For a third year in a row, Sofia is bound to become an experimental arena for dancers and fans of electronic music alike. The South-East European Music Event (SeeMe), which attracts an international mix of DJs, club promoters, label managers and producers, is scheduled to take place on June 5-7 2008. The event features artists with creative impulse in the sphere of hip-hop, house, drum & bass and techno music.

An interrupted round-the-clock party is what the organisers from United Partners are promising, with the event being "bigger and better" this year.

SeeMe has three main happenings: a conference, an exhibition and a festival. The conference is aimed at music professionals who gather together to share ideas and personal experience, to exchange know-how techniques, but most importantly, to collectively envision the future of the industry. This year the conference is held at the historic Central Military Club in downtown Sofia.

And if you wonder what is there to be exhibited in terms of dance music, the SeeMe's exhibition area might take you by surprise. True to the idea of giving its share to the development of electronic music, the event gives a venue to the newest fashion that takes over the dance floors to manifest itself. In addition, it is said that at the exhibition science, technology and creativity cross paths to offer the latest trends in the world of dance-to-trance sound. Then various products are brought to the attention of DJs, music performers, songwriters, and producers and all of those who would like to sell or buy audio, lighting, studio or video equipment.

Finally, the third and most exciting part of the event is the music and dance festival. The clubbing scene in Sofia will be diversified with the presence of world-renowned DJs such as Jeff Mills (US), Paul Woolford (UK) and Eddie Halliwell (UK), to name a few. The highlight of the festival will happen on the third day, June 7, when all-night music marathon will take place at the underpass of the Central Railway Station in Sofia. From 10pm until 7am the underpass will bear the thunder bursting out of the four stages, specially built to contain various beats and artists. One of the stages is called the Drum & Bass Arena, and it will feature DJs Aggers, Subterra, Brookes Brothers and Logan D.

This year, the organisers of the event are giving out awards for a first time to fan-nominated artists in the Best DJ, Best producer and Best rising artist from the South-East Europe categories.

Started in 2006, SeeMe is the brainchild of Maria Gergova and Gergana Vassileva, who wanted to create a multi-genre music festival, which had the capacity to lure on Bulgarian soil the best professionals and connect them with one another; to introduce new talent, as well as to tackle issues such as piracy and music education. But above all, it was meant to provide a three-day fun and ecstatic trip deep into the world of trance. Hence, here is a better way to put it using the words of DJ Magazine: "The ironic thing is that we thought we'd come to Bulgaria to show them how to party!"