Bonobo
Blue Mountain - 04.03.11
Friday the 4th of March sees The Garden Festival Tour come rolling into town, bringing with it all the warm, festival vibes of a hazy Croatian summer’s afternoon. The tour’s already been strutting its stuff around Europe, hitting up clubs in neighbouring Slovenia and Bulgaria and now they dance their merry dance down to legendry Bristol club, The Blue Mountain. The night looks promising, with the tour attempting to bring with it a ray of Eastern European festival sunshine, to brighten up even the darkest Bristol Friday night, giving the West Country a taste of things to come from one of Europe’s hottest new festivals. Nick Colgan, one of the founders of the Garden Festival, reiterates this sentiment, “Futureboogie’s Dave and Steve have put together some great dates already with promoters we love and have great relationships with…We want to spread some Garden magic and get people in the mood for the main event in the summer.” Headlining is Brighton’s finest, Bonobo, who’ll be delivering a DJ set which hopefully captures his unique blend of progressive dance music to a backdrop of melodic bass lines. Like
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the festival, Bonobo’s offering up a cheeky taste of things to come as this set is closely followed by a live show with full band at the O2 next month. Motor City Drum Ensemble will be responsible for cranking the night up a notch or two, with their own modified version of classic Detroit house. Both these artists are at the forefront of their chosen division of dance music and both subsequently warrant a watch, whether you’re an avid fan or just interested in seeing what all the fuss is about. Whichever way you look at it, the formula’s ultimately the same, 10 pounds will buy you 5 hours of uninterrupted quality dance music. With additional sets from the night’s hosts Futureboogie, this night promises to blend a heady mix of banging dance music with hedonistic grooves. So if you fancy some summertime festival escapism, or just need a dose of festi-vibes to tide you over till summer this is definately the night for you. Because let’s face it, no other city caters for a festival vibe better than Bristol.