BLOC 2008

[imitationleather]

Hooray for the first festival of 2008!

http://www.blocweekend.com

The new site is up and tickets are on sale. No word on the line-up yet, but that hasn't stopped me getting excited. Bloc this year was a blinder.

Anyone else thinking of going along to this?

[Sperge]

Tickets £110?

Thought they were way cheaper this time last year?

I'm not sure there's enough money floating around to keep putting up prices at this rate. A lot of people are starting to feel the pinch now - and this will be increasingly so over the next year. I foresee a few festivals coming a cropper.

[imitationleather]

Can't remember how much it was last time, but next year it runs later on Sunday night and you don't have to pay an extra £20 to stay until Monday (which nearly everyone who went appeared to do).

Actually, I'm not sure it was cheaper this year. boki will hopefully remember how much it was because he booked them.

[Sperge]

Ah, I've checked last year's thread now and it was £105, so not much change.

I had some idea that it was £50 for early bird tickets but I must have mixed it up with something else.

You going to go to this and Bang Face at Sea then?

[boki]

Last year we were able to pay in two instalments - £50 /person to begin with and the remaining £55 at a later date.

Yup, doing both (possibly against my better judgment!) - I just go to festivals instead of having 'proper' holidays.

[ibrahim]

ooh that looks very tempting, missed out last year, quite like the thought of a bloc-weekend.

will invest once i've got pennies

[ThE99THReDBallooN]

Last year we were able to pay in two instalments - £50 /person to begin with and the remaining £55 at a later date.

Yup, doing both (possibly against my better judgment!) - I just go to festivals instead of having 'proper' holidays.

tis the way to live

[Con]

boxcutter is playin on the sunday.................

[BLOCwknd]

yo dudes

cheers for kind words, here's a bit of official BLOC hyperbole for you;

soz it's had to go up by a fiver but that's the way things go I'm afraid - in 1901 for instance you could have bought a battleship for eight shillings, five d and a groat. What would you get for that these days? A gobstopper or something I should think.

But you do get sunday night for freeeeeeee !




BLOC is big and bold and bad and BACK

The first lineup confirmations being leaked: BLOC 08 will be hosting 60+ artists, labels and crews including REPHLEX RECORDS [UK] and UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE [DETROIT]

once again,

The galaxy's premier underground electronic indoor jivefest breakdown is coiled up like a muscled panther ready to strike at the world's neck and face one more time.


oh my God,

BLOC is scheduled to take place within the palatial confines of Pontin's Holiday Park on the weekend of the 14-16th March 2008. Any attendees / devotees from 2007 's year zero event will know what to expect - three days of the baddest music on earth over three indoor arenas danced into the ground by two and a half thousand of quite the nicest people you could ever hope to meet.

on top of the world,

BLOC takes place near Great Yarmouth, on the east coast of the UK. It is a unique festival because everyone attending is housed in their own holiday apartment for the three days of music. There's nothing like a few creature comforts to enhance the party. And BLOC now features extrabloc: the music will carry on into Sunday night and everyone attending can stay til Monday at no extra charge too.

you knew that we'd be back,

BLOC's website is now online, and more lineup announcements will be being made very, very shortly. Do take a second to visit our 2008 website at http://www.blocweekend.com

STAND BY FOR MORE BLOC NEWS

here's to 2008.


TEAM BLOC


http://www.blocweekend.com

[dannybee]

Deffinately at this. £120 aint to much to pay Sperge when you get a chalet and bed. Admittedly the chalets decor hasn't changed for 30 years and it's not like that much sleeping is done but it is still an added bonus. Looking forward to a brain killing on Sunday. Not so sure how many days to book off from work this year. Took me the whole week to recover from the last one.

[boki]

attaboy, dannybee. If it's anything like this year's it'll be a hell of a party.

[digital.atmosphere]

the bloc line up got announced last night on mary anne hobbs show at 3:03 but i did not listen. does anyone know who is playing yet? im noit sure whether tog et a bangface weekend ticket or a bloc weekend ticket.

[BLOCwknd]

yo dudes

BLOC 08 Lineup

BassBloc

Headline Act TBA..
Red Snapper (Reformed) – LIVE
Amon Tobin – LIVE
Underground Resistance presents Interstellar Fugitives feat. ‘Mad’ Mike Banks, Ray7, Atlantis, DJ Skurge and Frankie Fultz – LIVE

Rephlex Records Present:

Bochum Welt – LIVE
Lory D – LIVE
Luke Vibert
EDMX
DJ Rephlex Records
Ceephax
More TBA...

