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Creating new moments in music

All performers at the Â鶹Éç Electric Proms are challenged to come up with new and original material or arrangements of their music to reflect the central theme of the festival, creating new moments in music. All of this can be accessed either at the venues, watching and listening on the Â鶹Éç, or by interacting with online, red button and mobile media.

Â鶹Éç Electric Proms returned for a fourth year last October, with a new format based around the Â鶹Éç's four popular music networks and was based exclusively at the Roundhouse, London. , , and hosted days at the festival, with the programming based around each station's musical playlists.

Â鶹Éç Electric Proms 2009 featured the headline acts of Robbie Williams, Dizzee Rascal with a live band & orchestra, Doves with the London Bulgarian Choir, as well as Dame Shirley Bassey and Smokey Robinson both with the Â鶹Éç Concert Orchestra.

In addition to the headliners, Florence and the Machine and Metronomy performed in The Roundhouse's Studio Theatre as part of the New Music Shorts initiative. Seminal Manchester band Magazine graced the Main Space with Doves, while the finest UK Hip Hop, RnB, Garage, Dancehall and Drum & Bass was represented at 1xtra's After Party.

Watch highlights from 2008

finished off the third Â鶹Éç Electric Proms with a powerful performance backed by the Crouch End Festival Chorus. More than 60 other artists appeared at the 2008 festival with each performance creating a new music experience in London and Liverpool from Wednesday 22 to Sunday 26 October.

The festival - dedicated to creating new moments in music - started with on a ferry on the Mersey and putting on a masterful show with new stars like Adele, Jamie Cullum and Beth Rowley. Meanwhile at Koko were performing a mammoth Afro-Western session with over a hundred artists including Damon Albarn and Baaba Maal. Also on Wednesday took us into a magical world and the edgy sounds of and were showcased beside innovative films.

Thursday saw jump start the Roundhouse with an orchestrated take on their beat-heavy tunes. At KOKO, returned with a colourful electric show, while took folk fans down an earthier path. Up in Liverpool there was an eclectic Electric Proms mix at the .

and stimulated discerning music lovers on Friday, sharing insightful songs and nuanced sounds. Saturday saw enthrall the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall audience. London had Robin Gibb's show lay on glamour, glitz and disco hits. In contrast, mashed up the Â鶹Éç Radiophonic Workshop audio-visually and elsewhere both the Barfly in and showcased youthful musical talent.

Alongside and , Sunday's schedule delivered hip hop rhymes at the Asian Network night and cutting edge sounds at the fashionable Proud Galleries.

Previous years

The first Â鶹Éç Electric Proms in 2006 featured the debut of Damon Albarn and Paul Simonon's and paired, then new girl, Amy Winehouse with . Funk legend also graced the Roundhouse, followed by and an orchestrated .

With the second Â鶹Éç Electric Proms we experienced , , , performing with Jamie Cullum and playing with the Exmoor Singers of London choir. Legends on the bill included , Kinks lead singer and country ambassador . All genres were represented on the bill too: British hip-hop with the likes of , folk through the , art rock via , techno with and the jazz stylings of .