We bring you the all important A-Z OF GET LOADED IN THE PARK including all the hints & tips you’ll need to make the most out of your day…

The Aussies are coming!! Yes sir, the sensational and multi-award winning Sneaky Sound System play live on the Main Stage, leaving Pendulum to mash up the XFM Stage with a one-off DJ Set. Strewth mate!

It’s all about Bank Holiday Sunday on Clapham Common, which as you know means no work on Monday!! Make mine a double...

Techno pioneer Carl Craig will be performing a world exclusive brand new Innerzone Orchestra show live on the Main Stage before Orbital. ‘Bug in the Bassbin’ live accompanied by a string orchestra and live instrumentation… does it get any better than that?

Get Loaded rolls out the Drum n’ Bass & Dubstep in a big way this year with the only UK Festival show of 2009 from Roni Size’s Reprazent. Pendulum, Chase & Status and Blame all get busy on the decks, whilst Skream & Benga perform live as Magnetic Man. Heavy.

Every one of your festival needs will be catered for at Get Loaded. We have our normal fast-serving Bars, a wide range of food stalls from around the world, plenty of Toilets (extra clean this year with some help from Toilet Duck!), Cash machines and Cigarette stalls. Sorted.

Party animal Felix Da Housecat brings the noize to Get Loaded for the first time, fresh from releasing his hot new album. Where da party at?

There’s some truly Great British talent to enjoy namely two legendary chaps of the music scene… Rob Da Bank and Tom Middleton. Or put another way, the perfect Main Stage festivals DJs!

High Five’s are in order as this year as we have two fairground rides to spend the afternoon on. Last year’s high-flying Booster will be joined by everyone’s favourite – The Walzter! Probably best enjoyed before dinner!

Don’t miss the Italian invasion courtesy of Crookers and The Bloody Beetroots. Both DJ duos will be serving up a big phat slice of party electro in the Dim Mak stage, and you’re all invited.

We hope you have a Jolly good time at Get Loaded in the Park, but please try and keep the Common as clean as possible. Bins are cool. Rubbish is err, rubbish!

When it comes to a mash-up, Krafty Kuts is the king. Last year he completely blew the roof off the Fingerlickin’ stage, and so this year we’re sticking him on the Main Stage for your raving pleasure! Enjoy.

There’s some seriously sic Live acts to shake it. Laurent Garnier, Booka Shade and Miss Kittin & The Hacker are doing their thing in the Clash Stage, plus get yourselves over to the Main Stage to witness Freeland’s killer new show.

Make sure you arrive early folks!! The gates open at 12pm sharp and the action kicks off straight away. Don’t miss a minute of it!!

As ever we’ve got New talent galore at Get Loaded. The future starts here so make sure you try and catch at least 3 of our hotly-tipped acts if you can… MPHO, Telepathe, Goldfish, Miike Snow, Trip, Marina & The Diamonds and We Are Enfant Terrible.

As the day turns to night, it’s ALL about Orbital. After 5 years away, the dance legends are back in the groove and we’re delighted to have them as our official headline act for 2009.

The filthy-mouthed electro star Peaches makes an exclusive outing in the Clash Stage. Her live shows are as notorious as they are infamous and you can expect something extra special from Iggy’s favourite gal.

Beat the Queues!! We’ve got 10 entrance lanes at the gate, which means you’ll get in quicker than ever!! Just don’t forget your tickets!!

Norwegian superstars Röyksopp play their only UK festival show of the summer and showcase new tracks from their ‘Junior’ album and cult back catalogue. You seriously don’t wanna miss this!

Tickets are Selling out fast people! The Last Remaining Tickets won’t be on sale for long, so grab yours now from http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/!!

Our amazing media partners Time Out are co-hosting the Dim Mak stage which is gonna be off the chain! Throw in DJ sets from Felix Da Housecat, MSTRKRFT, The Count & Sinden, Crookers, The Bloody Beetroots, Steve Aoki and Jr Sanchez, and you have one of the hottest line-ups of the summer all under one roof!

Get the Underground to Clapham Common, it’s dead easy. Straight down on the Northern Line. Job done!!

VV Brown was the last act to be added to this year’s line-up, and what an addition too! The rock n’ roll loving popstar will be bringing her female touch to the XFM Stage...

