Ahead of this December's ATP double-header curated by
Godspeed You! Black Emperor (Nightmare Before Christmas) and
Belle & Sebastian (Bowlie 2), details of the weekend bender taking place next May have just been spewed all over the far and wide reaches of t'internet. It's curators:
Animal Collective. Quite unexpectedly, whilst entirely justifiably the ethereal dream pop of Merriweather Post Pavilion ought to be an apt aural heirloom to the plethora of avant-garde greats to have graced the carpeted bingo halls of Butlins, Minehead of recent times. The Maryland band will be joined by fellow daydreamer
Ariel Pink and his sketchy, retro
Haunted Graffiti, noiseniks
Gang Gang Dance, ukulele troubadour putting the (o)le(o)le back in the most banal of instruments
Dent May, and vet dub luminary
Lee Scratch Perry. Bad news first: it'll be the only weekender next May. Good news: obviously, it looks to be fairly sensational...
Full line up thus far includes:
Animal Collective * Gang Gang Dance * Lee Scratch Perry * Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti * Broadcast * Black Dice * Meat Puttpets performing Up On The Sun
* The Frogs performing It's Only Right & Natural
* IUD * Omar-S * Prince Rama * Spectrum * Dent May * Group Doueh * The Brothers Unconnected * Sublime Frequencies DJs + Films
* Deradoorian * Zomby * Vladislav Delay
ATP chief promoter Barry Hogan affirmed triumphantly "I always wondered what kind of mixtape Animal Collective would put together, so we are really stoked that they are climbing into the curating hot seat at Butlins next May where they will headline and curate the festival that includes the likes of Lee Scratch Perry and Gang Gang Dance from an already eclectic mix of 40+ acts."
Further info can be found
here, with tickets on sale from Friday...
