Sanctuary Festival 2008

By Alex Young on March 30th, 2008

The Sanctuary Festival is set to take place between August 8 and 9 at the Matterley Bowl, Winchester, England. Over 200 DJs will play across 14 stages during the second annual “massive dance festival.” Full lineup can be found after the jump…

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Tickets are on sale via Slamminvinyl.com. More info on DNBSpace…

Lineup via Don’t Stay In…

Artists in Bold

Friday Night Outdoor Stage
LTJ Bukem & MC Conrad
The one and only LTJ alongside sparring partner MC Conrad. The globetrotters and drum and bass legends from Good looking records touch down at the Sanctuary Festival bringing their own unique style for the Friday night session

Hixxy & MC Sharkey
These guys are 100% hardcore and of that there’s no doubt, being at forefront of the music from the mid 1990’s til present day. Hixxy is the main man behind the massive HTID events with Sharkey being the most madcap and entertaining MC you’re ever likely to witness!

Mark EG & M-Zone Featuring MC Ribbz
For the first time in years we bring this DJ duo together for a one-off reunion bringing the harder sounds of the future. Making their name back in the day at events such as Dreamscape and Helter Skelter, Mark and Mick are still some of the most in-demand underground DJs in the UK and this set will show you why! All this hosted by the incomparable MC Ribbz.

Playaz Drum and Bass
DJ Hype’s Playaz night at superclub Fabric is one of the longest running and most successful drum and bass nights London has ever known, as well as being a massive-selling record label in its own right. For one night only we transplant it into the heart of the Hampshire countryside.

DJ Hype
Hazard
Dillinja
Pascal
Brockie
G-Dub
Taxman
Alix Perez
Eksman, IC3, Skibadee, Shabba D, Jakes, Tonn Piper & Lowqui.

Hardcore Heaven
Night one of two for the hardcore crew as Hardcore Heaven touches down once more at the Sanctuary Festival, bringing some household names from the UK as well as Partyraiser, one of Europe’s biggest hardcore DJs.

Re-Con
Brisk
Hixxy
Partyraiser (NL)
Breeze
DJ Kurt
Sharkey & Druid
DJ Supreme
Storm, Whizzkid, Static, Spenno & Scottie B

Mark EG & Friends present European Techno
For the first time in UK Festival history the cream of the European & Schranz movements come together in this ball-breaking arena, exclusively hosted and put together by the man and legend that is Mark EG! Expect pounding kicks, relentless percussion and knee-jerking stabs as you’re pummelled against the wall and fed horse manure for breakfast! This pioneering line-up features some of the worlds’ most cutting edge DJs, championing a new sound that has already taken the European rave scene by storm… are the UK ravers ready to handle such carnage?!

Mark EG
The UK’s flag flyer for the harder edged sounds and an absolute legend within our scene, one of the true dance music showmen (and a gent to boot), this man needs no introduction!

Dave The Drummer
A founding member of the UK’s underground acid techno scene, playing anything from hard-tech funk to blistering distortion - all encapsulated within the trademark drummer sound.

Space DJz
4 decks, 2 mixers and a whole heap of class. That’s what world-reknowned techno producers Ben Long and Jamie Bismire bring to the table. The Space DJz are true masters of their craft.

Chris Liberator
The biggest thing to come out of London’s acid techno scene, Chris is a prolific producer as well as being a veteran DJ who has played all over the globe during his career.

Pet Duo (Brazil)
Two of the biggest names right now in the European club scene who specialise in playing furious techno sets on 4 decks and 2 mixers.

Wragg vs Ribbz
Atmosphere main man Wragg and firm crowd favourite Ribbz join forces for the first time at the Sanctuary Festival.

Mucky Beats
Founder of Manchester’s The Techno Experiment and a fellow Northerner like our Mark!

Epidemik Classics
Pure rave bliss from the Epidemik crew as they play the full spectrum of classic dance music from old skool hardcore to jungle to house to rave breaks… run by ravers, for ravers.

Billy Daniel Bunter
JC b2b Cutter
Vinyl Vera
Hosted by MC Cutter and Spenno

Saturday Outdoor Stage
Opening at 3pm and rolling on til 11pm, the Outdoor stage is very epicentre of the Festival. This is where we gather some of the most popular artists from across the harder spectrum of dance music and ask them to get out there and do what they’re best at!

Andy C & MC GQ
Two names that definitely need no introduction, gracing the main stage of every event we have ever organised! Andy and GQ are a drum and bass dream team who do the damage each and every time - guaranteed!

Darren Styles and MC Storm
Voted Best Hardcore DJ at the Official Hardcore Awards for the 2nd year running, Darren’s DJing and production skills are second to none. Supported on the microphone by the almighty Storm, the undisputed MC Champion over the 5 years.

DJ Hype and MCs Skibadee& Shabba D
The Drum and Bass legend that is Hype is still at the very top of the tree and will be showing you why as he mixes and scratches on 3 decks live on the outdoor stage. With Skiba & Shabba on vocal duties, it doesn’t get any better than this!

Alex Kidd
Leading the way in Hard Dance circles, Alex is a consummate showman who really gives 100% every time he steps behind a pair of decks. Not content to conform, you’ll find him all over the place when he performs - on the speakers, at the front of the stage… even in the crowd itself!

DJ Sy and MC Whizzkid
The Scratchmaster and Hardcore veteran, and without doubt one of the most popular hardcore DJs of all time, Sy’s natural place is on the main stage at an event like this. Aided and abetted by the ever popular MC Whizzkid, this is the set not to be missed!

Friction with MC Eksman
These guys bring the danger each and every time they appear for us and are now considered two of the most important drum and bass artists in the world. We’ve booked them since day one and are proud to have them headlining for us again this year at Sanctuary.

