It’s that time again - le NAME, the festival I love to love. Le Name Festival takes place in the north of France and is an electronic music and multimedia showcase, organised by Art Point M and funded by Conseil General Departement du Nord. I went last year and even though I ventured by myself and not being able to speak any French, managed to have a fucking fantastic time.

The events are well attended by local people - by day, there’s art installations and events all over the city and then by night, the festival blossoms into a well curated rave party with stunning visuals and an enviable line up that makes you wonder why our own countries don’t see dance music as a cultural commodity.

This year’s programme takes place from Thursday 18th September - Saturday 11th October, with day events sprawled across Lille and Dunkerque, including photography, film, performance, video, multimedia exhibitions, graphic art, planetarium, music technology masterclasses and roundtable philosophy discussions.

The DJ & VJ line up, as always, is pretty mega. Check it. This year’s programming casts a quite wider net than previous years, pulling in artists from Brooklyn, Barcelona, London, Germany, France, etc.

DUBFIRE - ELLEN ALLIEN - LOCO DICE - CARL CRAIG - TIEFSCHWARZ - RADIO SLAVE - DANTON EEPROM!!! (CHK CHK CHK) LIVE - DAVIDE SQUILLACE - CHLOÉ LIVE - MARTIN BUTTRICH LIVE

and

SHIT ROBOT - NIC FANCIULLI - ANJA SCHNEIDER - SEBO K - MARCIN CZUBALA LIVE - IT’S A FINE LINE FEAT. IVAN SMAGGHE VS. TIM PARIS - GAISER LIVE - AMBIVALENT LIVE - EFDEMIN - PANTHA DU PRINCE LIVE - SASCHA FUNKE - ZANDER VT - PHAGE & DANIEL DREIER - REMOTE - D’JULZ - QUIET VILLAGE - MARCUS VECTOR VS. PIPO VITCH - SIERRA_SAM & MARCUS VECTOR LIVE - APM001 - MATTHUS RAMAN - UFO - DEEPRAKER - CESZKI - PUSSYSELEKTOR - BUBBLE - TOM & N’TRONOT - LO - OSEL - TRANSPHORMETIC & YESYESNONO - FANNY BOUYAGUI - PROPAGANDA - JESS - SWAY WAYS - VIDEO JACK - RIRIPATAFIX - VESTA - CINETRONICS - LAUNISCH

///PROGRAMME FOR N.A.M.E. FESTIVAL 2008 - EDITION n° 4///

INAUGURATION 18 Septembre à 21H00 // TRIPOSTAL GRATUIT
Roulement de tambour, lever de rideau. C’est parti ! Une bonne occasion de discuter autour d’un verre (ou deux) de la programmation, de découvrir l’expo PEACE ou écouter le Dj set de Lesser Panda. Derniers réglages obligatoires avant de se mettre en mode fiesta durant neuf jours.

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LILLE 2 WEEK ENDS / 4 nuits au TRIPOSTAL les 19, 20, 26 & 27 Septembre 2008
Tarifs : 13/15 € en pré-vente - 17/19 € sur place
Points de vente : DIGITICK & TICKETNET + LE TRIPOSTAL, LILLE DU 30.08 AU 07.09
ATTENTION : PLACES LIMITEES

DUNKERQUE 1 nuit au KURSAAL le 11 Octobre 2008
Tarifs : 7/9 € en pré-vente - 11/13 € sur place
Points de vente : DIGITICK & TICKETNET
ATTENTION : PLACES LIMITEES

19th SEPTEMBER 2008
Salle 1 :
22H00 - 00H00 : MATTHUS RAMAN dj set
00H00 - 01H00 : MARTIN BUTTRICH live
01H00 - 03H00 : CARL CRAIG dj set
03H00 - 06H00 : LOCO DICE dj set / Special set 3H
Vj’s : PROPAGANDA - JESS

Salle 2 :
22H00 - 00H00 : OSEL dj set
00H00 - 06H00 : IT’S A FINE LINE FEAT. IVAN SMAGGHE VS. TIM PARIS dj set / Special set 6H
Vj’s : TRANSPHORMETIC & YESYESNONO vj’s set

LE TRIPOSTAL, LILLE

20th SEPTEMBER 2008
Salle 1 :
22H00 - 23H30 : UFO dj set
23H30 - 01H15 : NIC FANCUILLI dj set
01H15 - 04H15 : DUBFIRE dj set / Special set 3H
04H15 - 06H00 : D’JULZ dj set
Vj’s : FANNY BOUYAGUI - PROPAGANDA - JESS

