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BLOC WEEKENDER - 12TH-14TH MARCH - "THE BEST ALTERNATIVE ELECTRONIC FESTIVAL IN THE UK" - MARY ANNE HOBBS, BBC RADIO Submitted1 by: Rood Media Ltd Tuesday, 2 February 2010 NB: All acts are available for interview - [email protected] BLOC 2010 12th / 13th / 14th March 2010 www.blocweekend.com (http://www.blocweekend.com) Butlins Minehead Resort, Somerset, U.K Acts inc. Salt n Pepa (Live), Grandmaster Flash (Live), Roots Manuva (Live), Mixmaster Mike (Beastie Boys), Skream, Flying Lotus, Wiley, Ms Dynamite, DJ Rush and Nathan Fake (Live) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Further top-notch acts roll-up for BLOC /// ALL 5 & 7 berth Self-Catering Apartments SOLD OUT /// Fancy Dress Theme Announced for Sunday /// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The UK is lucky to have popular festivals like Bloc Weekender, carrying the mantle of interesting electronic music. A tastemakers festival no doubt." Martina Connors, Warp Records "BLOC is an integral essential part of the UK festival circuit being braver, bolder and downright more 'ardcore than most of us out there!" Rob Da Bank: Bestival / BBC Radio 1 "A triumph.. imaginatively curated and skillfully managed.. the best alternative electronic festival in the UK" Mary-Anne Hobbs, BBC Radio 1 "The best RAVE ever" - DJ Magazine Eclecticism is a word bandied around music events far too regularly these days, but at BLOC we can hold our heads high, certain in the knowledge that come March 2010 we will have the most forward thinking and varied selection of performers in the country. Deep breaths, people… We have a huge third round of artists to announce, where world class acts sit with cutting-edge performers of the future. Bloc welcomes aboard a true superstar from over the pond - Mix Master Mike; named as one of the greatest DJs of all time by USA Today. With his new found love of hip-hop and his foray into scratching, Mike first got involved in the mobile DJ business playing house parties. After winning three consecutive DMC World Championships, it was rumored that Mix Master Mike was asked to retire from further competitions to Page 1 give someone else a chance! Mikes most high-profile work has been with hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, working on albums Hello Nasty (1998) and To The 5 Borough (2004), also appearing on The Sound of Science retrospective anthology. Mix Master Mike is now effectively the Beastie Boys' resident DJ. Add into the mix, Flying Lotus (born Steven Ellison), an experimental multi-genre artist from California. Combining a pulsing hum of simply sick beats, the blissed-out soundtracks of outerspace computer vistas and a cartoonists sense of colour, you can see why everyone wants his tracks. As well as running his Brainfeeder label, which boasts a roster of forward-thinking beat artists, FlyLo has also landed at BLOC! Also joining the BLOC bandwagon as it rolls into Somerset we welcome aboard Joris Voorn, Deuce DJs feat: Marcel Dettmann & Shed, Omar-S, Subhead LIVE & Matt Whitehead LIVE (Cyantific). Omar-S is a modern day Detroit maverick - one of a new generation of producers putting his own unique slant on the citys venerable techno tradition. His raw and soulful sound owes as much to classic Chicago house as the moody synth work of Derrick May et al. This will be Omar-S's first ever UK festival appearance! As a deejay Joris Voorn has been spreading his wide range of techno since 1997. Besides doing his high energy live sets, releases have come thick and fast under Voorns Green label, named MPX_309'. The Dark Flower Magnolia Mix for Robert Babicz turned out to be 2009s summer anthem, a favourite of DJs like Sven Vath, Dubfire, Pete Tong and John Digweed. Shrugging off media attention adds to Subheads anonymity, while intense live-performances have built devoted followings worldwide for anyone seeking art on the right angle: Punk rock while pure Techno! Subheads embrace and strangulation of hard-edged technology falls into no category or school, tipping their hat to Hip-Hop, Breakbeat, Freestyle and Electro as well as Techno. For spotters