Electric Picnic – Body & Soul stage line-up, day by day
Jim Carroll
Honest guv, it fell off the back of a lorry. Thanks to the latest On The Record mole to join our merry gang for this – we owe u a pie.
I’ve always liked the Body & Soul area at the Picnic because it’s such a contrast to the rest of the site. That little stage they’ve got going on there has seen some very interesting stuff in ’05 and again in ’06.
Here’s what in store this year (there are a couple of TBCs and Special Guests which I’ve left out). I also hear there’s also a Village Hall late-night stage with more rootsier fare to look out for too
Friday
YOAV (Island Records)
DJ Noel Phelan
Love deadly Yeah
Mick Crehan
DJ Will Softly
David Turpin
DJ Andy Barlow (ex-Lamb)
Analogue Minefield
DJ Fiasco
DJ Stephan Manning (Space Camp)
The Egg
Cachimbo
Saturday
Small Hours Breakfast with Donal Dineen
Liam O’Maonlai
Somadrone
Pressure Drop
Jenny Lindfors
DJ Dave Donovan
Christy Mac
Chequerboard
Cane 141
DJ Shane Mannion
Si Schroeder (DJ & live solo set)
DJ Hazo
Les Bien
DJ Will Softly
Halfset
Donal Dineen & special guests inc. Liam O’ Maonlai
After hours: Djembe Faso & Timber Tramps
Sunday
Small Hours Breakfast with Donal Dineen
Galliano String Quartet
Adrian Crowley
Iarla O’Lionard
Eoin Dillon
Mick Flannery
DJ Fiasco
Harry J & the Conspiracy
Padraig Disconaut
Luna Seeds
Dj Ali Ji (ID Spiral)
Cinephile
Dj Ali Ji
DJ Stevie G
Gaudi
After hours: The Jahm
Halfset are good.
I’d be interested in seeing them alright.
Si Schroeder DJ set and solo set. That looks most interesting. Mole done good.
Why does the mole only know this one stage?
If he was any good he’d tell us who the hell is playing Foggy Notions and the Electric Arena.
Patience, pedro, patience.
It’s a great little stage, really nice vibe around there.
I’ll be checking out
David Turpin, Donal Dineen,
Chequerboard (John’s stuff is amazing), Si Schroeder,
Les Bien (have yet to catch these live), Halfset (who’ll playing stuff off their soon-to-be released second album), Adrian Crowley (the new stuff is the best he’s ever done) and Iarla O’Lionard.
I wandered into a house made of turf at last years Body & Soul where there was an impromptu gig by some Irish blokes with tabla and a sitar. Another bloke had what looked like a cigar box with piano strings stretched across it. One of my personal highlights.
sinead – whats the new Halfset stuff like? And when is the album out?
Hey Jim, it sounds really different to the first album for various reasons including a live drummer and a Rhodes/Harpist. One of the tracks is like Plaid when they were brilliant and overall it’s much more layered and a good deal heavier. I hate the term, but people will probably say it’s quite post-rock, albeit with an electronic heart. All in all, it’s a distant cousin to Dramanalog.
It’s almost finished, but sadly they missed out on John McIntyre (of Tortoise) mixing it because of dates not working out. It should be out before the end of the year. Will let you know the date asap.