Festival Preview: Global Gathering

New Music Festival | Global Gathering

Oh wow. It's like someone put everyone NMB has ever posted in a big fat mixing bowl and stirred for 10 hours. And a bargain at.. £99 for the weekend?! Global is, without a doubt, the not to be missed festival this year. So don't. Featuring :

Pendulum | Steve Angello | Jaguar Skills | Annie Mac | Boys Noize | Rusko | Modestep | Skream & Benga | Kim Fai | Alex Metric | Chase & Status | Sub Focus | Nero | Caspa | Borgore | Skrillex | Felix Da Housecat | Erol Alkan | Fake Blood | Andy C | High Contrast | Netsky

Goosepimples. Full lineup below:

La Roux - Quicksand (Alex Metric Remix)

New Music | La Roux | Alex Metric

Not to go too overboard on the Alex Metric or anything, but this is a thing of electro beauty. And she's got a lovely voice hasn't she, little Ellie. I'm a little excited about tonight if you hadn't noticed. Time for some sun then time for things to get a bit out of control.

La Roux - Quicksand (Alex Metric Remix).mp3

Alex Metric & Steve Angelo - Open Your Eyes (Style Of Eye Dub)

New Music | Alex Metric | Steve Angelo | Style Of Eye

For anyone not lucky enough to get tickets for tonight's little adventure at Koko, unlucky. The lineup's too full on to really go into at this time in the morning so if you are home alone this evening, turn this one up and get jealous.

Alex Metric & Steve Angelo - Open Your Eyes (Style Of Eye Dub).mp3

New Music Event - Dance KOKO Dance

New Music | Dance KOKO Dance

By far the most exciting live event we've heard of since Magnetic Man & Pendulum were announced for SW4 this summer, Dance KOKO Dance features NMB favourites like:

Alex Metric | GRUM | Burns | Flight Facilities

And some cool kids like Alan Braxe, Villa & Vanguard. We missed a trick not posting Crave You by Flight Facilities, especially the Friendly Fires/Aeroplane Remix mashup. However we won't be missing Dance KOKO Dance. Oh no. No no no. No?

Buy tickets here and buy us a beer here.

New Music Event - Dance KOKO Dance.mp3

Ones To Watch 2010

New Music | Ones To Watch 2010

Gone with a straight up Top SIX this year. None of this Top Ten business, it's twenty ten for christ's sake.

1. Top spot goes to your man Alex Metric, whose lack of video content astounds me:

2. Next up the man in the stupid mouse mask with a spot on video:

 3. The Twelves finally broke through into our sunny climes recently with their Essential Mix on BBC Radio 1. That made me a happy boy. Look out for more this year. The below is ancient but what can you do, no major label, no sexy videos.

4. Miami Horror's been doing the rounds in the back half of twenty oh nine, and for good reasons. Video's pretty pony, but the tune's a keeper.

5. These guys worked their way into our Ones To Watch basically by default. Ticking all the 'up & coming' boxes on 09, even if not in the UK, they'll be on 'da scene' this year, just you wait and see.

6. Citadels are warming up already for this year's festivals. No seriously. Boost below the fold for Jimmy Lazers on "osmosis":