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WATCH ON REDBULL.TV/ROSKILDE JUNE 29 – JULY 02
JUN 02 – 04
JUN 09 – 12
JUN 29 – JULY 02
JULY 28 – 31
SEP 9 – 11
SEP 30 – OCT 02
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When we’re all gathered here we become the festival city of Roskilde. In this particular city you are challenged to participate. We want you to engage with the music, the art and the many creative communities. Don’t just stand around. Instead, jump right in and become a participant, a dreamer, a resident and a co-creator, who is part of giving life to something new. This is the 46th Roskilde Festival since the beginning back in 1971. Let’s make it one to remember – together! Thanks for being here!
PHOTO: KHANH GIA
Imagine this year’s Roskilde Festival without you being a part of it. Ludicrous, we know, but play along here for a second. Would it be the same? Of course it wouldn’t, and the same goes for the girl in the neighbouring camp, the volunteer who puts the wristband around your arm and the band performing on stage. It’s you, him, her, them. It’s all of us collectively.
At Roskilde Festival you can loosen up and let everything go for a while. As you enter the gates leading into Roskilde Festival, you become part of a creative and spiritual fellowship in an experimental and temporary urban community that rises up on what is usually just a plain grass field.
WE ARE ROSKILDE FESTIVAL
ROSKILDE FESTIVAL
At Roskilde Festival it is allowed – some would perhaps even say necessary – to believe in a utopia. Although this Greek word translates into ‘no place’ and the concept is generally considered as a society that defi es reality, we’d like to think that we come pretty close to creating exactly that right here.
WELCOME
WE ARE
We’re 130,000 people in total and we’re all a part of making this particular festival special. For 8 days we are Roskilde Festival.
THE COLLECTION Find the full collection in the official merchandise shops
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CONTENTS intro news at roskilde 2016 our media channels do you know a true #rfhero? we give it all to charity official merch a sustainable festival
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arts & events
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arts images grafitti zone art zone equality 2016: stand up for your rights street city dream city maker area
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the music in numbers a reassembled syrian orchestra grime’s still standing! a sing-along invitation resident djs on countdown and apollo the mayhem/escho platform the ghettoblaster music presentations: street band presentations: countdown band presentations: rising band presentations: a-z
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food caring about our food the food court here come the food trucks roskilde festival for foodies sustainability: changing the way we eat allergies and special diets a variety of drinks
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safety and practical information safety in your camp safety at the stages let’s keep it clean practical information a-z map: roskilde city map: roskilde festival
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CONTENTS
music
NEWS AT #RF16 A NEW TENT FOR AVALON
We have given the Avalon stage a makeover. This means a new tent and scenography inspired by the 1920s cabaret scene mixed up with bits of chic and modern New York. Avalon is something different compared to our other stages. Here you will fi nd yourself in an intimate environment.
ELECTRONIC NEWCOMERS GET A STAGE OF THEIR OWN
Countdown is a brand-new stage which is open in the fi rst days of the festival (Sunday 26 June to Tuesday 28 June). When the main festival site opens Countdown transforms into a gateway. Countdown delivers fresh talents from the Scandinavian electronic scene. It invites you to dwell in the grass at daytime and to dance during the night. See page 56.
EQUALITY 2016: STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS
In 2016 we focus on political equality and human rights. We look at how human rights are challenged both in the Western democratic world as well as in countries that are politically and socially unstable. See page 28.
ART ZONE HEADS EAST
Art Zone is Roskilde Festival’s epicenter for art just east of Orange Stage. Read more on page 24.
A PLATFORM FOR THE BURGEONING DIY UNDERGROUND
Mayhem is the happening venue in our capital at the moment and they have teamed up with the Copenhagen-based label Escho to curate a platform of their own, playing all days from Wednesday to Saturday. Read more on page 48.
INCREASED FOCUS ON SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainability is always key at Roskilde Festival. We always focus on recycling and reducing the amount of waste. Therefore 11 recycling stations have been set up on the camping areas where you can dispose of combustible waste, cardboard, metal, glass, batteries and camping equipment.
REFUNDING SCALED UP
In recent years it hasn’t been easy to hand in large quantities of empty bottles and cans at the festival. This year we’re doing something about that. We’re introducing two large refund stalls in the camping area. They are open around the clock and can be found in area L and the northern end of area C.
SETTLE’N SHARE
We’ve started up a new initiative in area P in cooperation with Roskilde Festival Højskole. The area is called Settle’N Share and we’re focusing on responsibility, fellowship and a sharing culture. All inhabitants have applied to camp here, and all camps contribute positively to the area and community.
PHOTO: EMIL DEVANTIE BROCKDORFF
NEWS
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VI HAR EN PLAN: 17 NYE VERDENSMÅL Alle verdens lande har sammen vedtaget den mest ambitiøse plan for klodens udvikling nogensinde. Verdensmålene handler om at løse verdens største udfordringer. Vi skal afskaffe ekstrem fattigdom, bekæmpe ulighed og bremse klimaforandringer inden 2030. Det kan lykkes – hvis vi alle gør en indsats verdensbedstenyheder.dk
OUR MEDIA CHANNELS
#RF16
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#RF16 OUR MEDIA CHANNELS So much is going on at Roskilde Festival, and it’s good to stay informed so that you don’t miss out on any important stuff. Our presence in various media gets more and more diverse every year, and throughout the festival capable hands are working on supplying you with all the information you need. For all immediate questions please visit roskildefestival.dk where information has been generated for you all year.
THE OFFICIAL ROSKILDE FESTIVAL APP
Explore the #RF16 line-up in the offi cial Roskilde Festival app. Listen to the bands, get recommendations for new acts based on those you like and create your own schedule. These are just a few of the possibilities that the Roskilde app off ers. Of course, you can also check out the festival map, find practical information, your favourite food off ers and read about all the bands. Download the app from App Store and Google Play.
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On Facebook look for Roskilde Festival. We will keep you on top of what is going on during the day and what went down the day before. Our Instagram reporters will be out in the field every day, documenting live from all over the festival and sharing the Roskilde experience. We’re called @roskildefestival if you want to follow us. Find us on Snapchat, our user name is roskildefest. During the festival we will capture the Roskilde experience in collaboration with all of you. We might even host a competition or two with prizes. Don’t miss out!
FREE FESTIVAL NEWSPAPER — EVERY DAY
PHO TO: MOR
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FREE WI-FI
We’re offering free Wi-Fi for all festival-goers. Please notice, you need to be close to our hotspots to go online. You go online by choosing FestivalNet from the list of Wi-Fi connections and opening your browser. It’s that easy! Hotspots are found at the most popular hangout areas at the festival, both on the campsite and the festival site.
Orange Press is Roskilde Festival’s own daily paper. Every day from Sunday to Saturday we serve the best stories about camps, arts, food and music – as well as fresh concert reviews. Let us know if you have a good story: E-mail us at op@roskilde-festival.dk. The paper will be available from around 10:00 at different places around the festival site where you get your breakfast. It is completely free. Please notice, the paper is only available in Danish.
#RF16 OUR MEDIA CHANNELS
SHARE YOUR FESTIVAL — WE DO TOO
Every day during the festival, we will do our very best to get back to everybody who brings up questions on Facebook or Twitter, give us some great input or tag us with the offi cial Roskilde Festival 2016 hashtag – #RF16.
DO YOU KNOW A TRUE #RFHero?
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DO YOU KNOW
A TRUE
#RFHero?
We oft en speak of soldiers, fi refighters and fictional, supernatural characters as heroes. In our opinion there are other qualities that defi ne being a hero. At least at Roskilde Festival. Extraordinary circumstances is not a prerequisite for heroism. It can be found in your camp or at a concert. Anyone can be a Roskilde hero!
: nominate a hero o ot ph a m ra ag Inst ory along with a st of that special deed . Use the o. erro He RFFH hashtag #R
DEFINITION Defi nition taken from the yet-to-be-published Roskilde Festival Dictionary: hero noun / 'hı .r ʊ / A person who helps or does a deed that makes Roskilde Festival better for others.
K OF FAME ROSKILDE WAL You know the famous sidewalk in Hollywood with all the stars, right? Imagine a Roskildelised version of that. Among all nominated heroes of Roskilde we’ll find five people whose names will be carved in an orange-coloured stone and put down in the area right in front of Roskilde Festival – as a celebration of everyone who goes that extra mile for the good of others at Roskilde Festival and in society in general.
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Imagine the following scenarios:
— A rain shower gets you all soaked during your volunteer shift. Then a fellow volunteer brings hot cocoa for everyone. — A group of young fi rst-timers are scouting for a spot at a seemingly fully occupied campsite. Someone notices and asks everybody to move their tents an inch so that the debutants can be part of the community. — Peter couldn’t aff ord a ticket to Roskilde, so he asked his friends for micro-donations. He ended up with way too much money. The extra money was spent on beer for camps in need (true story from last year!). We want to celebrate the true Roskilde heroes. Perhaps you know of one. And if you do, you should nominate that special someone. We’ll put some of the best examples on our big screens, in our newspaper and in our social media channels for the world to see. The Heroes of Roskilde campaign is made in collaboration with The Tuborg Foundation.
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WE ARE BUILDING COMMUNITIES OPENING 01.2019 RoFH is founded on the leadership, activism, music, art, journalism and maker spirit that creates Roskilde Festival every year.
rofh.dk
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PHOTO: JACOB STAGE
CHARITY
WE GIVE IT ALL TO
CHARITY DONATION TO THE (YOUNG) BOXERS
l is Roskilde Festiva it. Every it of pr nno % 0 10 te all of year we dona arity. ch to ts ofi pr r ou
OD A FORCE FOR GO FOUR DECADES AN TH E OR FOR M Since 1972 Roskilde Festival has donated more than DKK 270 million (approx. €36.2 million) to humanitarian and cultural work benefiting children and young people around the world.
One of the many donations from last year’s profi t benefi ted the local boxing association AIK. It has existed since 1930 and is one of Denmark’s oldest amateur boxing clubs. AIK has a long and proud history with regional, Nordic and even European boxing championships. And there’s a beating heart behind it all. For the club it’s very important to reach out to the kids who need a little extra support and guidance. A total of 200 children swarm in and out of the club almost as they please and can participate in the training sessions on their own terms. Bokseklubben AIK Roskilde has received a donation from Roskilde Festival Charity Society because of their social responsibility by offering free boxing training for the 11-18-year-olds. The money is primarily spent on new equipment since the increasing number of young boxers tear on the gear. Your participation in Roskilde Festival – volunteers and paying Roskilde participants alike – help generate donations to places like AIK.
OFFICIAL MERCH
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GET YOUR OFFICIAL
THE OFFICIAL #R F16 T- SHIRT
MERCH 250,-
ROSKILDE STREETWEAR
Protect your dome in radical Roskilde style with this fresh collection of shirts, beach vests, caps, jackets, sweatshirts, dresses, and much, much more.
FIND THE MERCH
190,STALLS
The stalls can be found in Rising City, East City, Countdown City, Art Zone and by The Market. The merchandise stalls at the festival site are open Wednesday 17-02, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10-02. You can also buy merchandise at rfshop.dk.
THE STAGES BAND MERCH AT Is your old Neil Young t-shirt threadbare? You can often buy T-shirts and other merchandise from your favourite bands at the stall near the stage where the band is playing, but only on the day the band is playing.
500,-
Towards a cleaner festival 100 engineering students from Technical University of Denmark will descend on Roskilde Festival with around 20 projects aimed at improving the festival even more. Every year Roskilde Festival gathers around 1,800 tons of trash. Since 2010, DTU-students have been working on improving the handling of waste and finding new ways to recycle.
Other projects this year include WiFi tracking for safety purposes, analyzing electricity consumption, developing a portable beer cooler with no electrical supply, and a novel way to measure dust levels during the festival. Find out more about the projects in DTU’s TechLab located between Avalon and Orange Stage by Trade Zone West
A SUSTAINABLE FESTIVAL
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A SUSTAINABLE FESTIVAL
Christina Bilde, spokeswoman for Roskilde Festival
Since its inception Roskilde has been a non-profi t festival, and every year all profi ts are donated to charitable causes. However, our social commitment does not end there. It is our wish to create a festival that cares about people and the environment. Since last year’s festival we’ve come up with two ambitions defi ning what we want a sustainable Roskilde Festival to look like. One for the festival’s impact on the environment and one for our social impact.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
We dream of creating a festival without negative environmental consequences. We want the festival, its participants and partners to make environmentally favourable choices, so we can move towards a festival where all waste is a resource, and a festival that is carbon-neutral and has a 100% fossil-free energy supply.
SOCIAL IMPACT
We believe in human beings as building blocks of the community. We want festival participants and partners to make choices that contribute to making a positive social impact in the world with respect for human rights and human resources.
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These two ambitions can be seen many places at the festival, and you can read more about that elsewhere in this booklet. For example, we have waste sorting stations on the campsite, organic and vegetarian food for sale in the food stalls, we use eco-labelled building materials and cleaning products, buses and trains, we have equality awareness activities in Rising City, improved conditions for refund collectors, campaigns against sexism and more. On the opposite page we have put together 12 actions you can take towards a more sustainable Roskilde Festival yourself.
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A SUSTAINABLE FESTIVAL PHO TO: Ă˜YS TEIN
TIONS RONMENTAL AC
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1. Bring your camping gear home with you and use it next year. Otherwise it becomes waste. 2. If your camping gear is broken, bring it to the nearest campsite recycling station. 3. Try a vegetarian meal. Meat consumption is our biggest source of CO2 emission. 4. Choose organic products in food stalls and bars. Our goal is to be 75 % organic this year. 5. Reuse plastic bottles for tap water. You can fi nd taps by the toilets and Love Spring water bars. 6. Take the train or the bus home from the festival.
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SOCIAL ACTION
1. Do not tolerate sexism, racism or discrimination. 2. Groping is not acceptable. Consensual touching is, of course. 3. Refund collectors help clean up aft er our party. Treat them as equals. 4. Check out the programme for equality awareness activities. 5. Have a conversation with someone different from yourself. 6. Social Workers in white vests can help if you need someone to talk to – no matter if your issues are big or small.
ARTS
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ARTS The art at this year’s Roskilde Festival is based on the theme of Excess, which will be the common language that binds the selected works together no matter where you might encounter them on the festival site. Excess is all about the extravagant, the reckless, the intimate and the close-up. It bleeds across borders both in terms of form and on the inter-human and interactive level. Excess is experimental and explores borderlands and the unknown. It is a limbo between reality and the unreal that invites you to critically engage and commit.
Signe Brink Pedersen, Head Curator
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ARTS
It may sound up in the air, but we assure you that when you have read the next couple of pages, you will realise that it is in fact quite down to earth and we promise you that it will spark something in you. This year we present more than 20 productions by Danish and international artists that span a wide range, from renowned stars to the emerging underground. You can look forward to encounters with installation art, performances, paintings, street art, graffi ti, light installations and literature.
NIELS “SHOE” MEULMAN
CALLIGRAFFITIING UP THE GRANDSTAND WALL
What is calligraffi ti and what does it have to do with Roskilde Festival? The renowned graffi ti and street artist Niels ”Shoe” Meulman from Amsterdam presents his take on it, as he decorates the 90 metre grandstand wall in front of the Orange Stage in his unique calligraffiti style. Shoe works mainly in the borderlands of street art, calligraphy and repetitions. LET’S MAKE PIZZA
LET’S MAKE PIZZA
Do you want to meet other festival guests over a pizza? With Let’s Make Pizza the artist Jesper Aabille brings the interpersonal meeting into focus as he invites you and the others to bake your own pizza in a number of converted oil drums that have been turned into pizza ovens. Bring your own topping and you will receive cheese, tomato sauce, dough and the opportunity to bake your own pizza alongside other festival guests. See you at the cooking area in East City. In Art Zone Jesper Aabille will also be creating an end wall painting, which will be a reference to his understanding of food.
let’s make pizza at east city sunday 26 june - tuesday 28 june
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A CATALOGUE OF
EVENTS
There’s A LOT going on besides the music at Roskilde Festival. Don’t want to miss a thing? We’ve prepared a full catalogue of all events taking place at Roskilde Festival 2016. Just enter this URL in your browser: roskil.de/rf16events
...? DID YOU KNOW — The grandstand wall is 90.5 metres long and 2.4 metres tall — The past fi ve years we’ve had these exciting artists decorating the wall: 2012 Steve Powers 2013 Ron English 2014 HuskMitNavn 2015 dais 2016 Shoe
IMAGES
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IMAGES Roskilde Festival has entered into a collaboration with Images 2016 – An Age of Our Own Making. At Images 2016 renowned artists from Africa, the Middle East and Asia are invited to Denmark. Through their works the artists relate to and comment on their societies. The works take topics such as migration, co-existence and prejudice under critical review. This means that the performances are well aligned with this year’s topic – Equality (read more on page 28). An Age of Our Own Making is curated by Solvej Helweg Ovesen and Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung and realised by Holbæk Municipality.
ATHI PATRA RUGA
DECIMATION
South African performance artist Athi Patra Ruga will form a procession with a number of other performers going from the Museum of Contemporary Art to Roskilde Festival, through camping West and all the way to the southern end of the Clean Out Loud area. They are all wearing big balloon costumes. The procession ends with a dark closing ceremony by a tree adorned with balloons and lights.
decimation from the museum of contemporary art sunday 26 june the parade departs at 20:00
PERFORMANCES WHAT THEY FEAR (IMMUNISATION CLINIQUE)
Afghan artist Amanullah (Aman) Mojadidi and his medical staff off er you immunity to nationalism, extremism, religion and race in their clinic. Immunisation Clinic is a critical remark on the crisis of migration in Europe or what could be called a crisis of immunisation: Who are we vaccinating ourselves against?
what they fear (immunisation clinique) at east city monday 27 june - tuesday 28 june 11:00-19:00 wednesday 29 june 11:00-14:00
SINGLE BREAK POT — ENTRANCE PLATFORM
With her performance Single Break Pot – Entrance Platform Amy Lee Sanford will be in contrast to the rushing back and forth of the festival-goers going to and from the train platform. In an almost meditative state she breaks a pot and then glues it back together. Through this act she reflects upon concepts such as past, war, loss, guilt, harmony and transformation.
single break pot — entrance platform camping area c — near the train platform monday 27 june - tuesday 28 june 13:00-15:00
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X MARKS THE SPOT
Join Kenyan-German artist duo Mwangi Hutter in front of Orange Stage in their performance X Marks the Spot. You will be wrapped in red or black gauze together with 150-200 others forming the Danish fl ag, but where the white cross is replaced by a black one. The fl ag will be fi lmed from above and projected onto a big screen with the Orange Stage in the background.
x marks the spot on the grass in front of orange stage friday 1 july 12:00-14:00. ALI AL-FATLAWI FEAT. WATHIQ AL-AMERI
PAVILION OF IRAQ
Get an insight into cultures across continents .
