first acts include Portishead, Royksopp & Robyn, for Germany's Melt! Festival

Portishead, Royksopp and Robyn, Moderat, Fritz Kalkbrenner, HAIM, Metronomy lead the first acts for Germany's Melt! Festival taking place from Friday 18th until Sunday 20th July 2014.

Other acts confirmed are Erol Alkan B2B Daniel Avery, Baauer, Bilderbuch, Bonaparte, Boys Noize, BrEaCh, Brodinski, Chet Faker, Chromeo, Dillon, Dusky, Ellen Allien, FM Belfast, Fuck Buttons, Gesaffelstein (DJ Set), Ame (DJ Set), Dixon, Kim Ann Foxman (DJ-Set), Mano le Tough, Marcus Worgull, Recondite, Jackson and his Computer Band, Jagwar Ma, Lone, Lulu James, Kolsch, Mighty Oaks, Milky Chance, Modeselektor, The Notwist, Kele Okereke, Omar Souleyman, Ten Walls, Tensnake, Thees Uhlmann & Band, Tiga, and tINI.

The 17th Melt! festival returns to the giant industrial museum, Ferropolis, in the city of Gräfenhainichen, south east of Dessau, Germany. The festival features electronica dance music from pop and indie though to ambient beats and hop hop, spread across 6 floors with more than 80 live acts appearing over the weekend.

The doors open at 3pm every day with performances beginning at around 5pm and going on thru' the night, with the Sunday headliner expected to end just after 11pm.

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For the last three years tickets have sold out in record time. Tickets are priced at 125 euros for a full weekend ticket including camping.