A bloglet of sorts to keep you in the loop of all tings Aeon. Like how to win tickets and gigs and things from the people behind the scenes.

AEON WARM UP PARTY!

Friday 30th July
The Cavern Exeter
9pm-3am
£5 in advance southwestunderground.net
£6 on the door.

The gypsy-jazz outfit Sheelanagig is playing the party. Last year, the popular Bristol band headlined the Saturday on the Cabaret Voltaire stage, transforming the tent into pure dancefloor mayhem. For many, the combination of world-class musicality with witty showmanship proved to be a highlight of the festival. It’s no wonder this band secures high profile performances around the country at events like The Big Chill, Glastonbury and The Cambridge Folk Festival. Watch the You Tube Video on the link below to get an idea.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFdHgM7my-0

We’ve also got some great DJs to bang it out before and afterwards. Festival programmers The Magnet (JamtheChannel) and Mr. Puckey (Cabaret Voltaire) will be joined by Full Melt’s Freddy Pimms. They will play house, future funky, funk breaks and party tunes.

Tickets are £5 advance from Cavern (no booking fee) and online at the award winning swu website HERE

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If you're local, as in a Devon lass or lad you may have seen the new Southwest Underground magazine hitting the streets. Its free and has loads of interviews with cool DJs in it including MJ Cole and other peeps playing at this year Aeon. its rad ------------------------------------------------

Win a pair of Aeon weekend tickets in this months 247 Magazine! Click HERE to find out how.
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18.05.10
Don't forget this coming Friday 21st May Cabaret Voltaire presents REDLIGHT at the Cavern, Exeter.
Doors 9-2, last entry 1am.
£5 in advance.

Redlight makes dancefloor-focused electro house music fused with elements of breakbeat, dubstep, ragga and bashment. The support of huge DJs like Carl Cox, Skream and Jack Beats has helped Redlight rise to prominence in the last year, in particular a banging live mix for Radio 1’s Annie Mac, broadcast from Glastonbury. But this Brisol-based DJ is no stranger to the music scene – he used to make Drum and Bass tunes under the name of DJ Clipz for Roni Size’s Full Cycle label. Redlight’s debut, the floorfilling ‘Rock the House’, led to collaborations with Rusko, Ben Westbeech and Jenna G. He’s done remixes for Roots Manuva, Toddla T and Pendulum too. 2010 brings huge gigs at Glasto, Glade and Big Chill along with a full length album. Phew!

Check out their facebook group for ticket info HERE.
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SOUTHWEST DRUM & BASS AWARDS 2010

We can't claim credit for any of the winners though Gods knows we'd like to but there is a certain amount of sentiment attached to some of them as over the past 4 years since JamtheChannel bought their Dance Tent to Aeon there are a few faces who have become very much part of the family. Their support has been awesome and it is only fitting that we celebrate their wins on here as well. Well done beys! The awards took place at Cornwall's Eden Project and was by all accounts a wicked night. The Rumble in the Jungle featured headline sets by Chase & Status, Subfocus, Benga, Friction, Krafty Kutz, A Skillz, Freestylers and Deekline. The Silverware was brought home by none other than 10 different crews who have been involved with Aeon since the year dot+1.

SW DRUM&BASS AWARDS:

BEST SW DJ - Maxxi P
BEST SW REGULAR NIGHT - Rinseout
BEST ONE OFF EVENT - Rinseout 6th Birthday
BEST WEBSITE - southwestunderground.net
BEST RECORD SHOP - Reform
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION - Mr Nice

SW BREAKBEAT AWARDS

BEST SW REGULAR NIGHT - Beatz & Bobz
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION - Ben & Lex
Plus special mention to these guys who will be playing at Aeon this year.
BEST SW DJ - Freerange DJs
BEST PRODUCER - Freerange DJs

SW DUBSTEP AWARDS

BEST PRODUCER - Pulsar
BEST SW REGULAR NIGHT - Deep End
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION - Mystery

Full info about the night can be found HERE!
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08.05.10 One of our other talented boys who is known for his random acts of soliloquy, as well as swinging out of tree's, has launched his website Poetry Pulse and with it a competition for those who like to put pen to paper and jot down mumblings in a poetic fashion. The competition ends at the end of May so get to it....
www.poetrypulse.com
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OOO BREAKING NEWS: The Magnet [Aeon / JamTheChannel] Thats James Gill to you and me - will be playing the opening set on an exciting new outdoor stage in the Dance Village at this years Glastonbury Festival.

