LOVE AND LIGHT
It’s that time of year again. It is time to celebrate the Love & Light\, and the beauty of Summer in Cape T own with an event that aims to bring people together in a unified space of beautiful energy and amazing music.
J oin us as we go into our 9t h year of Love & Light in t he midsummer sunshine\, at our full day event on 21 December 2019.
Expect more of what you have come to love about Love & Light ma king it the best festival of its kind to date.
Headlining International artists:
~ METRONOME ~
During the following y ears\, a lot of experimenting went on to develop a new modern sound to kee p up with the ever-changing progressive scene. The result is a melodic and groovy sound\, inspired by ground breakers like Phaxe. This became the tr ansition from hard offbeat to a melodic and emotional style\, well suitabl e for a sunny festival afternoon.
In 2013\, Metronome set out for a comeback and got signed by Blue Tunes Recor ds\, where he released his debut EP “Rise Above”. This definitely mark ed a new start and the debut was followed by six more mind-blowing EP’s along with various singles up to this day.
He has also been working extensively on collaborations with world-cl ass artists like Morten Granau\, Eddie Bitar\, Ranji and Jacob\, as well a s remixing tracks from upper.
~ PROTO NICA ~
Protonica are Berlin based duo\, Piet Kaempfer an d Ralf Dietze. With Piet’s intuition for harmonies as a skilled pianist and certified sound designer\, Ralf’s feeling for propulsive grooves\, P rotonica deliver a unique positive and pulsing sound – blending psychede lic and progressive trance blending. The “Refresh” and “Northern Sto rm” EP was a milestone for the talented duo. In 2012\, Protonica release d their second album\, “Form Follows Function” another masterpiece aft er their debut “Search” from 2007.
Their energic liv e sets have already contributed to making events a success all over the wo rld\, including the likes of Boom Festival\, Ozora Festival\, Universo Par alello\, Rainbow Serpent\, Indian Spirit Festival\, Atmoshpere Festival an d Groove Attack.
~ ATMOS ~
It all started in the early se venties when a young boy watched television for the first time. Instantly fascinated by different soundtracks and jingles\, a deep interest for musi c was born. Tomasz decided to produce his own music and thanks to his natu ral talent\, he released his first single in 1996 on Pablo Gargano’s lab el\, EVE records. It sold very well and gave him both zest and confidence to strive for more.
His influences from electronic and ambient-rock music like JM Jarre and Pink Floyd quickly formed a style that was to make him one of the most successful producers in hypnotic and atmospheric tran ce. Under this trademark\, Atmos had released three albums\, loads of sing les and has countless appearances on compilations but more importantly - h is music has been embraced\, played and loved by such a broad spectrum of people\; ranging from the top 10 djs to aspiring djs all over the world. T omasz has also been touring the world for well over 12 years now with grea t success. His sense for merging rhythm programming with delicate strings into a well-produced groovy sound is guaranteed to make everyone get down to the dance floor and that has made him a big fixture on lineups around t he world.
~ ALTER NATURE ~
Alter Nature is An dré Jonsson from Stockholm\, Sweden.
With over 2 decades of produci ng music\, hundreds of gigs and countless releases on big labels\, one can clearly say that André has had a real musical journey.
He started making music on Playstation 1 on a DAW called simply "Music" at the age of 12 and got hooked into producing\, wanting to learn everything about it.< /p>
After experimenting with Drum & Bass\, Ambient and Techno\, all the way to Gabber/Hardcore he later discovered Psytrance in 2003 and fell in l ove with it straight away.
In 2006 André got his first gig\, playin g only the music he produced himself and got an amazing response from the crowd\, at that time it was a faster and more psychedelic oriented style o f music under the alias “Bohemica”. It didn't take long until he got b ooked to play at the biggest events in Sweden\, making him a well-known na me in the swedish Psytrance scene.
In 2012\, André got signed as an artist on the hugely famous progressive-label
"Spin Twist Records"\ , home of big names like Neelix\, Day Din\, Audiomatic\,
Fabio & Mo on and many more. The first EP released from Alter Nature was almost a sma ll album containing 2 remixes of the legendary Swedish act Vibrasphere an d 4 original tracks
and the EP was called "When The Road Met The Sky ".
At that time Alter Nature´s music started to spread t o all the corners of the world
and he got his first gigs outside of Sweden and his music started to show up in the charts and more people gave him recognition.
Today Alter Nature has played at festiv als such as Indian Spirit\, VuuV and Airbeat One just to name a few\, and has released over 10 EP´s and is featured on more than 70 compilations on
some of the biggest labels in the scene such as Spin Twist\, Blue Tunes\, Iono and Iboga.
André is a very talented produce r with a unique take on Progressive Psytrance that fans often describe as being "dreamy & smooth"\, and he loves to see the crowd smile on the dance floor and enjoying their life to the fullest.
LOCATION:Cape Town Ostrich Ranch\, Van Schoorsdrif Rd\, Philadelphia\, Cape Town\, 7439 SUMMARY:Love & Light URL;VALUE=URI:https://musicpeople.howler.co.za/LL21Dec2019 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR