The festival takes place on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th of September across four key venues in Brick Lane and The Big Chill Bar will be representing with a line-up of epic proportions!

Saturday 18th sees a Big Chill favourite heading up the bill - the legendary Mixmaster Morris! Joining Morris on the bill will be some of the very finest DJ’s London has to offer… Earl Gateshead, the How’s My Raving? VIP Crew, Dollop DJ’s, DJ Khalil & DJ Rags (Livin’ Proof), Firas (Filthy Few), the Main Squeeze DJs and Big Chill Bar regulars, Bam Bam Sound.

Time: 2pm - 2am
Price: FREE

Sunday 19th sees the Purple Radio DJ’s kick off proceedings before the powerhouse that is Dom Servini steps up to take you higher rounding off a weekend of seriously powerful music.

Time: 2pm - 2am
Price: FREE

This event is proudly sponsored by Savannah. Drink sensibly kids.

This year the Kenyan Orphan Project (KOP) was invited to assist and take part at The Big Chill.

A team of medical students representing KOP helped to run the Information Tent on site and at the same time gave out leaflets on KOP Projects and the work of the charity in Western Kenya. The theme for raising awareness this year was sanitation and water projects and how simple measures and interventions can be used to prevent the spread of disease drastically improve the lives of children and young people.

The message being given was:

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Thousands of school children in Kenya are suffering from the effects of dirty water and poor sanitation because the facilities are not adequate in many schools. The result is the death of thousands of children each year as well as poor health and reduced school attendance and educational attainment. Clean water and improved sanitation are as important as books and uniforms in ensuring quality education. Without the proper facilities many school children, especially girls, stay away from school or attend schools but suffer the consequences of inadequate water and sanitation provision.

A lack of sanitary products for girls is also one of the main reasons for absenteeism amongst teenage girls. Up to five school days a month can be lost. Young children are particularly vulnerable to water borne and communicable diseases that arise through unsafe water, lack of adequate toilet facilities and poor hand washing practices. The effects are large numbers of child deaths, ill health and large rates of school absenteeism and impaired education. But these diseases can be easily prevented with simple and relatively affordable measures that can improve the water and sanitation provision in schools and improve the health and lives of the children so desperately want and need an education.

The provision of safe drinking water, hand washing facilities and enough clean toilets can do a great deal to improve school attendance and performance as well as preventing deaths and reducing ill health. KOP is working with a variety of schools in promoting child health and education and addressing the water and sanitation challenges facing school environments is a hugely important part of ensuring a safe and prosperous future for some of Africa’s most needy children.

The students had a great time and below are just a few of their comments:

• ‘I really enjoyed The Big Chill and also helping out in the information tent’

• ‘Had an awesome weekend thank you, please thank everyone for organising our part in the weekend, it was brilliant and everything seemed to run smoothly! I saw Dan’s performance, it was fab, think a lot of people really enjoyed it.’

• ‘We were looked after well and it was a great team to work with.’

• ‘The boss of the info centre was really nice and made sure that we had what we needed.’

• ‘Big Chill was fun! The students seemed to be having a great time.’

• ‘I just wanted to say a big thank you for the chance to go to The Big Chill this year! We all had a great time and the work was actually quite fun. We managed to hand out leaflets and chatted to people about KOP. Dan’s talk was really, really good.’

In addition to the student involvement, Dr. Dan Magnus, paediatrician and lecturer in Maternal and Child Health, a co-founder and Trustee of KOP presented in the Words and Motion tent, with tales of heartache, hope, singing, dancing, triumph and tragedy from the tribal lands of western Kenya. It was story of the efforts to rescue a generation of orphans and vulnerable children amidst the myths and the mayhem of a country ravaged by poverty and disease, but enriched and strengthened by its music and its people.

His presentation was very well received and made people really think about hardships being endured so many children in Kenya.

Everyone can support the work of KOP and more information is available about KOP projects and how you can help by visiting the KOP website www.KOPafrica.org.

