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reggae legends Black Roots for I'll Be Your Mirror

plus Team Brick, The Sundowners, Thought Forms, and more

By Scott Williams | Published:

I'll Be Your Mirror 2011 - around the festival site (1)
Photo credit: Chris Mathews


Eighties roots reggae band from Bristol Black Roots lead the latest acts, and entertainment announced for the Portishead curated I'll Be Your Mirror held in London this summer.

Legendary Bristol based reggae group have been added to the Saturday line-up. Other additions to the Saturday are Team Brick, and The Sundowners. Added to the Sunday line-up are Thought Forms.

New additions to the Cinema programme are John Ford's 'The Searchers', The Coen Brothers' 'Fargo', the James Mason narrated curiosity 'The London That Nobody Knows', Mark Cousins' documentary 'Cinema Iran', cult classic 'Easy Rider' and the swinging 60s documentary 'Tonite Let's All Make Love In London' featuring footage from the 14 Hour Technicolour Dream shot at Alexandra Palace. Also on Sunday, ATP presents a special interactive screening of cult hit 'The Room'.

Organisers have also announced they will be hosting a bar In the Rose Garden of the Palace, with entertainment from the Charles Morris Jazz Men, and DJ Nick from Intoxica, and DJ78 (using a pair of 1930's HMV wind-up gramophones and a big box of 78rpm shellac discs) and magician Steve Faulkner.

Curators Portishead have picked a number of books to recommend for the book club including Room by Emma Donaghue, Life by Keith Richards, Blood River by Tim Butcher, Whole Earth Catalogue by Stewart Brand, A Darker History Of Bristol by Derek Robinson and This Sporting Life by David Storey. Lord Sinclair's legendary ATP Bingo and Pop Quiz will also take place (Bingo on Saturday, Quiz on Sunday)

Other entertainment includes a nearby 10 hole Pitch and Putt, and Lakeside Boats both available at a discount.

Acting as sister events to the ATP Festivals which usually take place in holiday resorts, and named after the b-side to The Velvet Underground's original All Tomorrow's Parties 7" single, I'll Be Your Mirror is a new series of artist curated music, film and art events taking place in cities worldwide. The new event is held at Alexandra Palace, London on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th July 2011.

Portishead, making their only scheduled UK shows for 2011, will headline both nights finishing by 11pm , with a different supporting line-up joining them each day. The line-up supporting them on the Saturday will include PJ Harvey, Doom, Company Flow (original line-up - first UK show in 10 years), The Books, Factory Floor, DD/MM/YYYY, and BEAK>. Whilst Sunday's billing includes Grinderman, Swans, Beach House, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Liars, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Anika, Acoustic Ladyland's last show, and S.C.U.M..

There will be more acts, DJs and other activities confirmed for both days in the coming months. Across the weekend organisers will be bringing to the venue a cinema, food vendors, adding extra bars (including some cash bars) and toilets and also putting on shuttle buses from public transport locations to the venue and back to ensure the best experience possible for everyone that attends.

Tickets are priced at £100 for the weekend, or £59 for a day ticket. To buy tickets, click here.