First acts for Big Chill!

United Kingdom | by Ross Purdie | 03 March 2005

The Earlies, Nouvelle Vague and Tinariwen have been confirmed to play The Big Chill festival (meaning you might get to hear a Rachel Stephens cover at Eastnor Park this summer!)

The Earlies do a cracking version of 'Sweet Dreams My LA Ex', in between wowing audiences with their psychedelic textures and Beach Boys-like harmonies.

Nouvelle Range are typicaly French, smokey and sparse lounge music, while also keen on the odd cover, with The Undertones' 'Teenage Kicks' and Joy Division's 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' among their repertoire.

Tiniwaren are from Libyan and met in a refugee camp there in 1979. Their sound is a fusion of Toureg folk songs with electric guitars, using their songs to communicate the experience of the oppressed.

The Big Chill prides itself on nurturing new and rising talent. Co-founder Pete Larkin recently told VF: "Our reputation has always been about talent on the way up and helping to create a name ... We prefer to spot stuff coming through, combining established Big Chill artists with the ones who are already part of the family, like Norman Jay, The Bays, Giles Peterson, and Mr Scruff, alongside new acts."

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The Big Chill 2005 takes place at Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire, between 5-7 August. More acts will be announced over the coming months. CLICK HERE for more info and tickets.