Spring
has officially sprung, and with more Eastnor news
to announce, and two months of great music to squeeze
into London in April, we thought we would give you
a quick update. Our excitement at the latest additions
to the Eastnor line-up is probably because it's one
the best looking line-ups we have ever had. From power
pop to hip hop, classic club sounds to heartwarming
acoustica, cutting-edge festival first-timers to familiar
favourites - the line-up continues to welcome the
best performers of today, yesterday and tomorrow.
The Big Chill Bar and House both have a great April
ahead - check out the highlights below.
lots
of love
Pete, Katrina and the team at BCHQ x
ps
The Big Chill Goa is days away, and word from India
is that it's HOT!!!
Eastnor
More
line-up!
Full details about these acts
coming to bigchill.net on Monday, but for now, exclusively
for you, here's a few more names to get your 'can't-wait-to-see-them'
teeth into.
Mika
Isaac Hayes
Low
Ty
Richie Havens
Ulrich Schnauss
Kate Rogers
Another Fine Day
Bonobo
Cortney Tidwell
Hafdis Huld
Bombay Dub Orchestra
Ben Westbeech
The Bays
Dingwalls session with Gilles Peterson and Patrick
Forge
Karizma
Aaron Ross
Goa
There is still time to join the The Big Chill in Goa
on April 14th-15th. Check the links at http://www.bigchillindia.in
If you have bought your ticket, pop along to bigchillindia.in,
download the
eflyer, and then bounce up & down in your
seat saying 'ohyesohyesohyesohyes'.
Some
of us, like Alabama 3, ain't going to Goa. If that's
you, don't worry - The Big Chill House and The Big
Chill Bar are staying put too. And in a defiant hand
gesture in the direction of the Goa crowd, both venues
have got such great programmes in April that they're
practically showing off...
The
Big Chill House
Quality midweek music in April, with Ashley Beedle's
Warbox on Thursday 5th (an unofficial Faith warm-up),
Crazy P (live) on Thursday 12th, Exceptional Records
return on Weds 18th after a humdinger of a launch
night in March, If Music give you what you need on
the 19th, paris-london.org spotlights musique francaise
on Wednesday 25th and Mixmaster Morris takes off with
Loft in Space on Thursday 26th.
The
Chiller Cabinet cools down Saturday afternoon on the
21st with the Arctic Circle (live), plus other live
acts and DJs, new and old.
Laughs
abound in April. Hootenanny stuffs Sunday revellers
tums with roasts, their ears with great live music
and DJs, and their laughing glands with top comedy
- guest curators in April include The Local (1st),
Paul Foot (8th), Phil Whelans (15th), Name Records
(22nd) and DJ Wheelie Bag (29th). There more comedy
too, as Old Rope showcases new material on Monday
nights and Paul Foot and Trevor Lock's Unbelievably
Hard Public Quiz turns Tuesday 24th into a diary date.
Of course, Friday and Saturday nights are party nights
- with regulars like Phantom Beats, Ninja Tune's You
Don't Know, Nice Up!, Shuttle, Lasermagnetic and Disco
Sucks among this month's weekend party animals.
The
Big Chill Bar
The best bar in Brick Lane continues to bring quality
decksmiths from all over the world and from diverse
musical genres - to play for East End drinkers and
diners. Tamla Tuesday, Spacific, Nubient with Mixmaster
Morris, Le Vagabond Boogaloo Club, Nick Luscombe,
Club Attitude, Bam Bam, Lucid and whole heap of regulars
- every one a winner! Grab your fifteen minutes of
fame (not to mention the chance of a DJ slot at Eastnor)
at Open Dex on the 18th, and check out the furthest-travelled
musicologist Psyrock @ the kiwi-flavoured Spacific
on 4th. Special mention too to the Warm afternoon
sessions on Easter Bank holiday Monday (9th), Sat
14th (13.00-20.00), and 28th (13.00-20.00). Guests
so special we're not allowed to tell you who they
are in advance - but oh. my. gosh. are they special
guests...
Radio
After the success of his August Bank Holiday special
last summer, Pete Lawrence returns to the Radio 2
airwaves in the early hours of Easter Monday for the
latest installment. Pete says "Doing the Radio 2 show
live was a definite year highlight for me and I'm
looking forward to getting back into the studio. My
producer Helen comes to the festival and is great
to work with. She has been tirelessly campaigning
for more chill shows for a couple of years now and
it's great to see that these slots are becoming regular
fixtures in the schedule."
More info from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/musicclub/chillout_home.shtml
Competitions
Admit it, you've scrolled all the way to the end of
this first to find out if you're famous - haven't
you? An avalanche of emails with everyone wanting
their 15 seconds of fame, and pile of CDs pilfered
at random from desks at BCHQ. So, famous for 15 seconds
and about to have their CD collection boosted is...
LYNN CROSSLAND. Congratulations, Lynn - CDs
on their way to you. Bask in your limelight. If you
are Lynn, you're probably thinking 'gosh' and forwarding
this email onto friends. If you are not Lynn, you're
probably thinking - 'But what about my free stuff?
What about my fame? Why do i never win anything ever?
What about ME, dammit?' Well worry not because we're
doing it all over again. Up for grabs this time is
a pile of CDs and your name in the next mailshot.
Not only that but in the HTML version of the email
your name will be in a DIFFERENT TEXT COLOUR to the
rest of the text. This must be what the early days
at Pixar felt like... Fame is never easy though, and
you'll have to work for this one. Email competitions@bigchill.net
with the subject line 'MAKE ME...', and in the body
of the email write your favourite colour and your
postal address. You never know, this time next month
you could be going through the same dizzying range
of emotions that LYNN CROSSLAND is going through right
now.
