Today on the Morning Show with John Richards Decibel Festival founder, president and curator, Sean Horton, has revealed the first wave of artists for the 2014 International Festival of Electronic Music Performance, Visual Art and New Media, taking over Seattle on September 24-28. Always groundbreaking, Decibel Festival features a wide variety of arts programming, including workshops, films and interactive events, in addition to a wide range of electronic based artists performing at equally diverse locations, from clubs and theaters to outdoor parks and even boat cruises.
Here's the full list of artists announced today:
1979 // !!! DJS // ANDY STOTT // ANNA LUNOE //ATOM™ HD/AV // ATOM™ GND∞ // BATHS // BRAIDS // CHET FAKER // CHRISTOPHER WILLITS // COM TRUISE // DEMDIKE STARE // DERU // DOUGLAS DARE // EL TEN ELEVEN // FALTYDL // GREG GIVES PETER SPACES // GROUNDISLAVA feat. RARE TIMES // ISIS GRAHAM // JACASZEK // JOHN ROBERTS // KASTLE // KODE9 // KRADDY // LAUREN LANE // LETHERETTE // LINDSTROM // LUKE MANDALA // LUSINE // MANATEE COMMUNE // MARC MINCHEN aka MK // MILLIE & ANDREA // MIMOSA // NORDIC SOUL // PAPER DIAMOND // RICHIE HAWTIN // RIVAL CONSOLES // ROBERT BABICZ // RROSE // SANGO // SCRATCHA DVA // SHADOW CHILD // SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO // SON LUX // SOUL CLAP // SWEATER BEATS // THE SIGHT BELOW // TOMAS JIRKU // VATICAN SHADOW // VOX MOD // WALDO // WOLF + LAMB
We're particularly excited to see among this first wave of artists announced some KEXP favorites, like Andy Stott, Chet Faker, Simian Mobile Disco, Lindstrøm, Richie Hawtin, Com Truise, Baths, Baths, El Ten Eleven, Vox Mod and many others. There will even be DJs sets from members of !!!.
Stay tuned for more artists to be announced in the weeks to follow. Tickets for dB Fest are available right now here.
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