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Nas Added To Lovebox Line Up

• 1st Apr 2014

Earlier this month Lovebox unveiled one of its most lauded line-ups to date. Now they’re back with another huge installment of artist additions and Lovebox 2014 is looking better than ever.

We’re hugely excited to announce a UK exclusive performance for Lovebox this year: seminal hip-hop figure Nas will be joining M.I.A. to co-headline Saturday’s proceedings. With a career spanning over twenty years, he’ll be performing iconic debut album ‘Illmatic’ which celebrates its 20th Anniversary and re-release this year.

We welcome London-institution Norman Jay MBE to this year’s festival, who helped redefine the boundaries of partying in the 90s, appealing to the very essence of Lovebox. Another crucial piece of British musical history, Jazzie B and his renowned nineties band Soul II Soul will be playing. Speaking about Lovebox Jazzie says, “Lovebox always has such a great vibe. Looking forward to it, happy faces and thumping bass!”

We’re also proud to announce that filmmaker turned songwriter Yoann Lemoine, also known as Woodkid, will be headlining Saturday’s Noisey Presents stage, and unveiling intensely gripping offerings from his debut album ‘The Golden Age’.

Lovebox 2014’s DJ line-up is stronger and more eclectic than ever before, and those with an appetite for house, techno and everything in between are going to be well fed beyond belief. Swedish techno don and Drumcode head-honcho Adam Beyer will be headlining the Crack Magazine and Krankbrother Stage, and we welcome London’s finest living garage legend DJ EZ for some true London flavours. Disco purveyors Maxxi Soundsystem and PBR Streetgang will be enticing the masses with their warming house and nu-disco grooves.

Fast-rising producer Adesse Versions hot off the success of his ‘Pressured’ EP will be mixing it up for crowds, as will Citizen, Melbourne’s Mic Newman and London boy Dolan Bergin. Amsterdam’s freshest face of future house Tom Trago will be tearing up the dancefloor, as will Radio 1 and Rinse golden girl Monki, and Kid Fiesta. We also have a performance from songstress of the moment Jess Glynne to look forward to.

Back for another year at Lovebox is Red Bull Music Academy. A world-travelling series of music workshops and festivals, RBMA is a platform for those who make a difference in today’s musical landscape. Over the course of the weekend the Red Bull Music Academy Stage will house a non-stop party hosted by some of the biggest names in electronic music. Expect historic sets from Deviation top dog Benji B and veteran junglist Randall, and unmissable energy from The Gaslamp Killer. Kenny Dope will unleash his renowned Disco Fever set and there’ll be magic from nu-disco maestro Tensnake, Horse Meat Disco and eclectic Boston boys Soul Clap. Expect the unexpected from London producer Throwing Snow along with house grooves courtesy of rising star Doc Daneeka.

This year everyone is invited to come and share a glass of Italy’s favourite libation at the Aperol Spritz Social with the likes of Craig Charles and The Reflex on the decks Friday, whilst Norman Jay and sassy lady DJ, Monki head up the Saturday. There will be dancing on the decking, relaxing and taking in the views from the balcony and of course sipping on the iconic Aperol Spritz. The Social will be playing host to top DJs all day long, creating an intimate party atmosphere to dance with old friends and meet new ones with soulful grooves, rare disco cuts and bumpin’ house all weekend long.

Lovebox’s VIP area, The Pavilion Gardens, will transport VIP’s into an opulent world of Regency-era Brighton. Adorned with vibrant dome-roofed tents and exquisite furnishings, head to the Pavilion Gardens to catch sets from 2020Vision busman Ralph Lawson, Ben Pearce, Son of Sun (Live), Pete Herbert, Normski, and many more throughout the weekend.

Be sure not to miss tickets for what is shaping up to be biggest two-day celebration of dance music and international talent in London, let alone the UK.

