Festival No. 0000367 · Est. 1989
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Somewhere in Nyon
Where it happens
Festival site
Festival grounds
The details
- Venue
- Plaine de l'Asse
- Address
- Rte De St-cergue 312 CP 1320
- City
- Nyon, Switzerland
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For the record
About the artists
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Alexandre Kinn was born on 14 March 1974. -
Asa was born in Kemi, Finland, on 9 April 1980. Plays conscious hip hop, folk, hip hop.
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Barbatuques plays afro house, dance, dubstep, edm, electronica, future bass, house, organic house.
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BB Brunes formed in Paris, France, in 2005. Plays garage rock revival, indie rock, pop, pop rock, rock.
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Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals formed in 1997. Plays acoustic rock, alternative rock, contemporary folk, folk rock, southern soul.
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Blood Red Shoes formed in Brighton, United Kingdom, in September 2004. Plays alternative rock, garage rock, grunge, indie rock, post-punk, punk, punk rock.
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Bonde do Rolê formed in Curitiba, Brazil, in 2005. Plays funk carioca, indietronica.
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Brisa Roché was born in Arcata, France, on 26 April 1976.
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Caribou was born in Dundas, Canada, on 29 March 1978. Plays dream pop, electronic, folktronica, house, indietronica, neo-psychedelia.
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Cocoon formed in Clermont-Ferrand, France, in 2006. Plays folk.
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Daniel Darc was born in Paris, France, on 20 May 1959, and died on 28 February 2013, aged 53.
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dEUS formed in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1989. Plays alternative rock, art rock, indie rock, rock.
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Dionysos formed in Valence, France, in 1993. Plays art rock, folk rock, indie pop, indie rock, noise pop, pop rock, rock, slacker rock.
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Dorian Gray formed on 1 June 2006. Plays metal, metalcore, rock.
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DUB INC formed in Saint-Étienne, France, in 1997. Plays dancehall, dub, ragga, reggae.
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Favez formed in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1990. Plays indie rock, rock.
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Firewater formed in New York, United States, in 1995. Plays alternative punk, folk, world fusion.
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Girls In Hawaii formed in Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium, in 2000. Plays indie pop, indie rock.
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Goose formed in 2009.
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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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Greis was born on 3 April 1978. Plays hip hop, political hip hop.
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I'm From Barcelona formed in Jönköping, Sweden, on 21 May 2005. Plays indie pop.
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IAM formed in Marseille, France, in 1989. Plays hip hop.
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Junior Tshaka was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, in 1978. Plays reggae.
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Justice formed in Paris, France, in 2003. Plays dance, electro, electro house, electro-disco, electronic, french electro, french house, house.
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Keny Arkana was born on 20 December 1982. Plays conscious hip hop, hip hop, political hip hop.
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Manu Chao was born in Paris, France, on 21 June 1961. Plays country, electronic, folk, latin, pop, punk, reggae, rock.
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Marcelo D2 was born in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, on 5 November 1967.
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Massive Attack formed in Bristol, United Kingdom, in 1987. Plays alternative dance, ambient, club, downtempo, dub, electronic, electronica, trip hop.
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Mayra Andrade was born in La Habana, Cape Verde, on 13 February 1985.
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Micky Green was born in Adelaide, Australia, on 28 June 1984. Plays blues, pop.
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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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Minor Majority formed in 2001. Plays country, indie pop, rock.
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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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Monofocus formed in 2007.
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Moonraisers formed in 1992. Plays reggae.
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Olodum formed in Salvador, Brazil, on 25 April 1979. Plays afoxê, samba-reggae.
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Ours formed in 1992.
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Passengers formed in 1979. Plays disco.
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Patrick Watson was born in Lancaster, Canada, on 8 October 1979. Plays chamber pop, indie rock, rock.
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Pete and The Pirates formed in Reading, United Kingdom, in 2006, and split up in 2012, after 6 years.
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R.E.M. formed in Athens, United States, on 5 April 1980, and split up on 21 September 2011, after 31 years. Plays acoustic rock, alternative country, alternative rock, chamber pop, classic rock, electronic rock, folk rock, glam rock.
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Seun Kuti was born in Lagos, Nigeria, on 11 January 1983. Plays afrobeat, jùjú.
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Sharko formed in Brussels, Belgium, in 1997.
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Soko was born in Bordeaux, France, on 26 October 1985. Plays folk pop, indie pop, indietronica, new wave, pop.
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Solange La Frange formed in Vevey, Switzerland, in 2004.
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The Dodoz formed in 2004. Plays rock.
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The Dø formed in Paris, France, in 2005, and split up in 2021, after 16 years. Plays folk rock, indie pop, indie rock.
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The Hives formed in Fagersta, Sweden, in 1993. Plays alternative rock, garage punk, garage rock, garage rock revival, hard rock, indie rock, post-punk revival, punk.
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The Kissaway Trail formed in Odense, Denmark, in 2006.
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The Raveonettes formed in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2000. Plays garage rock, indie rock, noise pop, post-punk revival, shoegaze.
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The Wombats formed in Liverpool, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays indie pop.
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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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Vanessa Da Mata was born on 10 February 1976. Plays mpb.
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Vanessa Paradis was born in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France, on 22 December 1972. Plays chanson française, pop, pop rock, pop soul, sophisti-pop.
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Vive La Fête formed in Ghent, Belgium, in 1997. Plays electroclash, electronic, synth-pop.
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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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Étienne Daho was born in Oran, France, on 14 January 1956. Plays pop, pop rock, synth-pop.