Past hosts have included Carl Cox & Friends, Bedrock, The Gallery, Boys Noize Records, Toolroom Knights and Global Underground. In 2011 we have accumulated our strongest arena hosts to date, all dedicated to showcasing the world’s greatest DJs and live electronic acts. How does one of the planet’s biggest records labels sound? Or how about two of Ibiza’s most legendary club nights? Here goes…
SW4
Magentic Man to join SW4 Sunday 28th August 2011
Playing a London Festival Exclusive, this is what Magentic Man had to say:
“SW4 is an important gig for us! It’s on our home turf, the atmosphere is always incredible and we can get a taxi home at the end. We can’t wait to tear it up in front of our friends and family. This will also be the only chance to catch us in the great outdoors, in the capital this year. So it’s going to be very special indeed – see you there!” (Skream)
After pioneering the dubstep sound from their Big Apple Records HQ in Croydon, Skream, Benga and Artwork formed Magnetic Man. As with many a superhero, their lair no longer exists. But the trio have moved onto bigger conquests, creating an inimitable dark and bassy sound that has rumbled its way to core gigs worldwide. Having played Glastonbury, Reading, Leeds and Manchester’s Parklife last year, they were handpicked by Deadmau5 to support his sell out UK tour – with mind bending shows in Glasgow, Manchester, Coventry and London’s Earls Court.
Studio wise, Magnetic Man are a dominant force. Debut release ‘I Need Air’ was followed up by massive collaborations with Katy B, Ms Dynamite and John Legend – affirming their creative nous and versatility. With October’s debut album released to rave reviews, they have earned a reputation amongst the production elite. With ongoing support from names such as Annie Mac, Zane Lowe, Mistajam and Pete Tong, Magnetic Man’s live show is simply devastating. Set to destroy SW4 2011 with their brand of mutant basslines, don’t miss the magnificent Magnetic Man as they blow up our Main Stage this summer.
Underworld to headline SW4 2011 Saturday
Pendulum to headline SW4 2011
2010 was a defining year for SW4. For the first time, we took over Clapham Common for a whole weekend. The likes of Fatboy Slim, Armin Van Buuren, Carl Cox, Boys Noize, Andy C and Skream & Bengacemented South West Four as the UK’s premier inner-city festival. A prime showcase of the best dance talent, we return – literally bigger, better and louder! It’s the bank holiday date of Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th August, where the clubbing fraternity will once again congregate al fresco. There is no better way to end the Summer, with both EXCLUSIVE headliners confirmed.
South West Four (SW4) 2011 dates and pre-sale ticket info
Just three words summed up the August Bank Holiday weekend; SOUTH WEST FOUR! The sun glistened over Clapham Common’s lush carpet, acting as a grassy base for thousands of discerning clubbers. Add to that four heaving arenas, with mind blowing performances from Fatboy Slim, Armin Van Buuren, Carl Cox, Salt N Pepa and Erick Morillo et al. The music, crowd, lasers, lighting and world class production all cemented the event as London’s premier electronic festival experience.
With summer a distant memory as London is caught up in the big freeze, we thought we would thaw you out a bit by confirming the dates for South West Four 2011; our traditional Bank Holiday slot on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th August 2011. Be under no illusion, SW4 returns bigger and better than ever before – we have already gone that extra mile by confirming our colossal headline acts, both of which will be revealed soon.
The pre-sale ticket registration for SW4 2011 has now opened. To get first access to tickets once on sale please sign up now at www.southwestfour.com
Set Time Infomation for South West Four / SW4
Taken from the South West Four website:
“With so much to cram into an amazing weekend, there are great acts playing from start to finish. On the Saturday trance comes thick and fast in The Gallery arena as soon as the gates open with Jerome Isma-Ae on at 1pm followed by UK sensation Gareth Emery. Be in the Toolroom Knights arena before 2pm and check out Dave Spoon before the fantastic Dirty South takes to the stage. Take your place in the Bedrock Worldwide arena by 3pm to see Joris Voorn who follows a two hour set from Mutant Clan (Timo Maas & Santos). Over on the Kiss Main Stage, Alex Metric performs Live at 1pm before a special afternoon set from Pete Tong.
