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DJ Shadow confirmed for Great Escape convention and festival
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 23 February 2011
It wasn’t the best kept of secrets in the end, but organisers of The Great Escape have this morning confirmed that the mighty DJ Shadow will perform on the first night of the festival this year. He will be bringing his ‘Shadowsphere’ show to Brighton for one night only, an awe-inspiring high-tech multi-media musical experience.
Not only that, and this bit is particularly exciting for us, Shadow will also appear as part of the In Conversation strand at The Great Escape convention, which is being programmed by CMU this year. The day after the live show he’ll be joining us on the TGE convention stage to talk through his extraordinary career to date.
One of hip hop’s true pioneers, whose influence spreads throughout countless genres, Shadow has always experimented in the field of music and audio-visual technology, pushing boundaries in the process. From his record-breaking debut album ‘Endtroducing…..’ via the first UNKLE record, the Quannum Projects label, the ‘Four-Track Era’ project, his involvement in the ‘DJ Hero’ franchise, to the latest ground-breaking live show, Shadow will step out of the sphere for Great Escape delegates to lift the lid on his inspirational career.
Shadow isn’t the only addition to The Great Escape festival line-up this morning. Sufjan Stevens has also been confirmed to play, in his case on the final night of the proceedings. Both the Shadow and Stevens live shows, and the DJ Shadow In Conversation event, are co-promotions between The Great Escape and the Brighton Festival, the three week cultural fest which takes over Brighton during May, the full programme for which is due out today.
Shadow and Stevens join a Great Escape festival line up that already includes the likes of Friendly Fires, Warpaint, Katy B, Brother, Twin Shadow, D/R/U/G/S, Becoming Real, PVT, Dutch Uncles, Tribes, worriedaboutsatan, Teeth, Visions Of Tree and Seams.
Meanwhile, on the convention side, Shadow joins BRIT Award winning producer Paul Epworth in the In Conversation programme, while discussing the future shape of the music company, the music market and the artist deal will be PRS for Music’s Will Page, Cooking Vinyl’s Martin Goldschmidt, BMG UK’s Alan Pell, Deloitte’s Paul Lee, Various Artists Management’s David Bianci and many more. This year will also see the launch of a new masterclass programme and a series of case study sessions providing practical advice on how to develop, launch and monetise new talent.
For more info on all things The Great Escape, and to book your delegates passes, get yourself over to www.escapegreat.com.