The artist duo Ali Al-Fatlawi and Wathiq Al-Ameri from Iraq will camp in Settle‘N Share in area P. The artists serve tea in a samowar and write poetry. The Pavilion of Iraq challenges the expectations and fears that are connected to Arab and Muslim culture.
pavilion of iraq settle‘n share, area p monday 27 june - friday 1 july
11:00-20:00
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Explor graffiti on Roskilde Festival on Instagram via the hashtag #r fgraff
Graffiti Zone is placed west of the Arena stage and is a combined gigantic gallery and oasis of art. Here, festival-goers can withdraw and relax between concerts while enjoying amazing graffi ti from some of the fi nest painters in the world.
GRAFFITI IN 3D
By the Arena stage alongside the Fence Walk you will fi nd three different graffi ti pieces combining murals and installations into three dimensional pieces of art. The art installation will break out of the mural, so to speak, thereby transcending the classical two-dimensional painting and becoming a three-dimensional form. The three artists responsible for these works are Berlin-based Base23, Roid from England and Australian artist Phibs.
STREET ART ANIMALS
This year there will also be art within the fences of the Fence Walk. Irish street artist Dan Leo will create an installation consisting of a variety of street art animals. They hide among the trees so look for them as you walk the Fence Walk. Graffi ti at Roskilde Festival is supported by Molotow Spraypaint.
GRAFFITI
GRAFFITI ZONE
Graffi ti has been an important part of Roskilde Festival’s artistic expression since 1999 when we fi rst introduced the art form and invited three artists to participate. The festival is visited by both Danish and international graffi ti and street artists who together decorate almost 1,5 kilometres of fences and facades. Quite amazing! e the
ART ZONE
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ART ZONE
NATIVE, EXOTIC, NORMAL / CIRCLE OF FLAGS
In Art Zone you will be met by a circle of 12 tall flagpoles. The poles have different heights and are painted in six different skin tones corresponding to the fl ags fl ying at the top. The lightest skin tone is the tallest pole and the darkest is the shortest. The piece Native, Exotic, Normal / Circle of Flags has been created by the artist duo Hesselholdt & Mejlvang and produced by Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art.
THE DEVIL IS REAL
Art Zone is the epicentre of art at Roskilde Festival. Here art is omnipresent and integrated in the surroundings. This year Art Zone is east of Orange Stage in the space between Food Court, Gloria and Graffi ti Zone. Here, artworks, good food and chill-out area blend together to form an intimate and integrated experience. Below you can read more about what’s on offer this year.
Two of the great icons of Roskilde, the cathedral and Orange Stage, meet in the sculpture The Devil Is Real by Heine Klausen. As you are sitting on the seat plateau’s tattoo clowns and fools, the tips of the orange canopy and the two towers of the cathedral loom above you.
DU RODER I MIN FOLD
Line Hvidbjerg has created a location-specific photography wallpaper entitled Du roder i min fold (“You are making a mess in my fold”). Here she utilises photographic manipulation and optical illusions to disrupt your spatial and bodily sensations.
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SUPERFLEX
FLAGSHIP SHELTERS/ BOTTLE COLLECTORS VIP
Flagship Shelters/Bottle Collectors’ VIP is the art project made by Superfl ex for Roskilde Festival 2016. The three Flagship Shelters are inspired by some of the most exclusive and prominent fashion stores’ headquarters in Tokyo, designed by superstar architects. Superflex has interpreted this world-class architecture and downscaled it in to shed-size structures made in basic, inexpensive materials and to function as basic shelters – fi rst for homeless peole ple in Tokyo and now as a bottle Meet the peop collectors VIP at Roskilde Festival. ip behind Flagsh Two of three shelters will work as tle ot /B rs te el Sh exclusive VIP lounges for bottle P VI s collectors at the festival, offering Collector a place to rest with couches, food, in an artist talk cold water, electricity and more. rfle x
Superflex is an artist group that was founded in 1993 by Bjørnstjerne Reuter Christiansen, Jakob Fenger and Rasmus Nielsen. Their works, which challenge power structures and relate to economics, copyright law and self-organisation, are described by Superfl ex as tools, as with supe proposals that invite people to ly Saturday 2 Ju participate in the development of Flagship Shelters / Bottle Collecexperimental models to alter given tors VIP is a critical commentary on 13:00. structures and conditions. Many of the growing social and economithe artworks by Superfl ex reach cal inequality. Superfl ex refl ects beyond the art institutions and the world of art in on Roskilde Festival as a place where the majorgeneral, which can also be said of their project for ity come to listen to music and party but where a Roskilde Festival 2016. large number of people have an essential economic income by collecting bottles during the festival. The last of the three shelters will house the Art Zone stage with artist talks and events.
With this project Superflex focuses on the fact that the resources, which star architects and brands use for the design of commercial flagship stores, can be used more responsibly in society. Thereby they shine the light on the current problem of dealing with social inequality as well as our consumption and prioritising of resources. In this way the project aligns itself well with Roskilde Festival’s work towards equality (read more on page 28). FLAGSHIP SHELTERS / BOTTLE COLLECTORS VIP
ART ZONE
FREDERIKKE DALUM and ANNA LADAS
An eccentric billionaire’s gold-plated swimming pool is sinking into the ground. Steps, springboards and corners of the pool jab up here and there. The two women behind this installation are Frederikke Dalum and Anna Ladas, who study Scenography and Stage Management & Props Design at The Danish National School of Performing Arts, respectively.
Mød ROCKWOOL på årets
Roskilde Festival
Nyd din medbragte mad og drikke mens du slapper af i vores loungemøbler og henter ny energi til den næste koncert. Kom forbi vores hus på årets Roskilde Festival. Du finder os mellem Orange scene og Avalon.
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PROGRAMME
+00 Surprise talk Moderator: Torben Sangild
WEDNESDAY 29 JUNE
ART ZONE TIME
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18 +00 Artist talk: Mattia Paco Rizzi & Luigi Greco, Guldminen and Cecilie Warming, Manolis Xylakis & Arthur van der Zaag. Moderator: Torben Sangild
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Thursday to Saturday from 15:00 you can experience st some of the be s or th au sh Dani in and debaters t be ka rs te forfat at Art Zone.
+00 Artist talk: Martha Cooper. Moderator: Mathias Kryger +30 Trans talk: Jesper Aabille + Beatrice J Alexanian. Moderator: Mathias Kryger
+00 Artist talk: Superfl ex Moderator: Maria Bordorff
+00 Trans-talk: Heine Klausen × Line Hvidbjerg Trans-talk: Beatrice J Alexanian Moderator: Maria Bordorff
SATURDAY 2 JULY
+00 Artist talk: Darren Cullen. Moderator: Mathias Kryger
+00 Forfatterskabet: Alan Meskovic & Kristina Stoltz Caspar Eric og Supapawa Moderator: Maria Bordorff
FRIDAY 1 JULY
+00 Forfatterskabet: Rasmus Nikolajsen & Dennis Gade Morten Søndergaard og Harald Voetmann Moderator: Mathias Kryger
+00 Performance music dialogues
THURSDAY 30 JUNE
+00 Forfatterskabet: Amalie Laulund Trudsø & Ina Munch Christensen Morten Søndergaard & Rasmus Halling Nielsen Moderator: Torben Sangild
+00 Performance music dialogues
+00 Images 2016 with Solvej Helweg Ovesen +30 Artist talk: Mwangi Hutter & Ali Al-Fatlawi feat. Wathiq Al-Ameri + Hesselholdt & Mejlvang. Moderator: Solvej Helweg Ovesen
+00 Performance music dialogues
STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS
EQUALITY 2016
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EQUALITY STAND UP S 2016 FOR YOUR RIGHT
ACTIVITIES
Surveillance, revenge porn, global activism and comeback battles! In 2016 we’re focusing on political equality and human rights, and we’re putting you right in the middle!
Below you can read about some of the activities under the Equality banner at Roskilde Festival 2016. Check out the schedule on page 31.
You can engage in fl irting courses, join talks with politicians, delve into topics such as your right to privacy, the current refugee situation, and you can be a part of a huge human banner and hear what you can do in situations when the politicians have given up. Under one banner we call it ‘Stand up for your right’ (remember the Bob Marley tune? Give “Get Up, Stand Up” a spin), and through events and activities we want to emphasise that political rights are important and that we shouldn’t take them for granted. We have teamed up with organisations such as ActionAid Denmark, Trampoline House, The Askov Foundation, Everyday Sexism Project and Ungdomsbureauet, and many of the art projects and experiences on-site – for instance Danish art group Superflex’ VIP lounges for refund collectors and the concert with The Orchestra of Syrian Musicians and Damon Albarn – relate to the equality theme we’re introducing. It’s all about creating change together. And with 130,000 people at this year’s festival, collectively we have the strength to sow the seeds for changes that can bring us more equality in the world.
EDWARD SNOWDEN · PHOTO: LAUR A POITR AS/ACLU
EDWARD SNOWDEN — LIVE INTERVIEW
The American whistleblower Edward Snowden will be interviewed live at Roskilde Festival 2016. As an intelligence agent, Edward Snowden caused much controversy when he leaked the many documents that revealed the extent of the surveillance of citizens, politicians and states conducted by the Central Intelligence Agency in America. Crucially, this started and stirred a debate as surveillance and freedom of speech became – yet again – important topics on a global scale. Experience Snowden live via satellite connection from his exile in Moscow. This will happen on the big screen in Rising City on Tuesday 28 June at 16:15.
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EQUALITY 2016
EQUALITYEQUALS
What does equality mean to you and the world? World’s Best News invites you to a workshop about the individual’s opportunities to create change. Meet African Youth Panel who delivers ultra-short speeches about UN’s 17 sustainable development goals and what you can do so that we collectively reach the goal of reducing inequality in 2030.
COMEBACK BATTLE
IF THE SEA COULD TALK
Get help talking back to sexist hecklers with a wellaimed reply and join Everyday Sexism Project’s Comeback battle. The challenge is to focus on sexist heckling and behaviour in a fun way. Two teams compete and take turns making comebacks to sexist comments presented by an actor.
comeback battle street city, game area monday 27 june
We invite 50 festival-goers to come meet 50 politicans (Danish MPs). We’ll set up a long table in Rising City and invite everyone to have a direct dialogue about equality, anger, generations, democracy, the future and dystopias.
PHOTO: JACQUES HOLST
The refugee-political fashion show “If the sea could talk” is a tribute to the thousands of migrants and refugees who disappear or die on their way towards safety every month. The brand of clothing is made by journalist, artist, activist and fashion designer Day Maximo who fled Rwanda himself. The fashion show is organised by Trampoline House.
11:00-12:00
CONVERSATION LOUNGE: POLITICIANS and FESTIVAL-GOERS
conversation lounge rising city monday 27 june
REFUGEE-POLITICAL FASHION SHOW: IF THE SEA COULD TALK
if the sea could talk rising city, flokkr tuesday 28 june
19:15-20:00
AGES RISING CITY ST Rising City has three stages where most of the Equality 2016 initiatives take place. Ordered by size, they are the Rising stage, Flokkr and Dreamcatcher.
11:45-13:00 In Camping East at Agora J you can go fishing in the artificial fishing lake. You are welcome to bring your own gear or you can rent it by the lake.
STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS
equalityequals rising city, dreamcatcher sunday 26 june 20:45-21:30
STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS
EQUALITY 2016
30 LISTENING LOOS: STORIES FROM A LIFE ON THE BOTTOM
Personal stories from young and old people about being at the bottom and on the fringe of society. They give us an understanding of the necessity to fight for equality in the welfare state of Denmark. Listen to stories from a life on the bottom on special listening loos set up on the festival campsite.
EQUALITY – HUMAN BANNER
HUGE HUMAN BANNER
We need your help making a huge human banner. Gather all your friends and your neighbouring camps as well. We need up to 1000 festival-goers to form the letters E-Q-U-A-L-I-T-Y for a grand aerial photo shoot. ActionAid Denmark mobilises all participants to send an equality message from Roskilde Festival. Come to Dream City, just by the big Hollywood-esque sign.
human banner dream city, by the sign tuesday 28 june
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WHY EQUALITY
Every year Roskilde Festival focuses on a hot issue or on societal conditions that deserve special attention. In 2016 we focus on political equality and human rights. When you meet the words Stand Up for Your Rights on banners and screens all over the festival site, it’s our way of directing your attention to the importance of political rights, which should not be taken for granted. We have created those rights, and we must defend them. To do so, we must understand where, when and why the rights are challenged. We must ask ourselves why they are important.
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TOILET POETRY
Under the theme totally screwed the Danish poet Claus Høxbroe has decorated toilet walls with ‘toilet poetry’. You’re invited to write your own as well. Between Sunday and Tuesday Claus Høxbroe & Stik Op interpret ‘Stories from a life on the bottom’ (see above) and selected poems from the toilet walls.
listening loos and toilet poetry the campsite sunday 26 june - tuesday 28 june 10:00-18:00
FLIRTING COURSE
Get in touch in a good way. Everyday Sexism Project invites you to a flirting course that focuses on the art of flirting and gives the festival-goers the opportunity to test their own flirting skills along with tools to start a flirt.
flirting course rising city, dreamcatcher monday 27 june - tuesday 28 june 20:45-21:30
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PROGRAMME
11:00-11:45 Bingo 12:30-13:15 Column course: Write a shared editorial 19:15-20:00 Debate: When politicians fail, must we act? 22:15-23:00 Talk show with Rising bands
11:45-13:00 Conversation lounge – 50 politicians
14:45-15:30 Literature: Reading aloud 17:30-18:15 Debate: Equality and inequality 20:45-21:30 Flirting course
11:00-11:45 Bingo 12:30-13:15 Column course: Write a shared editorial 19:15-20:00 Fashion show: If the sea could talk 22:15-23:00 Talk show with Rising bands
11:45-13:00 Long poem
TUESDAY 28 JUNE
14:45-15:30 Literature: Reading aloud 17:30-18:15 Debate: The youth decides 20:45-21:30 Flirting course
MONDAY 27 JUNE
11:00-11:45 Bingo 12:30-13:15 Column course: Write a shared editorial 14:00-14:30 Talk: Public Works 16:15-17:30 Beautiful Rising workshop 19:15-20:00 #LoveForOrlando: debate about LGBT rights 22:15-23:00 Talk show with Rising bands
14:45-15:30 Debate: “Danishness”
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EQUALITY 2016 TIME
FLOKKR
14:45-15:30 Literature: Reading aloud 17:30-18:15 Sex tapes, dick pics and violent love! 20:45-21:30 Workshop: EqualityEquals (UK)
RISING CITY
DREAMCATCHER 14:45-15:30 Debate: More than art?
12:00-13:00 Diversity talk
13:00-13:30 Stories from the edge: #homeless – André A-tol speaking with Åsmund Boye Kverneland
12:00-13:00 Diversity talk
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12:00-13:00 Diversity talk
13:00-13:30 Stories from the edge: #ghettorapper – YoungLoco speaking with Al Agami
13:00-13:45 Equality – Human Banner
13:00-13:30 Stories from the edge: #homeless – Ravn Corax speaking with Al Agami
12:00-16:00 Pop-up Trampoline House
14:45-15:30 Debate: How do we unite a divided Denmark? Edward Snowden live interview
RISING STAGE AGORA P AGORA K, SWIMMING LAKE GHETTOBLASTER THE DREAM CITY SIGN
STREET CITY
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STREET CITY Sports, art and music. They all blend together in Street City to a unique combination of performance, contests and workshops. During the first four days of the festival, Street City offers an amazing variety of skaters, bladers, BMX riders, dancers, street artists, upcoming music acts, DJ sessions and street sports.
PHOTO: JACQUES HOLST
The Game area of Street City has grown! Throughout the festival Hummel, Roskilde Festival and GAME will entertain you with football, basketball, volleyball, slackline and panna football, and everyone is welcome to join the games. Every goal scored in the tournaments will support GAME’s work with social change through youth-led street sports and culture in Lebanon.
You can get your sweat on in our yoga sessions Sunday 26 June to Wednesday 29 June between 9:00 and 11:00 or watch football matches such as the National Homeless Team vs. Politicians, Christiania Soccer Club vs. Roskilde Police. Also, don’t miss the Celebrity Wheelchair Challenge where celebrities go head to head against professional wheelchair athletes. If you are into slow mornings, street artist Quest Juan will wake you up with a body paint battle: Tribals and whatever vs. Flowers, Rainbows and Unicorns. Afternoons in Street City are packed with skate, inline and BMX contests showcasing some of the finest Danish and international riders. Every evening from Sunday to Tuesday the skilled and versatile dancers from The Funktastics invite you to move your body at their dance workshops. They will introduce you to hip-hop, dancehall, breakdance, house and much more – so lace up your dancing shoes!
THE MUSIC From 20:00 upcoming artists and DJs take over Street City, transforming the area into a stage. Read more about the music on the Street stage on page 54.
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+00 Sign up for basket/football/ volleyball tournaments of the day. Open until 12:30
+00 Yoga session
+00 Inline show +00 Basketball tournament, men +00 Football tournament, men +00 Volleyball tournament, mixed
+00 Football: FC Christiania vs. Roskilde Police
+00 Sign up for basket/football/ volleyball tournaments of the day. Open until 12:30 +00 Comeback battle — Everyday Sexism Project +00 Wheelchair skate show + workshop until 13:00
+00 Yoga session
+15 Bowl days
+00 BMX fl atland +00 Basketball/Football/Volleyball: Orange Karma Cup tournament, men
TUESDAY 28 JUNE
+00 Football: National Homeless Team vs. Politicians
+00 Danish super league skating contest
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+00 Yoga session
+00 Local skate contest +00 Basketball tournament, men +00 Football tournament, men +00 Volleyball tournament, mixed
+00 Inline show +00 Basketball tournament, women +00 Volleyball tournament, mixed +30 Football tournament, women
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+30 Street skate contest
+00 BMX street show
+00 Volleyball open court
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+00 BMX bowl show +00 Basketball tournament, women +00 Volleyball tournament, mixed +30 Football tournament, women
+00 Volleyball open court
SATURDAY 25 JUNE
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+00 Basketball open court +00 Football open field
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+00 Volleyball open court
+00 Basketball shoot-out contest +00 Football freestyle
+00 TUESDAY GET DOWN
+00 KHALAZER
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+00 SOUNDVENUE SHOUT-OUT
+00 M.I.L.K.
+00 Danish super league skating contest fi nal +00 Basketball/Football/Volleyball: Orange Karma Cup tournament, women
+00 Celebrity Wheelchair Challenge
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+00 IMMORTAL SOUND SELECTORS
+00 BABY BLOOD
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DREAM CITY Dream City is your opportunity to create and build your own spot at Roskilde Festival. Dream City is an audience-driven area located at area H. We have space for approx. 4000 Roskilde Festival participants who want to be part of this userdriven camping area.
Dream City is about co-creation, collaboration, sustainability – and great ideas. This is the place for those Roskilde participants who want to build something extraordinary and create something that elevates the experience for themselves and their fellow festival-goers. Dream City is the only place at Roskilde Festival where you are allowed to use power tools and lawn mowers, so there are virtually no limits to what you can create or build. All the dreamers in Dream City have been preparing for this year’s festival since 12 March when Dream City 2016 was launched.
’s For Dream City e ild sk Ro s nt ta inhabi y ad re Festival al began in march.