FRIDAY ARENA BREAKDOWNS

ANNIE MAC PRESENTS
Annie Mac
Duke Dumont, Joey Bada$$
Route 94, Kiesza, Cyril Hahn
MNEK, Elli Ingram

FACT PRESENTS THE HYDRA
Moderat (LIVE)

Joy Orbison, Paul Woolford
Madlib (DJ SET)
Dolan Bergin

RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY PRESENTS
Special Guest TBA
Benji B, Gaslamp Killer
Randall
Doc Daneeka

BASSLACED
Sub Focus (LIVE)
DJ EZ, Shy FX & Stamina MC
Hannah Wants, Kove
Special Request, Tom Edgar

THE APEROL SPRITZ SOCIAL
Craig Charles
The Reflex, Fort Romeau
Guy Williams, Kid Fiesta
Nihilismus

VIP HOSTED BY LOVE FEVER PRESENTED BY BEAT
Ralph Lawson, Citizen, Tom Trago, Mic Newman, Adesse Versions
Son of Sun (LIVE)

SATURDAY ARENA BREAKDOWNS

NOISEY PRESENTS
Crystal Fighters
Woodkid
The Horrors
Hercules & Love Affair
Submotion Orchestra
Roosevelt

SOUNDCRASH PRESENTS
Bonobo (LIVE)
BANKS, Mount Kimbie
Bondax (LIVE), Klangkarussel (LIVE)
Kaleida

RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY PRESENTS
Kenny Dope (Disco Fever Set)
Tensnake
Soul Clap, Horse Meat Disco
Throwing Snow

CRACK MAGAZINE & KRANKBROTHER
Adam Beyer, The Martinez Brothers
SPECIAL GUEST Visionquest, Ben Pearce
Dense & Pika, Scuba
Krankbrother

THE APEROL SPRITZ SOCIAL
Norman Jay
Monki, Cottam, Tayo & Tope, Duff Disco, Timanti

VIP HOSTED BY PBR STREETGANG PRESENTED BY NOTION
Ben Pearce, Maxxi Soundsystem, PBR Streetgang, Pete Herbert Futureboogie, House of Disco, Normski

LINE UP SO FAR:

ADAM BEYER, ADESSE VERSIONS, ANNIE MAC PRESENTS, A$AP ROCKY, BANKS, BENJI B, BEN PEARCE, BONDAX (LIVE), BONOBO (LIVE), BREACH, CHASE & STATUS (LIVE), CITIZEN, COTTAM, CRAIG CHARLES, CRYSTAL FIGHTERS, CYRIL HAHN, DAVID RODIGAN, DENSE & PIKA, DJ EZ, DOC DANEEKA, DOLAN BERGIN, DUFF DISCO, DUKE DUMONT, ELLI INGRAM, FORT ROMEAU, FUTUREBOOGIE, GASLAMP KILLER, GUY WILLIAMS, HANNAH WANTS, HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR, HORSE MEAT DISCO, HOUSE OF DISCO, HUXLEY, JESS GLYNNE, JOEY BADA$$, JOY ORBISON, KALEIDA, KATY B, KENNY DOPE (DISCO FEVER SET), KID FIESTA, KIESZA, KLANGKARUSSELL (LIVE), KNYTRO, KOVE, MADLIB (DJ SET), MAXXI SOUNDSYSTEM, M.I.A., MIC NEWMAN, MNEK, MODERAT (LIVE), MONKI, MOUNT KIMBIE, NAS PERFORMS ILLMATIC 20TH ANNIVERSARY (UK EXCLUSIVE), NIHILISMUS, NORMAN JAY, NORMSKI, PAUL WOOLFORD, PBR STREETGANG, PETE HERBERT, RALPH LAWSON, RANDALL, ROOSEVELT, ROUTE 94, SCUBA, SHY FX & STAMINA MC, SON OF SUN (LIVE), SOUL CLAP, SOUL II SOUL, SPECIAL REQUEST, SUB FOCUS (LIVE), SUBMOTION ORCHESTRA, TAYO & TOPE, TENSNAKE, THE HORRORS, THE MARTINEZ BROTHERS, THE REFLEX, THROWING SNOW, TIMANTI, TOM EDGAR, TOM TRAGO, VISIONQUEST, VISIONS, WOODKID