Cube henge is a huge immersive light structure, about 40m diameter made from large cubes each with a DMX controlled colour changing led in.

The Stage also features sets from The Orb, Zero 7, Will Saul, Spooky, Iain Taylor (rEJEKTS), Kissy Sell Out, A Skillz, Pathaan, Baobinga, Norman Jay, Ashley Beedle, Craig Charles, The Bee Keepers, Ray Mighty, RSD (Live), Flora & 2 Kings.

El Magneto will be playing the opening set from 1 - 2 pm on Friday afternoon
Schweet!
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Next night coming up:

Saturday 15th May 2010 at 10:00pm
Exeter Phoenix

JamTheChannel, The Deep End & Badman Wonky join forces to present a boom ting party to celebrate Magnet's 30th birthday in style. We still have a guest to confirm but tickets are selling already so we thought we should give you the heads up.

Voodoo Lounge - JamTheChannel - House/Techno
AUDIOJACK - 2020Vision/Get Physical
SPECULUM - U.F.O/U&A
JamTheChannel DJ's - Aeon/Phonic/Synchronicity/Swu

Funktion One Soundsystem

Downstairs - Deep End - Dubstep/Garage/Bassline/Funky
RAFFERTIE - Planet Mu/On The Brink/Black Acre
Fissure Price
Mystery
Dutty Dan
Ollie 303

Neighbourhood Sound

Terrace - Badman Wonky - Hip Hop/Funk/Breaks/Gangster House/Garage/Mash Up with special guest

Fifties
http://soundcloud.com/fifties
Bump - JamTheChannel
Will Hazard - Bad Robot
Full Melt DJ's - Playground/Swu
Ron Willis & Compo - Deep End/Nonom
Papa Shango - Playground

10pm till 4am

Early Bird tickets available from Swu for a limited time @ £5
http://www.southwestunderground.net/tickets/buyTickets/event_schedule_id/269/

And over the counter from:
Reform Records (new premises) Unit 12, City Arcade, Fore street, Exeter, EX4 3JE Tel: 01392 411337
Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, Exeter EX4 3LS Tel: 01392 667080

Links
http://www.myspace.com/audiojackmusic
http://www.myspace.com/speculum2
http://www.myspace.com/RAFFERTIE

Mixes
http://www.audiojackmusic.com/audio/Audiojack_mix_March_2010.mp3
http://www.beatsfortheplanet.com/2009/06/22/raffertie-exclusive-fabric-mix-june-2009/
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26.04.10 Blooper #2
One of the crew informs Niki he's colourblind and struggling to read the website with its textured background - She spends a day fannying around with it and gets side tracked on photoshop making it pretty and then finds it doesn't work in Chrome. Balls.
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DON'T FORGET YOU CAN WIN A PAIR OF AEON FESTIVAL TICKETS AT THE RIVER COTTAGE OXJAM EVENT THIS COMING WEEKEND 24.04.10! Buy a ticket for the Guildhall event and get free entry in to their draws :) Check out da myspace page HERE.
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18.04.10 Take our Aeon Travel Survey HERE!
We are hoping to run a shuttle service to and from the festival thanks to the lovely people at Festival Coaches. The service will run from Exeter via Crediton but we would also like to offer more services from other areas if needed and run coaches from outside Devon if there are enough people wanting this kind of thing. It helps to keep our carbon footprint a bit smaller and to minimise the impact of vehicles in the local area. Please take a few secs to complete our little survey so we can offer the best service possible for people. Thank you!
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10.04.10
Ok so today was gorgeous, the sun was shining and we pootled off to Shobrooke to start planning 'things' such as fencing, new camping area and tree surgery. Exciting stuff huh! But with it being so gorgeous our creative juices soon got flowing and I have to say we are really rather excited. Anyway so this being a bloglet it kind of gives a diary of thought processes for behind the scenes which I can list before I forget them so they don't get confined to the waste bin of the mind.