Various Production
Milanese – LIVE

FWD presents:
Bass Fiction aka Kode 9 and Spaceape – LIVE
Skream
Oris Jay aka Darqwan
Ntype

Therapy Sessions present:
Stakka and Skynet – LIVE
Current Value – LIVE
More TBA...

TecBloc

Dave Clarke
Joey Beltram
Juan Atkins
Ben Sims
Phuture 303 – LIVE
A Guy Called Gerald – LIVE
Monolake – LIVE
Sleeparchive - LIVE
Cristian Vogel and Ben Pest aka Black-E – LIVE
Subhead – LIVE
Convextion – LIVE
Claro Intelecto and Andy Stott – LIVE
Dynamix II – DJ Scratch-D
Radioactive Man – LIVE
Legowelt – LIVE
Mr Velcro Fastener - LIVE
Detroit Grand Pubahs (Mysterious Mr. O)
Manasyt – LIVE
Ed Chamberlain – LIVE
Syntheme – LIVE
The Dexorcist
Mesak and Claws Costeau – Skweee set

More TBA...

SmashBloc

The Black Dog – LIVE
Bitstream – LIVE
LA Synthesis – 1st LIVE show in 10 years
Transparent Sound – LIVE
the wee djs – LIVE
Digitonal – LIVE
Ochre – LIVE
Christ – LIVE
Boxcutter – LIVE
Komonazmuk

Skull Disco Presents:
Appleblim
Shackleton
Peverelist
Necta selecta

Sud Electronic presents:
Portable aka Bodycode – LIVE
Lakuti
Marco Shuttle
Nick Craddock

Werk Discs presents
Actress – LIVE
Cloaks

Rag and Bone Presents:
Black Mass Plastics - LIVE
Warlock
Bracket

Kraktronik and HOG Present:

Sir Real
Al Tourettes
Harvey Lane

Wireblock Presents:
Jackmaster, Spencer and Nel
Rustie

Bleep43 Presents
Plant43- LIVE
Jo Johnson – LIVE
Orphan – LIVE

Cubik and CSS Malta present
Jamez
A.I.
Him and Me

Luke’s Anger – LIVE
Smashback – LIVE
Rogue Harvester aka Full Spectrum and Bada – LIVE
Shelley Parker
Coded Soul
Mossadon
Richard Brophy
AGT Rave Cru
Computer Controlled DJs

BLOC Residents:
James Tec, Rebel Intelligence, Joe Hart, George ‘Skull’ Hull & Jerome Hill

[digital.atmosphere]

i think its gonna have to be bloc instead of bangface weekender this year

[dannybee]

Well... Gotta be both really!

[BLOCwknd]

yo

cheers for the good vibes. full linuep at http://www.blocweekend.com. mystery headliner still TBA!

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[pd2h]

Mmm mystery headliner ehh?? Who could go above Tobin??

[alboot]

looks super awsome

[Sperge]

It looks phat. There's some serious competition between Bloc and BF Weekender innit?

I think Glade is going to have to pull something really special out of the bag to top these.

[dannybee]

I heard there is only 6 berth chalets left for this!

A bit of a roll call to find out who purchased some? Looks like it is going to sell out soon!

Enough of you guys for a meetup?

[Sperge]

Are the Northern Ireland set going to this (Con, Clur etc)?

[BLOCwknd]

Heads up - last few tickets available at http://www.blocweekend.com

Karl Bartos (Kraftwerk) - LIVE confirmed!

[digital.atmosphere]

how was bloc this year????

[Sperge]

how was bloc this year????

Hardly any signs of life from those who went yet.

Surely that answers your question?

[dannybee]

Holy Shiat! What a blowout. A seriously amazing time was had by all it seems. The sound systems were so lush and the lineup completely blew me away. With all these noise laws in place it was so so so good to see music being blasted out so beautifully! I wasn't sure you could ever get that festival mentality indoors but this year truely topped it. I would list my favorites but it would be so difficult. SO much lush and varied music.

Everyone that came seemed to be full of love and happy vibes! The irish crew represented very well indeed! They were everywhere and all very friendly. Only problem now is the wait I have until the next festival!

Roll on Glasto (If I get a ticket)

woooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!