Originally written by Mike Diver · 1 March 2006
Deep breath, please...
The line up for the sixth Triptych Festival, held in Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh from April 26-30, has been announced.
For full venue details please click to the festival's website, but here's a run down of what bands/DJs are confirmed:
1990s A Certain Ratio Actress Adem Akron/Family Alexander Tucker Andrea Parker Andrew Divine Andy Votel Aphex Twin Arab Strap Balanescu Quartet Battles Belle and Sebastian (pictured) Bettye LaVette Big Daddy Kane Bill Wells Biz Markie Blindfold Bob Stanley Bricolage Buck 65 Carl Craig Cherrystones Christ. Coldcut Colditz Cool V David Holmes Dee Ja'La Fu & Quid Pro Quo DJ Mo DJ N>e>d DJ Pierre Dom Thomas EDAN W/ Dagha Fire Engines Found Freakmenoovers Funky Transport Galchen Gene Farris Gilles Peterson Grant Campbell Gravenhurst Harri & Domenic (Sub Club) Hooker's Green No.1 How to Swim Jackson and his Computer Band James Blood Ulmer Jerry Dammers Juana Molina JD Twitch & JG Wilkes Keith Money Kieran Hebden (Four Tet) & Steve Reid King Creosote Kitchen Cynics Kool Keith Kutmasta Kurt Magnétophonecontinues after advertisement...
Martin & Euan (Rub-a-Dub) Max Richter Mellow Sub Machine Messenger Soundsystem Mikey Collins Miso DJs Mogwai Mungo's Hi-Fi Music & Movement My Latest Novel Odetta Paul Cawley Philippe Zdar Po-ski Pro Vinylist Karim Radio Clit Radioactive Man Ranking Joe & Ras Daniel Ray Root 8 Recordings Rose & Sandy (Stuff) Roxanne Shante Schneider TM Silver Jews Soil and 'Pimp' Sessions Sonic Boom Sun Ra Arkestra Tape Tarwater Tells The Bug featuring Ras B & Warrior Queen The Concretes The Long Blondes The Rebel Tom Churchill Top Cat Tunng U-Roy Vashti Bunyan Voice of the Seven Woods Wolf Eyes Xvectors
Got all that? Good. George Kyle of festival sponsors Tennent's Lager said: "Triptych's characteristic amalgam of global icons, sonic iconoclasts and avid, auspicious local talent proliferates apace this year; as many of contemporary musics most extraordinary artists - from round the corner and round the world - revel in Scotland for five heady days and nights. Triptych 06 looks set to be the most arresting yet."
Do check the festival website for more information.