About KOP

The Kenyan Orphan Project was started in 2001 by medical students at Nottingham University in response to the worsening global problems of poverty and the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Since then KOP has been working on health, education and social welfare projects with the aim to fight against poverty, disease, social exclusion and injustice amongst orphans and vulnerable children in Kenya. The roots of improving the health and lives of children lie in medicine and basic freedoms - from disease and poor sanitation, from improved education and illiteracy, from economic and financial hardship, from gender and social inequality and from oppression and war.

KOP has links in Kisumu in western Kenya where poverty, disease and deprivation levels are about as bad here as anywhere in Kenya and their work is focussed at a grass roots, community level in areas beyond the reach of large scale aid.

For 9 years KOP has been sending groups of university students over to Kenya to assist with project programmes and this year university groups from Nottingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Southampton, Kings College, Barts, Warwick, Leicester and Leeds are undertaking the practical learning experience (approx 160 students). In addition to student involvement, KOP has also led trips for doctors and nurses during which free rural outreach medical camps for people with little or no access to healthcare have been organised.

By generating financial and material support they can directly support projects as well as spread an understanding and awareness of the issues relating to development and international health. These issues form the foundation for new generations of people committed to improving the lives of others. Good partnerships and collaboration between international groups and local Information non-governmental organisations working ‘from the bottom-up’ seem to offer the best possible working solutions to the issues surrounding sustainability.

In this respect the position of KOP is clear. KOP works independently as a charity in the UK, but also in partnership with local project groups in Kenya. The essence of KOP is about support to communities and people who are suffering or are disadvantaged through poverty, the burden of disease or lack of access to adequate health care and education. It is also about empowering individuals and communities to be self-sufficient and to build a future free from disadvantage. By directing effort towards local groups and organisations KOP aims to create sustainable projects that will continue to assist local people in the long term, not just to provide temporary relief. With involvement in a range of different activities, across all aspects of life, KOP aims to improve communities as a whole and not just in one area of development.

During 2010 KOP has been committing support towards:

1. Refurbishment, opening and running of the KOP/HOVIC Night Shelter for Street Children in Kisumu
2. Meals, school fees and vocational training for 100 children attending the KOP/HOVIC Street Children centre
3. Meals and rainwater harvesting for KOP/Ombeyi orphan feeding centre
4. Provision of school meals, kitchen/cooking facilities, rainwater harvesting for 600 primary children at Kunya Primary School
5. Initiation of income generating programmes/agriculture for Kunya Primary School/community
6. Building of classrooms and the complete infrastructure development at Alendu Primary School
7. Ensure the opening and delivery of outpatient services at KOP/Kadinda Health Centre
8. Support for meal provision and income generating activities at KOP/Kochogo orphan feeding centre
9. Provision of school fees and foster support for 34 orphans and support/capacity building for VIMA The coming year is set to be exciting and full of energy.

An example of one of the projects is the Alendu Primary School, pictured right in its condition before the KOP programme started in the summer of 2009 and is scheduled for completion in the autumn of 2010:

The projected KOP funding support to projects for 2009 was £187,400 although due to generous funding support developments within certain projects the total at the end of this year (2010) is likely to exceed £450,000.

However raising funds is always a challenge and the programme for 2010 and into 2011 looks equally demanding and we are already committed to supporting the existing projects and we are also exploring new proposals which during the next year will require a minimum of £500k.

The road to success is never easy - but KOP, with the help of all our supporters, is determined to rise to that challenge and together we can make a significant contribution to reducing the suffering of children who are currently living amidst poverty, neglect and disease.

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BIG CHILL 08.08.10 (greg wilson live mix) by gregwilson

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Chris Coco’s new album, ‘Feel Free Live Good’,  is available now;

On CD:

Rough Trade

Phonica

Piccadilly

Amazon

For download:

Juno

Beatport

iTunes

To celebrate the release of his new album, Chris will be DJing at two album launch parties - the first at The Big Chill Bar Bristol, on Saturday 21st August and the second on Saturday 28th August at The Big Chill Bar Brick Lane.

