Timeless Festival 2024

About the festival

TRANCE & PROGRESSIVE:

VEGAS / D-NOX / HEADROOM/

CELESTIAL VS LISTENER/ DELIRIANT VS RUBIX QUBE/ DRANGED/ GRYPHON-X / I-TONE / JAIME D/ MAC ATTACK / NEXON / TIGERLILY / TUNE RAIDER / VERAX

HOUSE & TECHNO:

8KAYS / BOOKA SHADE- live / JOHN DIGWEED / MONKEY SAFARI / NORA EN PURE / RODRIGUEZ JR.- live

Support acts

ABBY NUROCK/ AUDIOJERK/ ATHIE UMGIDO B2B RUDY JULIUS/ AURALLAURA/ BRIDGES FOR MUSIC/ BRYAN FARROW/ CANDICE HEYNS/ DARU/ DAS KAPITAL/ DEAN FUEL/ DINO MORAN/ DJ AURIS/ ELK/ EMMI IIDA/ ETHAN TAIT/ FOGSHOW/ IVAN TURANJANIN/ JASPER SOMMER / KIM RUPPING/ LADY M B2B B_TYPE/ LITTLE LEIGH X PIXIE BENNETT/ LECTRIC LICKS/ MIKEY J/ PIERRE JOHNSON/ PLAYGROUND TWINS / PSYKE/ RYAN HILL/ SIDES/ MIKEY J/ NYX/ MUTHA FM / NYX / NEYNEY/ NICK E LOUDER/ PIERRE JOHNSON/ PLAYGROUND TWINS/ RYAN HILL/ SHYLO/ TANYA VEE/ THE LOST BOYS/ TRIBALNEED / WETECHNO/ XAVIER DRAGNER/ ZSA ZSA

THE TEMPLE:

WELLNESS AREA (in association with The Leigh Effect)

OPENING CIRCLE: TEMPLE BLESSING/ THE MAGIC OF RITUALS/ SHAMANIC OPENING CEREMONY/ ARYUVEDIC RITUALS / YIN YOGA & GUIDED VISUALISATION / COSMIC SOUND JOURNEY/ GUIDED BREATHWORK/ CONSCIOUS MOVEMENT/ YIN YOGA & SOUND MEDITATION FACILITATORS: KAREN JUSTINE/ MAREE MIRKOVIC/ MICHAELA JUBY/ WILDISH WELLNESS/ KAYLEIGH WEYER/ JANET’S PLANET/ OLIVIA MOON // BLOOM THRU

HEALING TEMPLE (in association with Divine Creations)

REIKI/ SOUL PLAN READINGS/ TAROT CARD READINGS/ INTENTIONAL FACE PAINTING/ ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SMUDGING/ CHAKRA BALANCING/ ROPE FLOW

PLAYY. is pleased to announce the second edition of their 3-day-camping festival in Cape Town, South Africa. Timeless festival will take place between the 5th and 7th April 2024, and will be hosted in one of the best kept secrets of the Cape Overberg, the pristine and serene Elgin Country Club, Grabouw, located one hour from the city. With its breathtaking views of the surrounding mountains, combined with the ambiance of the Eikenhof dam and the flourishing fynbos, this venue will leave you with an overwhelming sense of tranquillity and enchantment.

In April 2024, the festival will play host to 8 internationally recognised acts from the UK, Germany, Switzerland, France, Brazil and Ukraine, headliners include the progressive trance DJ VEGAS, No.1 DJ worldwide according to DJ mag JOHN DIGWEED, top 50 DJ act worldwide NORA EN PURE, Berlin-based heavyweight duo BOOKA SHADE (headlined stages at Coachella, Glastonbury and Red Rocks), progressive house legend D-NOX, award-winning producer Rodriguez Jr., German based dynamic duo Monkey Safari, and Afterlife signee Ukranian sound producer and live act 8Kays.

The stellar local lineup will feature notable acts such as internationally recognized progressive psy-trance artist Headroom, prolific producer and 5FM resident Das Kapital, highly in demand Melodic-Techno artist Ryan Hill. Other memorable acts include Dean Fuel, Ivan Turanjanin, The Fogshow, Lady M, B_Type, Pierre Johnson amongst many others.

