Electric Gardens Festival w/ ClubClass

[Ben Gomori]

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Lock N Load Events & Club Class Present…

[size=24]Electric Gardens 2007
[size=18]Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th August
Mount Ephraim Gardens
Hernhill, Nr Faversham, Kent. ME13 9TX

http://www.electricgardensfestival.com
http://www.myspace.com/electricgardensfestival

With tickets continuing to sell quicker than we can print them, it looks set to be a rather successful summer for the captivating boutique festival Electric Gardens. Set at the breathtaking Mount Ephraim Gardens (www.mountephraimgardens.co.uk) – a stunning 800 acre stately home & estate in Kent over the weekend of 4/5 August, Electric Gardens 2007 boasts a sublime selection of bands (around 50 in total) across the two days.

This year’s headliners are Supergrass (Saturday) and Happy Mondays (Sunday), with major support from the likes of The Rakes, Calvin Harris, The Young Knives, New Young Pony Club, Patrick Wolf, Jack Penate, Plan B, Lethal Bizzle, Mr Hudson & The Library, The Holloways and The Pipettes amongst many others. Having recently announced the Myspace Stage (featuring Kent’s finest local bands, plus the hottest new talents from further a field), it’s now time to bring you the all important Dance Tent line-up, hosted by Kent’s leading purveyor of underground goodness – ClubClass.

[size=18]CLUB CLASS DANCE ARENA JUST ANNOUNCED!!

Slam
Danny Howells
Stanton Warriors
Nic Fanciulli
Funk D’Void
Justin Robertson
Damian Lazarus / Desyn Masiello
Mike Pickering (Hacienda Set) / Meat Katie
A Skillz (Finger Lickin’) / Micky Slim / Sam Ball & Anil Chawla
Pete Griffiths & George Andrews (Toolroom Records)
Mark Fanciulli & Small Fry / Shake DJs / Warning: 2 Dirty DJs
Mezza Breaks / Rebel Beat Allies

ClubClass takes its first venture into the festival world via Electric Gardens where the ClubClass arena will play to host to the biggest and best names in house, breakbeat, techno, minimal and electro with artists all hand picked by ClubClass resident and global star, Nic Fanciulli. Over the years ClubClass has welcomed the worlds greatest DJs and electronic acts from Trentemøller to Tenaglia, Leftfield to Cox and Digweed to Deep Dish and with Electric Gardens on the horizon ClubClass will be putting in every effort to making sure the festival is their greatest achievement to date. Launching at warehouse venue Atomics in Maidstone, back in 31st January 1997, ClubClass recently celebrated their 10th Anniversary with ground breaking parties at the Ministry of Sound in London and The Loft, Maidstone. With arguably the best resident DJs in the country (Nic Fanciulli, Paul Woolford & Paolo Mojo), ClubClass continues to establish itself as one of the leading nights in underground dance music.

Saturday 4th August –
Slam / Stanton Warriors / Nic Fanciulli

The dance revelry kicks off in the ClubClass Arena on Saturday 4th August with Glasgow’s seminal double act Slam combining a rare festival appearance with their debut set for ClubClass after all these years. Head honchos of the groundbreaking label Soma, the techno legends will headline this mouth-watering day of breaks, bleeps and all-round electronic excellence, alongside Fabric residents Stanton Warriors and ClubClass king, Nic Fanciulli – who comes back to Blighty for one day only following his mammoth One+One tour with James Zabiela! Backing up the Stanton’s on breaks duty will be the mighty Meat Katie and Finger Lickin’ Records’ A Skillz, with additional support from Maidstone Mafioso’s Mark Fanciulli (yes, Nic’s bro!) & Small Fry, Shake DJs and Mezza Breaks. The evening’s entertainment will come to a dramatic and hedonistic close on Saturday night, with a very special Hacienda Set from original resident Mike Pickering. The perfect climax some might say, what with the original Madchester massive – The Happy Mondays performing live the following night!!

