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Rainbow Serpent Festival 2008 - January 25 - 29
Rainbow Serpent Festival 2008 - January 25 - 29
The wheels are truly in motion, and the ingredients are being gathered from around the world to bring you another world-class event to celebrate music, nature, friends lifestyle, and whatever else you fancy.
Just to wet your appetite we would like to announce our first couple of internationals, who just happen to be two of the greatest live electronic acts on the planet.
Eat Static
(Solstice Music, UK)
Eat Static were formed in 1989 by Merv Pepler and Joie Hinton, then drummer and synth player respectively for UK psychedelic band Ozric Tentacles. The band made a name for themselves on the Megadog 'live' techno scene of the early '90s, playing alongside the likes of Orbital, Underworld and Aphex Twin
They were the first signings to Megadog-offshoot Planet Dog records, releasing their debut album 'Abduction' in 1993. Since then the band have played hundreds of gigs worldwide and have become one the most respected and spectacular live dance acts around.
Whilst essentially a sci-fi influenced, trance/techno outfit, they have also incorporated drum and bass, breakbeat, latin, garage and ambient styles into their sound. In the past few years the band has become more involved with the psychedelic trance scene, playing parties and festivals the world over and releasing numerous tracks on numerous compilations.
Their latest album De-Classified has just been released on Solstice Music and once again sees their sound evolving. Breaks, Dubstep, Trance and Drum n' Bass all fuse with their paranoid, futuristic and up-for-it blend of psychedelic techno.
We welcome them to the Rainbow lineup for 2008 for what won't just be the live set of the summer, but will be a truly unique experience you will never forget.
http://www.myspace.com/eatstaticspace
Son Kite / Minilogue
(Digital Structures / Wagon Repair, Sweden)
These guys barely need an introduction .... but just in case you've been living under a rock, let's do one anyway. Sebastian Mullaert and Marcus Henriksson came from opposing backgrounds. Sebastian was trained as a classical musician playing the organ, piano and the violin among other instruments. He even became involved in teaching them until his coming of age at 18 when he formed a band and began experimenting with the sounds in a more contemporary way.
Marcus lived on a diet of Kraftwerk and the Human League until realising his true calling in the techno parties of the 90s. They got together in 1996 and after 10 years in the music business under globally successful guises such as Son Kite and Trimatic, they formed Minilogue - an animalistic music concept without the boundaries of genres.
Two of the most sort after acts around the world Son Kite and Minilogue have a reputation for consistently mind-bending live performances. They dismantled the dancefloor at Rainbow in 2006 like Tetris grandmasters and we look forward to being realigned by these guys once more.
http://www.myspace.com/sonkite
http://www.myspace.com/minilogue
Early Bird Tickets
Tickets will be going on sale this Thursday 23rd August at 4:25pm AEST. We would like to offer you, our mailing list members the first opportunity of securing the cheapest tickets available as our thank you for your continued support.
There are a limited number of first & second round tickets available, so you will need to be quick to get them. They will be made available (if they havent sold out) to the general public within a few days.
Environment / Sustainability
For several years the team behind Rainbow has been looking at ways to reduce its environmental impact. Recycling initiatives and composting toilets have already been utilised effectively at previous festivals. However, in 2008 we want to take things even further and invite you to help us in our aim to become carbon neutral. This will be achieved in part by reducing the emissions of the festival in all viable areas and offsetting any remaining surplus through tree planting and carbon credit initiatives.
Rainbow would like to encourage you to participate with us in reducing your own carbon footprint and not just over the festival period but every day. Over the coming months we will give you some useful ideas on how to measure your contribution to Co2 emissions and ways in which you can help Rainbow to achieve this important goal.
Call For Submissions
Get involved in Rainbow 08, submissions open for interest in the following areas.
Promotion
Volunteer Work
Workshops / Activities
Performers
Arts / Decor / Sculpture
Environmental Initiatives
Chill Artists
Markets
Healers
Click here for more information on how to get involved.
http://rainbowserpent.net/eflyer2008r1/submissions/
Housekeeping / Mailing List
We are using a new mail management system and tidying up our mailing list at the moment, so it would be great if you could click the link below to ensure you remain subscribed. By making sure of your subscription you will continue to be notified first of any competitions, special offers and other news.
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