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STORAGE & RECYCLING STATION
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JOHANKAT DREAM CITY PÅLITI BRANDSTATIONEN
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SELECTED CAMPS
ORANGE ART
TRAILER TRASH
S IHS CAMP
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WONDER LOUNGE
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CAMP PARTY KAMP STEN FIZZ CAMP ØM MF KLUDDERMOR
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CAMP LOUIS
CAMP SKAMMENS LÆBER H46 20 M
Stop by Dream City’s womens’ camp, introducing 20 M fun, provocative and all-embracing events uniting women at Roskilde Festival and shedding light on inner and outer aspects of femininity. Boys and girls are invited inside for an open dialogue about female ideals, the pussy and the discourse of the sexes. Look forward to events like ’Woman, know your body’ lectures, blind-kissing-speed-dating, womens’ circle debates, the sexy circle and much more.
ACROSKILDE H69
ACROskilde invites everyone to join a session of acro yoga, during which you can get to know yourself and other festival-goers better through physical exercise. There will be free beginner’s workshops in this acrobatic style of yoga every day.
THE COMMUNITY HOUSE H50
In the community house we celebrate life-changing events and other social arrangements – and you’re invited! During the warm-up days we will orchestrate a confi rmation, a 25-year wedding anniversary and a funeral. During the morning hours there will be a video club and later there will be games of bingo for those who can manage their numbers. You are also invited to use the community house for (un)ceremonial arrangements.
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If you want to get rid of your bad habits during 2016, make a stop at Camp Pacifi er Tree (Camp Suttetræ) where you can write your bad habit on a piece of paper and hang it on the tree. This will help you leave your bad habits behind. Camp Pacifier Tree is ready to help you determine which potentially bad habits you could live without.
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MAP OF THE CAMPS IN DREAM CITY
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To be a part of Dream City 2017 you must: — Acquire a ticket to Roskilde Festival 2017. — Consider your project/camp a gift to Dream City that can be shared with the rest of the dreamers and festival-goers. — Think sustainably and be socially responsible. — Be ready to dismantle and remove anything you have brought with you when you leave Dream City.
VI SØGER UNGE TIL TJENESTE MOD DET A N S ØG N INGSFRIST: ORDINÆRE 5. JULI
SØG IND PÅ KEA Drømmer du om en uddannelse inden for DESIGN, BYG, DIGITAL eller TEKNIK? Så er KEA stedet. KEA udbyder videregående uddannelser på erhvervsakademi- og professionsbachelorniveau i tæt samarbejde med erhvervslivet. Så er det sagt. Men vi synes egentlig, det er vigtigere at fortælle dig, at KEA leder efter mønsterbrydere, der kan og vil udfordre status quo for at skabe en bedre verden med teknik og design.
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MAKER AREA Drop by Roskilde Festival’s very own maker area and experience the DIY spirit of the maker movement; interact with new technology, participate in a Japanese robot wrestling tournament and hang out with your friends.
opening hours sunday 26 june and monday 27 june 11:00-17:00 tuesday 28 june 11:00-21:00 wednesday 29 june to saturday 2 july 11:00-17:00
BRING YOUR PLASTIC
with Bring the party rtable po a ild Bu u: yo Build camp bl aster! e and make at th . ea ar er Mak
Maker is an area that celebrates makers and making. The maker movement combines the latest technology, DIY trends and design with innovation, co-creation, open-source sharing and craft s.
JOIN THE REVOLUTION
We provide new technology such as the 3D printer, laser cutter and CNC mill. Meet makers and experts ready to guide you and show you the latest tricks. Live out your inner maker and create unique gadgets and festival gear for your camp: — — — — —
Camp blaster Mobile phone solar panel charger Joule thief (festival lamp) 3D doodle sunglasses and jewelry T-shirt or tote bag
The maker movement is about more than new technology. It’s the dream of a more sustainable future. Bring plastic items from your camp to the Maker area, grind them and make them into something new. If you’re an early bird, we serve sustainable breakfast prepared with solar power.
ROBOT CONTEST FOR DUMMIES
Tuesday 28 June the Maker area becomes a battlefi eld for crappy robots. Drop by the open workshop, build your own wrestling robot and take on other camps in a legendary robot wrestling tournament. See if your team can beat a pro and win cool prizes. May the crappiest robot win!
A TASTE OF COPENHAGEN MAKER
The Maker area is a preview of the new festival Copenhagen Maker that takes place 23-25 September in Copenhagen. The festival has everything from fun DIY workshops to inspirational talks and showcases of the latest technology.
MAKER AREA
Meet Maker in East City. We’re open every day.
THE MUSIC IN NUMBERS
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THE MUSIC IN NUMBERS MOST POPULAR ON FACEBOOK (Amount of likes)
What is the digit sum of the Roskilde 2016 line-up? Who is the youngest musician and who has played here before? We’ve looked at the line-up in a different light, and this is what we’ve come up with.
KEY FACTS
— 183 acts in the line-up — Budget for music booking: DKK 60 million (approx. €8,053,691) — Average cost per act for each ticket-buying participant: DKK 10.9 (approx. €1.46)
EXPERIENCE
65%
WIZ KHALIFA 40,851,482
have never played Roskilde Festival before
12%
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS 28,261,026
23%
MACKLEMORE 6,612,523
have played here before have played here before in another constellation
40%
26%
of the acts are from Denmark
32 nationalities are represented in total
AGE
Hans-Joachim Roedelius of Mueller_Roedelius is 81 years of age, making him older than all the members of Liss combined.
of the acts are from the Nordic countries
60%
of the acts are from the rest of the World
MOST ROSKILDEEXPERIENCED ACT
Dizzy Mizz Lizzy – playing here for the 6th time (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2010, 2016)
BU IT’S N TH NG AT A L Choose the Full Experience For the 14th time, the Music Against Drugs campaign is running at Danish music festivals. Concerts can be experiences of a lifetime, but not if they are lost due to intoxication from drugs or alcohol. Choose the full experience - Get your kicks from the music!
GET THE FULL EXPERIENCE HERE
Alive Festival • Bork Havn Musikfestival • Grøn Koncert • Haze over Haarum • Jelling Musikfestival • Kløften Festival • Musik i Lejet • Nibe Festival • Nord-Als Musikfestival • NorthSide • Open Air Varde • Roskilde Festival • Samsø Festival • Skagen Festival • Smukfest • Tinderbox • Tunø Festival • Tønder Festival • UHØRT Festival • Vig Festival • Wonderfestiwall
THE ORCHESTRA OF SYRIAN MUSICIANS
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A REASSEMBLED STRA E H C R O N A I R Y S The civil war in Syria scattered its members around the world and some fled their homeland, but now the Orchestra of Syrian Musicians is to be reunited for a special concert at Roskilde Festival. On 29 June at 18:00, the orchestra will perform as the opening act on the Orange Stage, and the British jack-of-all-musical-trades Damon Albarn will play an integral part in the show and invite a line of (at the time of writing, secret-but-surely-exciting) musical guests on stage as well. The 90-strong orchestra fi rst worked with Albarn at Damascus Opera House in 2009, then appeared on the track “White Flag” on Gorillaz’ Plastic Beach album and on the subsequent world tour. However, the outbreak of civil war in spring 2011 caused many members of the orchestra to flee. The Roskilde concert will be one of their fi rst performances together since then.
A MIRACULOUS SOUND
The Orchestra of Syrian Musicians performs traditional Arabic music as well as experimental work based on traditional forms. “It’s a truly miraculous sound they create,” says Damon Albarn. “There’s a whole choir, there’s strings, there’s soloists, there’s amazing percussion. It’s a really dynamic and joyous sound and it’s stayed with me for all these years.”
Roskilde Festival booker Peter Hvalkof has no doubt whatsoever that it will be a spectacular opening gig, and he’s delighted that this particular ensemble plays Roskilde 2016.
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According to Peter Hvalkof there are many expectations as to who will be on stage. Also, there are lots of practical obstacles to overcome, for instance getting EU visas for the musicians. And then there’s Damon Albarn. It’s no secret that he has many playmates all over the globe. So only time will tell who we will see on stage. But we guarantee it will be worth seeking out!
ILDE ALBARN ♥ ROSK Damon Albarn is at Roskilde Festival for the eighth time. There’s a mutual aff ection between Albarn and Roskilde. He has played here four times with Blur, the fi rst time in 1992. Since then he has performed here with Gorillaz, as a solo act and with Africa Express.
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“Of course, there’s a political dimension to it as well. We’ve watched in horror how the refugee crisis has evolved. In the public debate the human aspect is often forgotten. Human beings are resources, and with this booking we’d like to point to this fact and remind everybody that refugees are people. In this case they play the most wonderful music!” Hvalkof concludes.
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“It’s exciting getting to present an orchestra that plays Arabic music. Western ears are not used to such sounds. And that’s the exciting part. At Roskilde we’d like to present all kinds of genres from all corners of the world,” says Hvalkof.
GRIME’S STILL STANDING
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GRIME’S STILL STANDING! Don’t mind the Elton Johnsian wordplay but there’s a lot to be excited about when it comes to the British counterpart to hip-hop. Grime is going global these days! The grime genre was born with this millennium as a sort of development of UK garage and jungle. Deja Vu FM, Rinse FM, Flex FM, Freeze FM, Axe FM – these were some of the staple radio stations illegally held up in high-rise fl ats in London. All of them blasting out new grime music. In 2007, DJ Logan Sama wrote: “We’ll keep it [grime, ed.] our secret until such time that we are ready to bring it to the wider world on our own terms.” Fast forward to 2015. At the Brit Awards Kanye West was joined onstage by Skepta and other grime artists, a ‘Grime Symphony’ sold out the Royal Albert Hall and Drake had a Boy Better Know tattoo and, according to Skepta, signed with the label. From then on, the scene moved into circles that would have previously interpreted ‘MC’ as a probable acronym for a type of medicine or exotic holiday destination.
Thomas Jepsen, music booker
“As far as I see it grime is the sound of 2016”
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First-wave key MCs were Wiley, Kano and Dizzee Rascal. The latter became the UK’s first black male grime popstar and has visited Roskilde Festival twice. Kano and fl agship crew Boy Better Know has also played Roskilde.
GET CLUED IN Got an extra half-hour on your hands? Watch Noisey’s documentary about Skepta. It’ll give you insight into one of the top players in grime: roskil.de/skepta.
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Now, with the release of Skepta’s brand-new Konnichiwa album, grime has achieved what DJ Logan Sama required. It is hailed as “the sound of the UK underground finally standing proud at street level.”
GRIME NEVER LEFT
“Grime isn’t back – it never left ,” says Roskilde Festival booker Thomas Jepsen. “The sound has been around for a long time, but the environment has become more established. As far as I see it grime is the sound of 2016. At Roskilde Festival we always try to seek out such tendencies and this year we are proud to present the very best of this scene.” You can look forward to five different interpreters of grime in the line-up; everything from the hottest newcomers to the most talked-about acts. Skepta grimes up Roskilde Festival along with Stormzy, Elf Kid, Little Simz, AJ Tracey and Plastician.
GRIME’S STILL STANDING
when and where it goes down little simz apollo, wednesday 17:15 plastician apollo resident dj, friday from 18:00 stormzy apollo, friday 20:00 skepta apollo, friday 02:30 elf kid apollo, saturday 13:00
Festival med løn
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Come sing your heart out! We’re clearing the Gloria stage for this very purpose – for all your voices, deep, high, shrill, loud, quiet ones alike. This is the third year of this new, strong tradition. In 2014 we sang Pete Seeger songs as a celebration of community and the idea of the song as a tool to share opinions and knowledge as well as to change the world around us. Now we’re trying to defi ne the Roskilde songbook. We asked all you Roskilde-goers for input before the festival, and this year’s songbook has been put together, based on your suggestions.
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The repertoire is made up of songs from all decades – classic songs fi lled with emotions, which are very recognisable and easy to sing along to. So, come on over and sing along with all the rest of us. Everyone’s invited – even if you’re convinced that you can’t sing.
A NEW BEARDO
For the past couple of years Frederik Thaae has conducted the sing-alongs at Gloria. This year we bid a new host welcome. He is just as hirsute and is even namebrother with his predecessor. You might also have heard of this particular Frederik – mr. Vedersø is the frontman in The Eclectic Moniker as well as one third of The White Album.
A SING-ALONG INVITATION THE ROSKILDE SONGBOOK
A SING-ALONG INVITATION
the roskilde songbook at gloria thursday 30 june friday 1 july saturday 2 july
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COUNTDOWN 26-28 JUNE DK
is 20 years old and has many irons in the fi re. He runs the label C.U.P. and Dunkel Radio and hosts amazing Sunday bashes. He has a soft spot for house, boogie, jazz, broken beat and funk.
JOHN VINCENT
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is fond of hip-hop and turntablism. When he is behind the 1210s, he will supply you with an ample dose of bouncing beats in genres from dub to grime and ghetto hip-hop.
SERBERN DK
is a true superhero – journalist by day and party-starting DJ by night. She delivers 90s-style R&B and futuristic soul bundled up with hip-hop, dancehall and booty bass.
MARC ROBERTS UK
We have a strong line-up of acclaimed DJs to fi ll the gaps between shows on our two stages for (mainly) electronic music.
DEE BROWN
DJ NANNALICIOUS DK
is reputed as ‘Copenhagen’s nicest DJ’. He hosts splendid parties in the Danish capital and knows how to set the mood with tight mixes of oldschool house, UK garage, dubstep and disco.
has a career spanning more than 20 years. Starting off in the sun of acid house, through the sound of early 90s New York and up to the present, Marc Roberts mirrors these eclectic influences with a contemporary edge.
PLASTICIAN UK
is a true pioneer of both dubstep and grime. He started out as a DJ 15 years ago and has since expanded in all directions, forging connections with the L.A. weird beat and neo-trap scenes.
NOTIZE DK
is a 20-year-old Danish producer hitting it big time! He has a background in minimal house and techno. For his Apollo residency you can expect mixes of both emotional tracks and tracks that get the fl oor going. This one is going places!
ON COUNTDOWN AND APOLLO
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A PLATFORM NG I N O E G R U B E H FOR T UND DIY UNDERGRO Look forward to four days of live music, readings, performances and more when two beyond-exciting forces on the Copenhagen underground scene, Mayhem and Escho, team up at Roskilde Festival. They’re curating their very own platform, located just west of Orange Stage.
Christina Bilde, spokeswoman for Roskilde Festival
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ESCHO — THE LABEL WITH THE GOLDEN EARS
Elsewhere in Copenhagen you’ll fi nd a small offi ce belonging to Escho. It’s a label with a jawdropping ability to fi nd just the right acts on the brink of something, be it creatively or commercially. Escho signs acts with a desire to experiment with new expressions and who eschew the middle of the road. Iceage, Lower and Liss are successful examples of acts starting at Escho and subsequently heading off to sign deals with Matador Records and XL Recordings.
The latest branch on the Escho tree is a publishing arm releasing various kinds of literature. So much exciting stuff is coming out of Copenhagen and Mayhem and Escho are two prominent channels for it all. That’s why we’ve given them their own space at this year’s Roskilde Festival. Drop by and experience an abundance of artistic expressions from our capital’s burgeoning DIY underground.
where and when? west of orange stage wednesday 29 june - saturday 2 july
DONATIONS TO MAYHEM AND ESCHO
Roskilde Festival Charity Foundation has given donations to both Mayhem and Escho for their important work on the underground scene. So much talent is cultivated here, and it’s important for us to ensure that such creative breathing spaces continue to exist.
IN THEIR OWN “Escho is here to document moments of spontaneity, file the transitory and offer new, unusual and vibrant sounds from Denmark and beyond.”
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“Mayhem is a venue for extreme and experimental sound and music run by artists and musicians. It’s a hard-to-find place, situated on the outskirts of Copenhagen. A small place with a big PA, hidden behind graffi ti-covered walls.”
Age Coin, Anden Enhed, Anders Jørgen Mogensen, Andreas Führer, Assembler, Cancer, Caribisk, Christian Stadsgaard, Caast, Croatian Amor, Dan Kjær Nielsen, Easy Rider, El Hombre Invisible, Family Underground, Frøken Jacobsen, Gooms, Grøn, Haraam, Jakob Tvilling Pless, Jaleh Negari, Jens Kæmpe, Johannes Lund, Jonas Okholm Jensen, Jonas Olesen, Kenneth Jensen, Marching Church, Maria Diekmann, Marie Eline, Mayhem Kommune Band, Naja Vucina Pedersen, Nikolas, P.O. Jørgens, Puce Mary, Rasmus Graff, Sandra Boss, Shakespeare Pigerne, Small White Man, Smerz, Smitstof, Sonja Labianca, Sune T.B. Nielsen, To|To, Tomoko Sauvage, T.R. Kirstein, T.S. Høeg, Værket, Yen Towers and Ymers Pizza.
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MAYHEM — A FREE-SPIRITED DIY VENUE
In north-western Copenhagen you’ll fi nd a row of graffi ti-splashed buildings and garages. It doesn’t look like much but inside there’s a rapidly growing musical subculture going at it. Mayhem is a combined rehearsal space and venue, run by and for artists. Here all kinds of left-field creative/experimental musicians have found a natural habitat. Mayhem has given birth to internationally acclaimed acts like Iceage, Lower and Communions.
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THE R E T S A L B O T T E GH We see lots of stereos in the camps at Roskilde Festival. But there’s one Ghettoblaster that will make you look twice when you see it for the fi rst time. It is 12 metres long, 4 metres tall and is loud enough to reach a huge crowd.
where and when? east city saturday 25 june - tuesday 28 june 12:00-00:00 in front of orange stage wednesday 29 june - saturday 2 july 12:00-15:00 We’re packing an exciting line-up for the warm-up days. See the schedule on page 53. Between 29 June-2 July you’ll find The Ghettoblaster in front of the Orange Stage with the following performers: — Pelle Peter Jensen (DJ set) — Søndagsvenner present DJ Curious, Steen Kong, Daniel Savi, Søndagsvenner Crew — The Lake presents The Lake DJ Team, Mayhem & Escho, Sneums Palads and special guests Peter Hvalkof and Ralf Christensen. Presented in collaboration with Tuborg
A VOICE FOR YOUTH ON THE EDGE
Turning Tables is a project that lets vulnerable young people express their hopes and frustrations through music and fi lm.
Turning Tables have worked with refugees and homeless, and now the project moves to Roskilde Festival. For three months Turning Tables have visited a number of neighbourhoods and young people with Al Agami and Phase 5 as coaches. The fi nal stop is Roskilde Festival where you can witness the results of their creative efforts. Several of the participating artists will perform as well. From Sunday 26 June to Tuesday 28 June you can drop by our Container Lab to do vocal recordings with our Turning Tables coaches. Presented in collaboration with 3
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presents two days full of the freshest and exciting hip-hop and beyond. If you dig UK rap, don’t miss out on AJ Tracey and Yungen, two of the brightest MC talents to emerge from the UK’s buzzing grime underground. See the opposite page.
RUBA’DUB SUNDAYS
has been an institution in Copenhagen’s nightlife since forever. They have been at Roskilde Festival before, and now they’re back. Playing from The Ghettoblaster you can dance to the sounds of slow dub and fast jungle.
