New music festival The Great Escape has announced even more artists will be joining its unparalleled line-up of emerging local bands and international breakthrough acts. Taking place over three days on Thurs 19 – Sat 21 May 2016, over 450 performers will transform Brighton & Hove into a hotbed of undiscovered talent and live music.
These artists include Barns Courtney whose unique blend of blues, rock and country perfectly accompany his gravelly tones, and London underground rock trio BEASTS, who will be storming the stage having been championed by Zane Lowe and Daniel P Carter. On the wave of his recent debut album ‘Luneworks’, MMOTHS ethereal electronic productions will captivate festival go-ers. MMOTHS says “I am very excited to be playing TGE, looking forward to presenting the new live show”.
Making his second appearance at the festival is South London MC Loyle Carner, whose emphatic hip hop beats and intimate lyrics have been making waves in the UK rap scene. Effortlessly fusing funk, jazz and pop, soul songstress Izzy Bizu will also be making her return, as well as PMR Records latest recruit, producer SG Lewis who, following collaborations with JP Cooper and Dornik, will be bringing his laid back dance beats to Brighton.
On the other side, alternative Scottish duo Man of Moon will be bringing a fusion of space rock and haunting vocals to the mix, whilst Thomas Cohen will debut his forthcoming album ‘Bloom Forever’ seeped with melancholic tones and washed-out guitars.
Continuing the festivals’ ethos of discovery ‘The Late Escape’ will put a focus on the electronic and dance world and who better to team up with than Ninja Tunes who are bringing a heavy hitting line-up of artists including RnB producer and DJ Throwing Shade who said, ‘it’s so exciting to be performing at one of the best festivals for new and undiscovered music – especially in Brighton, one of my favourite cities!’, duo Max Graef & Glenn Astro who’ll be previewing their brand new album and bringing their scruffy disco-tinged house bangers and dusty downtempo excursions to the festival and Wolverhampton’s production duo Leatherette who’ll be fusing their unique mix of psychedelic electronics with Soul snippets and house beats. This night will be open to festival goers subject to capacity, a small allocation of tickets will also be sold separately to guarantee entry, separate tickets will cost £8 and will be available from Thursday at 9am.
“It’s wonderful to be able to announce another 100 artists who will be taking part in The Great Escape 2016,”said Event Manager Kevin Moore. “We wanted to make sure this year’s line up was as exciting and as diverse as ever, championing emerging artists from as many genres as possible and I really do feel we’ve got something for every type of new music fan, no matter what you’re into. The addition of our Young Adult wristbands for those aged 16 – 17, along with our Late Escape programming has opened the festival to new attendees and fans. I can’t wait to see everyone in Brighton very soon.”
The full list of artists announced today:
808INK, Amy Yon, Ary, Barbarella’s Bang Bang, Barns Courtney, Bayonne, Beasts, Bishop, Blaenavon, Blick Bassy, Cakes Da Killa, Carnival Youth, Cash + David, Chiara Hunter, City Calm, Dave, Down, Coleman Hell, Condor Avenue, Cortes, Cupids, Danielle Lewis, Desert Mountain Tribe, Doomsquad, Eyre Llew, Franko Fraize, Fronteers, Gang Of Youths, Gilligan Moss, Gina Kushka, Glass, Hardwicke Circus, Hidden Charms, Hms Morris, Holy Oysters, Howling Owl, Hyphen Hyphen , Idles, Island, Izzy Bizu, Jelani Blackman, Johnny Lloyd, Jordan Allen, Julia Jacklin, Kelly Lee Owens, Kim Churchill, Kiwi, Kojey Radical, Kudu Blue, Leatherette, Leyya, Liss, Love Ssega, Loyal, Loyle Carner, Lyza, Mahalia, Man Of Moon, Margo Price, Masayoshi Fujita, Max Graef + Glenn Astro, Milk And Bone, Milk Teeth, MMOTHS, Mostack, Nimmo, Oliver Coates , Pleasure Beach, Prose, Red Axes, Rejjie Snow, Reuel Elijah, Revilo, Rews , Roughion, Rozi Plain, Rysy, Science Fiction Army, Sea Bed, Seazoo, Sego, Seramic, Sg Lewis, Shift Work, Siska, Sway Clarke, Tempesst, The Anchoress, The Hearing, The Lounge Kittens, The Manor, The Ramona Flowers, The Sisterhood, Thomas Cohen, Throwing Shade, Tibet, Tom Walker, Toothless, Vallis Alps , View, Vladimir, Vulgarians, Vynce, Warhaus, White, Without Letters, Wolffe, Zak Abel
The Great Escape comes to venues across Brighton & Hove on Thurs 19 – Sat 21 May 2016. 1, 2 and 3 day festival passes are on sale now.
