When a gang who have been in the game since 1995 creates a festival, you know you’re in trusted, heftily fist pumped hands. Promoters ‘The Unabombers’ formed electric Elephant in 2008, after over 10 years experience in fine tuning their musical offerings and clubbing ethos at their Manchester based party ‘Electric Chair’.
Electric Elephant sees the magic that was formed from the northern basement parties be unleashed across the Adritic coastline in the town of Tsino, Croatia.
The festival first opened its doors in 2008, and has for the past four years enjoyed a friendship and collaboration with The Garden festival. ‘Double Whammy’ tickets were offered for combined entry to both events, situated on the same idyllic site in Tsino. However, as 2015 saw The Garden Festival shut its gates with one final fiesta, the baton is now handed over solely to Electric Elephant to ensure that one of Croatia’s original festivals continues to preserve the islands magic for summers to come.
Events company ‘Broadwick Live’, responsible for other great gatherings such as Snowbombing and Festival No.6 also took over proceedings of Electric Elephant in 2015. When combining their hefty catalogue of experience with continued involvement from the Manchester Party crew, the imaginative party spirit is ensured to continue to live on.
The headlining artists announced so far this year reflect the long-running authenticity of the festival, with many of the names on the bill being acts that are truly masters of their art. This one is for the old school heads.
Andrew Weatherall, Justin Robertson and Greg Wilson need no introduction, each sure to bring a varied and mature set with encyclopaedias of shared musical knowledge between them. Long-term Back to Basics residents James Holroyd (Chemical Brothers tour DJ), Tristan da Cunha (Dungeon Meat) and Ralph Lawson (20:20 Vision) ensure that the raw, straight up party starting sets are well and truly covered.
After what has been truly an amazing year for the DJ, Jane Fitz is a no brainer to be added to the stellar bill. Panorama bar residents Margaret Dygas, Nick Hoppner and Steffi are sure to bring their unique brand of techno while fellow Back to Basics resident Laura Jones will also be playing, securing her reputation as one of the hottest acts as we enter 2016.
This is only a small selection of the superb line up, with more tiers of announcements yet to come.
Artists from other party crews across the country also include: Butter Side Up, Gottwood, Jaunt, Secretsundaze and many more...
Famed for its laid-back Balearic vibes, mixing fun and diverse music sets together with an underlying sense of mischief and plenty of activities, this festival allows for a no pressure appreciation of quality beats.
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Words by Eileen Pegg
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