Wet Yourself! No, not literally. Get Loaded is teaming up with promoters Wet Yourself to host the Official After Party at Fabric straight after the festival. Simian Mobile Disco are the special guests joining the Dim Mak crew of The Bloody Beetroots and Steve Aoki. Carry on the right way people! Tickets are only a tenner!

Our radio partners XFM have pulled together another epic line-up, but make sure you don’t miss the beats in between all the brilliant acts courtesy of radio mavericks John Kennedy and Eddy Temple Morris.

Don’t forget You’ll need all the usual festival gear… tickets, money, sunnies, sun lotion, raving shoes… and oh, some good ol’ fashioned Bank holiday party spirit!

Zzzzz’s.... they’ll be none of this going on thank you very much. I mean, how can you doze off with so much great music to keep you entertained!!?? Have fun peeps!

Check out the photos from the event here:

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=75661167&albumId=2965687

The Canadian duo has been dominating clubs and radio alike with their latest banger ‘Heartbreaker’ featuring the sounds of John Legend. Taken from their new album ‘Fist of God’, MSTRKRFT appeared on the David Letterman show last week!

Watch the video here...

You may have noticed a brand new TV player on the homepage of our Get Loaded? This new gadget is powered by our mates at MUZU TV and features some incredible video content from Get Loaded in the Park artists past and present. Click on the PLAYLIST drop-down on the menu (top left of player) to view loads of interesting videos and interviews and watch away!!

GREAT FOR SHARING!
Simply click on the EMBED option on the Muzu player and copy and paste the coding onto your own website or Myspace page and be the envy of your friends!

Get Loaded MUZU TV: www.muzu.tv/getloadedinthepark

Once again, we were inundated with entries to the latest Get Loaded competition, especially with these amazing Mega Mega Mega T-Shirts up for grabs from The Count & Sinden chaps. However, there can only be 5 winners, and those lucky so and so’s set to look rather hip and trendy this summer are...

* Louise McKillop
* Kara Duffy
* Tim Robbins
* Kim Coate
* Artur Ramos

More killer competitions on the way!!

The Girl And The Robot from Röyksopp on Vimeo.

Dance experts I-DJ Magazine have just announced their Top 20 Festival Acts for 2009 and we gotta tell y’all about it cos it’s bursting with Get Loaded stars! The all important No.1 spot is handed to [Adam] Freeland – who as you know will be performing live this summer, plus there’s inclusions for fellow Get Loaded acts Orbital, Krafty Kuts and Magnetic Man too, plus last year’s legendary host Beardyman gets in amongst it too!

I-DJ Magazine Top 20 Live Acts 2009...

1, Freeland (Get Loaded alert!)
2, Bassment Jaxx
3, Orbital (Get Loaded alert!)
4, Beardyman
5, Yuksek
6, Dj Derek
7, Dj Marky
8, Deadmau5
9, Crazy P
10, Krazy Baldhead
11, Bass Clef
12, Magnetic Man (Get Loaded alert!)
13, Richie Hawtin (catch Richie at SW4!)
14, Dj Vadim
15, Jazzsteppa
16, Mutant Clan (catch Timo Maas at SW4!)
17, Sneaky
18, Friendly Fires
19, Krafty Kuts (Get Loaded alert!)
20, Paul Van Dyk

Find Twitter tracklists a bit impersonal? Well Felix Da Housecat is going the extra mile for his fans, setting up his own internet video channel so that they can check him spinning records at whatever downtown club he's at that evening. Felix has even made fans able to speak to him as he plays, giving them the opportunity to pick the next track and get a live shoutout over the mic!! Interested viewers and Housecat fans can check out his channel over at http://www.justin.tv/felixdahousecat. So Residentadvisor.net reckons, Felix will be the first DJ to stream all of his shows live over the internet so they asked him a few questions on the matter...

How did you first come up with the idea to stream your shows?
Nobody was doing it, and since some people can't afford to see me overseas and in the US or I don't travel to their part of world, I figured this is a way to give fans more access to see my show. And I am the FIRST one to do it, once again the first. I'm the first one doing something like this and now everybody will be following me.

