Bang Face
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BangFace is a regular electronic dance music
event that has been taking place at various venues across the UK since 2003. Starting as a monthly club night in London, it has grown to include an annual 3 day Weekender at Camber Sands
, a boat party on the River Thames
, as well as guest shows at festivals such as Glastonbury
. In October 2011 BangFace will celebrate its 8th birthday.
Magazine.
It is this atmosphere that has become BangFace’s unique signature with Time Out London claiming that the 2009 Weekender will “make Bestival look like f***ing ‘Question Time’".
.
. Whilst supporting mainly new and upcoming artists, BangFace began to gain attention in the media. It appeared top of the recommended club features in publications such as NME
’s ‘Top clubs to get your rocks off’ and The Guardian
Guide: “Bang Face celebrates its third birthday with luminaries Venetian Snares, A Guy Called Gerald and Hellfish to unleash all manner of mayhem”. BangFace also holds an annual boat party down the River Thames.
's Shameless
as a stage prop.
for the first time, which was ranked ninth in a Daily Telegraph columnist's Top 10 highlights of the festival. BangFace returned to Glastonbury in June 2011.
Electronic dance music
Electronic dance music is electronic music produced primarily for the purposes of use within a nightclub setting, or in an environment that is centered upon dance-based entertainment...
event that has been taking place at various venues across the UK since 2003. Starting as a monthly club night in London, it has grown to include an annual 3 day Weekender at Camber Sands
Camber Sands
For historical information on the area, see Camber articleCamber Sands is a beach at the village of Camber , East Sussex, England...
, a boat party on the River Thames
River Thames
The River Thames flows through southern England. It is the longest river entirely in England and the second longest in the United Kingdom. While it is best known because its lower reaches flow through central London, the river flows alongside several other towns and cities, including Oxford,...
, as well as guest shows at festivals such as Glastonbury
Glastonbury Festival
The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or even Glasto, is a performing arts festival that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England, best known for its contemporary music, but also for dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and other arts.The...
. In October 2011 BangFace will celebrate its 8th birthday.
Atmosphere
BangFace is known for its fun and creative party atmosphere featuring inflatables being bounced above the crowd, banners bearing comedic slogans and fancy dress themes – a photo feature illustrating this appeared in the ObserverObserver
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Magazine.
It is this atmosphere that has become BangFace’s unique signature with Time Out London claiming that the 2009 Weekender will “make Bestival look like f***ing ‘Question Time’".
Music
BangFace has a broadminded approach to music programming by hosting a wide range of electronic dance musicElectronic dance music
Electronic dance music is electronic music produced primarily for the purposes of use within a nightclub setting, or in an environment that is centered upon dance-based entertainment...
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Event Themes
BangFace themes its events normally using historical references or significant events falling on the same day: "[BangFace] returns to its spiritual home at Elektrowerkz for their eigtth birthday party - shared... with Roger Moore's own birthday party. Dress as Bond boys, girls or villains... Double-O heaven."London Events
BangFace began as a monthly club night in London and quickly became increasing popular with a resurgence in electronic dance musicElectronic dance music
Electronic dance music is electronic music produced primarily for the purposes of use within a nightclub setting, or in an environment that is centered upon dance-based entertainment...
. Whilst supporting mainly new and upcoming artists, BangFace began to gain attention in the media. It appeared top of the recommended club features in publications such as NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
’s ‘Top clubs to get your rocks off’ and The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
Guide: “Bang Face celebrates its third birthday with luminaries Venetian Snares, A Guy Called Gerald and Hellfish to unleash all manner of mayhem”. BangFace also holds an annual boat party down the River Thames.
Weekenders
After five years of monthly club nights BangFace launched the first Weekender in 2008, held over three days in Camber Sands. Following the success of this event it has now become an annual event. A fly poster for the first Weekender bizarrely and coincidently appeared in Channel 4Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
's Shameless
Shameless
Shameless is a British television drama series set in Manchester on the fictional Chatsworth council estate. Produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4, the first seven-episode series aired weekly on Tuesday nights at 10pm from 13 January 2004...
as a stage prop.
Festivals
BangFace began to host showcase events at UK festivals, starting with The Glade in 2006. In 2010 it hosted a night at the Glastonbury FestivalGlastonbury Festival
The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or even Glasto, is a performing arts festival that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England, best known for its contemporary music, but also for dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and other arts.The...
for the first time, which was ranked ninth in a Daily Telegraph columnist's Top 10 highlights of the festival. BangFace returned to Glastonbury in June 2011.