{"id":36559,"date":"2014-09-12T12:33:27","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T11:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=36559"},"modified":"2014-09-12T13:22:33","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T12:22:33","slug":"festival-round-bestival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2014\/09\/12\/festival-round-bestival\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival Round Up: Bestival"},"content":{"rendered":"
Magical, manic and completely unique, Bestival acts as one last wacky weekend under the stars before the dark and seemingly never ending British winter takes over<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n A cultural melting pot enjoyed by all, Bestival is a place where Tarquins meet Shaniquas, and due to the creative costumes, everybody looks fabulously ridiculous, regardless of where they\u2019re from.\u00a0From stages on ships that spew fire to the vibrant Bollywood tent and the enchanting Ambient Forrest, after ten years in the game, Rob da Bank’s baby is still firing off on all cylinders and bringing something to the table that others simply are not.<\/p>\n This year\u2019s theme was \u2018Dessert Island Disco\u2019, and over four days a vast woodland area in the Isle of Wight became an oasis of colour, life and some pretty exceptional looks.\u00a0Taking things beyond the ripped denim shorts and the nauseating oversized flower headbands (which have spread like an undesirable wildfire over the festival season), Bestival challenges revellers to think outside the bucket hat and do something different.<\/p>\n Amidst the crazy, Wonderland caught up with some artists who have had a pretty major summer to get their thoughts on the festival, fashion and what the future has in store for them.\u00a0\u201cI love the care free attitude of Bestival, everybody is here to have a good time and no-one\u2019s particularly bothered about looking stupid\u2019, said MNEK, the innovative south London singer, producer and kufi hat connoisseur who has taken the music industry by storm as of late.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s my first time here but I really like it, it\u2019s really creative open and I do love fancy dress. When I\u2019m performing I love to wear African, and Aztec inspired prints, and I work with my stylist Cassette boy to find things that are a tribute to my heritage whilst keeping it contemporary.\u201d<\/p>\n Over the wild weekend, MNEK was joined by some seriously top notch artists.\u00a0Beck kicked things off on the Thursday. Serving a funk induced set with old school smashers like Loser<\/i> and Devils Haircut<\/i> proving why he is a musician so iconic and well respected.\u00a0For many Friday was all about Outkast, who gave the crowds a performance that started strong, blasting out hit after hit from their sterling back catalogue, before dipping slightly, and then picking up right at the end, much like Andree 3000\u2019s weave.\u00a0Also causing a stir on the Friday was La Roux, who bestowed on the crowd tracks from her highly acclaimed album Trouble in Paradise<\/i>. After a five year hiatus, the people were thirsty for the Bulletproof<\/i> songstress, and with her sunny, fresh sounding beats.<\/p>\n