Is it just a basic webcam set-up? What's the audio/video quality like?
The initial set up was with my laptop's already installed camera but then I spilled Mezcal [Felix's favorite tequila] on the laptop so I had to get an external camera. I bought a cheap external camera in Belgium, which is crap. I am trying to find a good one now that is compatible for justintv. The Mezcal is still in my computer, under the screen and not completely dried up yet so my laptop is still messed up from the spill.

I hear you've been giving shout outs to members of your chat room over the mic...
Yes I type to my "justinboppers" and ask them what song they want to hear and I play them during my set. So for like 25 minutes of my set I do this and they be going crazy on the message boards with their requests and when I give them shoutouts.

Does the chat room not distract you from the DJing job in hand?
Not at all! They be cracking me up and getting me pumped. I pick up the mic and give them shoutouts because I be watching how crazy the message boards are with their comments. I can't multitask in most of the other areas of my life but get me in the booth with my Mezcal and I am a multitasker at their best!

FELIX DA HOUSECAT  ::  THE COUNT & SINDEN (NEW!)
CROOKERS  ::  STEVE AOKI
THE BLOODY BEETROOTS  ::  JUNIOR SANCHEZ (NEW!) 

New to Get Loaded in the Park for 2009 will be the Dim Mak Stage, hosted in association with Time Out and Datatransmission.co.uk. This is the first ever that Dim Mak will touch down in London, yet alone the UK, so big things are expected as they bring the noize to the Common! Dim Mak is an integrated lifestyle brand dedicated to delivering cutting edge culture via music, fashion, live events and the digital domain throughout the world. Dim Mak Records is an independent record label founded by Steve Aoki, headquartered in Los Angeles and distributed by Fontana via a joint venture with Downtown Music. Dim Mak has released over 100 albums, singles and EPs in a variety of genres for artists including Bloc Party, Klaxons, MSTRKRFT, The Kills, Von Bodies, The Rakes, The Deadly Syndrome, The Willowz, Mystery Jets, Whitey and more. Dim Mak's current active artists include MSTRKRFT, From Monument to Masses, All Leather, The Bloody Beetroots, Shinichi Osawa, S.P.A, Machines Don't Care, Felix Cartal, Pase Rock, Motor, Scanners and The Deadly Syndrome amongst others.

"This will be a really fun day with lots of crazy action on our stage” offers Dim Mak leader Steve Aoki. “We can't wait to have a good time with everyone!" That sentiment is set to be shared by everyone who joins them in their stage including a killer line-up of party starters brought in to deliver the goods from the DJ box. Step forward techno dude Felix Da Housecat, deadly duo The Count & Sinden, Italian scenesters Crookers, old skool master Junior Sanchez, plus the Dim Mak pairing of Steve Aoki and The Bloody Beetroots.

Steve Aoki set up Dim Mak Records in 1996 and accidentally fell into djing as he began to put on his own parties in and around LA. Now firmly established as one of the hottest DJs in the US, Get Loaded will be Aoki’s first major UK appearance and one to savour. His stage-diving antics have made him a cult hero on the dancefloor and he’s pretty handy in the studio too, having remixed the likes of Peaches, Snoop Dogg, Bloc Party, Timbaland and Lenny Kravitz under his own name or as ‘Weird Science’. Felix Da Housecat meanwhile is the Afrohead man who has worked with everyone from P Diddy to The Chem’s and Madonna in his illustrious career, and has produced some legendary tracks including ‘Silver Screen Shower Scene’ and ‘Watching Cars Go By’. New singles ‘Kickdrum’ and ‘We All Wanna Be Prince’ are currently making a ruckus and forthcoming album ‘He Was King’ is set to be BIG. Over the years Get Loaded has brought you all the electro heavyweights from Soulwax to Tiga, Erol to Boys Noize... and this year we’re supporting the new kings to the throne; Italian duo Crookers are taking over right now. Original tracks ‘Prostitutes’ and ‘Knobbers’ are massive, as were their remixes for The Chemical Brothers and Dusty Kid, and then there’s the small matter of the UK No.1 hit ‘Day N Nite’ with Kid Cudi which really brought them mainstream attention! Underground, over ground; Crookers tear it up wherever and whenever and with a debut LP dropping on Southern Friend Records this summer, the guys are set to be one of the most talked about acts of 2009. The Italian invasion continues with The Bloody Beetroots, part of the Dim Mak revolution. The Spiderman-mask wearing duo’s new track ‘Warp’ (feat Aoki on vocals) is getting plenty of props right now and like Crookers, their DJ sets have to be seen to believed!!

