South West Four

KISS / MINISTRY OF SOUND STAGE: Sasha & John Digweed (b2b UK Festival Exclusive), David Guetta, Eric Prydz, Mark Knight, Scarlett Etienne and special guests Sander Kleinenberg and James Zabiela

THE GALLERY STAGE: Armin van Buuren, Above & Beyond, Markus Schulz, Special Guest: BT, Tall Paul and 16 Bit Lolitas.

THE END PRESENTS ‘SHAKE IT’: Richie Hawn, Dubfire, Timo Maas, Steve Lawler, Layo and Bushwacka! Nicole Moudaber

GLOBAL UNDERGROUND STAGE: Danny Howells, Nic Fanciulli, Nick Warren, James Lavelle, Jim Rivers and Anil Chawla plus special guest: Darren Emerson

The heat has just been cranked up this summer as London's No.1 Dance festival South West Four can reveal that dance legends Sasha & John Digweed will be this year's official headline act. Playing a UK Festival Exclusive B2B set, SW4 is the only festival in the whole of the UK where you'll get to see both DJs playing together. Sasha & John Digweed will be closing the day's events with a climatic final set on the main stage, as the day turns to night and the real fireworks begin.

2009 marks the 6th year of South West Four and the 5th year in a row for Bedrock supremo John Digweed. Quite simply a SW4 legend, John has played all but one of our festivals on the Common and remains very excited about making it five not out this summer.

"It's fantastic to headline this year's SW4" says John. "I've been very lucky to play at nearly all of them, so this should be extra special. It's a very well organised event that brings out a really cool crowd, and the line-ups always feature the cream of electronic talent. It's not often you get to play a big outdoors gig in the centre of London and each year it seems to sell out quicker."

Having featured in DJ Magazine's Top 10 poll for ten consecutive years, John has pioneered the progressive and electronic house movement since the early 90s, via his beloved Bedrock parties and headline-grabbing shows all over the world. It was way back in 1993 when a certain Alexander Coe (aka Sasha) heard his demo that the pair first met and the rest as they say is history. The duo's residency at Twilo and the Delta Heavy Tour in the US are the stuff of legend and their epic Northern Exposure CD (released 1996) is still widely regarded as the greatest mix compilation ever made.

Sasha has a similar up bringing in music to John, and like him was instrumental in evolving the progressive house scene. A Grammy nominated artist and acclaimed producer, Sasha has released some of the most memorable compilations of all time through cult labels Renaissance and Global Underground. He's recently released the Invol2ver album through GU and was one of the first DJs to use Ableton technology in his sets. South West Four holds a special place in his heart having headlined the first ever festival back in 2004. He was back by popular demand to headline again in 2005 and now after 3 year absence... the mighty Sasha is back at SW4 this summer, and back with John Digweed.

"We don't do that many festival shows together" continues John, "so we're both really looking forward to SW4 as London is the clubbing capital in the UK and the crowd really know their music. We never really plan anything, but I'm sure there will be some surprises in our set." 

South West Four takes place on Clapham Common on Bank Holiday Saturday 29th August. Join the mailing list at www.southwestfour.com to hear all the latest news and gossip first, as we keep the line-up announcements coming thick and fast throughout April. Having sold out four weeks prior to last year's event, the demand for tickets is even greater this year with the entire Early Bird allocation selling out in an hour.  Standard Tickets are now on sale priced £40 + booking fee. Do not miss it!

 And here's nice vid from last year to whet your appetite: