Festival No. 0001303 · Est. 2014
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About the artists
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A-Trak was born in Montreal, Canada, on 30 March 1982. Plays electro house, hip hop, house, turntablism. -
Agoria was born in Valencin, France, on 16 January 1976. Plays deep house, electro house, electronic, house, tech house.
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Alva Noto was born in Chemnitz, Germany, on 18 September 1965. Plays ambient, drone, electronic, glitch, idm, minimal techno, minimalism, noise.
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Amp Fiddler was born on 16 May 1958, and died on 17 December 2023, aged 65. Plays electronic, experimental, funk, hip hop, neo soul, soul.
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Ben Klock was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1972. Plays minimal techno, techno.
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Benjamin Damage plays techno.
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Bicep formed in 2009. Plays club, edm, electronic, house, leftfield, stutter house, techno.
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Black Coffee was born in Durban, South Africa, on 11 March 1976. Plays edm, house.
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Charlotte de Witte was born in Ghent, Belgium, on 21 July 1992. Plays edm, electronic, peak time techno, techno.
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Cornelius was born in Setagaya, Japan, on 27 January 1969. Plays alternative dance, folktronica, indietronica, neo-psychedelia, shibuya-kei.
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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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Diplo was born in Tupelo, United States, on 10 November 1978. Plays afro house, bass house, club, country, dance, disco, edm, electronic.
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Dre Skull was born in Brooklyn, United States.
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Errorsmith was born in Berlin, Germany.
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Fatima Al Qadiri was born in 1981. Plays electro, experimental, lo-fi, witch house.
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Francisco Lopez was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1964. Plays death metal, drone, lowercase, musique concrète.
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George Fitzgerald was born in Watford, United Kingdom. Plays electronic, house, techno.
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GoldLink was born in Washington, D.C., United States, on 17 May 1993. Plays hip hop, leftfield.
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GOOD COMPNY plays hip hop.
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Gorillaz formed in Essex, United Kingdom, in 1999. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, art pop, art rock, electronic, electronica, electropop, hip hop.
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Helena Hauff plays ambient, electronic, hardcore techno, house, techno.
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Jamz Supernova plays club, dance.
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JASSS plays electronic.
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Kode9 was born in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 1973. Plays dubstep, uk garage.
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KOKOKO! formed in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, in 2016. Plays electronic, post-punk.
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Laurel Halo was born in Ann Arbor, United States, on 3 June 1985. Plays ambient, ambient pop, art pop, avant-garde pop, electronic, experimental, idm, techno.
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Laurent Garnier was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, on 1 February 1966. Plays electronic, techno.
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LCD Soundsystem formed in New York, United States, in 2001. Plays alternative dance, dance-punk, electronic, indietronica, new wave, post-punk revival, synth-pop.
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Little Simz was born in Islington, United Kingdom, on 23 February 1994. Plays hip hop, pop rap.
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Lorenzo Senni was born in 1983. Plays electronic.
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Maribou State formed in 2011. Plays downtempo, electronic, house, leftfield.
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Modeselektor formed in 1996. Plays electro, electronic, idm, techno.
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Mr Eazi was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, on 19 July 1991. Plays afrobeat, latin.
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Nathy Peluso was born in Luján, Spain, on 12 January 1995.
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Niño de Elche was born on 21 January 1985. Plays flamenco.
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Octo Octa was born in Chicago, United States, in 1987. Plays electronic, house.
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Oddisee plays alternative hip hop, conscious hip hop, experimental hip hop, hip hop, instrumental hip hop.
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Oscar Mulero was born in 1971.
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Preditah plays grime.
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PUTOCHINOMARICÓN was born in 1991.
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Refree was born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1976.
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Rels B was born in Palma, Spain, on 18 October 1993.
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ROSALIA was born in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain, on 25 September 1992. Plays flamenco, flamenco pop, hip hop, latin, latin pop, pop, reggaeton, singer-songwriter.
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Russell Haswell was born in 1970.
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Schneider Tm was born in Bielefeld, Germany, on 28 August 1970. Plays electronic.
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Terry Riley was born in Colfax, United States, on 24 June 1935. Plays electronic, microtonal classical, minimalism.
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Thom Yorke was born in Wellingborough, United Kingdom, on 7 October 1968. Plays alternative rock, ambient, ambient pop, art pop, art rock, crossover prog, electronic, electronic rock.
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TOKiMONSTA was born in Torrance, United States. Plays electronic, hip hop, wonky.
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Tony Allen was born in Lagos, Nigeria, on 12 August 1940, and died on 30 April 2020, aged 79. Plays afrobeat, funk, jazz, post-bop.
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Tony Humphries was born in Brooklyn, United States, on 3 November 1957.
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Wiley was born in Bow, United Kingdom, on 19 January 1979. Plays grime, hip hop.
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Yung Lean was born in Stockholm, Sweden, on 18 July 1996. Plays alternative r&b, art pop, cloud rap, experimental hip hop, hip hop, pop rap, trap.
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Zora Jones plays club, electronic, experimental, idm.
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Ólafur Arnalds was born in Mosfellsbær, Iceland, on 3 November 1986. Plays ambient, avant-garde, classical, classical crossover, contemporary classical, dance, deep house, edm.