New names added to Get Loaded in the Park and playing in the Dim Mak Stage are The Count & Sinden and Junior Sanchez. The Count aka The Count of Monte Cristal aka Herve and [Graeme] Sinden are two of dance music’s foremost sonic experimentalists and are at the very forefront of all things ghetto and bassy! Put simply, no one does it better. In 2008 they released monster tune ‘Bleeper’ feat. Kid Sister (“Hit me on my beeper, hit me on my beeper, beeper, beeper, beeper, beeper”) and in 2009 they remain two of the most demand DJ/producers out there. Check out Sinden’s radio show on KISS 100 or his ‘Get Familiar’ residency at Fabric and as for The Count, be sure to hear his amazing new remix of ‘Lush’ by Get Loaded headliners Orbital and his acclaimed ‘Ghetto Bass’ compilation. Completing the bill is US star Junior Sanchez. The veteran spinner has given the remix treatment to likes of Madonna, Daft Punk, Gorillaz, New Order, Giorgio Moroder, Les Rhythmes Digitales and Roisin Murphy to name a few and shortly releases new album ‘New Morningwood’, as well as keeping himself busy with his Brobot label.

Get Loaded in the Park’s wonderful media partner TIMEOUT has printed its essential Festival Guide as part of this week’s unmissable magazine and features an exclusive cover interview with our headline stars Orbital - as they talk about their reformation and their excitement of getting loaded with us this summer! There’s also competition tickets up for grabs to both Get Loaded in the Park and our sister festival South West Four... plus a really interesting interview with Parisian king Laurent Garnier in the ‘Clubbing’ section.

Go out and get yours today!! Visit Timeout website here: http://www.timeout.com/london

The results are in ladies and gentleman. And the winners of this week’s competition to win Roni Size Reprazent T-shirts & CDs are....

* Darren Carter
* James Curtis
* David Callaghan
* Ben Graham
* Richard Geeps

Let’s hope the postman doesn’t nick ‘em!!

More great comps coming soon.

Everything you ever wanted to know about Peaches is now available to watch in a fascinating mini video documentary on her website. Back in 2009 with her amazing new album ‘I Feel Cream’, Peaches gives a fascinating insight in her rather crazy life, with exclusive interview material, backstage access and footage from her riotous gigs! Check it out!

Watch the video here: http://www.peachesrocks.com

“Orbital’s festival shows have become the stuff of legend. But after five years away, can the brothers Hartnoll do it all again?”

Read the full front cover interview with Get Loaded headliners Orbital in this week’s Big Issue as they look forward to returning to the festival circuit this summer. Big Issue is on sale now from all good vendors all over the country, plus this week’s issue is all about festivals too, so you can read up all about Getting Loaded this summer... and for only £1.50, you know your money is going to a good cause!

Get Loaded in the Park unleashes some exclusive new festival performances from a multitude of iconic artists from all over the planet and different musical persuasions. From jazzy techno, to drum n bass, dubstep, breaks, filthy electro and glitzy pop... all the boxes are ticked for this latest line-up announcement, as headliners Orbital, plus guests Röyksopp, Laurent Garnier, Booka Shade, Pendulum DJ Set, Chase & Status, Crookers, Miss Kitten & The Hacker and Felix Da Housecat are joined by a healthy new chunk of acts just added to the bill...

NEW ACTS JUST ADDED!!

* CARL CRAIG presents INNERZONE ORCHESTRA (UK Debut)
* RONI SIZE REPRAZENT (UK FESTIVAL EXCLUSIVE)
* PEACHES
* FREELAND
* SNEAKY SOUND SYSTEM
* MAGNETIC MAN feat SKREAM & BENGA
* KRAFTY KUTS
* EVIL NINE
* DEVILS GUN

To read the full line-up announcement please click here: http://www.glitp.com/es/030.html

Get the complete lowdown on Carl Craig's highly anticipated UK debut show of his amazing Innerzone Orchestra project and Roni Size Reprazent playing their only UK Festival Show of 2009 at Get Loaded in the Park. Plus find out more about all of these incredible new acts including 2009's leading lady Peaches, Aussie super band Sneaky Sound System, dubsteppers Magnetic Man, plus why we're going hot for Freeland, Krafty Kuts and Evil Nine.