TURNING TABLES
pack a wild party on the fi nal warm-up night at Roskilde Festival. A star line-up of artists involved in the Turning Tables project is ready to blast the ghetto in East City.
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+00 Stories from the edge: #homeless – André A-tol speaking with Åsmund Boye Kverneland +30 Container Lab Q&A with André A-tol, Saad YoungLoco, Mija Buyng, Martin Højland, Åsmund Boye Kverneland, Martin Fernando Jacobsen
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+00 Stories from the edge: #ghettorapper – YoungLoco speaking with Al Agami +30 Container Lab Q&A with Censur, Phase5, Al Agami, YoungLoco, Martin Fernando Jacobsen, Åsmund Boye Kverneland
+30 Cypher Q&A with Ung Cezar, Adam, MJ, Ramin Royal, Ham Volkan, Nulnul Y, Marco Rahim, Ihab, Anti. Hosts: Ali Sufi and Kristine Ringsager
SUNDAY 26 JUNE +00 Stories from the edge: #homeless – Ravn Corax speaking with Al Agami +30 Container Lab Q&A with Ham Den Lange, Phase 5, Al Agami, Ravn Corax, André A-tol, YoungLoco, Martin Fernando Jacobsen, Åsmund Boye Kverneland
+30 Cypher Q&A with Ung Cezar, Adam, MJ, Ramin Royal, Ham Volkan, Nulnul Y, Marco Rahim, Ihab, Anti. Hosts: Ali Sufi and Kristine Ringsager
+30 EUROFUN SOUNDSYSTEM
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+30 Cypher Q&A with Ung Cezar, Adam, MJ, Ramin Royal, Ham Volkan, Nulnul Y, Marco Rahim, Ihab, Anti. Hosts: Ali Sufi and Kristine Ringsager
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+00 RUBA’DUB Sundays presents FIREHOUSE, 2000F + JG, DUBMANZA, CHAMPION TING + more
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+00 DrozDailySteezin presents YUNGEN UK , BENNY JAMZ + HOMIES, LIL LABEL, BFL, KATIE KELLER, JAMIE KAMARA, TOBIAS RAHIM, JOHN VINCENT, JJ WILD, EMIL BOYE, NAIMA Host: Danijel Drux
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+00 DrozDailySteezin presents AJ TRACEY UK , CANNIBAL RECORDS, FELIX DE LUCA, FOULI, EEBZ, MARCO RAHIM, ZAMOUR NO , KANU, JJ WILD, EMIL BOYE, NAIMA Host: Danijel Drux
+00 Turning Tables presents A-TOL, AL AGAMI, COPYFLEX, DJ ER DU DUM ELLER HVAD, ELOQ, HAM DEN LANGE, LADYBOX, MAMBE, ONDANE, OKAY FUNKY, PHASE 5, RAVN YOUNGLOCO, FUMA HI FI feat. KLUMBEN, PHARFAR, KAKA, HAM DER HASSE, OKAT, MALAMIN + more. Host: Ras Schack
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STREET CITY STAGE
STREET Street is the name of Roskilde Festival’s smallest stage, which is located right in the middle of Street City in the north-western corner of the festival site. It’s the place to be if you crave the hottest urban sounds. From Saturday 25 June to Tuesday 28 June we’ll throw some big bashes. Every night we’ll kick it between 20:00 and 00:00. Check out the
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KHALAZER DK
Get ready for some intergalactic hip-hop. Rapper Khal Allan (Ponyblod) and producer Doctor Lazer’s (Analogik) joint brainchild Khalazer brings you a playful jumble of beats and samples alongside Khal Allan’s eloquent Danish-language MC’ing. In the Khalazer universe you never quite know what to expect.
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BABY BLOOD
BABY BLOOD DK
Behind the name Baby Blood hides Lucy Siame, better known as the Danish grime phenomenon Lucy Love. Baby Blood is her new musical alter ego. Here she moves towards dark, R&B-inspired synth pop in a dreamy and conceptual universe where she plays with various identities and visual moods.
M.I.L.K. DK
Call upon the sun because it’s the perfect companion for the kind of laidback soul pop that M.I.L.K. delivers. The sound is reminiscent of the productions of modern artists like Rhye, Jungle and Blood Orange. The song “If We Want To” is already a hit and M.I.L.K. has much more in store for you.
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TUESDAY GET DOWN
Tuesday Get Down is the last party before we start up the big stages. For this particular Tuesday evening we’re gathering up a stellar batch of shooting stars and established acts from the urban scene. Host: Pelle Peter Jensen.
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GIRLS ARE AWESOME
Bitchslap Magazine curates an evening dedicated to cool female artists. Expect everything from hiphop to edgy pop music. Host: DJ Mamiko Motto.
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IMMORTAL SOUND SELECTORS
This crew of vinyl sound selectors will present an immortal selection of amazing music. With huge record collections based on 70s and 80s funk, soul, reggae and club music, the crew will turn Skate into a Saturday night frenzy.
SOUNDVENUE SHOUT-OUT
Danish music magazine Soundvenue and Tobias Cadin (Spol Op/Ordet på gaden) curate an evening dedicated to Danish underground hip-hop. Host: Ali Sufi .
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Furthermore, we will have four big parties filled with both upcoming and established artists:
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COUNTDOWN CHINAH DK
This trio entwines electronic pop and a sophisticated R&B sound, and they are starting to stir up some international buzz. The debut single “Away From Me” has been noticed everywhere. With lead singer Fine Glindvad’s vocals at the very front, Chinah gently reaches for your heart with a mellow minimalism.
GENTS
GENTS DK
Look forward to some pastel synth-pop! These two lads share a passion for synths and drum machines. They formed Gents a couple of years ago when they moved to Berlin. Here they crafted their signature sound by fusing synths, programmed beats with soft and crooney baritone vocals.
GUNDELACH NO
Kai Gundelach is a true wonder kid in atmospheric electronic pop music. Perhaps you’ve already heard his song “Alone in the Night”, which delivers delicate falsetto vocals and throbbing beats. All fans of artists like James Blake, Bon Iver and Nicolas Jaar, come closer. You will dig this!
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FIRST HATE
FIRST HATE DK
There’s a poetic contradiction between sadness and dancing. Danish synth-pop duo First Hate makes it a matter of course! The duo combines programmed melodies and drumbeats fused with live keyboard recordings and dark, monotone-yetdramatic vocals. Fans of early-days Depeche Mode will be in great company here.
AN AUDIOVISUA
In 2016 we’re bringing together some topnotch upcoming VJs and a selection of the Countdown musicians. Nine performances will be a collaborative effort between visual artists and musicians from Norway, Iceland and Denmark. Using both the latest animation techniques and old-school light tables and manual props, the aim is to have some tailored visual art to enhance the concert experience.
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KASBO SE
19-year-old producer Kasbo has been making waves with his remixes and self-penned productions. He has a signature future bass style with flourishing synths and infectious melodies, which includes relaxing soundscapes, all showing off Kasbo’s uncanny versatility as a producer. He recently toured with Odesza.
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Lo-fi productions and jazzy rhythms make up Ivan Ave’s hip-hop, which is recognised both in and outside of his mother country, Norway. Ivan Ave raps in English, and his proficiency is easily on par with his peers. The Oslo-based rapper’s sound will appeal to fans of A Tribe Called Quest and MF Doom.
JAMAIKA DK
20-year-old Jamaika’s music is taken directly from the street. He gives us an unfi ltered outlook on the state of things. He talk-sings through an autotune filter, which gives his vocals a desperate and regretful tone. It’s tough, it’s sensitive and it’s the future sound of Danish hip-hop.
KABLAM SE
Kablam is more than an onomatopoeic phrase from an Adam Westera Batman fi lm. It’s the name of one of the most promising young DJs at the moment. She mixes
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MENDOZA DK
She looks like a dark songstress with her goth-heavy imagery. But Mendoza is full of pop sensibilities, and now she’s heading towards a potentially big breakthrough. She has flirted with Eurodance and rave, but her new tune “The Meaning of Cruel” indicates a new direction. On Countdown we’ll hear more of that!
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GUNS NO
Guns is the musical baby of Gunhild Jarwson Tekle, a Norwegian musician currently residing in Copenhagen. With her woozy synth pop she has carved a fi tting slot for herself between acts like Beach House and Chvrches. This is danceable and emotionally laid-back music at the very same time!
KASPER MAROTT DK
Are you up for some feinschmecker house and techno? Look no further. Kasper Marott started producing electronic music at the age of 12, and he is now a much sought-after musician. Last year he was among the few talented producers enrolled in the Red Bull Music Academy in Paris. The future looks bright for this one!
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contrasting genres, cut-up vocal samples, a guthitting beat and icy atmospheres.
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Milkywhale dismantles the boundaries between a concert and a performance. Expect an epic journey through disco, pop ballads and choreography. Dancing and singing becomes two equal art forms. The duo’s live shows are so alluring that they make fans out of critics. Don’t miss this rare species!
a crossroad where hand-played meets electronic, analogue meets digital, and sparks start fl ying about. Martin has a velvety tenor, and he’s unafraid of reaching for those sky-high falsetto notes.
MWUANA SE
Mwuana is making his way to Sweden’s hip-hop frontline with his take on the auto-tuned trap sound. He balances the fl avour of ghetto music with an approachable party sound, and according to the critics, the MC’s tracks have got an international touch even though he’s rapping in his mother tongue.
SOHO REZANEJAD
SOHO REZANEJAD DK
With seductive dark vocals Danish/Iranian singer Soho Rezanejad dives into gloomy electronic pop music and explores the sinister regions of the genre. This is an ideal soundtrack for the love sick, the love-stricken and the ones just loving catchy tunes that you can dance along to.
SOLEIMA DK
REYKJAVÍKURDÆTUR
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Clear the stage! 2016’s perhaps biggest group is about to take on Roskilde Festival! Their name translates to ’daughters of Reykjavik’. They are an all-female rap clan. The femcees spit in (mostly) Icelandic about topics such as sexual violence, politics and sexual freedom. Their dynamic stage performance has won the clan lots of international attention.
SAVEUS DK
Martin Hedegaard won the Danish version of X Factor – but now he has metamorphosed into a true artist! With Saveus he works his material into
The distinctive voice of Sarah Mariegaard, aka Soleima, is recognisable in seconds, and it’s impossible not to be utterly charmed by this exquisite electronic pop music. Soleima’s music has been described as a perfect mix of MØ and FKA Twigs. Look forward to an enticing show when she takes on our Countdown stage.
WHY BE DK
Why Be’s music is a wonderfully chaotic confl uence of styles. House, ballroom, Jersey club, ambient and noise are all added to the mix – and it shows an unconventional and exciting artist on the rise. The track “Heroin Hat” made it to FACT Magazine’s list of best club tracks 2015.
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DEADPAN INTERFERENCE DK
Deadpan Interference plays shoegazing noise rock with psychedelic blurrings. You will be charmed into a druggy state of mind that is hard to come out of. Fans of The Velvet Underground, My Bloody Valentine and Serena-Maneesh, come closer.
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BERSÆRK DK
Time to go berserk! Bersærk call their own music ‘heathen stoner rock’. The lyrics are bellowed out in Danish, and the instrumental backing is full of crushingly heavy riff s and a nerve that has led to Bersærk being called the next big thing in Danish metal.
CHILDRENN DK
Rakel, Alice and Bella played their fi rst gig as part of a performance art project about an imaginary girl band. Now Dream Wife is a fully functioning band. Dream Wife ooze with girl power (they actually cite Spice Girls as one of many infl uences). BERSÆRK The songs are riff -based surf pop tunes with a grungy bite and some new wave and riot ade childrenn is m grrrl infl uences as well. bers
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The name may suggest a young band, but don’t be fooled. Childrenn is made up of some quite experienced players on the Danish music scene. Childrenn plays noisy rock with elements from both kraut and psych. They recently put out their critically acclaimed debut album Animale.
EMILIE RAMIREZ DK
You’ll be struck by Emilie Ramirez’s outstanding vocal chords right away. The 21-year-old Dane has a dark glow and a special soul in her voice. Together with producer Frankie Motion, Emilie Ramirez fi nds the perfect combination of the sensibilities of R&B, the pounding rhythms of hip-hop and the catchy elements of pop.
61 F.M.K. is short for Fuck Marry Kill and sounds quite like some exploiting project. Fortunately, this band brings us wonderful garage-y, new wave-y punk rock instead. F.M.K. is a product of noise and energy, with inspiration from garage rock, punk and early 90s riot grrrl.
FOR AKIA DK
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This Finnish trio can do much more than come up with the funniest band name in our line-up. They play ‘fl ower garage’. It features 60s girl groupinspired melodies, bubblegum punk riffs and pounding drums. The setup for this cutesy music is drums, bass and organs. That’s right, no guitar.
KATINKA DK
With a hoarse voice and sharp elements from folk and electronica, Katinka Bjerregaard makes beautiful and sincere music with honest Danishlanguage lyrics about everyday troubles and joys. The 24-year-old singer-songwriter bridges the gap between heartfelt pop and indie music with an intimate and unique approach.
KLUB 27 DK
Klub 27 conjures up gilt-edged rock music, heavily inspired by the golden days of psychedelic rock. And with their well-crafted Danish lyrics (front man Haruna used to be a rapper so he knows his way around words) they sound like some modernised version of the Danish band Steppeulvene.
MASASOLO DK
Masasolo has stunned listeners with the single “Really Thought She Loved Me”. With ambient guitar tunes and dreamy vocals it channels modern psychedelic rock in the vein of Tame Impala and Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Much more is on the way so expect lots of hits-to-be when Masasolo takes on Roskilde Festival.
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All the way from Finnmark, Norway this hard-hammering punk group mixes the fun with the fury and will deliver what is bound to be a demolishing concert. Ondt Blod is a five-piece that mixes hardcore, punk and party fun into an outrageously good time. And of course, they sing in their mother tongue.
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The two sisters Annie and Georgie Hockeysmith create dark and attractive trance and noise rock that will appeal to your gloomier desires. It has been dubbed ‘shoetronica’ by British newspaper
Orm is a new metal band formed by four musicians from other recognised ensembles on the Danish metal scene. In this context they deliver dirty blackened thrash metal. The members’ identities have been kept a secret so far, which brings another dimension of exclusivity to the table, and their concert will be no diff erent – exclusive and untamed.
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For Akia delivers rock with a touch of disco. From the outset they played rock in a classic trio formation, but teaming up with a pop producer added something interesting to their sound. You may have heard the funky single “Recognizer”, which has a true summer vibe.
The Guardian. Prepare to be charmed, lured and seduced.
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Palace Winter, named aft er a hotel in southern France, is made up of Carl Coleman and Caspar Hesselager. With lengthy and meditative melodies full of spiraling guitars, motoric rhythms and yearning vocals on top, Palace Winter delivers cinematic indie rock for fans of The War on Drugs, Kurt Vile and Tame Impala.
true earworm. Expect a full band experience when Shy Shy Shy take on Roskilde with summery tunes.
PHLAKE DK
Here’s a band on the rise! Phlake played their fi rst concert last autumn for a small audience. They have since skyrocketed and can now sell out larger venues in Denmark. Phlake melds the soft and steamy sounds of R&B with the hardness of hip-hop’s rhythm tracks. They call it rhythm’n’balls, and it’s currently winning over thousands of music lovers.
THE POWPOW DK
If you have an appetite for bubblegum punk with a modern take on the Britpop sound, The PowPow is the band to catch. It’s danceable, it’s rocking and it’s full of tongue-in-cheek lyrics. With a batch of powerful songs under their belt, The PowPow are ready to take on Roskilde Festival.
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This Stockholm band will make your vision spiral and your feet dance to their fuzzy, spacey and rhythmically solid rocking tunes. Sudakistan delivers a mix of psychedelic space rock with Latino rhythms. If you dig what fellow countrymen and like-minded musicians in Goat are doing, you will love Sudakistan’s approach.
VIRGIN SUICIDE DK
The music from the competent hands of Virgin Suicide almost guarantees sunshine. They take the very best parts of the 80s indie scene and make them fresh and new. So if you have a fondly beating heart for The Smiths, The Stone Roses and The Housemartins, you should not miss out on this.
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SHY SHY SHY DK
The cutesy indie pop duo Shy Shy Shy have charmed their way into the hearts of many music lovers with slowly swaying love songs. “Do Not Ask” with its more-than-catchy whistling theme is a
They call themselves creative slackers. Yast welds their music with a gorgeous laid-back summery vibe, getting high on shimmery guitar strumming, swirling and atmospheric synths and dusky vocals. This is the perfect sound for a sunlit Roskilde Festival.
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There’s one player in the game who’s willing to consistently rap about eating cereal. Give it up for the chef-turned-rapper Action Bronson! The 32-year-old rapper takes you back to New York rap when it was less about the bass line and much more about the fl ow. His lyrical universe is full of funny metaphors that involve topics such as food (of course!) and sports. On stage this selfdescribed hunk of beef is a powerful engine with a true ‘IDGAF’ approach. He’s funny, he’s heartfelt and he gets you rocking!
Alex Vargas has really raised up some attention over the past year with his delicate, heart-tugging vocals coupled with soulful electronic beats. He’s a master of conjuring up wonderful tunes that sound like modern classics in the making. Vargas recently released the EP Giving Up the Ghos t, which has spawned hits like “Solid Ground” and “Shackled Up”. When playing live Vargas projects a spectacle with an intense and versatile vocal range, which has the crowds swooning in and out of the palm of his hand.
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Ana Tijoux is a Chilean-French MC who raps and sings over lush, golden-era hip-hop production rooted in traditional Latin instrumentation. She raps almost exclusively in Spanish, but her lyrics seem to transcend cultural boundaries. New York Times has called her “South America’s answer to Lauryn Hill”. In concert Tijoux takes the stage with a full band delivering a whirlwind-like journey through hip-hop, jazz and funk while maintaining the sounds of the southern hemisphere. This is Ana Tijoux’s fi rst show on Danish soil. NEIL YOU NG +
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The legendary post-hardcore band is back! At the Drive-in rose from playing in small basements to being underground stars – solely on the merit of orgiastic live shows. With unorthodox guitar melodies and unpredictable shift s in tempo and rhythm – as it can he heard on the stellar album Relationship of Command – the band was hailed as one of the most infl uential rock bands in the noughties. Then, just as they began to approach commercial success, they broke up. Now they’re back to set things straight!
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Get ready to feel your jaw drop. Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra is made up of 18 musicians playing all kinds of strings and brass. They juggle genres, styles and musical references in a way that can make you dizzy. It includes elements of composition music (like scores for non-existing fi lms), big band jazz, chamber music and progressive rock. Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra makes everything sound like a sample mashup. But nothing is sampled, everything is played by hand!
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Some concerts at Roskilde Festival call for moshing, wild dancing etc. We mark these with a ‘high energy’ icon. If you see this icon next to an act on these pages, expect the audience activity in front of the stage to be quite wild, and we want you to be careful if you choose to be up front. — We will allow moshing, dancing etc. at these concerts. — Do notice, however, that we do not allow crowd surfi ng.
