Dekmantel today released a video that let their lineup out of the bag and it’s a good one.
The video in question doesn’t make it easy to get the acts – with an audio-only reaming off the lineup that will be hitting the festival from the 1st to the 5th of August in and around Amsterdam. Here’s most of what we picked up:
Lineup
Orbital
Four Tet
Helena Hauff
Shackleton
Objekt
Thundercat
Lena Willikens
Terry & Gyan Riley
Tangerine Dream
DJ Stingray
Cashew
Charlotte Vendix
Palms Trax
Sassy J
Tim Hecker
Yves Tumor
Detroit In Effect
Identified Patient
Silent Servant
The Bug
Voiski
Regis
Special Request
Young Marco
John Talabot
James Holden
Dam Funk
Phase Fatale
Laraaji
John Maus
Or:la
Shanti Celeste
Carl Craig Presents Versus Synthesizer Ensemble
Tom Trago
Goldie & Randall
Donato Dozzy
Randomer
Call Super
Mount Kimbie
DVS1
DJ Bone
Oscar Mulero
Dekmantel Soundsystem
Tickets
Dekmantel Pre-register ticket sale starts January 24 at 12:00 CET. General Presale ticket sale starts January 25 at 12:00 CET. Tickets will be available through Dekmantel.com.
Returning before All Hallow’s Eve with another batch of choice horror soundtracks of his choosing, is Solar Bears‘ John Kowalski. See last year’s list. Solar Bears will release a new album next year.
Michel Rubini – Manhunter
If someone were to ask me what makes me recall the 1980s more than anything else it would be the following. One thing I did note watching the film initially was how present the music was in the overall soundmix/scheme.
Disasterpeace – It Follows
The composer for this seems to be getting more and more attention of late and rightly so. Knowing nods to John Carpenter are very welcome, certainly enhanced the experience personally speaking. [It is an amazing film – Niall]
Angela Morley – Watership Down
Morley is a brilliant composer, one of the finest in history. Quite an intense thing for a child to witness the brutality of the movie in question, strangely I found it quite life affirming due to the scenes of reincarnation, energy’s echo.
Jonathan Snipes – Room 237
A documentary on the hidden signals in a Kubrick masterwork. Worthy of investigating on all fronts. Although Kubrick himself is a rabbit hole of rumour and wild myth, true on occasion.
Carter Burwell – Blood Simple
I can say that the score to Blood Simple by Carter Burwell would be my favourite here by some margin. He went on to work with Spike Jonze for the soundtrack to Adaptation more recently. Please press play. Utter genius.
Tangerine Dream – The Keep
The track I’ve chosen has been getting regular rotation lately. As for the movie itself by Michael Mann, its pretty hard to describe other than it involves Nazis and a haunted tomb.
Popul Vuh – Nosferatu
Had the distinct pleasure of seeing this at the Irish Film Institute with a couple of friends. Darkly funny and full of incredible music like the selection below. In league with many of their German peers at the time, Popul Vuh were radicals.
Francois de Roubaix – Daughters Of Darkness
Been obsessed with Francois de Roubaix for years now. He can go from the sublime to the ridiculous in the space of a few seconds and frequently does on his own records.
Lalo Schifrin – The Amityville Horror
I came across Lalo Schifrin as countless others have via Enter The Dragon. His combined use of poly synths and muted brass has been an influence. From there I got into his scores for Dirty Harry and THX 1138 (of which has a beautiful end theme). The longer I research scores, the higher appreciation I have for stripping things back to their core elements.
Masahiko Sato – Belladonna Of Sadness
Slightly more obscure than the rest in the list. Added romance as well.
Frizzi, Bixio and Tempera – Sette Note In Nero
Recognizable for its inclusion in the Kill Bill soundtrack. Superb work from the Italian trio. Again getting the point across with the least amount of components.
Les Baxter – Nancy’s Trust
This is a recent find from Youtube crate digging. Les Baxter had a career and life full of controversy, he is credited with developing “exotica” to name but one as well as being accused of having people write for him in secret.
I spend most of my day listening to music of all tempos and styles, so when I get close to the night, and bed is calling, I rarely put on music. I used to fall asleep with headphones in my ears but those times are gone and sleep is more precious. Occasionally, my head will be buzzing too much with work and plans that I can’t relax. Music can help then.
Here’s a 3-hour Spotify playlist featuring music for such an occasion, for sleep-inducing, quiet times, for background noise, for night-marches into a deep consciousness or whatever you’re having your self.
It features music, ambient, atmospheric and minimal from Aphex Twin, M83, Brian Eno, A Winged Victory For The Sullen, Jon Hopkins, Ebauche, Burial, John Foxx, Julianna Barwick, Tangerine Dream, Air, Stars Of The Lid, Boards Of Canada, Harold Budd, Laraaji, Arca, Nils Frahm and more. It will be updated again in future so subscribe. In the meantime, press shuffle and drift off when appropriate.
Next up on the themed playlists? Halloween, Running, morning time or something else? Let me know.
Para One – Elevation Soft Lit – I Can’t Help It ZHU & AlunaGeorge – Automatic Skylar Spence – Can’t You See Disclosure – Hourglass (feat. Lion Babe) Empress Of – Standard Pure Bathing Culture – Palest Pearl Album of the week: Anderson – Cecilia’s Sister Beirut – Gibraltar EMBRZ – Lights ft. pennybirdrabbit Run The Jewels – Blockbuster Night Part 1 Trouble Funk – Trouble Funk Express
Jungle – Julia (Soulwax remix) Emmanuelle – Free Hifi Kodiak Blue – Zapusk Jamie xx – Loud Places [Barnt E-Mix] [feat. Romy] Lone – Rissotowe_4 Owiny Sigoma Band – I Made You / You Made Me Le Galaxie – Love System ( Young Wonder Remix) !!! – Sick Ass Moon Tangerine Dream – Love On a Real Train Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight (Ben Liebrand 88′ Remix) William Onyeabor – Fantastic Man You can listen live on Thursdays to the show on 105.2FM, online, the iOs app, Android app or if you missed it, along with all the other shows, via the listen back section
