Festival No. 0000942 · Est. 2005
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Somewhere in London
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The details
- Venue
- Victoria Park
- Address
- 223A Grove Rd E3 5SN
- City
- London, UK
- Capacity
- 20,000
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About the artists
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Amirali plays dance, deep house, electronica, house. -
Andrew Weatherall was born in Windsor, United Kingdom, on 6 April 1963, and died on 17 February 2020, aged 56. Plays acid house, alternative dance, edm, electronic.
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Art Department formed in Toronto, Canada. Plays house.
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Azari & III formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2008, and split up in 2013, after 5 years.
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Azealia Banks was born in Harlem, United States, on 31 May 1991. Plays dance, hip hop, hip house, trap.
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Ben UFO plays house, post-dubstep, techno.
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Bobby Womack was born in Cleveland, United States, on 4 March 1944, and died on 27 June 2014, aged 70. Plays funk, r&b, soul, southern soul.
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Breakage was born in Slough, United Kingdom, in 1982. Plays bassline, breakbeat, breaks, club, dance, drum and bass, dubstep, electronic.
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Camo & Krooked formed in Vienna, Austria, in 2007. Plays drum and bass, electronic, liquid funk.
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Chew Lips formed in London, United Kingdom, in May 2008, and split up in 2014, after 5 years. Plays dance-pop, electronic.
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CHIC formed in New York, United States, in 1976. Plays contemporary r&b, dance-pop, disco, electronic, funk, r&b, synth funk.
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Crazy P formed in Nottingham, United Kingdom, in 1995. Plays deep house, nu disco.
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Crystal Castles formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2006, and split up in October 2017, after 11 years. Plays alternative dance, bitpop, dance, edm, electroclash, electronic, electronica, electropop.
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Damian Lazarus was born in London, United Kingdom. Plays electronic, house, tech house.
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Danny Byrd was born on 4 May 1979. Plays drum and bass, liquid funk.
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David Rodigan was born on 24 June 1951. Plays dancehall, dub, dubstep, reggae.
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Dixon was born on 21 December 1975. Plays club, deep house, electronic, house, tech house, techno.
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DJ Hell was born in Altenmarkt an der Alz, Germany, on 6 September 1962. Plays techno.
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Dynamite MC was born on 7 October 1973. Plays drum and bass, jungle.
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Emeli Sandé was born in Sunderland, United Kingdom, on 10 March 1987. Plays contemporary r&b, pop, r&b, soul.
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Felix da Housecat was born in Chicago, United States, on 27 August 1971. Plays alternative dance, big beat, electroclash, electronica, house, synth-pop, techno.
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Fred V & Grafix formed in 2009, and split up on 3 December 2018, after 9 years. Plays drum and bass.
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Friendly Fires formed in City of St Albans, United Kingdom, in 2006. Plays indie rock, indietronica.
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Grace Jones was born in Saint Catherine, United States, on 19 May 1948. Plays disco, funk, new wave, pop, soul.
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Heatwave formed in 1975, and split up in 1984, after 9 years. Plays disco, funk, soul.
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High Contrast was born in Penarth, United Kingdom, on 18 September 1979. Plays drum and bass, electronic, liquid funk.
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Holly Johnson was born in Liverpool, United Kingdom, on 9 February 1960. Plays britpop, pop.
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Horse Meat Disco formed in 2003.
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Hospitality formed in 2007. Plays indie pop.
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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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Jodie Harsh was born in 1984. Plays electronic, pop.
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Kelis was born in Manhattan, United States, on 21 August 1979. Plays contemporary r&b, electro house, electropop, pop, pop rap, r&b, soul.
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Lana Del Rey was born in Manhattan, United States, on 21 June 1985. Plays alternative pop, americana, art pop, ballad, chamber pop, dream pop, electronic, indie pop.
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Little Boots was born in Blackpool, United Kingdom, on 4 May 1984. Plays dance-pop, disco, electropop, house, pop, synth-pop.
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Little Dragon formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1996. Plays downtempo, electronic, electropop, indietronica, synth-pop.
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Logistics was born in Cambridge, United Kingdom, on 30 July 1981. Plays drum and bass, liquid funk.
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London Elektricity formed in 1996. Plays drum and bass, electronica, funk, liquid funk.
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Madeon was born in Nantes, France, on 30 May 1994. Plays electro house, electronic, electropop, french house, house, nu disco.
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Magnetic Man formed in Croydon, United Kingdom, in 2007. Plays dubstep, electronic, uk garage.
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MC Wrec was born in Brighton, United Kingdom.
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MC Youngman was born in Derby, United Kingdom.
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Mika was born in Beirut, United Kingdom, on 18 August 1983. Plays alternative rock, dance-pop, electropop, europop, indie rock, leftfield, piano rock, pop.
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Move D was born in Heidelberg, Germany, on 7 September 1966.
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N-Type was born in Croydon, United Kingdom. Plays dubstep, jungle, uk garage.
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Netsky was born on 22 March 1989. Plays drum and bass, electronic, liquid funk.
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Niki & The Dove formed in Stockholms län, Sweden, in February 2010.
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Nu:Tone plays drum and bass, liquid funk.
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P Money was born on 8 April 1989. Plays grime.
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Pangaea plays dubstep, edm, electronic, post-dubstep.
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Patrick Wolf was born on 30 June 1983. Plays folk, singer-songwriter.
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Plastician was born on 30 October 1982. Plays chillwave, downtempo, dubstep, future garage, grime, speed garage, uk garage, wave.
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Prototypes formed in Paris, France, in 2003.
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Rita Ora was born in Pristina, United Kingdom, on 26 November 1990. Plays contemporary r&b, dance-pop, electropop, pop, pop rock.
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robert james plays breakbeat, breaks, deep house, deep tech, edm, electro, house, tech house.
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S.P.Y was born on 30 December 1976. Plays bass house, bassline, breakbeat, breaks, dance, drum and bass, electronic, house.
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Shy FX was born in London, United Kingdom, on 28 November 1977. Plays drum and bass, dubwise, jungle.
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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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Stamina MC plays drum and bass, jungle.
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Stooshe formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2011.
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Sub Focus was born in Guildford, United Kingdom, on 13 April 1982. Plays drum and bass, drumstep, dubstep, edm, electro house, electronic.
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The 2 Bears formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2010.
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The Golden Filter formed in New York, United Kingdom, in 2008. Plays electronic, electropop.
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The Rapture formed in 1998. Plays acid house, alternative dance, dance-punk, house, indie rock, post-punk, post-punk revival.
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The Trim plays grime.
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Tiga was born in Montreal, Canada, on 18 September 1974. Plays edm, electro, electroclash, electronic, house, techno, uk garage.
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Tim Sweeney plays electronic.
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Zinc formed in 1982.