Festival No. 0000953 · Est. 2012
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Somewhere in Ovington
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- Venue
- Matterley Estate
- Address
- Hampage House, Ovington, Alresford SO24 0HY
- City
- Ovington, UK
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For the record
About the artists
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Ace Ventura plays electronic, progressive, psychedelic, psytrance, trance. -
AJ Tracey was born on 4 March 1994. Plays cloud rap, dancehall, grime, hip hop, uk drill.
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Alabama 3 formed in Brixton, United Kingdom, in 1989. Plays acid house.
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Alix Perez plays drum and bass, dubstep, electronic, liquid funk.
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Arrested Development formed in Atlanta, United States, in 1988. Plays boom bap, conscious hip hop, hip hop, political hip hop, pop rap, southern hip hop.
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Astrix was born in Soviet Union, Israel, on 5 December 1981. Plays electronic, psychedelic, psytrance.
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Atterkop formed in 2012, and split up in July 2022, after 10 years. Plays punk.
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Beans on Toast was born in Braintree, United Kingdom, on 1 December 1980. Plays folk.
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Ben UFO plays house, post-dubstep, techno.
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Benjamin Zephaniah was born in Handsworth, United Kingdom, on 15 April 1958, and died on 7 December 2023, aged 65. Plays dub poetry.
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Billain plays drum and bass, electronic, neurofunk.
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Black Sun Empire formed in Utrecht, Netherlands, in 1997. Plays drum and bass, dubstep, electronic, neurofunk, techstep.
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Blaggers ITA formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1988, and split up in 1994, after 6 years. Plays punk.
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Boys Noize was born in Hamburg, Germany, on 22 August 1982. Plays acid techno, ebm, electro, electro house, electronic, electronica, french electro, midtempo bass.
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Brinsley Forde was born in Islington, United Kingdom, on 16 October 1953. Plays reggae.
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Broken Note formed in 2008. Plays darkstep, drill and bass, drum and bass, dubstep, halftime.
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Carl Craig was born in Detroit, United States, on 22 May 1969. Plays detroit techno, electronic, house, techno.
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Caspa was born on 30 May 1982. Plays bassline, club, drum and bass, dub, dubstep, electronic, electronica, future bass.
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Champion formed in 2012.
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China Shop Bull formed in Leeds, United Kingdom, on 11 May 2006. Plays punk.
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Chris Wood plays folk.
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Crinkle Cuts formed on 6 November 2012.
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Cypress Hill formed in South Gate, United States, in 1988. Plays alternative hip hop, boom bap, chicano rap, gangsta rap, hardcore hip hop, hip hop, nu metal, rap rock.
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Dave Clarke was born in Brighton, United Kingdom, on 19 September 1968. Plays club, dance, electro, electronic, electronica, hardcore techno, techno.
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dBridge plays breakbeat, breaks, club, dance, drum and bass, drumstep, dubstep, electro.
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Deekline was born in London, United Kingdom, on 20 December 1979. Plays breakbeat, breaks, drum and bass, jungle, ragga jungle.
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Donae'o plays afro house, afroswing, amapiano, bassline, club, dance, deep house, drum and bass.
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Dr Cryptic was born on 6 September 1985.
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Dub FX was born on 11 June 1983. Plays beatboxing, dub, hip hop.
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Ed Solo plays drum and bass, jungle.
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Elijah & Skilliam plays grime, uk garage.
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Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band formed in 2016.
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Faintest Idea formed in King's Lynn, United Kingdom. Plays punk, ska.
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Frank Turner was born in Manama, United Kingdom, on 28 December 1981. Plays acoustic rock, folk, folk punk, punk, singer-songwriter.
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Friction was born in May 1977. Plays drum and bass, electronic.
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Furious 5 formed in 1979. Plays hip hop.
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Furrow Collective formed in 2014.
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Gentleman's Dub Club formed in 2006. Plays 2 tone, dub, dubstep, reggae, ska.
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Gilles Peterson was born on 28 September 1964. Plays acid jazz, electronic, nu jazz.
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GoGo Penguin formed in Manchester, United Kingdom, in 2009. Plays electronica, jazz, jazz fusion, nu jazz, post-rock.
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Gypsy Hill formed in London, United Kingdom.
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Icicle was born in Eindhoven, United Kingdom, on 1 November 1985. Plays drum and bass, dubstep, electronic.
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Inner Terrestrials formed on 14 February 1994. Plays punk.
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Jim Jones and the Righteous Mind formed in November 2014.
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Junior Bill formed in March 2013. Plays dub, latin, punk, reggae, rock and roll, ska.
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Kansas Smitty's formed in 2013. Plays dixieland, jazz, swing.
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King Kong Company formed in 2011.
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King Prawn formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1993. Plays punk, ska, ska punk.
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Kumbia Queers formed in 2007. Plays cumbia, punk rock, reggaeton.