Salle 2 :
22H00 - 00H00 : BUBBLE dj set
00H00 - 02H00 : MARCUS VECTOR VS. PIPO VITCH dj set
02H00 - 03H00 : PANTHA DU PRINCE live
03H00 - 05H00 : EFDEMIN dj set
05H00 - 06H00 : SIERRA_SAM & MARCUS VECTOR live
Vj : SWAY WAYS

LE TRIPOSTAL, LILLE

26th SEPTEMBER 2008

Salle 1 :
22H00 - 23H30 : PUSSYSELEKTOR dj set
23H30 - 01H15 : SHIT ROBOT dj set
01H15 - 02H15 : CHLOÉ live
02H15 - 04H15 : TIEFSCHWARZ dj set
04H15 - 06H00 : PHAGE & DANIEL DREIER dj’s set
Vj’s : RIRIPATAFIX - VESTA

Salle 2 :
22H00 - 00H00 : DEEPRAKER dj set
00H00 - 01H00 : QUIET VILLAGE live
01H00 - 03H00 : SEBO K dj set
03H00 - 04H00 : MARCIN CZUBALA live
04H00 - 06H00 : ANJA SCHNEIDER dj set
Vj’s : CINETRONICS - VIDEO JACK

LE TRIPOSTAL, LILLE

27th SEPTEMBER 2008
Salle 1 :
22H00 - 00H00 : CZESKI dj set
00H00 - 01H00 : !!! (CHK CHK CHK) live
01H00 - 03H00 : RADIO SLAVE dj set
03H00 - 04H00 : DANTON EEPROM live
04H00 - 06H00 : APM001 dj’s & vj set
Vj’s : RIRIPATAFIX - VESTA

Salle 2 :
22H00 - 00H00 : TOM & N’TRONOT dj’s set
00H00 - 02H00 : REMOTE dj set
02H00 - 03H00 : AMBIVALENT live
03H00 - 04H00 : GAISER live
04H00 - 06H00 : DAVIDE SQUILLACE dj set
Vj’s : CINETRONICS - VIDEO JACK

LE TRIPOSTAL, LILLE

11TH OCTOBER 2008
22H00 - 23H30 : LO dj set
23H30 - 01H00 : ZANDER VT dj’s set
01H00 - 02H30 : SASCHA FUNKE dj set
02H30 - 04H30 : ELLEN ALLIEN dj set
04H30 - 06H00 : APM001 dj’s & vj set
Vj’s : LAUNISCH - FANNY BOUYAGUI

KURSAAL / DUNKERQUE

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Let’s Do this People

Last.fm/presents is excited to announce the line up for their stage at Offset Festival. Featuring the best of indie & electronica from the Last.fm Hype chart . . .

METRONOMY + CHROME HOOF + BLACK DEVIL DISCO CLUB + DIE!DIE!DIE! + SLOW CLUB + MERZ + LACK + SILJE NES + TOMB CREW + THE LAST.FM DJ TEAM

Other bands performing at Offset include Wire, Gang Of Four, The Maccabees, The Young Knives plus many more

Last.fm will be filming the sets for www.last.fm/presents – check out footage from their recent shows and also upcoming events in London & New York.

Last.fm: http://www.last.fm/presents
You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/lastfmpresents

Hainault Forest Country Park
Romford Road
Southampton IG7 4QN
United Kingdom

!MINITEK FESTIVAL!

M.A.N.D.Y. vs. Tiefschwarz, that’s all I have to say. Have they ever vs. each other before?

Oh, and please see if Kraftwerk are available to play, it could potentially turn this already stellar festival into a full blown techno riot

Just a slice of some of the artists booked to play . . .

Richie Hawtin, M.A.N.D.Y.vs Tiefschwarz, Francois K, Audion, Konrad Black, Audiofly, Paco Osuna, Guido Schneider, Magda, Marco Corola, Troy Pierce, Heidi, Butane, Bill Patrick, Adultnapper . . . the list goes on, visit www.minitekfestival.com for the full line up, and stay tuned as more artists are being added to the line up. Also check out what they’ve got going on in the Innovation Pavillion, dare I say I might spend more time in there than anywhere else . . . they had me at interactive multi-touch user interface.

The secret has finally been lifted…

Minitek is to take place at one of New York’s most prized landmarks: the one and only Coney Island. The wide open space next to Astroland Park will be transformed into a beautiful festival site with two open air stages by the famous Wonderwheel, creating a magical atmosphere on Saturday, September 13 and Sunday, September 14, 2008.

