Arcane Festival 2010
"Didn't we have a loverly time, the day we went to Arcane?!"
In June 2010, we lost festival co-founder Dan Lewis (aka HalfCut Art, creator of our famous hands-on graffitti walls) in a tragic swimming accident. Determined that Dan would not have wanted us to cancel the festival, we decided to dedicate Arcane to him in perpetuity - and donate any festival profits this year to The Art Room, the charity chosen by Dan's family to receive donations in his name. Beset by problems and slowed down by grief, we rejigged our normal July date to September - and found a new home, moving from Tetsworth to the fabulous, friendly City Farm in Eynsham.
In 2010 we were able to donate £1,117.34 to The Art Room :) Read about this here
Thanks go to: Tim Hughes at the Oxford Mail for some truly fabulous press coverage, both before and after the event; to WeLoveFestivals.com, for our lovely feature and gorgeous photos - and to the ever-ready Facebook massive for sharing the love :)
Thanks too to our tireless crew, bands, artists, stallholders and stewards for making it such a special event and a fitting tribute to Dan.
Lineup
Queen of Clubs Cabaret Stage: electro-acoustic music with a cabaret vibe!
GOLDIE LOOKIN' CHAIN | youknowsit.co.uk
YES!! Newport's favourite cheeky MCs Rhys & Eggsy on the decks and mics with their usual hijinks - plus guesting on the brand new RASCALITE SOUNDSYSTEM (see below). Hold onto your bling!! ;)
CHANCERY BLAME AND THE GADJO CLUB | myspace.com/thegadjoclub
From car crash fast to heart wrenching melodrama, CB&TGC bring the full moon gypsy rock from way out east (Dalston) to our very own local ghetto! Their influences include '...Siberian gypsies, Amsterdam Klezmer band, Andras Farkas, Kocani Orkestra, Aphex Twin, The Archie Bronson Outfit and Balkan Beatbox...': get ready to dance like a Jewish wedding guest!!
THE GOGGENHEIM | myspace.com/thegoggenheim
Formerly known as DOG, The Goggenheim have a decade-long legacy of outstanding art-punk-rock UK performances. They rocked Queen of Clubs Halloween Cabaret 2009 - they will rock your world!
HUFFENPUFF | heart-connection.co.uk
East Oxford's favourite jump-up sax and accordion duo play danceable Balkan, Breton, French café and English folk tunes, plus their own home-grown compositions.
JOSIENNE CLARKE (formerly Mondesir) | mondesir.org.uk
Songbird and recorder player Josienne and her guitarist Ben dropped the jaws of an entire field at Acane2009 with their mesmerisingly beautiful folk songs. Expect to be enchanted.
LAZARUS AND THE PLANE CRASH | myspace.com/lazarusandtheplanecrash
Garage rock, gypsy jazz, cut-n-paste sampling, sexual overexcitement and piano torch songs right out of Vauxhall: Joe Coles (The Guillotines), The Clerkenwell Kid (The Real Tuesday Weld - fans include Johnny Depp!!), Adrian Owusu (guitarist with Ethiopian jazz master Mulatu Astatke) and Pato Vidal (ex Courtney Love bassist) explode onto the stage like the lovechild of Captain Beefheart and Iggy Pop.
MAKATING | myspace.com/mackating
East Oxford's legendary roots reggae collective, fresh from the Cowley Road Carnival main stage
THE MIGHTY REDOX | myspace.com/redoxuk
Oxford's Klub Kakoffaney hosts and answer to Jefferson Airplane have been rocking UK audiences for over 2 decades. Experience them here in their perfect environment!
THE NEW MOON | myspace.com/thenewmoonnews
Stalwarts of Oxford's psy-folk-rock scene, TNM are an Arcane Festival tradition - they're the only band to play every Arcane so far. We love them!
THE SCHOLARS | myspace.com/thescholarsofficial
Oxford's answer to Interpol/Depeche Mode, The Scholars' demo of 'This Heart's Built To Break' was chosen as 'Track Of The Week' on Myspace Mars Planets Radio by Alex Zane.
THE TALC DAEMONS | myspace.com/talcdaemons
"Circus-freak pop: 70's rock clashes with funky reggae" - Nightshift Magazine. Shake your booty with the fabulous Rami and his rockin' band, fresh from the Half Moon, Oxford's tiniest and most legendary late-night live music pub!
