Eclipse2012 Festival
Eclipse2012 Festival – Far North Queensland Australia – 10 – 16 November 2012
One of the most hotly anticipated events on the calendar, the Eclipse2012 Festival in Australia will undoubtedly be a stunning and unique week of heavenly music, inspiring art and soul aligning workshops.
The creators of Rainbow Serpent Festival (Australia,) Symbiosis Gathering(USA), Glade Festival (UK) and Mother (Japan) would like you to join them in far north Queensland just hours from tropical beaches and lush rainforests for a celestial journey like no other.
The festival is on the line of totality and will provide the most outrageous backdrop for one of nature’s truly incredible occurrences. This particular solar eclipse has the added dimension of occurring approximately one month before the end of the current Mayan Calendar making this a truly next level event and will feature some of the best underground electronic music artists from all corners of the globe.
With thousands of people already making their way from around the planet this international team of festival heavyweights are excited to share some of the amazing experiences you can expect to discover as you travel with the sun, moon and thousands of your new friends into harmony and alignment.
Sun Stage
Covering a range of styles including psytrance, progressive trance and techno the Sun Stage is the one stop destination for feet pounding aural delicacies. Presented by Rainbow Serpent Festival (Aust), Glade Festival (UK) and Mother (Japan), expect to shed calories and tone those calve muscles through a week long program of the world’s best.
Featuring
Perfect Stranger (Israel)
Oliver Lieb (GER)
Tristan (UK)
Atmos (Sweden)
Avalon (UK)
Captain Hook (Israel)
GMS (Spain)
Suncontrolspecies (Australia)
Sensient (Australia)
Tetrameth (Australia)
Etnica Vs Pleiadiens (Spain)
Earthling (Spain)
AMD (UK)
Guiseppe (Denmark)
Sonic Species (UK)
Dickster (UK)
Terrafractyl (Australia)
Hypnagog (Australia)
Behind Blue Eyes (Denmark)
Phony Orphants (Denmark)
Burn in Noise (Brazil)
Ecliptic (Mexico)
DJ Swarup (Brazil)
Killerwatts (UK)
Wrecked Machines (Brazil)
Aphid Moon (UK)
U-Reckon (Israel)
Unseen Dimensions (Australia)
Space Tribe (UK)
Emok (Denmark)
Treavor Moontribe (USA)
James Monro (Brazil)
Beauty & the Beat (GER)
Chromatone (USA)
D-Sens (France)
Merkaba (Australia)
One Tasty Morsel (Australia)
Young Kim (Korea/Italy)
Edoardo (Neurobiotic)
+ more to come!
Sky Stage
Showcasing some of the biggest names in techno, progressive and tech house the Sky Stage will lift you to atmospheric heights of rhythmic hypnotic wonder. Presented by Subsonic Festival (Aust), Shine On Festival (Aust) and Bar 25 (Berlin) expect to be breathless as you gain altitude and lose yourself among the clouds.
Featuring
Secret Cinema (NL)
Psycatron (Ireland)
Egbert (NL)
King Unique (UK)
D-Nox (GER)
Gabe (Brazil)
Dominic Thomas (SWE)
Jamie Stevens (Australia)
Kasey Taylor (Portugal)
Luis Jnr (Spain)
Antix (NZ)
Marcello VOR (Brazil)
Pena (Portugal)
Technasia (France)
Switchbox (GER)
Ricardo (GER)
Velcro (Brazil)
Steve Ward (Australia)
Tom Real (UK)
Kotaro (Japan)
Ipcress (UK)
Stratos (Greece/GER)
Nicos (Greece/GER)
Ricardo (GER)
Daniel Krau (GER)
Djane Kimski (GER)
Oblique Industries (Australia)
Thank You City (Australia)
Ed Motive (Australia)
Ian Woodsman (Australia)
Paul Abad (Australia)
U-One (Australia)
+ more to come!
Moon Stage
Fresh from their own Eclipse event in May, Symbiosis will be teaming up with Earth Frequency Festival and Omelette Records to present a stunning broken beat stage, with the best of what the world and Australia have to offer across the genres of dub-step, glitch-hop, future bass, ethno-crunk, breakbeats, IDM and more.
Featuring
Tipper (UK)
Dub FX (Australia)
FreQ Nasty (USA)
Opiuo (Australia)
Spoonbill (Australia)
Eprom (USA)
Random Rab (USA)
Heyoka (USA)
An-Ten-Nae (USA)
Adham Shaikh (Canada)
JPod (Canada)
Kalya Scintilla (Australia)
Russ Liquid (USA)
The Mollusk (Australia)
Knowa Knowone (USA)
Circuit Bent (Australia)
Editor (Australia)
Dov (South Africa)
Bird of Prey (USA)
Mista Savona (Australia)
Deep Fried Dub (Australia)
Sun In Aquarius (Australia)
Monkeymarc (Australia)
Jamie Janover (USA)
Beats Antique (USA)
+ more to come!
