Festival No. 0000498 · Est. 2007
Weekend of the year
No. 0015956
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For the record
About the artists
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Alasdair Roberts was born in Geislingen an der Steige, United Kingdom, on 8 August 1977. Plays folk. -
Benga was born in Croydon, United Kingdom, on 28 November 1986. Plays dubstep, future house, uk garage.
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Beyond The Wizards Sleeve formed in 2006.
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Brodinski was born in Saint-Brice-Courcelles, France, on 13 June 1987. Plays hip hop, house, instrumental hip hop.
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Crookers formed in 2003. Plays electro hop, electro house, fidget house.
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Dan Deacon was born in West Babylon, United States, on 28 August 1981. Plays electronic, experimental electronic, glitch, indietronica, neo-psychedelia, post-minimalism, progressive electronic.
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Daniel Avery was born on 30 September 1986. Plays acid house, ambient, breakbeat, breaks, club, dance, downtempo, drum and bass.
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Dirty Projectors formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2002. Plays avant-garde, post-rock.
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Efterklang formed in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2001. Plays alternative rock, post-rock, rock.
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Emma Pollock was born in Glasgow, United Kingdom. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, singer-songwriter.
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Emperor Machine plays electro, italo-disco, tech house.
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Fionn Regan was born in Bray, Ireland, in 1981. Plays folk, folk rock, indie folk.
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Foals formed in Oxford, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays alternative rock, art rock, dance-punk, indie rock, math rock, new wave, rock.
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Hannah Holland was born on 11 January 1981.
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Heartbreak formed in 1974.
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Howling Bells formed in Sydney, Australia, in 2004. Plays indie rock.
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James Holden was born in Exeter, United Kingdom, on 7 June 1979. Plays electronic, idm, minimal techno, trance.
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Jeffrey Lewis was born in New York, United States, on 20 November 1975. Plays anti-folk, singer-songwriter.
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Jon Hopkins was born in Kingston Upon Thames, United Kingdom, on 15 August 1979. Plays ambient, contemporary classical, downtempo, electronic, electronica, idm, instrumental, microhouse.
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King Creosote was born in Anstruther, United Kingdom, in 1967. Plays folk.
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Laura Marling was born in Eversley, United Kingdom, on 1 February 1990. Plays folk, folk rock, indie folk, rock.
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Les Savy Fav formed in Providence, United States, in 1995. Plays indie rock, math rock, post-punk.
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Lightspeed Champion was born on 23 December 1985.
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Magistrates formed in 2006, and split up in 2009, after 3 years.
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Modeselektor formed in 1996. Plays electro, electronic, idm, techno.
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Mystery formed in 1986. Plays aor, hard rock, neo-progressive rock, progressive rock, symphonic rock.
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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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Noah & The Whale formed in Twickenham, United Kingdom, in 2006, and split up on 1 April 2015, after 9 years. Plays alternative rock, folk, folk rock, indie folk, indie rock, singer-songwriter.
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Of Montreal formed in Athens, United States, in 1996. Plays art pop, electronic, experimental, funk, funktronica, glam rock, indie pop, indie rock.
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One Little Plane plays folk.
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Rob da Bank was born in Portsmouth, United Kingdom, on 24 June 1973.
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Simian Mobile Disco formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays electro, electro house, electronic, tech house, techno.
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The Field plays ambient techno, electronic, minimal techno.
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The Mae Shi formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2002, and split up in 2010, after 8 years. Plays experimental rock, noise pop.
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The Notwist formed in Weilheim in Oberbayern, Germany, in 1989. Plays electronic, electronica, folktronica, hardcore punk, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica, pop.
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The Pictish Trail plays electronic, folk, folktronica, indie pop, indietronica.
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Tunng formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays folk, folktronica, indie folk, indie pop.
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White Lies formed in Ealing, United Kingdom, in February 2008. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, post-punk revival, synth-pop.
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Wild Beasts formed in Kendal, United Kingdom, in 2002, and split up in 2018, after 16 years. Plays art pop, cabaret, dream pop, indie pop, indie rock, progressive pop, synth-pop.