Electric Forest Announces Lineup Additions
By Andy Kahn Apr 15, 2015 • 3:44 pm PDT
The sold-out Electric Forest festival has revealed additions to its lineup. Taking place June 25 -28 at the Double JJ Ranch in Rothbury, Michigan, the 5th annual music and camping festival also announced details of its expanded Curated Event Series.
Added to the lineup today were Wale, Galantis, Brodinski, Dam-Funk, Four Tet, The Fungineers, and many others. They join previously named performers The String Cheese Incident (playing 3 shows), Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Yonder Mountain String Band, Galactic with Macy Gray, Big Gigantic and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, who are among the over 100 acts scheduled to appear on its seven stages. Organizers also revealed details of the expanded 2015 Curated Event Series. Each night a stage is curated by a musical tastemaker, featuring a hand-selected lineup of performers. This year’s curators include Future Classic, Carl Cox & Friends, Bassrush, Crew Love, Communion, and Lowtemp.
Check out the Electric Forest entry in the newly redesigned JamBase Festival Guide and read our recent feature on the festival’s Plug-In Program.
Electric Forest 2015 Curated Event Series details:
Future Classic
Featuring Flume, Four Tet, Lido, Goldlink, Wave Racer, Mr. Carmack, Nadus
Future Classic – a record label, artist management team, touring agency, and music publisher out of Sydney, Australia -will bring a sample of groundbreaking sounds from around the world to EF’s Sherwood Court stage. While the music they release is taking the world by storm, the parties they throw are legendary. This curation marks the first-ever Curated Event at Sherwood Court, and will feature a closing set by Flume.
Carl Cox & Friends
Featuring Carl Cox, John Digweed, Pete Tong, Matrixxman, Saeed Younan, and more to be announced
Also on Tripolee, Carl Cox brings over 10 years of expertise in curating stages and events at major music festivals. Carl Cox & Friends’ promise loads of finesse, longer sets, and creative production.
Bassrush
Featuring Flux Pavilion, Carnage, Datsik, Snails, Crizzly, Ed Rush & Optical, Minnesota, Koan Sound, Mt Eden, Son of Kick, Illenium, Vaski
Bassrush returns to Electric Forest’s Tripolee Stage showcasing a variety of bass music styles and artists. Since the ’90s, the Insomniac sub-brand has evolved from its strictly drum & bass roots to include dubstep and other bass-oriented genres. The goal of Bassrush is to provide a platform to showcase bass music the way it should be experienced: with massive sound and full scale production.
Crew Love
Featuring Soul Clap, Wolf + Lamb, Midnight Magic (Live), Life on Planets (Live), Nick Monoco (Live) Slow Hands (Live)
EF’s Deep in The Forest curated event returns to The Forest Stage, this year presented by Crew Love. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Crew Love started as a concept based around three main ingredients; good peeps, great music and non-stop party vibes.
Communion
Featuring Autograf, Teemid, Kevin Garrett, Joseph, Delta Spirit, Devon Baldwin, Pan Astral
London-based outfit Communion, created by Ben Lovett (Mumford & Sons), Kevin Jones (Bear’s Den), and producer Ian Grimble, takes over The Observatory stage for one night. EF’s Communion curated event is inspired by the Communion Residency -a monthly showcase that provides artists with a platform for discovery across multiple genres and cities including NYC, DC, Philadelphia, Nashville, Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Louisville, & Rock Island.
Lowtemp
Featuring Gibbz, Russ Liquid, Adam Deitch (DJ Set), Freddy Todd, Branx
Launched by Forest favorite, DJ/Producer Gramatik, Lowtemp is an independent record label “created by artists for artists.” Look for Lowtemp to heat up The Forest Stage.
