A synthesis of the best of all music available at the Sunrise Celebration. Live, Electronic, world beats, folk, ska, reggae. Whatever your taste, you will find it here. Click on band names for more details. Confirmed acts listed below...See the program here page 1, page 2 & page 3

The Orb

The Orb virtually invented the electronic genre known as ambient house, resurrecting slower, more soulful rhythms and providing a soundtrack for early-morning ravers once the clubs closed their doors. Now they invite you to join them to sit back, relax, and drift into 'The Dream'. It's been a busy year for The Orb, recording the album, playing Bestival, and seeing the seminal number 1 album, UFOrb getting a re-release. 'The Dream' sees Alex Paterson and Youth at their blessed, and melodious best. Their history speaks volumes, and the future is certainly bright…
www.myspace.com/orbisms

The Beat

The Beat hailed from working class, industrial Birmingham, England. When The Beat rushed on to the music scene in 1979, it was a time of social, political and musical upheaval. Into this storm came The Beat, trying to calm the waters with their simple message of love and unity set to a great dance beat.The Beat were all about inclusion, rather than exclusion, and this showed in their personnel and their music influences. The six member band consisted of Dave Wakeling on vocals and guitar, Andy Cox on guitar, David Steele on bass, Everett Morton on drums, Ranking Roger on vocals and toasting, and foundational first wave ska legend Saxa on saxophone. The band crossed over fluidly between soul, reggae, pop and punk, and from these disparate pieces they created an infectious dance rhythm. Along with their contemporaries The Specials, The Selecter, and Madness, The Beat became an overnight sensation and one of the most popular and influential bands of the British ska movement.
www.myspace.com/thenewenglishbeat

Dub Pistols

Barry Ashworth and Jason O'Bryan AKA the Dub Pistols have spent the best part of a decade at the forefront of Beats culture. From their early singles for Concrete Records to their genre defying 'Six Million Ways To Live' long player, the Dub Pistols have always added a much needed Rock n Roll swagger to the UK's dance scene. Chewing up hip-hop, dub, techno, ska and punk and spitting them out in a renegade futuristic skank they have consistently defied categorisation and exceeded the highest of expectations.
www.myspace.com/thedubpistols

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System 7

Their style hovers between trance, techno and progressive house - with a unique spacey character that is deeply psychedelic without being typical psy-trance - and the added element of Steve's highly specialised techno guitar.
www.myspace.com/systm7

Baka Beyond

After 15 years of mixing African and Celtic music in equal measures Baka Beyond have become one of the finest danceable bands, creating the sound of the global village. Band members hail from Brittany, Cameroon, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Ghana as well as Britain. Each musician brings their own influence and talent to the music creating a unique spectacle and honouring a lesson learned from the Baka people, "everyone to be listened to".
www.myspace.com/bakabeyond

Oojami

Oojami is the brainchild of Necmi Cavli, originally a native of Bodrum - a popular Turkish holiday resort nestling on the banks of Aegean Sea. He moved to London in the nineties and started DJ'ing his own music in a small basement club in the Turkish quarter of North London. At the time nobody, including himself, predicted the exciting journey that he has was about to undertake. Over the last 6 years Oojami has produced 3 albums (internationally released on Miles Copland's (ex-manager of Sting and the Police) label), played hundreds of gigs in over 15 countries, including a tour of the US/Canada, and featured on more than 30 compilations around the world. Recently he's begun writing soundtracks for major Hollywood movies, and his music has been licensed to EMI Arabia - the biggest label in the Middle East.
www.myspace.com/oojami

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Seize The Day

Festival favourites Seize The Day have been making beautiful music to inspire, enlighten and entertain for more than a decade. Headed by Theo Simon and Shannon Smy, the eight-piece group brings a radical new twist to popular traditions. Famously described as bold, beautiful frontline folk, their songs will make you laugh, cry or get active in changing the world for the better. A huge hit wherever they play, the band walk their talk and can often be found up trees, chained to gates or on protest marches as well as playing at festivals, town halls and benefit gigs across the UK.
www.seizetheday.org

Babyhead

Babyhead's unconventional approach tells you they aren't your average band. Like talented kids in a musical sweet shop they want to mix and match, sticking a dedicated horn section beside infectious heavy dub bass and ska across a hip-hop backbeat (and some funk-focused finesse). Then they'll spit out a layer of lyrical dexterity to improve the brew. Babyhead offer a unique sound with glittering showmanship and unadulterated energy. That's why this eight-piece band is rapidly generating a huge live following. 2007 saw babyhead release their debut album ‘Babyboom Town’ on Cookie Cutter Records with press by Trailer and distribution by Kudos. With a New single due for release in May and the second album in the pipe line 2008 is looking good for the babyhead boys!
http://www.babyhead.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

