Aphex Twin Aphex Twin to Play Triptych Festival This April 2007

March 8, 2007

[b]Aphex Twin, B&S, Silver Jews Play Triptych Festival

There are a boatload of music festivals in the UK and Europe but few, if any, can top Scotland's Triptych in terms of sheer ambition and scope. Truly, it may very well be the coolest festival...IN THE WORLD.

Spanning five days (April 26-30) and three cities (Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Aberdeen), Triptych presents over 100 jaw-dropping artists-- seriously, it looks like a bunch of top ten lists exploded all over the place. Past performers have included Wire, Super Furry Animals, Chuck D, Fairport Convention, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Franz Ferdinand, LCD Soundsystem, and Herbie Hancock, just to name a few. This year features A Certain Ratio (!), Belle and Sebastian, Mogwai, the Fire Engines (!!), Long Blondes, Arab Strap, Aphex Twin (!!!), Silver Jews, Vashti Bunyan, Roxanne Shante (!!!!), and all of the following people:

1990s, Actress, Adem, Aidan John Moffat, Akron/Family, Alexander Tucker, Andrea Parker, Andrew Divine, Andy Votel, Balanescu Quartet, Battles, Belle and Sebastian, Bettye LaVette, Big Daddy Kane, Bill Wells, Biz Markie, Blindfold, Bob Stanley, Bricolage, Buck 65, Carl Craig, Cherrystones, Christ., Coldcut, Colditz, the Concretes, Cool V, Daniel Ray, David Holmes, Dee J A'La Fu & Quid Pro Quo, Derek Martin, Dfrnt Drum, DJ Kuni, DJ Mo, DJ N>e>d, DJ Pierre, Dom Thomas, Edan with Dagha, Found, Fourcorner DJs, Freakmenoovers, Funky Transport, Future Pilot AKA, Galchen, Gav Grant, Gene Farris, Gilles Peterson, Grant Campbell, Gravenhurst, Harri & Domenic (Sub Club), Hookers Green No.1, How to Swim, Jackson and His Computer Band, James Blood Ulmer, Jerry Dammers, Juana Molina, JD Twitch & JG Wilkes, Jerry Dammers, Juana Molina, Karim, Keith Money, Kieran Hebden (Four Tet) and Steve Reid, King Creosote, Kitchen Cynics, Kool Keith, Kutmasta Kurt, Kwaing Creasite, Magic Daddy, Magn鴯phone, Martin & Euan (Rub-a-Dub), Max Richter, Mellow Sub Machine, Mikey Collins, Miso DJs, Mungo's Hi-Fi, Music & Movement, My Latest Novel, Odetta, Paul Cawley, Philippe Zdar, Po-ski DJ, Port Sulphur DJs, Pro Vinylist, Quid Pro Quo, Radio Clit, Radioactive Man, Rankin Joe, Root 8 Recordings, Rose & Sandy (Stuff), Schneider TM, Simon Hodge, Soil and "Pimp" Sessions, Sonic Boom, Sun Ra Arkestra, Tape, Tarwater, Tells, The Bug feat. Ras B & Warrior Queen, The Rebel, Tom Churchill, Top Cat, Tunng, U-Roy, Voice of the Seven Woods, Wolf Eyes, Xvectors

Countrymen Belle and Sebastian and Arab Strap will curate special events, and if all that wasn't enough, Triptych will also screen films. Titles include "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey," the Charles Mingus documentary "Triumph of the Underdog," and the appropriate "Festival!" which showcases the performances of Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Joan Baez, and Triptych performer Odetta, among others, at the Newport Folk Festival in the 1960s. To cap off Triptych, three film crews will create and screen a documentary of the festival itself.

Damn, we sure wish we lived in Scotland right now.

Triptych Festival: http://www.triptychfestival.com/