shambala

In this episode of Festival Sounds, I'm joined by Eloise, our incredible well informed guest who is helping me with a deep dive into sustainability. Join us as we uncover the practical and innovative ways in which festivals across the UK are embracing eco-friendly practices, from reducing plastic waste to embracing renewable energy sources.

Discover how these festivals are minimising their environmental footprint,  We'll share stories of change, shedding light on the small yet impactful decisions made by both organisers and attendees to create a more sustainable festival experience.

In this episode we drop in to Sankofa's on Sunday afternoon, where we soak up Dizreali's conversations and hear performances from Luzmira Zerpa from Family Atlantica and the one and only BCUC...
 

From lyrical luminaries to rising stars and everything in between, here’s a selection of Sunday's poetry slam with more coming in part 2. Heads up: part of this material is raw, sweary and contains language which some may find offensive. 

Thanks to our slammers: Tony, Claire, Rory, One Inky Queer, Jay Mitra, Maisy, Alistair, Ann, Steph, Josh, Tia, Bex Gordon

Nick Hayes and Amy-Jane Beer work together on the Right to Roam campaign. This argues for  greater equality and access to green and blue space. Nick and Amy-Jane ask why do we need the right to roam and why is river access in England so restricted?

Nick Hayes is author of The Sunday Times bestseller: The Book of Trespass and The Trespasser’s Companion: A Field Guide to Reclaiming What is Already Ours.

Amy-Jane Beer is author of The Flow: Rivers, Water and Wildness:

https://linktr.ee/right2roam

https://www.instagram.com/nickhayesillustration/

https://www.instagram.com/amyjanebeer/

Produced by Melissa Kidd and eventsinsound.com

In This episode we learn the true value of play and hear how Ash Perrin, once a clown to the wealthy, found his true purpose in bringing love and smiles to those most in need. You can read more about this work in his book The Real Play Revolution: https://cygnusreview.com/cart

Bringing you a selection of the finest of wise words, revolutionary ideas and beautiful stories, spoken under the canopies of the Shambala festival – an adventure in utopia. Produced by Melissa Kidd and http://eventsinsound.com/

You may recognise Kash’s voice from episode 6 of Shambala Speaks where he told us a beautifully bittersweet story about the death of his Grandmother. In this episode, Kash Raja picks up the story; to muse upon the happiness to be found in unrequited love.
This story was recorded live at Natural Born Storytellers, in the Imaginarium at Shambala 2019 - if you liked this story, check out their amazing podcast where you can listen to loads more. Highly recommended listening. https://www.naturalbornstorytellers.com/podcast

Bringing you a selection of the finest of wise words, revolutionary ideas and beautiful stories, spoken under the canopies of the Shambala festival – an adventure in utopia. Produced by Melissa Kidd and http://eventsinsound.com/

In this episode we hear Dr Gail Bradbrook of XR and Stephen Reid of The psychedelic Society talk about their own mind-expanding experiences, how psychedelics have been useful in their lives and how they could be used as a tool in addressing the climate crisis.
For more information see the links:
https://www.psychedelicsociety.org.uk/
https://rebellion.earth/

Bringing you a selection of the finest of wise words, revolutionary ideas and beautiful stories, spoken under the canopies of the Shambala festival – an adventure in utopia. Produced by Melissa Kidd and http://eventsinsound.com/

In this episode Comic poet Luke Wright pulls us through his homelands and gives us an idea why we need to see beasts in the shadows. This is a little slice of Luke’s hour-long rollercoaster set delivered to a packed crowd in the Imaginarium.
His collection of poems ‘After Engine Trouble’ is available from his website: http://www.lukewright.co.uk/

Bringing you a selection of the finest of wise words, revolutionary ideas and beautiful stories, spoken under the canopies of the Shambala festival – an adventure in utopia. Produced by Melissa Kidd and http://eventsinsound.com/

One of the guiding principles of Shambala is the Children's Fire. Mac Macartney tells us about the wisdom imparted to him from Native American elders and how this simple principle could help us repair, protect and better care for the world we have inherited and we’ll leave behind. Mac Macartney’s book
is called the Children’s Fire: https://macmacartney.com/portfolio/thechildrensfire/