2ND LINE-UP ANNOUNCEMENT!

RÖYKSOPP
LAURENT GARNIER (live)
MISS KITTEN & THE HACKER (live)
PENDULUM (dj set & mc jakes)
FELIX DA HOUSECAT
CHASE & STATUS (& mc rage)
CROOKERS
ROB DA BANK
STEVE AOKI
THE BLOODY BEETROOTS (dj set)
EDDY TEMPLE MORRIS
ESSER (live)
TRIP (live)
MARINA & THE DIAMONDS (live)
+ Many more Headline live acts to be announced very soon!

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THE HEAVYWEIGHTS...

Norwegian duo Röyksopp aka Svein Berge & Torbjørn Brundtland are currently on the tip of everyone’s tongues right now following the release of their latest masterpiece ‘Junior’. It follows their massive million selling debut ‘Melody A.M’ released 2001, the acclaimed 2005 ‘The Understanding’ and their hit singles ‘Eple’, ‘Poor Leno’, ‘Only This Moment’ and ‘Remind Me’; which won Best Video at the MTV Europe Awards. The first single from the album, ‘Happy Up Here’ is currently dominating playlists all over the radio, and there’s more sensational songs on the way with guest vocals coming from fellow Scandinavian stars Robyn, Lykke Li, Anneli Drecker and Karin Dreijer-Andersson (The Knife). Put simply, Röyksopp are back, bigger than ever before, and we’re delighted that they’ll be headlining one of the arena’s at Get Loaded in the Park this summer. Watch exclusive videos and hilarious content of Röyksopp here: http://vimeo.com/channels/royksopp.

Other live additions to the bill include the underground sounds of both Parisian super-god Laurent Garnier and French duo Miss Kitten & The Hacker. Laurent Garnier has been wooing dancefloors around the globe for three decades with his broad stylistic range... everything from deep house to Detroit techno, acid and jazzy fused drum n bass gets thrown into the mix! With tracks ‘Crispy Bacon’ and ‘The Man with the Red Face’, Garnier backs up his cult DJ status with two of the greatest dance records ever released and this year he presents his brand new album, ‘Tales of a Kleptomaniac’, supported by a full love show as seen on Clapham Common at Get Loaded this summer. Miss Kitten & The Hacker have an equally rich musical heritage with former solo and joint projects confirming them as pioneers of what was the electro-clash scene. In 2009 they’re back in magnificent fashion with new album ‘Two’ – the follow up to 2001’s acclaimed ‘First Album’ which spawned the anthems ‘1982’ and ‘Frank Sinatra’. Regulars at Fabric and Bugged Out will testify to their show-stopping credentials and the new show unmasks a perfectly accessible, more elegant, more mature and more distinct - yet, still pop - side. 

THE DJS...

