Creamfields @ Claremont Showgrounds


What: Creamfields

Where: Claremont Showgrounds

When: 23 April 2011

Cost/Ticket details: 95-137.95+bf perthquake store

Totem Onelove, InTheMix and Nova present – Creamfields Australia 2011

After its launch into Australia last year, Creamfields Australia is back bigger and better for Easter 2011. The Totem Onelove crew (also behind the Stereosonic festival) are committed to bringing you some of the world’s best acts, utilizing some of the best venues in Australia, amazing production and value for money in ticket pricing.

Totem Onelove (Hardware Corp and Onelove Music Group), are pleased to announce the main headliner for Creamfields 2011 will be Deadmau5 with the full live show (with LED Mau5 head and new production), designed by the people who brought the world Daft Punks’ legendary live show!! Deadmau5 is one of the biggest acts in the world with countless productions, and has been stunning audiences worldwide with this live show and production that he is bringing for the first time to Australia.

Another year and another smash hit for Frenchman Martin Solveig, All over the radio and TV with “Hello” Martin will be shooting an exclusive video at Creamfields Australia. Skrillex is one of the hottest producers at the moment, owning 7 out of 10 spots on the Beatport chart in November 2010, Chuckie one of the most in demand acts in the world with his Dutch House weapons. Simon Patterson one of the new school of trance, he has jumped in the DJ Mag rankings and blown away crowds at major festivals including Trance Energy around the wold. Gabriel and Dresden are one of the most revered acts in the Trance/Progressive world and haven’t toured for many years. Wynter Gordon has had a massive few months, “Dirty Talk” topping the Aria Charts and will be performing live at Creamfields. Hi Tek Soul is the new project for Kevin Saunderson and Derrick May, the original Detroit Legends together for 3 hours at each show. After sellout club shows across Australia, DJs, remixers and producers the Bingo Players return for Creamfields after a busy end to 2010 and start of 2011, Top 3 Psy Trance act Skazi return to Australia with a new album due in March: “Time to feed the animals” French Wunderkid Surkin is back in Australia with a new live show. Electronic Duo Dada Life are from Sweden. Check out their latest album “Do the Dada”. Umek is one of the techno massives favourite acts, get set for Umek at all shows. Nadastrom The collective brainchild of Washington, D.C. natives Dave Nada and Matt Nordstrom. Emerging duo experiencing significant buzz. i.e. The debut release from Nadastrom sold out on vinyl and became a digital store annual bestseller. One of the buzz acts of 2010 was Round Table Knights, a huge year on dancefloors, charts and touring. At a time when techno is marketed in the same way as a sci-fi blockbuster, and it’s possible for every aspiring DJ to have the same playlist as their idol with just a few mouse clicks, the mysterious Sandwell District label is pushing in the opposite direction, putting some distance between the artist and the audience. London based Tim Green is one of those producers who doesn’t turn in a lot of filler tracks. His unique style and flare shine for all to see when the 25 year old puts his music out there.After a decade in the business Bart Claessen knows a thing or two about trance, Over the last eight years he’s been responsible for huge club hits, international chart smashes and sub-genre defining releases. If there is one thing you can’t blame Mumbai Science for it’s a lack of imagination. At only 24, the duo already have a decade worth of creative experimenting behind them

Music other

Good Vibrations bring a friend for free!

This is no joke – I’ve attached the official press release for you to read. If you have a ticket you can bring a friend for FREE, if you don’t have a ticket you can now get one for HALF PRICE, so everyone wins!

Bring a friend for free; existing tickets holders for the Gold Coast and Perth events can now bring a friend for FREE! Arrive with your friend on the gate and you will both be admitted on the one ticket.

Ticket discount; For those who haven’t yet purchased a ticket, Jam is now offering tickets at a discounted rate of 50% off.

Good Vibrations Festival CEO and owner Justin Hemmes explains “The first two shows of the tour were Amazing! We have the most phenomenal artists performing for us this year and want as many of you as possible to experience this festival! As we still have additional capacity to fill for this weekend’s shows, we’re extending this offer as this show is too good not to share!’

This year’s Good Vibrations Festival line up features Faithless, Phoenix, Nas & Damian Marley, Sasha, Ludacris, Erykah Badu, Kelis, The Ting Tings, Miike Snow, Friendly Fires, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Mike Posner, Yolanda Be Cool, Aloe Blacc & The Grand Scheme, Rusko, Fake Blood, Sidney Samson, Bag Raiders, Koolism, Tim & Jean, Kill The Noise and Fenech-Soler and a heap of local talent in each city.

Don’t miss your chance to experience this amazing line up with our one-off ticket specials!