THE WINCHESTER & OX4FM STAGE
Osprey & his OX4 Allstars bring you the cream of Oxford's live and local crop
ADY DAVEY AND SHAKIN LIPS
BEAUX DEGATS | myspace.com/beauxdegats
Distortion, flange, overdrive and political punk-rock riffs from London Taaahn
BLACK POWDER | myspace.com/blackpowderband
"They roll along with all the subtlety of a pissed up biker in a barrel steaming down a steep hill..." - "Nightshift finally get it right" ;)
CHAMBERS OF THE HEART | myspace.com/chambersoftheheartgroup
Rolling, flowing, swirling, thumping psychedelic jam rock featuring guitarist Mark Crozer (Jesus & Mary Chain)
DAVID FULBROOK | myspace.com/davidfulbrookmusic
"Ghosts, Monsters and UFOS" and lushly lyrical guitar-meandering from Eynsham
JUSTIN GIBSON | myspace.com/faroutlaw
21st century one man band currently working on his debut album with producer Sam Williams (Supergrass,The Noisettes, Kula Shaker)
THE INSULTmyspace.com/theinsultrockAfter the demise of Oxford bands The Green & The Twat Daddys, the lads who still wanted to play dirty rock'n'roll joined forces to create: The Insult.
9 STONE COWBOY | myspace.com/ninestonecowboy
Oxford's indiepoptronica supergroup featuring Maria Ilett
RANJ
SOUNDSYSTEMS / DJS
CHANGO MUTLEY | Facebook: Chango Mutley Presents
The Ginger Wizard brings us the Heavy Word from Dulwich. Forget walls - get your socks on and shake your perimeter!
DAN OFER | bossaphonik.com
World beats and general grooviness from the man who brings you Bossaphonik, the unique monthly live jazz-dance night based at Oxford's favourite underground music venue, the Cellar.
DJ MYSTIC | heart-connection.co.uk
Queen of Clubs' outstanding house DJ spins his (and our!) favourite electro swing and Balkan beats
DUTTY MOONSHINE | Facebook: Dutty Moonshine
Old School, New School, vintage jazz and swing, drum and bass mashup: it must be...Swing & Bass! It must be...Dutty Moonshine: over from sunny Reading with a cure for your itchy feet!
FIELD FREQUENCY SOUNDSYSTEM
Bass-heavy cultural roots and dub with live MCs
LUCID | Facebook: Lucid
Famous for their immersive monthly club nights at Oxford's Coven II, where uv-decor, free chai, biscuits and fruit are de rigeur alongside the banging tunes and smiley, happy people, top class psy-trance party crew Lucid share a tent with the delicious Boudoir Bliss cocktail bar
THE RASCALITE SOUNDSYSTEM | Facebook: Rascalite Soundsystem
Light show, smoke machine: BEDFORD RASCAL!! Yes, it's the selector soundsystem A-Team fans have been dreaming of. Part of our Festival Bar, knocking out back-to-back mega-rave, old skool jungle, dubstep bass wobble, swing-core, world mashup, art-hop, 15th century madrigals, easy listening, ska, techno and human beatbox from a Turbo Sound rig in an A-Team Bedford Rascal. Plus Goldie Lookin' Chain guest sesh. WORD!
ZZBING
Lucid Oxford regular and longhaired psytrance legend who rocked the main stage on Friday night in 2009 with his eclectic mashup stylez. Weeeeee!
ATTRACTIONS
THE MYSTIC SWING | mysticswing.co.uk
Everybody's favourite hand-powered, environmentally friendly, totally immersive illusory vintage fairground ride, famous from Glastonbury, Bestival and beyond and decorated by...
...DooDleDubZ | doodledubz.blogspot.com
Inventive art collective whose work has been visible on the public and private canvas from Oxford to Spain and beyond since the early 2000s. Come and join their live art sessions - and add your piece to the Dan Lewis memorial graf wall. PLUS:
PIMP YOUR RIDE!
Trailer looking tired? Ford need a facelift?! Book your vehicle in for a DooDleDubZ paint makeover! Range of options and a sliding price scale - EMAIL US for details and to book your vehicle's slot: portmayhem@yahoo.co.uk
HANDBAKED ARCADE | handbakedarcade.co.uk
This London geekchic collective brings you vintage console & big screen gaming in our bar - with a vast range of old-skool Sega classics. They've graced Glade, Glasto, Bloc & even C5's Gadget Show - now see them in Oxfordshire for the first time!
THE MIGHTY WURLITZER
Quickly building up a loyal following at east Oxford's Intimate Picture Palace, this acoustic collective plays a live improvised soundtrack to a vintage silent film on Saturday night.
VAULTS & GARDEN CAFE | vaultsandgarden.com
Fresh, healthy, local, seasonal, Fair Trade and organic food & drinks to suit all dietary requirements, courtesy of the gorgeous people of the Vaults, Oxford!
ARCANE FESTIVAL BAR
Serving real ale from Shotover Brewing Company - Oxford's only micro-brewery - plus Tutt's Clump cider and a choice range of other tasty beverages. Take your seat on the nearest straw bale sofa and quaff your ale to the jolly soundtrack of the Rascalite selector system - and have a go on a Handbaked Arcade vintage Sega while you're at it!
WALKABOUT
Oxford's legendary street band Horns of Plenty and hot-pink sambista activists BoP Samba will be entertaining us with their inimitable style. If these chaps & chapesses can't get your toes tapping, no-one can! Plus: street theatre, fire shows, performance art, circus...bring an open mind and expect only the unexpected!
Arcane 2008 - Arcane 2009
