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Posted: 12 Jul 2008, 3:18amSubject: Ostara Festival 2008 - 19/20 & 21 September -Airey's Inlet
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Ostara Festival 2008
September 19, 20 & 21st
Opoeia Eco Arts Retreat - Breakfast Creek Road, Aireys Inlet
A 100% Lockout-free event
This year Ostara will be donating all profits to the Your Water Your Say
campaign against the desalination plant planned around the Bass Coast
region. I hope you can come along and join us not only for the
performances and workshops we'll have in place but to also show your
support for this worthy cause.
For more info on Your Water Your Say please go to
www.yourwateryoursay.org
So far these guys have raised half the money they need to take the
Government to court and if we can help in bumping that up some more for
them, it would be awesome and a great achievement.
Early bird tickets from 11th June @$35 via www.greentix.com.au until
July 11th.
Here's some of our line up announcement. We have a fair few more to come in the following month or so but in the meantime .......
LIVE ELECTRONIC ACTS
TERRAFRACTYL - LIVE
www.myspace.com/terrafractyl
In the deep forests of Tasmania in the mid 90's Felix Greenlees
discovered the wild sounds of Goa trance and was instantly captivated.
After a few years of unsuccessfully trying to make music like that, he
got distracted by other forms of music and spent years studying ancient
and arcane styles of music.
He has released tracks on Sundance and Psypneumatix records and has
upcoming releases with Vertigo, Morning Monsters and Regen records, you
should also expect to see his debut album 'Chrysalis' out soon on
Sundance records.
MENTAL EXTENSIONS - LIVE
www.myspace.com/mentalextensions
Mental Extensions, or Felix Greenlees and David Kastner both forged
their musical skills in the lush Tasmanian wilderness before moving to
Melbourne. Dave has been studying the properties of medicinal plants for
many years and has found a way to bring the spirit of these plants
directly into his percussive experiments, which can best be described as
eclectic, weird and wonderful.
Felix has been writing and playing electronic music around Australia for
a few years under the name Terrafractyl and brings his own distinctly
twisted melodies to merge with all manner of different beats. The music
of Mental Extensions can maybe be described as experimental dub infused
psychedelic breaks with a twist of trance. Or maybe its just music.
CONTINUUM - LIVE
www.myspace.com/continuumsound
Continuum is a dynamic 3-piece production trio hailing from Melbourne,
Australia, who formed in 2006. After a trail of previous production
names, group members and brothers, Scott and Brent Miramz with long-time friend Andy Kidd, banded together to start producing an originally inspired blend of progressive electronic sounds.
LUNATECH - LIVE
www.myspace.com/niclunatech
Lunatech is an emotionally diverse, balanced, playful and powerful dark
psychedelic journey spiralling through inner space and outer.
For the past few years whilst studying audio engineering in Melbourne,
Nic has hatched and evolved the sound of Lunatech through relentless
late night hours and misspent sunlight, eagerly anticipating dark and
muddy Victorian dance floors.
CIRCUIT BENT - LIVE
www.myspace.com/circuitbentobox
Jesse Poulton's musical writing career started off with tinkering on an
old Mac LCII at the very young age of 11 in an effort to get out of
piano lessons!!! By 2000 and after hearing Infected Mushroom was when he first came to ralise the potential and diversity of electronic music.
Although rooted in psytrance, when Jesse heard the exile track Open Mic
that all the constraints dropped and realised rules, can, after all, be
broken!
RHYTHMIK - LIVE
www.myspace.com/rhythmik24
He brings together a Mix of eclectic sounds with a strong emphasis on
the melodic, funky, cheeky and evocative. With everything spanning from
dark psychedelic trip hop to quirky sunshine jazz prog, Rhythmik always
puts sound and mood first.
On top of specific dancefloor music, Rhythmik writes tracks for dance
and fire shows, exploring the more theatrical side of electronica.
Expect to hear a few of these tracks in his set.
LUB DUB - LIVE
www.myspace.com/lubdubdub
Lubdub is a live 2 piece downtempo Psy\dub outfit Hailing from
Melbourne, Australia who draw from very diverse musical backgrounds to
meld together a super fresh sonic experience for the heart!
At core of the group lie two very dedicated & talented musicans: FredEx
(K-Oscillate) - Keys\Computers\Audio Wizardry & Yuval Shalit
(Sentimental Sound System) - Guitars\Keys\Flute\Chant\Precussion and
many many other friends, frogs, sticks and stones, Firewire and Smoky
Pads.. With Roots in Europe and Middle East, they live and Love in
Melbourne Australia and make music to evolve to, Lubdub wants you
dancing with eyes closed, arms wide open. May all beings be happy.