Bringing you a selection of the finest of wise words, revolutionary ideas and beautiful stories, spoken under the canopies of the Shambala festival – an adventure in utopia. Produced by Melissa Kidd and http://eventsinsound.com/

In this episode we dip into the Garden o’ Feeden to hear Lauren Lovatt tell us about the tragic events that lead her on a journey of discovery into how food can help our mental health. We also get a couple of her special recipes that combine chocolate with medicinal mushrooms, and Kale with CBD oil.
https://laurenlovatt.com/

Bringing you a selection of the finest of wise words, revolutionary ideas and beautiful stories, spoken under the canopies of the Shambala festival – an adventure in utopia. Produced by Melissa Kidd and http://eventsinsound.com/

In this episode we hear some of the wonderfully rich short poems that were voiced in this year’s poetry slam - sit back and enjoy musings on love, life, death and the wonderful bits in between.
Thanks to Shaun Hill, Ali P, Vicki MacWinyers aka Pixievic, Kat from Bristol, Jenny (moon Twiglet), Granma Rapster, Georgia L Stride and GPS.

Bringing you a selection of the finest of wise words, revolutionary ideas and beautiful stories, spoken under the canopies of the Shambala festival – an adventure in utopia. Produced by Melissa Kidd and http://eventsinsound.com/

Two counties, two rich traditions, two advocates. In this episode we learn from two cider experts Dan Heath and Gabe Cook about our national liquid gold while they try to convince a Shambala audience to decide which county makes the best cider: Somerset or Herefordshire?
https://www.theciderbox.com/
http://www.theciderologist.com/

Bringing you a selection of the finest of wise words, revolutionary ideas and beautiful stories, spoken under the canopies of the Shambala festival – an adventure in utopia. Produced by Melissa Kidd and http://eventsinsound.com/

There are many aspects of our lives that are hard to imagine beyond Brexit. And in this fascinating episode Humphrey Lloyd walks us through the opportunities, threats and options that this change could present for our food system.
https://landworkersalliance.org.uk/

Bringing you a selection of the finest of wise words, revolutionary ideas and beautiful stories, spoken under the canopies of the Shambala festival – an adventure in utopia. Produced by Melissa Kidd and http://eventsinsound.com/

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On Repeat

Alec: Dom Dolla - San Frandisco

New Music from Artists We’re Watching

BLVD - Game Day

Tyler Lawrence - Circles

Adiidas, MeSo - Eerie

New Music

Armin Van Buuren, Cimo Frankel - All Comes Down

Jauz - Get to Me

Ghastly, Brohug - Get Down

Black Tiger Sex Machine, YOOKiE - Spiders

PEEKABOO, Calcium - HANDS UP!

News & Culture

Zedd is banned from China after liking South Park tweet

• South Park banned for their tweet
• Then Zedd is banned for liking South Park's tweet
• South Park responds to their ban

Decadence Arizona drops their lineup

Fifa 20 has multiple EDM artists in their soundtrack

• Don Diablo
• Flume
• Alison Wonderland
• Disclosure
• Kaskade
• Louis the Child
• San Holo
• Wolfgang Gartner
• Zeds Dead x Jauz (lights go down song)

Environmental responsibilities and music festivals

• Shambala also takes its carbon footprint seriously
  • They've partnered with a company called Energy Revolution. A not-for-profit organization that aims to tackle one of the largest portions of a festival’s carbon footprint – audience travel.
  • They have a travel calculator on its website that works out much you would need to donate to renewable energy schemes to balance out your journey to and from a festival.
• Lots of other non-profits looking to help festivals be more eco-friendly
  • A Greener Festival - helps festivals and events around the world reach their green goals through a combination of sustainability training, discussion, and its celebrated Greener Festival Awards scheme, are also working to make the industry more sustainable.
  • They also provide festivals with feedback

Anti - Plur Moment

Alec: When a girl aggressively told me to get off my phone assuming that I was texting when I was actually making notes about the DJ’s set in order to talk to him...

What Are We Listening To?

Chris Lorenzo - Late Checkout

MEDUZA, Goodboys, Becky Hill - Lose Control

Artists We’re Watching

Alec: SHIZUO // Soundcloud // Instagram // Crywolf - Athetosis (SHIZUO Remix) (track)

• SHIZUO's name could be from a character of the same name in the anime show "Durarara!!!".

