Field Day 2009

2009 Stage Times
Stage 1 :: Eat Your Own Ears
21:00 MOGWAI
20:00 SKREAM
19:00 SANTIGOLD
18:15 FENNESZ
17:15 THE HORRORS
16:00 THE TEMPER TRAP
14:45 FINAL FANTASY
13:30 ERRORS
12:30 FANFARLO
12:00 GAGGLE

Stage 2 :: Bugged Out!
21:15 AUDION (LIVE)
20:15 TWITCH
18:45 EROL ALKAN
18:00 LITTLE BOOTS
16:30 FAKE BLOOD (LIVE)
15:00 AEROPLANE
14:30 DELPHIC
12:30 WILD GEESE

Stage 3 :: Adventures in the Beetroot Field
21:30 MYSTERY JETS
21:00 CRISPIN DIOR DJ
20:00 FOUR TET
19:00 THE BIG PINK
18:30 ALLEZ ALLEZ DJ
17:45 WILD BEASTS
16:30 MICHACHU & THE SHAPES
16:00 STOP MAKING ME DJ
15:30 SCUM
15:05 DEVIL MADE ME DO IT DJ
14:35 PLUGS
14:10 CLUB PONY DJ
13:40 SIAN ALICE GROUP
12:50 KING CHARLES
12:25 PSYCHE MILLIGAN DJ
12:05 OLD ROMANTIC KILLER BAND

Stage 4 :: Village Mentality
21:40 TOUMANI DIABATE
20:20 JAMES YORKSTON
19:10 MALCOLM MIDDLETON
18:10 MUMFORD & SONS
17:00 JUANA MOLINA
16:00 THE THING
15:00 WOOD PIGEON
14:00 WET PAINT
12:50 JON HOPKINS
12:00 FIRST AID KIT

Stage 5 :: Bloggers Delight
20:00 CASPER C & SKULL JUICE
19:00 RUSKO
18:30 DRUMS OF DEATH
17:30 GRECO ROMAN SOUND SYSTEM
17:00 TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS
16:00 WORK IT
15:30 THE XX
14:00 NO PAIN IN POP DJS
13.00 DAVE I.D

With many more to be announced soon…

SATURDAY 1st AUGUST 2009
VICTORIA PARK / LONDON / E9
TICKET PRICE: £29.50 + BF
TIME: 11.30 – 10.30PM

www.fielddayfestivals.com / www.seetickets.com / www.ticketweb.co.uk

On the Saturday 1st August Field Day returns to Victoria Park for its third annual summer extravaganza. Field Day will be one of this summer’s essential festivals and with early bird tickets already sold out, you need to be quick off the mark to snap up yours before this event sells out.

Kicking off proceedings for 2009, Field Day is ecstatic to announce Mogwai as their headline act. The critically acclaimed Scottish rock group, formed by Stuart Braithwaite and Dominic Aitchison in 1995, have since become one of the most influential and best known names in post-rock, they have curated the ATP Festival, sold out The Albert Hall, London and last year released their sixth album ‘The Hawk Is Howling’.

Drawing on influences from Joy Division, Pink Floyd, The Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine and post-rock pioneers Slint, Mogwai are the masters of the soft/loud dynamic, as they create a wall of sound that reaches beyond the tumultuous guitars, discovering twinkling optimism in fragile instrumentation and sensitive synths. The lyric-free songs are awe-inspiring and yet accessible.

Domino Record’s amazing ambient electro wizard, Four Tet, will be returning to Field Day, after his mind-blowing performance at its inaugural event two years ago, to play his first live set in London in over a year. Four Tet will be playing new material as he mixes up gloriously rich synthesizer arpeggios; crisp clusters of disco percussion and melodic flourishes.

Former Arab Strap multi-instrumentalist Malcolm Middleton will also be making an appearance at this year’s Field Day. As part of the now-defunct Falkirk duo, he spent 11 years peddling seedy, sweaty tales of cheap booze, late nights and sexual perversion, and his burgeoning solo career seems to be running along the same thematic lines. Working with numerous luminaries from the Glasgow scene, it’s Malcolm and his songs, however, which are the stars here, confirming Middleton’s status as one of the best songwriters of his generation.

With the release of his fourth album, ‘When The Haar Rolls In’, at the end of last year, the softly spoken James Yorkston adds a wonderfully folkish element to Field Day’s line up that will complement its village fete vibe. And adding a large slice of funk to this year’s event is Brooklyn’s eccentric party starters Apes and Androids. With famed live performances involving cheerleaders, giant silver skulls and Korean drum circles, this is a band you don’t want to miss.

Touted as natural successors to the mantle currently held by the likes of Battles, Hot Chip and LCD Soundsystem, Errors have been confirmed for a festival slot, plus Fennesz’s pretty and melodic music, mixing bent instrumental pop, synth gurgles, white noise, ethereal vocal samples, serious Morricone vibes and much more will add to the spectacle, whilst Dubstep don DJ Skream will be laying down some deliciously jaw-wobbling bass.

Brought to you by London’s most adventurous and daring promoters - Eat Your Own Ears, Adventures In The Beetroot Field, Bugged Out! – Field Day will bring you the most cutting edge line up of bands and DJs in the 2009 Festival season. The heart of East London will be transformed into a Village Fete; ‘Village Mentality’, a Village Green area within the festival will supply the masses with some countrified fun and games away from sound systems and stages. Try your luck on the tombola, crack a few nuts on the coconut shy - or just sit on some haybales and stuff your face with homemade cake. Inspired by summer sports days and country fetes - Field Day’s very own village green will host stalls and activities throughout the daytime, ranging from sack-racing, to whack-the-rat, Bowling for Bacon and lots more to be announced. Come along, have fun, eat baked goods, and as the country saying goes - “be like an ant in the days of summer”…