New big names come to complete de line-up for B’ESTFEST 2011

If names such as Pendulum and Skunk Anansie came as a sunny day in the winter time, B’ESTFEST 2011 promisses even more fun when it comes to pleasing out thirst for good music.

And so the surprise doesn`t stop here. Four other names come to add more flavour to the already enough presence of Pendulum live performance in the line-up. This time we will travel from Lamb, the Manchester trip-hoppers, to the legendary House of Pain, to the british ravers from Hadouken, to the extraordinary mix of dub, rapcore, dancehall and hard ragga-jungle that is Asian Dub Foundation.

So from the point of view of the line-up, untill now, we can rest assured that our musical tastes are soon to be pleased for good.

But B’ESTFEST 2011 is not only about music. B’ESTFEST 2011 brings something new to the Bucharest scene. If we take into consideration that in 2007 the Festival meant two stages one next to the other in a parking-lot...we will have to say that this years concept changes radically our idea of in-city festival.

B’ESTFEST 2011 moves outside the city, in a an open space that is only 10 minutes away by car, from where it used to be until now. Moving the festival outside the city, brings more space and with this come more stages, a new camping site, and also more room for the crowds that will gather in the 3 days of the festival. This is how a Bucharest Festival brings a true alternative to the already legendary outdoor festivals such as Peninsula (TG Mures), Pepsi Sziget (Budapest) or Bugras Fest (Bulgaria).

The tickets are already being sold. There is also a discount period, an early bird perios as it is called. This period expires on March 22nd, 2011 so if you want to get your pass with a 20% discount, you better access this page for details (http://www.bestfest.ro/editia2011/en/bilete).

See you there!

Vlad Piriu

Beatfucker - The Party Rocker

Pendulum promisses to wake up the dead at B’ESTFEST 2011

After almost two years of waiting and promisses, Pendulum joins us in full formation this summer, at B’ESTFEST 2011, on 3rd of July.

It is not the first time Pendulum comes to Romania. It first happened on November 7th, 2009, when Ben The Verse took the audience to shere dementia and the echoes of that party are still heard.

Mc Verse is waited to arrive in Bucharest on May 16th, this year, but let`s ne frank here:How much fun can you get in a DJ SET? So MC Verse kept his promise, and we will have the entire band playing Live at the biggest music festival ever organized in Bucharest, Romania:

B’ESTFEST

It all has started in 2007, when the E`Magic Crew brought to life the first edition of the Festival. It was named B’ESTIVAL back then and the line-up included over 30 artists, being headlined by Morcheeba, Faithless, Kasabian, Pink, Marilyn Manson, Alice Cooper, Wu-Tang Clan.

The festival reached a record audience for Romania with 50.000 people attending the event, during the three days.

The 2008 edition brought an extra stage, an extra day (AFTERSHOCK), more bands in the line-up (36 in total), and an impressive spectrum of headliners: Alanis Morissette, Cypress Hill, UNKLE, Kaiser Chiefs, Manic Street Preachers, Stereophonics, Nelly Furtado, Manu Chao,

Roisin Murphy, Judas Priest. B’ESTFEST’s 2009 included DAY ZERO as a bonus for all the festival’s fans. This extra special day kicked off with an amazing show from the world’s biggest band, The Killers and continued with Patrice, White Lies and many other gigs. Unforgettable performances followed over the four days with performances from Santana, Orbital, Moby, Motorhead, Franz Ferdinand, Gabriella Cilmi, The Charlatans, Manowar and many others!

Being recognized as one of Europe’s best music festivals was just the beginning of a worldwide success. After its first edition, B’ESTFEST became a member of Yourope, the European festival industry association and ETEP (European Talent Exchange Program), a showcase organization that promotes new European artists within top international festivals.

After winning a place in the finals of the UK’s event industry Oscars - the UK Festival Awards, BESTFEST 2009 also gained a nomination, for the ''Best Medium Festival'' category at the

prestigious European Festival Awards. And that’s not all folks, the best is yet to come! We have fantastic news: in 2011, B’ESTFEST goes green!!!

So this year, your festival is back and will take place in the wonderful green fields in the north of Bucharest, 10 min from the airport. B’ESTFEST CAMP will be this year’s pinnacle of excellent music, funky atmosphere -an oasis of joyous celebration and fun! Some other big names that

have already confirmed their participation to the Festival, are Skunk Anansie and Asian Dub Foundation.

The idea of moving the festival outside the city, in an open space, with a propper camping place makes this years edition of the Festival an interesting choice for spending your summer days.

Vlad Piriu

BeatFucker The party rocker

Avem Pendulum DJ Set anul acesta la Arenele Romane, pe 14 mai

Daca e sa studiem pagina de Facebook a Arenei DnB si sa dam crezare tututor mesajelor ce le tot primim in inbox de la Vlad Verde, vocea si sufletul Arena DnB, se pare ca anul acesta vom avea parte de o adevarata ploaie de evenimente tari. Si mai tare este ultima stire provenita de la acesta, cum ca, pe 14 mai vom dansa si sari in delir pe muzica celor de la Pendulum.

Ei, nu va bucurati prea tare, inca nu am ajuns zilele in care sa vina toata trupa in Romania, dar vom avea parte de un DJ Set cu MC Verse. Lucrurile suna bine chiar si asa, daca e sa ne aducem aminte de ultima vizita a acestuia la Arenele Romane, in noiembrie 2009, cand s-a creat un dezmat general desi afara era ditamai viscolul iernii. Vestea buna in cazul acesta este ca, cel putin din punctul de vedere al vremii, ne vom putea elibera de toate inhibitiile si ne vom putea da drumul ghidati de personalitatea cel putin magnetica a lui MC Verse.

Cat despre Pendulum, actualmente este in plin turneu de promovare a albumului Immersion pe teritoriul nord american, unde acesta abia a fost lansat, cu o intarziere de aproape un an fata de Europa si Australia. Turneul americam a coincis cu lansarea ultimului single de pe Immersion si anume, Crush. Single-ul se bucura de o promovare atat sub forma fizica, cat si pe iTunes, dar mai proaspat are si un videoclip.

Intorcandu-ne pe teritorii mai familiare si anume la petrecerile organizate de Arena DnB, prima ocazie de a fi impreuna o avem in Martie, pe data de 5, cand Emalkay va mixa la Arenele Romane. Emalkay este unul dintre cei mai titrati DJ de la Dub Police si prezenta lui la Arenele Romane promite senzatii de neuitat.

Arena DnB ne loveste cu un Pendulum DJ Set de ne tiuie urechile

Sambata, 14 MAI 2011, Arenele Romane PENDULUM DJSET @ arena dnb Sambata, 14 mai la Arenele Romane, arena dnb prezinta cei mai celebri artisti din scena mondiala de drum and bass. Vom avea parte de un djset din partea lor alaturi de VERSE. Mai multe detalii in curand, pana atunci urmariti pe facebook (http://on.fb.me/hZUefb) sau www.arenadnb.ro.