Sunday 5th August –
Danny Howells / Funk D’Void / Justin Robertson

One sleep later… ClubClass bring even more dancefloor ruckus to Mount Ephraim Gardens, and an equally satisfying day of musical enlightenment. Today’s headliners include one of ClubClass’ all-time favourite jocks and Global Underground pioneer – Danny Howells, plus fellow faves Funk D’Void and Justin Robertson… the acid-house general. Crosstown Rebels don Damian Lazarus will be flying the flag for minimal, just as SOS member and underground hero Desyn Masiello cranks up the bass. Representing the nu-breed will be Godskitchen’s Micky Slim and ClubClass resident Sam Ball – who’ll be going back-to-back with Together resident Anil Chawla. A Kent music festival wouldn’t be the same without any representation from the county’s (and indeed one of the world’s) leading record labels Toolroom – so step forward label cohorts Pete Griffiths & George Andrews to the one’s and two’s. Similarly, like yesterday’s line-up, more of Kent’s rising stars are also let loose behind the decks, with the Warning: 2 Dirty DJs (that’s quartet Craig Benitez, Rob Cockerton, Matt Cox & Switch) joining Rebel Beat Allies for some early hands-in-the-moments!! And trust us, with the DJs of this calibre rocking out the good stuff for two straight days… they’ll be plenty of those hands-in-the-air moments too!! Believe.

[size=18]See http://www.electricgardensfestival.com for the full festival line-up!

Electric Gardens 2007 is brought to you by Lock N Load Events and Club Class. Lock N Load Events are the acclaimed festival organisers behind the Metro Weekender (London & Cardiff) spawning the sell-out one days events South West Four, Get Loaded in the Park and Cardiff Calling, in addition to putting on some of London’s most high profile club shows. Club Class meanwhile, are the highly respected club night from Kent, now based at the Ministry of Sound in London, who’ve been bringing on the party for over the decade now! With this innovative pairing in charge of the ship, you know the Electric Gardens is in safe hands.

Prices:
Early Bird Tickets: Sold Out
Saver Tickets: Single Day: £37.50, Weekend: £70, Weekend with Camping: £75
Standard Tickets: Single Day: £40, Weekend: £75, Weekend with Camping: £80

Tickets available from:
http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/artist/955615 / 24hr Hotline: 0871 230 9848
http://www.seetickets.com / 24hr Hotline: 0871 2200 260

Camper Van tickets:
An extremely limited number of tickets are now on sale from Ticketmaster and the Marlowe Theatre priced £25 each, so get in there quick if you wish to purchase one!!

[Ben Gomori]

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With less than a month to go now until Kent’s boutique festival Electric Gardens returns to the breathtaking grounds of Mount Ephraim Gardens on 4/5 August, we can exclusively reveal that 70% of all tickets have now sold out!! Way ahead of last year’s sales and with something of a mini-heatwave promised over that weekend, it looks like this summer’s festival is set to be a spectacular sell-out success. There’s only a few Weekend Camping tickets left now too, so anyone wishing to sleep under the stars would be best advised to snap up the remaining allocation whilst stocks last.

Danny Howells is acceptable in the 80’s!

On a dance tip, we can announce that globally renowned DJ dude Danny Howells will be swapping his usual mix of rawkus underground wrongness for a spot of eyeliner, some disco high hats and a pair of spandex pants, as he’ll be playing a festival exclusive – 80’s Set!! We caught up with the pioneering jock to ask him why…

“I don’t get many chances to dig out my old 80’s music so I jumped at the chance!! Lee Burridge and myself have done a few ’80s parties at Miami’s Winter Music conference and they’ve become a bit of an institution! I imagine it’s the only WMC party where Chas ‘n’ Dave and Cliff Richard have been played.” When asked if he had a dancefloor destroyer in his box, Danny laughed… “probably Starship’s ‘Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now’”. Crikey, we wasn’t expecting that!! And how about the festival clobber… would he be wearing clothes to match his set?! “Oh yeah, I wear that muck even when I’m NOT playing an ’80s set!”

Catch Danny on Sunday 5th August in the Club Class Dance Tent alongside fellow dance luminaries Funk D’Void, Justin Robertson and Damian Lazarus.

It’s for charity, mate…

Being the kind and caring souls that we are, this summer Electric Gardens will be raising money and awareness for two organisations close to hearts. First up is the Kent Air Ambulance Trust, who relieve sick and injured people in South East England and surrounding areas by providing a Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) and air ambulance service for the benefit of the community. And second it’s our friends at Involved, the organisation that works with DJs, clubs, festival and labels to raise money for UNICEF and Children in Need. For more information on both charities and the full list of work they do, please visit: http://www.kentairambulance.co.uk and http://www.involvedevents.com.

