Ferropolis, 9 February 2017

With Die Antwoord, Bonobo (Live), Phoenix, The Kills and many more acts, we already gave you a little foretaste of Melt Festival 2017 in December. Now we can"t wait to unveil more than 40 artists we just added to our anniversary bill.

We"re thrilled to confirm M.I.A., notorious for their live performances. The London native will play her only Germany show 2017 at Melt! With a unique and special career, genre-coining tracks like "Bucky Done Gun", "Paper Planes" and "Bad Girls", and her album "AIM", M.I.A."s artistic output is more zeitgeist-y than ever and not a second to late. With a focus on R&B and urban beats, Sampha travels to the City of Iron as a solo artists for the first time. After several productions for Drake and Solange, and a performance at Melt with SBTRKT in 2011, he"ll take his long-awaited debut album "Process" to the stage. Lil Silva, Kamasi Washington, Dave and a showcase by the directional urban beats label Soulection have also been added to the lineup.

Our numerous electronic stages are more diverse than ever this year. Richie Hawtin will play exclusively on the Melt Stage, Maceo Plex makes up for his missed gig last year, Tale Of Us return to get behind the decks at the Big Wheel stage, MK celebrates his Melt premiere and Modeselektor will curate the MeltSelektor stage again, of course. Ben Frost (Live), Denis Sulta, Egyptian Lover and the Berlin trio FJAAK have been confirmed as well. Once again, the Gremmin Beach stage calls out to all dance floor lovers to put their bare feet in the warm sand and dance until the sunrise together with Dixon, Claptone, Job Jobse, Kölsch (DJ) and Michael Mayer, who will host parts of the the lineup.

Last year, everyone fell in love with our forest, which extended the previous festival site and boasted the idyllic cottage, hammocks, a new swimming spot, and chill-out areas full of nooks and crannies away from the big festival stages. With Kiddy Smile and Andy Butler, who will get behind the DJ booth in addition to his performance with disco futurists Hercules & Love Affair, the forest stage will be raising the rainbow flag for two consecutive days this year. Further artists and specials will be announced soon.

No Melt without 90 hours of nonstop Sleepless Floor debauchery. On top of the pre-party with Fatboy Slim, the stage gathers more than 20 DJs - Ellen Allien, Julia Govor, Konstantin Sibold, Tijana T, Agents Of Time and Monoloc to name a few - from Thursday evening to Monday at noon.

Tickets to Melt Festival 2017 are available at our current price level of 140,00 Eur (incl. 5,00 Eur garbage deposit and booking fee).

We"re hardly done with our lineup. Lots of hot news about showcases, specials and plenty fringe events will follow in the upcoming weeks. Stay tuned!

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Just announced:

Agents Of Time, Agoria, Andy Butler (DJ), Ben Frost (Live), Bicep (Live), Bjarki (Live), Cinthie, Dan Beaumont, Dave, Davis, Denis Horvat, Denis Sulta, Egyptian Lover, Elisabeth, FJAAK, Haiyti, Hercules & Love Affair, Jennifer Cardini, Jimi Jules, JP Enfant, Kamasi Washington, Kiddy Smile, Konstantin Sibold, Lil Silva, M.I.A., Maceo Plex, Maggie Rogers, Massimiliano Pagliara, MK, Modeselektor (DJ), Monoloc, Rampue (Live), Richie Hawtin, Sampha, SOHN, Soulection Showcase, Sylvan Esso, Tale Of Us, Tereza, The Lemon Twigs, tINI, Tom Misch (Live), WhoMadeWho (DJ)

Already announced:

Âme b2b Rødhåd, Aurora Halal (Live), Barker & Baumecker, Bonobo (Live), Claptone, Courtesy, Daniel Avery, Die Antwoord, Dixon, Ellen Allien, Fatboy Slim (Pre-Party), Glass Animals, GusGus, Honne, Job Jobse, Jon Hopkins (DJ), Julia Govor, Kate Tempest, Kölsch (DJ), Lakuti, Marcel Dettmann, Michael Mayer, MØ, Mutiny On The Bounty, Nao, Phoenix, Recondite (Live), Red Axes, rRoxymore, Sonja Moonear, The Kills, Tijana T, Tony Humphries, Volvox, Von Wegen Lisbeth, Warpaint

Der Beitrag M.I.A., Richie Hawtin, SOHN, Sampha and many more artists added to the bill erschien zuerst auf Melt Festival | 14 - 16 July 2017.