THE COOK AND THE CHEF
www.myspace.com/fedupsundays
In just 3 short years, sonic culinary dj duo THE COOK & THE CHEF have
been filling up Melbourne dancefloors & beyond.
Formed in 2005 through a mutual passion for food & music, the duo have
ventured far beyond the kitchen, having played funk fuelled sets at such
major events as RAINBOW SERPENT FESTIVAL, MAITREYA FESTIVAL, NAMASTE, BEEF RECORDS LAUNCH PARTY, LAB & Many more!
They have supported such international luminaries as DJ THREE, ANTIX,
CHRISTIAN SMITH, EXTRAWELT, BEAUTY & THE BEAT & EDORADO.
Their passion & dedication to the evolution of their sound has seen them
in 2008 be invited to play at Winter Solstice Festival in Cairns, one of
Australia' premier festivals, with many more tasty upcoming dates on the
upcoming menu.
AND INTRODUCING ......
WOW&FLUTTER (Bristol, UK) - LIVE
www.myspace.com/wownflutter
www.myspace.com/pharpsyderecords2007
www.phar-psyde.co.uk
Wow and Flutter is John Jennings from Bristol, UK. His unique style of
psychedelic dub brings in elements of trip hop, drum and bass and
progressive psy-trance but always psychedelic and always dub style.
He has played regularly at the UK's Tribe of Frog parties (www.myspace.
com/thetribeoffrog) for the last 4 years or so, sharing the stage with
artists such as OTT, Merv from Eat Static, and Zub Zub.
FLIPPO - LIVE
www.myspace.com/musicflippo
Pressing Issues (UK)
Sub Continental Dub Records
Formant Recordings (USA)
From the sleepy sand-dunes of Point Lonsdale comes Flippo bringing some
epic bass-weight to the Ostara masses. With vinyl releases on Pressing
Issues (UK) and Formant Recordings (USA) and international recognition
from the likes of BBC Radio1 DJ Mary Anne Hobbs, Flippo has been a key
player in putting Australia on the global map of what is undoubtedly the
freshest underground dance scene on the globe today- Dubstep.
Along with much his own productions, Flippo will be showcasing some of
the experimental sounds from artists forthcoming on newly formed label
'Sub Continental Dub', co-founded by himself and Sydney based
psychadelic dubstep producer WesternSynthetics. Not afraid of a time
signature or tempo change, expect refreshing segues into deep minimal
tech and progressive drum & bass.
FAEORIN - LIVELY
www.myspace.com/faeorin
Faeorin is the collective word for faeries, the little people, the
sidhe. Those magical beings of the forests, streams, mountains and
glades. Their music entrances and spirits away the unwary. They surround
us. You can hear them laughing when the wind blows... Faeorin is the
coming together of the two ends of the earth.
Faeorin is jazz-inspired progressive psy. It's cinematic and spiritual,
dreamy and mystical. It is our gift to all who care to listen...
SECOND SIGHT - LIVE
www.myspace.com/secondsightaustralia
Second Sight is 27 year old Melbourne producer Anthony Brown. He has
been classically trained in piano and having played guitar for many
years, he finally realised the limits of this instrument and made the
leap to the world of electronic music. In particular he was attracted to
the pounding rhythms and the seemingly limitless aural possibilities of
psy trance.
Melding the serene smooth sounds of morning psytrance with big booming
basslines and intelligent rhythms, this is progressive music that will
definitely get you moving.
DEEP SYSTEM - LIVE
www.myspace.com/damienietto
Damien Ietto, a.k.a Deep System has been creating music since a very
young age after learning how to play piano. At the age of 11 he
discovered the world of electronic music through a friend and was
fascinated by it.
His music can be described as a mixture of ambient, chilled beats,
deeply constructed sounds cross-pollinated with Lo Fi Drum Beats and if
you listen carefully, between the layers of synths and sounds, there's a
hidden message that only the listener can decode.
BANDS BANDS BANDS!!!
The Barons of Tang
www.myspace.com/thebaronsoftang
The Barons of Tang have just completed their self-titled e.p. which is
set to be launched in August/September 2008. They are currently working
on new material for a full length debut album, are in the process of
booking an east coast summer tour and researching the possibility of a
European tour in 2009.