Updated line-up

Saturday 4th August

Main Stage:
SUPERGRASS
Calvin Harris
The Pipettes
Kate Nash
Reverend & The Makers
Pull Tiger Tail
Blood Red Shoes
Johnny Flynn

2nd Stage:
Plan B
New Young Pony Club
The Holloways
Lethal Bizzle
Foals
Peggy Sue & The Pirates

Club Class Dance Stage:
Slam
Stanton Warriors
Nic Fanciulli
Meat Katie
Mike Pickering (Hacienda Set)
A Skillz (Finger Lickin’)
Mark Fanciulli & Small Fry
Shake DJs
Mezza Breaks

Myspace Stage:
Goodbooks
Lupen Crook
Beans On Toast
Nic Dawson Kelly
Gillan Edgar
Tom Allalone and The Great Expectations
Thom Stone
Poetry By Dockers MC

Sunday 5th August

Main Stage:
HAPPY MONDAYS
The Rakes
The Young Knives
The Maccabees
The Noisettes
Hot Club De Paris

2nd Stage:
Patrick Wolf
Jack Penate
Mr Hudson & The Library
Kid Harpoon
The Teenagers
Late of the Pier
Laura Marlin
Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man

Club Class Dance Stage:
Danny Howells
Funk D’Void
Justin Robertson
Damian Lazarus
Desyn Masiello
Micky Slim
Sam Ball & Anil Chawla
Pete Griffiths & George Andrews (Toolroom Records)
Warning: 2 Dirty DJs
Rebel Beat Allies

Myspace Stage:
Underground Heroes
Devils Gun
Sparrows
Chineapples
Rosemary
Maker
The Long Weekend
Our Name is Legion
Letters From London

Also Appearing:
Tap’n’Tin Soundsytem featuring…
Chris Pritchard, Dylan, Jemimah & Rah Rah
Andy Holdstock, Chris Ward & Graeme Doyle
Col Wood, Liam K & Guppy, Perry (Erockvision), Pop DJs, Rocks Off Ross, Tillman & I, Tom Packman

USEFUL INFORMATION:

Opening Times:
Saturday 12pm – 10.30pm
Sunday 12pm – 9.30pm

Capacity: 7,000 (per day)

Prices:
Early Bird Tickets: £35
Saver Tickets: Single Day: £37.50, Weekend: £70, Weekend with Camping: £75
Standard Tickets: Single Day: £40, Weekend: £75, Weekend with Camping: £80

Tickets available from:
http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk / 24hr Hotline: 0871 230 9848
http://www.seetickets.com / 24hr Hotline: 0871 2200 260

Independent Ticket Outlets:
The Marlowe Theatre, The Friars, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2AS (01227 787787)

Camper Van tickets:
An extremely limited number of tickets are now on sale from Ticketmaster and the Marlowe Theatre priced £25 each, so get in there quick if you wish to purchase one!!

TRAVEL DETAILS:
The site is located 7 miles from the university town of Canterbury and is easily accessible from major towns such as Ashford, Chatham and Maidstone, which are all around a 25 minute drive away. Faversham is 10mins away, Canterbury 15mins away and Whitstable 10mins away. Electric Gardens offers easy access to both the A2/M2, which is less than a mile away from the site. The local train stations are Canterbury and Faversham, which are easily accessed via London Victoria, Waterloo and Charing Cross.

ROAD:
If you are travelling by road, there is ample parking available at the event. From the M25, take the junction 2 exit onto the A2 heading south east. Follow the A2/M2 until you reach junction 7, where the road becomes the A299. At the next roundabout follow the signs to the Electric Gardens site. If travelling via another route, head for junction 7 on the M2 as above, for entrance.