Electric Forest 2015 Lineup Additions:
Brodinski
DaM-Funk
Four Tet
Galantis
Wale
Adam Deitch (DJ set)
Autograf
Borahm Lee
Delhi 2 Dublin
Devon Baldwin
Dixon’s Violin
Flint Eastwood
JPOD
Katie Boeck
Kevin Garrett
Lido
Lyrics Born
Marcella Puppini
Marco Benevento
Mr. Carmack
Saeed Younan
The Fungineers
The Gentlemen Callers
The Shadowboxers
The Unsheathed
TOKiMONSTA
Vourteque
Added to the lineup today were Wale, Galantis, Brodinski, Dam-Funk, Four Tet, The Fungineers, and many others. They join previously named performers The String Cheese Incident (playing 3 shows), Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Yonder Mountain String Band, Galactic with Macy Gray, Big Gigantic and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, who are among the over 100 acts scheduled to appear on its seven stages. Organizers also revealed details of the expanded 2015 Curated Event Series. Each night a stage is curated by a musical tastemaker, featuring a hand-selected lineup of performers. This year’s curators include Future Classic, Carl Cox & Friends, Bassrush, Crew Love, Communion, and Lowtemp.
Check out the Electric Forest entry in the newly redesigned JamBase Festival Guide and read our recent feature on the festival’s Plug-In Program.
Electric Forest 2015 Curated Event Series details:
Future Classic
Featuring Flume, Four Tet, Lido, Goldlink, Wave Racer, Mr. Carmack, Nadus
Future Classic – a record label, artist management team, touring agency, and music publisher out of Sydney, Australia -will bring a sample of groundbreaking sounds from around the world to EF’s Sherwood Court stage. While the music they release is taking the world by storm, the parties they throw are legendary. This curation marks the first-ever Curated Event at Sherwood Court, and will feature a closing set by Flume.
Carl Cox & Friends
Featuring Carl Cox, John Digweed, Pete Tong, Matrixxman, Saeed Younan, and more to be announced
Also on Tripolee, Carl Cox brings over 10 years of expertise in curating stages and events at major music festivals. Carl Cox & Friends’ promise loads of finesse, longer sets, and creative production.
Bassrush
Featuring Flux Pavilion, Carnage, Datsik, Snails, Crizzly, Ed Rush & Optical, Minnesota, Koan Sound, Mt Eden, Son of Kick, Illenium, Vaski
Bassrush returns to Electric Forest’s Tripolee Stage showcasing a variety of bass music styles and artists. Since the ’90s, the Insomniac sub-brand has evolved from its strictly drum & bass roots to include dubstep and other bass-oriented genres. The goal of Bassrush is to provide a platform to showcase bass music the way it should be experienced: with massive sound and full scale production.
Crew Love
Featuring Soul Clap, Wolf + Lamb, Midnight Magic (Live), Life on Planets (Live), Nick Monoco (Live) Slow Hands (Live)
EF’s Deep in The Forest curated event returns to The Forest Stage, this year presented by Crew Love. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Crew Love started as a concept based around three main ingredients; good peeps, great music and non-stop party vibes.
Communion
Featuring Autograf, Teemid, Kevin Garrett, Joseph, Delta Spirit, Devon Baldwin, Pan Astral
London-based outfit Communion, created by Ben Lovett (Mumford & Sons), Kevin Jones (Bear’s Den), and producer Ian Grimble, takes over The Observatory stage for one night. EF’s Communion curated event is inspired by the Communion Residency -a monthly showcase that provides artists with a platform for discovery across multiple genres and cities including NYC, DC, Philadelphia, Nashville, Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Louisville, & Rock Island.
Lowtemp
Featuring Gibbz, Russ Liquid, Adam Deitch (DJ Set), Freddy Todd, Branx
Launched by Forest favorite, DJ/Producer Gramatik, Lowtemp is an independent record label “created by artists for artists.” Look for Lowtemp to heat up The Forest Stage.
Electric Forest 2015 Lineup Additions:
Brodinski
DaM-Funk
Four Tet
Galantis
Wale
Adam Deitch (DJ set)
Autograf
Borahm Lee
Delhi 2 Dublin
Devon Baldwin
Dixon’s Violin
Flint Eastwood
JPOD
Katie Boeck
Kevin Garrett
Lido
Lyrics Born
Marcella Puppini
Marco Benevento
Mr. Carmack
Saeed Younan
The Fungineers
The Gentlemen Callers
The Shadowboxers
The Unsheathed
TOKiMONSTA
Vourteque
