Thailand's premiere dance fest has grown by leaps, bounds and beats

Only three years old, Culture One has made its mark on the dance circuit

January 30 at Lakeside, Bitec Bangna
Doors open at 2 pm and the action is expected to go on until 4 am.
Tickets are 950 baht in advance, 1,200 baht on the door.
Visit www.totalreservation.com for tickets or log on to www.club-culture-bkk.com for more info.

When Thailand’s first international dance music festival drew a crowd of 4,000-plus in 2008 not even headlining DJ David M getting caught up in the moment and bawling his eyes out in front of a packed arena could dampen the party vibe. In 2009, about 8,000 people saw Faithless' Sister Bliss headline the second Culture One event. This year, organizers told CNNGo they’re expecting more than 10,000 revellers to get in on the action.

“This year’s theme is ‘space odyssey’, which we wi ll interpret differently in each stage,” said Nita Dickinson, general manager of Buzzin’ Ltd, the group behind the festival and also Club Culture. “We have one experimental and five international stages this year.”

Street performers, a flea market and an all-star cast of musical talent will make this year’s Culture One the best ever, she added.

“It was the first proper dance festival in Thailand, but it’s not just the acts, it’s the environment,” she added. “We have massage facilities for clubbers who get tired. There will be beer where the food area is.”

Each stage brings something unique to the festival, which Dickinson said will attract a broad spectrum of hedonists.

The main stage will see the long-awaited debut of techno god Sven Väth with support from the likes of Slacker and Barry Ashworth of Dub Pistols fame.

“For me, I’m excited to see Sven Väth. He’s an act we have been waiting for,” Dickenson said. Culture One doesn’t have the money to bring in big name DJs like Singapore’s Zookout festival, so Dickenson and her team recruit up-and-coming DJs who are building a name for themselves in the circuit.

Also debuting at this year’s festival will be the Slinky trance stage.

“The Slinky stage will have 3D visuals, so clubbers will get 3D glasses. The headliners are Slinky regulars Aly and Fila, who have never played in Thailand before,” she said.

The Spinclub Ibiza stage offers minimal techno and house headlined by Chris Liebing. For something completely different, check out the stage hosted by gay-friendly English club Horse Meat Disco. The Horse Meat crew come not only with an outrageous “five-legged” horse for a logo, but also with enough house and disco tun es to get booties shaking.

“From the beginning we wanted the festival to be a landmark event for clubbers to come to Bangkok,” said Dickinson, who hopes the last Saturday of January will forevermore mean one thing for the region’s partygoers: Culture One.

source: CNNGo Bangkok 

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