Europe’s leading underground festival for experimental electronic music is gearing up. Berlin’s Atonal every year packs an impressive line up of musicians, artists that are pushing the boundaries in electronic music and more.
In the second wave of artists for its 2018 edition, which takes place from August 22–26 at the city’s Kraftwerk venue.
Machine Woman, Jay Glass Dubs and Klara Lewis are some of the acts added to the sixth edition of the festival since it rebooted in 2013, with Transcendence Orchestra – a collaboration between Anthony Child and Daniel Bean – and Peder Mannerfeld and Pär Grindvik’s new project Aasthma also on the bill.
More unmissable artists added to the lineup include Lena Willikens, Batu, Sophia Loizou, Object Blue, Leslie Winer, Eris Drew, Objekt, Simo Cell, Low Jack, SW./SVN, Djrum, Rezzett, Prequel Tapes, Sissel Wincent, Anastasia Kristensen and Konx-om-Pax, who curates a program of music called Contemporary Hardcore.
They join previously announced artists British Murder Boys, Actress, Lucrecia Dalt, Helena Hauff, Courtesy, Gábor Lázár, Astrid Sonne, Lanark Artefax, Skee Mask and Veronica Vasicka, among many others.
Tickets cost €140 for a passport that gets you into the festival’s full five days or €35 for a single day pass. You can find full details at the Berlin Atonal website.