On a day to day basis I run a preschool which means lots of fun times with small people doing messy things and goofing around - In fact it compliments organsing festivals perfectly as you get to be silly but also behind the scenes involves policies, planning and extensive knowledge of legislation - I couldn't do one without the other. So anyway apart from the boring bits it also gives scope to share the silly bits. At Preschool we have Travelling Ted. He goes home with the children and they write a diary and take photos of him at their home. The last Ted went to the cinema and is still at large - or at least he came back looking completely different - rather like going on holiday only to find the kid's hamster has keeled over and you hope they won't notice he's now brown instead of piebald... So where is this going? Well meet Barry...



He'll be spending time at Aeon along with some friends and if you find him we want you to take him off on a Global Safari around the site and photo his journey.. Cocktails at dawn, raving at noon or maybe chatting up the local totty... You decide
Love N xx
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08.04.10 Blooper #1
Niki writes press release only to be told by boyfriend that cricket bats are made of willow not ash - Some times its hard to be a woman.......
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Next wicked night coming up from the Cabaret Voltaire guys:

Friday 16 th April 2010
Doors 9pm
The Cavern
Exeter

PANGAEA
Mary Ann Hobbs described Pangaea’s recent mix on BBC Radio 1 as “texturally one of the most exquisite mixes of the year…breathtakingly beautiful in every way.” Exeter we treat you: Pangaea has emerged as a special talent in dubstep with tunes on Hessle Audio and Hotflush, DJ sets at nights like FWD and remixes for the likes of Untold. His releases approach the bass-heavy genres with a real musicality. Last year’s ‘Memories’ was a tune for the floor and a tune for the ears; atmospheric vocals, crispy beats and humming bass. The 23-year-old producer founded ‘Ruffage’, the dubstep night in Leeds. As a stalwart of dubstep’s new school, Pangaea co-runs the pioneering Hessle Audio label with Ramadanman and Ben UFO . Like his label mates, Pangaea mixes up music genres when he DJs – expect to hear dubstep, techno, future garage and UK funky.

With Mr. Puckey, Don Johnston, MTD and Wayward.

£5 advance tickets from Cavern (no booking fee),
http://www.southwestunderground.net/tickets/buyTickets/event_schedule_id/237/
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/76686

You must be aged 18 or over to come to this, ID may be required.
Doors are 9pm – 2am, with last entry at 1am
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24.04.10 OXJAM RIVER COTTAGE

Aeon has offered 2 Aeon Festival weekend adult tickets worth £120 to win in the fundraising raffle at this years River Cottage Oxjam event. We are also providing a small amount of sponsorship in the form of staging in the cafe. Cos we're nice like that!

http://www.myspace.com/oxjam_rivercottage


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20.03.10
Synchronicity

10:00pm - 4am
Exeter Phoenix
Bradnich Place
Exeter

Synchronicity returns with the penultimate event of Exeters Vibraphonic festival and they've put together their biggest party to date. 6 headline acts, 4 rooms of music, over 100k of pro audio sound, a 4am license and the new addition of a breaks room hosted by Ape Music (Ben and Lex's Record label)


Headline acts 100% Confirmed

• Breakage http://www.myspace.com/breakagedsb
• Untold http://www.myspace.com/untolduk
• Oliver $ http://www.myspace.com/oliverdollar
• Deadly Hunta http://www.myspace.com/deadlyhunta
• Skitz http://www.myspace.com/daddyskitz
• Afghan Headspin http://www.myspace.com/afghanheadspin

Breakage: Playing this gig as part of his Foundation album launch tour (Out soon on Digital Soundboy release date 15.03.10) He’s got loads of big tunes under his belt already, and hotly tipped for big things in 2010. Roots Manuva says “Breakage is a man with an ear for deep, deep, sub-sonic frequencies. He goes in low. I think he's talking to sea-life. He's talking to the squid” .

