The Gateway
Gateway Solar Stage
“The dance is a poem of which every movement is the word” ~ Mata Hari
The Gateway Stage brings you a fusion of traditional world sounds and new innovative performance and film...and all completely powered by the Sun!
Thanks to Fire Fly Solar.
During the day, the stage will be a melting pot of Celtic lilts, African beats and Balkan folk: world sounds, unusual instruments and soaring voices. Enjoy theatre, drumming circles, ritual performance and dance.
After dark, the space will resonate with cutting edge ambient music ~ ethereal vibrations to uplift, make you move and let you unwind. You can expand your mind watching conscious and artistic film, and experience the 21st Century Tribes in the late Mystic Circus and fire performances.
LINEUP A~Z
Aliji
Downtempo meaningful meanderings through the worlds of glitch-hop, intelligent dub-step and soulful electronica; in and out the rabbit hole telling the tale as it unfolds...
www.myspace.com/alijimusica
ALUNA PROJECT
Imagine a breathtaking sculpture that combines cutting edge design and technology with an ancient knowledge of the Earth's natural rhythms. A monumental timepiece for the planet, a beacon for a sustainable future, reconnecting people with the Moon and tides.
A talk from the designer of the Worlds first tidal powered Moon Clock.
Bucemis Duo
An acoustic duo from electric balkan band Bucimis, the newest hot addition to London's hip Balkan scene. High-energy, danceable traditional music from Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey and the Middle East.
www.bucimis.co.uk
Charlie Rosco
Charlie Roscoe has produced music for several as the artist Jairamji…
An exotic blend of World grooves, Ambient Soundscapes and Spiritual sounds.
www.dakinirecords.com
Cosmicorus
The Cosmicorus is a floaty, gossamer 23 piece choir, accompanied by acoustic bass and guitar. Cinematic in parts and rich in imaginative insight, Ildikó Kerék's vastly original material evokes widescreen worlds of humour, conflict, joy, pain, serenity and space.
www.myspace.com/cosmicorus
Dirty Monkey
Freddy the Dirty monkey returns to his roots with some expansive chill out to salve the hang over, before warming up with uplifting world beats.
Giani
Giani grew up travelling all over the globe picking up musical influences from various styles and textures of sound. His diverse sets vary in tempo and style, from eclectic Downtempo ambient glitch and jazzy journeys to funky mixed up DubStep, Glitch-Hop and Electronica. Giani is the driving force behind organizations such as The Synergy Project, Folktronica Events and Future Music.
www.myspace.com/gfabricio
Glowglobes
They are two musical humans…corner of the room gypsies united in sound. They are the marriage of vocal harmony and the twang of acoustical instruments. They have come to return romance to the world. Vehicles of light. Glowglobes.
www.myspace.com/glowglobes
Gipsydelica and Planetman
Special Saturday Night Jam uniting Planetman with the eastern psychedelic gypsy nonsense of Gipsydelica.
www.myspace.com/gipsydelica
www.planetman.net
HA!
Arts Collective give us interlinked, simultaneous performances based around exploration of
mystery, ritual and understanding.
~ Library of Secrets
An ongoing installation culminating in a performance as part of the
happening. Make clandestine confessions to the Library and browse
books and tomes full of human mysteries and lucid moments of honesty.
After hours join the ritual exorcism as poets and performers will
recite and then burn the accumulated confessions in a bombastic
bacchanal.
~ Source
A ritualistic contemporary dance piece on the theme of spring, summer,
flying dreams, portents, and rebirth inspired by augury: the ancient
telling of futures by the interpretation of the undulating movements
of flocking birds.
~ Lucia Tong
A physical exploration of the laws of planetary motion. Ribbons will fly.
Fire will burn. Bodies will sweat.
~ Deers & Curses.
Written by Mungan, adaptation by Dila Vardar.
A shamanistic play set in Anatolia with Sufi references.
Hang Playing Hedge Monkeys
Long ago we humans used a form of communication and sensing that didn’t involve the brain in any way: rather it came from a sacred space within our Heart. Experiencing the spiralling sounds to bring you back to a sense of rest that you'll want to remember and revisit.
www.myspace.com/hangplayinghedgemonkeys
InterAfrica
High energy 21st century drum workshops with a dedicated group of drummers working with people from all over the world. Come play djembe, boogaraboo, djun djun and darabooka drums and a host of other percussion instruments.
Suitable for beginners to expert.