of Vogel, Landstrumm, Si Begg and Captain Beefheart, Subhead deeply delivers scalding but quirky and pumping raw funk-powered Hip-Hop hi-hat battles. As part as Cyantific, Matt Whiteheads various hi-tec outings on Hospital Records quickly brought them massive acclaim and huge commercial success. Matts solo project takes years of studio experience and takes it in a new, funkier direction. Closer to electro, house and disco than his Cyantific output, this is sure to be the surprise hit of the festival. Fancy Dress Theme for Sunday Fancy dress theme for Sunday this year (which happens to be Mothering Sunday!): 'The Big Day'...Dearly beloved, think; brides, bridesmaids, grooms, pageboys, vicars, cake, confetti, wedding singers, big hats, tails and wedding rings. Get planning people! This is our first update of the new year, but we must tell you that ALL 5 berth and 7 berth self-catering apartments have completely SOLD OUT. If you would like an apartment with a living room and kitchen, please act now before the remaining 4 berth and 6 berth's sell out too. Get tickets while you can and you will be joining the likes of.. Page 2 Salt-n-Pepa, Grandmaster Flash, Roots Manuva, Mix Master Mike, Flying Lotus, Skream & Benga, Kode9 2B2 Martyn, N-Type, Joker, Zinc, MJ Cole, Appleblim, Pinch, Lindstrom, Adam Beyer, Ms Dynamite, Wiley and many many more.. BLOC 2010 full line-up, by stage /// Salt-n-Pepa LIVE Grandmaster Flash Adam Beyer Skream B2B Benga Roots Manuva LIVE Mix Master Mike [the Beastie Boys] Flying Lotus Derrick May Anti-Pop Consortium LIVE Ellen Alien feat. Pfadfinderei VJs DJ Rush Joris Voorn Luke Slater aka Planetary Assault Systems LIVE Lindstrom live Omar-S Surgeon - Performing a rare audio-visual show Nathan Fake LIVE Channel One Sound System feat: Mikey Dread & Ras Kayleb FWD + Rinse.FM /// Ms Dynamite Wiley Boy Better Know ft. Skepta, JME, Frisco, Shorty and DJ Maximum Zinc Geeneus Marcus Nasty Youngsta b2b Ntype Chef Katy B Roska b2b Scratcha Spyro MCs Tippa and Crazy D Overkill /// Autechre LIVE Congo Natty aka Rebel MC feat. Tenor Fly Luke Vibert 16:bit Rob Hall Page 3 Loops Haunt LIVE N>E>D vs Punksi Subloaded /// Mark Ernestus feat. Tikiman (Rhythm & Sound) Deuce DJs Marcel Dettmann b2b Shed Joker Martyn B2B Kode 9 Pinch b2b Distance T++ LIVE Mungos Hifi feat. Soom T Appleblim b2b Peverelist Blazey MCs Crazy D, SGT Pokes and Dread Mulletover /// Lee Curtiss Geddes Braindrop (Hosted by Bass 6) DJ Hype & MC Daddy Earl MJ Cole The McMash Clan Raffertie b2b Kanji Kinetic Reso b2b Vent AGT Rave Cru Club Autonomic /// D:Bridge Instra:Mental Breakage SP:MC Disco Bloodbath /// Ben Pistor Dan Beaumont Damon Martin Man Make Music /// Joy Orbison George Fitzgerald MMM DJs Fenchurch Dome /// Billy Nasty Page 4 Radioactive Man LIVE Debasser LIVE Point B LIVE Kelpe LIVE Yimino LIVE Michael Forshaw LIVE Luke's Anger LIVE Ben Pest live Al Tourettes LIVE Subliminal Criminal LIVE DJ Planet Mu Lukid RekOrdah Digitonal And also Alden Tyrell DMX Krew new LIVE show Neil Landstrumm LIVE Jerome Hill Bass Junkie B2B The Dexorcist Noyeahno Subeena Lusinda Girlcore feat. Isa GT & Naomi // Joe Hart aka Mr. Bodyhammer Placid Make Me DJs Human Shield feat. Ali Renault, Casionova, Tommy Walker 3 & Peter Mangalore Dutty Girl Unlikely Rebel Intelligence NOTES FOR EDITORS:- BLOC WEEKEND 2010 12th / 13th / 14th March Butlins Minehead Resort Somerset UK TA24 5SH BLOC is held inside a state of the art holiday resort complex on the West coast of the UK. Theres no camping, because all BLOC family stay in luxury apartments surrounding the main indoor Page 5 auditoriums for three nights, so no need to worry about the weather. All you need to do is focus on the BLOC. Its better that way All 5 & 7 berth self-catering apartments completely SOLD OUT /// Tickets: £140 +BF for a normal apartment £150 +BF for an apartment with a living room & kitchen. All tickets include three nights private accommodation, access to all BLOC arenas and all of the resorts facilities - including the water park. All venues and accommodation are indoors There are Gold, Silver & Standard apartments available. 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