Samir : anbuu // Soundcloud // Instagram // Frequencies (track)

As another mass civil disobedience begins this week, Dr Gail Bradbrook, one of the co founders of Extinction Rebellion shares some timely insights to help us rebel.
For more information: https://rebellion.earth/

Bringing you a selection of the finest of wise words, revolutionary ideas and beautiful stories, spoken under the canopies of the Shambala festival – an adventure in utopia. Produced by Melissa Kidd and http://eventsinsound.com/

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On Repeat

Alec: Jax Jones - Harder (KC Lights 6am Remix)

New Music from Artists We’re Watching

AKIRA - I AM AKIRA, THIS IS MY WORLD.

New Music

Unlike Pluto - Stay and Decay

Aviici - Heaven (David Guetta & MORTEN remix)

JOYRYDE - MADDEN

UZ - Bang Bang

Oski - Fuccapop

Seven Lions & MitiS Feat. RBBTS - Break the Silence

3lau, DNMO - Falling

News & Culture

Space Yacht ft. Drezo at 1015 Folsom, SF.

• Space Yacht’s first time in SF - they are SoCal
• Drezo and Blossom’s first time in SF
• I got a chance to interview Blossom for a quick soundbite.

Tycho launches a new web app - Forecast - that creates a playlist for you based on your local weather

• A cool innovative way to promote his new album Weather
• It integrates with Apple Music and Spotify
• For a more technical explanation of how Lee Martin - the designer - and Tycho did this, click here.

Josh Pan is starting his own streaming service

• Link to the website to join the mailing list

Alison Wonderland cancels her European tour - cites mental health reasons

Skrillex opens up music production school in South Africa in association with Bridges for Music

Anti - Plur Moment

Samir: EDM blogs posting articles that have nothing to do with EDM...

What Are We Listening To?

NGHTMRE x Zhu (feat.Kidd Keem) - Man’s First Inhibition

Deathpact had his/her world debut at Shambala

• His/her first show EVER!
• The whole set is now available on Soundcloud.
• This is Alec’s FIRST SPEECHLESS

Artists We’re Watching

Alec: Krooner // Soundcloud // Instagram // Coward (track)

Samir : BLVD // Soundcloud // Instagram // Crowd Control(track)

Putting a free festival on can expose communities that other wise have a limited access to new and exciting music and culture, but putting one on, especially a free one is never easy as Jools Constant tells us in this story about the fight for Newport Festival.

Bringing you a selection of the finest of wise words, revolutionary ideas and beautiful stories, spoken under the canopies of the Shambala festival – an adventure in utopia.
Produced by Melissa Kidd and eventsinsound.com

In this second part of our epiphanies stories Kash Raja tells us a story about his beautiful relationship with his grandmother. A split second misjudgement leads to his grandmother having an accident he feels responsible for. His fear of karmic retribution in the aftermath leads him to avoid driving and air travel - until he has an epiphany at her bedside...

This story was recorded live at Natural Born Storytellers, in the Imaginaruym at Shambala 2018 - if you liked this story, check out their amazing podcast where you can listen to loads more. Highly recommended listening. https://www.naturalbornstorytellers.com/podcast

Bringing you a selection of the finest of wise words, revolutionary ideas and beautiful stories, spoken under the canopies of the Shambala festival – an adventure in utopia.
Produced by Melissa Kidd and eventsinsound.com

Festival season - we all love it. Lots of fun, lots of music, lots of... mess. From plastics, to glass, to tents, less than a third of this waste is recycled, however, over the last few years many festival organisers have been taking steps to minimise their environmental impact. Even @glastofest made a statement this year by banning single-use plastic bottles. But is it enough? What else can we do as consumers?⠀
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This episode, we talk to Simon Heppner, one of the people driving the sustainable festival movement. He is a co-founder of ‘Leave Less Mess’ - the UK’s first festival plate deposit return scheme - and @foodmadegood. ⠀
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Listen for tips on how to make your festival experience more sustainable this year.
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Sustainable Restaurant Association: thesra.org
Unpackaged: beunpackaged.com
Leave Less Mess: leavelessmess.org
Shambala Festival: shambalafestival.org
Glastonbury Festival: glastonburyfestivals.co.uk