Eastern Electrics returns this weekend

Returning to Morden Park over ​Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th August​, Eastern Electrics will include a ​pool party​, vamped up VIP area and a host of top DJs. 

These include heavyweights like MK, Goldie, Orbital, Skream, Claptone and more. 

This weekend will again see the construction of the impressive Switchyard stage and a host of other arenas catering to varied electronic tastes. 

With variety in mind, day two will have a garage vibe with legendary UKG jock DJ EZ leading the charge, joined by DJ Spoony, Matt ‘Jam’ Lamont and many more. 

This year will also feature an after party at legendary London venue, Fabric, which will feature a DJ set from M25 rave icons, Orbital. 

Weekend tickets are priced at £57.50, plus booking fee, Saturday-only tickets are from £39.95 and Sunday from £20.

Tickets are available HERE

elrow Town brings the surreal and stupendous to London

Elrow Town breezed into London last weekend in a blaze of psychedelic colour, animatronics and banging tunes.

It is now a week since the second day kicked off and the hedonistic musical mayhem is still fresh in the memory.

Great sets from Claptone, Fatboy Slim and Idris Elba were the order of the day, seven days ago.

And last Saturday saw Paul Kalkbrenner, Paco Osuna and Steve Lawler entertaining up-for-it revellers across the Psychedelic Trip and Sambodromo do Brasil arenas.

Both main stages were incredible feats, with inflatable giraffes and other critters looming over the dancefloor in the Sambodromo and awesome ‘walking’ praying mantises stalking the massive pyramidal Psychedelic Trip.

The event, in the shadow of the Olympic stadium, in Stratford, brought a hefty dose of the surreal to this corner of East London, with smiles on faces wherever you looked. It was a timely reminder not to take life too seriously.

Here’s hoping elrow Town is now a regular feature.

elrow Town ready to bring crazy carnival to London's Olympic Park

elrow Town London details an eye-popping array of captivating features, extensive food programming and crazy characters for Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 August.

Famed for its immersive production, elrow Town London will set the bar even higher for interactive, audiovisual festivals when it once again takes over the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, in Stratford, London.

The crazy carnival atmosphere is set to fill the site of the 2012 Olympics with a different brand of fun and games.

elrow Town London hosts two immersive themes: Psychedelic Trip and Sambodromo Do Brasil. The former transports townspeople to a hippy commune that's built on peace and love while the latter plunges you deep into the rainforest for hair-raising encounters with wild animals, lost explorers, samba dancers and stranded DJs.

The roving international two-day event will feature DJ luminaries such as superstar Fatboy Slim, masked house honcho Claptone, Paul Kalkbrenner, Paco Osuna and Luther star Idris Elba.

For tickets click here

Claptone The Masquerade at Electric Brixton, London

Masked revellers, a mystery DJ and a strong supporting cast put on a theatrical display at Brixton’s iconic Electric club on Friday night/Saturday morning.

Tough and accessible house music was the order of the evening as Oliver Dollar, Eli & Fur and Mat.Joe warmed up expertly for the masked man Claptone himself.

The incognito German wowed the crowd with a series of belters as pyrotechnics whooshed around him, lighting up his golden Venetian plague doctor mask.

Claptone’s white gloved hands conducting an orchestra of clubbers who whooped and bounced as the tempo was ramped up.

The old theatre provided the perfect location for this macarbre cabaret.

Claptone is currently taking his The Masquerade event to several cities and I can’t recommend it highly enough.

The masked ravers made for a fantastic atmosphere with the Eyes Wide Shut vibe making the evnt a refreshingly new twist on modern nightlife.

The old-style masked ball is now a clubland force to be reckoned with.

And with dance music going increasingly commercial it is great to see DJs who skirt the line between accessible and underground and actually host a party.

Make sure you go and see Claptone if you get the chance – whoever he is!