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In 2002 the festival expanded to the USA, and several events have taken place there in subsequent years. In recent years the ATP organisation has also been involved in booking stages at the [[Pitchfork_Music_Festival|Pitchfork Music Festival]] and the [[Primavera Sound Festival]] in Barcelona. In 2008 ATP will run their first East-Coast US. festival, which will take place at the Kutshers Country Club, Monticello, New York on September 19-21. Tickets for this event are on sale now from the [http://www.atpfestival.com ATP site]. |
In 2002 the festival expanded to the USA, and several events have taken place there in subsequent years. In recent years the ATP organisation has also been involved in booking stages at the [[Pitchfork_Music_Festival|Pitchfork Music Festival]] and the [[Primavera Sound Festival]] in Barcelona. In 2008 ATP will run their first East-Coast US. festival, which will take place at the Kutshers Country Club, Monticello, New York on September 19-21. Tickets for this event are on sale now from the [http://www.atpfestival.com ATP site]. |
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The small organisation that puts on these festivals also promote concerts in London and the rest of the United Kingdom, curate the yearly [[Don't Look Back (concert series)|Don't Look Back]] concert series and run the record label [[ATP Recordings]]. |
The small organisation that puts on these festivals also promote concerts in [http://www.atpfestival.com/events/atp-london-concerts/ London] and the rest of the United Kingdom, curate the yearly [[Don't Look Back (concert series)|Don't Look Back]] concert series and run the record label [[ATP Recordings]]. |
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==Forthcoming US ATP Festivals== |
==Forthcoming US ATP Festivals== |
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Revision as of 00:43, 31 August 2008
All Tomorrow's Parties is a music festival which takes place in England at Camber Sands holiday camp in East Sussex and Butlin's holiday camp in Minehead, Somerset.
Named after a song by The Velvet Underground, it was founded by Barry Hogan in 1999 as an alternative to larger, more corporate festivals like Reading or Glastonbury, with a tendency towards post-rock, avant-garde, and underground hip hop, along with more traditional rock fare, but presented in an environment more intimate than a giant stadium or huge country field. ATP is a sponsorship free festival where the organisers and artists stay in the same accommodation as the fans.
The festival has its origins in the Bowlie Weekender, curated by Belle & Sebastian at Camber Sands in April 1999. Artists, usually musicians (but sometimes visual artists like Matt Groening or Jake and Dinos Chapman) are asked to curate the festival by inviting their favourite performers to play. The idea is that it is akin to dipping into the curator's record collection, or as Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth described it, "It's the ultimate mix tape". Steve Albini, a curator in 2002, has been quoted as stating that "There are three things in the world that I endorse: Abbey Road ... Nutter Butter Sandwich Cookies; and All Tomorrow's Parties."
In 2002 the festival expanded to the USA, and several events have taken place there in subsequent years. In recent years the ATP organisation has also been involved in booking stages at the Pitchfork Music Festival and the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona. In 2008 ATP will run their first East-Coast US. festival, which will take place at the Kutshers Country Club, Monticello, New York on September 19-21. Tickets for this event are on sale now from the ATP site.
The small organisation that puts on these festivals also promote concerts in London and the rest of the United Kingdom, curate the yearly Don't Look Back concert series and run the record label ATP Recordings.
Forthcoming US ATP Festivals
US 2008 ATP New York - curated by My Bloody Valentine/ATP
19-21/9/2008 - Kutshers Country Club in Monticello, NY, New York. This is All Tomorrow’s Parties first east coast festival. It will feature My Bloody Valentine's first US appearance in 16-years. The final batch of tickets are on sale now through [1]. The festival will feature a cinema hosted by Criterion, a comedy night featuring and presented by Patton Oswalt (on the 19th) and a games room hosted by Steve Albini. Accommodation is spread out between the Kutshers resort itself and the nearby Raleigh hotel, with other attendees staying at other nearby hotels and motels.
Line-up so far:
Don't Look Back day: Built To Spill perform Perfect From Now On, Meat Puppets perform Meat Puppets II, Tortoise perform Millions Now Living Will Never Die, Thurston Moore performs Psychic Hearts, Bardo Pond perform Lapsed,
Comedians lineup for DLB day: Patton Oswalt, Eugene Mirman, Maria Bamford, Joe DeRosa
ATP curated day: Shellac, Polvo, Autolux, Fuck Buttons, The Drones, Edan + guest Dagha, Low, Wooden Shjips, Thee Silver Mount Zion Orchestra, Growing, Harmonia, Om, Apse, Alexander Tucker, Les Savy Fav and Lightning Bolt.
My Bloody Valentine curated day: My Bloody Valentine, Mogwai, Yo La Tengo, Dinosaur Jr, Lilys, Mercury Rev, Le Volume Courbe, Bob Mould, Gemma Hayes, Spectrum, The Wounded Knees, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins) and EPMD.
Forthcoming UK ATP Festivals
UK 2008 A Nightmare Before Christmas - curated by Mike Patton/Melvins
5-7/12/2008. This event will be held at All Tomorrow's Parties second home: Butlin's holiday camp in Minehead, Somerset. Line-up so far:
Melvins, Isis, Neil Hamburger, Dälek, Big Business, The Black Heart Procession, Torche, Kill Me Tomorrow, J.G. Thirlwell's Manorexia, The Dirtbombs, Mastodon, Butthole Surfers, Fantômas perform The Director's Cut, The Locust, Zu, Bohren & Der Club of Gore, Farmers Market, Squarepusher, Soulsavers featuring Mark Lanegan, White Noise, The Damned, Stockhausen's Kontakte w/ Steinberg & Winant, MadLove, Double Negative, Boss Hog, Rahzel, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks, Tweak Bird