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[ColFace]

The first names for the Melt! 2009 line up will be announced on their official site tomorrow at 3pm.

http://www.melt-fest...de/index_en.php

The 2008 thread for Melt! also has some useful posts in it.  

[frankburns]

according to a melt-ad in "intro-magazin":

Aphex Twin + Hecker
A Critical Mass (feat. Henrik Schwarz, Ame, Dixon live)
Ellen Alien
Mathias Aguayo
Baddies
Bloc Party
Bodi Bill
Bonaparte
Caribou
Jochen Distelmeyer
DJ Phono
The Faint
Filthy Dukes
Foals
Sascha Funke
Gossip
Paul Kalkbrenner
Markus Kavka
Klaxons
Kiki
Mediengruppe Telekommander
Mujava
The New Wine
Rex The Dog
Simian Mobile Disco
Luke Slater (live)
Super 700
Tobias Thomas
The Whitest Boy Alive
WhoMadeWho
James Yuill
Zander VT

[ColFace]

Well done FrankBurns!!!  Are you going this year? x

[frankburns]

ColFace, on Feb 23 2009, 12:53 PM, said:

Well done FrankBurns!!!  Are you going this year? x

probably not; the line-up doesn't look very exciting (for me).

Edited by frankburns, 23 February 2009 - 01:54 PM.

[Squig]

Melt!
(17. bis 19. Juli 2009, Ferropolis)

Aphex Twin + Hecker
A Critical Mass (feat. Henrik Schwarz, Ame, Dixon live)
Ellen Alien
Mathias Aguayo
Baddies
Bloc Party
Bodi Bill
Bonaparte
Caribou
Jochen Distelmeyer
DJ Phono
The Faint
Filthy Dukes
Foals
Sascha Funke
Gossip
Paul Kalkbrenner
Markus Kavka
Klaxons
Kiki
Mediengruppe Telekommander
Mujava
The New Wine
Rex The Dog
Simian Mobile Disco
Luke Slater (live)
Super 700
Tobias Thomas
The Whitest Boy Alive
WhoMadeWho
James Yuill
Zander VT
*NEU* Oasis
*NEU* Digitalism (live)
*NEU* Diplo
*NEU* The Dodos
*NEU* Trentemöller (DJ-Set)
*NEU* MSTRKRFT

Edited by Squig, 24 February 2009 - 04:56 PM.

[ColFace]

I'm pretty pleased with the announcement so far except for Oasis.  In my opinion they are well past it and will only disappoint.  

[Createur]

Loving the line-up so far and it only will get better.

@ColFace: the organizers are huge fans of the band, it's like a dream coming true for them to get oasis on their little festival.

bring on july. 8)

[evilthumbs]

inevitable that oasis were going to be playin as their playin pretty much every other european festival this year. I used to be a big fan but fact is liam can't sing for shit anymore! Still, am sure there will be a drunken singalong or two.

Rest of the line up is lookin pretty awesome, aphex twin, digitalism, jazzanova, and all the rest! can't fookin wait!

[ColFace]

Don't get me wrong I think it will be great and I can't wait for it - if last year is anything to go by they will keep adding great acts in the run up.  Its just that Oasis live don't tend to deliver the goods but I hope they prove me wrong!  I've seen them a few times but the Melt main stage may work well for them.

I'll see you at the diggers!  

[TSM1973]

Hi....i am really thinking about going to this this year, what with no Summercase and Benicassim turning into Reading by the sea Festival.

So, info...flight to Berlin i presume is the best? What´s the camping like? Decent sites etc or a complete nightmare?

Any info much appreciated.

[ColFace]

TSM1973, on Feb 28 2009, 09:21 AM, said:

Hi....i am really thinking about going to this this year, what with no Summercase and Benicassim turning into Reading by the sea Festival.

So, info...flight to Berlin i presume is the best? What´s the camping like? Decent sites etc or a complete nightmare?

Any info much appreciated.

