With ATP's Deerhunter-curated weekend - their last ever UK summertime holiday camp festival - we thought it'd behoove us to shine a light on some of the less familiar names on the bill. Obviously Steve Reich, Tom Tom Club, Dan Deacon et al are unmissable, and Deerhunter themselves have grown into a formidable live krautprogpunk monstrousity that you really do need to see. But a big part of the joy of ATP is in finding something new as you stumble around with a pint of Newcastle Brown*. To whit:
BLUE ORCHIDS
Classic melodic post punk band lead by the founding guitarist of The Fall, Martin Bramah.
CAVERN OF ANTI-MATTER
Tim Gane of Stereolab's new, motorik derived project.
MICHAEL HURLEY
Wryly lovely folk, beloved of Cat Power, Devendra Banhart and Calexico. Hopefully on early on Sunday to restore any ravaged souls.
BLUES CONTROL WITH LARAAJI
Laraaji, famed for his stunning 70s electronic zither collaborations with Brian Eno, teaming up with Blues Control for densely atmospheric long form improv.
LONNIE HOLLEY
Improvised soulful crooning over abstract avant garde twitches and drones. could be utterly spellbinding.
And for good measure, here's Deerhunter leader Bradford Cox's mix tape for the event:
*literally the only good drink served on site