Music review

Blasting through the heat

Perthquake packed their sunscreen, water bottles and hats and headed to the Claremont Showgrounds last Sunday for Stereosonic. We knew it was going to be ‘packing heat’ from the lineup, what we didn’t know was it was going to be literally smoking hot. It’s fair enough to say most people would have been wishing for the sun to set quicker. The organisers were well prepared for this weather by having staff armed with festival guides and sunscreen located just past the entrance. The first thing that stood out as we went in was the carefully planned spacious layout of the venue. Then going near the stages we noticed the sound had been well planned too, with little interference between stages. It certainly was much more noticeable this time round than in the past, which shows that a lot of thought went into the planning process of this day. Read on for Cam’s and Faris’ take on different acts throughout the day…

Big Day Out @ Claremont Showgrounds


What: Big Day Out

Where: Claremont Showgrounds

When: 6 February 2011

Cost/Ticket details: 155+bf, BDO website

Full line-up after the jump…

Good Vibrations @ Claremont Showgrounds


What: Good Vibrations

Where: Claremont Showgrounds

When: 20 February 2011

Cost/Ticket details: 144+Bf perthquake store

Bringing you the summer’s most electrifying beats, pioneering UK dance act FAITHLESS headline this year’s festival. Joining Faithless for 2011 are French indie rockers PHOENIX, electronic pioneer SASHA, rap / reggae combo NAS and DAMIAN MARLEY and viral phenomenon CEE LO GREEN! Genre straddling Diva KELIS will be bringing all the boys to her yard, alongside entertainment mogul LUDACRIS, soul sister ERYKAH BADU and FRIENDLY FIRES making a very welcome return to the line up. Also expect amazing sets from Swedish electropop stars MIIKE SNOW, enigmatic DJ / producer extraordinaire FAKE BLOOD, the golden boy of UK dubstep himself RUSKO, Riverside floor filler SIDNEY SAMSON, and rising cooler than you star MIKE POSNER. Also joining the line up are local upstarts YOLANDA BE COOL, Aussie hip hoppers KOOLISM, killer US electro house producer KILL THE NOISE, hotly tipped Perth youngsters TIM & JEAN and emerging young Brits FENECH-SOLER.

Music review

Cream of the crop

This review comes from two perspectives, both writers are immense appreciators of electronic music but have a slightly different views on what’s hot and what’s not. I didn’t go, but I heard it was an amazing day from pretty much every account. I say to anyone who thought it was going to be shit; dumbass.

Sunday marked the start of a new era in music festivals in Australia, specifically Perth. Creamfields arrived in Perth and although summer is gone, punters still came out in full force to the Claremont Showgrounds on Sunday. Punters and all music lovers across the nation would have been pretty excited to hear Creamfields was heading down under. The line-up wasn’t the biggest of the summer, but it did cater to a number of genres – there were tech acts (Green Velvet/Dave Clarke/Joris Voorn), for the trancers there were (Ferry Corstein and Marco V) but the majority of the line-up followed the genre of the moment, electro (The Bloody Beetroots, LMFAO and MSTRKRFT). Read the full review after the jump… (videos courtesy of Dj Nathin Francis)

Music review

The naked truth

Generally Sunday was a great day, despite a couple of acts withdrawing from the line-up there was plenty to keep me entertained. Gossip and Basement Jaxx were standout favourites (please read after the jump for the reasons why!), and I heard lots of people enjoyed Salt N Pepa. There seemed to be a general love of cheesy pop music throughout the day, with The Black Eyed Peas, Will.i.am, Beyonce, and even Survivor getting a few plays.

We started with Kid Cudi, who had an enormous crowd in front of a small stage, but maybe that added to the atmosphere of excitement. He belted out a few tracks in a row, with “Enter Galactic” drawing a huge response. even more than when he played “Day n Night.” I think a highlight of his set was when he screamed out I’m Kid Cudi, or something to that effect and everyone went mental? I think they already knew he was Kid Cudi, not sure how that works. He finished with “Pursuit of Happiness,” but the crowd had already began to leave to see Salt N Pepa, so the atmosphere was killed for my favourite track. The full review is after the jump…

Good Vibrations @ Claremont Showgrounds


What: Good Vibrations

Where: Claremont Showgrounds

When: 14 February 2010

Cost/Ticket details: 139/199+Bf (general/VIP), moshtix

Pretty massive line-up from a varied selection of genres! Pretty big and popular festival, so expect a massive crowd again. My money is on Aramand Van Helden (one half of Duck Sauce) for the most watched artist. You can expect a very very very large number of people are going to be hanging out for him to play Anyway. As I said last weekend to Troy, I think this track is going to go crazy over the summer and is already pretty popular. Full line-up after the jump…

Big Day Out 2010 @ Claremont Showgrounds


What: Big Day Out 2010

Where: Claremont Showgrounds

When: 31 January 2010

Cost/Ticket details: 140+Bf, ticketmaster, bigdayout, plus all regular ticket outlets

Well it’s here again, our biggest music festival covering the most genres and being one of the best days out there is. Although tiring and hot in the Australian sun, it’s worth every flake of peeling skin, every moment of that uneasy stomach from there attempt and food, and all those flattened teeth if you hang out in the boiler room. The full line-up is after the jump, you’ve probably already seen it or heard it though…

Big Day Out (Website)

Stereosonic Perth


What: Stereosonic

Where: Claremont Showgrounds

When: 29 November 2009

Cost/Ticket details: 117 + Bf, inthemix, moshtix.

I didn’t go last year (the video looks like Don Diablo got a really good reception though), but this year the lineup is too impressive to miss, they’ve got some nice heavy stuff in there with Drop The Lime, Surkin, Zombie Nation and The Bloody Beetroots, some cool indie stuff with Bag Raiders, Knightlife, Canyons, Tim Sweeney and Grafton Primary, and a few house acts and most important Deadmau5, I love his song Funkenstein, it’s so corny…