Earthcore

For the Scott Sigler novel, see Earthcore (novel).

Earthcore was an Australian outdoor dance music festival and electronic music events organisation. The outdoor events were generally held in forest environments around Victoria, Australia, with some events held in Queensland, Australia and overseas in New Caledonia. Earthcore operated from 1992–2008, with the last Earthcore running from the 28th to the 30th of November, 2008.

Michele Adamson at Earthcore 2006

History

Earthcore originated in 1992, the first event being held in 1993 in Victoria. It was held on top of a cleared mountain top which was used by logging trucks to turn around after being loaded. There were 180 people in attendance including the five police officers who turned in the morning looking for a body as they thought the crowd was having a human ritual. Music at this first event included sets from the DJs Steve Robbins, Mark Hogan, Andy Boy, and a live set from Majestic 12.

Over the years, events included large outdoor festivals, one night weekly club events, warehouse parties, one-off large-scale indoor parties, events on boats and a club on a moving train. The peak Earthcore event was the 2000 New Year's Eve party which went for seven days and was attended by up to 45,000 people over the seven days. Earthcore by this period had become a commercial enterprise and had employed several directors. Karl Fitzgerald and Christian Diaz left Earthcore in the following years leaving the business in the hands of Spiro Boursine and Pip Darvall.

Artists

Earthcore has been host to many artists including:

• Juno Reactor
• Infected Mushroom
• Skazi
• GMS
• Eskimo
• 1200 Micrograms
• Siaqua
• Decoy
• Sub 6
• Fatali
• Protoculture
• Michele Adamson
• TISM
• Majestic 12

See also

• Doof
• Rave