The Countdown to Dpercussion 2005

On Thursday 7th July, in the trendy surrounds of Urban Splash's Moho development, house beats reverberated around its courtyard to announce this year's line up for Manchester's famous free music festival, Dpercussion.

And what a monster this year! Saturday 6th August, between 12 noon till late (and don't forget the after parties....), the place to be will be Castlefield, as Dpercussion puts on its biggest show yet.....

The	The
Arena	Stage
DJs	Nine Black Alps - on stage 3pm
Stanton Warriors	Bez & Domino Bones
Chibuku Shake Shake	Alfie
The Tangled DJs (aka Phil Morse & Friends)	Stephen Fretwell & Band
The Electrosluts (Fuse)	Durutti Column
Martin McNulty & Jim Beattie	Raw T
(Kindergarten>	Performance
	Fear of Music
Live	The Forest
The Pedestrians	The Young Offenders Institute
Beats for Beginners	Daywalkers
Movement	Xander (Romp)
Loose Canon	John Stammers (Gardensticks)
Stazi	Andy Woods (Smile)
Behind Green Lights	Rob Woods (Bugged Out)
Working For A Nuclear Free City	Bez & Domino Bones
Jack Cooper & The Beep Seals	Blowout DJs
Sirconical	Phil Beckett (Rock n Roll Bar>
	Veba
	Jess Murray (Hot Tap)

The	The
Urban Stage	Stage
The Electrosluts Souls Soundsystem	Blak Twang
Feat: The Unabombers:	Hidden Nightclub Featuring:
Pete Simpson & Chris Cruiks	IMM Platinum - Troy & Rado
Fred Deakin (lemon Jelly)	DJ Dodge (MTV Base) & JC
Gutterfunk Featuring: DJs Poi & Afray Suddz	Bez & Domino Bones
Skullsnap Records Featuring:	Greg Wilson
Krispy, Konny Ken, Chuck Nubian & Dj Didjit	Kelvin Andrews
White Chalk Music Presents: Nia Jay & Melody	Eyes Down DJs
GGMAZ presents Urbanize	Domu (Sonar Kollectiv)
Virgin Cola emerging vocalists final hosted by Motley Broke 'n' English Showcase	Kirk deGiorgio (As One Ubiquity Records
F.R.E.S.H breakdance showcase - Dazo (Break Angels) - Mouse - DJ Timber	Afronaut
Raw T Showcase	El Diablos Social Club
Virgin Cola Emerging DJs final hosted by Mad Rush	Brazilian Samba Party Feat:
Unity Radio DJs	Irfan & Franco Ze (Rainy City Music) Manchester School of Samba & Cordao de ouro

The	The
B Music Stage @ Barca	Area
David Holmes	Lee Speed (All that Jazz)
Pete Wiggs & Bob Stanley	Diesler (Tru Thoughts)
Gruff (Super Furry Animals)	Phat Phil Cooper
Andy Votel (B Music)	The Nudge (Grand Central)
Dom Thomas (B Music)	James Faulkner
Sean Rowley (Guilty Pleasures TBC)	Barry May (On Hubert Street Frodsham)
Graham Massey (Toolshed/808 state/Homelife>	Alix Walker (Flux/Romp)
Marc Riley (Mark and Lard)	Gavin Moruda (Soulfulvibes Liverpool)
John McCready	Rob Hyde (Rain or Shone. Chips with Everything)
Jay Talyor (Night & Day)	Richard Reason (All that Jazz)
Sonic Boom (Spacemen 3)	Mark Harna and Francis Wooff (That Amazing Thing)
Danny Webb and Steve Perry (Friends of Music)	Tom Lynch and Chris Feinmann (Under the Stairs)
Cherrystones	Mark Lupton (All in Good Time)
Marc Rowlands	the Birthday Party Night
	G Kut (Faversham Leeds + Magnet Liverpool)
	Pete Haigh (Blackpool Mecca, Jazz Fm weekender
	Sean Livesey (Bury Town Hall Soul)

The

Stage

Ed Cottam & The Everythings
Peter Haley
Sam & Me
Jane Weaver
Bandy Leg
Liam Frost & The Slowdown Family
John Stammers
Aidian Smith

The offical afterparty:
Postpercussion @ The Music Box 10-4am

The Dpercussion officially endorsed afterparties:
Tangled @ The Phoenix (hot from the Metro stage the Tangled DJs and the lads from Kindergarten)
Hidden on the High St
Eyes Down@ The Roadhouse
Gutterfunk @ Dry Bar

We recommend you check out Tangled (the extension of the Manchester Confidential office), last year selling out by 11pm, it was clearly the place to be!

Author: Faye Pulley