BLOC 2001 5th Birthday, First 10 acts announced!

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Now that we are into 2011, the countdown to Bloc really starts. So in that spirit, we start off the year with one of the many stellar sets from last year’s festival to keep you going through the first week back at work!

Adam Beyer – Bloc10 set

Drumcode boss Adam Beyer has been Sweden’s top techno export for the best part of two decades and has collaborated with fellow big guns like Speedy J, Mathew Jonson, Tiga and Marco Carola over the years. His Drumcode label has been thwacking out the most supremely funky and rhythmically heavy techno tunes for 13 years now and his DJ sets are renowned for their depth and uniformly dancefloor smashing capabilities.

Beyer owns the chunky funky techno sound and his set at Bloc 2010 proves that in full.

Adam Beyer – Bloc10 Set

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Laurent Garnier has been announced as the final headliner to close Bloc festival 2011!

Check out this new video for a lineup recap…

BLOC 2011 LINEUP

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BLOC Festival (BLOCWKND) on Twitter

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Check out this storming new Bloc mix from Overkill



1. Daedelus, Paperboy and Taz – Touchstone
2. Doshy – Chip (P45 Remix / Unreleased)
3. Luka Baumann - Emergency Nine (Go Hiyama Remix)
4. Alva Noto – U 07
5. Ghettozoid – BoyToy J (Silverman Remix / Unreleased)
6. Hecq – Nihilum (Unreleased)
7. Barker and Baumecker – Can’t Stand It (Jimmy Edgar Makeover) (Absurd Recordings / Unreleased)
8. DJ Funk – Knock Knock
9. DJ Funk – Pussy Ride
10. DJ Funk – Dance Mania Mix Intro
11. DJ Rashad – Right Into Yo Arms
12. MachineDrum – Gbye (Unreleased)
13. Ebola – Alpha Paw
14. The Notorious B.I.G. – Big Poppa
15. Brixton Jungle? – 1994
16. Ganja Krew – Wild For The Night
17. Venetian Snares - Defluxion
18. King Midas Sound – Outta Space

OVERKILL BLOC 2011 MIX

You can also check a Q+A with Overkill main man N>E>D who put together the mix over on the Hyponik site:

http://hyponik.com/2011/01/overkill-bloc-2011-promo-mix/

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Check this exclusive stream of a new Venetian Snares track from Bloc 2011 via Hyponik!

*Venetian Snares Exclusive*

The track, imaginatively titled ‘There Now You Have Syphilis’, spills out the speakers in an acid-drenched onslaught of typically manic polyrhtyhms and overt drum programming, settling into its own incongruous groove around the halfway mark.

Having recently launched his own Timesig label with new album ‘My So Called Life’, Aaron Funk is set to perform at the Overkill stage at this year’s Bloc festival, alongside DJ Funk, King Midas Sound, Daedelus, Carsten Nicolai and Jimmy Edgar, providing what will undoubtedly be a full on soundtrack of the very fines electronics and bass.

You can also read a nice interview with Kevin Martin, AKA The Bug and one third of King Midas Sound, over at the Bloc Weekend website…

Kevin Martin Interview