Due to major redevelopment plans, minitek will most likely be the last festival taking place in Coney Island. The minitek team chose the historic location to show out-of-town attendees two very diverse sides of New York City, contrasting from the night location at Midtown Manhattan’s Penn Plaza. The festival site is located between the Boardwalk, the beach and the Cyclone roller coaster, and is easily accessible by public transportation.

And this isn’t the only exciting news being revealed…

Francois K, one of New York’s electronic music legends and widely considered one of the forefathers of house music, has been announced as minitek’s latest addition to the line-up and will be closing one of the two festival stages on Sunday evening, September 14th. The minitek crew considers it an honor to have an artist as deeply rooted in New York’s music history as Francois K supporting the first edition of the festival.

You can check out all the information at www.minitekfestival.com and stay tuned for more information.

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Okay folks, a shameless dirty plug for my friend’s monthly club night - The Slackers Convention - and it’s their 6th Birthday on Saturday 16th August @ Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, Brighton.

In the Main Room they’ve got Body Snatchers - (30Hz and Baobinga) - Live Show, Ill Audio - Live 6 Piece ElectroBreaks along with residents Matt Slackers & Chris Dirtpop, Pav & Lucas, Capcom Ninja and stunning visuals from my homeboy VJ Spank.

In the Bar, there’s turntablist wizardry from Brighton’s favorite DMC champ, JFB (DMCs, Battlejam), plus Dirtbomb (Playboys), Statikedge (Flawless, Breakdown), Moif (Brap FM, Brighton Breaks), and DJ Y-Not (Slackers).

UNFORTUNATELY, I won’t be there in my every-present mode on the door (duties elsewhere call), but the night is sure to see all the crew and the regulars, who’ve kept the party alive since its front room days, on TOP TOP FORM!!!!!!!!!!! get in xxxxxxxxxx

‘Beats, Bass & Party Nonsence for the Discerning Underachiever’

Bring ID - dont want to have to go home for it
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Ex-London partymeisters 44 have cranked up the audio-visual fiesta machine Cellar Door to present - wait for it - the Lo Fidelity All Stars, that’s right, TONIGHT at the The Cinema Room - Canteen in lovely old Barrow in Furness (that’s northwest England), from 8pm to 3am, £5 entry ALL NIGHT.

The lo fi electronica dudes are flanked by Mister Sushi (Botchit & Scarper), FM (Infra), Junior Moss (Section 8), Jamie & Steve Graham (Homegrown).

The Cinema Room is on Michaelson Road, Barrow in Furness LA14 1AD. For more info/guestlist, email alex@botchit.com

MORE ABOUT THE PROMOTERS: In the ye old days of 2004, breaks label Botchit & Scarper bonded with a couple of like-minded peeps over a couple of beers and came up with a party concept called 44. Their parties shook the walls of venues all around East London and presented a variety of lively acts such as Superstyle Deluxe, Coburn, Plaza Da funk, Atomic Hooligan, Eclectic Method, Dreadzone, Half Arsed Beats, Pirate Soundsystem, Soto, Jason Sparks, Si Begg, Aquasky, Radioactive Man, Mark Moore, Jay Stewart, Future Funk Squad, LBJ, Strider, Groove Allegiance, Idiotech, Slyde, Loose Cannons, Dirtpop, Slackshot, Hi Eight, Poj Masta, ILS, Move Ya, Deekline and many more…

Steed Lord have kicked off their “Feel The Heat” tour on the West coast in San Francisco!! They’ll be opening up for Chromeo on 2 of those dates - Portland (7/27) and San Diego (7/31), traveling around the U.S., with one show in Toronto (8/8) ending in Chicago (8/9). They’re also selling some cool t’s, so catch them in a fine club in your city!!!!!!

Cul ‘N’ Sweet welcome Milan, Italy’s Congorock Saturday, 21st June at Orchid, Austin, Texas!!!!

“Recently signed to the Fools Gold label headed by Dmc World champion Dj A-track and Nick Catchdubs, Congorock is part of a movement going down in Italy with his crew that consists of Crookers, The Bloody Beetroots, and Nic Sarno. They are taking house music and twsiting it, each making there own signature jacking style, so get your fix of the freshest beats in house, baltimore club, and fidget that will keep Austin’s feet moving till the club closes.” – Cul ‘N’ Sweet

Catch Congrock in other U.S. cities. Check his MySpace locations and dates!