Boys Noize headline Berlin Festival
- PublishedWed, Jul 13, 2011, 18:30
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- The two-day event brings hip-hop, indie, pop and a raft of electronic music to Tempelhof.
- Berlin Festival returns to Tempelhof Airport on the 9th and 10th of September. Having called off last year's event in the wake of the Love Parade disaster, which happened just a few weeks prior, the Berlin Festival has resurfaced with expanded efforts in 2011 with the additional Club Xberg program at Arena. On the Friday, the club leg will host a trio of local label showcases, including one by the electro-pop imprint Greco-Roman. Here is also where the bulk of the festival's DJs will perform, including the likes of A-Trak, DJ Hell, Diplo, Brodinski, Mr. Oizo and Jimmy Edgar. Over the two days Tempelhof will mostly host bands with an electronic edge, such as Battles, Apparat (with his band), Hercules & Love Affair, The Rapture. Mount Kimbie lend their pensive bass to Friday's bill along with James Blake, whose melodic bass-inspired pop has managed to breach both underground and popular music circles. On Saturday, Berlin-based Boys Noize, Dial Records artist Pantha Du Prince and African kuduro-tech outfit Buraka Som Sistema break up the otherwise indie and pop-heavy affair. The Tempelhof program will run from noon until midnight over both days, with Arena opening at 11:00 PM and carrying things on until morning.
- Fri, Sep 9, 2011
Berlin Festival 2011
A-Trak, Apparat, Andrea Esu, Austra, Bag Raiders, Battles, The Bloody Beetroots, Boy George, Marc Vedo, Boys Noize, Brodinski, Buraka Som Sistema, Canyons, CSS, Dada Disco, Daniel Wang, Das Glow, Diplo, Discodromo, Djedjotronic, Jan Driver, Feadz, Full Nelson, G.I. DISCO, Gesaffelstein, Hackman, Headman, DJ Hell, Housse de Racket, Jimmy Edgar, JR Seaton, Kruder & Dorfmeister, LFO, Mogwai, Mount Kimbie, Mr. Oizo, Pantha Du Prince, Primal Scream, Public Enemy, Rainbow Arabia, The Rapture, Santigold, Skrillex, Strip Steve, Tune-Yards, Yelle, Yuksek