ZaGoa Festival Ambassador

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A new era in the desert !

Bring life where it does not exist, create a world through music and thus contributing to the universal magic : this is the concept, complex yet simple, that offers Zagoa Festival.

After the success of its first edition in 2012, Zagoa Festival promises to be the musical experience not to be missed this year in Morocco.

From Marrakech, the city of a thousand and one night until the Draa Valley and its landscape that combines the desert sand and green palm groves, through Ouarzazate, the Moroccan Hollywood, the path Zagora will be the opportunity to discover a panorama and human diversity outsized .

Starting point for many centuries for camel caravans venturing to distant Timbuktu, Zagora, the borders of the Sahara, but surrounded by the Atlas Mountains, a meeting place for Berber farmers and Arab pastors, marked by hot days and freezing nights, is a land of contrasts, a door between worlds.

While some seek ease and comfort, Zagoa Festival chose the authenticity and challenge.

It is in the south of Morocco, marked by asceticism and fundamental, far away from these modern flourishes such as consumerism and the artificial, the organizers have made the crazy bet to graft their univers.

In an exceptional place around the must of the artistic and cultural programming, Phoenix, the firebird, will arise and establish his lair.

Zagoa Festival is a unique concept of its kind that offers a rare experience where, in a magical environment, more than one hundred artists will perform, including:

• ANTAGON • ALPHA • ATMA • ALLABY • BOOM SHANKAR • DRISS • DIGICULT • DEJAVOO • DARMA • DNI • EDOARDO • ELECTRIC UNIVERSE • GROOVE INSPECTORZ • HEMEI • HP • HYPERFREQUENCIES • KRISTIAN • LAUGHING BUDDAH • MENOG • MISSTICK • MARCO MENICHELLI • MAYAXPERIENCE • NIBANA • OTEZUKA • PROGMATIC • SHANE GOBI • SKYFALL • SUN PROJECT • • SPIROS WOM • SENSUAL SQUEAK • THE TINY FAT GANG • U-RECKEN • UNIQUE REPEAT • WT&U • -Z- (Alpha & Antagon) • 7 ESTRELO …

Many performers take advantage of this event to unveil their latest and craziest artwork and participate fully in the program with their world while laser and light.

An extraordinary festival will know its apotheosis under the wings of phoenix during the full moon, a universal symbol of spiritual rebirth.

The desert cannot be told… It’s experienced!

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THE Collective

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Recently founded in 2010, MEMCO is the result of a large collective of musicians, artists, DJs, performers, sound and lighting engineers. Highly motivated by the same desire to promote electronic music in Morocco, these independent professionals have united their efforts to form your Moroccan Electronic Music Collective.All the members, with their own personal background, have built their experiences through electronic music. This explains the large scope of skills represented within our collective.Electronic music has known a great evolution in the world since the early 90s and audiences have been growing ever since however it is yet to become popular within the North African countries.Welcoming feedback from young Moroccan fans who have recently shown great interest in the Electronic music, our group has won a wide audience by programming more than arround twelve events, including 7 electronic music festivals in the heart of exotic and prestigious locations.The events surrounding our movement are oriented toward a little world that is yet to be explored. MEMCO offers you access to this new world where dreams and fantasy coexist in perfect harmony with nature and electronic music!

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THEME

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-REBIRTH-

Bring life where it does not exist, create a world through music and thus contributing to the universal magic: this is the concept, complex yet simple, that offers Zagoa Festival during the full moon.

It is in an exceptional place around the must of the artistic and cultural programming, that Phoenix, the firebird, will arise and establish his lair.

It is under his blazing sun, near the snowy peaks of the Atlas and the desert of Sahara, that it will burn as a result of its own heat and that reborn from its ashes.

Zagoa is more than a festival, it is a unique moment, a lifestyle, a way of understanding the world, which invites you to reconnect with the meaning, origin and to discover your own inner phoenix.

The desert cannot be told… It’s experienced !!

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DURATION

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The festival invites you for 5 days and 5 nights starting the 14th and ending the 19th of MAY 2014, a wide range of sensory experiences with a mixture of different artistic disciplines will be presented to the public by offering an interdisciplinary show of lighting and music performances.More than just a music gathering, this festival will be a feast of sensations over the eclectic and artistic experiences that will seek all your senses.

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LOCATION & REGION

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The festival will take place at the gate of the Sahara desert, in M’hamid’s region about one hour drive south of Zagora.The gathering will be held in the heart of a large area surrounded by sand dunes at the foot of the mountains.This region is famous for its hiking and desert bivouacs located at the heart of a fragile ecosystem.The region of Zagora, known as The Upper Draa River valley with its green oases (200 km long), consists of six stretches of  palm oases groves from north to south:
– The Mezguita oasis, in Agdz,  Auriz localities and at the south of it the Tamsikht dam.
– The oasis of Tinzouline, in Ouled Lagraier, Tinzouline, Ouled Yaoub localities and a dam at south of it.
– The Ternata oasis in Zagora.
– The Fezouata oasis in Tamegroute and south of it the Azagha dam.
– The Ktaoua oasis (English Ktawa) in Tagounite, Blida, Tiraf and the Bounou dam south of it.
– The oasis of M’hamid el Ghizlane in M’hamid el Ghizlane.The width of the ‘green zone’ is on an average of three kilometers (varying from 100m to 10 kilometers).Because of the field, the agriculture is very labour intensive. Dates are the main product, but also cereals, vegetables and henna are cultivated.You will be amazed by the richness of the site region and its landscape.

