The Magic Waves Festival, the first full-on celebration of Italo in the United Kingdom, presenting more than 40 Italo and underground electronic musicians and DJs from around the globe, begins on July 9th with a free warm-up party. The festival proper features italo legends Alex Novaga, Fred Ventura, Fockewulf 190 and Casco. Also playing will be electro acts Legowelt, Alden Tyrell and Mark du Mosch as well as local sweethearts, Heartbreak.
The Magic Waves Festival takes place on Friday, July 10th, and Saturday, July 11th, at Corsica Studios, Elephant & Castle, London. The festival will be the local debut for a number of legendary Italo acts. Tickets are available in advance for £35 via wegottickets.com, or will be available at the door for £20 each night. In addition to the warm-up party on Thursday, there will be an all-day disco after-party on Sunday, July 12th.
The free warm-up party to kick off the festival has also been announced for Thursday, July 9th, at 20:00 at the Old Blue Last on Great Eastern Street. Magic Waves has teamed up with up-and-coming night Pearl Flash to get the party started right. David Vunk, one of London's best-loved Italo DJs, and the mastermind behind Moustache Records, will be doing what he does best--slanging Italo jams guaranteed to make you dance your ass off. Vunk will be joined by Casionova, one of the DJs behind Magic Waves, Hampus from Top Nice and the Pearl Flash residents.
Straight after the festival ends on Sunday morning, an all-day disco after-party will be starting at 07:00 at The Castle on Commercial Road. In an effort to maximise the buzz, Magic Waves has teamed up with Dream Machine to bring you a host of Sunday acts including Antoni Maiovvi, Ali Renault and a special surprise guest from Moustache Records.
The Magic Waves Festival features over 40 acts, including Italo legend Alex Novaga, who is best known for his work with the acts Cellophane, Stopp, Camaro's Gang and Sun La Shan. Casco, who was responsible for some of Italo's greatest hits, Fockewulf 190 and Fred "the voice of Italo" Ventura will also be playing.
Other acts will include: Mr. Pauli, Oppenheimer Analysis, Mark Du Mosch, Revolving Eyes, Andy Blake, Den Haan, iamelectron, Rick Hopkins, Jonny 5, Spruxxx, Helium Robots, Peter Mangalore, Tommy Walker 3, Andrew Ingram, eclairfifi, Brian D'Souza, Jonny Wins, Fratelli Di Rimini, Meschi, Chris Flatline, Melanie Houston, Brassica, Serious Lover, Joe Hart, Bill Ambrose, Antoni Maiovvi, English Electric, Electrick Dragon, Andy Romano, Cosmo & Faber, Jeffrey Sfire, Slick Chick, Pippi Langstrumpf and Aratkilo.
In conjunction with the festival, Magic Waves has just released a 3-CD box set by the mysterious Danish Italo superstar DJ, Flemming Dalum, which will also be on sale during the festival.
Read the Magic Waves interview with Alden Tyrell on IFM:
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