RAIL:
There are taxi ranks at Faversham railway station, which can be reached via London Victoria (for a full timetable of connecting trains visit http://www.setrains.co.uk). Trains run from London Victoria, Waterloo and Charing Cross to Canterbury and Faversham roughly every half hour. If travelling on the Eurostar, there is a frequent train service between Ashford International and Canterbury West. For timetable visit http://www.eurostar.com. DO NOT TRAVEL TO ELECTRIC GARDENS BY TRAIN IF YOU NEED TRANSPORT FROM THE SITE ON SATURDAY OR SUNDAY NIGHTS. NO SHUTTLE SERVICE OR TRAINS WILL BE RUNNING AT THIS TIME.

SHUTTLE SERVICE:
A shuttle bus service will operate on Saturday morning and Monday morning for weekend ticket holders to and from the Electric Gardens site to Faversham and Canterbury West train stations.

CAMPING/ OPENING TIMES:
There are full camping facilities on site all weekend. Camping starts at 10am Saturday 4th August. Gates will open midday on both the 4th and 5th August for day ticket holders and the event closes at 22.30hrs on the Saturday and 21.30hrs on the Sunday. For weekend ticket-holders, the campsite needs to be vacated by 10am Monday morning.

http://www.EGFEST.com
http://www.myspace.com/electricgardensfestival

[Ben Gomori]

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Here’s a taste of what
to expect in the ClubClass Arena at Electric
Gardens Festival – just
click on the links to access these awesome sets from our headliners

Slam
– Live at Pressure @ The Arches, Glasgow,
Scotland –
January 2007

Danny
Howells – Live @ Plaza de Toros Reynosa, Mexico – May 2007

Stanton
Warriors – BBC 6Music Mix – January 2007

Nic Fanciulli – In Sessions: Maxima FM Mix – July 2007

Funk D’Void – Live @ Habit, Newcastle, England – June 2007

Justin
Robertson – Live at Together @ Turnmills, London,
England – NYE
2003

Damian Lazarus – Live
at Stink @ T Bar, London, England
– Dec 2006

Desyn Masiello – Live at Fuel – July 2007

Meat Katie – Ministry of Sound Radio Session – June 2006

With Wellington boot
sales (probably) hitting record profits this summer, after a woeful and
rain-swept few months… it’s nice to know that at least one festival this year
WON’T be sinking knee-deep in mud!! Yes folks, Kent’s boutique festival Electric
Gardens is all systems GO GO GO (we’ve got the photos to prove it!), and
everything is set for the perfect weekend of live music, DJs and general
festival frolicking at the beautiful Mount Ephraim Gardens next Saturday 4th
and Sunday 5th August in Kent.

Since we revealed the
other week that 70% of all tickets have sold out, that number has significantly
grown further still. But one big word of warning is that next Thursday 2nd
August (at 5pm) is the FINAL DAY to buy your Weekend with Camping tickets.
With the final few hundred camping tickets remaining, this really is your last
chance to get your tent out of the shed before the summer is out!! Please note:
Camping tickets will not be available to buy after this time or available to
buy on the day. It’s do or die kids. Well, maybe not, but you get the picture…

Saturday 4th August

Club Class Dance Stage:

Slam

Stanton Warriors

Nic Fanciulli

Meat Katie

Mike Pickering
(Hacienda Set)

A Skillz (Finger
Lickin’)

Mark Fanciulli &
Small Fry

Shake DJs

Mezza Breaks

Sunday 5th August

Club Class Dance Stage:

Danny Howells

Funk D’Void

Justin Robertson

Damian Lazarus

Desyn Masiello

Micky Slim

Sam Ball & Anil
Chawla

Pete Griffiths &
George Andrews (Toolroom Records)

Warning: 2 Dirty DJs

Rebel Beat Allies

Prices:

Early Bird Tickets:
Single Day: £35, Weekend: £65, Weekend with Camping: £70

Saver Tickets: Single
Day: £37.50, Weekend: £70, Weekend with Camping: £75

Standard Tickets:
Single Day: £40, Weekend: £75, Weekend with Camping: £80

Tickets available from:

http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk
/ 24hr Hotline: 0871 230 9848

http://www.seetickets.com
/ 24hr Hotline: 0871 2200 260

Independent Ticket
Outlets:

The Marlowe Theatre,
The Friars, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2AS
(01227 787787)

Camper Van tickets:

An extremely limited
number of tickets are now on sale from Ticketmaster and the Marlowe Theatre
priced £25 each, so get in there quick if you wish to purchase one!!