Words: Ellie Ward
Raye, Bad Sounds, The Blinders, Blackwaters, Ásgeir, Superfood, Isaac Gracie, Parekh & Singh, Luxury Death and Estrons are all amongst the 125+ new aryudtsi announced today for this year's Great Escape.
These are set to join the already confirmed artists in Brighton over May 18 - 20 that include Rag’n’Bone Man, Slaves, The Magic Gang, Stefflon Don and Marika Hackman.
Artists announced today include Tottenham MC Abra Cadabra, whose sound is a versatile arrangement of laidback tracks and fiery freestyles, Londoner Raye, who mixes glitchy electro and bouncy R&B rhythms with profound lyrics, and the vibrant collision of soul, electro and West-African funk known as Ibibio Sound Machine.
Raye said: “The Great Escape is such an important festival supporting new music. I’m so grateful that they give unknown artists a platform to play music to people with open ears. I played a couple of years ago and now I’m back – what an honour that is.”
Elsewhere, young London troubadour Isaac Gracie’s gravelly, beautifully wrought singing style should ensure that her second appearance at the festival is a spine-tingling experience, while RnB electro-pop trio CHINAH bring melancholic lyrics to create classic pop gems. Likened to Bon Iver and James Blake, Ásgeir has already broken records having released Iceland’s fastest selling debut album by a domestic artist. His folktronica music is also a family affair, using his 72-year-old father’s poetry for lyrical inspiration.
The full list of artists announced today is as follows:
ABRA CADABRA / AGAR AGAR / ALEX CAMERON / ALTAMEDA / ALYSS / AMY BECKER / ARISTOPHANES貍貓 / ÁSGEIR / BABEHEAVEN / BAD POP / BAD SOUNDS/ BANG BANG ROMEO / BANTAM LYONS / BELIEFS / BIURET 뷰렛 / BLACKWATERS / BRENT COBB / BRUCE O YATES / CAMO CLAVE / CHILDHOOD / CHINAH / CODE WALK / COLTER WALL / CONFIDENCE MAN / CRIMSONS / DAKOTA / DAT BRASS / DEBRAH SCARLET / DGS SAMURAI CHAMPS / DOUGLAS DARE / EKALI / ESTRONS / AITH I BRANKO / FIFI RONG / FISH / FLYTE / FOLLY RAE / FOREST OF FOOLS / FRANK GAMBLE / FUCK ART,LET'S DANCE! / GALLOPS / GARDNA / GIRLI / H HAWKLINE / HARRISON BROME / HAUX / HAZEL ENGLISH / HEARTS HEARTS / HELLO MOTH / HIPSTERS DON’T DANCE / HONEY LUNG / IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE / IMMIGRANT SWING / INTO THE ARK / ISAAC GRACIE / JACK LADDER / JACKDAT / JANE WEAVER / JARAMI / JAY SOM / JERRY WILLIAMS / JOE FOX / JOSSY MITSU / JUDAH AND THE LION / JULIE BERGAN / JULIE BYRNE / KILLASON / KING HENRY / KNUCKS / KOVACS / LA JUNGLE / LAS AVES / LEO STANNARD / LIFE / LITTLE HOURS / LUXURY DEATH / LYRA / MARC O’REILLY / MARIA KELLY / MATT MALTESE / MO KENNEY / MONICO BLONDE / MYSTIC BRAVES / MUNGO / NOT3S / NOVA TWINS / OSCAR JEROME / OTZEKI / OUTLYA / OVERCOATS / PAIGEY CAKEY / PAREKH & SINGH / PARIS YOUTH FOUNDATION / PAVO PAVO / PERTURBATOR / POOR NAMELESS BOY / PORT CITIES / PRINCE VASELINE / RAHH / RAYE / ROYAL TUSK / SAILOR AND I / SARA SARA / SHE-DEVILS / SHY LUV / SMERZ / SÔNGE / SONS / SUPERFOOD / TAMIR GRINBERG / TASH LC / TEN TONNES / TENNYSON / THE AMAZONS / THE AVULSIONS / THE BLINDERS / THE BRASS FUNKEYS / THE DISTRICTS / THE LAFONTAINES / THE MONOTONES / THE VAN T'S / THOMAS AZIER / VICTORIA / WALLFLOWER / WALLWORK B2B TSVI / WILD FRONT / WILL HEARD / WILLIAM PRINCE / XAMVOLO / YXNG BANE / ZACH SAID / ZAK ABEL
Tickets and further information:, click here.
SAVER GREAT ECAPE 2017 FESTIVAL TICKETS - £60
SAVER GREAT ESCAPE 2017 DELEGATE PASSES - £195
EARLY BIRD GREAT ESCAPE 2017 YOUNG ADULT TICKETS (16 & 17 YEAR OLDS) - £32
RAG’N’BONE SPOTLIGHT SHOW TICKETS: SOLD OUT
SLAVES PIER PARTY SPOTLIGHT SHOW: SOLD OUT
DAY TICKETS:
THURSDAY - £35
FRIDAY - £35
SATURDAY - £42
FRIDAY & SATURDAY - £54
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