Get a taster of what to expect from Chris by tuning in to his Melodica online radio show (which has been short listed for a BT Digital Music Award in the Best Radio Show or Podcast category) - just click here!

Chris Coco has created a wonderful set of tunes on Feel Free Live Good. After multiple adventures with the band City Reverb, DJ’ing for Robbie Williams, and his usual circuit of global DJ dates, compilations, mixes and radio shows Coco took some time out. He spent a few months preparing these musical delights at 99, his studio in Camden, London. With the help of a laptop, a microphone, some very old synths and a bunch of good friends Feel Free Live Good was born. It was a very relaxed process, friends would pop in and lay down vocals and musical parts for Coco to manipulate and process.

“It’s amazing what you can get people to do for a bowl of pasta and a couple of glasses of Rioja,” reflects Coco on the laidback but fruitful recording experience. Though the music ranges from deep house to ambient to chillout to dub it is all held together by an atmospheric, almost romantic feel that is a soul of any Chris Coco production. The title track, Feel Free Live Good, is a little darker but is a mantra for modern, post meltdown living, like a C21 version of the wartime slogan - Keep calm and carry on. The album works on many levels, at a beach side barbecue or in an intimate setting, but there is enough going on for it be a good headphone listen too.

The album is built around Summertime, a simple and effective song that has been drifting out of all the right beachfront bars in Ibiza since last summer. Either side of this are My Beach House, featuring some fine Spanish guitar work from Nick, actually a Belgian who hasn’t been to a beach for five years; and Fizz, a cheeky cocktail bar number with the real sound of champagne corks popping integrated into the rhythm. The album artwork was created by Anthony Burrill and the No Days Off design studio. Anthony has also made some limited edition screen prints of the slogan.

Other musical highlights include album closer Fragile Beauty, coming on like the soundtrack for a tragic French love story; City Knows Your Name, a dubby workout about lost love in Tokyo featuring Japanese poet Iko; and Beards Of Paradise, a solid slice of dubby space disco. My Beach House, the first single from the album came out on June 7th featuring the original version plus remixes from Brendon Moeller/Beat Pharmacy and Red Rack Em.

www.chriscoco.com

www.myspace.com/chriscococo

www.mixcloud.com/chriscoco

Get a taster of what to expect from Chris by tuning in to his Melodica online radio show (which has been short listed for a BT Digital Music Award in the Best Radio Show or Podcast category) - just click here!

Chris Coco’s ‘Feel Free Live Good’  is available now;

On CD:

Rough Trade

Phonica

Piccadilly

Amazon

For download:

Juno

Beatport

iTunes

Chris Coco has created a wonderful set of tunes on Feel Free Live Good. After multiple adventures with the band City Reverb, DJ’ing for Robbie Williams, and his usual circuit of global DJ dates, compilations, mixes and radio shows Coco took some time out. He spent a few months preparing these musical delights at 99, his studio in Camden, London. With the help of a laptop, a microphone, some very old synths and a bunch of good friends Feel Free Live Good was born. It was a very relaxed process, friends would pop in and lay down vocals and musical parts for Coco to manipulate and process.

“It’s amazing what you can get people to do for a bowl of pasta and a couple of glasses of Rioja,” reflects Coco on the laidback but fruitful recording experience. Though the music ranges from deep house to ambient to chillout to dub it is all held together by an atmospheric, almost romantic feel that is a soul of any Chris Coco production. The title track, Feel Free Live Good, is a little darker but is a mantra for modern, post meltdown living, like a C21 version of the wartime slogan - Keep calm and carry on. The album works on many levels, at a beach side barbecue or in an intimate setting, but there is enough going on for it be a good headphone listen too.

The album is built around Summertime, a simple and effective song that has been drifting out of all the right beachfront bars in Ibiza since last summer. Either side of this are My Beach House, featuring some fine Spanish guitar work from Nick, actually a Belgian who hasn’t been to a beach for five years; and Fizz, a cheeky cocktail bar number with the real sound of champagne corks popping integrated into the rhythm. The album artwork was created by Anthony Burrill and the No Days Off design studio. Anthony has also made some limited edition screen prints of the slogan.

