Resident Advisor Review

Great review from the folk down at Resident Advisor - apparently our "close-knit community feel will surely transfer into another solid, sun-drenched showing for 2012". We like.

(Image: Antony Price)
Read it here.

Festival Snapshots

And our blog is back! Where it's been, who knows. Perhaps an extended Croatian holiday.
If you haven't already - I recommend you take a look at SMS2011 snapshots here. Huge thanks to the skills of Antony Price.

SMS 2011 DEVIATION BOAT ADDED

With under 30 days to go and fantastic reports streaming in regarding great weather, superb sound and outrageous party action at The Garden (the festival site we share with Electric Elephant and Soundwave), we are delighted to announce that Deviation are taking over the sunset boat party on Saturday 13 August with their full crew: Benji B, Floating Points, MC Judah & Moxie.

This replaces the Hybrid Life boat featuring Keith Worthy, who unfortunately cant make it for reasons beyond our control... not great, but hopefully you will agree this cloud has a silver lining (...and will be the only cloud you will see in Croatia this summer!)

To mark the swap, we have a pair of tickets to Deviation @ Cable in London THIS Saturday 23 July featuring Martyn, Karizma, Artwork,Jam City, Benji B, Moxie, Seb Chew + Rustie. Just tell us which radio station hosts Benji B's weekly show. Answers by 18.00 this Friday to info@stopmakingsense.eu with Deviation comp in the subject line.

And finally, if you already bought a ticket to the Hybrid boat party OR if you chose it as your free boat party as part of the early bird ticket offer, your ticket remains valid for the Deviation boat. If you'd like a refund or to choose a different boat instead, please mail us asap here: info@stopmakingsense.eu

C & A

OPTIMO + DALSTON SUPERSTORE + HORSE MEAT DISCO = : -)

Zadar Day Weather Max. DayTemperature (°C) Min. NightTemperature (°C) Wind Direction and Speed (mph) HumidityPressureVisibility Mon Day weather Sunny 36 22 W 10 26%1014mbVery good Tue Day weather Sunny 38 21 W 10 29%1012mbVery good Wed Day weather Sunny 37 22 WSW 11 25%1011mbVery good Thu Day weather Sunny Intervals 35 21 S 8 27%1008mbVery good Fri Day weather Sunny 33 22 SW 6 35%1010mbVery good Oh yes, its hot out in Croatia ... and with only 30 days to go, we are positively incandescent with excitement... you too? Thats good! Spreading some of the SMS love this weekend in London are the mighty Optimo, and we have 2 pairs of tickets to two of their parties (100% guaranteed sell outs)... the first on Saturday 16th July at the superb Dalston Superstore, and the secondat the legendary Horse Meat Disco on Sunday 17th July. The first two of you to let us know the name of the club where Optimo held their long term residency get a pair of guest list spots each to either Saturday or Sunday's party. Please specify DSS or HMD. Answers by noon on Wednesday 13 July to info@stopmakingsense.eu please. AND if you are still thinking of joining us by the seaside .... there are still some great value Ryanair flights to Zadar (which is an easy 30 minute transfer to the festival site) from Stansted... Wed 10 or Fri 12 to Mon 15 for £201 and Wed 10 or Fri 12 to Wed 17 August for £229.

SMS MIX 26 .... DJ PARK RANGER

Park Ranger has been a resident for South London clubbing institution Trouble Vision from day one. A utility Dj that can warm up for a huge variety of artists. From Deep house to 90’s Hip- Hop, future garage to tech house. Depth of knowledge is the main factor for Park Ranger in creating sets which compliment lots of styles of music. This means he is a versatile dj who is very competent at warming up, but definitely has the qualifications to bang it out when needs be. Always one to think of setting the mood for a night. And it’s these factors that have lead him to play at some of the best clubs throughout the UK and further afield with sets at Space in Ibiza. And SMS 2011 of course... Yes!

Here's the mix . Here's his RA Page and Soundcloud shizzle.

SMS AT GOTTWOOD ... SATURDAY 2 JULY

Before we set off for Croatia, we are delighted to be running a stage at the perfectly formed GOTTWOOD electronic jamboree, nestled in an idyllic Welsh forest with a fantastic line up (featuring SMS 2011 favourites THE CORRESPONDENTS and MIDLAND) and host to a super discerning and very up-for-it crowd. Our line up on Saturday 2 July features DAN BEAUMONT, CHRIS COCO, NICK AGHA, COUNT CHOCULA, ROYALTY, GRINGO DA PARADA & SMS residents MADERA VERDE & ALEX NEED2SOUL (click on highlighted djs for mixes). And we have a pair of tickets to give away. Just e mail info@stopmakingsense.eu. Winner picked at random by noon Friday 24 June. Voila!

Mr Scruff // Jamie XX // Lee Foss

Round Table Knights // 
Dan Beaumont

Phil Kieran (Live) // Zeds Dead // Jack Sparrow

The Correspondents // Max Cooper (Live)


DJ Format & Friends // Matanza (Live)


Chris Coco // Perc // Mr Thing // Midland

Monkey Safari // Dark Sky // Deadbeat

My Panda Shall Fly
 // Lorcan Mak // Dom Chung + more...