Terraneo is up for TWO awards at the European Festival Awards – show your support #vote @terraneofest

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Croatia‘s incredible Terraneo Festival is nominated for Best Mid Size Festival and also Best Green Operations Award in this year’s European Festival Awards.

Vote here http://euvoting.festivalawards.com – there’s only a few days left…

Holger Jan Schmidt, coordinator of the Green Operations Award, said: “What I learned in the first three years of its existence of the GO Group is that the festival scene is the leader of the green movement in Europe. Every day we are faced with new actions, initiatives and events with great ideas that can be achieved with a lot of effort. It gives us great pleasure to introduce the festivals nominated for this award, though, to be completely honest, I cannot reward the greenest festival in Europe. All festivals are different by size, they are held in different locations, in front of different audiences, and they have their own philosophies and history. What we need to do is to acknowledge and reward them for outstanding effort, innovation and progress. The very fact that we have a choice of 18 festivals and this is only the second year that this award is presented is a success in itself. There are so many wonderful festivals with impressive initiatives that are nominated that I can only applaud them – they are already winners. “

Catch My Bloody Valentine and Wu Tang in an old army barracks in Croatia at Terraneo Festival – August

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This boutique festival is situated in a unique location in the beautiful Croatian town of Sibnek.

Both Split and Zadar airports are a two hour flight from the UK with Ryanair, Easyjet, Wizz Air, Jet2, Monarch, Norwegian and Croatian Airlines servicing the routes

Sibenik and the festival site are only 45 mins by taxi/car for both airports – accommodation is available at nearby hotel Solaris and camping on the festival site.

And check the amazing line up!

Add to that Croatian sunshine, swimming in the clear sea, cheap drinks, amazing food – cheap flights and glamping pods on the campsite – what’s not to love. August is looking awesome… Tickets to the event from just 25 quid!! Ticket details here https://www.fatsoma.com/events/89646/

All info/ticket details etc here: http://www.terraneofestival.com/?lang=en

Catch @DJKayper at the Neon Carnival at Coachella

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The Neon Carnival is one of the most talked about events at Coachella – and many are still buzzing from Kayper’s set there last year… So will be pleased to know she’s back again and will be dropping tunes for the beautiful and the crazy/sexy/cool this weekend.

After a few days in NYC Kayper starts the US leg of her tour with the awesome Angel Haze – more about this here

Kayper is available for interviews at the moment…

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DJ Mag looking forward to their festival at Club Papaya

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Next week (13-18th August) the MTV DJ Mag Festival comes to Papaya for its second year.

Join AN21, Max Vangeli, Eddie Halliwell, Alesso, Danny Howard, Reboot and loads more (full line up at www.papaya.com.hr) for a week of sun, sea and Sex on the Beach. Not to mention boat parties, pool parties, beautiful people – oh, and did we mention the sun?

DJ Mag said “We can’t wait for this year’s DJ Mag festival at Papaya Beach club in Croatia.”

“With great line ups, stunning crowd and all on the beautiful island of Pag its no wonder that Papaya has been voted into the top 30 clubs in the world in this year’s Top 100 clubs poll.”

Danny Howard said
‘So excited to be playing at the DJ Mag festival for Bitch in Croatia. Papaya Beach Club is gaining worldwide recognition as one of THE go-to places for clubbing and I can’t wait to party there this summer!’

A week long ticket for this amazing festival costs around 50quid and you can get all the travel/accommodation info you need at www.travel2novalja.com

Get tickets on Skiddle here

Read about it on Ibiza Voice

Watch a bit from last year…

DJ Muggs, Eve and Nas to headline Fresh Island Festival in Croatia

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Fresh Island is a brand new hip hop festival taking place on the beautiful and unspoiled party beach of Zrce on the Croatian island of Pag. Taking place from 5th to 8th July 2012, tickets are only £35 for the entirety and as well as the stellar headline acts there are also many credible hip hop acts from the Balkan regions on the bill also.

We caught up with DJ Muggs (Cypress Hill) who is looking forward to the show.

You were in Zagreb (Croatia) last year with Eve and Bun B as a part of Gumball 3000 celebrity race. Now you & Eve headline Fresh Island, Croatia’s first specialized hip hop festival?

Muggs: ‘Yes last year I was on the Gumball rally an’ went thru Croatia – what a beautiful country! –so when I was asked to play the music festival an’ seen I was free I jumped at the chance to be part of this experience…’

Tell us more about Bass For Your Face project?

Muggs:  ‘,Bass For Your Face’ is my new album – it’s a bass music record whit a hip hop spirit – but with elements of – glitch ,dubstep, electronic and reggae. Snap Yr Neck Back isthe first release is with my friend the king of grime from the UK – Dizzee Rascal!’

