Bloc Weekender Mixes now online.

If you’re a regular reader of Plain and Simple, you’ll know that we’re pretty big fans of Bloc Weekender. The Weekender, which takes place at Butlins in Minehead, enjoyed its 5th year this year, and the sell out event presented one of the finest line-ups of techno and electronica that you could lay your mits […]

Chris Cunningham to close this year’s Big Chill Festival.

The Big Chill festival has built a reputation for delivering cutting edge music, not afraid to take things of the beaten track they have played host to some of the most eclectic and visionary artists around, with cutting edge audio visual showcases being at the heart of some of the stages. Big Chill festival regulars […]

All Blocked Up

With Guido, Untold, Joy Orbison, Modeselektor, Ramadanman, Ben Klock, Claude Von Stroke, Addison Groove, King Midas Sound, dOP, Four Tet, Aphex Twin, Billy Nasty, The Advent, Oscar Mulero, Vitalic, Jacques Green, Matthew Dear and Laurent Garnier.

BLOC. sells out

The festival will celebrate it’s 5th Birthday in style, with Aphex Twin, Laurent Garnier, Four Tet, Modeselektor, Seth Troxler and so many more people getting involved at Butlins Minehead. If you haven’t got tickets already, unlucky, because BLOC Weekend 2011 just sold out.

DJ Mag presents the best of British

A few months back we brought you the line-up for the DJ Mag Best of British awards party, and now they’ve released the winners from the poll. The cream of British electronic artists are all here and DJ Mag has put together some great editorial on the winners for this special issue, so we thought we’d […]

More names annouced for Bloc 2011…

Bloc. is offering up an early Christmas present, with the announcement of techno aristocracy and a fresh wave of collaborators stepping up to curate their own stages. A Guy Called Gerald reminds us where it all began with a strictly pre-’88 set on the I Love Acid stage. Bloc. hosts a rare UK appearance from […]

Bloc adds more names to Minehead mashup

Fans of sleep and sanity should keep repeating “it’s only a three day festival, it’s only a three day festival, it’s only a three day festival…”