Festival No. 0001349 · Est. 2001
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Somewhere in Guildford
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- Venue
- Stoke Park
- Address
- London Road GU1 1TU
- City
- Guildford, UK
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About the artists
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65daysofstatic formed in Sheffield, United Kingdom, in 2001. Plays electronic, electronic rock, electronica, experimental, experimental rock, idm, instrumental, instrumental rock. -
Aa formed in Hasselt, Belgium, in 1980, and split up in 1981, after 1 year.
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Agoria was born in Valencin, France, on 16 January 1976. Plays deep house, electro house, electronic, house, tech house.
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Alpha Blondy was born in Dimbokro, Côte d'Ivoire, on 1 January 1953. Plays dub, reggae, roots reggae.
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Asa was born in Kemi, Finland, on 9 April 1980. Plays conscious hip hop, folk, hip hop.
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Asian Dub Foundation formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1993. Plays drum and bass, electronic.
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Babyhead formed in Bristol, United Kingdom.
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Beat Assailant was born in 1977.
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Beat Torrent formed in Nantes, France. Plays hip hop, instrumental hip hop.
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Blondie formed in New York, United States, in 1974. Plays disco, new wave, pop, pop rock, power pop, punk, punk rock, rock.
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Bowling for Soup formed in Wichita Falls, United States, on 4 June 1994. Plays pop punk, punk rock.
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British Sea Power formed in Reading, United Kingdom, in 1995. Plays alternative rock, art rock, experimental rock, indie rock, post-punk.
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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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Bumcello formed in April 1999. Plays downtempo, jazz fusion.
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Busy P was born in Paris, France, on 21 April 1975. Plays electro house, electronic, french electro, hip hop, hip house.
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Caravan Palace formed in Paris, France, in 2005. Plays electro house, electro swing, fidget house.
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Carbon/Silicon formed in 2002. Plays rock.
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Cerys Matthews was born in Cardiff, United Kingdom, on 11 April 1969. Plays alternative rock, folk, folk rock, indie rock, pop, rock.
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Chinese Man formed in Aix-En-Provence, France, in 2004. Plays abstract hip hop, hip hop, ragga hip-hop.
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Cocoon formed in Clermont-Ferrand, France, in 2006. Plays folk.
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Cog formed in Bondi, Australia, in 1998. Plays alternative metal, progressive rock, rock.
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DJ Mehdi was born in Asnières-sur-Seine, France, on 20 January 1977, and died on 14 September 2011, aged 34. Plays hip hop.
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Dodgy formed in Hounslow, United Kingdom, in 1990. Plays alternative rock, britpop.
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Dreadzone formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1993. Plays ambient dub, dub techno, electronica.
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Dub Pistols formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1996. Plays dub, electronic.
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Déportivo formed in Bois-d'Arcy, France, in 2003. Plays rock.
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Ed Banger was born in 1959, and died in 2025, aged 66. Plays punk.
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Empyr formed in 2007, and split up in 2014, after 7 years. Plays rock.
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Fanga formed in 1998.
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Far Too Loud formed in 2005. Plays complextro, edm, electro house, electronic.
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Fightstar formed in 2003. Plays post-hardcore, rock.
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FINS formed in May 2011. Plays electronic, indie pop, indie rock, jazz, pop, psychedelic, psychedelic pop.
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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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Foy Vance was born in Bangor, United Kingdom, in 1974.
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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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From The Jam formed in Woking, United Kingdom, in 2007. Plays pop, pop rock, rock.
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Girls In Hawaii formed in Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium, in 2000. Plays indie pop, indie rock.
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Grand Corps Malade was born in Le Blanc-Mesnil, France, on 31 July 1977. Plays slam poetry, spoken word.
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Hallucinogen was born on 28 October 1971. Plays electronic, goa trance, progressive psytrance, psytrance.
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Hocus Pocus formed in Nantes, France, in 1995. Plays boom bap, conscious hip hop, hip hop, jazz rap.
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Hoodoo Gurus formed in Sydney, Australia, in 1982. Plays garage rock, indie rock, rock.
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Howard Marks was born in Kenfig Hill, United Kingdom, on 13 August 1945, and died on 10 April 2016, aged 70.
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IAM formed in Marseille, France, in 1989. Plays hip hop.
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Jennifer Cardini was born on 22 February 1974.
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Jim Murple Memorial formed in Montreuil, France, in 1996. Plays r&b, ska.
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Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2007, and split up in 2010, after 3 years.
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Kery James was born in Les Abymes, France, on 28 December 1977. Plays hip hop.
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Krafty Kuts was born in Brighton, United Kingdom. Plays breakbeat, electronica, grime, hip hop, house, nu skool breaks, trip hop.
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Kula Shaker formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1995. Plays britpop, folk rock, neo-psychedelia, psychedelic rock, raga rock, rock.