This follows the inaugural edition which featured a carefully curated line up with some of the most influential and groundbreaking acts including Grammy-nominated Electronic producer TYCHO, two-time Grammy-nominated Norwegian duo RÖYKSOPP, Grammy award winning act Deep Forest, Dutch producer Eelke Kleijn, German producers Parra For Cuva, Robert Babicz and Maria Die Ruhe, Mexican-born, NY based producer Sainte Vie as well as renowned National artists such as Sun El Musician, DJ Zinhle, Culoe de Song, Leon & Herb, Caiiro, We House Sundays, Enoo Napa, Kid Fonque, Jullian Gomes, Das Kapital, Dean Fuel, Reinhardt Buhr, Roger Goode, Goodluck, and Abbie Nurock to name but a few.

TRANCE & PROGRESSIVE STAGE:

► VEGAS – Paulo Vilela aka VEGAS emerged as a revelation and quickly consolidated his career becoming one of the main names of Brazilian progressive trance. VEGAS has performed at the major electronic music events in Brazil and the world, as well as releasing a remix by Spinnin Records with support from Vini Vici and Armin Van Burren.

► D-NOX – With a DJ career now entering its thirtieth year, D-Nox has become an internationally renowned performer, respected by DJs and clubbers alike for his unusual and innovative sets.The style of his DJ sets is to exhibit the great spectrum of sounds provided by house music; varying through progressive and tech house whilst incorporating aspects of techno and trance. His skill with the vinyl, his impeccable choice of tracks, and his unique charisma combine to provide an exceptional experience.

► HEADROOM – Born and raised in Southern Africa but globally travelled and requested for his unique sound and characterful performances. Well over two decades have been devoted to his craft, fine tuning an evolving and distinctive tech-psystyle.

HOUSE & MELODIC TECHNO STAGE:

►JOHN DIGWEED- English DJ, producer & label owner John Digweed played a key role in developing and popularising the progressive house sound during the 1990s before settling into a niche of prolific live output in the 2000s and 2010s. Voted No. 1 DJ in DJ Magazine’s annual Top 100 DJs poll in 2001, he was also on the list over a dozen times collaborating with acts such as New Order, Underworld, and the Orb.

► NORA EN PURE – South African born, Swiss based international queen of Deep House Nora En Pure, who has graced festival stages such as Coachella, Burning Man, Tomorrowland, and EDC, garnering over 100 million streams across all platforms in the process.

► BOOKA SHADE – LIVE – Iconic German duo Booka Shade, aka Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier, have carved out a reputation as one of the most celebrated electronic acts to come out of Europe over the past two decades. From their seminal underground releases in the ’90s through to their recent GRAMMY nomination, the duo continue to prove exactly why they remain at the heart of electronic music.

► RODRIGUEZ JR. – Award-winning producer & live performer French-born, US-based Rodriguez Jr. has spent 25 years in the industry. His vast experience in all genres of electronic music makes him the visionary of melodic house and techno that he is today. Over the years he has released via the labels such as Anjunadeep and Armada and demanded remixes of Stephan Bodzin, Booka Shade, Eli & Fur, Röyksopp, NTO, Timo Maas and more.

► MONKEY SAFARI – These guys have been busier than a barrel of monkeys, releasing singles on Anjunadeep, scoring a hit with ‘Safe’ on Joris Voorn’s Spectrum imprint, and remixing tunes for artists like Jan Blomqvist, Booka Shade, and Australian super band RÜFÜS DU SOL.

► 8KAYS: (Afterlife) 8Kays is an artistic project founded in 2014 by Iryna Shvydka, the Ukrainian sound-producer, and live act. Her release on Tale Of Us’ label Afterlife has hit hundreds of festivals and intimate club shows, setting a high claimed sound level for 8Kays as the one to follow.

Behind artists such as Ed Sheeran, Ben Howard, Crystal Fighters, Franz Ferdinand, FKJ, Pendulum, Steve Aoki among others, and recognised as one of the UK’s top promoter driving forces across the last 14 years, PLAYY. has hosted events at London’s top venues and won numerous accolades from The Guardian, Time Out, and NME Magazine to mention a few, with DJ Mag naming them “One of London’s most audacious music forces”.

Location

Elgin Grabouw Sports Club

26 Worcester Street

Grabouw

Western Cape

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