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Stokefest 07
Hackney’s largest and greenest community led festival of interactive arts and music
Sunday 10 June 2007
Clissold Park, Stoke Newington, N16
12noon to 8pm
FREE
HOTLINE: 07904 328 122
Stokefest 07 presents over 300 artists performing on six stages, arts and crafts workshops, children’s activities, and the Stokefest Sunday Market featuring over 100 local charity, craft and organic food stalls.
Stokefest, which attracts around 20,000 people over the course of the day, is organised by Open Source Productions Ltd, a voluntary, not for profit organisation established in 2002 with the initial charge of continuing the annual festival and community arts legacy started by Stoke Newington Midsummer Festival.
True to its origins, Stokefest 07 kicks off at 12noon with a procession down Stoke Newington Church Street led by Barking Bateria samba band.
Festival highlights include:
Cargo presents an eclectic mix of dance music and party tunes featuring Radio 1 DJ Gilles Peterson, Hackney Globetrotter Russ Jones, Charlie Kartel and live artists Ben Westbeech, The Mules and Morton Valence.
The Magpies Nest Acoustic Club, in association with Continental Drifts, present The Global HoeDown Stage, a selection of traditional, folk and roots inspired music and dance from around the globe featuring: The Magpie’s Nest, Morning Bride, Balkanatic, The ZongZing All Stars, Emunah, Tofu Love Frogs, Cut A Shine, and The Destroyers
Raison D'Etre and Healer Selecta hosts a day of independent music and dance featuring artists, bands, and DJs from Reason2b Collective: Claire Nicolson Trio, DJ Eric Cornrocket, The Cedars , DJ El Senor Showman, Bikini Beach Band, All India Radio DJ Set, BLT , DJ Amma, The Vestry Virgins, DJ Lamia Bo, Ballalouda, Healer & The Storm, and Size Nine
The hugely popular annual meeting of local reggae sound systems, Solution and Gladdy Wax returns to its favourite pitch and Core Arts returns to host an acoustic stage alongside artists from acoustic collectives Fresh’n’Live and the Klinker. The Others present Art in the Park Fashion, showcasing East London and national fashion with three catwalk shows.
Interactive arts for the whole family include: a 3D maze created out of recycled material; all day drop in workshops, taster classes and demonstrations in everything from Japanese swordsmanship, aikido and capoeira to Asian lantern and bespoke bunting making; a fun cycling obstacle course for children; and the lovely Laundrettas hosting guided tours of the festival on board the Stokefest express land train. Also, look out for a stilt walking Elvis and high flying trapeze nymphs.
The festival finale features excerpts from Bassline Circus’ new street culture show Advertigo (tickets on sale now for Clissold Park shows 3 17 June www.basslinecircus.org )
Stokefest is supported in part by Hackney Council, a host of the 2012 Olympic Games
For more information and complete programme line up go to:
www.stokefest.co.uk
www.myspace.com/stokefest
press enquiries to: Helen Maleed
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email: helen@greendesk.demon.co.uk | 3) Comments on: Trocabrahma Podcast Episode 1 Video Trailer : Os Mutantes & JD Twitch Live!
Brahma is delighted to present the 2007 Trocabrahma Podcast. Following this summer's impassioned live events and artistic exchanges in Sao Paulo, London, Liverpool and Glasgow, these six unmissable podcasts will celebrate the collaborative spirit and fiery narratives of this year's TrocaBrahma, which boasted a stellar cast of musical stars including Os Mutantes, Gruff Rhys, Bonde do Role, King Creosote, Gilles Peterson, Diplo, Four Tet, Radioclit and Open Field Church – among a host of others.
The kaleidoscopic podcast gala is anchored by presenter and mash up overlord Diplo. Each instalment is further brought to you by musicians who feature in assorted TrocaBrahma adventures which include Twitch from Optimo's investigations into the Tropicalia musical movement in episode one, Gilles Peterson, Joe Davis and Ben Westbeech's crate digging at Sao Paulo's Eric's Disco record shop in episode two, the story of the esoteric Gatorra instrument in episode four (Franz Ferdinand's Nick McCarthy has one and jams for us with Tony Da Gatorra) where we also eat chicken hearts and go to the market.
Featuring exclusive music, collaborations, interviews and material from the likes of CSS, Gruff Rhys, OS Mutantes, Gilles Peterson, the Zutons, Four Tet, King Creosote, Echo And The Bunnymen and Bonde do Role – the array of high octane half hour podcasts will explore and revel amidst the myriad facets of Brasilian contemporary culture: music, politics, street art, fashion, food & drink, society, sport and more.
From a shopping trip with CSS, to a cultural current account of Brasil from Tropicalia lodestars Os Mutantes, the TrocaBrahma 07 podcasts see Gilles Peterson finding out how Brasilian music first came to the UK from a quiet man called Eric Disco; King Creosote navigating Sao Paulo's markets; Gruff Rhys waxing lyrical on his musical toy box; Bonde do Role unleashing must hear anecdotes and Radioclit's dreams of super powers.
Throughout the series you'll hear from Diplo, Os Mutantes, Twitch (Optimo), The Bees, The Zutons, Echo and the Bunnymen, Ladytron, Chris Mack (Eska, The James Orr Complex, Mogwai), Gilles Peterson, Ben Westbeech, Tita Lima, CSS, Zeep, Joe Davis (Far Out Records), Future World Funk, Trouble, Departure Lounge, Bebado, Jazzanova, Four Tet, Open Field Church, Trama Records, Trama Virtual, Slag Records, Griff Rhys, Tony Da Gatorra, King Creosote, The Earlies (Christian Madden), The Whip and Half Cousin (Nathan Sudders), Fence Records, Defence Records, Romula Froes, Julio Barreto, Alfredo Bello, Simone Soul, Mondo Melhor Records, Samba Ya Bamba, Bonde Do Role, Amanda Blank, Radioclit and Speto. |
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