Lake of Stars Festival 10th - 12th October 2008's Blurbs
About me: Introduction Welcome to the Lake of Stars myspace page.
Thank you to everyone who came to Lake of Stars Oct 2007 and made it the best yet! Over £4400 raised for UNICEF and much, much more generated for the Malawian economy.
Massive thanks to all our supporters and friends: Kenya Airways, DHL, Tandem PR, Umunthu Consulting, Power 101FM, Central African Wilderness Safaris, Malawi Ministry of Tourism, MTV Dance, Harry's Bar, Global Link Travel, STA Travel, Close Encounters Travel, Songlines, Chibuku, Fabric, WOMAD, Bumper, Russell Design, Deviate, Wax: On, Mulletover, Universal Vibes, Itchysoul, Bodytonic, Fat!, Afrogroov, Ubunthu Cola, Beatlife, Blackmango Music, Arts Alive, Moya Festival & Promusic, Bundu Safaris, Africa Oye, Annie Mac, Rodney P & Skitz, Ben Westbeech, BBC Radio 1, and all the volunteers who worked tirelessly to make things work this year.
If you didn’t come in 2007, there is plenty of opportunity waiting for you in 2008. Help us raise even more money and enjoy the beauty Malawi has to offer.
The next Lake of Stars festival takes place from Friday 10th – Sunday 12th October. We hope it will be even bigger, with a line up just as impressive as the landscape. Watch this space for more information coming very soon!
For all information about Lake of Stars 2008 please click here
Artists Who have played at LoS
Felix B (Basement Jaxx), Groove Armada’s Andy Cato, Mikey General (Bugz in the Attic), DJ Yoda, Tikhu Vibrations, Black Missionaries (ten piece reggae group), Annie Mac, Ben Westbeech, Petebox, Joe Driscoll. Blue African Skies, Beatlife drummers, Goldfish (South Africa)
And DJs from
Chibuku Shake Shake (London/Liverpool) Dirty Disco (Leeds) Chew the Fat! (London) Bodytonic (Dublin) Horse Meat Disco (London) Wax: On (Newcastle)
PLUS MANY MANY MORE... AND MORE TO COME IN 2008
What they had to say!
"t was a truly amazing and unique adventure to travel to the heart of Africa. I’ve never met such friendly people with such a passion for music. All in all a fantastic holiday and a real eye-opening experience" Felix B, Basement Jaxx
"With its combination of live music from south and east African artists and sets from Western DJs, the event is pitched somewhere between a Womad-style showcase and a north of England rave… Lake of Stars offers a superb opportunity to sample the underexposed music of some of south east Africa’s best performers. It’s an incredible accomplishment that’s getting better by the year" Marc Rowlands, The Guardian
"I was born a little hippy kid running naked at festivals so i've seen a few, but the lake of stars is far and beyond the most beautiful setting for a party as well as the wickedest mixture of people and music I've ever seen....blaaaoooowww!!!!" Skitz, Radio 1
"In today's saturated festival climate Lake Of Stars is utterly unique: Lake Of Stars unites myriad people from all over the world whether NGO workers, adventurous festival goers, ravers, backpackers, Malawians, and South Africans, through the universal language of music. It's a sharp reminder of what festivals should be about, and combined with the stunning setting, unbelievably friendly locals, and dizzying range of music, Lake Of Stars stimulates, challenges, opens your eyes and ears, and redefines the festival experience as we know it. There isn't another festival like this on the planet." The Metro
"You’ll never see music cross as many boundaries and borders as this,and you’ll never listen to music in a more special place" Andy Cato, Groove Armada
Previous international headliners at Lake of Stars have included Annie Mac (BBC Radio 1), Andy Cato (Groove Armada), Felix B (Basement Jaxx), Rodney P & Skitz, Ben Westbeech (Brownswood), and DJ Yoda. Press coverage for the event has been massive - from the front cover of the Guardian Travel section to the one hour Lake of Stars film on MTV last year.
We are constantly looking to book new and upcoming acts from all over the world to take part in the festival. Whether you're a DJ or a band, solo artist or beatboxer - we would love you to come out to Malawi in October this year.
The catch - the festival has no sponsor at the moment and therefore no artist budget. We cannot pay artist expenses or performance fees. We therefore ask you to treat the gig as part of a holiday to Africa, with the chance to play alongside some incredible African and International acts with great media coverage.
If you're interested please get in touch as soon as possible and send us your myspace or website details - will@lakeofstars.co.uk 07725 428 377
Cheers, Will ‘This has been a life changing experience for all of us. Come here for the people, come for the music, come for the famous Malawian hospitality, come here for that lake if nothing else, but just make sure that you come here some time. And you know what, it is a long way away but you can get here safely and you can get here in comfort and it is worth every single second and every single penny. We shall be back next year!’
- Jo Good, MTV, Oct 2007
‘In today's saturated festival climate Lake of Stars is utterly unique: Lake of Stars unites myriad people from all over the world whether NGO workers, adventurous festival goers, backpackers, Malawians, and South Africans, through the universal language of music. It's a sharp reminder of what festivals should be about, and combined with the stunning setting, unbelievably friendly locals, and dizzying range of music, Lake of Stars stimulates, challenges, opens your eyes and ears, and redefines the festival experience as we know it. There isn't another festival like this on the planet’
- Rahul Verma, The Metro, Oct 2007
‘The annual Lake of Stars festival is bringing international flair to Malawi’s palm-fringed shores’
- Mari McCloy, Mail & Guardian (South Africa)
‘I wouldn’t even put this in the same bracket as Creamfields or Global Gathering, it’s on a whole higher plane… it’s just so much more interesting than any other festival. This has been a soul-cleansing experience’
- Annie Mac, BBC Radio 1
‘….be ahead of the crowd and get acquainted with Malawian music in situ, along with the cream of UK DJ talent, under the palms and mango trees along the lakeside, where students, travellers and locals come to dance late into the night until the sun rises and the fishermen return with their catches at dawn. Great music, friendly people, and a beautiful location. Get there before everyone else does’
- Simon Broughton, Songlines/Wanderlust
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