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Creamfields Licence Granted + Promise A Quality Event With Increased Security & Safety Measures

This years Creamfields festival has been given the green light and issued its licence. Halton Borough Council granted the licence for the world famous music festival at its Regulatory committee meeting last night. This year the award winning festival will celebrate its 10th anniversary and run over 2 days and feature camping for the first time. With a fresh approach to this years event some positive changes have been put in place including reducing the festival capacity by 10,000 to 40,000 each day. Building on the success of last years event which saw an 80% drop in reported incidents, Creamfields have this year promised a quality event. Working closely with Cheshire Police increased measures are in place to ensure a safe and secure event, this years crime reduction strategy includes:-

24 hour policing and security throughout the main arena and campsite
Over 500 security personnel, stewards and heavy policing throughout the site
Increased CCTV cameras throughout the site and campsite
Metal Detector at all entrances
Spotter teams at all entrances and throughout the site
Increased lighting in and around the site and lighting throughout the campsite
Increased security bag checks
Information points around the site to help people navigate their way around

Also Challenge 21 will be in operation again which aims to prevent under age persons gaining access to the festival and also consuming alcohol.

A Cream spokesperson says: “We are delighted to have been granted the licence for this years 10th Anniversary festival. Working closely with Cheshire Police and the local authority we aim to make this years event safe, enjoyable and the best one yet”

Inspector Debbie Dodd from Cheshire Police said: “It’s important to Cheshire Police that those attending the event have an enjoyable time in a safe environment. Police officers will be there to provide reassurance to both people attending the event and the local community. Our primary role is to look after the safety of the public but we will take positive action against anyone committing a criminal offence or acting in a disorderly way and hope to send a clear message to those would seek to spoil the enjoyment of others.”

Jim King (Creamfields Event Manager) says: Creamfields was a great success last year on many levels including an 80% reduction on crime. We aim to improve this statistic further and make the festival a safe and enjoyable weekend for everyone.”

Creamfields takes place on 23rd & 24th August Bank Holiday weekend and features the likes of Kasabian,

Fatboy Slim, Ian Brown, Paul van Dyk, Tiesto, Underworld, Pendulum, Soulwax, Gossip, Chic featuring

Nile Rodgers, Simian Mobile Disco, Erick Morillo, Paul Oakenfold, Sasha, David Guetta and 2manyDJ’s

to name a few. Tickets on sale now / Tel: 0844 888 4401 / www.ticketline.co.uk / Dresscode: STRICTLY

NO TRACKSUITS! Information: www.creamfields.com

2 Lp samplers have been droped for the brand new Copyright album & it’s gonns be a monster!! Ep one In da club feat Mr V & Miss Patty - Voodoo Feat Shovell - Free feat Tasita D’mor. He Is Feat Song Williamson. Wow! & Ep Two. Warrior Dance (yema ya) Feat Shovell. Deeper Feat Imaani. Classic beat Feat Kc Flight. & finally. Roots feat Jazzi B. A must

Thomas Tuft

We’ve recently blogged about new remixes of King Unique’s classic Sugar High Being Remixed BUT hold the press! us 3 Beatsters are very excited to tell you that King Unique go back in themselves and show everybody how its done with their own amazing new remix.

Its not too melodic in the techie scene right now – so this breathes a massive breath of Summery fresh air, as it turns the classic in to a very current sounding monster that will no doubt be rockin the summer festivals and more!

After a conversation I had with Anton Powers the other week about old tunes, he Has very kindly brought in for me a copy of the summer classic from Armand Van Helden & Roland Clark - Flowerz. And it still sounds great. What ever happend to those summer drentched feel good quality housers ??

Thomas Tuft.x

Liverpool Night Club and friends of 3 Beat Records ‘Cream’ wins award for ‘Best Club Of The Last 25 Years’ in Mixmag’s 25^th Anniversary Awards.

Coinciding with Dance music bible Mixmag’s 25^th Anniversary, Mixmag asked their readers to vote for their favourite Club, Tune, Dance Act and DJ of the last 25 years. Thousands of dance music fans, clubbers and music lovers voted in the poll and in one of the toughest polls of all, the mighty Cream was crowned ‘Best Club Of The Last 25 Years’ beating off competition from the likes of the Hacienda, Fabric, Ministry Of Sound, Gatecrasher and Godskitchen.

World famous DJ Carl Cox beat stiff competition from Fat Boy Slim, Sasha and Pete Tong to be crowned Best DJ of the past quarter of a century. French dance duo Daft Punk, came out on top in the Best Dance Act category,

Former 3 Beat staff member Les Calvert is back in 3 Beat Records this Saturday 24th May at 2pm for an exclusive DJ set.