On Sunday Ed Banger Records leading lady Uffie takes to the main stage on Sunday at 1pm with the much anticipated performance from Salt N Pepa at 3pm. For those who can’t see M.A.N.D.Y. at the official SW4 after party should catch them at 1pm followed by Dubfire. All you Boys Noize Records fans out there should make sure you check out the labels up and coming artists as they take to the stage from the moment the arena opens. The arena will be closed by Erol Alkan and Boys Noize from 5.30pm to 8pm. The first lady of dubstep Mary Anne Hobbs plays the Together stage at 1pm before Plastician, with Skream & Benga on at 3pm before they head to Reading festival to perform as Magnetic Man. And speaking of Reading festival, look out for a very special surprise appearance from one of their headliners as they join Steve Aoki on the main stage at 3.45pm.“
South West Four opens its doors at 12pm sharp and closes at 9pm both Saturday and Sunday. Get there early and make the most of the day.
Look out for the Summer Festival Guide photographers, they will be there snapping away for the sites photo gallery.
As this stage the weather looks like its gonna hold up, there is no indication of rain and we are looking at a high of 21 degrees, see you lot tomorrow!
South West Four (SW4) Completely SOLD OUT
Weather Forecast – South West Four (SW4)
Our Met Office weather widget constantly updates itself, so make sure you check back here everyday for the latest South West Four weather forecast.
South West Four (SW4) Saturday SOLD OUT!
Tickets for the Saturday after-party with Pete Tong and Mark Knight at Ministry of Sound (only 5 tube stops away on the Northern Line from Clapham Common!) are now available priced £15+BF. Joint tickets for SW4 and the Sunday after-party, also at Ministry of Sound and headlined by Layo & Bushwacka, M.A.N.D.Y. and Matthew Dear, are priced £60+BF. Don’t hang around any longer if you want to be a part of SW4 2010.
FATBOY SLIM VISITS PINEWOOD STUDIOS FOR SW4!
Having been unable to unleash his brilliance on Brighton Beach this year, Fatboy Slim closes SW4 2010 in one of the most eagerly anticipated DJ sets of the festival season. His headline performance on the Kiss Main Stage, hosted by his very own Southern Fried Records, will feature the full Fatboy experience alongside many other mouth-watering performances. This includes Salt N Pepa (first London show in 15 years!), Armand van Helden (UK festival exclusive), Uffie, Hervé, Steve Aoki and Radio 1’s Zane Lowe, Kissy Sell Out and Jaymo & Andy George. Expect bangs, whistles, inflatable cows and electronic debauchery like you’ve never seen or heard before.
As part of his act Fatboy Slim has created boundary pushing visuals using high-tech motion capture techniques developed at Pinewood Studios. Pinewood are of course the world renowned film studios made famous for their spectacular animation on James Bond blockbusters and more recently Evian’s roller-skating babies. The visuals developed for Norman’s SW4 performance involves a 3D version of Norman’s head, synched to his audio mix and visuals. Norman will have full control of when to drop the 3D creation’s acapellas into his set mixing the two seamlessly for a visual master-class… a world’s first we ask?!?
CHECK OUT OUR BRAND NEW SW4 PROMO VIDEO HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q9gXaSgvS8
FATBOY SLIM AT SW4: EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED!
We recently caught up with Fatboy Slim ahead of his South West Four headline performance this August Bank Holiday. Having prepared for SW4 after appearances at Glastonbury, Rockness and across South Africa for the World Cup this summer, expect Fatboy Slim to arrive on Clapham Common in trademark style. In other words expect the unexpected!
“I was going to use a vuvuzela in my set at Glastonbury but we left it in our tent. What we were trying to do, as we sometimes use airhorns on stage, was work out if we could put the gas from the air horns through the vuvuzela which would be pretty loud. I’m going to try and do that for Clapham so keep them peeled!” Fatboy Slim
READ FATBOY SLIM SW4 INTERVIEW IN FULL HERE:
http://www.southwestfour.com/interviews.aspx?interviewID=57
Be sure to catch the Summer Festival Guide crew walking through the crowd on both Saturday and Sunday at SW4 and get your photos taken for the website.
