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The 13th annual Melt! Festival, Ferropolis, Germany in July 2010

John Williams - Wednesday 31.03.10, 13:33pm

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The unique Melt! Festival is held is held on the Ferropolis peninsula in Germany, set against a breathtaking backdrop of five huge hulking coal mining diggers that tower into the sky, creating spectacular night time imagery.

A true industrial rave experience is guaranteed for the thousands of visitors to the festival which marks its 13th edition in 2010.

And once again there are some massive acts lined up for Melt!, none more so than the legendary trip hoppers Massive Attack who will surely have the diggers vibrating to the heavy bass of their Bristol based sound.

The XX may not be the noisiest of indie bands with their soft vocals and sparse music, but they do provide a perfect fit for the unique backdrop of the Melt! festival.

Booka Shade in contrast to The XX promise plenty of physical action and sweat on stage when they present their latest album More!.

Kings of Convenience, Goldfrapp and Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke have recently been added to a top line up for Melt, there will be plenty of top indie artists performing at this years festival including The Shout Out Louds, Yeasayer, Jamie T, Midlake, Delphic, Friendly Fires, Johnossi, Health and The Big Pink. The Dirty Projectors will make their only appearnce in Germany this year at the Melt! Festival.

The Melt! Selector stage is complete: Modeselektor feat. Bonaparte live (Visuals: Pfadfinderei), Jamie XX, Black Rose (Jesse Rose & Henrik Schwarz live), Martyn vs. Kode 9, Mala, Jackmaster and Skate will present new stuff.

The full line up to date is:

Having unofficially opened the festival in previous years, Melt have this year invited the Audiolith Crew to officiallly open proceedings this year.

Saalschutz, Egotronic, Bratze, Frittenbude and, of course, the DJs of the Hamburg cult label are going to take over the Melt! Klub on 15th of July. The capacity for the pre-party is limited to 3,000 people, so there will be a charge of 5,- Euro (including fees) for entrance.

Part of that fee will be donated to local social projects. Tickets are only available as etickets via www.meltfestival.de/tickets. A part of the revenues will be donated to a concert, organized by the anti-fascist movement, in memory of Alberto Adriano, who was killed by neo nazis, to be held on June 12th in Dessau.