Besides Paris, there's another city of light in France!! Sète, a small idyllic fishing town in the South of France hosted Gilles Peterson his WorldWide Festival (8- 10 July 2010).
After 12 days on the Frenchie roads we had some time left to witness the first two days of this amazing festival.
I had already a crush on the festival before it started by seeing the exceptional hot looking line-up and unique venues.
The kick off took place in the blazing sun on the street in front of the CRAC (Regional center of contemporary art). Koko and Gilles Peterson were spinning the first tunes and my feet started moving. Between some sunscreen sessions I saw some regular faces from Gent.
A name on the line-up up I looked forward to see, was Dorian Concept. Waaauw, this amazing Austrian produces raised the temperatures with his awesome beats!
A name on the line-up up I looked forward to see, was Dorian Concept. Waaauw, this amazing Austrian produces raised the temperatures with his awesome beats!
A shower refreshed us and we were ready to go to the lighthouse Phare Du Mole/St Christ for the rest of the program of day 1. At the entrance we saw the notification that Gil Scott-Heron, the highlight of day 1 cancelled for personal reasons. What the heck??
In the queue at the entrance we met with Ellen (also known as Lemon Lizzy with her fantastic blog) and her boyfriend and joined them to hear our own talented Belgian artist on stage: Lefto! Word! The band of Gil Scott-Heron didn't feel the personal reasons of the man himself and performed 45 minutes on stage. After this nice show and some dub-step tunes of MC Dynamite the Foreign Beggars took over the place and the crowd went totally crazy. Floating points and Fatima were on the program as well, but I've seen them before and the girls got tired so we went back to the hotel.
Day 2 started on the ACD beach. While dipping myself into the Mediterranean Sea I enjoyed tracks like think twice from J.Dilla. Lefto and Simbad controlled the turntables and people started dancing on the beach, what a work out!
Salty water and sandy sand were removed again after a shower and we took of to one of the nicest venues I've ever seen: Theatre de la mer. On stage: the Havana Cultura Band with the female singer Danay Suárez Fernández. Again amazing!! She brought the wonderful track Lagrimas de Soledad and Think Twice. These tracks are released on the Havana Cultura album on Brownswood records, a must buy!
Poly-Rhytmo de Cotonou brought some nice latino vibes and the crowd started the fiesta. The deafening applause reached the sky so hard that it replied at the end of the concert with a rain shower. Damn festival, I like you. As the most of the festival peeps went to the St. Christ venue again, we returned to the hotel,unfortunately. The morning after we had to leave really early back to Belgium. But next year, yes I'm already thinking of my agenda of next year, I'm back!!
Poly-Rhytmo de Cotonou brought some nice latino vibes and the crowd started the fiesta. The deafening applause reached the sky so hard that it replied at the end of the concert with a rain shower. Damn festival, I like you. As the most of the festival peeps went to the St. Christ venue again, we returned to the hotel,unfortunately. The morning after we had to leave really early back to Belgium. But next year, yes I'm already thinking of my agenda of next year, I'm back!!
Good music makes good people come together! Thank you WorldWide, thank you Gilles Peterson
1 comment:
I wanna go baaaaack!
Post a Comment