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66 blaze through genres including soul, funk, dub, bass music and more. They met through a jazz programme and got together for a shared love of hip-hop music, and it certainly shows! BadBadNotGood has already collaborated with folks like Tyler, The Creator, Earl Sweatshirt, Danny Brown, Ghostface Killah and Frank Ocean.
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Norway’s next big musical export success may very well be Aurora. She is just 19 years old and this electro pop songstress is already making a name for herself. Aurora released her debut album in March. It is full of glorious pop songs with all the melancholic undertones you’d expect from an up-and-coming Scandinavian artist. Fans of Scandi-pop acts like Lykke Li and Susanne Sundfør should prick up their ears. This young woman is bound to go places and we’re happy that Roskilde Festival is a stop on the way.
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If the Roskilde weather doesn’t get hot enough for you, Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band will heat you up with their earthy vibrations. The band hails from Burkina Faso and is headed by enigmatic lead singer Baba Commandant. Together with The Mandingo Band he delivers a heady brew of Afrobeat and folk music rooted in the Burkinabe tradition with the traditional stringed instrument ngoni at the very front. Their music is danceable, gritty, funky and occasionally trance-inducing – and it will keep your feet moving!
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These early twentysomething virtuosi make up one of the most exciting live groups out there. They flip the jazz idiom on its head and effortlessly
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We’re moving the street parties known as ‘Balani Shows’ to Roskilde Festival. Balani Shows started as street parties in the late 90s in the Malian capital of Bamako. The Balani Shows are infl uenced both by traditional Malinese songs and their famous ‘balafons’ (a type of xylophone) as well as Ivorian Coupé-Décalé, American hip-hop and European dance music. For this special occasion a special setup of Malian performers is ready to take on the electro nights of Bamako.
BIFFY CLYRO UK
If ever there was proof that you can reach rock’s premier league with 18 years of hard graft and a permanently sunny disposition it’s Biff y Clyro. The Scottish band have transformed themselves from a trio of left -field rocksters to masters of melodic stadium-sized rock. The albums Puzzle and Only Revolutions made the band everybody’s favourite. The brand-new single “Wolves of Winter” bodes well for what promises to be a ferocious new album (out just aft er Roskilde 2016) and high-octane
67 BLACK BREATH
Black Breath combines throat-shredding hardcore fury with a riffi ng style heavily inspired by Swedish death metal. With their latest declaration of disgust for humanity, Slaves Beyond Death (2015), the band has toned down the hardcore roots in favour of a more brutal metal approach. It’s simply meaner and more brutal. They deliver their catchy and intense brand of metal with an absolutely furious live assault which is sure to leave a lasting impression on your mind and body.
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Crazy-B, DJ Need and Little Mike – collectively known as Birdy Nam Nam – are former turntablism world champions, and they have since made it their mission to create exciting music from loops and samples. These vinyl fetishists don’t stick to one genre. They carefully handpick sounds and styles from all over the world. They have recently released the EP Jaded Future on which they delve into more popular genres such as trap and electro house.
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Their name is German for blue fl ower which represents both love and longing. The same sums up Bisse has A LOT on his mind. So far the prolific love Blaue Blume’s music that fi ts somewhere between child has released four albums in just one year! In Cocteau Twins and Wild Beasts in your record the course of this bulging songbook Bisse rages, collection. Singer Jonas Smith moves eff ortlessly moans, sighs and utters pure longing and regret. It’s between the darkness of the music’s minor chords like hearing a young, rambling and a heavenly falsetto. The Nick Cave or a head-held-highmusic is so full of pathos that it can make even the biggest majestic David Bowie if they m nam should be na y rd bi sang in Danish. The music is a cynic shed a tear. If you’ve who pree os th r fo at a tre listened to the critically acvisit back to a dark 80s poste ild sk Ro d ye punk/new wave sound. When claimed debut albym Syzygy viously enjo r ei th m playing live Bisse is a confronthen you know exactly what Festival visits fro d tational front man who stares we’re talking about. countrymen an w llo fe you right into the eyes. If you ese in Ch s ist bl ta turn don’t mind an overflow of emotions, you’d better not miss this! Man and C2C.
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Blick Bassy is connecting the world with his African fusion music. He’s from Cameroon, lives in France and mixes West African musical styles with American blues and jazz. Blick Bassy has a remarkable voice that switches from a dreamy and soulful falsetto to a gutsy rasp. He sings in the Cameroonian language of Bassa and is backed by the unlikely combination of cello and trombone. Blick Bassy himself picks both guitar and banjo in minimalistic and delicate arrangements.
They must be tapping from the same golden source as like-minded colleagues in Graveyard.
BLOOD ORANGE UK
Blood Orange will remind you of the stylish and romantic energies in pop and R&B from the mid1980s. The mastermind behind, Devonté Hynes, has a wonderfully soft and breathy voice which is well-suited to his band’s watery synthesizer sounds and popping slow-funk bass. Experiencing Blood Orange in concert is a ball. Hynes is a truly talented dancer on stage as well, moving in both sashays and slants and pivots. Reports from recent Blood Orange shows have revealed new tunes as well.
BLOOD SPORT UK
Polyrhythms + groove + punk attitude = Blood Sport. This Sheffield trio got together for a shared love of Fela Kuti and Afrobeat. The celebratory rhythms combined with soggy English weather results in something dark and very exciting. Jagged guitars entwine with shapeshift ing rhythms that ebb and fl ow and combine noise and colour and sound to a twitching perfection. When they play live improvisation is a key factor. Look forward to a late-night set that will combine groove and noise.
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Blues Pills have taken all of Europe by storm. Fronted by the charismatic vocalist Elin Larsson and the young guitar virtuoso Dorian Sorriaux, the four-piece from Örebro digs into a hot-blooded, back-to-basics sound taken right out the 60s. You can hear echoes of Cream, Jefferson Airplane and Janis Joplin in Blues Pills’ hard-rocking sound.
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It’s time for a big electro-cumbia party! Bomba Estéreo had their very fi rst encounter with a Western festival when they played Roskilde Festival in 2009. Back then we fi rst heard their red-hot tribal music with traces of Jamaican dub, Angolan kuduro and American hip-hop in a crossfield of samples, programmings and hand-played percussion. On their latest album they have come up with a big sound that adds a mainstream dance music feel to their electronic and often psychedelic take on more traditional Afro-Caribbean styles.
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Did you know that Bomba Estéreo is actually responsible for reactivating Will Smith’s otherwise mothballed recording career? Smith was traveling in Colombia with fellow musician and singer Marc Anthony when he heard Bomba Estéreo’s hit ‘Fuego’ playing, which proved revelatory. His management got in touch with Bomba Estéreo’s, enabling the fresh prince to spit his fi rst verses in a decade over a remix of their song ‘Fiesta’.
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70 BRING ME THE HORIZON UK
Bring Me the Horizon started out as a bone-crushing metalcore group, and in the course of fi ve albums they have grown more and more ambitious and widened their sound even more so. They have taken on electronic flourish and moved towards a melodic, angsty and complex rock approach. With a perfect mix of raging songs and sky-is-the-limit choruses there’s plenty of goodies for both metal heads and music lovers in general.
most interesting angles and that’s the appealing part; you don’t quite know what’s going to happen after the next chord, but you’re dying to fi nd out!
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Calypso Rose is an iconic cultural fi gure in her native Trinidad and Tobago. Here she is revered as one of the greatest calypso singers ever and a key figure in bringing the music of the Caribbean to the wider world. Her success can be attributed to her unrelenting pushing of boundaries and unstoppable stage persona whose charisma acts as a beacon to the crowd. Calypso Rose plays with Manu Chao’s backing band. They will supply her material with enough heat to warm you up!
CAR SEAT HEADREST US
Will Toledo, the lad behind Car Seat Headrest, began in the backseat of his car. That’s where he fi rst made his music. Since his fi rst collection of car tunes Toledo has dropped no less than 11 (!) albums full of melodic lo-fi indie rock in the spirit of Guided by Voices, Pavement and Beck. Will Toledo has long since assembled a competent backing band which he brings with him to Roskilde Festival to deliver sparkling live versions of cherry-picked songs from his bulging back catalogue. Don’t miss this DIY sensation.
CATE LE BON UK
She has traded the Cardiff rain for some L.A. sunshine. Here Cate Le Bon has demanded the spotlight with her sparkling indie pop. Her songs have been full of meditations on death and mortality, wrapped in strange fl urries of experimental noise. The Welsh singer has a huskiness to her voice that sort of makes her sound like a modernday Nico. Her eerie indie riff s skew and tilt in the
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The metal world is screaming its praise of Cattle Decapitation’s catchy extreme metal. The Californian band performs some of the tightest deathgrind conceivable – and they do it with a clear message! The band protests against the consumption of animals, the abuse of the environment and touch on subjects such as misanthropy and omnicide. Cattle Decapitation gets the message across with mind-melting metallic brutality – blastbeats galore, downtuned riff age and lots of gurgles’n’shrieks.
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Choir of Young Believers has moved from the haunting piano-based hit “Hollow Talk” (thanks in part to the TV series “The Bridge”) across the all-daring and genre-defying album Rhine Gold. And now the band has shed its skin once again with the new album Grasque. The pompous ballads are replaced by a more experimental and sizzlingly hot R&B sound. Fortunately, front man Jannis’ unmistakable velvety and ethereal vocals are still an integral part of the sound. This is music to fall in love and sway along to.
71 Two instrumental artists join forces for an exciting gig at Roskilde Festival. Sarah Neufeld is a violinist and composer who is known best as a member of Arcade Fire. Colin Stetson is a renowned saxophone player. Together they create a unique world of sound. The two instrumentalists off er up an incredible and impressively diverse integration of composition, performance, timbre and texture. You’ll be amazed to hear what two instruments (and their players) can do!
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Scottish trio Chvrches has released two albums full of pastel-coloured, synth-heavy pop songs. One inescapable smash hit is the single “The Mother We Share”. The band has plenty of such earworms up their sleeve. Chvrches’ true trump card is singer Lauren Mayberry. She has a stage persona that’s entirely at odds with the pop songstress sound that pours out of her. On stage she is fl anked by Iain Cook and Martin Doherty who command a range of instruments and synthesizers. Prepare for a wonderful pop party with this trio!
COURTNEY BARNETT · PHOTO: POONEH GHANA
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C’MON TIGRE IT She’s a singer-songwriter supported by a guitarUsing Afro jazz and electronics and a cinematic bass-drum trio and she cranks out ballads and (arthouse style) touch, C’mon Tigre is an enigsqualls of noise. With references to Nirvana, Liz matic art and music collective. The band cultivates Phair and The Velvet Underground, Courtney Barnett channels earlier decades with a fresh repetitive riff s and a mosaic of Arabic melodies, approach. She sings about everyday subjects analogue drum machines, sinuous guitars and bombastic horn sections that could make snakes – from organic vegetables to asthma attacks – dance. C’mon Tigre’s music oozes coolness! It’s with astonishing, self-deprecating and rapid-fi re meant to be enjoyed with wordplay. And if you think something strong in your she’s wonderfully straightforow glass, while you sway along ward on record, you should ed! Did you kn ol ho Sc to their jazzy, gently rocking look forward to seeing her berry ay M en ur La that tones. This is recommended in concert. th bo s ha es for all fans of Captain Beeffrom chvrch a d heart, dEUS and Frank Zappa. law degree an
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His guitar almost sparks when he plays it. Composer, guitarist and bandleader Damily is a fi ery musician and his style on the both acoustic and electric six string is mesmerising. The genre is called tsapiky – it’s a raw, giddy guitar-driven type of East African pop originating in Madagascar. Look forward to fast 4/4 grooves with magic African guitar play on top.
demptionheart, is expected out in 2016. Get ready for the break of D∆WN at Roskilde Festival 2016!
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Do you wanna rock? This is the central question that Canadian band Danko Jones ask in one of their hard-hitting, punked-up songs. Named after their bandleader, Danko Jones is a Canadian hard rock trio whose bluesy style is rooted in the traditions of Thin Lizzy, Misfi ts and AC/DC. With seven successful studio albums under their belt and a fan base big enough to reach the moon, Danko Jones have their feet fi rmly planted in a concrete layer of rock’n’roll.
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David August is probably the only artist to both skilfully master classical piano pieces and to have delivered one of the most critically acclaimed sets for Berlin’s edgy underground party series, the Boiler Room. Gravitating towards both the classical and electronic sides, August manages to navigate in an unusually broad spectrum of music. Experimenting with form and writing songs with real emotive depth, August’s music has something in common with fellow innovators Nils Frahm, Caribou and Jon Hopkins.
D∆WN US
She sings about love, she’s independent at heart and she’s about to conquer the music world with her trippy, sci-fi -fl avoured R&B tunes. New Orleans-based singer Dawn Richard launched her solo career in 2011 and stylised her name as D∆WN. An ambitious Heart trilogy is in the works. The fi rst two albums, Goldenheart (2013) and Blackheart (2015), are already out and they have reaped stellar reviews. The third chapter, Re-
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Vancouver-based singer-songwriter Dan Bejar is a cross-genre mastermind. Each album of his brings about something new. With his critically acclaimed 11th solo album Poison Season he leaps towards a mix of bleak orchestral balladry and brassy 70s rock with nods towards Van Morrison, Van Dyke Parks and Bruce Springsteen. On stage Destroyer will be an eight-piece band, put together to represent Bejar’s most recent recordings. They tend to rock things up a bit and that suits the material really well.
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Destroyer might seem like an oddly harsh name for such mellow music. In 2008, Bejar said about the band name: “I was actually so out of it I didn’t know that there was a Kiss record called Destroyer because I didn’t know anything about Kiss. I still don’t know anything about them. I just thought it was a cool rock-and-roll name, and I was kind of blown away that it hadn’t been taken already. I was like, I have to use this because it’s so weird that no one’s used it before.”
73 Coming out of the bustling Berlin electro scene, Dillon (full name Dominique Dillon de Byington) is a Brazilian songstress and pianist with a unique timbre and a captivating musical universe. The 27-year-old musician uses spare beats, subtle orchestrations and background-mixed brass in her beautiful compositions. Everything is bound together by a vocal that speaks to your soul. The music has been described as chanson pop, a sensuous electronic music featuring a voice comparable to that of Feist, Björk or Joanna Newsom.
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DUSKY UK
They have been called the purveyors of the best bassline house music in the UK. And there is indeed something irresistible about their combination of jackin’ bass and a garage beat. Dusky are Londonbased production duo Nick Harriman and Alfi e Granger-Howell. They have headlined everywhere from Berlin’s Panorama Bar to London’s Fabric. When Dusky steps onto our stage, they will treat us with a unique live set in which they take us through their multifaceted world of house!
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It’s time for some colour-drained post-punk full of attitude and ennui. Diät from East Berlin (although most of the members are actually from Australia) delivers the goods with so much conviction that you can almost imagine that the Berlin wall was back up again. Diät was formed around a shared enthusiasm for bleak UK punk and it clearly shows! If you have ever enjoyed a fi x of Iceage or older bands like Killing Joke, Crisis and Christian Death, then you will absolutely love Diät’s unlikely synthesis of depressive drift and cranked, accelerated energy.
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Perpetually hiding his face behind a black tee and dark sunglasses, DJ Paypal keeps attention locked solely on his music. The Berlin-via-North Carolina DJ’s name might be ironic, but his love of Chicago
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“This one’s a stonker”, says English grime MC Elf Kid at the start of his “Golden Boy”. And yes, it is indeed a grade-A banger. Once you start listening to it, you just can’t stop. The same thing goes with experiencing Elf Kid in concert. This 19-year-old MC goes at it with a pace that will make his audience run out of breath. The Elf Kid himself seems to have eternal breath with his livewire buoyancy flow. He is going places – catch him at Roskilde Festival!
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Dizzy Mizz Lizzy is back at Roskilde Festival! The last time they were here the area in front of our Orange Stage was filled to the brim and everyone, young and younger, sang along and jumped up and down. This time around the trio is bringing lots of new tunes from a brand-new album, Forward in Reverse, which has just been released. So let’s fi ll up that huge area in front of Orange Stage one more time. It will be Dizzy Mizz Lizzy’s sixth visit since their fi rst concert in 1993 and we can guarantee both old and new hits!
footwork is positively sincere! DJ Paypal corrals hip-hop, jazz and soul infl uences into a hyperactive dance party, which will surely bring a smile to your lips and pull the rug from under your feet at the same time.
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74 up with Colin Stetson, Shahzad Ismaily and Toby Summerfield for a Roskilde-unique show. Ex Eye creates music of power, control, motion and intention. There is a precise, clockwork intricacy and ecstatic abandon. It is hard, heavy, aggressive, cathartic and thrilling music. The instruments fl uidly exchange roles. Here you get melody, harmony, riff, engine, anchor and fuel.
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Behind the name Exec we fi nd Troels Abrahamsen who is best known as the lead singer in Danish band Veto. Where Veto’s music is like a meeting between man and computer, Exec goes analogue and back to basics. This is simply Abrahamsen and his piano. Abrahamsen’s style of singing is akin to the ones of Antony Johnson and Jonathan Meiburg from Shearwater – full of timbre and sensitivity. We’re very excited to present Exec in our most intimate stage setting. It’s fi tting for his music.
Unless you’ve lived under a rock, you’ve heard Elle King’s smash hit “Ex’s & Oh’s”. Elle King got a label contract by perching on an executive’s couch, pulling out a banjo and singing an original sardonic tune called “Good to Be a Man”. She’s got balls, alright – and her sound is excitingly authentic. Imagine a cross between Dolly Parton and Beth A touch of Holly Ditto (of Gossip fame), 26-year-old ’s ng ki le wood: el Elle King is a wonderful bad-girltor father is the ac with-a-big-voice type of singer, n ia ed and her cursing-yet-charming and com r. de stage presence will win you over. ei hn Sc b Ro
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You can almost see sparks emitting from the amps when noise rock trio The Entrepreneurs play live. They played our Rising stage last year, and their powerful live show won everyone over. Lead by sky-is-the-limit-high-pitched vocals from Mathias Bertelsen, this band will have you hooked instantly with their catchy tunes. Their debut EP, Tony Rominger has just been released and if you dig the band on record, just wait until you see them live. They are a true force of power!
EX EYE US
Greg Fox is one busy drummer at Roskilde Festival. He performs with three projects (including Guardian Alien and Fox Millions Duo). In Ex Eye he teams
FLOATING POINTS UK
Say hello to the top spot holder of Resident Advisor’s best-of list of 2015. Floating Points’ astonishing debut album Elaenia has captured the hearts of many electronic music lovers – or just music in general. It bridges the gap between rapturous dance music and his formative classical roots. Floating Points pair analogue synthesizers with live instrumentation. Get ready for an exciting set when he sets up his pile of synths and machines at Roskilde Festival.