3 Daft Monkeys

Tim Ashton: Vocals, guitar, whistle, foot drum Athene Roberts: Fiddle, vocals Jamie Waters: Bass. Cornish trio 3 Daft Monkeys combine rousing vocals, frenetic fiddling, rhythmical 12-string guitar, dancing bass and foot drum. Celtic, Balkan, Gypsy, Latino, Cornish or other World Music, its all there in the 3 Daft Monkeys' sound. Far too diverse to be pigeonholed into one genre, 3DM traverse Dance, Dub, Punk, Reggae and Traditional Folk with ease, creating a stunning blend of upbeat, danceable music which somehow, despite all its world influences remains undeniably British. Whatever your taste in music, 3 Daft Monkeys offer something special and their unique blend of high octane, funked-up folk is guaranteed to get you dancing!
http://www.myspace.com/3daftmonkeys

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Orchid -Star

Put together by Pete Ardron, initially as a vehicle to perform music he had written for DJ sets, mostly for chill-out rooms. The sound is lush and colourful with a strong world music influence — Indian, Arabic, Celtic, African and more - fused with everything from psychedelic chill and dub to drum & bass and funk. Part electronic, part live — vocalists — Myo and Samanta Ray, guitar & bass — Pierre Luigi, electric fiddle — Kait Farbon, full-size marimba — Becky Dell, percussionists — Jon Bongly and Becky keyboards - Pete, dancers Diane Everitt and SandRa and occasionally more.
www.myspace.com/peteardronsorchidstar

Baraka

BARAKA is a 5 piece World Music Band (Ben Baddoo) from Ghana on percussion, balafon and vocals, Brendan Whitmore from Carlow Eire on Tenor and Soprano Sax, Flute, Harmonica and vocals, Simi Zeco — Vocals Guitar. Born in Zambia, Royston Gage —Vocals Bass, born in the Commonwealth of Dominica and Mark Bradley — Drums Born in Belfast) based in Bristol, which takes as its inspiration the music of West Africa, South Africa, The Caribbean and Ireland, to produce its own unique and original sound. The result is a heady mix of global beats, intricate rhythms and soaring melodies.
www.barakamusic.co.uk

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The Summits

Last year, The Summits gave away a free CD of their music on the cover of Festival Eye. Suddenly, even hard core hippies were whistling the catchy tunes and tapping their toes to their infectious rock rhythms. After triumphant performances at Glastonbury. The Big Green Gathering and, of course, the Sunrise main stage, the Summits returned to their native Yorkshire to rest, recover and regroup. This year, they're back, ready to ascend to the next level on the mountain of rock and roll. If you're hoping to get high and have a good time at Sunrise this year, the Summits will take you all the way to the top!
www.myspace.com/thesummitsuk

Planetman & The Internationalz

UNITE! UNITE! UNITE! //you are not alone/ everybody else is here with you/ you don't need to feel so strange/ we are all the same/ and I would like to tell you how it feels/ it feels so natural/ to be with you// unite, unite/ let us all just cease to fight/ unite, unite/ let us all just see the light// you and me are one/ even though we live so far away/ we don't need to feel alone/ we share the planet everyday/ and I would like to tell you how it feels/ it feels so natural/ to be with you// unite!
www.myspace.com/planet7

Emergence

Emergence is an acoustic Indo-fusion band from the International Utopian Township of Auroville, South India. Emergence’s music is a blend of diverse cultural backgrounds and musical experience. Singing in English, Tamil and French, Emergence pushes the boundaries of their own cultural identities. The multi-layered harmonic textures of guitar and poetical lyricism played by Krishna blend with the sublime melodies of the carnatic idiom, played on the violin and sung in Tamil by Kirupa. This, backed by the expressive exploration of tallams, funk, and jazz rhythmical grooves of Lowell Harrison, and the exquisite bass playing of the renowned Mishko M’Ba, is the unique fusion of Emergence.
www.myspace.com/emergencemusic

The Mirettes

Formed in early 2007, The Mirettes have been praised by such bands as ska legends, Reel Big Fish. Also rescently winning the Mid Somerset Battle of the Bands (in which they recieved a slot at the Sunrise Celebration) The Mirettes in such a short time have moved from strength to strength. Drawing influences from over the musical spectrum. After playing at legendary venues, The Cavern and Moles Club, The Mirettes are set to please all crowds with their fun for all Ska-Punk. ''The Mirettes rock ass!'' - Aarron Barrett (Reel Big Fish)
www.myspace.com/themirettesuk