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From the wonderful crew at Brownswood Recordings today:

"                                        BROWNSWOOD TRIP TO WORLDWIDE FESTIVAL

Come with Brownswood to Gilles Petersons' Worldwide Festival in Sete, South of
  France, Thursday July 3rd to Monday July 7th 2008. The festival, curated by
  Gilles Peterson, offers great music in a beautiful outdoor setting and is
  our favourite festival of the year, the line up this year includes:

Madlib, The Cinematic Orchestra, Benga, Laurent Garnier, Henrik Schwarz, Little Dragon, Zero DB, Toshio Matsuura.....

Get involved in the Brownswood  trip from London to the festival.

The line-up is below and is spread
  over 3 days in 3 venues, and we have found 2 accommodation options (please
  note that there is no on-site accommodation, so the choices are in public
  hotels and campsites).

OPTION 1 - £500
  This includes standard class return train travel from London St. Pancras to
  Paris (eurostar) and onwards from Paris to Sete, a VIP ticket to all 3
  nights of the festival, at least one meal with the organisers and some of
  the artists, and a 3* hotel room for 4 nights close to the venues. The hotel
  room is either a double or a twin room shared with one other person or a
  single person supplement is available if preferred.

OPTION 2 - £350
  All of the above, but substituting the hotel room with self-catering camping
  at a local 4* campsite next to the beach. You would need to bring your own
  tent and the campsite is approx 5 miles (8 Kms) from the venues.
  (Please note that the campsite also has 2 bedroom chalets which would be a
  good option for 3 or more sharing).

There are various optional activities being organised which you are welcome
  to join in (or not as you please).

PLEASE BE WARNED...!!! WE will be taking photo's of your antics for the BROWNSWOOD BLOG

The plan is as follows:

DAY 1 (Thursday July 3rd)

Eurostar from London to Paris first thing in the
  morning. Lunch in Paris followed by TGV train from Paris to Sete. Upon
  arrival you will be invited to attend the opening ceremonies and then the
  festival begins that evening.

"the bPm touchin' down in Sete"

DAY 2 (Friday July 4th)

the festival in full effect

"Gilles kicking of the festivities."

DAY 3 (Saturday July 5th)

the festival in even fuller effect!

"Simbaaaaaaaaad rocking out the Beach Party massiv."

DAY 4 (Sunday July 6th)

Day off in Sete or optional participation in organised activities including a local wine tasting.

"I think thats the VIP room at the end of the beach :-)"

DAY 5 (Monday July 7th)

return to London via Paris on TGV and Eurostar, to
  arrive back in London by early evening.

"Home Time :-( ..."

What I wouldn't give to be a part of that trip. Sponsorship welcome..I will wear your t-shirts, shoes or jeans whilst drinking your designer water/vodka and plugging you on cubikmusik every day. Etc, etc. :)

Check out some of last year's festival highlights...

A nice element to the festival is the talent search that is open to both solo artists and bands (signed or unsigned) from around the globe and unique in its purpose to discover original and ground-breaking artists. The Worldwide Talent Search is in the spirit of the Worldwide Festival music policy and Gilles's passion for eclectic music across many genres. Details here.

If you wanna just get a ticket for the festival you can do so here.

Some Brownswood releases to tickle your fancy here, here and here. Also towards the end of the video the  amazing  La Ritournelle is played out live. I have no doubt that this was magical to experience.