What’s your role in Cypress Hill today? Why are you not touring with the guys lately?
Muggs: ‘,With Cypress Hill these days I’m more of a shareholder in the business then an active participant – B Real an’ Sen have a direction they wanna go in so the best thing at this moment is to let them steer  the ship…’

Describe a Soul Assassins’ signature sound and how important it was (is) in history of Rap?
Muggs: ‘,the Soul Assassin sound is basically my sound an’ is a dark, dusted , energetic emotion I create through my soundscapes’

You rocked numerous festivals throughout the world but Fresh Island is Europe’s 1st beach hip-hop fest, any expectations?

Muggs: ‘, I am expecting Fresh Island to be off the hook insane madness -I can’t wait for July 7th at Fresh Island to unleash my new album on the beautiful people of Croatia’

For tickets and full line up go to www.fresh-island.org

For travel info to the region check out http://www.travel2novalja.com

Nas joins the line up for Fresh Island

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Fresh Island Festival is proud to announce that The King of NY, hip-hop icon, one of the greatest and most influential rappers in history Nasir Jones – Nas will open Fresh Island Festival with his performance on 5th of July at New Yorker Main Stage / Club Papaya!

Beggining with his classic debut Illmatic (1994), Nas stood tall for years as one of the New York City’s leading rap voices, outspokenly expressing a righteous, self-epowered swagger that endeared him to critics and hip-hop purists. Whether procaiming himself “Nasty Nas” or “Nas Escobar” or “Nastradamus” or “God’s Son“, the self-appointed King of New York is still today one of most outstanding and relevant voices in Hip Hop history and continues to bring classic material to the game.

Check out the full line up for this brand new Croatian hip hop festival here: http://www.fresh-island.org/line-up

Tickets are still just £34 quid and flights are around £50 each way (Ryanair to Zadar)

You’ll find all the travel and tourist info you need at www.travel2novalja.com

If you like your rap pimped up and on a gorgeous beach, this is the festival for you. Sunglasses at night, fo shizzle.

Fresh Island Festival

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FRESH ISLAND FESTIVAL
ZRCE BEACH /NOVALJA / ISLAND OF PAG / CROATIA / WWW.FRESH-ISLAND.ORG

SWITZERLAND HAS FRAUENFELD FESTIVAL, CZECH REPUBLIC HAS HIP-HOP KEMP AND NOW CROATIA BRINGS YOU FRESH ISLAND FESTIVAL.

Pioneers and masters of the Hip-Hop and RnB scene in South East Eurpoe have teamed up to form the A4 Organisation.

A4 includes international promoter and Hip-Hop ambassador DJ Phat Phillie, legendary DJ & MC Bizzo Bodega, event manager Damir Stupnisek – Stupni and RnB promoter Adnan Mehmedovic – Medo.

A4’S first mission together is to launch the ground-breaking FRESH ISLAND festival; the first Hip Hop event of its kind in Croatia.

With over 1000 successful events throughout Europe already under their collective belts and with the skills to promote and book kick-ass line ups fusing together local and internationally renowned artists such as Busta Rhymes, 50 Cent, Redman & Method Man, Montell Jordan, The Brand New Heavies, DJ Premier, Jazzy Jeff, Blackstreet, Pete Rock, Onyx, Ghostface Killah, MOP and many others – A4 decided it was now time to do something MASSIVE.

A4 were Inspired by the success of Frauenfeld Festival in Switzerland (which started way back in 1985, and today gathers over 100 performers on 10 different stages with over 80.000 visitors each year) and by Czech Republic festival Hip-Hop Kemp but wanted to give FRESH ISLAND a more unique vibe because the whole shebang takes place on the gorgeous Adriatic coast.

At FRESH ISLAND this summer the fans will be able to enjoy performances from a sick crew of artists whilst soaking up the rays on a sandy beach by a clear blue sea before watching the sun dip over the mountains.

So kick off your summer hip hop adventure between the 5th-8th of July, and head to the Croatian party beach of Zrce (the beach that never sleeps) where the weekend line up will be split between super clubs Papaya and Aquarius and include some of the best regional and international r’n’b and hip hop acts around – on 3 turbo charged stages!

Countdown to this unique Festival will kick off with a FRESH ISLAND European promo tour, which included a ”FRESH ISLAND Stage” within the Exit organised ”BIG SNOW” on Mount Kopaonik (Serbia) last week with performances from Ms. Dynamite, DJ Phat Phillie, DJ Bizzo Bodega and some secret guests!
”Die Hard Fan” and ”Early Bird” tickets for FRESH ISLAND are already on sale – Look out for promo parties where the coolest cats will be also able to win their tickets then and there!

For more info check out www.fresh-island.org

Zrce Beach is on the Island of Pag, Croatia and nearest airports are Zadar or Split.

Buy tickets at : www.papayashop.com.hr I www.eventim.hr