Bloc 2011 5th Birthday, First 10 acts announced!

Greetings Bloc family,

In March 2011 we will celebrate the first five years of the life-changing BLOC festival and we are bursting out of our brains in a giddy blast of thrill to announce to you all that the most important BLOC festival there has ever been is launched. As a teaser of what is to come, here are the first 10 acts announced:

LFO / Moderat / Vitalic / Joy Orbison / Seth Troxler / Claude Von Stroke / Digital Mystikz / Beardyman / Dopplereffekt / Black Devil Disco Club

Many more TBA at http://www.blocweekend.com

Uitspraak van bloc op woensdag 3 november 2010 om 15:52:

LFO / Moderat / Vitalic / Joy Orbison / Seth Troxler / Claude Von Stroke / Digital Mystikz / Beardyman / Dopplereffekt / Black Devil Disco Club

Line-up /
Aphex Twin
Four Tet
Speedy J
Drop The Lime
Toddla T

Mary Anne Hobbs Presents:
L-Vis 1990
Roska
Al Tourettes
Addison Groove
Mary Anne Hobbs

Overkill:
Venetian Snares
King Midas Sound
Daedelus
Alva Noto
Jimmy Edgar
more TBA

Mulletover:
Vision Quest feat. Seth Troxler, Lee Curtiss and Shaun Reeves
dOP
Geddes

Subloaded: Joy Orbison
Shackleton
Mala
Loefah
Pinch
Gemmy
Guido
DJ Pete
Untold

ResidentAdvisor:
Soul Clap
Floating Points
Will Saul
Space Dimension Controller

I Love Acid:
B12
Posthuman
Global Goon
AGT Rave Cru
Mark2
Placid

Bodyhammer:
Legowelt
Orgue Electronique
TLR
Joe Hart and residents
Promoter /
BLOC

Magnetic Man announced as headliners alongside Aphex Twin!

Chart-topping dubstep futurists Magnetic Man will be topping the bill for Bloc 2011 in a double headline spectacular with the legendary Aphex Twin.

The Croydon sound of dubstep has come a long way since we first invited Skream to smash Bloc apart back in 2008. Every time it’s developed, evolved and mutated these guys have been right there at the laser-sharp, cutting edge – and have become superstars along the way. Skream, Benga and their mentor Artwork are a hell of a big noise for Bloc – this will be the first time we have hosted their mesmerising live show – and what a perfect fifth birthday headline show for our Bloc family.

As we start to get increasingly excited about next year’s festival, we have uploaded a whole load of old Bloc sets to tide you over the cold winter months in the run up to Bloc 2011.

Head over to the Bloc Weekend site to have a listen, or alternatively head over to the mixcloud!

http://www.mixcloud.com/blocwknd/

Some of the many delights on offer include Rusko’s debut live set from 09, Amon Tobin’s surround sound DJ set from ’08 and Phuture 303’s mindblowing ’08 set.

Boom!

Rusko ’09 Set:

http://www.blocweekend.com/feature/rusko-bloc09-set/

Amon Tobin ’09 Set:

http://www.blocweekend.com/feature/amon-tobin-bloc08-set/

Phuture 303 ’08 Set:

http://www.blocweekend.com/feature/phuture-303-bloc08-set/

Download this belter of a mix from AGT Rave Cru who will be playing at Bloc 2011, featuring a whole host of absolute classics…Roll on March!

TRACKLISTING:

LFO – LFO
Quadrophonia – Quadrophonia
Altern8 – Hypnotic St-8
Eon - Spice
808 State – Donkey Doctor
Phuture – Acid Trax
Model 500 – I Wanna Be There
4Hero – Mr Kirk’s Nightmare
Slam – Positive Education
Joey Beltram – Energy Flash
Funk D’Void & Phil Keiron – Black Worm
Global Goon – Craehzrhd
Adonis – No Way Back
A Guy Called Gerald – Voodoo Ray
Mr. Fingers –You Can Feel It
Second Phase – Mentasm
Outlander – Vamp
Anthony Rother – Destroy Him My Robots
Altern8 – Infiltrate 202
DMS – Exterminate
Jack Beats – Get Down
Urban Shakedown – Some Justice
2 Bad Mice – Bombscare
4Hero – Cooking Up Your Brain
DJ Seduction – Hardcore Heaven
SL2 – Way In My Brain
Kicks Like A Mule – The Bouncer
Foul Play – Dubbing U
Criminal Minds vs DOT – Drums of Doom
Secret Frequency Crew – Miami Eyes
Hyper-On Experience – Lord of the Null Lines
D.M.S. & The Boneman X – Sweet Vibrations
Omni Trio – Renegade Snares (Foul Play Remix)
Cloud 9 – Burnin’ Up
SL2 – DJs Take Control
DJ Pulse & Wishdokta – Obsession (The Only Remix)
Sonz of a Loop da Loop Era – Far Out
Krome & Time – This Sound Is For The Underground
CLS – Can You Feel It
Aphex Twin – Windowlicker (Acid Edit)
B12 – Metropolis
8am – The Fog Track
808 State – Flow Coma
Friends of Michael – Out There
Bracket – Reunion One

http://soundcloud.com/hyponik-com/agt-rave-cru-bloc-2011-promo-mix

Christmas giveaway – win a 4 berth apartment to Bloc!

To celebrate the season of goodwill, the recent snowfall, the Chilean miners escaping, the doubling in population of endangered Rhinoceroses in the wild, Bloc’s recent lineup announcement with loads more techno and just about everything else that’s good and right in the world, Bloc is going to be raffling off a four-berther to one lucky competitor.

