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Bloc 2012 - Friday at London Pleasure Gardens
Date / Friday, 6 July 2012
Time / 3pm - 6am
Venue / London Pleasure Gardens/ Royal Victoria Docks, London
Cost / £99

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Line-up /
Main Arena (Showcase: Union)
20.00 Union
21:00 Amon Tobin
22.30 DOOM
00.00 Snoop Dogg
01.00 Billy Nasty
02.00 Richie Hawtin
04.00 Close

Resident Advisor Hub
18.00 Steve Reich & Bang On A Can Allstars
20.00 Nicolas Jaar
21.00 Digital Mystikz
22.00 Shackleton
23.00 Xhin
00.00 Sandwell District
02.00 Carl Craig
03.00 Daniel Stefanik
04.00 Ricardo Villalobos
06.00 Close

Carhartt Dome (Showcase: Aus Music)
18.00 T.Williams b2b Dusky
20.00 Midland
21.00 Appleblim
22.00 Will Saul
23.00 Mosca
00.00 Joker

Carhartt Dome (Showcase: Mulletover)
01.00 Steffi
02.00 Art Department
03.00 Jamie Jones
05.00 Geddes
06.00 Close

Stubnitz Atrium (Showcase: Number vs Swamp 81)
17.00 Deadboy
18.15 Pinch
19.30 Redinho
20.15 Spencer
21.30 Oneman
22.45 Loefah
00.15 Boddika
01.30 Jackmaster b2b Joy Orbison
04.00 Hudson Mohawke
05.00 Addison Groove
06.00 Close

Laderaum
16.00 Controlled Weirdness
18.00 The Dexorcist

Laderaum (Showcase: Boiler Room Secret Showcase)
19.00 Showcase
00.00 Transparent Sound
01.00 Nathan Fake
02.00 World Unknown
06.00 Close

Ceephax Acid Waltzer (Showcase: Ceephax Acid Waltzer)
14.00 Ceephax Acid's Waltzer Warm-Up
15.00 Cambodian Chegwin
15.30 Xenoglossy vs Cocadisco DJs

Ceephax Acid Waltzer (Showcase: I Love Acid)
17.00 Placid
18.00 Affie Yusef
19.00 AGT Rave Cru
20.00 Mark Archer (Altern8)
21.15 Ray Keith
22.30 Close

Promoter /
Bloc
Titans of electronic music culture Orbital sit majestically atop the bill like Zeus surveying Olympus. The UK debut and exclusive appearance of the brand new collaboration between Germany’s finest Modeselektor, Marcel Dettmann and Shed will be certain to make the techno cognoscenti bunch up their faces with glee.
Some longtime Bloc favourites make their festival debut – it’s the first time we’ve been privileged to have the emperor of Detroit, Jeff Mills grace our stage. Unbelievably it’s also the first time Scuba has heeded the call – he’ll be smashing a much-hyped live AV show.

Promotional links /
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sinewavewrote
Sat, 16 Feb 2013utter c/nts. i filled out the form - twice and still no f/cking refund.

mikkimostwrote
Mon, 17 Sep 2012I think they need to learn that an apology goes a long way ...this is just a load of bullshit excuses. Come on guys just admit that you fucked up BIG TIME!

princepopewrote
Wed, 12 Sep 2012I don't buy a word.
Alex Benson and George Hull should apologize ( I haven't heard anything of this kind in this 'interview') and disappear.
We (festival goers) don't need them anymore out there.

So when they say: 'We still feel that we can deliver something special to these people. We don't think this needs to be the end. We’d like people to get behind us, we hope they will.' .. I can only suggest them to, once again, DISAPPEAR.

Bevanwrote
Wed, 12 Sep 2012Just to clarify, I wasn’t comparing Bloc to WHP, I’m fully aware they are two completely different promotions! All I was saying was that, I spent a lot less money at WHP, and had one of the best nights out I’ve had in years. The music quality and progression of music all night was unreal and the sound system was one of the best i’ve heard in a venue in the UK or Europe.

This was my first Bloc and maybe I would think differently if I had been to others, but there’s not a chance I will waste... More

theelbowwrote
Tue, 11 Sep 2012Dinkystoy - totally agree with you - i havent had time to read everything above but feelings still raw about this event. BLOC should have realised LPG was a no go. If i was BLOC the sound levels restrictions would have been a no from the off - you cant have a techno festival running at half blast, doesnt work. i demand as part of my entrance fee, g'teed tinnitus for 24hrs after an event or a refund is requested. I hope BLOC come back, they will learn their lessons and be better for sure. BUT,... More

tjgimnerwrote
Mon, 10 Sep 2012Pontoon Dock, the location for Bloc 2012, is in the middle of a densely populated residential area. It is not, as some have suggested, a remote location. Hell, it's only four miles from Tower Bridge.

Strange as it might seem, quite a lot of the local populace had grave reservations about having 30,000 pill popping ravers have a no holds barred all night techno festival right outside their homes. Fears of noise, anti-social behaviour, litter, drugs, and ticket holders clogging the place up... More


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