Outlook Festival 2011: Bass Music & Soundsystem Culture

 

Outlook Festival 2011, the fourth edition of an event started in Fort Punta Christo, Croatia, began on Thursday, September 1.

 

The festival features artists from the dance scenes, line-up includes  biggest names in Soundsystem Culture from Dub, Dubstep, Dancehall, Drum & Bass, Hip-hop, Grime, Garage, Electronica and Bass Music.

Outlook Festival 2011 is held in an amazing location, an abandoned fort in Pula, in the region of Istria, Croatia.

Fort Punta Christo was built in the eighteen hundreds and looks like something from a lost world. The fort is located on a peninsula and is surrounded by Adriatic Sea. During the day sun-soaked beach parties and boat parties are held and during the night the Fort becomes a strange, yet attractive and exciting place.

 

This year the Outlook Festival 2011 has two new arenas, the moat surrounding Fort Punta Christo, and the Harbour Stage where Outlook Festival 2011  showcase most of the headliners.

 

The Courtyard, The Dungeon, Noah’s Ballroom – The Pit, Oustide Arena, Mungos Arena, Main Arena, The Boats, The Beach, TheFort are the other venues of the event.

Headline performers this year are: Mala&Coki, DMZ, Macka B (live), Michael Prophet&Dub Asante (live), Mad Professor, Iration Steppas, Nero, Zinc, Roots Manuva, Skream

On the Dubstep: Distance, Quest, Pinch,  Engine Earz (live), Submotion Orchestra (live), Seven, Joe Kane, Stenchman, Rouge State, Marchmellow, Daddy Nature, Captain Crunch, Play Dub. T, Luxton Brothers, Joe Dubz, Shackleton

Dub/Reggae: Gentleman’s Dub Club, Kanka (live), Radikal Dub Kolektiv (live), Dub Boy, Firehouse Sound, Trip to Zion Dj’s, Evergreen&Landlord, Inspirational Sounds, Digitron, Daddy U, Maffi (live), Count Skylarkin, Sammy Dread, Reggae Roast

 Hip-Hop/Beats/Electronica: Rodney&Skitz, Task Force, Broke’n’£nglish, Verb T, Kashmere, Oneman, Brackles.

 

Last year, after the festival, Outlook Festival Croatia’s Christmas Reunion took place at The Coronet Theatre in London. The tickets for Outlook Festival 2012 will be on sale from mid September 2011. Outlook Festival 2011 ends on September 4.