Festival No. 0001395 · Est. 2008
Weekend of the year
No. 0002094
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- Slinky 2008
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- Reading, UK
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About the artists
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Aphid Moon plays psytrance. -
Aquasky formed in Bournemouth, United Kingdom, in 1995. Plays drum and bass, electronic, liquid funk.
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Atomic Hooligan formed in Watford, United Kingdom, in 2001.
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Autechre formed in Rochdale, United Kingdom, in 1991. Plays ambient techno, avant-garde, drill and bass, electronic, electronica, experimental, experimental electronic, glitch.
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Big Daddy formed in 1975, and split up in 2005, after 30 years. Plays comedy, comedy rock.
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Billy Nasty was born on 28 March 1969.
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Bodysnatchers formed in 1979, and split up in 1981, after 2 years. Plays 2 tone, ska.
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Bong-Ra was born in Utrecht, Netherlands, in 1972. Plays breakbeat, breakcore, breaks, cybergrind, drum and bass, dubstep, electronic, electronica.
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Cj Bolland was born in Stockton-on-Tees, Belgium, on 18 June 1971. Plays belgian techno, edm, electronic, rave, techno, trance.
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Current Value plays darkstep, drum and bass, electronic, jump up, neurofunk, skullstep, techstep.
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Daedelus was born in Santa Monica, United States, on 31 October 1977. Plays electronic, electronica, experimental electronic, idm.
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DJ Friction plays breakbeat.
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DJ Rupture was born in Boston, United States.
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DJ Scotch Egg was born in Tokyo, United Kingdom. Plays experimental, future bass.
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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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Dubfire was born in Mashhad, United States, on 19 April 1971.
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Eat Static formed in Frome, United Kingdom, in 1989. Plays trance.
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Far Too Loud formed in 2005. Plays complextro, edm, electro house, electronic.
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Flore plays ambient, electronic, experimental, footwork, hard drum.
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Ital Tek plays dubstep, electronic, post-dubstep.
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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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Jeff Mills was born in Detroit, United States, on 18 June 1963. Plays detroit techno, techno.
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KJ Sawka was born on 10 October 1977. Plays drum and bass.
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Lady Waks was born in Sankt-Peterburg, Russian Federation, on 12 January 1982.
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Logic Bomb plays psytrance.
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Meat Katie plays breakbeat.
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Noisia formed in Groningen, Netherlands, in 2000, and split up in 2022, after 22 years. Plays drum and bass, dubstep, edm, electro house, electronic, halftime, neurofunk.
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Paul Taylor plays electronic.
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Paul Woolford was born on 1 July 1980.
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Pendulum formed in Perth, Australia, in 2002. Plays alternative metal, dancefloor drum and bass, drum and bass, dubstep, edm, electro house, electronic, electronic rock.
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Plump DJs formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1999. Plays big beat, breakbeat, breaks.
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Protoculture plays electronic, psychedelic, psytrance, trance.
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Red Snapper formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1993. Plays acid jazz, drum and bass, nu jazz.
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Remarc plays jungle.
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Slam formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 1994. Plays electronic.
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Stanton Warriors formed in Bristol, United Kingdom. Plays breakbeat, breaks.
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Subgiant formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2004.
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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 Grid formed in 1988. Plays ambient house, electronic, house, techno.
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The Orb formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1988. Plays ambient, ambient dub, ambient house, ambient techno, chillout, dub techno, electronic, electronica.
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Ulrich Schnauss was born in Kiel, Germany, in 1977. Plays ambient, berlin school, downtempo, dream pop, electronic, electronica, idm, progressive electronic.
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Utah Saints formed in 1991. Plays dance-pop, electronic, house.
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Vex'd plays dubstep, uk garage.
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Whiplash formed in Passaic, United States, in 1984. Plays groove metal, grunge, heavy metal, speed metal, thrash metal.
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Zen Mechanics plays electronic, progressive, psychedelic, psytrance, trance.