WELCOME TO GLASTONBURY UK - at the HEART of SOMERSET's MAGIC... where you can listen to a wide selection of interviews, reports, sounds and musical features from Glastonbury town and local areas, in the beautiful county of Somerset, England                                    ♥

These recordings were made for radio broadcast, podcasts and this online profile. They represent a cross-section of our community and its events and entertainments, here in our wonderful town and its beautiful green and pleasant surroundings. "Glastonbury always has something going on," say the folks who live here! It must be the top local town for the highest number of entertainment, culture and live music events. happening at any time. 

Glastonbury, or Ynys Witrin as it was known in very early times, was also said to be the Isle of Glass, now better known as the Ancient Isle of Avalon, meaning Isle of Apples. Apple trees and apple orchards are found throughout Somerset, but here in Glastonbury, they hold very special significance because of their history, myth and magic. 

The monks at Glastonbury Abbey claimed to have found the remains of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere within their sanctum. Joseph of Arimathea was said to have brought Jesus here and later the Holy Grail cup, and his walking staff which grew into the Holy Thorn.  Such stories are now legends which bring many pilgrims, seekers of the spirits and explorers of many faiths and of wisdom to the town each year. 

Glastonbury is located in the middle of Somerset, and some call it the county's Green Heart, whilst others say it is the Heart Chakra of the world. Glastonbury Tor was depicted in the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The hymn, 'Jerusalem', from William Blake's poem, was said to have been inspired by the legends of Glastonbury and England's green and pleasant land which surrounds. The Tor with the mighty St Michael's tower on top is our most famous landmark, seen from miles around.

Attractions include the ruins of the once great Abbey; the Tor and St Michael's tower; spiritual and healing connections around Chalice Well; Leylines and earth magic; the Levels and landscape; plus the very unique shopping experience with the town's large number of independent shops or businesses - dedicated to giving customers quality and best service. Our community love and togetherness makes us different to most other towns.  

One event which is known worldwide is, of course, the Glastonbury Festival. 
This three-day musical spectacular is held most years at the end of June, but is NOT in Glastonbury itself - but some 8 miles away in the village of Pilton at Worthy Farm.

Glastonbury's location (now part of the Somerset Levels) once made this hill side community an island, surrounded by water. Boats would have been used to travel to and from nearby settlements.

We hope these recordings will initiate the start of an online Glastonbury Media Bank that will archive and keep a record of Glastonbury in sound, pictures and film for posterity, research, teaching and future generations.

To correspond with Glastonbury UK producers, or offer your help and support, write to glastonburysoundarchive@gmail.com 

If you've never been to see us here in the Ancient Isle of Avalon then a very warm welcome awaits you! Glastonbury has so many places to see and events to watch and entertain you - we can promise you a wonderful and fun packed time when you embrace our community.  

Come and see us real soon.

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Beamed from outer space like a cosmic pied piper , Tristan da Cunha was put on planet earth to make us move. A serious collector & selector with an expansive record archive that has both depth and breadth across the many genres . Match this with his infectious energy behind the decks and you have a sonic force that never fails to move the dance floor and pop the party no matter where he plays. 

With a deep passion for the finest underground dance music his aim is always to free your mind , move your body and elevate your soul . Effortlessly straddling yesterday’s forgotten gems and tomorrow’s classics with one foot in the past and one foot in the future. Always at the cutting edge and never repeating himself with his fluent improvised flow. 

Learning his craft many years ago through his ongoing 16 year residency at the infamous institution BacktoBasics , now about to enter a new exciting phase at The Church in Leeds UK . Also an honorary resident at Glastonbury festival with Block9's kaleidoscopic fun house NYC Downlow which Tristan sights as a 'strobelit utopia' and one of his favourite places on the planet.  Regularly turning it out at some of the finest rave meccas across the planet by himself or with his dynamite Dungeon Meat project alongside Brawther, it’s easy to see why his contribution to the dance floor has seen him span nearly 2 decades and continue to win fans everywhere he goes. Add to all this a trickle of studio productions and remixes topping the sales charts and an emphasis on quality not quantity…  the future looks so bright that da Cunha will have to permanently wear shades.

GIDEÖN
HOMO-CENTRIC RECORDS / NYC DOWNLOW / ADONIS / R3 SOUNDSYSTEM / BLOCK9

GIDEÖN has a background in music spanning 33 years. In addition to his studio practice as a recording artist, his work as a creative director, stage designer and curator, he is also a touring DJ and an avid collector of vinyl. Since his first set of turntables in 1990, GIDEÖN has devoted his life to collecting vinyl from the US, Jamaica, Latin America, Africa, and the UK. He specialises in Northern Soul, Latin, Reggae, Gospel, and Disco rarities. House Music, above all else, is his first and greatest love. 

He is currently Creative Director of a new opera being developed in partnership with English National Opera. He has a degree in Music with Visual Practice (BA Hons) and was guest Creative Director of Music for London Borough of Culture 2022. Recent projects have seen Gideon head up Creative Direction for Dua Lipa’s record breaking Studio 2054, winning the MVA’s Music Video of The Year award. He was production designer for lead artists at Live at Worthy Farm, Glastonbury’s virtual festival livestream. 