On a DJ tip we’ve pulled out the big guns. In a world where drum n’ bass and rock collide, there’s simply no-one bigger on the planet than Aussie band Pendulum. Tracks like ‘Granite’ and ‘Propane Nightmares’ have become outright festival anthems, and over the past few years Pendulum have smashed just about every festival worth playing at! Catch them on the decks at Get Loaded with MC Jakes. Joining them is another cross-over dnb act in the form of Chase & Status. Signed to Ram Records, Chase & Status can do no wrong. ‘Pieces’ feat Plan B was a heavy slice of drum n bass, whilst ‘Against All Odds’ feat. Kano is an old skool joint of funk flavours! Dubstep track ‘Saxon’ is currently on the radar and look out for a major collaboration with Snoop Dogg no-less... ‘Snoop Dog Millionaire’! Chase & Status are on fire right now and will be DJing on the day with MC Rage. There’s more heavyweight action in the form of techno dude Felix Da Housecat. The Afrohead man has worked with everyone from P Diddy to The Chem’s and Madonna in his illustrious career and he’s produced some killer tunes in his time including ‘Silver Screen Shower Scene’ and ‘Watching Cars Go By’. New single ‘Kickdrum’ is currently making a ruckus and forthcoming album ‘He Was King’ is on the way. Felix is the original party starter and will undoubtedly blow the roof off at Get Loaded! Representing the noizy electro scene will be Crookers, Steve Aoki and The Bloody Beetroots. Over the years Get Loaded’s brought you everyone from Soulwax to Tiga, Erol to Boys Noize... and this year we’re supporting the new kings to the throne. Italian duo Crookers are taking over right now. Original tracks ‘Prostitutes’ and ‘Knobbers’ are massive, as were the remixes for The Chemical Brothers and Dusty Kid and then there’s the small matter of the UK No.1 hit ‘Day N Nite’ with Kid Cudi which really brought them mainstream attention! Underground, overground; Crookers tear it up wherever and whenever and you don’t wanna miss them this summer that’s for sure! The Italian invasion continues with The Bloody Beetroots, part of Steve Aoki’s Dim Mak Records revolution. The Spiderman-mask wearing duo’s new track ‘Warp’ (feat Aoki on vocals) is getting plenty of props right now and like Crookers, their DJ sets have to be seen to believed!! Dim Mak’s head-honco and Ibiza Rocks resident Steve Aoki also brings his DJ-stage-diving antics and plenty of (noizy) fun to the Common (look out for details of the Dim Mak Stage coming soon!)... plus we welcome two of the best loved radio jocks in the country in Rob Da Bank and Eddy Temple Morris. Rob is Radio 1’s innovative musical connoisseur, Sunday Best’s inspiring leader and of course curator of the very excellent Bestival festival on the Isle of White, whilst Eddy is XFM’s very own Mr ‘Remix’, where he hosts his legendary show every Friday night "Where Dance Rocks".

THE FUTURE...

With plenty more live acts yet to be announced, Get Loaded also glimpses into the future with live performances from some our favourite hotly tipped artists for 2009... Esser, Trip and Marina & The Diamonds. Mega-quiffed Essex ska-pop troubadour and former Ladyfuzz drummer (Ben) Esser is the diminutive and softly-spoken presence who writes and plays Esser's songs. He recently supported the Kaiser Chiefs as part of their huge arena tour and is about to embark on his own UK headline adventure where tracks including ‘Work it Out’, ‘Headlock’ and ‘Satisfied’ are set to propel him to superstardom. Trip is another artist with significant promise. Described as “The Streets v The Clash”, Trip’s debut single 'River Phoenix' is tipped to be one of the tunes of the summer and has massive support from Get Loaded’s radio partner XFM. A chance meeting by the young London MC with the Scratch Perverts led to another chance meeting with Killa Kela, where shortly after, Trip was touring the world with both acts, supporting bands such as NERD, Justin Timberlake, Busta Rhymes, Red Man and Outkast! Look out for his forthcoming album 'ShortCuts' coming soon! Completing this hat-trick of new talent is solo star Marina & The Diamonds. 2009 is most definitely the year for the leftfield female popstar and although M&TD somehow missed out on the BBC’s Sound of 2009 list, she’s joined the winner of that poll (Little Boots) on Atlantic Records’ subsidiary label 679. We really can’t begin to tell you just how excited we are about this half Welsh, half Greek star and watch her profile sore between now and August!

Demand for tickets to this summer’s award-winning Get Loaded in the Park festival have gone through the roof with all Early Bird tickets selling out in 48 Hours! Standard Tickets are now on general sale priced at a very reasonable £35 + BF, plus look out for more massive line-up announcements coming very soon.

We’re absolutely delighted to announce that ORBITAL will be this year’s official headliners, playing the climatic closing set at this summer’s Get Loaded in the Park. Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of their classic debut single ‘Chime’ – one of the greatest dance records of all time, the iconic duo Paul and Phil Hartnoll will be playing their only London Festival appearance of 2009 in the darkness and the great outdoors of Clapham Common. Fittingly, the Common was a popular destination for the rave scene back in the late 80’s / early 90’s, so to have Orbital playing live on this notorious field two decades later will be something extra special. Get ready for a legendary comeback!

