ONCE THE QUINTESSENTIAL ‘BUSH DOOF’, FRACTANGULAR HAS MATURED INTO A FULLY FLEDGED ALTERNATIVE MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL HERE IN TASMANIA. WITH ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC STILL VERY MUCH AT THE CORE, THE FESTIVAL HAS EXPANDED ITS ‘LIVE MUSIC’ OFFERING, ADDED A CIRCUS COMPONENT AND GROWN ITS ARTS PROGRAM.
Like its bigger mainland cousins, Rainbow Serpent and Maitreya, Fractangular has deep roots in the global electronic trance scene that encompasses the Earth through both the artists playing and nomadic travellers heading from one exotic location to the next. Tasmania has now been added to this map.
The electronic stage for 2015 will be headlined bytechno and trance Producers Perfect Stranger (Israel),Electrypnose(Switzerland) and Talpa (Serbia), plus glitch/dubstep producersOpiuo (New Zealand) and Beats Fatigue (Netherlands) so far announced. Established Australian DJs and producers, Terrafractyl, Shadow FX, Ryanosaurus, Legohead, Positive Thought, Legacy and Ozzy all feature alongside Tasmania’s best home grown talent.
Entertainment on the ‘live stage’ has doubled with national acts so far announced including, Puta Madre Brothers, Bob Log III, Blunderbuss, Ganga Giri, Crooked Fiddle Band and Combat Wombat.
Added to this are local musicians Brian Ritchie, GuerillaZingari, Taiko Drummers, The Lawless Quartet, Sin and Tonics, Brad Gillies, Daniel Townsend, Helen Crowther and The Dead Maggies.
What has made the festival even more well-rounded is the inclusion of a performing arts program with performances by Australia’s legendary street buskerDeadly Serious, Ivana B Serious, Pop Up Shell, Mez, Sands Family Circus andCirc’S’Cool Flying Trapeze plus sideshow displays. The 2015 Workshopsprogram has evolved to cover visual arts, craft, music and health including massage, yoga, tai chi, circus, acrobalance and flying trapeze.
The entire site will be decked out with a variety of installation art visible both in the day and night, and for the first time an Art Trail will feature, with submissions open to the general public. The Art Trail carries a first prize of $500 judged by a panel.
To enter, head over to the Fractangular website, www.fractangular.com.au
The festival is all ages (with parental supervision) and set up to be family friendly, with separate family camping grounds and a kids play zone. A market precinct is a buzzing hub of food, arts, crafts, clothes, incense, buskers, coffee, kids and The Velveteen Lounge and Bar – a warm and friendly space to engage in or just kick back and watch it all dance by.
First round and second roung tickets to the festival have already sold out, third round tickets are currently on sale until sold out, these are limited.
Fractangular runs from February 6 – 8 at Buckland in the State’s South East. Tickets are on sale now from The Homestead, Ruffcut Records and online from www.moshtix.com.au
Erin Lawler
