Festival Frolics: Fleeing the Pigeonhole, Do ..
Where most festivals attempt to stuff themselves as firmly as possible into one, or maybe two genre niches, wedged in for all eternity, oblivious to any which world outside said niche, Belgium's rapidly growing Dour Festival , taking place over potentially the busiest festival weekend, not only boasts one of said weekend's strongest line ups, but also focusses intensely on two particular genres, two genres often evaded by festival bookers: electronica and its antithesis, hardcore. Two sides to a particularly twinkling coin. That's not to say that the line up is comprised exclusively of MacBook twiddlers and slaves ...
Dots & Dashes
8 April 2011