Melt! is slowly waking from its hibernation, hungry for summer, sun, beats and bass. Now, five months before the first act is due to hit the stage of the 12th Melt! festival, we finally present you once again with a spectacular, exclusive and exhilarating line-up.
With Oasis, Bloc Party and Aphex Twin + Hecker we can today confirm three top-class headliners. Oasis will be playing their only German show after the end of their tour. We’re especially thrilled because the Brits have been on our favourite festival’s wish list for a very long time. Our friends from Bloc Party will be returning to Ferropolis after four years. Fronted by charismatic Kele Okereke, they are an absolute live extravaganza and will be picking up right where they left off. And then there’s Richard D. James aka Aphex Twin. After 2006 this exceptional artist will be honouring us with his presence for the second time. And again it will be an exclusive show in Germany. What’s new is his collaboration with sound artist Florian Hecker from the Mego label.
What else? A quick overview of further highlights: With Digitalism (live) and Simian Mobile Disco (live) we are happy to welcome two spearheads of electronic music presenting new material exclusively at Melt! +++ In 2005, they were the surprise act of the festival: With their delicate mix they made ravers, technoheads and indie nerds dance alike: The Faint back at Melt! +++ At last, the Klaxons at Melt! And with their only festival performance of 2009. +++ Happy Bpitchday! Ellen Allien and her posse celebrate their 10th anniversary at Melt! Paying their respects: Ellen Allien, Paul Kalkbrenner, Kiki, Sascha Funke, Zander VT. Their ten-hour set will start on the Big Wheel Floor and draw to its close on the Sleepless Floor. +++ Mad Decent-Mastermind Diplo will host his own stage at Melt! Line-ups will be announced very soon.
ALL CONFIRMED ACTS SO FAR
Aphex Twin + Hecker* | A Critical Mass (feat. Henrik Schwarz, Âme, Dixon Live) | Matias Aguayo | Baddies | Kasper Bjørke | Bloc Party | Bodi Bill | Bonaparte | Boy8Bit | Caribou* | Digitalism (live)* | Diplo* | Jochen Distelmeyer* | DJ Phono | The Dodos | Ellen Allien | The Faint | Filthy Dukes | Foals | Sascha Funke | Jazzanova Live! | Paul Kalkbrenner | Markus Kavka | Kiki | Klaxons* | Mediengruppe Telekommander | Mikroboy | Hudson Mohawke | MSTRKRFT | Mujava | The New Wine | Oasis* | Pilooski | Simian Mobile Disco (live)* | Luke Slater (live) | Super 700 | Tobias Thomas | Trentemøller (DJ-Set)* | The Whitest Boy Alive | WhoMadeWho | James Yuill | Zander VT
* only festival appearance in Germany
TICKETS
2-day-ticket (Fri 17th + Sat 18th July 2009): 70 EUR plus fees // box office: 85 EUR
3-day-ticket (Fri 17th, Sat 18th + Sun 19th July 2009): 90 EUR plus fees // box office: 110 EUR
Daytickets will be availaible for 45 EUR plus fees from May onwards // box office: 55 EUR.
Sleepless Floor, camping and parking are free of charge at anytime.
DOORS OPEN
3 p.m. every day
FIRST ACTS ON STAGE
5 p.m. every day
Melt! Festival will be taking place for the 12th time in 2009. Melt!, that means more than 80 live acts and DJs, 6 floors, 20,000 visitors and a breathtaking ambience among the hulking metal frames of open-pit mining machines.
More info @ www.meltfestival.de & http://meltfestival.hyves.nl.