As a curator, he programmed two events for Chaka Khan’s Meltdown Festival in summer 2024 and is currently Head of Music at The Roof Gardens in London. Other projects include work with Anohni, Banksy, Imperial War Museum, Finnish Opera House, Hercules & Love Affair, Lana Del Ray, Skrillex, Brian Eno, Roisin Murphey, The Blessed Madonna, Honey Dijon, and Jorja Smith.

GIDEÖN co-founded, co-directs and curates Block9’s festival nightlife institutions The NYC Downlow, Genosys, Maceo’s and IICON at Glastonbury Festival. He is also resident and co-booker at London’s hottest queer club night Adonis. As a radio DJ, GIDEÖN has been actively involved in broadcasting for over three decades. Since cutting his teeth on London’s pirate stations in the late nineties, he hosted a weekly show on London’s Soho Radio for 3 years. Recent guest appearances include New York’s Beats In Space, London’s Rinse FM, NTS Radio and BBC 6 Music. He recently held a residency at BBC Radio 1.

GIDEÖN has been involved in political activism his entire life and is now increasingly focussed on organising hybrid cultural-political events partnering music and protest, often under the banner of R3 Soundsystem. Together with charities Love Music Hate Racism & Stand Up To Racism, GIDEÖN has organised major sound system interventions on many of the Stop Brexit and Stop Trump and Anti-Fascism protests. He is actively involved with fundraising for several LGBTQ+, human rights and social justice organisations including AllOut, Medical Aid For Palestinians, Prepster, Human Dignity Trust and Refugee Community Kitchen. GIDEÖN sits on the advisory committee for The Right to Dance, part of War Child’s NGO Network.

R3 Soundsystem is a consortium of DJs, musicians, producers, record labels, festivals, nightclubs, sound systems, activists, and cultural organisations, all united by love of music and the rejection of right-wing nationalist values. R3’s three Rs stand for RESIST/REJECT/REVOLT.

GIDEÖN’s House Music label HOMO-CENTRIC RECORDS launched to showcase both his solo productions and collaborations with close queer comrades. The label focusses on the LGBTQ+ heritage of House and attempts to pay homage to its lost heroes. Its manifesto states the intent to re-establish the lines of queer musical tradition at the heart of House, lost to AIDS and the capitalist desecration of dance music itself.

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Welcome to Glastonbury Sounds - a collection taken from the 2014 and 2015 Glastonbury Festival Sound Archive.

From interviews with festival workers, stallholders, through to the fans and speech from peforming artistes, these audio compilations cover a wide representation of the sound archive.  

There are so many more sounds to capture for the archive, but so little time to collect them. We're thinking about how we might open up the archive so festival fans can contribute their own recordings from the 5 days; then taking those most popular ones and creating a Sounds Like Glasto archive section and tag search engine.  Could be fun!

People told us they really love the idea of Glastonbury Festival sounds being kept for future listening. Now you can re-live some of the festival sounds here on SoundCloud. On a winter's night you could sit back, press play and remember your fantastic mid summer Glasto' festival weekend. 

Really big HUGE thanks to all those who took part and are now eager to listen back to themselves at home... tell your friends and tell us what you like about this "sound idea" which one day will be a treasure trove of searchable Glasto audio memories.

The Glastonbury Festival Sound Archive has been a voluntary 'labour-of-love' to gather sounds, comments and interviews at every festival. There are just two years here, but the Archive goes back to 1998, always with the kind cooperation of Michael Eavis and Glastonbury Festivals Ltd providing access each year. 
We estimate (minimum) it has grown to well over 20 hours of content. 

If you've enjoyed listening why not 'follow' us and let us  know, via email, why you like listening here, or what it is you would like to hear about over the next 11 months from behind the scenes at your favourite festival? Email Paul and Lisa now: glastonburysoundarchive@gmail.com  

Finding the best way to share this archive with everyone is our aim.
To see what the BBC said about the Sound Archive visit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/somerset/content/articles/2005/11/24/glastonbury_festival_sound_archive_feature.shtml

DJ Lisa Mae and radio producer Paul Lund are the presenter, producers and interviewers in this 2014-2015 series. There have been others over the years who have teamed-up with Paul to make their contribution through recording and interviewing.

Our 2013-2014 Build-Up & Building features were a special project to chart the pre-Festival activity. The build-up has its own buzz and excitement leading up to the main event. From June 1st onwards the speed and volume of activity is emmence - and that's before the stages start pumping the first sounds to all the thousands of lovely fans who'll be here from the 25th June. The 'Take-down' or pack-down also has its sound qualities and worker's views... seeing it all disappear. Perhaps we'll do that one year. 

This is build-glastonburyfestival permalink showing as 'Glastonbury Sounds' on Soundcloud
You can also search here for:

...glastonbury-audio for 'Glastonbury audio'
...glastonburyofficial for 'Glastonbury Festival'
...lisamaeuk for Lisa's DJ page
...glastonbury-uk for 'Glastonbury UK' - which is about the town of Glastonbury




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