The Garlands resident DJ will be playing his chunky funky tunes, mixed smoothly as the man Les certainly can.

Radio City’s Saturday eveing DJ will be working hard on that day – 3 Beat in the afternoon, Radio City 8-10pm, then Garlands and then over to Passion for his afterhours set.

Les says “3 Beat Records is an institution, I have shopped there since it was a tiny stall in Quiggans and still do so 18 years later. I worked there for many happy years too, so its always been close to my heart. Its the musical beating pulse that drives Liverpools dance scene and it will be great to be back again”

 17/05/08

ARTIST - TITLE - LABEL

1 BORIS VAN BORG & IVAN HORNWITZ - THE ANNOYING TRACK - CDR
2 THE REAL BOOTY BABES - PLAYED ALIVE (TOTAL CONTROLS CRIMSON MIX) - 3 BEAT RED
3 DJ BORR-X VS DJ PIJU & DJ POK - LONG DISTANCE (TOTAL CONTROLS RE-EDIT) - ADDICTED
4 NATURAL BORN GROOVES - CANDY ON THE DANCEFLOOR (ALEX K REMIX) - 3 BEAT RED
5 NICK JAY - POUR IT ON (SYDNEY SHOCK REMIX) - CDR
6 NEON LIGHTS - NOT OVER YET (STEVE HILL VS HARDFORZE REMIX) - S TRAX CLUB
7 THE RUFF KUTZ - COMMUNICATION - CDR
8 BLACK LABEL BOOTLEGS VOL 1 - YEKE YEKE - BLACK
9 DOUBLE PENETRATION - ATLANTIS - CDR
10 TOTAL CONTROL - PJANOO (POWER MIX) - CDR
11 CAP - WATERFALL - UNLICENSED
12 DJ SCOTT - FUNNY MELODY - NAUGHTY CHOONS
13 ANTOINE CLAMMARAN VS DAFT PUNK - TAKE OFF HARDER (THE RUFF KUTZ EDIT) - CDR
14 MR H & AGENT ZERO - SOMETHING SLIPPY - WKD SERIES
15 RHYTHM FX - BIG FELLA (TOTAL CONTROLS ACCESS MIX) - DEFIANCE
16 KLUBBMONKEY - LOUD & KICKIN - KLUBBMONKEY
17 FUCK NUT - THE EVIL DEAD - NAUGHTY TRANCE
18 J JAY - PROFESSIONAL WIDOW - JUMP
19 BOUNCE INJECTOR -  STRONGER - CDR
20 BAD HABIT BOYS - WEEKEND (1NE OF A KIND REMIX) - CDR

Syke ‘N Sugarstarr drop thier brand new single feat the vocal’s of the legendary Ce ce Rogers & what a monster the words Club & Anthem spring to mind!

Thomas Tuft

A brand new label has emerged from the rising Nu Disco scene – Electric Minds. With releases from Yam Who – Gatto Fritto – Steve Kotey & Max Essa already under thier belt this is already shaping up to be a label to watch!

Thomas Tuft.x

Here is an interview with Sasha from movement magazine about Involver 2 which we’re all rather excited about in the shop. Quite an interesting read: ‘We caught up with Sasha this WMC during the Global Underground Involver2 party and asked him a few quick one’s about the new album. How is Involver2 going to be different from the last outing? This album is going to be a pure electronic album. The drums are pure 808s and 909s. It gets a four on the floor really quickly and stays there. The last album started off with a shimmery guitar record and went off into spanish guitars and ended up with Ulrich Schnauss at 140bpm. This record is much more leading and much more pure but really uplifting. You could say it’s more minimal but it is not a minimal record. Are you working with anyone new on this album. We’ve got Home Video, Apparat, Teflon Tel Aviv, M83, the track list is sick. How do you keep up with the change in sounds and managing to stay fresh? Well basically as a dj you play the best records that you have got at your disposal…and play what excites you the most and keeping playing and try to make best each set. What about as a producer are your techniques changing? All the time. I went out and bought about $2000 worth of guitar pedals and ever single sound I’ve got has been processed with a guitar pedal…To go through those is so much more statisfying then opening up a plugin and spending 5 hours with it. You have also been releasing tracks under your new label Emfire what been the driving force behind that? We have a lot of tracks that we finished we were thinking what should we do with these. Ten years ago we would have signed a record deal but there are no record labels anymore that want to sign deals so I figured why not just do my own. I don’t have an office its just downloads and a digital ep and it has a whole new track and feel to the releases of the track. Look for Involver2 release later this year.’

Jemmy