FOALS UK
The art rockers in Foals have made a full transformation, from indie act to a rock group with widescreen intricacy, capable of holding arenas in the palm of their hands. Foals deliver anthemic arty pop fi lled with detailed guitar churn, latticed beats and luminous electronics. The Oxford band is a master of genres as well – they’ve been around math rock, funk and disco, and they can get tough and meaty, too. Foals is a truly explosive band
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When looking towards the stage you see two drum kits facing each other. Nothing more. Say hello to two of the busiest drummers in experimental music, Greg Fox and Kid Millions. Joining forces they sound like drumming explorers, moving onwards with tom-tom bursts and clattering cymbals. Sometimes it’s like a drum fi ll turned into a never-ending, ever-changing rhythm. Fox and Millions’ adventurous interplay is improvised, and they make it sound like some kind of dialogue.
die Gibbs. On his albums he reminisces back in time with gritty honesty at a life he has lived, and somehow still seems entangled in (as late as 2014 someone tried to shoot Gibbs while he was sitting in his car). The rapper pens demanding rhymes, that celebrate the struggles of a criminal life and somehow transform into damn-near motivational ballads about ghetto survival and success at all costs.
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FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES UK
Fans of the hard-hitting post-hardcore genre will know Frank Carter as the first vocalist in Gallows who also played Roskilde back in 2010. He helped push a UK-centric hardcore sound into the UK Top 40. Now he’s gone solo. And frankly (pun intended!), Carter has lost zero of his bite! This heavily tattooed, fiery redhead delivers a violently cathartic mix of hardcore and rock’n’roll. Punk rock is getting its breath back with Frank Carter’s and his Rattlesnakes triumphant return.
FREDDIE GIBBS US
If you’re up for some tales of true gangsta life, you’ll fi nd the real thing with Indiana rapper Fred-
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Istanbul-based painter-turned-singer Gaye Su Akyol is at the forefront of a burgeoning Turkish alternative music scene across the coast of the Black Sea. The 31-year-old musician fuses homegrown orthodoxy and Western avant-garde ingenuity. Her music balances modern rock composition with traditional Arabic-influenced Turkish songs which she delivers in a mind-expanding, alluring experience with just the right amount of psychedelic twists!
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Get ready to space out with this Chilean rock unit. Föllakzoid delivers huge, looping riff s that stretch across repetitive percussion, creating an atmosphere somewhere between trance and stupor. The trio has always been deeply inspired by the krautrock genre, powered by motorik drum rhythms, steady rooting bass, echoing guitar scrapes and warbled vocals. Föllakzoid want their jams to continue far into eternity, so get ready for a tranceinducing rock gig at Roskilde Festival.
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76 Living in Brooklyn, this 31-year-old artist is very connected to the American dance scene, notably with the electronic, soul, funk sound that has taken route there – and it rubs off on his own music that takes us all over the genre map. His latest eff ort Epigram expands the boundaries of what modern dance music can do.
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Surrounded by his musicians called ‘nameless ghouls’, the demonic anti-Pope called Papa Emeritus III turns concerts into dark masses of sorts. A Ghost concert is truly something out of the ordinary! The Swedish band is like a meeting between ABBA and Black Sabbath in a satanic church. Ghost rocks hard enough to convince metalheads, and they have enough melodic sensibility to invite everybody else in. Ghost played one of their very fi rst shows at Roskilde Festival back in 2011. It’s about time to welcome them back.
Graveola digs deep into the experimental and whimsical pop sounds immortalized by Rio’s swinging 60s/70s tropicalia movement, which takes in various elements of jazz, funk, rock and soul to create a sound that is delivered in playful, laid-back sunbeams and with a modern, indie popinfl uenced twist. There’s a timelessness to the band’s approach, and the gentle weirdness and loose glee of their sound makes for some prime summertime listening.
GOJIRA FR
Few metal bands manage to smash the glass ceiling that divides the underground from the mainstream. French metal monster Gojira has established itself as one of metal’s most wildly creative and cerebral forces with heavy impact. These progressive death metal musicians have worked their way ve up through the ranks. With acroRock legend Da ed uc batic guitar lines, unadulterated od pr ce Grohl on rage (typically about the state of r ghost and fo ep an our planet) and heaviness beyond drums belief, the French quartet contineven sat in on ver (!). ues to win over new crowds. for an ABBA co
GRAMATIK SI
Gramatik is a Slovenian electronic artist blending dubstep, electro, trip hop, hip-hop and glitch.
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She’s a sci-fi-pop chanteuse who has puzzled and amazed music fans all over the world. Grimes – aka Claire Boucher – has gone from underground to star status while expanding pop music’s own horizon with her self-produced, K-pop-inspired music. The 27-year-old Canadian has pushed the indie world from the inside and stirred up pop
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HALSHUG DK
Danish band Halshug (translates into ‘decapitate’, so watch yourselves!) certainly means business with its hard-hitting, 200-kilometresan-hour crust punk. The trio pays a furious tribute to the rich K-town heritage and adds an abrasive modern stomp. With searing distortion, radical d-beat pace and screaming vocals, Halshug leaves no room for subtlety. Halshug is on the prestigious Southern Lord record label, and a new album is around the corner.
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Highasakite creates enchanting pop music. The band from Trondheim releases music that is consequently rich in melodies with electronic, folky and progressive elements. Highasakite is a much-lauded band. They have conquered the charts again and again in their home country, and they’re constantly conquering new territories abroad. When listening to lead singer Ingrid Helene Håvik’s longing voice, you are swept off to a faraway, beautiful land. Fans of Beach House, Florence + the Machine, Lykke Li and Oh Land should step closer.
HAYDEN JAMES AU
Hayden James is bringing warmth and an eagerly beating heart to electronic music. It has been diffi cult to avoid his house-laden major hit ”Something About You”, which has lifted Hayden James from the dark clubs to bigger venues. He’s a mainstay with the trendsetting label Future Classic who’s really putting Australia on the electronic world map right now! Producing immense summer jams with soulful and evocative vocals, Hayden James’ music has stockpiled consistently raving reviews. Don’t miss him at Roskilde!
HELLO PSYCHALEPPO SY
Let’s dance the war away. With the project Hello Psychaleppo, Syrian musician Samer Saim Aldhr turns all the troubles of his home country into club
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¡Viva Hinds! Since bursting onto the DIY scene last summer, Hinds has mastered a raw, playful sound. The Spanish four-piece delivers perfectly imperfect and charmingly lo-fi tunes that fi t right in alongside other ‘scrappy’ rockers like Mac DeMarco, Ty Segall and The Black Lips. Hinds are fi rmly establishing themselves as one of the most exciting newcomers, not least due to their wonderfully ramshackle gigs infused with the reckless spirit of rock’n’roll. They simply make rock music fun again!
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Greg Fox is one of the busiest musicians around. He’s playing with three projects (including Ex Eye and Fox Millions Duo) at Roskilde 2016. Greg Fox has received most (underground) recognition for his wild-eyed project Guardian Alien. Here he teams up with Alexandra Drewchin. He’s on the drums, of course, and she delivers electronics and a wonderfully weird type of humming/spasmodic vocals. Look forward to trippy, free-form rock experiments that will challenge your view on what music can do.
music, combining aggressive electro, dubstep, drum’n’bass, trip-hop and golden age Arab pop music from the 1950s and 60s. This is music with a devastating civil war at the very heart of the matter. Prepare for something fresh and exciting that will make you ponder and dance at the very same time!
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channels with her unusually extravagant personas counting aliens and amazons. Grimes brings some of the best pop music right now to Roskilde Festival.
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78 dusted-off folk songs. It morphed into the band Hurray for the Riff Raff. The music is spare and elegant in songs built around Segarra’s voice and acoustic guitar, and fleshed out with fiddle, piano and banjo. Fans of Lucinda Williams and Gillian Welch should prick up their ears.
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New Jersey’s unruly twosome Ho99o9 (pronounced horror) is an experimental and freakish self-described offspring of hip-hop, punk and metal. The pair – comprising rappers and producers/musicians TheOGM and Eaddy – build a nightmarish and brutally intense world that is a warning/invitation to rock and rap fans alike. Armed with a wall of amplifiers, a drum kit and a sampler, the duo gets right in your face. Ho99o9 want their audience to “feel like they’re letting out all their aggression from the week”, so get in on this!
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The hip-hop legends return! House of Pain was formed by high school friends Everlast, Danny Boy and DJ Lethal. They’ve made a hip-hop evergreen with “Jump Around”. The gang put out three successful albums between 1992 and 1996. Now, fully reformed, it’s time to welcome back this hardcore rap trojka. Their mission is to show young fans everywhere just how raucous and dirty hip-hop can be. Their Irish-American heritage will certainly ensure a true party at Roskilde Festival.
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Alynda Lee Segarra’s backstory reads pretty much like the folk songs she sings. She ran away from home at 17, hopped freight trains before falling in love with New Orleans. Here she started playing
Armed with banjo, electric guitar and tom-toms, Moroccan group Imghrane conjure up a magical sound that can get you into a trance-like state. The band has put out over 26 albums and played at numerous Moroccan and foreign cultural events. Now it’s time for a visit at Roskilde Festival. On stage the six-man band are dressed in beautiful robes while they dive into their music that can make your head spin and your body sway along to the traditional-yet-modern sounds.
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You know him as the deep, soulful voice from acts such as I Got You On Tape and Murder. Jacob Bellens is renowned for his ability to pen delicate, almost simple melody lines – and interpret them in a very personal way with his highly characteristic voice that can move mountains. On his latest album Polyester Skin Bellens has wrapped his minorchord songs in a catchy electro-pop sound, and it complements the material very well, which will expectedly – and much deservedly so – bring him out to new audiences.
JAMES BLAKE UK
James Blake’s new-fashioned take on soul, R&B, electronica and what-not (he seems quite unburdened by genre restrictions) is in high demand. When he revisits Roskilde Festival for a late-night set, he’s bringing lots of new tunes with him. Blake has just fi nished the follow-up to the chartbuster Overgrown (2013). It’s entitled Radio Silence and it’s reaping star-studded reviews and bodes well for his gig. We’ve seen Blake win over our audience twice now, and we’re dead-certain that he goes for the magic third time when he revisits Roskilde Festival this summer.
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They are two brothers equipped with guitar and banjo. Together with their band they conjure up a special kind of alternative folk music. They take Scandinavian folk traditions and turn them into something international (they sing in English, too!). It has given us the album Northern Trail from 2014. In their own words, it’s music written to be played sitting down in a circle. The times we’ve seen them live they make everything an up-close and intimate experience. They can make you cry, they can make you laugh and they can give you goosebumps.
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He comes from one of the windiest places on this planet, and the climate seems to have infl uenced this Icelander’s songwriting. Júníus Meyvant delivers acoustically based tunes with a folky foundation and a bit of soul feeling added to the mix. The music has caused a bit of a stir in his homeland with loads of airplay. Currently, Júníus Meyvant is working on his debut album which will see the light of day in 2016. Expect lots of fresh tunes when he visits Roskilde with a fi ve-piece band.
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All of Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith’s beautiful music is composed on the Buchla Music Easel synthesizer. She creates soft synthesizer sounds that swirl around a melodic rhythm, while her almost robotic voice fl oats at ease through the foamy musical ocean.
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Kalàscima from southern Italy revitalises the ancient ritual of pizzica tarantata, said to cure the deadly spider’s bite with frenzied trance dancing. The Salento-based six-piece meshes traditional Italian folk music with alternate sounds coming from other genres such as Balkan, klezmer and Irish folk music. Kalàscima’s show comprises of many instruments such as the mandolin, Irish bouzouki and Calabrian double fl utes. The result is a marvellous type of dance music that will have you shaking a leg.
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What does the folkster brothers in Jonah Blacksmith have in common with noise rock romantics The Entrepreneurs? They’re both part of a music cartel of sorts where all members hail from the rural north-western region of Denmark called Thy. Thy Music Collective has also spawned other Roskilde Festival alumni such as Lars & the Hands of Light and Mont Oliver.
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Kakkmaddafakka (just read it phonetically) have made it their mission to make you dance to their tunes of sunlicked indie-rock-meets-disco. And this sprightly bunch from Bergen may just be the most festive band out of Norway! The eight-man band sells out venue aft er venue in their home country, and they have conquered concert halls down through Europe as well. Kakkamaddafakka have just celebrated 10 years of existence, and they still sound as fresh as when they fi rst started out.
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Her relaxed and pacific spirit mixed with her formal schooling in the Arts of Music transcends through her material signifi cantly. Her concert at Roskilde Festival 2016 will be harmonically colourful, musically intuitive and generally mesmerising.
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Guitarist and producer JJ Whitefield is an experimentalist who explores different branches of funk and traditional African music. With Karl Hector & The Malcouns he blends funky international jazz and German krautrock with West African sounds and Ethiopian jazz. The music generates a late 60s and early 70s action-thriller movie vibe that will amaze you! Come for a guided tour in Eastern and Northern African music traditions with Western infl uences.
ous atmospherics and hi-hat rushes drawing from Southern hip-hop and Chicago drill. Kuedo’s set at Roskilde Festival 2016 will be partnered with a stunning visual accompaniment.
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Khun Narin’s Electric Phin Band was discovered on Youtube. A video of Thai musicians playing some of the heaviest psych known to mankind out of a crazy home-made soundsystem led to a Western record release. Their music combines the sounds of a handmade electric phin (like a Thai version of the lute) with an ample rhythm section of marching drums. Khun Narin’s Electric Phin Band will make your eyes swirl at a regular show and three off -venue shows at the festival site.
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Jamie Teasdale, best known as Kuedo, has been called bold, boundary-pushing and unique. His celebrated production style remains anterior to modern dance music and electronica. His productions sound like a grand sci-fi soundtrack. The sound is ice-cold with dramatic synth runs, cavern-
It’s not without reason that the Norwegian berserkers in Kvelertak have been called one of the most exciting live bands on the planet. They have made audiences gasp for air with their blistering blend of hardcore, black metal and high-octane rock’n’roll. Although Kvelertak’s stunning triple guitar assault is nothing short of crushing, unmistakable 70s rock tendencies leak through their barrage of metal. The Stavanger band has just been on tour with Slayer and Anthrax, so they are certainly welcomed into the big league.
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Time and again Lars Vaular has been called the leading and most interesting rapper in Norway. That’s the critics talking and it’s impossible not to be won over by this special brand of hip-hop! 31-year-old Vaular raps in his mother tongue with a distinctive Bergen dialect (he’s even won an award for his creative use of that particular dialect!). On a backdrop of everything from 90s-leaning soul and funk to more contemporary, hard-hitting trap, Vaular raps as a social observer and commentator but also as a self-reflective artist.
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There are studio bands that also happen to tour and there are live bands that also put out records. L.A. natives letlive. certainly belong in the latter group. If you’ve ever appreciated bands like At The Drive-In and Refused – and if you generally like being beaten up by a hard-hitting rock sound – you should not miss out on this tornado! Hyper-charged, high-energy passion and hard work collide in letlive., making them one of the most respected and anticipated bands out there today.
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When the front man of Arctic Monkeys, Alex Turner, The music of Lightwave Empire is breezy and upjoined forces with his friend Miles Kane to form The lift ing. It’s alternative pop songs focused on love Last Shadow Puppets they practically blew the and life. Even though the album feels like a splash music world away. Epic Ennio Morricone-esque of sunshine it’s born from a personal tragedy that soundtracks met garage rock and 60s-styled bahit the lead singer’s wife a few years back. As a roque pop with two magnetic front men to lead the reaction, while helping his wife through the crisis, charge. Now they’re back. A new album is out and he started writing a series of spirited and cheerit expands the horizons of the debut album. When ful songs. Get ready to join the empire of love, The Last Shadow Puppets take delivered by members of former band Spleen United. on Roskilde Festival this summer they will do it as one of the most has been s lis vital rock acts of the world. LISS DK by namechecked You know the story. A band puts as out a couple of songs on SoundLCD SOUNDSYSTEM US celebrities such s am If you were to pick but one act in cloud and then everything exilli W ll re Phar plodes. Liss is one of the latest the noughties that has excelled in C Radio 1 BB d an fusing rock and electronic music chapters in this musical fairy tale. . ac M e ni An DJ with stunning tunes and wide apLiss formed with the intention of peal, the choice undoubtedly has creating a unique brand of Nordic to be LCD Soundsystem. Fortusoul. Mission accomplished! The nately, the quintessential NYC electronic pop stalband strikes that perfect balance between oddwarts are back. And that’s great news for all music ity and conformity like a wonderfully appealing lovers. LCD Soundsystem is – and has always been cross between Connan Mockasin, Prince and Fine – a deliriously exciting concert act. All reports of the Young Cannibals. The band has signed with XL latest LCD shows tell the story of a grand party. So Recordings, so expect them let’s have another one of those on our biggest stage to conquer the interSaturday night and close Roskilde 2016 in style! national charts anytime soon.
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83 With a name taken from a galaxy cluster it’s no surprise that most descriptions of Anthony Gonzalez’s music carry an extraterrestrial tone: celestial, epic, astral. His combination of dream pop and synth ecstasy led to the crossover hit “Midnight City”, which finally gave Gonzalez some much-deserved worldwide recognition. M83 has recently put out his seventh album Junk. Here he balances Italo-disco, chill-out atmospheres and ample doses of cool corniness. Let’s welcome M83 back to Roskilde Festival, especially since he has grown to galactic proportions since the fi rst visit here in 2005. LITTLE SIMZ
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This rising rapper wants to make it, but on her own terms. That means no label, no fancy guest features on her album, no nonsense in general. Little Simz has been endorsed by Kendrick Lamar and received more attention than most North London MCs. She spits about a trillion syllables per bar, and although her vocal lines are busy they are often set to downtempo, jazz-flecked beats. In concert, Little Simz is joined by a drummer and two keyboardists. She has an impeccable delivery and her songs are truly invigorated by the live band.
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Never have you heard Latin MAC DEMARCO CA rhy thms and tropical Afro Canadian-born artist Mac Delos beats bundled with computMarco has become quite the fae members of Th erized sounds, psychedelic vourite on the indie scene. The tually all ac e ar s ña ra pi rock and a bit of weirdness. charm lays partly in a total emm fro ns ra te ve Until now, that is. Los Pirañas brace of slackerdom – from his Roskilde te en is the sound of three Colombian vocal drawl to the odd tunings Sidestepper, Fr pica musicians taking their musical on his guitar and, of course, his biero, Ondatró m Cu heritage into strange and new ability to season melancholy others! Br n ia id er M d an territory. The fundamental love songs with sweet, slow musical elements are based melodies. DeMarco channels on various South American 70s soft rock, oddball outsider music genres while spacey guitars, funky bass jams and a laid-back indie fare. But just you wait riff s and computer sounds generate a Colombian until you experience him live. That’s where it all spaceship of instrumental psychedelia. comes together. The songs, the banter, some off white covers. It’s all there!
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It’s hard to mention the current state of hip-hop without bringing up Macklemore’s name. The 32-year-old Seattle native took the rap game by storm in 2012 alongside producer Ryan Lewis, with the debut LP The Heist – all while remaining an independent act. In 2016 the duo is gearing up again. The follow-up, This Unruly Mess I’ve Made, is out now, full of the kind of material that made us fall in love with the duo to begin with. You probably already know the infectious funk-driven rap song “Downtown” as well as the Ed Sheeran-featuring “Growing Up (Sloane’s Song)”.
