Electric Picnic 2012 (1 Viewer)

[east hastings]

Re: final batch of electric picnic names

My friends who have only played 3 gigs are playing EP I see. For fuck sake

There's a band there that haven't even played a live gig so far (i don't think) and started a fundit looking for equipment to play live

 

[ernesto]

Re: final batch of electric picnic names

ffs

 

[chris d]

Re: final batch of electric picnic names

oh, Kid Karate? that brings back some great memories.

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to be fair, that lineup isnt too bad, but it being a festival there is a serious problem...other people. other people are just cunts. couldnt be doing with them.

 

[egg_]

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Its not what ye know, its who ye know. Its how the bizmess works.

It's not just the bizmess, it's everything, and most of the time it's no harm - I'd be much more likely to do one of you mooks a favour than I would some random stranger (even the ones of yiz I hardly know)

 

[hermie]

Not particularly. One of them dj's to trendy saps but they're both nice popular but hipstery lads

Jaysus dude, don't be so bitter. They're good guys with good tunes and a very professional set-up - even if they haven't gigged all that much. Plus what they do will slot neatly in with a lot of what else is on that particular day.

 

[pete]

does anyone know them, and are they sound?

 

[therealjohnny]

Re: final batch of electric picnic names

Its not what ye know, its who ye know. Its how the bizmess works.

yep..looking forward to our set!

 

[shower another shower]

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yep..looking forward to our set!

We know people.

 

[therealjohnny]

and they are sound

 

[evil bandit]

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Turn .|..|!baggyyyy.|..|

http://electricpicnic.ie/turn

Apparently they are fun, indie and Irish….

 

[ernesto]

Jaysus dude, don't be so bitter. They're good guys with good tunes and a very professional set-up - even if they haven't gigged all that much. Plus what they do will slot neatly in with a lot of what else is on that particular day.

Not bitter, clearly, just pointing out that it's all about who you know and I gave them credit aswell

 

[ernesto]

does anyone know them, and are they sound?

Very. Thankfully. And no it's not kid karate

 

[RayRay]

I'm playing on Saturday night 1am which actually means Sunday morning uhhhh

 

[pete]

BODY & SOUL AT ELECTRIC PICNIC
BACK once again, with its trademark twisting wonderland of bespoke stages, handpicked installations, quirky corners and hidden alcoves, BODY&SOUL is set to light up its place as the central creative beacon of Electric Picnic for the ninth year in a row.

Body&Soul’s Main Stage fresh musical programme wouldn’t stand up without a close inspection of what's what musically in Ireland at present, along with a healthy serving of debut performances from up-and-coming acts and “ones to watch” from around the World. Enjoying a long-standing reputation of staging a mix of the proven, common, inventive and new, means that national and international live acts and DJs put their groove on in sparkling form, for a wide audience of music lovers and party people.

Artists include: Andy Irvine, Donal Lunny, Liam O’Flynn and Paddy Glackin aka LAPD, Paul Buchanan, When Saints Go Machine, Junior Boys, Breton, Junior Boys, RocketNumberNine, Jesse Boykins III, DENA, The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock, Zemi 17, Mmoths, Laura Sheeran, TR-One, Orchestra of Spheres, Dark Dark Dark, SertOne, Young Wonder, Kodaline, New Jackson, Ham Sandwich, February&Mars, Lewis Floyd Henry, Viperflo and Romare.

Body&Soul is delighted to welcome to its Main Stage for 2012, an exclusive performance by the Irish traditional group and true masters of their craft – Andy Irvine, Donal Lunny, Liam O’Flynn and Paddy Glackin aka LAPD. Irvine, Lunny and O’Flynn played together 30 years ago under the guise of Planxty (with Christy Moore). With stellar solo careers for all four in the interim fast forward to 2012 with Paddy Glackin upping the ante this performance promises to have the natural amphitheatre of Body and Soul packed to the rafters – if it had a rafter!

We’re also looking forward to an intimate solo show from Scottish singer and Blue Nile main man Paul Buchanan. Fans got a chance to see Paul at Liss Ard festival earlier this month in the intimate acoustic tent so if you missed him then this will be your last opportunity to catch a rare solo performance from this gentle unassuming legend who is sure to mesmerise and enchant the audience with his back catalogue and treat them to songs from his highly acclaimed new solo album Mid Air.

Another headline debut performance set to widen the imagination is set to come from Danish electronic ice-cold pop ensemble When Saints Go Machine – their shows this year have featured at the higher end of the wow! factor across the World.

