Ents24.com Festival Guide
24 July 2008
Fri 8 Aug - Sun 10 Aug 2008

Bloom Festival 2008:
Stereo MCs + Roisin Murphy + Roni Size + Kissy Sell Out + The Presets + Akil The MC + AutoKratz + The Black Seeds + Brand New Heavies + Ewan Pearson + Florence and The Machine + Freeform Five + The Glimmers + High Contrast + Slyde (DJs) + Soul Of Man + Shades Of Rhythm + Drumattic Twins + Kraak & Smaak + more

At Seven Springs, Cheltenham

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Price: £85.00 advance

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Roisin Murphy -

Former lead-singer of the very successful indie-dance group Moloko, Murphy's solo material breaks away from the traditional Moloko sound of indie-dance, to become a bit more electro and funked up, but at the same time, her songs are often chill-out material. With a haunting but beautiful voice, Roisin's unusual vocals carry the trippy sound of her solo material whilst putting her own inimitable style on every single song that she writes and produces. Overpowered, the second album by Roisin Murphy, was released mid 2007.

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Roni Size

Roni Size -

Bristol based drum'n'bass pioneer, true to his underground roots even when in the media spotlight. He performs live DJ sets with the Reprezent Collective.

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Brand New Heavies

Brand New Heavies -

Recently united with original lead singer NDea Davenport, the band release a new studio album, Get Used To It, into the Us market at th ened of June 2006, via their long standing erlationship with Delicious Vinyl, the label that signed the band in the early 90s and introduced them to Davenport.

Shades Of Rhythm -

Responsible for two of the rave scenes finest moments ('Extacy' and 'The Sound Of Eden'), 'SOR' have blessed the club scene for many years with their DJ sets and production skills.

Stereo MCs

Stereo MCs -

Still getting themselves connected to today's dance music scene, the MC's came back from a long break in 2001 with some fresh material. Still full of funky lo-fi beats and melodic raps.

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The Black Seeds

The Black Seeds -

With gold and double-platinum selling albums in New Zealand and several years of successful touring, Wellington-based 8-piece The Black Seeds have been winning over fans with their unique blend of reggae, dub, funk and soul since their formation in 1997. One of New Zealand's finest and most dynamic live acts, they regularly see out New Zealand and Australian tours and headline slots at some of the regions biggest music festivals.

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The Presets

The Presets -

Dark, gritty electropop outfit The Presets stand out like a jet black ink blot on the page. Julian Hamilton an Kim Moyes share a skewed, singular vision that reassembles pop, defies easy categorization in their recorded work, exceeds expectations above and beyond in sweat-drenched live shows that leave the competition for dead, and release videos and artwork as beautiful as they are twisted.

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Akil The MC -

Old skool hip hop MC and former member of the successful hip hop collective Jurassic 5.

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AutoKratz

AutoKratz -

Electro duo David and Russell inspired by Kraftwerk, Daft Punk and Underworld.

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Listed on Ents24.com since: Jun 2007

Ewan Pearson -

Midland's house and techno producer whose DJ sets are a melting pot of electro soul, deep leftfield disco and a range of hard dance sounds.

Florence and The Machine -

Florence and The Machine is a one-woman force of bluesy rock with her roots in the same ground as Scout Niblett and PJ Harvey. The music of 20-year-old Florence Welch, sounds rough and ragged, likened to American pre-war folk and blues.

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Freeform Five -

AKA Anu Pillai. A cross-cultural musical phenomenon; a multi-instrumentalist, producer and DJ, Freeform began making house records for Chicago legend Derrick Carter's revered Classic Music label and remixing everyone from N.E.R.D. to Brian Wilson - described as one part Prince mixed with one part Kraftwerk and one part Blondie, thrown in the acid house party blender.

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High Contrast

High Contrast -

Aka Link Barrat, a leading Welsh junglist whose sound has been described as 'the most uplifting drum'n'bass in the universe'.

Kraak & Smaak -

7-piece funk phenomena from the Netherlands with soul sister Rose, drummer, rapper and singer Ro Krom and stone cold bass grooves from Marc Baronner.

Slyde (DJs) -

Big breakbeat business and turntable trickery from Jason Laidback and Robin 'Special Branch' 12 Tree.

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Soul Of Man -

The force behind Finger Lickin' Records.

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The Glimmers -

Electro/dance/alternative duo from Belgium.

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Listed on Ents24.com since: Nov 2007

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