.
of scrumptious foods, local ales, ciders, saunas, For ticket prices and more info go to
www.horizonsmusic.co.uk/shop
spoken word tent, cocktail bars with DJs and Mr
www.bigchill.net/festival
Scruff’s Tea Tent. Plus lots of great music till
very late.
WHAT ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE
LINE-UP FOR YOU?
A year ago I would have said I’d like Talking
Heads to perform at the festival, so the fact David
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