2011 Line-Up

Artists confirmed so far:

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs	Jazzie B (Soul II Soul)	A Guy Called Gerald Live	Prime Cuts (Scratch Perverts)
Lee Mortimer	DJ Derek	Eskimo Twins	The Drop

Full line-up announcements coming soon... join the mailing list or Facebook to keep up to date...

Stages confirmed from the following:

Simple

The concept for “Simple” was born in 1999 between good friends Nick Gladwin and Sean Holbrook.  After a particularly long and disappointing clubbing weekend in Manchester, Nick and Sean decided—over a much-needed cup of coffee—that there was no reason why they couldn’t put their heads together and stage events back at home in Oxford.

Simple launched soon after with a string of hugely successful bank holiday parties at the, then, Bar Baby on Cowley Road, going on to establish its first regular monthly event in 2001, at The Cellar. After two years of top notch Saturday nights, Nick and Sean moved venue to the slightly larger Backroom @ The Bully on Cowley Road in October 2003.  The bank holiday summer parties continued but on boats down The Thames with Slide and the first Saturday of the month has come to be known, quite simply, as “Simple Saturday”.

Over the last few years headliners have included Switch, Mr C, Erol Alkan, Groove Armada's Tom Findlay,Kissy Sell Out, Annie Mac, Streetlife DJs, Simian Mobile Disco, Digitalism's Jens, Alex Metric, Zinc and many more...

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Slide

Slide was founded in 1994 by Henry Pitchers, Tom Coghlin, Mike Conaghan, Joe Hart, Giles Martin and Justin Keenan. It started as an underground night at Club Latino, Oxford, with its founders as resident DJs. The early days saw a young Andy Cato (now one half of Groove Armada) as a regular guest, along with the likes of Graeme Park, Smokin Jo and the late Tony de Vit. After a couple of very successful years at Club Latino, Slide moved to a bigger venue and regularly attracted over 600 people on a Thursday night. An over-capacity (815) crowd witnessed a legendary set from Carl Cox, whilst 350 more were left outside and disappointed. Slide even had its own tribute night and its residents found themselves described as "the godfathers of the Oxford house music scene".

After a 2 year break, in the summer of 2000, Mike Conaghan met Matt Braddock, and they decided to re-launch Slide alongside several other projects. So in October 2000, Matt and Mike re-launched Slide in it's new home of the Zodiac, Oxford's finest music venue. Residents were Gwill Morris (otherwise known as Digweed-fave Main Element) and rising star James Holden. Over the 6 years at the Zodiac, Slide hosted Layo & Bushwacka!, Simian Mobile Disco (Live), Groove Armada, Andrew Weatherall, James Zabiela, David Guetta, Tom Middleton, X-Press 2, Paul Woolford, and many more.

Since the Zodiac takeover by the Academy Music Group, Slide has gone from strength to strength, putting on parties with the likes of Soulwax and 2manydjs, Hot Chip Live, Simian Mobile Disco Live, Audio Bullys Live, James Zabiela, Nic Fanciulli, Slam, Jamie Jones, Rex The Dog Live, Freeland Live, Stanton Warriors, Annie Mac Presents, Crookers, Herve, Fake Blood, Toddla T and many more.

In recent times, Slide has forged a new home at 'Dex' in Brixton where their summer terrace parties gaining a big reputation, hosting the likes of Greg Wilson, Radio Slave, Tom Middleton, Nic Fanciulli, Paul Woolford and Funk D'Void, plus an alternative home at Corsica Studios where they recently put on A Guy Called Gerald and The Revenge.

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Bassmentality & House of Roots

Bassmentality is the promotions partnership of Jez Watkins and Edd Lewington. Promoting monthly events at The Cellar as well as Out to Graze Festival, numerous one off's events at The Academy, Bullingdon Arms and other venues around Oxfordshire the past 6 years hsa seen Bassmentality establish itself as one of Oxford's leading underground nights.

We like to think we're a little bit different, expect more than a random mix of DJ's! We're committed to bringing the masses a combination of live acts as well as resident DJ's spinning our favourite mix of bass driven beats.

From Roots reggae to Old Skool DnB, Hip Hop through to Funk and Soul, every month we showcase a live band with the emphasis on the dance floor. You may not see the hottest acts currently charting but we always guarantee a packed dance floor and really lets face it....no one rocks the house like Bassmentality!!!

Over the years we've had a huge number of acts grace our stage including: Braintax, Gentleman's Dub Club, Altern 8, Phi Life Cypher, Captive State, Jehst, Imperial Leisure, The Mixologists, Diversion Tactics, Harry Love, Krafty Kuts, Scratch Perverts, Genisis Elijah, Junkyard Scientists, Horizontal life to name but a few...

Microclimate

Famed for thier Forest Parties, MicroClimate are one of London's leading house and techno soundsystems. We met Microclimate at Glade 2005 and promptly invited them along to the now infamous 'Local Gathering'. 4 Years later and we're still partying hard with one of our favourite festival crews.

Guests over the last 2 years at Out To Graze include Clive Henry, Maya Jane Coles, Steve Proctor, JB and Alison Marks.

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Snatch Productions
Z-Shed vs Coin Operated

Or good friends Snatch return after the rip-roaring success of their stage in 2009 and 2010, alongside Z-Shed, who will be hosting Friday night alongside newcomers 'Coin-Operated'.

Expect drum'n'bass, dubstep, fidgit, electro... anything goes

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Get Diverted

Get Diverted was conceived in subterranean Brixton in 2006 by two friends , Rob Alldritt and Nick Middleweek. It quickly became one of South London's most revered nights growing out of Living Bar, into Plan B then regularly putting 500 partygoers into the Crypt of Babalou. It was in 2008 that entered a new dimension as a daytime party at Dex Roof Terrace and firmly established itself as a Sunday clubland institution. Residents Raymundo Rodriguez and Mark Storie have been joined on the Terrace by Nic Fanciulli, Paul Woolford, Spencer Parker and Funk D’Void. Get Diverted’s ethos is to create an underground but accessible atmosphere in terms of music and people, with a diverse crowd that is an alternative from the one dimensional snobbery that is all to familiar in East London.

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Skylarkin' & The Big Ten Inch

Beloved of drinkers and dancers everywhere, Skylarkin’ Soundsystem was born via a 1997 mixtape in a South London cafe, and has been kicking out its patented brew of Jumpin’ Jivin’ Rockin’ Swingin’ Reggae, Ska, Soul, Dancehall and Rhythm & Blues Exotica in East Oxford and London since 2002.

With Count Skylarkin at the helm and assorted chums like Wrongtom, Indecision and The Legendary DJ Derek manning the turntables – not to mention some of the wickedest bands and DJs there are guesting every time – Skylarkin’ Soundsystem happens on the first Friday of every month at The Cellar, Oxford AND monthly at The Big Chill House in Kings Cross, London.

Early last year, the Count launched The BIG TEN INCH at the Cellar and also The Book Club in East London, with a policy of whoopin’ hollerin’ rock n roll, SCREAMIN’ r&b, 50’s jump-blues, swing, ska, skiffle, shuffle, handclap, gospel, jive, 60s beat and misbehavior.
All Killer, No Filler.

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