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FESTIVAL AREA

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At your disposal:

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[dopaccordion title= »FLOORS » icon=27 activeicon=28] The festival ground will host 2 dance floors! SandGround as a trance scene and StarGround as alternative & chill-out scene. Both will offer you a rare experience in a magical environment, with more than one hundred artists that will perform on them.[/dopaccordion]
[dopaccordion title= »CAMPING AREA » icon=27 activeicon=28]Part of the land will be allocated to the accommodation of the festival attendees who prefer to stay in their own tents.

Moreover, nomad encampments will be set up on the site. Those wishing to stay in the set-up Bedouin tents or African Lodge must book their accommodation in the « Tickets » web section and for more information we invite you to visit the « Accommodation » web section.

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[dopaccordion title= »CAMPING CAR / PARKING » icon=27 activeicon=28]A designated parking lot outside the area will be made available for cars.

Special zone will be set up inside the site for  camping cars & caravans at a convenient walking distance to all main amenities.

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[dopaccordion title= »VILLAGE MARKET » icon=27 activeicon=28] The site will be set up to create a small village built to meet the necessary requirements of the various festival attendees:

– A food court with local and foreign dishes (tagines, grilled food, fruits…). Stalls of other organic food will be made available to the broadest possible choice for the festival.

– Local and foreign craft shops , jewelry and accessories will be welcomed to meet the various desires and curiosities.

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[dopaccordion title= »HEALING ZONE » icon=27 activeicon=28]Stalls for relaxation and wellness (massage, yoga…) will be made available to festival goers.[/dopaccordion]
[dopaccordion title= »INFOS POINT » icon=27 activeicon=28]At the festival area will be set a point of information providing all the details to the entire festival and the lost and found items.[/dopaccordion]

[dopaccordion title= »TOILETS / SHOWERS » icon=27 activeicon=28]Water and hygienic facilities will be of ecological nature. The organisers strongly welcome the preservation of the festival site and the nature around it. The organization team wishes the festival to rely on sustainable developing an environment friendly mindset.

Appointed staff will be available to clean the facilities. However everyone’s involvement and consciousness are required to respect the site and its surroundings.

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FESTIVAL MAP

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The festival invites you for 5 days and 5 nights starting the 14th and ending the 19th of MAY 2014, a wide range of sensory experiences with a mixture of different artistic disciplines will be presented to the public by offering an interdisciplinary show of lighting and music performances.More than just a music gathering, this festival will be a feast of sensations over the eclectic and artistic experiences that will seek all your senses.

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PROGRAM

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Zagoa Festival is a unique concept of its kind that offers a rare experience where, in a magical environment, more than one hundred artists will perform.

Many performers take advantage of this event to unveil their latest and craziest artwork and participate fully in the program with their world while laser and light.

We invite to visit the concerned sections.

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LINEUP

More artist will be add, final lineup soon!
BE THE FIRST TO BE UPDATED BY SUBSCRIBING TO THE NEWSLETTER!
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LIVE ACTS
DJ SETS
More artist will be add, final lineup soon!
BE THE FIRST TO BE UPDATED BY SUBSCRIBING TO THE NEWSLETTER!
starground
LIVE ACTS
DJ SETS

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DECORATION

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You will evolve in a setting up of paintings on canvas and manufactured mobiles using various materials such as Lycra, wires, etc … that will immerse you in a magical, colorful and psychedelic world.Be ready for a madness concept ;)More info coming soon…

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HOLOGRAMME

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Holography is a technique which enables three-dimensional images to be made. It involves the use of a laser, interference, diffraction, light intensity recording and suitable illumination of the recording. The image changes as the position and orientation of the viewing system changes in exactly the same way as if the object were still present, thus making the image appear three-dimensional.The holographic recording itself is not an image, it consists of an apparently random structure of either varying intensity, density or profile.More info coming soon…

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MAPPING

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Video mapping, is a projection technology used to turn objects, often irregularly shaped, into a display surface for video projection. These objects may be complex industrial landscapes, such as buildings.By using specialized software, a two or three dimensional object is spatially mapped on the virtual program which mimics the real environment it is to be projected on. The software can interact with a projector to fit any desired image onto the surface of that object.This technique is used by artists and advertisers alike who can add extra dimensions, optical illusions, and notions of movement onto previously static objects. The video is commonly combined with, or triggered by, audio to create an audio-visual narrative.More info coming soon…

 

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LIGHT & LASER SHOW

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Each evening a light show will be performed. Indeed stage managers will take turns to present a light show worthy of the name.Laser show involves the use of laser light to entertain an audience. A laser light show may consist only of projected laser beams set to music, or may accompany another form of entertainment, typically musical performances.Laser light is useful in entertainment because the coherent nature of laser light allows a narrow beam to be produced, which allows the use of optical scanning to draw patterns or images on walls, ceilings or other surfaces including theatrical smoke and fog without refocusing for the differences in distance, as is common with video projection.This inherently more focused beam is also extremely visible, and is often used as an effect. Sometimes the beams are “bounced” to different positions with mirrors to create laser sculptures.For the Laser show, we have called for the 2nd time, Laser Beam Factory as they are a reference in the field. This association has one of the best laser shows in the world, showcased by recreating real environments and breathtaking scenery light. They perform in several prestigious festivals such as Vuuv Festival and Full Moon festival…
LBF

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VJING

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VJing consists of projecting images and visuals, it’s a broad designation for visual performance.Characteristics of VJing are the creation or manipulation of imagery in realtime through technological mediation and for an audience, in synchronization to musicMore info coming soon.[/dopaccordion]

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