To enter, go to the Bloc fan page on facebook and follow the instructions. It’s dead easy.

http://www.facebook.com/blocwknd#!/blocwknd?v=app_4949752878

The competition closes on 07/01/11, so head over there quickly to be in with a chance!

Massive new lineup announcements for Bloc

If the lineup for Bloc.2011 gets any more awe-inspiring, we may all have to take shelter underneath our kitchen tables and sit there hugging one another, moaning softly for March to jolly well hurry up so that we can get rigid then floppy then rigid again on the only dancefloor in the galaxy that really matters.

This fresh wave of new announcements includes the Modeselektion stage, curated by those magical creatures Modeselektor and headed up by the stone-cold techno talent of Ben Klock. It features the hitherto hidden emotive dancefloor talents of Jamie xx, headlining the Numbers stage. Today's announcement speaks of techno harder than it is possible to comprehend with a human head, in the form of Oscar Mulero, and bass so deep as to be off-putting to the ears of a whale, in the form of the Iration Steppas.

Bloc calls from far and wide to welcome summer holiday good-vibes crew Outlook, technological conneiseuers Bleep and the turbo techno warriors of London Plex to bring their own wondrous vibes to the fifth birthday of the Bloc. And there's plenty more techno. To find out more, read on;


Bloc
The Advent / Oscar Mulero / Billy Nasty / A Guy Called Gerald / DJ Funk


Modeselektion
Ben Klock / Modeselektor / Apparat / Ramadanman / Ikonika / Siriusmo


Outlook
Gentlemen's Dub Club / Iration Steppas / Redlight / Kenny Ken / Top Cat / Exodus



Numbers
Jamie XX / Rustie / SBTRKT / Numbers DJ's


Plex
Ancient Methods / Silent Servant / Datassette / TVO / Plex DJ's



Bleep
Special Headliner TBA / Kyle Hall / Luke Abbott / Boxcutter

Uitspraak van DK079 op dinsdag 21 december 2010 om 23:45:

Ramadanman

Now that we are into 2011, the countdown to Bloc really starts. So in that spirit, we start off the year with one of the many stellar sets from last year’s festival to keep you going through the first week back at work!

Adam Beyer – Bloc10 set

Drumcode boss Adam Beyer has been Sweden’s top techno export for the best part of two decades and has collaborated with fellow big guns like Speedy J, Mathew Jonson, Tiga and Marco Carola over the years. His Drumcode label has been thwacking out the most supremely funky and rhythmically heavy techno tunes for 13 years now and his DJ sets are renowned for their depth and uniformly dancefloor smashing capabilities.

Beyer owns the chunky funky techno sound and his set at Bloc 2010 proves that in full.

http://www.blocweekend.com/feature/adam-beyer-bloc10-set/

Grab this and a whole host more sets over at the Bloc Weekend site.

Laurent Garnier has been announced as the final headliner to close Bloc festival 2011!

Check out this new video for a lineup recap…

http://www.vimeo.com/18508883

Follow Bloc’s twitter for the chance to win a copy of Shackleton’s recent fabric CD an exclusive Bloc weekender hoody! You gotta be in it to win it…

http://twitter.com/BLOCwknd

Check out this storming new Bloc mix from Overkill

1. Daedelus, Paperboy and Taz – Touchstone
2. Doshy – Chip (P45 Remix / Unreleased)
3. Luka Baumann 0 Emergency Nine (Go Hiyama Remix)
4. Alva Noto – U 07
5. Ghettozoid – BoyToy J (Silverman Remix / Unreleased)
6. Hecq – Nihilum (Unreleased)
7. Barker and Baumecker – Can’t Stand It (Jimmy Edgar Makeover) (Absurd Recordings / Unreleased)
8. DJ Funk – Knock Knock
9. DJ Funk – Pussy Ride
10. DJ Funk – Dance Mania Mix Intro
11. DJ Rashad – Right Into Yo Arms
12. MachineDrum – Gbye (Unreleased)
13. Ebola – Alpha Paw
14. The Notorious B.I.G. – Big Poppa
15. Brixton Jungle? – 1994
16. Ganja Krew – Wild For The Night
17. Venetian Snares - Defluxion
18. King Midas Sound – Outta Space

http://soundcloud.com/hyponik-com/ned-beckett-bloc-2011-overkill-mix

You can also check a Q+A with Overkill main man N>E>D who put together the mix over on the Hyponik site

http://hyponik.com/2011/01/overkill-bloc-2011-promo-mix/

Check this exclusive stream of a new Venetian Snares track from Bloc 2011 via Hyponik!

http://soundcloud.com/hyponik-com/venetian-snares-there-now-you-have-syphilis

The track, imaginatively titled ‘There Now You Have Syphilis’, spills out the speakers in an acid-drenched onslaught of typically manic polyrhtyhms and overt drum programming, settling into its own incongruous groove around the halfway mark.

Having recently launched his own Timesig label with new album ‘My So Called Life’, Aaron Funk is set to perform at the Overkill stage at this year’s Bloc festival, alongside DJ Funk, King Midas Sound, Daedelus, Carsten Nicolai and Jimmy Edgar, providing what will undoubtedly be a full on soundtrack of the very fines electronics and bass.

You can also read a nice interview with Kevin Martin, AKA The Bug and one third of King Midas Sound, over at the Bloc Weekend website…

http://www.blocweekend.com/feature/the-bug-interview/