Armand van Helden, Katy B, and Matthew Dear added to SW4
You could throw around generous descriptors and any number of genre-locking terms including electronic pop, minimal house and acid techno, but you’d still fail to get to the centre of Matthew Dear. Having produced music under aliases such as False, Jabberjaw and Audion, the Texan has earned international status by packing out venues across the world and releasing universally praised original productions. After meeting ‘Ghostly’ founder Sam Valenti at a house party in the late 90s, Dear eventually produced the A-Side for the labels first 12” release, ‘Hands Up for Detroit’. Since then, Dear issued his pop-infused debut album ‘Leave Luck to Heaven’ and its counterpart ‘Backstroke’, which caught mainstream attention, as well as a number of other releases under his club-oriented pseudonyms, including the omnipresent, chart-topping ‘Mouth to Mouth’ as Audion. Further accomplishments include requests from the Postal Service and Hot Chip for his remix skills and incessant touring with constantly evolving DJ sets and live performances. And with the release of his sophomore full-length, ‘Asa Breed’ and his live tour as Matthew Dear’s Big Hands, it’s clear that Dear has no intention of slowing down anytime soon. We are delighted to welcome Matthew Dear to our very special SW-MORE after party line-up alongside Layo & Bushwacka and sensational German duo M.A.N.D.Y. Taking place at the world famous Ministry of Sound, all roads lead to SW-MORE when the curtain comes down on another fantastic South West Four!
KISS MAIN STAGE HOSTED BY MINISTRY OF SOUND CLUB: ARMIN VAN BUUREN (ONLY LONDON SHOW OF 2010) SASHA / ERICK MORILLO PETE TONG (RADIO 1) / LAIDBACK LUKE ALEX METRIC [LIVE] / CHRIS LAKE / TIMO GARCIA | |
DJ MAG ARENA HOSTED BY BEDROCK WORLDWIDE: JOHN DIGWEED JOSH WINK (CELEBRATING 15 YEARS OF OVUM) MUTANT CLAN FEAT. TIMO MAAS & SANTOS (UK FESTIVAL EXCLUSIVE) CHRISTIAN SMITH / GUY J NICOLE MOUDABER + VERY SPECIAL GUEST JORIS VOORN [LIVE] | TIME OUT ARENA HOSTED BY THE GALLERY: PAUL OAKENFOLD SANDER VAN DOORN & MARCO V [BACK 2 BACK] (WORLD EXCLUSIVE) JUDGE JULES GARETH EMERY GIUSEPPE OTTAVIANI [LIVE] (UK FESTIVAL EXCLUSIVE) JEROME ISMA-AE |
TOOLROOM KNIGHTS ARENA: MARK KNIGHT BENNY BENASSI [JUST ADDED!] DIRTY SOUTH / FUNKAGENDA / DAVE SPOON CONNECTED ALL STARS + VERY SPECIAL GUEST JOACHIM GARRAUD |
SW4 SATURDAY AFTER-PARTY AT MINISTRY OF SOUND: PETE TONG / MARK KNIGHT ROB MARMOT / PIRUPA / NICO DECEGLIA JAMES HARWOOD & MANY MORE! |
KISS MAIN STAGE HOSTED BY SOUTHERN FRIED RECORDS: FATBOY SLIM (ONLY LONDON SHOW OF 2010) SALT N PEPA (FIRST LONDON SHOW FOR 15 YEARS) ARMAND VAN HELDEN [JUST ADDED!] ZANE LOWE (RADIO 1) / STEVE AOKI / HERVÉ / UFFIE [LIVE] KISSY SELL OUT (RADIO 1) / JAYMO & ANDY GEORGE THOMAS GANDEY (CAGEDBABY) | |
DJ MAG ARENA HOSTED BY CARL COX & FRIENDS: CARL COX VITALIC – V MIRROR [LIVE] DUBFIRE ADAM BEYER LAYO & BUSHWACKA! M.A.N.D.Y. JON RUNDELL | TIME OUT ARENA HOSTED BY BOYS NOIZE RECORDS: (UK FESTIVAL EXCLUSIVE) BOYS NOIZE EROL ALKAN SWITCH / A-TRAK HOUSEMEISTER DJEDJOTRONIC SHADOW DANCER [LIVE] |
TOGETHER ARENA: SKREAM & BENGA FEAT KATY B [LIVE PA] [JUST ADDED!] ANDY C / MS DYNAMITE CASPA & ROD AZLAN / JACK BEATS PLASTICIAN / MARY ANNE HOBBS (RADIO 1) MIXHELL / SBTRKT / UNION DJS |
SW4 SUNDAY AFTER-PARTY AT MINISTRY OF SOUND: LAYO & BUSHWACKA! / M.A.N.D.Y. MATTHEW DEAR [JUST ADDED!] EDU IMBERNON / LUKE POMPEY / DAN H / COOK & FIN |