TOM RICHARDSON - BLUES N ROOTS
www.myspace.com/tomrichardsonmusic
Winner of the 2008 'Maton' Young Performer of the Year at the Port Fairy
Folk Festival, 2007 Apollo Bay Music Festival Young Performer of the
Year, and the 2004 and 2005 Australian Busking Championships, Tom has
performed festivals such as the Port Fairy Folk Festival, National Folk
Festival, Australian Blues Music Festival, Queenscliff Music Festivals,
Blues on Broadbeach, Yackandandah Folk Festivals, Portland bay Festival
(ANY MORE PLACES HE'S PERFORMED!!!) and Apollo Bay Music Festival. Tomalso sold out of cds on his debut appearance on the famous Queenscliff 'Blues Train.'
DUB THE MAGIC DRAGON - DRUM N BASS / REGGAE
www.myspace.com/dubthemagicdragon
This year sees the return of Dub the Magic Dragon. We loves loves loves
them and recently performed at this year's Maitreya Festival.
Since the right bassman has been found the band has been healthily
gigging including a couple of festivals (Angel Circus in Melbourne and
Ostara Spring Equinox along Great Ocean Rd), a Saturday night at the
prestigious Evelyn in September, a month residency at Palookaville and
weekly gigs in July and August.
KT88
www.myspace.com/kt88dub
KT88 are a 4 piece dub band based on the Surfcoast and Bellarine
Peninsula in Victoria.
Drawing on influences from traditional reggae, dub, and drum & bass, the
sound produced is unique, predominantly instrumental and is all
performed live with no over dubbing or pre recorded musical tracks.
The band consists of Keith on bass, Dishi on keyboards, Tim on guitar
and Jay on drums.
COASTAL SLIPSTREAM
www.myspace.com/coastalslipstream
'Slipstream have been described as sufi groove meets atmospheric meets
upbeat dance. The duo are a blend of sitar, tabla, guitars, vocals mixed
with electronica ...... appealing to the mellow groover's and body
groover's alike
Officially formed in 2005 after 5 or more years of playing together
casually, David and Peter who make up slipstream have played at 3 Apollo
bay music festivals, Freshwater Creek Steiner festival, Dean's Marsh
festival and numerous venue's along the West coast of Victoria.
DJs to be announced shortly
Ostara Festival 2008
September 19, 20 & 21st
Opoeia Eco Arts Retreat - Breakfast Creek Road, Aireys Inlet
A 100% Lockout-free event
This year Ostara will be donating all profits to the Your Water Your Say
campaign against the desalination plant planned around the Bass Coast
region. I hope you can come along and join us not only for the
performances and workshops we'll have in place but to also show your
support for this worthy cause.
For more info on Your Water Your Say please go to
www.yourwateryoursay.org
So far these guys have raised half the money they need to take the
Government to court and if we can help in bumping that up some more for
them, it would be awesome and a great achievement.
Early bird tickets from 11th June @$35 via www.greentix.com.au until
July 11th.
Here's some of our line up announcement. We have a fair few more to come in the following month or so but in the meantime .......
LIVE ELECTRONIC ACTS
TERRAFRACTYL - LIVE
www.myspace.com/terrafractyl
In the deep forests of Tasmania in the mid 90's Felix Greenlees
discovered the wild sounds of Goa trance and was instantly captivated.
After a few years of unsuccessfully trying to make music like that, he
got distracted by other forms of music and spent years studying ancient
and arcane styles of music.
He has released tracks on Sundance and Psypneumatix records and has
upcoming releases with Vertigo, Morning Monsters and Regen records, you
should also expect to see his debut album 'Chrysalis' out soon on
Sundance records.
MENTAL EXTENSIONS - LIVE
www.myspace.com/mentalextensions
Mental Extensions, or Felix Greenlees and David Kastner both forged
their musical skills in the lush Tasmanian wilderness before moving to
Melbourne. Dave has been studying the properties of medicinal plants for
many years and has found a way to bring the spirit of these plants
directly into his percussive experiments, which can best be described as
eclectic, weird and wonderful.
Felix has been writing and playing electronic music around Australia for
a few years under the name Terrafractyl and brings his own distinctly
twisted melodies to merge with all manner of different beats. The music
of Mental Extensions can maybe be described as experimental dub infused
psychedelic breaks with a twist of trance. Or maybe its just music.