Other musical highlights include album closer Fragile Beauty, coming on like the soundtrack for a tragic French love story; City Knows Your Name, a dubby workout about lost love in Tokyo featuring Japanese poet Iko; and Beards Of Paradise, a solid slice of dubby space disco. My Beach House, the first single from the album came out on June 7th featuring the original version plus remixes from Brendon Moeller/Beat Pharmacy and Red Rack Em.

www.chriscoco.com

www.myspace.com/chriscococo

www.mixcloud.com/chriscoco

Get a taster of what to expect from Chris by tuning in to his Melodica online radio show (which has been short listed for a BT Digital Music Award in the Best Radio Show or Podcast category) - just click here!

Chris Coco’s ‘Feel Free Live Good’  is available now;

On CD:

Rough Trade

Phonica

Piccadilly

Amazon

For download:

Juno

Beatport

iTunes

Chris Coco has created a wonderful set of tunes on Feel Free Live Good. After multiple adventures with the band City Reverb, DJ’ing for Robbie Williams, and his usual circuit of global DJ dates, compilations, mixes and radio shows Coco took some time out. He spent a few months preparing these musical delights at 99, his studio in Camden, London. With the help of a laptop, a microphone, some very old synths and a bunch of good friends Feel Free Live Good was born. It was a very relaxed process, friends would pop in and lay down vocals and musical parts for Coco to manipulate and process.

“It’s amazing what you can get people to do for a bowl of pasta and a couple of glasses of Rioja,” reflects Coco on the laidback but fruitful recording experience. Though the music ranges from deep house to ambient to chillout to dub it is all held together by an atmospheric, almost romantic feel that is a soul of any Chris Coco production. The title track, Feel Free Live Good, is a little darker but is a mantra for modern, post meltdown living, like a C21 version of the wartime slogan - Keep calm and carry on. The album works on many levels, at a beach side barbecue or in an intimate setting, but there is enough going on for it be a good headphone listen too.

The album is built around Summertime, a simple and effective song that has been drifting out of all the right beachfront bars in Ibiza since last summer. Either side of this are My Beach House, featuring some fine Spanish guitar work from Nick, actually a Belgian who hasn’t been to a beach for five years; and Fizz, a cheeky cocktail bar number with the real sound of champagne corks popping integrated into the rhythm. The album artwork was created by Anthony Burrill and the No Days Off design studio. Anthony has also made some limited edition screen prints of the slogan.

Other musical highlights include album closer Fragile Beauty, coming on like the soundtrack for a tragic French love story; City Knows Your Name, a dubby workout about lost love in Tokyo featuring Japanese poet Iko; and Beards Of Paradise, a solid slice of dubby space disco. My Beach House, the first single from the album came out on June 7th featuring the original version plus remixes from Brendon Moeller/Beat Pharmacy and Red Rack Em.

www.chriscoco.com

www.myspace.com/chriscococo

www.mixcloud.com/chriscoco

SolarAid volunteers gather on the first day of the festival.

SolarAid once again graced the Malvern Hills as an official partner at The Big Chill Festival in 2010.  SolarAid showcased their work in Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya and Zambia, whilst providing a phone charging service to all those festival-goers with low batteries (of the mobile phone kind) using solar power. The platform allowed SolarAid to communicate its commitment to fight both climate change and poverty in a fun, easy going and picturesque setting.

The Sun King (second from right) and volunteers pose with one of our two mobile solar roller charging units.

The volunteer base SolarAid has is bigger than ever and this year 80 volunteers and staff members dressed in solar themed fancy dress to deliver SolarAid’s key messages both on stage and off as compères, phone-chargers, technicians, and yoga instructors (to name a few). Fashion designer James Randall’s Sun King costume outshone the competition, successfully catching the public imagination (see above). Meanwhile the solar roller teams offered phone charging on the move, using the innovative mobile units in the main arena.

