With a new website and a preliminary line up announcement, the anticipation is already starting to build for this year’s Decibel Festival. The 6th Annual Decibel International Festival of Electronic Music, Visual Art and New Media will take place on September 24th - 29th in Seattle.

So far, the line up looks promising. I am surprised at the number of dubstep artists brought on board though. Despite the growing popularity of the style, it still remains quite niche. It’ll be interesting to see how Decibel fans react to an influx of darker flavors. Expect artists like Boxcutter, Martyn and BBC Radio 1’s Mary Anne Hobbs to deliver the best the genre has to offer.

I’m thrilled to see that Keith Kenniff (aka Helios) will be returning (after a wonderful performance at Decibel’s gala dinner) to perform as Goldmund. Decibel favorites KiloWatts, Lusine and Pezzner are back as well. Other highlights include Mikael Stavöstrand, Monolake, Move D, Tadeo and the legendary Wighnomy Brothers.

Decibel will be offering a limited number of discounted passes from now until July 24th. You can purchase a discounted festival pass here ($50 off the regular pass price!). Dozens of additional artists will be announced later this summer.