Fast becoming a much-loved fixture on the festival circuit, Electric Elephant will return for a third bash this summer, promising cosmic, spiritual fun on the Adiriatic Sea. Electric Elephant is an escape, an adventure, a musical getaway, and a meeting of like-minded souls set within the little whitewashed fishing village of Petrcane, Croatia.
Brought to you by the team behind Manchester’s legendary Electric Chair club, Electric Elephant has once again pulled together a wonderfully wild mix of the best international and UK artists, with more live artists and eye catching DJs to be announced soon.
F*ck Buttons and The Phantom Band, who both featured in just about every ‘best of’ chart for 2009, are confirmed as Friday and Saturday night headliners, and they’re both utterly unmissable.
Electronic music comes to the live stage via Berlin’s Soundstream, which puts Frank Timm’s never-ending love for disco and refined house music to the fore. Architeq, a 23 year-old producer of cosmic/electronic hiphop from London, will be taking us on a journey from King Tubby through to Carl Craig, while PLUGS are a London-based electro-rock three-piece with a track record for incredible live shows.
Folk and acoustic sounds continue to play a vital role at Electric Elephant, and Jesca Hoop comes approved by Tom Waits and Guy Garvey, which is good enough for us. Table comb together different strands of modern folk music to create something new and wonderful, while Hannah Peel takes the delicate sounds of music boxes and a raft of other instruments to concoct gently enchanting suites.
On to the DJs and New York’s Francois K, known as the forefather of house music, headlines Friday night with a three-hour Deep Space set on the main stage. Juan Maclean brings the sound of DFA, while Andrew Weatherall returns to Electric Elephant to perform twice: a special sunset Balearic set at the beach bar and a late night jackin’ set to bring the festival to a close on Sunday.
Richard Norris & Leo Elstob join forces to present The Time and Space Machine Vs Wig Wam, a unique, four-hour set of warped pyschedelia and spaced out disco on the beach terrace. Internationally renowned Balearic disco king Todd Terje will be keeping beach terrace revellers dancing into the night and pioneering Italian DJ Beppe Loda will be showcasing his ‘Afro Cosmic’ sound.
The futuristic house sounds of Berlin come in threes: in addition to Soundstream DJ sets come sets from Prosumer, the resident at white-hot club Panorama Bar, and exciting new producer Hunee. Sticking firmly in the future, Ramadanman – head honcho of celebrated dubstep label Hessle Audio – will be bringing the main stage Funktion 1 soundsystem to life.
At the beating heart of the Electric Elephant is Electric Chair and its residents The Unabombers, who once again headline the main stage on Saturday night. Friend of the club Ashley Beedle will bring basement soul magic from soundsystem reggae to sonic Detroit techno, alongside two other Electric Chair regulars Kelvin Andrews (taking time off from writing with some guy called Robbie Williams) and Chris Duckenfield.
Completing the current DJ line-up are UK club collectives including London’s Lowlife, Bad Passion & The Local. Manchester’s Naïve Melody and Aficionado and DJ’s Crowhead (Attic Records), Ruf Dug, Doodlebug, Rashid Khan (Content) and Francis Wooff (That Amazing Thing).
Electric Elephant was established in 2008 with an aim to create the best boutique festival in the most beautiful surroundings. Travelling to the festival couldn’t be easier, with three airports within a 2.5-hour drive from the site. The nearest, Zadar, is just a 20-minute cab ride away. Accommodation in Petrcane is plentiful, with old cottages and villas on the sea front available and cheap hotels starting at around €10 at night, and there’s space for tents in the woods.
You can relax in the sunshine or beneath the pines, swim in the sea and dance into the night under moonlit skies amidst breathtaking surroundings. There’s more too: a magical old boat called the Argonaughty sets sail twice a day with a couple of hundred revellers partying into the twilight, there’s late night cinema, The World Famous Pub Quiz and a massage area within the festival grounds. The festival is kids friendly too, with an adventure playground, vollyball and tennis courts on site.
Petrcane itself is a heavenly, 900 year-old fishing village with a forested coastline on the Adriatic Sea. It promises great weather, great restaurants and plenty of fresh fish, fruit and local wine. Sailing boats can chartered and explore the mystical islands. Stunning national parks, waterfalls, mountains and the old coastal city of Zadar are only a bus or taxi ride away. “It’s a beautiful place,” say the organisers. “It’s enchanting… You’ll fall in love.”
ELECTRIC ELEPHANT 2010
27th, 28th & 29th August 2010 at The Garden, Petrcane, Croatia
LINEUP DETAILS
LIVE:
• FUCK BUTTONS
• THE PHANTOM BAND
• SOUNDSTREAM
• JESCA HOOP
• PLUGS
• ARCHITEQ
• TABLE
• HANNAH PEEL
• MORE TBA
DJ'S:
• FRANCOIS K
• ANDREW WEATHERALL
• JUAN MACLEAN (DFA)
• DON LETTS
• TODD TERJE
• PROSUMER (PANORAMA BAR)
• THE TIME & SPACE MACHINE VS WIGWAM
• RICHARD NORRIS
• LEO ELSTOB
• THE UNABOMBERS
• HUNEE
• ASHLEY BEEDLE
• RAMANDANMAN (HESSLE AUDIO)
• BEPPE LODA
• CHRIS DUCKENFIELD
• KELVIN ANDREWS
• LOWLIFE
• BILL BREWSTER
• MICHAEL COOK
• MATTHEW & JOLYON
• ELLIOTT (NAIVE MELODY)
• BAD PASSION
• AFICIONADO
• MOONBOOTS & JASON BOARDMAN
• RUF DUG
• PHIL SOUTH (GOLF CHANNEL)
• IRISH MASH (HOTMILK)
• MARK & WES (CUTLOOSE)
• CROWHEAD
• DOODLEBUG
• HOWARD MONK
• FRANCIS WOOFF
• RASHID KHAN
• BILLY SCURRY
• SIMON STROTMANN
• M. KERENSKI (DISCOLOR, NL)
• STEFANO (DISCO OUTCASTS)
• MORE TBA
Tickets £80
Tickets available from the following outlets:
www.gigantic.com (10% of profits go to Oxfam)
www.ticketweb.co.uk
www.skiddle.com
www.wegottickets.com
and Electrik Bar in Chorlton, Manchester, with no booking fee.
MORE INFORMATION
www.electricelephant.co.uk
www.twitter.com/electricelephant
www.myspace.com/electricelephantcroatia
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Electric-Elephant-Festival/8992097695
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P00B3AM21HY
