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Top marks to these guys, I think this is an excellent move and shall definitely be down there. Fantastic selection of acts including family, friends and favourites such as Clark (AV Show), Martyn, Pinch, DJ Die, Close (aka Will Saul), Arkist & Komon, Skudge, Indigo, Also (Appleblim & Al Tourettes), Bass Clef, Cheeba, Behling & Simpson, Eliphino, Typesun and Face & Heel.

For the full line up or to buy tickets head over to http://www.arcfestival.co.uk/

We've just been told there are but a few tickets remaining for one of our favourite annual parties and this year the whole Chrome Kids family shall be there as we host the Bank Holiday Sunday in the 'Was I There?' room of Troyfest at Baskerville Hall which takes place from Friday 3rd to Monday 6th May.

As I said the whole family shall be repping with...

Stagga
Bodhi
elmono
Kaptin Is Dead
SnowSkull
Falcon Lake
Jauge

all playing plus on our line up we also have...

Mr Healan
Blured
Ratcatcher
The Kreamy Kat
Mr Ben

Basically our room is ridiculously tight with undoubtedly some of the finest talent that Wales has to offer. Not to be outdone though Delete who are hosting the Saturday night have some tasty House DJs for you too with some of our favourites alongside the cream of Welsh residents and a headline slot from Jeremy Underground Paris.

Jeremy Underground Paris (My Love Is Underground)
Chesus aka Earl Jeffers (CRST / Darkhouse Fam / Metabeats)
The Organ Grinder
Clare James
Andrew Hill
Matt Owen
Lee Graves
Marc Parsons
Dave Little
Joey P
Soul Rebel
Rikki Humphrey
James Christopher and Scott Mantle
Dave Llewellyn
Ryan Housemasters Brown

Plus there are tons of other incredible party bands and DJs, for the price and size of the festival it's pretty damn impressive. For the whole line up check their website. If you're real quick you might even snatch those last few tickets. Trust us last year was serious fun with the friendliest crowd ever... and this year the line up is that much better.

Chrome Kids Radio Show (Mar - April 2013) by Chrome Kids on Mixcloud

I still struggle when trying to describe what it is we play on the show, but as we step into spring whilst still in the grip of a bitter winter it starts to make ever more sense. For those non commital types amongst you, here's a selection of tracks from the show. If you dig them, chances are the show was made just for you.

Just saw a Tweet from Kastle saying that Bodhi's new Justin Timberlake booty has been smashing up SXSW. Exciting news, somebody invite them over for next year! Grab yourselves a copy if you don't have it already.

Those of you who actually read these posts may remember us mentioning one of our family members called elmono the other day. Well we can now let you know that his 'debut' outing will be the first release on Pinch's new Cold Recordings label and that he shall be playing in the Tectonic hosted Room 2 at Fabric this Friday. For a taster of what to expect, check out his Fabriclive Promo mix below and a mini interview with him over on the Fabric site.

From our extended family comes Blured. A compadre of the Chrome Kids for many years, he has just released a vinyl only monster of a Techno tune in the shape of 'It's Quite'. It provides the 1st outing for label YCO, which is run by another group of our boys from back in Cardiff (also the crew behind the excellent City Bass nights). You seriously need to check the swagger on this track. It's already been getting heavy rotation from Martyn, Jackmaster, Boddika, Gingy and Bordello.

With their 'Culture' EP riding high on the playlists of Skream, Gilles Peterson, FaltyDL, Machinedrum and Rob Da Bank amongst many others, we shall forgive Bodhi for missing a month in their monthly Groove Series (they did slip out a Mixmag mix instead to be fair). This is another killer mix of Housey, Garagey vibes from the boys, much in keeping with its name.