The SolarAid Buskers' Stage (powered by Firefly) offered live music and performances throughout the day.

The SolarAid Buskers’ Stage and Sun Hut
SolarAid’s Sun Hut acted as a haven for all things solar. Next door to the solar powered SolarAid Buskers’ Stage (powered by Firefly) it was the ideal location to listen to the best live music on offer or to simply lounge on bean bags and cushions. Hugely successful, SolarAid charged more than 1,200 phones generating over £5,000 in the process.

A happy festival-goer purchases a new pair of Havaianas flipflops in exchange for a £10 donation to SolarAid.

Havaianas and Ocean Events
For this year’s festival SolarAid partnered with Havaiainas and Ocean Events, who together raised almost £8000. Festival-goers were invited to exchange old flip-flops, plus a £10 donation to SolarAid, for a brand new pair of self-designed Havaianas. With 100% of all donations going to SolarAid, total takings for the weekend rose to £12,758. SolarAid would like to thank Havaianas and Ocean Events for a fantastic contribution.

Words by Ralph Greenland.

Featuring a whole host of tip-top tunes from the likes of Dave Brubeck, Jazzanova, Domu, The Sugarhill Gang, Floating Points, as well fellow Ninja Tuners DJ Food and Bonobo and several of his own compositions too!

Mr Scruff DJ Mix from the Revellers Tent, Big Chill, Saturday 7th August 2010 by Mr Scruff

But that’s not all from our favourite tea-enthusiast, oh no! He’s only gone and uploaded Saturday’s soulful selection from Trout, as well as a whopping 10hrs+ of the Sunday sessions from the ‘Make Us A Brew‘ tea-tent, featuring DJ’s Pete Masters, Dr. Sid, Mikey Don, Kwasi and, of course, Mr. Scruff himself. Enjoy!

Saturday Session
Trout - DJ set from the ‘Make Us A Brew’ Tea Tent, Big Chill, Saturday 6th August 2010 by Andrea Trout

Sunday Session pt. 1
Sunday Session at the Scruff Tea Tent, Big Chill, 8th Aug 2010 (Pt 1 w/DJs Pete Masters & Dr. Sid) by Mr Scruff

Sunday Session pt. 2
Sunday Session at the Scruff Tea Tent, Big Chill, 8th Aug 2010 (Pt 2 w/Mikey DON, Mr Scruff & Kwasi) by Mr Scruff

Photo by Greg Funnell / ActionAid

ActionAid would like to say a massive thank you to Chillers who took action at this year’s festival and supported their campaign to put hunger back in the headlines. Seven thousand festival-goers joined the campaign to make world leaders tackle the hunger scandal.

There are some amazing photos from ActionAid’s four days at the festival, including portraits of thousands of people doing their bit to end hunger by making their own front page news. You can check out all their photos here.

Hunger affects a billion people worldwide, damaging their health, their work, and their children’s chances of an education.

Ten years ago hunger was big news. Everyone was talking about it, and world leaders made a promise to halve hunger by 2015. Since then the number of people going hungry has gone up, not down. They will break their promise unless they take urgent action and back a global rescue package at the next UN summit in September.

It’s not too late to take action, so get involved today by telling the new development Minister, Andrew Mitchell, to pledge his support for ending hunger - please click here to find out more.

ActionAid is a global movement, working to end poverty. You can find out more here.

As well as keeping you up to date with all the latest news from around the festival site, interviews with artists and live sessions from bands, the Big Chill Radio team also enrolled the skills of some of the finest DJ’s in attendance at the festival, coaxing them into their bijou studio to bring you some exclusive mixes and now, they’ve started uploading them to their Mixcloud page, so you can relive the festival in the comfort of your own home!

You can find the first mixes added to the BC Radio Mixcloud page embedded below. Keep watching the Big Chill Radio Mixcloud page (or better still if you’re signed up to Mixcloud, follow them for all the latest updates).