Untold: Hemlock boss Untold is making some of the most original dubstep around at the moment, his production style made serious waves in the scene in 2009, making him one of the most foward thinking acts of this year. http://www.reprisemusicgroup.com/agency/audio/UntoldFWD12709.mp3

Oliver $: Flying in from Berlin just for this gig, Oliver $ is currently making huge waves on the house scene working alongside Jesse Rose as his assistant engineer producing records and remixes that are being played by the likes of Ricardo Villalobos, Luciano, Derrick Carter and Claude VonStroke. http://soundcloud.com/oliverdollar/made-to-play-podcast-07_oliver-january-2010

Skitz and Deadly Hunta: Touching down for a killer Hip Hop Reggae set, as part of Skitz’s Sticksman album tour, (set for release in early March 2010)

Afghan Headspin: This duo from London are making huge moves on the breaks scene right now, and are on Ben and Lexs record label Ape Music.


Full Line up:


Room1: The Deep end – Dubstep

• Breakage (Digital Soundboy – Part of his foundation album tour)
• Untold (Hemlock / Hesstle Audio / Hot Flush)
• Mystery
• Pulsar
• Ollie 303
• Dutty Dan
• Illogik


Room2 JamTheChannel – House / Techno

• Oliver $ (Made to Play) – flying in direct from Berlin just for this gig)
• JamTheChannel DJS (Aeon/Phonic/SWU)
• Fynkk (Dance Dance Dance)


Room3: One Drop – Reggae / Hip Hop

• Skitz (Dragon Drop Records – Sticksman album tour)
• Deadly Hunta (Much Love Records)
• Vital sound
• Irie Selecta
• Shire roots
• Olly B


Room 4: Ape Music – Breaks

• Afghan Headspin ( Ape / Valium / Shut Up & Dance )
• Ben and Lex
• Freerange DJS


Sounds systems booked:
Dirt, 40k of Void pro audio gear is powering The Deep End
Propa, 30K of Funktion one powering JamTheChannels room
Retox, 20k of Retox will be powering Ape Music
Onedrop, 12k of Onedrops rig will be powering the reggae / hip hop room


We have 100 early bird tickets for Synchronicity available at a discounted price of £10 + BF exclusively online at southwestunderground here:
http://www.southwestunderground.net/tickets/buyTickets/event_schedule_id/205/


Standard Tickets £12 + BF / More on the door - Tickets available from:
• SWU Ticket shop - www.southwestunderground.net
• Reform Records - Exeter
• Phoenix Box Office - Exeter
• BeatsWorkin - Barnstaple, N.Devon

• Buy tickets online here now!: http://www.southwestunderground.net/tickets/buyTickets/event_schedule_id/205/

Room 1 will be broadcast live on SWU Radio - www.southwestunderground.net/radio
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ODE TO A DUBIOUS PARENT.
Random prattling from Niki #1.

The teachers called me in today,
To explain that my son had misbehaved,
And had been teaching a younger child rude words and how to google naked ladies.
Spelt N-E-K-K-E-D L-E-D-E-S
- Oh, i said, quite concerned but more so
by the fact that my son’s spelling was so atrocious.
- And what was the other word?
I enquired somewhat reserved,
- Fanny rash
- Oh, i said, innocently, well it couldn’t possibly be from me.
But that i would ban the computer for a month, and chocolate biscuits from his lunch.
And so the mother in question rounded on me at the school gates,
You know the sort, 4x4 and afterschool clubs galore,
Son slightly overweight, pouting lower lip and a bit of a thug.
But i took the tirade and bore the brunt,
whilst smiling sweetly and looking concerned.
- Oh, but you see it couldn’t possibly come from me,
- In our house we use the word c—t.