Zany
The world’s number one Hardstyle DJ comes over to the UK for an exclusive Sanctuary set. Zany has performed at some of the worlds’ biggest dance music festivals and as such we are honoured to have him here.

Dougal & Gammer
Dougal has been a mainstay of the hardcore scene since bursting to prominence with the legendary Dreamscape back in the ’90s. DJ, production partner and all round lunatic Gammer joins him for this very special set.

One Nation Drum and Bass
Following on from Friday’s Playaz session, we feature some of the most popular artists playing on the outdoor stage plus a huge big top arena running all night, with this event putting drum and bass at the very heart of things, reflecting its status as one of the most important and popular underground genres in the UK.

Mampi Swift
Goldie
Andy C*
Dieselboy vs Noisia
DJ Hype*
Subfocus
Friction
TC b2b Clipz
Nicky Blackmarket
Fresh, Maldini & Vegas (Bad Company)
Commix
Chase & Status
Xample
Sigma
Garry K
Ruffride b2b Network

*Appearing on Outdoor Stage

Skiba, Eksman, Shabba D, Fearless, Dynamite, IC3, GQ, Fatman, Det, SP:MC, Bassman, Stamina, Presha, Master X

Hardcore Heaven
Following on from Friday’s activities, Saturday will kick off with some of the top boys performing outside in the sun (we hope!) on the Outdoor stage, before we open up the huge capacity hardcore arena big top and carry on the party all the way through to 6am!

Joey Riot
Scott Brown
Squad-E
DJ Sy*
Kevin Energy
Darren Styles*
Outblast with MC Ribbz
Chris Unknown
Dougal & Gammer*
Force & Styles Feat. Junior
Seduction
Marc Smith
Robbie Long
JB Project
DJ Exalt

*Appearing on the Outdoor stage

Storm, Whizzkid, Wotsee, Marley, Smiley, Casper, Odyssey.

Bionic Hardstyle and Hard Dance
Bionic bring the best of the homegrown talent along with the big boys from Europe, all of whom play at simply massive 30,000+ capacity continental events such as Dance Valley and Q-Base. Come and see the future, this will be the ultimate outdoor hard dance experience this summer!

Technoboy
Showtech
Alex Kidd*
Zany*
Cally & Juice
Mark EG
Ed Real b2b Kevin Energy
Kuyski b2b Organ Donors
Dark by Design
Cally Gage & Frisky
Brian M vs McBunn
Jon The Baptist & Chuck-E

*Appearing on the Outdoor stage

Hosted by MC Shocker.

Fantazia
Since 1991 Fantazia have been one of the major forces in UK Dance. They rose to fame with a series of massive rave parties during 91-93 including legendary events like the Fantazia One Step Beyond, Summertime and the Big Bang.

Dream Frequency Live
Angie Brown Live (Bizarre Inc.)
Slipmatt
Lenny Dee
Scott Brown
Altern 8
Phantasy
Stu Allan
Seduction
Brandon Block

Hosted by Robbie Dee, MC Ribbz, MC Scratchmaster Techno

Slinky Trance
Slinky proudly presents a full-on trance arena for the first time at the Sanctuary Festival, featuring a selection of the UK’s finest artists plus their international counterparts, all guaranteed crowd pleasers who regularly traverse the globe playing their tough trance sounds.

Marcel Woods
Dutchman Marcel is rapidly becoming one of the trance world’s next superstars, headlining the truly massive festivals in Europe such as Trance Energy, Mysteryland and Dance Valley, as well as travelling the globe with his trademark raw and energetic sound

John ‘00′ Fleming
Someone who has been at the pinnacle of his profession for the best part of two decades and is just getting biggerm recently releasing a massive album on MOS and embarking on a marathon tour of the USA and South America, John is a legend within the trance scene.

Randy Katana
One of electronic music’s fastest rising stars, Randy regularly plays for some of the biggest brands in the business such as Godskitchen, Gatecrasher, MOS and of course, Slinky.

Richard Durand
Trance, techno and electro all wrapped up in one devastating package from the superbly talented DJ & producer. Responsible for some huge remixes of tracks by the Prodigy, Chemical Brothers and Tiesto, Richard is also no slouch behind the turntables as mixes it up on minimum of 3 decks.

John O’Callaghan
A favourite of Paul Van Dyk and someone who has stamped their authority on the global trance community over the last 18 months, this is a man who is currently top of his game as a producer, remixer and of course, DJ.

Dav Gomrass
As a Slinky resident, Dav has played everywhere, be it in the UK or around the globe, regularly appearing alongside some of the biggest names in the world such as PVD and Tiesto, and smashing up dancefloors wherever he touches down.

Hardcore Heaven Extreme
This is where it gets noisy! Hardcore Techno all the way right from the off as the hardest and fastest deck technician conspire to keep you jumping at maximum velocity for the duration!

Lenny Dee (USA)
Producer
Scorpio
Andy Vortex
Jay Prescott
Dolphin
Addiction
Tones
Big Worm

Ribbz, Squidgy B & Si The Sigh

Resonate
Expect nothing short of razor sharp techno, hard trance and hardstyle from a select crop of favourite DJs and producers from 2008!

Sam Punk
Organ Donors vs Dr Willis
DJ Slideout
Iain Cross b2b Beneye
SL-DJ
Major Tom b2b Wragg
Louk

Ribbz and Si The Sigh

New Nation
Fresh talent… pure drum and bass, non-stop!

Distorted Minds
Garry K
Ruffride
Network
Prophecy
Klip
Tex

DVS, Kombo, Bensta, Shinobi, Speech, Pressure.