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La Caravane Passe formed in 2001. Plays rock.
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La Chanson du Dimanche formed in February 2007.
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Laurent Garnier was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, on 1 February 1966. Plays electronic, techno.
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Les Cowboys Fringants formed in 1995. Plays chanson québécoise, country pop, folk, folk rock, néo-trad, rock.
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Levellers formed in Brighton, United Kingdom, in 1988. Plays alternative rock, celtic rock, folk, folk punk, folk rock, indie rock, punk, rock.
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MC Solaar was born in Dakar, France, on 5 March 1969. Plays boom bap, hip hop.
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Micky Green was born in Adelaide, Australia, on 28 June 1984. Plays blues, pop.
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Midnight Juggernauts formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2004. Plays electronica, electropop.
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Missill was born in Carcassonne, France, on 4 July 1980, and died on 13 June 2022, aged 41.
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Moriarty formed in Paris, France, in 1995. Plays blues, country, folk, rock.
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Nneka was born in Warri, Germany, on 24 December 1980. Plays neo soul, reggae, soul.
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Orchestre National De Barbes formed in 1995.
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Para One was born in Orleans, France, on 2 April 1979. Plays electronic.
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Patrice was born in Kerpen, Germany, on 9 July 1979. Plays reggae.
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Psy 4 De La Rime formed in 1995. Plays hip hop.
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Rhesus formed in Isère, France, in June 2001.
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Richie Havens was born in Brooklyn, United States, on 21 January 1941, and died on 22 April 2013, aged 72. Plays contemporary folk, folk, folk rock, funk, pop soul, rock, singer-songwriter, soul.
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Samarabalouf formed in Amiens, France, in November 1997. Plays jazz, jazz fusion, swing.
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Seth Lakeman was born on 26 March 1977. Plays folk, folk rock.
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Sharko formed in Brussels, Belgium, in 1997.
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Shihad formed in 1988, and split up on 16 March 2025, after 37 years. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, grunge, hard rock, heavy metal, industrial metal, industrial rock, metal.
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Sonic Boom Six formed in 2002. Plays electronic, hip hop, punk, punk rock, ragga, ska, ska punk.
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Supreme Ntm formed in Paris, France, in 1989, and split up in 2019, after 30 years. Plays hip hop.
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System 7 formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1990. Plays ambient, ambient house, drum and bass, electronic, techno, trance.
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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 Australian Pink Floyd Show formed in Adelaide, Australia, in 1988. Plays progressive rock, psychedelic rock.
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The Blackout formed in Merthyr Tydfil, United Kingdom, in 2003, and split up on 28 March 2015, after 12 years. Plays metal, punk, rock.
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The Brian Jonestown Massacre formed in San Francisco, United States, in 1990. Plays neo-psychedelia, psychedelic rock.
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The Damned formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1976. Plays dance-rock, deathrock, gothic rock, horror punk, new wave, pop, post-punk, proto-punk.
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The Dodoz formed in 2004. Plays rock.
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The Egg formed in Oxford, United Kingdom, in 1994. Plays electronic.
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The Ghost of a Thousand formed in Brighton, United Kingdom, in 2004, and split up in 2012, after 8 years. Plays hardcore punk, melodic hardcore, post-hardcore.
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The Hoosiers formed in 2003. Plays indie pop, pop, rock.
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The Subways formed in Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays indie rock.
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The Ting Tings formed in Salford, United Kingdom, in December 2007. Plays alternative rock, dance-punk, electropop, indie pop, indie rock, pop rock, post-punk revival, rock.
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Thomas Dutronc was born in Paris, France, on 16 June 1973. Plays jazz.
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Tiken Jah Fakoly was born in Odienné, Côte d'Ivoire, on 23 June 1968. Plays reggae, roots reggae.
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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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Vampire Weekend formed in New York, United States, on 6 February 2006. Plays afrobeat, alternative rock, baroque pop, chamber pop, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica, leftfield.
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Vitalic was born in Dijon, France, on 18 May 1976. Plays electro house, electroclash, electronic, french electro, house, progressive house, synth-pop, techno.
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Xavier Rudd was born in Victoria, Australia, on 29 May 1978. Plays blues, folk, folk rock, indie folk, reggae, singer-songwriter.
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Yael Naïm was born on 6 February 1978. Plays indie folk, singer-songwriter.
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Yelle formed in 2005. Plays electropop, pop.
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Young Liars formed in Vancouver, Canada, in 2008.
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Zucchero was born in Roncocesi, Italy, on 25 September 1955. Plays blues, blues rock, pop, pop rock, pop soul, rock, soul.
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Étienne de Crécy was born in Lyon, France, on 25 February 1969. Plays electro house, electronic, french house, house.