Jamie Catto
Broken melodies and sweet, soul-wrenching inspiration from the singer and founder _08_member of Faithless and 1 Giant Leap.
www.myspace.com/jamiecattomusic
KEVIN LOCKE NATIVE DANCE ENSEMBLE
A performance to remember…
A blur of movement, elegant traditional dancing, soaring vocals, ancient flute songs, powerful drums, cultural insight….
This one-of-a-kind ensemble of American Indian performers offers a rich variety of American Indian traditions and aesthetics in dance, instrumentals, song, storytelling, sign language and audience interaction.
www.kevinlocke.com
Kuba
Dub influenced, psychedelic love songs to lift your spirit.
www.myspace.com/mrkuba
Liquid Djems
Creative visionary and founder of both Liquid Connective and Liquid Records, providing a platfrom for artists, musicians, DJs and producers to present and showcases their creations to a wider audience.
www.myspace.com/liquiddjems
Manjinga 7
Conscious lyrics and gypsy, ultra-danceable gypsy grooves. "A cross between Manu Chao and Gogol Bordello" apparently.
www.myspace.com/themanjiga7
Mannaseh
Manasseh specializes in the best of Reggae Music of all types from Ska to Dubwise to Roots to Dancehall… and always has done since 1985!
www.myspace.com/manassehsound
Melusine
Traditional Breton dance with a modern edge!
Munroe
Beat-driven organic grooves - music to move to…
MYSTIC GROOVE CIRCUS
21st Century Tribe: Performers fusing music, fire, spoken word, magic and expressive dance. Mellow hang music, digeridoo, flute and traditional indian song. With unique performances and live visuals.
Featuring: The Hang Playing Hedge Monkeys, Gypsydellica and Planetman
Words and Poetry by Body English and Greta Lange
Collosal Live video projections by Sarah Sea of Video Seaweed
International Love Collective
Naked Nick
Nick has collaborated with numerous artists, including Dreadzone, Coldcut, Ott and Friends Lovers and Family. He is currently working on an album project with Ott (Twisted records) and Vicky Grebezs (Fish Seeks Bicycle). His creative output draws on two decades of deep immersion in the cutting edge of psychedelic and electronic music culture, exploring epic and beautiful soundscapes ranging from psychedelic electronica through breaks and minimal/tech-house/ and progressive, via a healthy dose of acoustic/folk and dub.
www.myspace.com/nakednickmusic
Nalepa
LA-based electronic musician, multimedia artist Steve Nalepa combines deep dub bass, glitchy breaks, bioacoustic atmospheres and beautiful sinewave melodies to create his patented brand of ambient glitch dub. Nalepa is considered a key node in the west coast audiovisual scene and holds the appropriate title of Flavorpill’s “beat guru”. With several hot releases set to drop in the fall, Nalepa's rocket is ready to take off.
www.myspace.com/nalepa
Natalie Interchill
Label DJ for Interchill Records. Beautiful evocative, hypnotic beats and meditative ambience.
www.myspace.com/nathalieinterchill
Nick Interchill
With 16 years of Djing experience and an unbeatable collection of tunes to match, Nick likes to mix it up and play his way through many genres of chill, from deep dub, to glitchy techno, to world music, to bleepy electronica, minimal ambience and pretty much anything else that he likes at the time!
Nick Mulvey
Luscious acoustic afro-beats and song from one of the members of experimental jazz act Portico Quartet.
www.myspace.com/nickmulveymusic
Nova
London-based DJ, promoter and music journalist, Nova is a prolific sound selector at the forefront of the ambient/electronica music scene since 2000 appearing as a resident DJ at the most notorious clubs and events in UK and abroad. His flawless mixture of ambient, world beats, IDM, downtempo and dub textures, blended in pure London's eclectic style, have made him a truly sought after talent in the eclectic DJ world.
www.myspace.com/nova_music
Portico Quartet
Forging contemporary jazz with modern classical tendencies long with many other genres, they have created an inimitable sound that has been compared to the work of Ben Allison, Esbjorn Svennson Trio and The Cinematic Orchestra amongst many others.