Earth Stage
The Earth Stage is at the heart of the festival site, situated by the lake, with its own beach frontage. It is the destination for live reggae, dub, world music, gypsy, electro swing, house, disco and all things in between!. The music and arts program has been carefully selected by the crews from Shine On, Island Vibe and Bushweek for your visual and auditory pleasure!
Featuring
Fat Freddy’s Drop (NZ)
OKA (Australia)
Tijuana Cartel (Australia)
Ganga Giri (Australia)
Mista Savona (Australia)
Kingfisha (Australia)
Fyah Walk (Australia)
Kooii (Australia)
Bobby Alu (Australia)
Lewie Day (Australia)
Savona Soundsystem (Australia)
Lotek & Die Rude & Kazman (Australia)
The Bird (Australia)
Woohoo Revue (Australia)
Ensemble Formidable (Australia)
Zennith (Australia)
Otologic (Australia)
Saritah (Australia)
Darky Roots (Australia)
Billy Dread (Australia)
Koahlition (Australia)
Reggae Bliss (Australia)
Jobstopper (Australia)
Mortisville (Australia)
Blunderbus (Australia)
8 Foot Felix (Australia)
Mickey Space (Australia)
Planet Jumper (Australia)
Dave Chestwig (Australia)
Timmus (Australia)
The Doctor (Australia)
+ more to come!
Chill Temple
Presented by Resonant Temple from Byron Bay the Chill Temple will be a full production stage within a sacred geometry lotus temple. Featuring a stellar line-up of international and local chill-out and ambient artists, lush temple decor with a sacred intentional shrine, ritual performances & ceremony. Drop in and lush out within a space dedicated to celebrating the ambient spaces within art, sound and self.
Featuring
Solar Fields (Sweden)
Desert Dwellers (USA)
Banco De Gaia (UK)
Kaya Project (UK)
Jamie Janover (USA)
Makyo (Japan)
Hibernation (UK)
Soulware (NZ)
Kyson (Germany/Australia)
Terranine (NZ)
Sobey Wing (Canada)
Bloop (NZ)
Dj SpiderOrchid & Sufi Soul Electronica (USA/Australia)
Ahimsa (Japan/Australia)
Austero (Australia)
Beatrice (Australia)
A-Toniq (Australia)
Temple Step Project (Australia)
Auma (Australia)
Sun in Aquarius (Australia)
Mind Tree (Australia)
Whitebear (Australia)
Stinkwood (Australia)
Andrew Till (Australia)
Numatica (Australia)
Shifteq (Australia)
Integer (Australia)
Audego (Australia)
Hugo n Treats (Australia)
Interval (Australia)
Selwa (Australia)
J-Dub (Australia)
Algorithm (Australia)
+ more to come!
Eclipse Village
The Eclipse Village is a sacred space & intentional village within the festival especially created as a zone for you to expand your consciousness, learn new skills, and to connect with fellow visionaries, yogis, artists, dreamers, and healers from around the world. Featuring a stellar international and local line-up of teachers, futurists, visionaries, artists and elders – you’re sure to find something of interest here to add to your Eclipse experience.
Featuring:
Alex & Allyson Grey (US)- Down Under ‘Net of Being’ Book Launch
After the hugely positive response from their first Australian tour in 2011, the Eclipse2012 team are so happy to welcome international visionary artists Alex Grey & Allyson Grey back to Australia for an exclusive appearance at Eclipse2012. The Greys will be present at the festival to display their magnificent works of art, in addition to engaging our community in artist presentations and live painting. This special occasion also marks the official Australian launch of Net of Being, Alex Grey’s first book in 10 years!
There will be a variety of activities, areas and experiences to engage in, including:
- Yoga, Dance & Movement Workshops
- Healing & Massage Sanctuary
- Dreamtime Indigenous Space
- International Speakers Forum
- Dynamic Discussion Panels
- Self Development Workshops
- Enviro Zone & Workshops
- Social Change Workshops
- Arts Workshops
- Conscious Cinema
- Sacred Soundsphere
- Visionary Arts Gallery
- Fantastic Art Installations
- Kids Area
+ more to come!
The event site is normally an expansive (500 sq miles) cattle station and pictures from the Eclipse2012 website suggest a very authentic location with natural raw views stretching out across an undulating tree covered landscape.
Tickets are on sale now. For the full information on the acts announced and package travel deals head to the Eclipse2012 website. www.eclipse2012.com
