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BLOC SELLING OUT FAST!

We have been blown away by the response to this year’s BLOC – and two months away from the event Bloc have only a small selection of apartments available! Don’t delay, book today if you want to guarantee your place at the finest music event in the known world;

Don't forget that people upgrading their chalets mean that from time to time smaller berths come up for sale again! If the apartment size you want is unavailable, give Bloc a call and they can see what can be done…

Everyone's asking but no-one seems to know -

WHAT'S THE FANCY DRESS THEME FOR BLOC 09?

MIAMI VICE SUNDAY DISCO

The Sunday of BLOC will be celebrating the 1980s hypersleaze of all things Miami, and will be set to a synthelicious soundtrack of the most out-there disco traxx this side of Saturn. When preparing your outfits think powder blue suits, volumised hair and super-slick supreme naffness. * Sunday @ BLOC 09 *

featuring the emotive dancefloor talents of:

IF / Ed DMX / Metro Area / Alexander Robotnick / Cocadisco

Let's recap this badboy and select some highlights from this year’s furious lineup:

APHEX TWIN + HECKER
The alpha human of underground music premiers his brand new show, with an uncontrollable new collaborator exclusively at BLOC.

THE FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON
The megastars of rave play their first show in ten years.

JAMIE LIDELL
Have your mind blown by the golden voiced technofunk innovator.

AFRIKA BAMBAATAA
The man who invented the American subculture of hip-hop.

LEE 'SCRATCH' PERRY
The grand master of dub reggae beams down to teach the children about bass.

MODESELEKTOR
Full live AV show with visuals from Pfadferendei - the MODESELEKTOR gang will be joined onstage by OTTO VON SCHIRACH.

GREEN VELVET
Jacking vocal chicago dancefloor business - an unmissable legend.

RUSKO
His star is in the ascendant and he will be performing his debut live set at BLOC SKREAM & BENGA Back to back set from the dubstep superstars

BEARDYMAN
Two time UK beatboxing champion is playing the OVERKILL stage!

ED CHAMBERLAIN
The most innovative artist in UK electronic artists has designed a brand new stage show exclusively for BLOC

FULL LINEUP TO DATE / MANY MORE ACTS STILL TBA:

Aphex Twin + Hecker / The Future Sound of London / Jamie Lidell / Carl Craig / Afrika Bambaataa / Green Velvet / DJ QbertSkream / Benga / Metro Area / Altern-8 / 4Hero / Busy P/ Egyptian Lover / Daniel Bell / Heartbreak / I-F / Dublime feat. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry / Scientist / Digital Mystikz – Coki / Tipper / Kode 9 / Rusko – Debut Live show / Ed Rush and Optical / Mad Professor / Zion Train / Plastician / Pole / Overkill feat. Modeselektor and Pfadfinderei / Beardyman / Clark / Richard Devine / Tim Exile / Otto Von Shirach / Subloaded curated by DJ Pinch, feat. DJ Pinch / 2562 / Jamie Vex’d / Appleblim / Peverelist / Joker b2b Blazey / MC SGT Pokes / Split and Tilted Disco feat. Robert Hood / Frequency 7 feat Ben Sims and Surgeon / Redshape / James Ruskin / Colin Dale / Steve Strawberry / Alex Downey / Numbers feat. Martyn / Rustie / Hudson Mohawke / Jackmaster / Dynamix II / Dj Godfather and MC Omega / Dylan & Robyn Chaos b2b / Ulrich Schnauss / Ed Chamberlain / Global Goon / Rob Hall / Transparent Sound / Ceephax Acid Crew / Cosmic Force / BassClef / Ital Tek / Lief Ryan / Alexander Robotnick / Bizzy B / 2 Bad Mice / Greco-Roman feat. Rob Da Bank / Drums of Death / Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs / Greco-Roman Soundsystem: Raf Daddy, The Great Mentsh & Full Nelson / Cocadisco feat. Russell Haswell / DJ Benetti / Louis Enchante and friends / Andy Blake / Rodaidh and Piers / Caravan Recordings feat. October / Emptyset / Wifey feat. D'explicit - LIVE PA / China feat. Black the Ripper / DJ Undecided / Wifey DJs / Cliché feat. French Kriss / Michel Dupont / French Connection Trio + Special Guests / Pathic / ADJ / Junq / P45 / Ebola / Lusinda / AGT Rave Cru / Amental / McMash Clan / Residents from: WANG - Electro Elvis and Lula / Braindrop / Dub Pressure / Drums of the South / Square Roots / Sequence / Plex / Dissident / BLOC Residents: Billy Nasty / Radioactive Man / Ed DMX / Jerome Hill / Luke's Anger / James / Tec / Rebel Intelligence / Joe Hart / Oliver Way / George 'The Skull' Hull

In other news;

BLOC has a brand new venue for 2009!

BLOC in 2009 will be held at the Butlins mega-resort in Minehead, near Bristol. The thing about Butlins is this – it is actually really good. In previous years the pleasure taken in the holiday-resort side of BLOC may have been a little tongue in cheek. Butlins Minehead features the kind of holiday entertainment fun stuff you can really get your teeth into; It houses the largest water park in the South West, which has a wave pool and a flume that fires you screaming from its jaws at a speed of 40 miles per hour. It has a fun fair with rides that are massive enough to freak you out if you’re the kind to get freaked out by massive rides. And it never, ever rains at BLOC – everyone attending is housed in luxury holiday apartments which surround the main, indoor arenas.

It is the utter and the outright elite of holiday resorts and we are exploding with joy to be hosting BLOC there.

BLOC is being held from the 13th – 15th March 2009 – tickets are available at

www.blocweekend.com