CONTINUUM - LIVE
www.myspace.com/continuumsound
Continuum is a dynamic 3-piece production trio hailing from Melbourne,
Australia, who formed in 2006. After a trail of previous production
names, group members and brothers, Scott and Brent Miramz with long-time friend Andy Kidd, banded together to start producing an originally inspired blend of progressive electronic sounds.
LUNATECH - LIVE
www.myspace.com/niclunatech
Lunatech is an emotionally diverse, balanced, playful and powerful dark
psychedelic journey spiralling through inner space and outer.
For the past few years whilst studying audio engineering in Melbourne,
Nic has hatched and evolved the sound of Lunatech through relentless
late night hours and misspent sunlight, eagerly anticipating dark and
muddy Victorian dance floors.
CIRCUIT BENT - LIVE
www.myspace.com/circuitbentobox
Jesse Poulton's musical writing career started off with tinkering on an
old Mac LCII at the very young age of 11 in an effort to get out of
piano lessons!!! By 2000 and after hearing Infected Mushroom was when he first came to ralise the potential and diversity of electronic music.
Although rooted in psytrance, when Jesse heard the exile track Open Mic
that all the constraints dropped and realised rules, can, after all, be
broken!
RHYTHMIK - LIVE
www.myspace.com/rhythmik24
He brings together a Mix of eclectic sounds with a strong emphasis on
the melodic, funky, cheeky and evocative. With everything spanning from
dark psychedelic trip hop to quirky sunshine jazz prog, Rhythmik always
puts sound and mood first.
On top of specific dancefloor music, Rhythmik writes tracks for dance
and fire shows, exploring the more theatrical side of electronica.
Expect to hear a few of these tracks in his set.
LUB DUB - LIVE
www.myspace.com/lubdubdub
Lubdub is a live 2 piece downtempo Psy\dub outfit Hailing from
Melbourne, Australia who draw from very diverse musical backgrounds to
meld together a super fresh sonic experience for the heart!
At core of the group lie two very dedicated & talented musicans: FredEx
(K-Oscillate) - Keys\Computers\Audio Wizardry & Yuval Shalit
(Sentimental Sound System) - Guitars\Keys\Flute\Chant\Precussion and
many many other friends, frogs, sticks and stones, Firewire and Smoky
Pads.. With Roots in Europe and Middle East, they live and Love in
Melbourne Australia and make music to evolve to, Lubdub wants you
dancing with eyes closed, arms wide open. May all beings be happy.
THE COOK AND THE CHEF
www.myspace.com/fedupsundays
In just 3 short years, sonic culinary dj duo THE COOK & THE CHEF have
been filling up Melbourne dancefloors & beyond.
Formed in 2005 through a mutual passion for food & music, the duo have
ventured far beyond the kitchen, having played funk fuelled sets at such
major events as RAINBOW SERPENT FESTIVAL, MAITREYA FESTIVAL, NAMASTE, BEEF RECORDS LAUNCH PARTY, LAB & Many more!
They have supported such international luminaries as DJ THREE, ANTIX,
CHRISTIAN SMITH, EXTRAWELT, BEAUTY & THE BEAT & EDORADO.
Their passion & dedication to the evolution of their sound has seen them
in 2008 be invited to play at Winter Solstice Festival in Cairns, one of
Australia' premier festivals, with many more tasty upcoming dates on the
upcoming menu.
AND INTRODUCING ......
WOW&FLUTTER (Bristol, UK) - LIVE
www.myspace.com/wownflutter
www.myspace.com/pharpsyderecords2007
www.phar-psyde.co.uk
Wow and Flutter is John Jennings from Bristol, UK. His unique style of
psychedelic dub brings in elements of trip hop, drum and bass and
progressive psy-trance but always psychedelic and always dub style.
He has played regularly at the UK's Tribe of Frog parties (www.myspace.
com/thetribeoffrog) for the last 4 years or so, sharing the stage with
artists such as OTT, Merv from Eat Static, and Zub Zub.
FLIPPO - LIVE
www.myspace.com/musicflippo
Pressing Issues (UK)
Sub Continental Dub Records
Formant Recordings (USA)
From the sleepy sand-dunes of Point Lonsdale comes Flippo bringing some
epic bass-weight to the Ostara masses. With vinyl releases on Pressing
Issues (UK) and Formant Recordings (USA) and international recognition
from the likes of BBC Radio1 DJ Mary Anne Hobbs, Flippo has been a key
player in putting Australia on the global map of what is undoubtedly the
freshest underground dance scene on the globe today- Dubstep.
