The Big Chill invites you in to witness its words in motion.

In part a celebration of The Big Chill's tenth birthday, in part an evolution into an as yet unchartered artistic area, The Big Chill is delighted to announce its debut book, Crossfade : A Big Chill Anthology. Produced in partnership with the small, progressive publishing house, Serpent's Tail, editors Pete Lawrence and Vicki Howard are very excited to bring you this new book, a little under a year after it was first dreamt up.

Crossfade : A Big Chill Anthology addresses the notion of musical genres and the way in which they have influenced key musicians, DJ's and Big Chiller's lives. Taking a personal and enthusiastic approach, these ten essays get under the skin of different epochs and areas of music, questioning and redefining boundaries in a manner typical of The Big Chill. This is not an anthology of critical and cold analysis; it breathes the energy and passsion that music inspires in so many and the way in which The Big Chill represents merging and emergent areas of music.

Writers are Susanna Glaser, Ally Fogg, Pete Lawrence, Tony Marcus, Mixmaster Morris, Hillegonda Rietveld, Alan James, Stuart Borthwick, Guy Morley and DJ Derek, covering topics such as bleep, chill-out, jazz, folk and nostalgia. Also included is an introduction by Pete Lawrence and Vicki Howard.

Crossfade will be on sale at this year's Eastnor Castle festival, 30th, 31st July - 1st August, and also through bookshops and outlets around the UK from Autumn onwards.

Enjoy !

The Big Chill crew,