2010 May 19 All the Electronic Under the Sun: INTRO 2010 this Saturday
Get your glow sticks ready to dive into INTRO’s outdoor electronic music festival this Saturday, May 22 at D-Park in 798.
Although some have questioned if a one-day event can really be dubbed a “festival,” event organizers Acupuncture Records have promised the second INTRO will be bigger and better than last year’s inaugural event. There’ll be an impressive line-up of 40 DJs and VJs, including international artists alongside homegrown talent, on three separate stages, performing for a crowd Acupuncture hope will number as many as 10,000 electronica lovers.
“Intro By Day” kicks off at 1pm, where the beat will keep pumping for ten hours strong until 11pm. The lineups for each stage include:
Main Stage:
13:00 - 13:30 Pancake Lee (China)
13:30 - 14:00 You Dai (China)
14:00 - 14:45 Ou Yang + Eddie Lv (China)
14:45 - 15:30 M.Ross (China)
15:30 - 16:15 Dave K (China)
16:15 - 17:30 Patrick Yu (USA)
17:00 - 18:00 dOP (France)
18:00 - 19:00 Robag Wrume (Wighnomy Brothers) (Germany)
19:00 - 20:00 Oxia (France)
20:00 - 21:00 ELVIS.T + Terry Tu (Taiwan/ China)
21:00 - 22:00 Takkyu Ishino (Japan)
Welcome Stage DJs:
13:00-13:45 Pump Su (China)
13:45-14:30 Demone + Kaize (China)
14:30-15:15 QQ (China)
15:15-16:00 Allen (Taiwan)
16:00-17:00 Suki + Elmer (China)
17:00-18:00 Eric + Sean (China)
18:00-19:00 Saul (USA)
19:00-20:00 Kai (USA)
20:00-21:00 Lupen + Shen Yue (Spain/ China)
21:00-22:00 Flo Eysler (Germany)
Live Band Stage:
15:00-16:00 Dead J (China)
16:00-17:00 i LOOP (China)
17:00-18:00 Zu Ge (China)
18:00-19:00 A.M.U. (China)
19:00-20:00 SULUMI (China)
20:00-21:00 LIman (China)
And it’s not just the music – treat your eyes as well as your ears to the audio-visual light shows from VJs Markus Schneider (Germany), XPONJA (Spain), HANABETHO (China) and Elixer (China). Or get in to the spirit of this year’s slogan – “Love Green” – and try your hand at some of the green workshops and art installations like reverse-graffiti. Satisfy your hunger at the onsite food/drink stalls – don’t forget to be responsible and bin that trash!
Bring an umbrella and blanket, but keep those instruments at home because you won’t be allowed to bring them in … leave this one to the professionals.
Party animals can then dance on over to Lantern, LAN or Coco Banana where select DJs will mix it up at the “Intro By Night” official after-parties.
TICKETS
Pre-sale tickets (RMB 150) are available until Thursday May 20 at Lantern, Eric Paris Salon, Luce, NLGX, Bridge Café, Sculpting in Time Café, Mellow Tea or Source.
OR online at
www.piaowutong.com (Tel: 400 818 3333)
www.mlive.me (Tel: 400 680 6840)
www.clubzone.cn (Tel: 010 8591 1014)
Otherwise, purchase a ticket at the gates on Saturday for RMB 200. Tickets, as well as anything else sold on site, can only be purchased using cash.
GETTING THERE
Closest subway station: Sanyuan Qiao (三元桥), Liangma Qiao (亮马桥)
From Liangma Qiao, take Bus Line 909, get off at Dashanzi Nan Stop (大山子路口南下车 )
Other bus lines that go to the venue: 401, 405, 420, 909, 955, 991, 988.
Or catch a taxi to 798 Art District (4 Jiuxianqiao Lu, Chaoyang District).
Enter through the south gate, go straight until you reach the entrance of D-Park.
Alternatively “Love Techno, Love the Planet” and join a group, organized by Greening the Beige, who are cycling to the event. The group plans to leave in two waves (12.30pm and 1.30pm) from three different locations – Bridge Café, Luce and Mellow Tea. Go green and sign up via their website! www.greeningthebeige.org
Greening the Beige aims to promote “cycling in the city as an enjoyable, healthy and sustainable activity and a much smarter alternative to driving a car or taking taxis.” There will be experienced team leaders and music blaring from the bikes to get you in the electro mood!
For more on INTRO 2010, see www.acupuncture-records.com. We’re off to get our tickets.
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