The internationally regarded Junior Boys bring their glacial pop sheen to Body&Soul, while from Minnesota we look forward to introducing the group Dark Dark Dark and their mix of Orleans jazz & Americana folk. From New Zealand, check out the psychedelic offerings of the unique Orchestra of Spheres and from closer to home in the UK we bring back the intense atmospheric rhythms of RocketNumberNine. We’re also looking forward to welcoming from London, the highly regarded Breton, combining elements of post-rock and straight-up electro. Also with a worldly nod to soul and current hip hop trends we welcome US singer/performer Jesse Boykins lll, the distorted urban blues of Lewis Floyd Henry and Bulgarian new kid DENA.

Our Main Stage programme wouldn’t stand up without a close inspection of what's what musically in Ireland at present - starting that roll call with UK based Seamus Fogarty and with one of the best records of 2012. Continuing that trend and the folk theme but with a punch, we welcome Dublin's The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock and the capital’s groove merchants Kodaline, recently signed to RCA records.

 

[pete]

LEVIATHAN STAGE

At the heart of MindField is the Leviathan tent where economist, author and broadcaster, David McWilliams will host three special Leviathan: Political Cabaret events with panels of eminent international and Irish journalists, academics, politicians and commentators. Topics include: Does Ireland Really Need a Second Republic? with Fintan O’Toole (The Irish Times), Carol Hunt (Sunday Independent) and Paddy Cosgrave (F.ounders); How Can We Solve the Global Economic Crisis? hosted by Gunther Grun of the ECB (aka Barry Murphy) with David McWilliams, Peter Antonioni (University College London, Economics for Dummies), Professor Brian Lucey (TCD), Norah Casey (Entrepreneur, Dragon’s Den) and Margaret E Ward; Democracy Next?: Revolution in the Muslim World with Libyan-Irish officer of the Tripoli Brigade, Hussam Najjair, who fought in Libya and more recently in Syria; Mary Fitzgerald, foreign correspondent of The Irish Times and others, all with musical satire from Paddy Cullivan (Late Late Show House Band).

RTÉ’s Miriam O’Callaghan will host a public conversation in association with Ashoka, which follows on from their groundbreaking ChangeNation events earlier this year at Farmleigh and Dublin Castle featuring some of the world’s leading, change-making social entrepreneurs including Brendan Dunford (Burren Beo), Krystian Fikert (MyMind), Sharon Kielthy (McKinsey) and Erin Fornoff (Ashoka).

Saturday’s MindField News Quiz returns to the Leviathan Stage with a very special guest host and quick fire current affairs rounds that lurch from the sublime to the ridiculous.

Sunday’s Ryan Tubridy’s Picnic Brunch takes a jaundiced look at the Sunday papers and a review of the festival in the company of Miriam O'Callaghan, Paddy Cullivan and some of Stradbally’s most tired and emotional.

The History Ireland Hedge School hosted by History Ireland editor, Tommy Graham will present two fascinating shows: Racism and the Irish: perpetrators or victims? with Mary Corcoran (NUI Maynooth), Lar Joye (National Museum), Angus Mitchell (Casement—Life and Times) and Hiram Morgan (UCC); and From the Liberty Boys to the Westies: gang culture in Ireland with David Donnelly (ex-Black Catholics punk gang), Donal Fallon (Come Here To Me Blog), John Gibney (History Ireland) and Niamh Hourigan (UCC).

Salon du Chat reprise their unique “speed-debating” salon of gourmet conversation chosen from a menu of provocative menu options. Engage in intense dialogue with complete strangers, make new friends and influence people.

The hugely popular Banter public talks series will present a special edition hosted by The Irish Times’ Jim Carroll on How the Irish Media Failed Ireland with Carol Hunt (Sunday Independent), Simon Carswell (The Irish Times), John Ryan (Broadsheet.ie) and Enda Leahy (Mail on Sunday)

The Cáca Milis Cabaret closes Friday night with its rambunctious “postmodern vaudeville” blend of music, dance, spoken word, circus clownery and classic cabaret and the Bradd Pitt Light Orchestra close Saturday and Sunday’s Leviathan proceedings.

SCIENCE GALLERY

Fresh from its critically-acclaimed contribution to the European City of Science celebrations at ESOF2012, Science Gallery returns to Electric Picnic this year with a spectacular line-up of live shows, stimulating workshops, and mind-bending events and enclosed in a spectacular inflatable tent.

Science Gallery’s HACK THE CITY exhibition will transform into HACK THE PICNIC, with artists and scientists bringing their DIY hacker mindset to build, tweak, and modify gadgets, gear, and the whole festival experience for the better. Running over two days, the Science Gallery line-up has something for everyone, with attractions that include the brand new 100% Hammer-Free High Striker, a live recording of Futureproof, and festival favourite, Ignite. There are also live dissections, the steampunk robotic busker, Scientific Sue’s Science Shows, 3D printing and the Science Gallery Shop.

THEATRE STAGE

MindField is privileged to welcome back Willie White, now Artistic Director of the Dublin Theatre Festival, to curate the Theatre Stage which features a programme of inspirational and entertaining shows, carefully selected for the Electric Picnic and MindField audience. Shows include: Bears in Space, a new hour of madness from Collapsing Horse; Come Rhyme With Me, a verbal explosion of slams, jams, backhands and audience spam; Fight Night with Aonghus óg MacAnally; I Heart Alice (Project) Winner of two Absolut Fringe Awards; Journey to the End of the Night, written, directed and performed by: Dylan Tighe; and Make and Do return to Electric Picnic, 2012 to present a suite of specially designed festival games. In celebration of festival reliables like wellington boots, random hook-ups and lots of food, we invite you to a lemon jousting contest, a gumboot dance challenge and a game of Love at First sight; finally there’s a special preview of Singlehood, conceived and developed by Una McKevitt in collaboration with David Coffey, which premiere’s at the Absolut Fringe this year.

THE WORD STAGE

The original Word stage is back with a massive programme of drama, discussion, poetry, prose, comedy, rap, and rock ‘n’ roll, featuring: Velvet Revolution by Mick Donnellan, The Hero Returns, by Maedhbh Haicead, Sex, Lies and Sausage Rolls with Joe Rooney, Fran Healy and Sharron Mannion, plus specials guests; Jolt Theatre Company; Danny Dowling and Friends; The Brownbread Mixtape with their comedy sketches and poetry; Nighthawks hosted by Colman Keegan; and Irish Beatboxing champ Samir. There’s Olaf Tyaransen, Poetry Ireland with some of Ireland's best-known poets; The Cúirt Literary Festivals Slam Poetry Finalists; Poetry and beats with Marty Mulligan and The Aftermath and special guests. There’s live music with Crow Black Chicken, The Aftermath and guests plus many more poets, rappers, comedians, philosophers and dreamers.

AN PUBALL GAEILGE

Ar ais aris, the hugely popular and entertaining antidote to all that forced learning of Peig and friends, the Puball Gaeilge is back with a lively, energetic and fun programme of entertainment, conversation, games and activities, all in our first national language. Don’t be intimidated, just engage with whatever cupla focail you have and learn to love the teanga Gaeilge anew. Look out for GAA Karaoke performed over TG4’s live commentary of GAA matches. There’s theatre and drama from Fíbín, Manchán Mangan agus Aisteorií Bulfin; Filíocht / Poetry le rogha filí agus filíocht ón bhFéile Imram (Poets from the IMRAM festival) le Gearóid Mac Lochlainn, Caoimhín Mac Giolla Cathain is Dairena Ní Chinnéide, Sorcha Fox Seán Rua Ó Súilleabháin Loius De Paor & Rónán Browne; and, as the evenings draw in, there’s Caiberét Craiceálta / Crackpot Caberét le Rónán Mac Aodh Bhuí. There’s also Púca Puppets; Léacht / Lecture, speakers corner and much more.

Amnesty Ireland

Amnesty Ireland moves to the MindField arena this year with an outstanding programme of film screenings and talks with their makers including: Conor Horgan with One Hundred Mornings, Juanita Wilson with As If I Am Not There, Darragh Byrne with Parked, Perry Ogden with Pavee Lackeen, as well as lots of wonderful animation shorts including the Secret of Kells. The central theme of this year's Amnesty presence at the Electric Picnic is forced eviction with a special feature of a shanty hut at the centre of the MindField arena.

 

[rettucs]

such is my confidence in my inability to win tickets for anything I went out and bought a ticket to this last week.

looking forward to it now!

 

[chris d]

do pod still promote the picnic? actually, do pod still exist? reading on boards the noel gallagher punters are getting shook down on their way into marlay park. i remember my first time at the picnic in '08. on the friday me & my wife walked towards the music area early enough after putting our tent up. at a cross roads a scottish security woman was giving out to a bunch of people pointing them where to go, where not to go, we just walked past her down some lane. we ended up walking behind the inflatable church. felt a bit odd. anyway, we saw a gap in the fence and popped into the main area. a few other people must have done something similar, as there was a bout half a dozen confused looking people just wandering around the entire site. we ended up being the only 2 people when the first band came on the main stage. cant remember their name now, some kind of vaudeville outfit. they were good craic.

anyway, the next year it pissed down for 3 days so i never went back. i hope the cure are good for anyone who goes to see them. do they play any of the '79 stuff anymore? that's my favourite cure.

 

[rettucs]

do pod still promote the picnic? actually, do pod still exist?

aitken rather than POD I think it was. But I don't think its them anymore. I think its a separate company thats part owned by aitken/POD and now part owned by MCD. Hence having loads of shite on like the killers and the vaccines.

POD do still exist alright. Fairly bare looking website though.

 

[pete]

EP is "FESTIVAL REPUBLIC & POD presents"

 

[rettucs]

They're a UK crowd. It'd have been cancelled by now otherwise, I'd say.

apols chris D. I was miles off.