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Few Hebrew words arouse the same joy of recognition among metal heads as Meshuggah, which translates to “crazy” or “mad”. And the madness burns intensely in these Swedes. Their blend of raw thrash metal, abrupt time signatures and musical adventure has earned them a central place on the advanced metal scene where connoisseurs nod in recognition while the fainthearted run away screaming. Meshuggah plays a Scandinavianexclusive gig at Roskilde Festival.
METHYL ETHEL AU
Methyl Ethel is the uninhibited alt-pop project from Perth musician Jake Webb. Originating as an outlet for Webb’s now signature ambient, textural guitar experimentations, Methyl Ethel has since blossomed into one of the most critically revered and publicly embraced Australian acts in recent memory. The Aussie band’s understated psychedelic pop sound is both spectral and stadium-friendly and with choruses you want to hear forever. The sound is like a distant cousin to that of Tame Impala and US psych-popsters MGMT.
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The members of Swedish electro pop trio Miike Snow certainly know their way around a hit song. During the course of three albums they have served up a beyond-decent share of earworms. Everything from the eff ervescent 2009 gem “Animal” over 2012’s infectious “Paddling Out” to this year’s smash hits “Heart Is Full” and “Gjengis Khan”. Miike Snow are ready to start up a big party at Roskilde Festival. Start polishing those dance shoes and rehearse that ‘ooh ooh ooh’ hook because we’re in for quite a bash!
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There has been only one direction for Danish band The Minds of 99: Upwards. Since they first took our Rising stage in 2014 and last year’s powerful opening of the Orange Stage, this band has done nothing but advance and improve. When they opened Roskilde last summer, we got to hear some of the songs off the astonishing sophomore album Liber. Now, with that LP out, we believe that our audience deserves another round in the company of The Minds of 99 which is why they close Roskilde 2016.
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Beat-oriented compositions meet melodic improvisations when two unlikely partners team up for a quietly sophisticated blend of ambient and electronic music. Hans-Joachim Roedelius, known for the experimental band Cluster, has been instrumental to the development of avant-garde music. He teams up with Christoph Müeller from Gotan Project and together they present airy, meditative piano playing set to pulsating beats and soundscapes. It’s blissful and danceable at the very same time.
MURA MASA UK
Taking his moniker from a 16th century Japanese swordsmith, the productions of 20-yearold Brit producer Alex Crossan are razor-sharp with startling juxtapositions of elegant strings,
honeyed R&B vocals and deft drums. His songs are written out of heartache and he channels his emotions into some gorgeously downcast, glitchy garage-pop. Mura Masa came in fi ft h in this year’s edition of BBC’s trendsetting ‘Sound of ‘ list which more or less dictates who’ll make it big in 2016.
MUTOID MAN US
Mutoid Man started as a side project for two heady metal luminaries, Cave In’s Stephen Brodsky and Converge drummer Ben Koller. Brodsky lets the melodicism and metallurgy of Cave In concentrate into a amalgamated elixir of frantic fretboard work, big riff s and undeniable vocal hooks. Koller keeps battering his drums with rampant force and dexterity. Their debut LP Bleeder wholeheartedly embraces classic hard rock and cerebral progressive metal. In Mutoid Man these two often contradictory formats make perfect sense together!
MØ DK
Is there any limit to MØ’s success? It sure doesn’t seem like it! Since the release of Karen Marie Ørsted’s debut album No Mythologies to Follow in 2014, the 27-year-old pop songstress has been on the fast track to world domination – and she’s only getting started! We’ve been with her all the way. She fi rst played our talent stage in 2013 and the following year she won over a full Arena tent. Now, in 2016, MØ is ready to climb further up the ladder. She will play Orange Stage hosting a grand party.
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You already know classics like “Rockin’ in the Free World”, “Cinnamon Girl”, “Heart of Gold”, “My My, Hey Hey” and “Down by the River” (the list goes on for ages!). Neil Young has forged a successful solo career spanning over 48 years and 36 studio albums. He is recognised as one of rock’n’roll’s greatest personalities. For his fi ft h visit at Roskilde, the 70-year-old Canadian brings along the rootsy backing band Promise of the Real, led by Willie Nelson’s sons. They suit Neil Young’s rough-andready standards perfectly.
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We’re proud to welcome back the pioneers of dance rock – New Order! They have conquered the charts again and again and won heaps of awards. They grew out of possibly the quintessential postpunk outfi t Joy Division to become true dance floor innovators. Today, they have spawned classic hits like “Blue Monday”, “Bizarre Love Triangle”, “True Faith” and “Regret”. Music Complete, the latest album from the Manchester group, brings a rejuvenated, fresh club edge to the band’s music. Look forward to a career-spanning live set.
Having evolved from their dubstep origins, Nero seems destined to be the next generation of dance titans. The English group’s critically acclaimed debut album Welcome Reality won a Grammy award, climbed to the top of the UK charts and scored massive hits with “Me & You”, “Guilt” and “Promises”. The follow-up Between II Worlds takes them into new territories. Nero plays as the closing act on the Apollo stage at Roskilde Festival 2016 and they will make it a night to remember.
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Neil Young is a passionate nerd in his spare time. He devotes his time to the needs of disabled children through the Bridge School Project. He is also into environmental activism, electric cars and... his model trains.
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It’s fair to say that you probably haven’t heard anything like Odesza before. The duo combines genres and infl uences so perfectly they manage
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Hatim Belyamani aka Offi cerfi shdumplings has made it his personal mission to track down the roots of Moroccan music. He finds local bands and records them performing their music in both sound and video. With this raw material he creates astonishing AV remixes. When performing, video is just as integral a part of the show as the sound. Your eyes will be transfi xed by the screens while you try to follow Hatim Belyamani’s mad cut-up ideas. This is a celebratory link between past and future.
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to transcend them altogether. The result is a sunbathed kind of electronic pop music full of bombastic beats, airy synth chords and a range of guest vocalists. When Odesza plays Roskilde Festival 2016, you can expect cherry-picked highlights from their two albums for a perfectly-paced set full of warm and warped pop-infused electronica.
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Few Ghanaian musicians are quite as celebrated as Pat Thomas. Known as ‘the golden voice of Africa’ The civil war in Syria scattered its members around the highlife singer rose to fame in his native counthe world but now the Orchestra of Syrian Mutry during the peak of the genre in the 1970s/80s sicians reunites for a special show at Roskilde and he’s keeping the music relevant and modern! Festival with appearances by Damon Albarn and The highlife blend of African rhythm, jazzy brass other special guests. This concert is a wonderful lines, tangling electric guitars and folkloric vocals opportunity to show the world anspeaks directly to your inner dancother side to the Syrian story. Exing muscle. Pat Thomas is visiting pect a show including everything Roskilde Festival to show us how “B lue Monday” from classical-minded orchestra the highlife genre thrives in the order is w ne by music based in both traditional 21st century. st be e th ill st and experimental Arabic music ch -in to modern expressions as we PEACHES CA selling 12 y. know them from Damon Albarn’s This Canadian artist first shocked or st hi in e singl wonderfully twisted mind. Read the world with crass, curt electromore on page 40. clash in the shape of the single “Fuck the Pain Away”. Peaches’ songs offer a smart SE PAPER inversion of the usual gender roles in mainstream The Stockholm trio Paper seem more than ready to music, all set to a propulsive, bass-heavy backdrop. tear down some walls. The band is based around A Peaches show can be a daunting experience. But Calle Olsson who is known from stellar, Swedish in a fun way. If you are not swayed by the overtly bands The Bear Quartet and Fireside. Alongside sexual natural of her performance, the aggressive, two other members he seems geared for a fullmenacing beats will make the world of Peaches frontal rock attack. Paper displays a dystopian envelope you. It’s a not-to-be-missed event!
PJ HARVEY UK brass bottom-line underpinning st The queen of alternative rock reanimated singing, Rancho Aparte pj harvey ’s late turns to Roskilde. PJ Harvey has celebrates a cross-cultural tradiwas created m bu al become quite a game-changer tion with uncompromising energy. e liv a of nt fro in in alternative music. Her first of rt pa albums were full of gritty, noisy RECONDITE DE audience as n. tio rock. She since embraced the Recondite just might convince us la al st in t ar an that winter is coming to Roskilde role of cool city girl, gothic ballad once he starts playing his chilled, singer and protest singer with low-BPM sounds. The Berlin-based producer has just as much conviction. Her latest album, The Hope Six Demolition Project, has a political dimension amassed a loyal league of followers with his introto it using fi rst-hand reports from war-stricken spective, melancholic take on acid house, ambient territories. With ample doses of both guitar and dub techno and electronica. And while it does leave saxophone, PJ Harvey cements her position as a very wintery impression, the music’s warm pulse one of today’s most important artists. is sure to keep your feet occupied. Recondite is consistently among the very best live acts out there US PROTOMARTYR with top spots in Resident Advisor’s polls (#1 in During the course of three albums the members 2014 and #2 in 2015). of Protomartyr have worked their way out of the bleakness of their home city of Detroit. Protomartyr’s post-punk reflects ramshackled houses and demolition sites enabling you to practically smell the despair from the unemployment lines and the oil from closed-down factories. Front man Joe Casey rants and raves about everything from corrupt city mayors to drunken deadbeat dads while the music churns out a sizzlingly rocking energy. QWANQWA ET
This Addis Ababa-based quartet dives into an intoxicating pool of traditional Ethio-jazz with elements of funk and psychedelia. The band name translates as ‘language’, and Qwanqwa’s (largely) instrumental music speaks loud and clear. It digs into a groove that will keep you rocking and swaying along. The tunes are full of riff s and beats that loop and spiral into a blurry, funked-up haze.
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The Colombian Pacifi c coast region is home to a startling variety of music styles. Rancho Aparte specialises in the sounds of abozaos, polkas, danzas, rebulú, jugas and contradanzas. The band has completely regenerated these genres. With a battery of percussion, looping clarinets and a
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reggae is nothing short of impressive. She is a master at getting to the very heart of what makes her music tick. Strong break beats and pounding synth bass lines remain the foundation of everything she creates – with catchy hooks amidst those tonally disparate vibes. Look forward to a grand show at Roskilde Festival!
RISING DK
Get ready for some sludgy prog metal with a classic touch. The Danish metallists in Rising have just put out a new album, Oceans into Their Graves, and it’s full of sludgy sounds, progressive structures and riff s galore, which beg to be played live. The band has expanded to a five-piece with lots of duelling guitars from the stage, and the new kick-ass singer Morten Grønnegaard will have you thinking of golden era Ronnie James Dio. Fans of Mastodon, Baroness and Kylesa should not miss out on this!
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Santi ‘Santigold’ White is at the forefront of pop innovation while operating just left of its mainstream. Santigold’s stylish tie-dye fusion of dubby hip-hop, neon-tinged new wave, glittery R&B and rocking
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This London quartet has attracted all kinds of attention with their slicing and climax-driven post-punk. Lead singer Jehnny Beth sounds like a perfect vocal fusion of PJ Harvey and Siouxsie Sioux. She has a thousand-yard stare and an intensity to go with it. The rest of the black-clad band will whip up a musical storm that would make both Joy Division and The Cramps proud. They sing about love. Especially when it hurts. And they have been called the best live band around at the moment. Don’t miss them!
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Over 30 years into their career, the enthusiasm for Red Hot Chili Peppers’ melodic funk never seems to wane. This four-piece can still give younger acts a run for their money and is a perennial favourite across the globe. From the early attitudinal fusion of funk and hip-hop to hits like “Under the Bridge”, “Californication”, “Can’t Stop” and “Give It Away”, RHCP is an all-encompassing rock band that suits most tastes. The band has sold millions of records, won numerous awards and won everybody over with their energetic live shows. These Californians might just recolour our Orange Stage – that’s how hot their funk-rocking sound is!
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Scarlet Pleasure consists of three young lads with dreams about conquering the big world with their hot soul-infused pop music. They are well on their way with beyond-catchy hits! The trio is filling big venues in Denmark – their sunlit blend of funky soul and pop, which nods back at legends such as Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson, is in high demand. Scarlet Pleasure is a wonderful live band. They master their instruments, and they certainly know how to cause excitement among their audience.
sing along, just as he has conquered the clubs and the radio waves. S!vas is a true slang innovator in a league of his own. Together with producer Reza he puts together an idiosyncratic sound that has made an impact all over Scandinavia. Look forward to a huge show from one of Denmark’s biggest rappers!
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Donning a signature fedora, dashiki shirt and John Lennon-style shades, he takes the stage like a king with a killer flow. Schoolboy Q has been rising up through the hip-hop ranks, a long way from his days hustling in South Central Los Angeles as a member of the 52 Hoover Crips gang. Now, hip-hop has become Schoolboy Q’s outlet for his aggression. He can make cars thump with party bangers just as he excels in telling dark, introspective tales of addiction and gang life without needing to adjust the volume. A follow-up to the successful major label debut Oxymoron (2014) will be out anytime soon.
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Swedish hip-hop’s power woman cements her position. Silvana Imam raps in her Swedish mother tongue, and you’ll soon fi nd out how direct she is. She raps about her homosexual orientation, about being on top of her game and against all kinds of oppressors. Silvana Imam recently won P3 Guldgalan’s award for best live act. With gems picked from her critically acclaimed autobiographical Naturkraft album, she raps about being an immigrant in Sweden and about painting Sweden in the colours of the rainbow.
Alix Perez is the alias of Alex Depauw, an established drum’n’bass producer from Belgium. EPROM is the long-term adopted moniker of Alexander Dennis, a West Coast artist with early roots in mid-tempo bass and hip-hop. Together, they have formed Shades and deliver a full clash of bass, half-step jungle/ with drum’n’bass and hip-hop. It’s all skepta is , along E, tickling the limbic system with JM r he ot his br gravity-distorting low-frequency under of fo e th so al sound waves and inspired hooks.
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Skepta has succeeded in evolving a youth spent cutting his teeth on pirate radio and in grime y Bo ew cr e raves into a mainstream career the grim DK . S!VAS with seemingly unstoppable moBetter Know Danish-Iranian rapper S!vas has mentum. Tracks like “Shutdown”, grown out of the suburban hip“That’s Not Me”, “Top Boy” and “It hop underground with hazy productions, thick Ain’t Safe” have been circulating all over, and lately layers of auto tune, a cool diction and a language the MC has shared a stage with both Kanye West and Drake. No wonder he calls himself the king of full of secret codes. He has made all of Denmark
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SLAYER US
LA band Slayer have set the world ablaze for almost 35 years, and they are the undisputed kings of thrash metal. Aft er all, they defi ned the genre way back in 1986 with the all-crushing milestone Reign in Blood, which is still considered one of the hardest-hitting albums ever! They’re an exhilarating show of force, replete with all the breakneck tempos, whiplash-inducing changes of pace and swivel-eyed declarations of defiance that the faithful will quite rightly demand.
of inspiration to Black Sabbath and Saint Vitus. When Sleep plays live, the sheer force of volume, repetition and glacial pace will make everything coalesce into one tremendous molasses ur-riff. They pick material from the early albums worth of Sabbath-style blues swinging to the monolithic Dopesmoker. And they might even treat us with some new material. Because, yes, Sleep are in fact working on a new album.
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grime! Skepta’s notorious for making crowds at his live shows go absolutely mad.
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SLEAFORD MODS
SLEAFORD MODS UK
With clattering tales of job centers, awful hangovers and endless failure, Nottingham-based Sleaford Mods seem like the voice of a cornered working class. The duo combine furious streamof-consciousness abstractions, primitive beats and punkish sounds. It’s like a crossing of The Fall and The Streets. The Mods keep everything to a bare minimum on stage. One starts up the backing tracks on his laptop and then rocks along to the tunes while swigging beer while the other rants social and cultural grievances. Perfect!
SLEEP US
Slower equals heavier! Sleep has revamped the slow’n’heavy stoner doom genre with equal nods
So Pitted is a stream of sludgy, cathartic rock energy full of chaos and distorted feedback. It’s loose, maddeningly loud and sounds like a perfect brain child of bands like Liars, Nirvana and Melvins. Armed with drums and two guitars (one of them run through a bass amp) and couldn’t-care-less vocals, So Pitted plays with reckless abandon and unfettered rage, and they bring all the negative feelings with them on stage. Step out of your comfort zone with So Pitted.
A SONG THAT’S
AN HOUR LONG
Sleep’s seminal Dopesmoker LP consists mostly of just one gargantuan, trudgingly slow song of the same name. Their record label was so displeased with the format of the album that they refused to put it out, but it has since become a cult classic.
STORMZY UK
The new batch of grime is here, and Michael Omari, better known as Stormzy, is one of its strongest exponents. Stormzy’s lyrical flow is reminiscent of that of grime pioneer Dizzee Rascal (with whom he has collaborated in the past), and his imaginative productions demonstrate his ability to escape the typical clichés of the genre. In fact, Stormzy has proven that his sound is beyond grime and easily translates to more thoughtful hip-hop and R&B.
STURGILL SIMPSON US
In a matter of few years, Sturgill Simpson has achieved the status of the big hope for the future of country music. The 37-year-old musician works out of the country capital of Nashville. His 2014 release Metamodern Sounds in Country Music has blown everybody clean out of the water with its cosmic yet true-to-tradition country sounds, and this year’s A Sailor’s Guide to Earth is perhaps even more impressive with beyond-belief stellar reviews. A sure contender for album of the year! If you like it on record you will love it live!
SUMAC US
Dark clouds will assemble and chaos will reign once Sumac unleashes its dissonant and misanthropic metal. The trio (with members from Isis and Russian Circles) shoots out earth-shaking low notes, distortion and animalistic roars. Some people call it post-metal, we call it noisy exploration of darkness and destruction. This is excellent stuff if you’re into meaner, more bleak metal sounds in the vein of Neurosis, YOB and well, Isis as well.
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They may just be the most tightly-playing act in this year’s line-up. Tal National from Niger have spent over a decade touring their Saharan nation and playing five-hour sets most nights while keeping their day jobs. That makes for an untiring – and indeed tight – unit. Tal National plays a joyful barrage of traditional Hausa and Zarma vocals, soukous guitars, reggae synths and rhythm-on-rhythm drums/ percussions, all rolled up into a rock aesthetic.
TAME IMPALA AU
When talking about the ever-expanding wave of psychedelic music, there is one band that has really taken the world by storm, and that’s Australian outfi t Tame Impala. Ever since their debut album in 2010 Tame Impala has developed the psych-pop template. On the latest album, Currents, the band has turned it into something groovy and danceable. In concert the band is a massive, fl oating force, unafraid of diving into otherworldly jam sessions. TAME IMPALA · PHOTO: MATT SAV
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Forstå samfundet & skab forandringer Ansøgningsfrist for sommeroptag: 5. juli 2016 kl. 12. Der ansøges gennem www.optagelse.dk
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Jack Black and Kyle Gass fi rst got famous when they sang about meeting a demon who demanded that they played “the best song in the world”. Filled with humour Tenacious D’s songs are a loving tribute to rock’s best incarnations. You can find cues from both Led Zeppelin, The Who and Queen. It’s no wonder that Dave Grohl is a fan and has insisted on drumming on all their recordings. Expect fierce strum-off s, funny stage antics and pure rock’n’roll.
