Festival No. 0000772 · Est. 2004
Weekend of the year
No. 0004338
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Somewhere in Arreton
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- Venue
- Robin Hill Country Park
- Address
- Robin Hill, Downend Road PO30 2NU
- City
- Arreton, UK
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About the artists
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Amadou & Mariam formed in Bamako, Mali, in 1980. Plays african blues, desert blues. -
Annie Mac was born in Dublin, Ireland, on 18 July 1978. Plays electronica, house, uk garage.
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Cagedbaby was born in Brighton, United Kingdom, on 21 March 1979. Plays alternative dance, ambient, chillout, dance, electro, electronic, electropop, house.
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Devendra Banhart was born in Houston, United States, on 30 May 1981. Plays folk, folk rock, freak folk, indie folk, singer-songwriter.
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DJ Yoda was born in London, United Kingdom, in 1977. Plays hip hop, turntablism.
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DJ Zinc was born in London, United Kingdom, on 12 March 1972. Plays bass house, bassline, breakbeat, club, drum and bass, dubstep, electronic, electronica.
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Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly was born in Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom, on 30 January 1986. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, rock.
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Gogol Bordello formed in New York, United States, in 1999. Plays dub, folk punk, folk rock, gypsy punk, latin rock, polka, punk, punk rock.
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Guillemots formed in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in November 2004. Plays alternative rock, art pop, avant-garde pop, chamber pop, dream pop, indie pop, indie rock.
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Hot Chip formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2000. Plays alternative dance, alternative r&b, deep house, electronic, electronica, electropop, house, indie pop.
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Hot Club de Paris formed in Liverpool, United Kingdom, in 2004, and split up in 2012, after 8 years. Plays indie rock.
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I LIKE TRAINS formed in Leeds, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays alternative rock.
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Jim Noir was born in Davyhulme, United Kingdom, in 1982. Plays downtempo, electronic, folktronica, hauntology, indie pop, indietronica, psychedelic pop, rock.
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Kanda Bongo Man was born in 1955. Plays kwassa kwassa, soukous.
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Kid Creole And The Coconuts formed in 1980. Plays boogie, disco, latin disco.
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King Creosote was born in Anstruther, United Kingdom, in 1967. Plays folk.
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Kitty, Daisy & Lewis formed in 2000. Plays r&b, rockabilly.
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Klaxons formed in New Cross, United Kingdom, on 5 November 2005, and split up on 31 January 2015, after 9 years. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, dance-punk, electropop, indie rock, indietronica, neo-psychedelia, new rave.
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Lily Allen was born in Hammersmith, United Kingdom, on 2 May 1985. Plays alternative pop, alternative rock, contemporary r&b, dance-pop, electropop, indie pop, indie rock, pop.
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Mark Ronson was born in St John's Wood, United Kingdom, on 4 September 1975. Plays alternative rock, club, dance, dance-pop, electropop, funk, hip hop, jazz pop.
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Mystery Jets formed in Twickenham, United Kingdom, in 2004. Plays indie rock, pop, post-punk revival, rock.
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Nizlopi formed in Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom, in 2003, and split up in 2015, after 12 years.
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Pet Shop Boys formed in Chelsea, United Kingdom, on 19 August 1981. Plays art pop, dance-pop, disco, electronic, electropop, house, new wave, pop.
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Rob da Bank was born in Portsmouth, United Kingdom, on 24 June 1973.
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Scissor Sisters formed in New York, United States, in 2001. Plays dance-rock, glam rock, indie pop, pop.
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Scritti Politti formed in Leeds, United Kingdom, in 1978. Plays art pop, art punk, blue-eyed soul, dub, hip hop, new wave, post-punk, r&b.
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Skream was born in West Wickham, United Kingdom, on 1 June 1986. Plays 2-step, disco, drum and bass, dub, dubstep, electronic, electronica, grime.
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The Aliens formed in April 1978, and split up on 11 December 1981, after 3 years.
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The Cuban Brothers formed in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
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The Pipettes formed in Brighton, United Kingdom, in 2003, and split up in 2011, after 8 years. Plays indie pop.
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The Stranglers formed in Guildford, United Kingdom, in 1974. Plays alternative rock, art punk, baroque pop, new wave, pop rock, post-punk, pub rock, punk.
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The Sunshine Underground formed in Telford, United Kingdom, in 2000. Plays dance, electronic.
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Tunng formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays folk, folktronica, indie folk, indie pop.
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Young Knives formed in Ashby-de-la-zouch, United Kingdom, in 1998. Plays art punk, art rock, electronic, experimental rock, indie rock, industrial rock, neo-psychedelia, noise rock.