Against all odds, South East of French Riviera harbour Toulon is to be the world capital of house music for its third year, starting from 07/09 to 07/11, welcoming amongst others Kerri Chandler, DJ Spinna and DJ Grégory + live performances from Savannah to Soldiers Of Twilight to name but a few. Enuff reasons to give you an overview of this unique event, prior sending you regular reports the way we've already done this year with the Miami WMC'…

Loads have been said here and there about that relatively young event, starting from its own nature (strictly dedicated to – genuine - house music as opposed to many others of the likes), its location (in a city – Toulon - far from being glamourous) and its potential future. Well, although many things remain to be done, we'd rather thank the people who while launching its first edition 2 years ago, have given birth to an event with no equivalent in the world.

Those who've experienced it would know what I'm talking about when saying that launching a new event is never an easy thing. So simply imagine the way this can be in a country like France where the first names that would come to people's minds in terms of house music are those of David Guetta, Antoine Clamaran or DJ Rien ; Rien incidentally meaning 'nothing' in French ! In a country where the global bakground is made of post rock and that usual commercial sh***, when not local French sung mainstream !!! Well the Sunslice Festival originators would do it in 2002 for the very first time, they've done in 2003 and they're still around this year, obviously with more experience. We were probably too ambitious the first year, remembers Sunslice Festival CEO, Jean Chiche who also owns local venue Le Bar A Thym best remembered for welcoming memorable after (festival) parties. As a matter of fact, two different stages had ended up being a sort of too much at the period, not to mention the opening time with an allowance from 8:00 pm to 2:00 am, thus resulting in modifications along the time. We hopefully have kept La Tour Royale (an old construction dating from the XVIIIth century) as our main venue, which is more intimate and convenient, but also Le Bar A Thym for the after parties where everything may happen seing DJ's doing impromptu collabs mixwise, following the footsteps Kerri Chandler, Dennis Ferrer and MFSB who would end up spinning altogether the first year, transforming the center stage into a block party craziness alongside live percussionnists from Cuba and Playin' For The City Sax player. Unforgettable, enthuses former Le Bar A Thym resident DJ Bool. This intimacy and brotherhood between our guests is the thing that has given shape to the Festival and makes it so unique. A reality that would easily confirm all of those who've experienced it from Blaze to JoVonn and local face, DJ Titou who happens to be the new resident at Le Bar A Thym. Not to mention Kerri Chandler who's gonna be there for his third time in a raw… And as if it wasn't enuff, we also have chillin beats during the afternoon, living l'Hôtel de la Tour Blanche poolside sounding like a mini Miami WMC' last year to go by the sea this year right in front of DJ Bool brand new venue called La Vague. No doubt, this year should definitely be another one of the likes with Spinna and Grégory adding their names to the history of the event with a real space also for live acts each nite.

The Sun is coming up, once more.

Sunslice Festival 07/09, 10 & 11 in Toulon (France) + addtional party at La Vague on 07/12 with MFSB

More info : sunslice-festival.com