Published by dustin morris June 28th, 2009
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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.
Published by dustin morris June 14th, 2009
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