Chill-Out Festival, Çesme, Turkey 23/7/10

A festival by the beach is ALWAYS a winner – especially if the beach is pristine and the water is crystal clear. Chill-Out Festival boasts such an enviable environment for a musical event. Turkey has also nurtured a “good music” crowd led by such clubs as the Babylon franchise who has stuck to a non-mainstream music policy and it’s no surprise then that the twenty and thirty-somethings of Turkey come to gather and party at this mini-festival consisting of Kraak and Smaak (doing a live set), Futureboogie, Mad Mats and of course the CB’s – the Cuban Brothers live band.

We were a man short as Archerio was attending a wedding elsewhere but we nevertheless had the crowd dancing and the music pumping!

Çesme was a great place to hang out too. A port with a pretty thoroughfare and marina, a thriving night life and really good seafood.

Big thanks to Jan, Serkan and crew for the hospitality and also to Gül and the Babylon team for looking after us on out downtime. I hope to see you guys again soon!