There's loads of info on last year's thread:

http://www.efestival...showtopic=92458

But yeh, flight to Berlin then train, bus or hire car.  I never camped last year but will be this year, it seems decent to me.

[Sparticus]

really wish i'd took a punt on this when i saw tickets for sale for £20 on lastminute, still even at £80 doesn't seem too bad, oasis, aphex twin, mstrkrft, bloc party. What's the vibe like then, lots of late night dnacin goin on?

[ColFace]

Sparticus, on Mar 1 2009, 07:27 PM, said:

really wish i'd took a punt on this when i saw tickets for sale for £20 on lastminute, still even at £80 doesn't seem too bad, oasis, aphex twin, mstrkrft, bloc party. What's the vibe like then, lots of late night dnacin goin on?

The video linked below kind of sums up Melt for me, it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling:



We spent most of our time at the Gemini stage which is the one in the video.

Its certainly not the biggest festival but that's probably why its so good, c. 20k.  Its small enough that you can get anywhere in 10 mins and not too rammed that you get caught in a sea of people.  The atmosphere is great with a really lovely crowd.  The acts on the various stages mean you don't have much dead time when you're killing time waiting for something you like to come on.  It gets going around 7pm until 8am with lots of dancing.  There is a 'sleepless floor' for during the day if you are avoiding sleep, I never made it to that though as I had a waterbed waiting for me in the hotel!  Booze will be quite pricey though, esp with the weakness of the £.

I'd definitely recommend it.  

[Createur]

New bands were announced earlier today:

Boys Noize + Erol Alkan* | Buraka Som Sistema* | DJ Koze | Tim Exile | Goldie* | Gossip* | Daniel Haaksman | Hell | James Holden | Kasabian* | Kode 9 & Spaceape | LA Roux* | Magnetic Man* feat. Skream* & Benga* (live) | Metronomy | Moderat (= Modeselektor + Apparat + Pfadfinderei) | Muff Potter | Phoenix | Polarkreis 18 | Radio Slave | Röyksopp | Jesse Rose | The Soundtrack Of Our Lives | Thunderheist | Tiga* | Travis* | TRG

* exklusive festival appearance in Germany

line-up, more acts tbc:

A Critical Mass feat. Henrik Schwarz, Âme, Dixon (live) | Matias Aguayo | Aphex Twin + Hecker* | Baddies | Kasper Bjørke | Bloc Party | Bodi Bill | Bonaparte | Boy8Bit | Boys Noize + Erol Alkan* | Buraka Som Sistema* | Caribou* | Digitalism (live)* | Diplo* | Jochen Distelmeyer* | DJ Koze | DJ Phono | The Dodos | Ellen Allien | Filthy Dukes | Tim Exile | Foals | Sascha Funke | Goldie* | Gossip* | Daniel Haaksman | Hell | James Holden | Jazzanova Live! | Paul Kalkbrenner | Kasabian* | Markus Kavka | Kiki | Klaxons* | Kode 9 & Spaceape | LA Roux* | Magnetic Man* feat. Skream* & Benga* (live) | Mediengruppe Telekommander | Metronomy | Mikroboy | Moderat (= Modeselektor + Apparat + Pfadfinderei live) | Muff Potter | Hudson Mohawke | MSTRKRFT | Mujava | The New Wine | Oasis* | Phoenix | Pilooski | Polarkreis 18 | Radioslave | Rob Da Bank | Jesse Rose | Röyksopp | Scharrenbroich & Gunjah | Simian Mobile Disco (live)* | Luke Slater (live) | The Soundtrack Of Our Lives | Super 700 | Thunderheist | Tiga | Tobias Thomas | Travis* | Trentemøller (DJ-Set)* | TRG | The Whitest Boy Alive | WhoMadeWho | James Yuill | Zander VT

[ColFace]

Createur, on Mar 23 2009, 09:09 PM, said:

New bands were announced earlier today:

