Video: 2012 DECIBEL FESTIVAL : SEPT 26-30, 2012 : SEATTLE

If you were toying with the notion of hitting this year's Decibel Festival , stop reading and go here now, because tickets, like so many wonderful things (petroleum, Firefly , your mom's patience) are limited. For those that still need persuading, continue reading, but maybe open up that link in another tab, just in case. This year's lineup is an intimidating army of electronic and experimental talent that covers a wide variety of styles and subgenres, from the jazzy vocals of New Zealand-born Kimbra to the ambient loops [...]

Decibel Festival: Official | Buy Tickets "In year nine, The Decibel International Festival of Electronic Music Performance, Visual Art and New Media is quickly becoming the SXSW of the swelling cultural phenomena that is electronic music. The Seattle based festival expects to hit 30k attendees this year with over 170 artists from 19 different countries, plus 72 educational speakers, making Decibel Festival an oracle for the growth of the entire international electronic music scene. The entire festival takes place over a five day period at over 14 venues in Seattle, Washington." [...]

The 9th annual Decibel International Festival of Electronic Music Performance, Visual Art and New Media has been announced, featuring headliners Kimbra, Carl Craig, Matthew Dear, Fennesz, John Talabot, Ariel Pink, and Actress, Nina Kraviz, and Baths. The event will take place in Seattle, Washington, September 26 - 30, 2012. In addition to those artists, you can find 60 more announced performers HERE . Watch a trailer for this year's event below and read a message from the festival's founder, Sean Horton. Read more »

May 24, 2012 The 9th annual Decibel International Festival of Electronic Music Performance, Visual Art and New Media has been announced, featuring headliners Kimbra, Carl Craig, Matthew Dear, Fennesz, John Talabot, Ariel Pink, and Actress, Nina Kraviz, and Baths. In addition to the headlining acts above, the festival will feature such heavy-hitters as Dragonette, Emancipator, and Yppah. Click here for the first 60 musical acts announced. Following the “artist a day” approach, the rest of the musical lineup (60 more acts out of 120) will be announced on June 27 with the [...]