Number One Jazz, folk & world album of the year 2007. Time Out
www.myspace.com/porticoquartet
RND
RND aka RaNDom is an electro-dub project started by Matt B in 2003 in Tokyo. Following the overwhelmingly positive response to their independently released e.p 'Point Two' ,RND have since taken a subtle shift in direction by including in their line up tabla player Shinsuke Inoue . Adding this new percussive drive and flexibility to their other live instrumentation and digital manipulation has continued to make RND's live appearances such a success. Roger Linley, aka the Viscount, joined the crew during the 2005 european gigs and soon became a very important contribution of what is today's RND sound.
http://www.myspace.com/rndcrw
Rena Jones
A multitalented composer, producer, audio engineer, sound designer, violinist, cellist, and vocalist. Rena Jones live sets are a potent sonic session. She orchestrates her cello and violin over hand crafted beats melding the organic with the electronic. Her performance is a sophisticated example of the modern movement in electronic dance and ambient music.
www.myspace.com/rena
Rodney Branigan
"Rodney Branigan is one of the most amazing artists you will ever see. Not simply because he's unique, but rather because he's impossibly talented." - Bernard Baur (Music Connection Magazine, June 2005)
www.rodneybraniganmusic.com
Sacred Sound Collective
Inspired by the healing power of Sound, the group offers a rich blend of original acoustic compostions, uplifting World music, and Sacred Chants. Diverse and exotic instruments, haunting vocals drawn from various world traditions, crystal bowls the hang, acoustic guitars, african marimba and kalimba, bansuri flutes, didgeridoo and hand percussion.
www.myspace.com/thesacredsoundcollective
Sedek Vulcan
A bespoke ritual performance created especially for the Gateway by mystically talented Sedek.
www.myspace.com/sedek
Sianed Jones
Welsh composer, musician, performer, teacher, collaborator and improviser. Culture, spirit, roots, transcendence. Amazing.
www.sianed.co.uk
StarMagix
StarMagix are 3 dedicated artists specialising in providing cutting edge sounds to those in need; through there own creations incorporated into live DJ sets. This Act breaks through many a genre and represents all the peaks and perks of modern dance music.
Undercover Hippy
Politically driven acoustic roots hip-hop reggae. Think Bob Dylan meets Bob Marley and they freestyle acoustic hip-hop around a campfire. Pure festival spirit in music form.
www.undercoverhippy.com
Widescreen
3 piece electronic/flamenco world beat act. Mixing classical Spanish Flamenco, Electronic, Mediterranean and eastern European. At times it can seem quite purist but then it magically shifts into the outer-worldly yet always flowing, always remaining exciting and uplifting.
www.myspace.com/widescreenband
FILM and VISUALS
Birds Eye View
HOMEGROWN HOTSHOTS: A critically acclaimed, retrospective programme of a fantastically entertaining, funny and original shorts films by UK women directors. From stylish, award winning animation, shocking puppet play, through to hillarious retro-chic comedy, Birds Eye View take you on a snappy celluloid adventure!
Feature Film: HOTEL VERY WELCOME – Dir: Sonja Heiss (Germany/Thailand, 2007, 89’)
Winner of the Dialogue en Perspective Special Mention at the Berlin Film Festival 2007. Heiss’s first feature is a brilliant docu-style portrayal of 5 Westerners travelling across Asia.
ABOUT BEV: Birds Eye View is about celebrating women filmmakers. They launched the UK's first major women's film festival in 2005 across London's leading film venues, showcasing a programme of stunning and inspirational features, documentaries and short films from around the world. Each year they develop with more outstanding films and innovative cross-arts events, and now are equipping the next generation to break new ground through our technical and creative training programmes. http://www.birds-eye-view.co.uk/.
1 Giant Leap new movie 'WHAT ABOUT ME?'
Re-entering the earth’s atmosphere in the wake of ceasless accolades and awards following their 2002 release of 1 Giant leap DVD, Duncan Bridgeman and Jamie Catto are back with yet another lovingly crafted explosion of music, philosophy and image entitled WHAT ABOUT ME ? – an inspiring and alarming look at the numerous ways we humans drive ourselves crazy. Obsessed, fixated, insatiable in our desires, needy in our relationships, addicted to mood pills and status, 1 Giant Leap have gone deeper into the dark side to tame your wild crazy minds with their new film/album - WHAT ABOUT ME?
Special Feature Arts and Culture Film – A beautiful piece of cinematography Not to Be missed
Video Seaweed Projects…
Renown for her high quality creative videos and audio-visual
productions Sarah Sea creates a colossal amalgamation of her own video
clips and live performances in this unique 'third view' live video
projection experience
UNIQUE VISUALS AND ART WITH LIGHT by The ExtraDimensional Space Agency, Tantric Billy and Elestial