Boys Noize + Erol Alkan* | Buraka Som Sistema* | DJ Koze | Tim Exile | Goldie* | Gossip* | Daniel Haaksman | Hell | James Holden | Kasabian* | Kode 9 & Spaceape | LA Roux* | Magnetic Man* feat. Skream* & Benga* (live) | Metronomy | Moderat (= Modeselektor + Apparat + Pfadfinderei) | Muff Potter | Phoenix | Polarkreis 18 | Radio Slave | Röyksopp | Jesse Rose | The Soundtrack Of Our Lives | Thunderheist | Tiga* | Travis* | TRG

* exklusive festival appearance in Germany

line-up, more acts tbc:

A Critical Mass feat. Henrik Schwarz, Âme, Dixon (live) | Matias Aguayo | Aphex Twin + Hecker* | Baddies | Kasper Bjørke | Bloc Party | Bodi Bill | Bonaparte | Boy8Bit | Boys Noize + Erol Alkan* | Buraka Som Sistema* | Caribou* | Digitalism (live)* | Diplo* | Jochen Distelmeyer* | DJ Koze | DJ Phono | The Dodos | Ellen Allien | Filthy Dukes | Tim Exile | Foals | Sascha Funke | Goldie* | Gossip* | Daniel Haaksman | Hell | James Holden | Jazzanova Live! | Paul Kalkbrenner | Kasabian* | Markus Kavka | Kiki | Klaxons* | Kode 9 & Spaceape | LA Roux* | Magnetic Man* feat. Skream* & Benga* (live) | Mediengruppe Telekommander | Metronomy | Mikroboy | Moderat (= Modeselektor + Apparat + Pfadfinderei live) | Muff Potter | Hudson Mohawke | MSTRKRFT | Mujava | The New Wine | Oasis* | Phoenix | Pilooski | Polarkreis 18 | Radioslave | Rob Da Bank | Jesse Rose | Röyksopp | Scharrenbroich & Gunjah | Simian Mobile Disco (live)* | Luke Slater (live) | The Soundtrack Of Our Lives | Super 700 | Thunderheist | Tiga | Tobias Thomas | Travis* | Trentemøller (DJ-Set)* | TRG | The Whitest Boy Alive | WhoMadeWho | James Yuill | Zander VT

It just keeps getting better and better.  I cannot wait.  I really think Melt is in the running for best festival in Europe.  The line up always kicks ass and the atmosphere is tremendous.  Woop woop. xx

[evilthumbs]

lovin the new additions! erol alkan v boyz noize will be sick!

Do you reckon it will sell out any time soon? Got a couple of mates who want to come but don't think they'll be able to afford tix until the end of april

[ColFace]

evilthumbs, on Mar 25 2009, 05:59 PM, said:

lovin the new additions! erol alkan v boyz noize will be sick!

Do you reckon it will sell out any time soon? Got a couple of mates who want to come but don't think they'll be able to afford tix until the end of april

I don't think last year sold out until close to the event.  It is a small festival though, c. 20k (ish).  A couple of my mates are getting their tickets in April.

Boys Noize closed the Gemini stage last year on the Friday and it was just carnage.  It will be amazing with Erol on stage as well.

Are you camping or getting a hotel? x

[evilthumbs]

doin the deluxe camping thing. seemed worth it for £50. PLanning to do some travellin before/after the festival so saves me havin to bring a tent!

[ColFace]

evilthumbs, on Mar 26 2009, 11:47 AM, said:

doin the deluxe camping thing. seemed worth it for £50. PLanning to do some travellin before/after the festival so saves me havin to bring a tent!

Yeh the Mixery bit looks ok.  Its a bit cut off from the main camping bit though.  Good for sleep but not so good for carnage.  Its tempting not to have to carry camping crap over and they have a hot tub! x

[b3n]

me and my mate are heading there this year..
anybody have any good links for cheap(ish) flights?
i've been looking for a while but the cheapest i can seem to find them for is around £80.
i'm not complaining at that, but would be nice to get them for a little less!

also what's the food and stuff like there?
like fests over here?