Moments in Love - The History of Chillout Music feat. Laura B - BBC Radio 2

Moments in Love - The History of Chillout Music (rpt) featuring interviews by Laura B, Mixmaster Morris and Pete Lawrence

BBC Radio 2 Saturday 19 July 19:04 - 20:00

Chris Coco follows the development of Chillout, from it's classical origins through to the present day.

The journey takes him from 19th Century Paris, through to the 21st Century beach bars of Ibiza, Amsterdam's Supper Clubs, England's Malvern Hills and back to the contemporary Paris chillout scene.

Chris talks to Jose Padilla, the man widely regarded as the spiritual father of the genre, whose session tapes sound-tracking the setting sun over Cafe del Mar, turned into the popular compilation series.

The programme also features contributions from Edgar Froese of Tangerine Dream, and former Art of Noise member Paul Morley, as well as a laid-back soundtrack [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/musicclub/doc_chilloutsoundtrack.shtml] to set the mood.

This documentary is part of BBC Radio 2's Dance Season [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/danceseason/].

Du lever du soleil au coucher des artistes

Yep. I'm back from the MONUMENTAL Event in France with a big smile on my face: I played a live set at sunrise on midsummer's day ( 5:30 am) in one of the most beautiful locations in France, surrounded by a wild outdoor art exhibition of sculptures, statues, banners, spray can deco on a van, wood carving and more creations with no name yet, accompanied by Dan Liotier , an awesome acrobat-equilibrist who performed the most romantic and dramatic routine on chinese masts over my music, the whole set up overlooking a lake located in the middle of near deserted mountains... people were in awe: listening, dancing, shouting, filming, dreaming etc... The sun rose 20 mins late because of the mountains surrounding us but that gave me more time to play more tunes. What a very special event ! The atmosphere was beautiful chilled and joyful and reminded me so much of the Big Chill in Naxos and other blissed out events I've been lucky to play at over the last few years. Big up to L'Attribut de Vaillargues for putting it together, it's all kicking off over there. Stay tuned ...

http://lesvaillergues.com/pages-monumental/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thefantasticlaurab/sets/72157606126806417/

Summer Solstice Sunrise Set at MONUMENTAL France

I'm playing a Summer Solstice Sunrise Set at the 'MONUMENTAL' exhibition in the south of France, I know the organisers and this promises to be one of the very best parties of the summer. This is the opening of a new exhibition of larger than life sculptures all set int he open air, with music, food, wine and performances all round. I've just spoken to Jean-Francois Caudry one of the organisers and he said the guys are building a gorilla made of 14 gaz bottles and a concrete mixer with 200 baguettes for hair ! Also there might be some tight rope performed while I play, I'll post photos this is gonna be awesome.