The Worldwide Festival (WF) is based on one simple idea – to create a different festival, offering a unique artistic selection in stunning environments happening in different cities around the world.

Inspired by the musical diversity of Gilles Peterson’s “Worldwide” radio show being broadcasted in 20 countries, the Worldwide Festival brings together an array of music enthusiasts from around the world. Gilles Peterson; music lover, record collector, broadcaster, DJ, record producer, creator and owner of several record labels such as Acid Jazz, Talkin’ Loud & Brownswood Recordings and opinion leader for the last 20 years, is the artistic director of the festival.

WORLDWIDE FESTIVAL SINGAPORE

Say hello to the Worldwide Festival this August as the Lion City sees two WF sessions of cutting-edge grooves by the best of today’s most inspiring artistes.

For five years in festival land now, WF has been having a bake-out, popping out musical muffins and brownies to punters, with a fresh topping of new sounds and music they love in the form of the Worldwide Festival Sessions.

With a new collaboration between mega musical marvens, Zouk & Worldwide Festival, celebrate as the Zouk complex transforms into a 1 stop festival venue, unifying all the different spaces to represent WF’s innovative and underground spirit, music and vibe.

Before you get cheese stuck all over your musical teeth, check out this year’s line-up of the most exciting and stirring artistes that WF has to offer.

GILLES PETERSON’S WORLDWIDE FESTIVAL SESSIONS, ZOUK EDITION 2010 – ARTISTES’ BIO

DÂM-FUNK (USA)
From spinning records at one of his Funkmosphere DJ nights in Los Angeles to making endlessly spaced-out and bouncy music for Indie stalwart Stones Throw Records, Damon Riddick is the one-man show behind Dâm-Funk, a gifted messenger who delivers the funk and spunk.

www.myspace.com/damfunk, twitter.com/damfunk

dOP ‘Live’ (FRANCE)
Brace yourself for dOP, a live music trio from Paris, made up of Clement Aichelbaum (beat programming), Damien Vandesande (keyboards and horns) and Jonathan Illel (lyrics and vocals), three childhood friends who offer a plethora of musical styles through their Hip-Hop, Jazz, House and Reggae Cuts.

www.myspace.com/dopdopdop

DORIAN CONCEPT ‘Live’ (AUSTRIA)
Fusing together the fashionable ends of the Hyperkrunk scene with sublime jazz synth bleeps and micro-editing capabilities, Dorian Concept (Oliver Thomas Johnson) is a music beast. Juggling between being a student, a keyboardist and a producer, Concept blasts the dance floors off with his on-the-fly improvs and quirky-key workouts scattered with drums, piercing synth-laced hooks and jaw-dropping bass.

www.myspace.com/dorianconcept

GILLES PETERSON (UK)
Music lover, record collector, DJ, broadcaster… Perhaps most famous for his much loved genre-exploding radio shows and his mighty Worldwide Festival, Gilles Peterson’s insatiable appetite for new music, undoubtedly lies at the heart of his success.

www.gillespetersonworldwide.com, www.myspace.com/gillespeterson

IKONIKA (UK)
A definite breath of fresh air to the ears, Ikonika aka Sara Abdel-Hamid paved her musical career as a drummer in hardcore bands at the mere age of 11. A huge fan of Hip-Hop producer, Jay Dilla, and hardcore metal band, The Dillinger Escape Plan, she originally started producing Hip-Hop, but had a Dubstep epiphany after hearing Skream’s “Midnight Request Line”. Ikonika then sent her early music to Hyperdub label boss, Kode 9, who loved what he heard and subsequently released her debut 12”, “Please/Simulacrum”, in 2008.

www.myspace.com/ikonika

JAZZTRONIK ‘Live’ (JAPAN)
Topping DJ charts worldwide and releasing more than 10 original albums were simply not enough for Jazztronik aka Ryota Nozaki; he went on to being the first Japanese artiste to be featured as the mixing DJ in the “Defected In The House” compilation and mixing CDs such as “Lovetronica” (2009) and “The Rawest Fusion – Jazztronik VS Mad Mats” (2009).

www.jazztronik.com, www.myspace.com/jazztronik

LEFTO (FRANCE)
An eclectic puppet master in his own right, Lefto grew up on his father’s jazz collection and got bitten by the DJ bug when his dad got him his first set of decks on a bank loan. In search of a way to support his passionate quest into music, he was offered a chance at the Music Mania record store in Brussels, which paved his way to become the DJ and composer of “De Hop” on Studio Brussel, the only Hip-Hop radio show being broadcasted nationally.

www.lefto.be, www.myspace.com/lefteezymusic

ZED BIAS aka MADDSLINKY (UK)
Zed Bias has been brewing his own take of Soul and Broken Beats deep within the UK music scene since the mid 90’s. After hooking up with XL Recordings in 2000 and releasing the notable single, “Neighbourhood”, featuring Nicky Prince and MC Rumpus, Zed Bias has since went full steam ahead and completed over 65 remixes for artists such as The Streets, The Beard and Kosheen, amongst others, started a production collaboration with Injekta called Phuturistix and produced their hit EPs, Matrix and Deep Down, which heralded a new direction in Garage.

www.myspace.com/zedbias

1 Day Ticket:
Admission on 27 Aug for non-members for all outlets (incl 2 drinks): $30
Admission on 28 Aug for non-members for all outlets (incl 2 drinks): $30

2 Day Ticket:
Admission on 27 & 28 Aug for non-members for all outlets (incl 4 drinks): $50

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