Underworld, James Blake, Róisín Murphy and more announced for Berlin Festival

Underworld, James Blake, Róisín Murphy and more announced for Berlin Festival

From 29th to 31st May Berlin Festival brings together all the city’s best features of unique music, culture and art. Genre barriers are torn down and redefined as techno flirts with hip hop, Arthouse with cabaret, high fashion with street wear, street food with haute cuisine and classical music with club culture.

Playing the 10th anniversary are top international acts Underworld, James Blake, Róisín Murphy, Seth Troxler, Carl Craig, Robert Hood, Rudimental and Ten Walls alongside key players from Berlin's club scene including Richie Hawtin, Fritz Kalkbrenner, Dixon, Tale Of Us and Âme (live). 

Berlin Festival will transform Arena Park into Berlin's biggest club, taking the electronic heartbeat of the city to the next level for a 48hour party.

Club institution and label Watergate has shaped the sound of techno in Berlin for over a decade and will gather resident DJs, label acts and international club regulars like Pan-Pot, Ellen Allien, Tiefschwarz, La Fleur and Marco Resmann.

Westbam will mark his 50th birthday with a special celebration of three decades of techno history: A Night with Westbam, while debaucherous gay club institution SchwuZ will invite you to join a collision of electro, indie, kitsch and glamour on the SchwuZ Love Boat, spread across Hoppetosse's two floors. splash! 

Mag, Germany's first address when it comes to world of hip hop, will return with its own stage featuring acts such as Kelela, Shlohmo or Purple at Glashaus. With its Yellow Lounge concept and celebrated classical music stars Valentina Lisitsa and Avi Avital, Deutsche Grammophon blends classical music and club atmosphere.

Berlin's film festival scene will make an appearance at the Festival under the banner of Berlin 'A' Screen: in co-operation with Berlinale, Teddy Awards, Pornfilmfestival and EXPOSED International Queer Film Festival Berlin. Arena Club will turn into a film lounge with Q&A’s and an intriguing cross-section of the film festival's programme. Meanwhile the city’s art scene will once again turn the entire Festival site into a creative Art Village with street art, graffiti, dance, performance art and poetry slam.

Early bird tickets for Berlin Festival are available via www.berlinfestival.de/tickets

All confirmed acts:

Underworld, James Blake, Róisín Murphy, Richie Hawtin, Fritz Kalkbrenner, Seth Troxler, Carl Craig,

Robert Hood, Rudimental, Dixon, Tale Of Us, Âme (live), Ten Walls (live), Chet Faker, GusGus,

Marek Hemmann (live), Tiga, Twin Shadow, Atari Teenage Riot, Howling, Recondite (live), Kelela,

Sylvan Esso, Pan-Pot, Ellen Allien, Westbam, Tiefschwarz (DJ-Set), Zebra Katz, Ratking, Shlohmo,

Tourist, Yung Lean, Purple, La Fleur, Valentina Lisitsa, Avi Avital, Marco Resmann, DJ Ipek, Eva Be, 

Clé (DJ-Set).

More performances across the Festival's ten indoor and outdoor stages to be announced soon!

Riverside Festival 2015 line-up announced

Riverside Festival 2015 line-up announced

After the initial taster line-up including some of the biggest names in electronic music at the end of last year, leading event organisers in Glasgow - The Electric Frog and Pressure – are delighted to reveal the next batch of acts to join the biggest ever The Electric Frog and Pressure Riverside Festival 2015 line-up including Len Faki, Julio Bashmore, Karenn (live), Robert Hood : Floorplan, Prosumer, Carl Craig, Nina Kraviz, Ben UFO, Joy Orbison, Midland and the exciting addition of COCOON hosting two stages at The Riverside Festival.

These acts will join Sven Väth, Ricardo Villalobos, Siriusmodeselektor (live), Popof, Slam and Optimo who were already revealed to excited fans by the festival organisers.

For the first time ever in Glasgow, Cocoon will host two of the three stages at this year’s festival. For over 15 years Sven Väth’s Cocoon has represented one of the most successful ever party concepts and is responsible for a radical change in Ibiza’s nightlife. With the presence of Cocoon at this year’s event, fans will be treated to an impressive display of visuals and dancers to help bring the much-loved Ibiza party vibe to Scotland.

The Riverside Festival 2015 line-up boasts some of the biggest names in electronic music. Taking place on the 29th and 30th May 2015 – a new format of Friday and Saturday Bank Holiday Weekend– the event will boast three stages, making it the biggest ever Riverside Festival event. Tickets for the event are on sale now via Ticket Scotland and Ticket Tailor.

The outdoor music festival will once again take place on the grounds of the iconic Riverside Museum, on the banks of the River Clyde. The 2015 event will be bigger than ever before, with the addition of the Sunset Stage, as well as Cocoon at The Riverside stages, allowing for even more globally renowned talent to join the bill. The full line-up for the locally programmed Sunset stage will be released soon.

To get the party started, the festival are throwing a free launch party at Glasgow’s SWG3 venue for fans to get in the mood for the forthcoming festival on Saturday 31st January. Featuring an array of local talent from all over Glasgow including Slam, Lindsay and Kendal, Ivan Kutz and Niz, Silicone Soul, Beta (The I AM), Joshua (Stay Fresh), Nolan, Herd, Hektor Bizerk, Fly Club, Sunday Circus and Thunder Disco Club.

Electric Frog and Pressure Riverside Festival Promoter Dave Clarke said: “We were delighted to reveal the first batch of acts to play this year’s Riverside Festival last month and we are extremely excited at how this year’s line-up is shaping up. It truly is one of the best electronic music line-ups that Scotland will see this summer. With the addition of the Sunset Stage and the Cocoon element, it’s shaping up to be our biggest event yet!”

Tickets are available via Ticket Scotland (https://www.tickets-scotland.com/  and Ticket Tailor priced at £35 for a day ticket and £65 for a weekend ticket.)