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Superfly City Festival Is Back This Easter

• 24th Mar 2010

The Superfly City Festival is back. Inspired by the four day weekend Easter brings, the promise of four long days of the weekend to absorb hangovers and the excesses of the four nights that immediately precede them, the festival boasts four concurrently occurring parties that blend every component of Superfly’s party aesthetic into a festival encased within the indoor space of Sonido.

A City’s own take on the fields and tents format of the events that dominate the summer, each helmed by a different club night.

Last year’s edition was a resounding success, featuring a four nights of music from some of the most exciting players around, all contributing to a phenomenal festival feel in the heart of Leicester. 2010 is building on those solid foundations, pooling together another great slab of talent sourced from around the world. As ever the panoramic quality of Superfly’s beguiling music choices are on full show with four days catering for each caveat of the club’s sound. The first kicks things off courtesy of Sonido, with a huge bang as cosmopolitan house and techno is fired from Nic Fanciulli. He remains one of the dons of UK house music and his rapid rise from wide-eyed club kid in Maidstone to internationally revered superstar is as legendary as it was swift, and returning for another special slot at Superfly reflects the huge mutual respect here.

Fanciulli smashes festivals and clubs on a regular basis, has a scintillating discography of remixes and original productions, a supremely well respected record label in Saved and a plethora of mix compilations for Ministry, Renaissance and Global Underground. He remains one of the scene’s most exciting stars. Support comes from Data Transmission’s editor Ben Gomori, whose explosive blend of house and techno has won fans at Matter, We Love… Space and many more parties across the UK.

The following day sees a complete departure from four-four beats and is headlined by none other than Brighton based breaks bombardier Krafty Kuts. One of the seminal and epoch breaking pioneers in the scene, the Finger Lickin’ producer has racked up many hits. A true legend and still as fresh as many younger contemporaries, Krafty remains a man dedicated to bringing the party out in full force, so expect mayhem at Superfly City Festival. There’s also a true titan of drum n bass squaring up as Formation and Filthy Beats get take the lead. Following Krafty Kuts is Goldie, still the original rudeboy in drum n bass circles and a fierce exponent of the amen break in its rowdiest of setting. Friday also sees DJ Switch – a 2 times World DMC Battle for Supremacy Champion – finding time to showcase his sonic template. His mesmerising deck skills have entranced clubs all over the world and his debut at Superfly is an incredibly exciting proposition!

Saturday sees We The People step to the platter, with Superfly welcoming Jaymo and Andy George, Radio 1’s young stars who performances have won them an army of fans, most notably in the form of super-producer Kissy Sell Out who nominated them as his favourite new DJs as part of the BBC Introducing Tour. They remain one of the youngest entrants ever to record and Essential Mix and bring something new to club culture with a spate of remixes, huge club dates and an already massive following. The room also boasts eclectic wizard James Lavelle manning the helm. The UNKLE lynchpin has seen dance music through many guises, starting Mo Wax records ands unearthing a young DJ shadow (his original conspirator in the UNKLE project), remixing rock staples like The Doves and Ian Brown to polymorphous genius and taking time to craft widescreen hip-hop just as readily as grunge tinted techno for dancefloors and post club apocalypses. Support comes in the shape of Leeds’ party-purveyors Sick Robot and former MYNC Project firebrand Nick Corelli.

The closing party is all about house music though in its most classical form, and a perfect way to draw proceedings to a close. Really Feel are at the helm, and they’ve got Serbian funk maestro Gramaphonedzie in town with them. The man behind the huge ‘Why Don’t You’ track that finds and old swing track at its heartbeat, the funk obsessive can count a graduation at the Dublin wing of the Red Bull Music Academy as his first grounding, and then a pedigree that counts releases on Gotta Keep Faith, Guesthouse and Takuza long before his commercial ear came to the forefront. Legendary house master CJ Mackintosh also makes a very rare appearance in the Midlands, crowning what is a simply mammoth four days of partying at the Superfly City Festival!

Superfly City Festival Part One
Sonido
Thursday April 1st
@ Superfly, 2 King Street, Leicester. LE1 6RH
Nic Fanciulli
Ben Gomori (Data Transmission)
10pm-4am

Superfly City Festival Part Two
Formation and Filthy Beats
Friday April 2nd
@ Superfly, 2 King Street, Leicester. LE1 6RH
Krafty Kuts
Goldie
DJ Switch (2 x World DMC Battle for Supremacy Champion)
10pm-4am

Superfly City Festival Part Three
We The People and Like Minded People
Saturday April 3rd
@ Superfly, 2 King Street, Leicester. LE1 6RH
Jaymo & Andy George (Radio 1)
James Lavelle (UNKLE)
Sick Robot
Nick Correlli (MYNC)
10pm-4am

Superfly City Festival Part Four
Really Feel meets Dogg and Dizzle
Sunday April 4th
@ Superfly, 2 King Street, Leicester. LE1 6RH
D.Ramirez
CJ Mackintosh
10pm-4am