What to see at Lovebox Festival

What to see at Lovebox Festival

07 July, 2011
by: Spoonfed Festivals

Going to Lovebox? Yeah us too. Here's who we're planning to check out...

Lowri picks: SebastiAn
Relentless arena - Friday
Ed Banger star SebastiAn has been quietly bashing out his incredibly slick remixes for years. His electro is a thing of beauty. Razor sharp, chunky but stylised and classically French. He released his first long-player – 'Total' this year and every single track is a triumph. 'Embody' has been getting lots of air time. On Friday he plays live and I for one cannot wait to see what he'll do. SebastiAn - Embody by Stop The Noise

Joj picks: 2ManyDJs
Closing the Main Stage - Sunday
As the DJ incarnation of dance-rock titans Soulwax, 2ManyDJs have been, and still are, instrumental in shaping the ever changing terrain of electro, techno and house music. With an immense, genre-spanning collection of pop, rock, rnb (you name it) remixes under their belts, not to mention the incredible Soulwax back-catalogue the Belgian pair make for seriously memorable headliners, promising nothing short of a high-octane, adrenal assault. You’ll not get a stronger recommendation from this humble journo, miss it and you’ll have only yourself to blame. 2ManyDJs Live at Coachella 2010-04-20 by Hailfairy

Tom A picks: Azari and III
Main stage - Sunday
Forget the Shoredessex clubbers and the Snoop Dogg circus on Saturday, all the cool kids know Sunday is where it's really at on Lovebox weekend. But if you've only got time to see one new act all day, my recommendation is Canadian house outfit Azari & III whose 90s influenced sleaze-house annihilated dancefloors last year. They're live on the main stage so it'll be interesting to see how well their sound adapts to the open air, but singers Fritz and Cedric are born performers and are sure to please the camp Sunday crowd. AZARI & III - HUNGRY FOR THE POWER by future classic

Lucy picks: Architecture in Helskini
Gaymers Stage - Friday
A good Friday tip for you is to avoid cheap hot cross buns. Ha! That was terrible. A great band for you to see on Lovebox Friday is Architecture in Helskini. The Australian indie poppers are so tweecore they will not be to everyone's taste, but to anyone that feels comfortable enough in their musical orientation to allow a bit of sugary fluff into their lives will love it. Latest album 'Moment Bends' came out a few months ago- it's gorgeously breezy and zapping out sunrays like laser beams. If ole' Ma Nature is forgiving then they will be like the hundreds and thousands on your ice cream in that sunny afternoon. Architecture In Helsinki - Contact High by modularpeople

Emma picks: Tensnake
Sunday
Tensnake was fantastic at Glasto. Playing a mixture of 80s disco classics, soulful house and his own infectious productions like last year's dancefloor filler 'Coma Cat' and his 90s-inspired rework of Azari & III's 'Reckless With Your Love', he whipped the crowd up into a beaming, boogying mass of energy. Dance music that makes you want to smile and dance - it's amazing how many DJs forget this simple formula. Check him out! Azari & III - Reckless For Your Love (Tensnake Remix) [Permanent Vacation] by alchemyremixmanagement

Dom picks: Washed Out
Gaymers Stage - Friday
The solo project to one Mr Earnest Green, Washed Out was one of the first people I heard peddling the sound that everyone now calls glo-fi. Taking its lead from early hip hop, synth-pop and experimental drone, his music ain't the kind of stuff you can wave your hands round to, but in a strange, disjointed way it makes for the perfect soundtrack for sunsets spent sitting on top of your Ferrari Testarossa and just staring out to sea. Washed Out - Echoes by Goltzman*

Lovebox Festival takes over Victoria Park from Friday 15th - Sunday 17th July.

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