Along with much his own productions, Flippo will be showcasing some of
the experimental sounds from artists forthcoming on newly formed label
'Sub Continental Dub', co-founded by himself and Sydney based
psychadelic dubstep producer WesternSynthetics. Not afraid of a time
signature or tempo change, expect refreshing segues into deep minimal
tech and progressive drum & bass.
FAEORIN - LIVELY
www.myspace.com/faeorin
Faeorin is the collective word for faeries, the little people, the
sidhe. Those magical beings of the forests, streams, mountains and
glades. Their music entrances and spirits away the unwary. They surround
us. You can hear them laughing when the wind blows... Faeorin is the
coming together of the two ends of the earth.
Faeorin is jazz-inspired progressive psy. It's cinematic and spiritual,
dreamy and mystical. It is our gift to all who care to listen...
SECOND SIGHT - LIVE
www.myspace.com/secondsightaustralia
Second Sight is 27 year old Melbourne producer Anthony Brown. He has
been classically trained in piano and having played guitar for many
years, he finally realised the limits of this instrument and made the
leap to the world of electronic music. In particular he was attracted to
the pounding rhythms and the seemingly limitless aural possibilities of
psy trance.
Melding the serene smooth sounds of morning psytrance with big booming
basslines and intelligent rhythms, this is progressive music that will
definitely get you moving.
DEEP SYSTEM - LIVE
www.myspace.com/damienietto
Damien Ietto, a.k.a Deep System has been creating music since a very
young age after learning how to play piano. At the age of 11 he
discovered the world of electronic music through a friend and was
fascinated by it.
His music can be described as a mixture of ambient, chilled beats,
deeply constructed sounds cross-pollinated with Lo Fi Drum Beats and if
you listen carefully, between the layers of synths and sounds, there's a
hidden message that only the listener can decode.
BANDS BANDS BANDS!!!
The Barons of Tang
www.myspace.com/thebaronsoftang
The Barons of Tang have just completed their self-titled e.p. which is
set to be launched in August/September 2008. They are currently working
on new material for a full length debut album, are in the process of
booking an east coast summer tour and researching the possibility of a
European tour in 2009.
TOM RICHARDSON - BLUES N ROOTS
www.myspace.com/tomrichardsonmusic
Winner of the 2008 'Maton' Young Performer of the Year at the Port Fairy
Folk Festival, 2007 Apollo Bay Music Festival Young Performer of the
Year, and the 2004 and 2005 Australian Busking Championships, Tom has
performed festivals such as the Port Fairy Folk Festival, National Folk
Festival, Australian Blues Music Festival, Queenscliff Music Festivals,
Blues on Broadbeach, Yackandandah Folk Festivals, Portland bay Festival
(ANY MORE PLACES HE'S PERFORMED!!!) and Apollo Bay Music Festival. Tomalso sold out of cds on his debut appearance on the famous Queenscliff 'Blues Train.'
DUB THE MAGIC DRAGON - DRUM N BASS / REGGAE
www.myspace.com/dubthemagicdragon
This year sees the return of Dub the Magic Dragon. We loves loves loves
them and recently performed at this year's Maitreya Festival.
Since the right bassman has been found the band has been healthily
gigging including a couple of festivals (Angel Circus in Melbourne and
Ostara Spring Equinox along Great Ocean Rd), a Saturday night at the
prestigious Evelyn in September, a month residency at Palookaville and
weekly gigs in July and August.
KT88
www.myspace.com/kt88dub
KT88 are a 4 piece dub band based on the Surfcoast and Bellarine
Peninsula in Victoria.
Drawing on influences from traditional reggae, dub, and drum & bass, the
sound produced is unique, predominantly instrumental and is all
performed live with no over dubbing or pre recorded musical tracks.
The band consists of Keith on bass, Dishi on keyboards, Tim on guitar
and Jay on drums.
COASTAL SLIPSTREAM
www.myspace.com/coastalslipstream
'Slipstream have been described as sufi groove meets atmospheric meets
upbeat dance. The duo are a blend of sitar, tabla, guitars, vocals mixed
with electronica ...... appealing to the mellow groover's and body
groover's alike
Officially formed in 2005 after 5 or more years of playing together
casually, David and Peter who make up slipstream have played at 3 Apollo
bay music festivals, Freshwater Creek Steiner festival, Dean's Marsh
festival and numerous venue's along the West coast of Victoria.
DJs to be announced shortly