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Limewax was born in Kamianets-Podilskyi, Netherlands, in 1988. Plays crossbreed, darkstep, drum and bass.
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Loyle Carner was born in Lambeth, United Kingdom, on 6 October 1994. Plays hip hop, jazz rap.
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Lutan Fyah was born in December 1975. Plays reggae.
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M.I.A was born in Hounslow, United Kingdom, on 18 July 1975. Plays alternative dance, alternative hip hop, christian hip hop, contemporary christian, dance, dancehall, edm, electronic.
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Mad Dog Mcrea formed in Plymouth, United Kingdom.
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Maid of Ace formed in 2005. Plays punk, punk rock.
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mefjus plays drum and bass, electronic, halftime, neurofunk.
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My Nu Leng formed in 2010, and split up on 8 August 2025, after 15 years. Plays bass house, bassline, breakbeat, breaks, club, dance, disco, drum and bass.
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Nattali Rize was born in Byron Bay, Australia. Plays dub, reggae, rock, worldbeat.
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New Town Kings formed in Colchester, United Kingdom. Plays ska.
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Ocean Wisdom was born in Camden, United Kingdom, in 1993. Plays grime, hip hop.
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Petrol Girls formed in London, Austria, in 2013. Plays post-hardcore, punk rock.
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Phace plays drum and bass, electronic.
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Pitch Black formed in 1996. Plays dub, electronica.
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Protoje was born in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica, on 14 June 1981. Plays dub, reggae, rock.
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Prototypes formed in Paris, France, in 2003.
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Ray Keith was born in Colchester, United Kingdom, on 19 August 1967. Plays drum and bass, jungle.
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Redlight was born on 19 February 1980.
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Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band formed in Brown County, United States. Plays country blues, cowpunk, folk.
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River Roots formed on 2 February 2013. Plays folk.
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Rusko was born in North Yorkshire, United States, on 26 January 1985. Plays bassline, breakbeat, breaks, club, dance, drum and bass, dub, dubstep.
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Sheelanagig formed in Bristol, United Kingdom, in 2005.
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SK Shlomo was born in London, United Kingdom, in 1983. Plays beatboxing, hip hop.
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Ska'n'Ska formed in 2004. Plays ska.
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Skeptical plays drum and bass.
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Skindred formed in Newport, United Kingdom, in 1998. Plays alternative metal, jazz, metal, nu metal, rap rock, rapcore, reggae, reggae rock.
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Slightly Stoopid formed in San Diego, United States, in 1995. Plays dub, funk, hip hop, psychedelic rock, punk rock, reggae, reggae rock.
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Smokey Joe & the Kid formed in Bordeaux, France, in 2009.
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Sons of Kemet formed in London, United Kingdom, in May 2011, and split up in 2022, after 10 years. Plays jazz, jazz fusion.
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Soweto Kinch was born in London, United Kingdom, on 10 January 1978. Plays jazz.
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SP:MC plays dubstep.
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Steamchicken formed in 2000.
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Stick Figure formed in Duxbury, United States, in 2006. Plays dub, reggae.
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Sublime With Rome formed in Long Beach, United States, in February 2009, and split up in 2024, after 14 years. Plays alternative rock, dub, hip hop, reggae.
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Swindle plays dubstep, grime.
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Technimatic plays drum and bass, electronic.
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The Comet Is Coming formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2013, and split up in 2023, after 10 years. Plays dance, electronic, electronica, funk, jazz, jazz fusion, nu jazz, psychedelic rock.
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The Dreadnoughts formed in 2007. Plays celtic punk, folk punk, polka, rock.
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The Filaments plays punk, ska.
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The Freestylers formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1996. Plays breakbeat, drum and bass, electronic, electronica.
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The Hempolics formed in 2009. Plays dub, hip hop, pop, reggae, rock, soul.
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The Legendary Shack Shakers formed in Paducah, United States, in 1998. Plays psychobilly.
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The Planet Smashers formed in Montreal, Canada, in 1994. Plays ska, ska punk, third wave ska.
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The Sickest Squad plays frenchcore, hardcore techno, terrorcore.
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The Specials formed in Coventry, United Kingdom, in 1977. Plays 2 tone, new wave, reggae, rocksteady, ska.
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The Sugarhill Gang formed in Englewood, United States, in 1979. Plays east coast hip hop, electro, funk, hip hop, old school hip hop, pop rap.
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Thrasher formed in 1983, and split up in 1985, after 2 years. Plays heavy metal, speed metal.
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Toots & The Maytals formed in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1963. Plays jamaican ska, reggae, reggae-pop, rocksteady, roots reggae, ska, soul.
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Utah Saints formed in 1991. Plays dance-pop, electronic, house.
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Ziggy Marley was born in Kingston, Jamaica, on 17 October 1968. Plays reggae.