just going through the gig diary in the new issue of
The Wire...
Atlas Electronic Morocco
Four days of electronic music in Marrakech. The line-up includes Ata Kak, Ben UFO, Fatima Yamaha, Hieroglyphic Being, Shanti
Dekmantel Netherlands
Techno, house and electro music festival featuring Arca & Jesse Kanda, Ben UFO, Bicep, Blawan, Donato Dozzy & Peter Van Hoesen, Fatima Yamaha, Floating Points, Gas, Helena Hauff, I-F, Jeff Mills & Tony Allen, Jon Hopkins, Karenn, Larry Heard, Robert Hood, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Mathew Jonson, Objekt & Call Super, Palms Trax, Robert Glasper Experiment, Steve Reich & Slagwerk Den Haag, Andy Stott, Dopplereffekt, Dorian Concept, Factory Floor, Lena Willikens, Lorenzo Senni, Optimo, Beatrice Dillon, Aleksi Perälä, Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids, Inga Mauer, and more. Amsterdam various venues, 2–6 August, dekmantelfestival.com
Dekmantel Selectors Croatia
Croatian edition of the Dutch dance music festival featuring Ben UFO, Call Super, I-F, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Objekt, Optimo, DJ Stingray, Lena Willikens, and more. Tisno The Garden, 24–28 August, dekmantelselectors.com
Dimensions Croatia
Annual techno, house and bass music festival featuring Grace Jones, Jeff Mills, Theo Parrish, Moderat, Floating Points, Nina Kraviz, Ata Kak, Levon Vincent, Dopplereffekt, Yussef Kamaal, Romare, Demdike Stare, Helena Hauff, Ben UFO, Pangaea, Pearson Sound, Alexander ichael Schmelling
Houghton
Electronic music festival curated by Craig Richards, featuring Ricardo Villalobos, Nicolas Jaar, Floating Points, Cobblestone Jazz, Adrian Sherwood, Andrew Weatherall, Ben UFO, Calibre, Convextion, Optimo, Radioactive Man, Yussef Kamaal, Ivan Smagghe, Roman Flugel, and more. Norfolk Houghton Hall, 10–13 August, £150–£50
Optimo 20
Glasgow based record label and club night celebrates 20 years with a mini festival featuring ADULT., Apeiron Crew, Aurora Halal, Avalon Emerson, The Black Madonna, Ben UFO, Carla dal Forno, King Ayisoba, Miss Red & The Bug, Nurse With Wound, Optimo, and more. Some of the profits will be donated to Glasgow’s Coalition For Racial Equality & Rights and to the city’s food banks. Glasgow The Galvanizers Yard, 6 August, 2–11pm, optimo.co.uk
Sunfall
Second edition of new London dance music festival featuring Ben UFO, Call Super, Shanti Celeste, A Made Up Sound, Lena Willikens, Peggy Gou, Gilles Peterson, Romare, Yussef Kamaal, Konstantin, Derrick May, Floating Points, Larry Heard, Helena Hauff, The Black Madonna, Move D, Palms Trax, Princess Nokia, Roy Ayers, Theo Parrish, and more. London various venues, 12 August, sunfall.co.uk
Waking Life Portugal
Music and arts festival featuring live and DJ sets by Aleksi Perälä, Ateq, Audio Werner, Aurora Halal, Ben UFO, DJ Nobu, Leafar Legov, Lawrence, Konstantin, Kassem Mosse, Fennesz, Philip Jeck, Robag Wruhme, Sebastian Mullaert, Ulf Eriksson, Youandewan, and more. Crato various venues, 17–20 August, wakinglife.pt
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