“We’re really excited to be playing at Get Loaded. It should be a fantastic way to end the summer festival season and we’ve heard some great reports from friends who have been. It’s brilliant to be playing a big outdoor show in London.” (Paul Hartnoll, Orbital) 

Contemporaries of the Chemical Brothers and Underworld, Orbital enjoyed a dazzling 15-year stint before bowing out gracefully four years ago. Raised in suburban Sevenoaks, near the M25 orbital motorway - which inspired their name, Paul and Phil began honing their unique brand of home-grown electro long before the acid house boom gave British pop a much-needed kick up its baggy trousers. In their secret sound laboratory, these twin time-lords of techno produced gleaming machine-music classics that sounded like Blade Runner on a Blue Peter budget. Between 1989 and 2004, Orbital released a string of addictive, eclectic singles including ‘Chime’, ‘Style’, ‘Belfast’, ‘The Box’ and ‘Satan’. Many became evergreen club anthems. Some even became Top Three hits. During their seven-album career they also worked with an impressively diverse range of collaborators including electro-folk siren Alison Goldfrapp, soundtrack maestro Angelo Badalamenti and Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammet. Meanwhile, Orbital developed an enviable live reputation, playing knockout mega-shows to huge crowds from Glastonbury to Woodstock to the Royal Albert Hall. Their 1994 Glasto show even earned a Q magazine rating as one of the Top 50 gigs of all time! Their music featured on high-profile film scores including ‘The Saint’, ‘Event Horizon’ and ‘The Beach’. They also remixed superstar artists including Madonna, Queen Latifah and their all-time robo-pop heroes Kraftwerk. Orbital’s live comeback will coincide with the 20th anniversary of their debut single Chime, a rave-era classic recorded for less than £100, which cracked the Top 20 and earned Paul and Phil the first of many Top of The Pops appearances – wearing Anti Poll Tax T-shirts, naturally. Unlike many electronic acts, Paul and Phil always leave room for improvisation on stage and they’ll be back with their trademark torch glasses and innovative video visuals. Musically, expect wall-to-wall anthems. No new tunes, no jazz odysseys.

“We’ve got 15 years of active service, making songs,” says Paul. “If you boil that down to a 90-minute festival set you should get something thoroughly good from beginning to end. Let’s put some fun back into it.” And you can’t say fairer than that...

GET LOADED IS BACK!!

The award-winning Get Loaded in the Park festival returns to the capital’s finest field – Clapham Common this summer on Bank Holiday Sunday 30th August 2009 for its 6th year of hedonism. Brought to life by Lock N Load Events as part of the Clapham Weekender (also see South West Four on Saturday 29th August), last year’s sell-out show witnessed spectacular performances from the likes of Iggy & the Stooges, The Hives, Supergrass, Gossip, Kate Nash, Soulwax and Gogol Bordello amongst many others. Nominated for four awards at the UK Festival Awards, Get Loaded in the Park 2008 was widely regarded as our greatest hour with all 20,000 tickets selling out in advance.

NO MUD! NO CAMPING! NO HASSLE!

Looking ahead to 2009, there’ll be NO ticket price increase... but that’s not stopping us from upping the ante yet again in terms of the line-up and overall production. Look out for bigger stages, even better sound and the ultimate festival experience right bang slap in the middle of your back yard. No 1 hour treks to the site, no mud, no camping, no re-mortgage plans needed to finance your fun... Get Loaded in the Park is your one-stop festival shop, right here in the heart of London. In these economic times of crisis, we offer you everything a great festival should, where your pound goes further and with the added luxury of catching the last tube home! From a variety of freshly made global food, to 4 music stages, toilets galore and an intimate festival atmosphere as good as you’ll find anywhere in the world.

Having revitalised the baggy scene in 2004 and 2005 with the reformation of The Happy Mondays, The Farm and Flowered Up, Get Loaded went all indie-pop in 2006 with Babyshambles, Buzzcocks, Graham Coxon and Lily Allen, before going urban in 2007 with The Streets, Dizzee Rascal and M.I.A. Last year we saw punk super-gods Iggy & the Stooges take centre stage, so what then for 2009? Well, how does a big phat slice of electronica grab you...?