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TUSKEGEE (SETH TROXLER & THE MARTINEZ BROTHERS) US
Seth Troxler is a figurehead for a new wave of underground electronic music. He has teamed up with the like-minded house heads The Martinez Brothers. Together they have established the label Tuskegee. The fi rst release is a collaborative eff ort by the label ed owners, which is a no holdstuskegee is nam barred monster of an acid jam, denafter all-Africa signed for maximum dance floor II W W n ica er Am hysteria. When the trio takes on e th , es Roskilde Festival, you can expect air hero . en more of this. Tuskegee will play a Tuskegee Airm three-hour slot. Expect sore feet.
Reggae has been a major force in African music ever since Bob Marley visited the continent in the late 70s. Tiken Jah Fakoly is a stellar executioner of distinctive African reggae fusion. He is a social and political critic at heart, and he sings sturdily and angrily about the injustices in his home country where he’s a persona non grata. We’ve had the pleasure of Fakoly before. He is a fantastic performer, and it’s time to welcome back a true legend. We hope his home country will do the same soon!
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such as darkness, death and hatred. Everyone with a taste for corpse paint and hellish musical assaults, step into the stroboscopic lights as Tsjuder play into the night!
Spawned from the mother country of black metal we proudly present Tsjuder. The band was formed in Oslo during the second wave of black metal in the 90s, and they have added a defi ning touch to the extreme and ice-cold genre, which they mix up with waves of thrash riff age. Tsjuder delivers pure satanic black metal with lyrical topics
UNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS UK
Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats seem to be pinpointing the moment in time at which the darker end of psychedelia toppled over into proto-metal, and it’s rockingly joyful! The Cambridge, England foursome name-drop both Black Sabbath and The Beatles, and you instantly understand that this is for their primal heaviness and for melodic songsmithing, respectively. Similarly, front man Kevin Starr’s highpitched, adenoidal voice acts as a signifier for both Ozzy and Lennon. Add riff s galore to the equation and you have a winning recipe. TEN ACIO US D
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WHITNEY US
After tenures in indie rock bands like Smith Westerns and Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Max Kakacek and Julien Ehrlich’s songwriting partnership is now ripe. The Chicago-based duo has spent the last year-plus writing loping country-soul ballads as Whitney. There’s a special buzz about them right now and all the good things you hear about Whitney are probably true. They will win you over with heartbroken songs led by Ehrlich’s reedy, lovelorn falsetto and Kakacek’s sun-dappled guitar melodies.
VINCE STAPLES US
He’s the rapper-next-door and the dude you can chill with. He has broken down walls with his cool, confident-yet-relaxed vibe and musical hooks that transcend the rap genre. Wiz Khalifa’s pockets are full of green-tinged hits, e.g. “Black and Yellow”, “Young, Wild & Free”, “Roll Up”, “We Dem Boyz”, “Work Hard, Play Hard” and, of course, “See you Again”. The Pittsburgh rapper is wired, vibrant and ready for a return to Roskilde Festival. He’s ready to follow up on the smashing gig he played at Roskilde back in 2012!
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Young Thug has exploded from Atlanta’s rap underground into worldwide consciousness. His unhinged flow, melodic half-sung, half-rapped drawl and dead-on hooks make his music intriguing. He is both the catchy pop-minded MC and the avantgarde rap innovator. For his live gigs, Thug has built up a stronghold of unbelievable heat. Usually, you see crowds yelling back the lyrics, word for word – that’s the level of dedication at Thug shows.
Known for his inventive blend of ancient Sami folk music, sounds from nature, diverse instruments (including saw, bells, viola, frame drums and guitars), Vassvik employs the traditional Sami practice of the joik, a long, slow, chant-style song formed deep in the throat. Often mournful, mysterious and hauntingly evocative, joiking may be Europe’s oldest living musical tradition, but as Vassvik delivers it, it could almost be mistaken for cutting-edge jazz-inflected vocal experimentation.
Vince Staples is the new voice of rap! He fi rst got attention after he was introduced as a fringe Odd Future affiliate. Since then, the 22-year-old rapper has established himself as a more calm and sinister presence. The debut LP Summertime ’06 sharply depicts the rapper’s teenage years spent running with a Crip gang, selling drugs and dodging police. It’s a tough social document but Vince Staples knows how to have fun while spitting his lyrics and it will surely rub off on the Roskilde people.
THE OFFICIAL
Looking for inspiration for your next concert venture? Give our official playlist a spin. Who knows, maybe you’ll fi nd a new favourite: roskil.de/rf16spotify
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CARING ABOUT OUR FOOD FOOD and BEVERAGES WITH CARE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT and FOOD SAFETY
If you feel that we care about the food at Roskilde Festival you are not mistaken. The way human beings produce, distribute and prepare food is probably the largest single contributor to climate change, both in the world in general and at a festival. Actually, 40 % of the festival’s CO2 footprint comes from the meat we eat at the festival. That’s why we try to limit our impact on the environment. Roskilde Festival works with various contributors allowing us to vouch for the quality and environmental impact of their goods. Consequently, all dairy products at the festival are organic from the dairy producer Naturmælk, all the coff ee sold is organic from Peter Larsen Coff ee and the juice and wine available in every bar is also organic. Furthermore, we ask our food stalls to exclusively use organic pasta, rice, canned tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, carrots and lettuce in their meals. All food stalls are also required to have at least one vegetarian dish on their menus. The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration is in charge of regulatory controls of hygiene in all food stalls, who also have their own sanitation controls as well as a programme to assist in the development of a better hygiene culture. This all sounds very reasonable. And in truth, we think it is.
#RFfood — A LARGE SELECTION
The approximately 150 food stalls and bars at the festival serve food and beverages, which cater to any taste, appetite or wallet while being mindful of the environment. You can choose between anything from the classic festival burger to an environmentally sustainable meal made from local produce. To wash it down you can get anything from beer and sodas to homemade milkshakes. We know there’s quite a diff erence in the size of the wallets our guests bring to the festival. That’s why the selection of food and beverages must include offers for the student living on study grants as well as the more well-off individuals with the coin for something extra.
HOW DO WE OD STALLS? CHOOSE OUR FO The festival has a group of volunteers who work all year selecting and maintaining relations to the food stalls. We have chosen the stalls for Roskilde Festival 2016 using six different criteria: — Organics/Sustainability: In 2016 it is our goal that at least 75 % of our food is organic. — Price: Participants who get by on student support from the government must also be able to eat their fi ll. — Quality: We would rather have freshly made food made from fresh produce than ready-to-serve, pre-cooked meals. — Realism: We select stalls that we know will be able to handle the pressure of running a food stall at Roskilde Festival. — Charity: We prefer stalls that use their profits for charitable purposes, i.e. sports or cultural associations. — Originality: We select new stalls that distinguish themselves from the existing selection of stalls.
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*) Only selected stalls are open Sunday 3 July.
PHOTO: BENJAMIN DOHN VOGNBJERG
e In 2015 , Roskild d Festival receive l a gastronomica award for outstanding festival food
food stalls opening hours campsite festival site saturday 25 june 16:00-03:00 sunday 26 june 09:00-03:00 monday 27 june 09:00-03:00 tuesday 28 june 09:00-03:00 wednesday 29 june 09:00-03:00 17:00-01:00 thursday 30 june 09:00-03:00 10:00-03:00 friday 1 july 09:00-03:00 10:00-03:00 saturday 2 july 09:00-03:00 10:00-03:00 sunday 3 july 09:00-14:00*
CARING ABOUT OUR FOOD
Various associations and organisations run many of the food stalls, which ensure that profi ts benefi t charitable purposes. Others are run by professional caterers who also contribute some of their profi ts to the overall charity supported by Roskilde Festival.
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This is where we test delicious new festival food concepts. Sustainability is an important focus with at least 75 % organic produce in the Food Court. The opening hours are the same as other food stalls and so are the prices.
THE FOOD COURT
The Food Court is situated in the southern hall next to the Gloria stage.
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CO EXCITING NEW
Together with the best of last year’s food stalls, you will also fi nd the following new ones on the menu in 2016: — Ingen fest uden hest: The crew behind this food stall wishes to challenge our view on horse meat. Here you can taste a classic cowboy toast with a beef made from Danish horse meat instead of traditional oxe. — Mikuna: 40 % of the festival’s carbon footprint comes from the meat eaten at the festival. If this occupies your thoughts or if you are just hungry for something other than meat, try out Mikuna’s vegan burger or vegan dahl. — Madklubben: This year the popular Copenhagen-based chain of restaurants have joined the festival. They are offering a mouthwatering steak béarnaise sandwich or an organic wheat risotto. — TaTar: The good ol’ classic is now available at Roskilde Festival. Enjoy a classic steak tartare with fries if you need a break from the traditional festival food.
PHOTO: PRESTON DR AKE HILLYARD
THE FOOD COURT
The Food Court is Roskilde Festival’s food laboratory which challenges the perception of festival food and works towards a continuous development of the choices of food available at the festival.
”Alexander has lived on rice and oatmeal for a year to scrape up enough money for this project. He and his friends have built a replica of the stage construction from we all can party for one night and get but on the campsite.” Nominated by Susanne: Alexander, 28, part of Camp Kuwomba in Dream City
Nominate your hero — take a photo, share it on Instagram along with a description of that special deed using #RFhero for the good of others and make Roskilde Festival even better. Among all the nominees stone and placed in front of Orange Stage.
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— Festival guests drank no less than 1 million litres of beer. — Festival guests ate more than 46 tons of potatoes in all shapes and sizes. — More than 645,000 cups of organic coffee were drunk. — Almost 7 tons of cucumbers were eaten at Roskilde Festival 2015.
The food truck trend rolled in at Roskilde Festival last year and it proved a huge success. This year we have doubled the amount of trucks, which means that 20 beautiful trucks will be set up at various places in the camping area and at the festival site. By Gate 5 near Arena a brand-new area with food trucks will be open during the warm-up days. We call it Arena Park. At the food trucks you can eat your way through Indian samosas, burritos, North African stew, organic tacos, hotdogs, ice cream and various breakfast offers from the mobile food stalls.
PHOTO: MARTIN KAUFMANN
Don’ t miss out a on the new aren a ith w ea ar park of smorgasbord e th in s ck tru food ! warm-up days
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FOOD TRUCKS
HERE COME THE FOOD TRUCKS
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ROSKILDE FESTIVAL FOR FOODIES Eating at Roskilde Festival is about so much more than just filling your belly! It is about eating together and talking about your food experience. That is why we at Roskilde Festival also have a solution for those tired of buying a fully prepared meal or eating pasta with pesto.
#FOODJAM16
Fresh vegetable omelet? Steamed mussels? Or fish and chips with homemade remoulade? In the FoodJam kitchen you decide the menu and start cooking once you have selected your produce from the bountiful buff et of fresh organic vegetables, fruit and fresh fi sh. FoodJam’s culinary counselors are on hand to help and the price is almost ridiculously low.
FoodJam, the engaging kitchen at Roskilde Festival, is ready to heat the frying pans and celebrate the largest kitchen party for the fi ft h year in a row. A jam session in the kitchen is DKK 65 per ticket and includes free access to the buffet of ingredients for one hour. Tickets are bought at the entrance where you can book in advance or go straight for the kitchen. We recommend booking in advance if you plan a visit between 12:00 and 19:00 – especially in the warm-up days. FoodJam is located in East City and has the Golden Organic stamp (90-100% Organic). It is created in cooperation with Madkulturen and Coop.
foodjam opening hours saturday 25 june 16:00-03:00 sunday 26 june - saturday 2 july 09:00-03:00 Read more at madkulturen.dk where you can also buy a ticket.
LET’S MAKE PIZZA
Do you feel like making some pizza art? Then this is for you! Normally the artist Jesper Aabille works with different forms of expression, from paintings to social happenings in the public space. Through his work ’Let’s Make Pizza’ you get the chance to make your own pizza in collaboration with other festival-goers. See page 19 to read more.
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PÅ GERLEv SPRINGER vI OvER, HvOR GÆRDET ER HØJEST Gerlev er for alle. Både nybegyndere og rutinerede idrætsudøvere. Som elev fører vi dig ind i vores inspirerende og internationale undervisningsmiljø og ud i den store verden. Hvert forløb rummer uforglemmelige rejser til destinationer, hvor du kan prøve kræfter med alt det, du lærer hos os. Uanset om du er til bevægelseskunst, holdsport eller udendørs eventyr, har vi et forløb, der vil udvikle dig. Som studerende, som udøver og som menneske.
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Du kan specialisere dig i 13 forskellige fag. Vi tilbyder kurser og forløb, der varer fra 8 til 40 uger. På Gerlev har hver fjerde elev international baggrund. Mange elever, der har læst på vores idrætsakademi, søger ind på universiteternes idrætsuddannelser — og 5 ud af 6 kommer ind.
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Husk der står masser af dygtige faglærte bag, når musikken spiller. PORTER TEKNISK DESIGNER / IT-SUP NIKER INDUSTRITEKNIKER / SKILTETEK NKEEPER SNEDKER / DYREPASSER / GREE R RATO INTEG ANLÆGSGARTNER / WEBFIKER MASKINSNEDKER / MEDIEGRA / MALER PERSONVOGNSMEKANIKER AN FODTERAPEUT / GROUNDSM IØR HAVE- OG PARKINGEN
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Environmental and social sustainability is important for Roskilde Festival. This also applies to food and beverages.
OUR INITIATIVES REDUCING FOOD WASTAGE
Working with the non-profi t organisation Det Runde Bord (The Round Table) we collect hygienically safe and usable produce that would otherwise be thrown out from the various food stalls. We then distribute it among shelters for the homeless and refugee centers where there are hungry mouths to feed. Some is delivered as produce and some food is cooked by volunteer chefs and frozen so that it can be distributed as pre-cooked meals ready to be heated and eaten. In 2015 we delivered pre-cooked meals and produce to 75 diff erent shelters in Denmark and during the last two years, we and Det Runde Bord have saved more than 50 tons food and produce.
A MOSTLY ORGANIC FOOD COURT
All the food stalls in Roskilde Food Court are required to use at least 75 % organic produce in their cooking. You will fi nd a handful of stalls that are +90 % organic as well as delicious vegetarian alternatives.
Naturmælk has made products especially for the hungry crowds at the festival. Due to popular demand (and maybe the delicious garlic bread at Rising City) they have made an organic ricotta cheese for this year’s festival. One natural and one with garlic/herbs fl avour.
A WINE OFFER YOU CAN’T REFUSE
The one-liter red and white wines are organic and brought in from Italy rather than from overseas. They are imported especially for the festival and come in FSC-labeled packaging, which is not only better for the environment but also gives the wine a longer shelf life (not that the latter should be necessary).
PHOTO: MARTIN KAUFMANN
EAT
FROM HAPPY COWS TO HAPPY CAMPERS
All dairy products (milk, butter, yoghurt etc.) at Roskilde Festival are from the Danish organic company Naturmælk. They work with 31 family-run farms in southern Jutland to produce high quality and environmentally friendly organic products. Many of them even work with biodynamic farming, which has even higher demands for sustainability.
SUSTAINABILITY CHANGING THE WAY WE EAT
CHANGING THE WAY WE
WE ❤ WATER
So do the children in Africa. In the East City and Rising City and on the festival site you can get water from Lovespring. And it’s not bottled and transported from a foreign country, it’s from right beneath our feet. Each time you get your water here you support LoveSpring’s work with water projects in developing countries.
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ALLERGIES and SPECIAL DIETS
Every stall must display the contents of their dishes and be able to account for the ingredients. If you have allergies or just an interest in what you eat, you can always ask for the person in charge and have her/him list the ingredients. Roskilde Food Court near the Gloria stage is an ideal place to start if you have special needs. Here you will fi nd stalls specialised in fi sh, vegetarian, non-gluten etc. See page 99. In East City, FoodJam allows you to compose your own 100 % organic meal for just DKK 65 (see page 102), and Dream City provides an outdoor DIY kitchen.
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FOOD IN YOUR
APP
It can be diffi cult to remember just where you saw that chicken tortilla or the Asian noodle salad you desperately need. No need to worry, it’s all in our offi cial Roskilde Festival app. Here you can easily search for food everywhere on the festival grounds. You can fi lter the results aft er type of food and if you’re craving something NOW, the app can help you fi nd whatever’s closest by. Our app is available for iPhone and Android. Text RF APP to 1204 to download the app. If you don’t have a Danish mobile service provider, text to +45 42409019 instead.
USE #RFfood —
HELP OTHERS
If you instagram your favourite hangover burger or tip your vegetarian friends on Facebook about the best veggie meal at the festival, remember to use the hashtag #RFfood so others can fi nd and use your tips as well.
PHOTO: PRESTON DR AKE HILLYARD
Do you have allergies, are you on a special diet, do you feel like something special or are you simply unable to remember where you found that superbly delicious meal last year? Don’t worry; we will help you navigate between Roskilde Festival’s more than 150 food stalls and bars.
ALLERGIES AND SPECIAL DIETS
NAVIGATING THE FOOD JUNGLE
A VARIETY OF DRINKS In the camping area beer, soft drinks, juice, wine etc. will be sold in cans, bottles and cartons. At the main festival site drinks will usually be sold in refundable plastic cups. The offer is subject to change due to printing errors and the possibility of items being out of stock.
BEER SALES
In the campsite area drinks are available at East City, Rising City and Countdown City. Additionally, there are lorry sale points by Street City and area K, where only entire cases of beer are sold. We also sell beer at area M (Get a Tent East). Please note that only mobile/card payments will be accepted. Cold Tuborg beer is sold at favourable prices when you buy a crate of 24. The price is DKK 195 incl. refund charge.
drink prices tuborg beer 33 cl, crate of 24 dkk 195 tuborg beer / rå (organic) 30 cl, cup dkk 27 tuborg beer / rå (organic) 50 cl, cup dkk 40 tuborg classic beer 50 cl, can dkk 40 tuborg gold beer 50 cl, can dkk 42 soda 50 cl bottle dkk 25 somersby cider 33 cl, can dkk 35 kildevæld water 50 cl, bottle dkk 15 red bull 25 cl, can dkk 25 red/white wine (organic) 1 l, box dkk 75 bottle of spirits w/ soft drink, ice and cups from dkk 220 All prices include refund charge where applicable.
At the festival site drinks are sold at Tuborg stalls, in the festival’s own bars and selected food stalls. Furthermore, beer is sold in the front stage pits at Orange Stage and Arena.
DRINKS ON THE FESTIVAL SITE
You are allowed to bring one drink of your own choosing into the main festival site in a container of up to 0.5 litres. The container must not be made of glass. Empty drink containers of any shape and form can be brought onto the main festival site as long as they are not made of glass.
drink sales opening hours east city, rising city festival site and countdown city saturday 25 june 16:00-04:00 sunday 26 june 09:00-04:00 tuesday 28 june wednesday 29 june 09:00-04:00 17:00-03:00 * thursday 30 june 09:00-04:00 10:00-04:00 * friday 1 july 09:00-04:00 10:00-04:00 * saturday 2 july 09:00-06:00 10:00-04:00 * *)
The stalls by the stages are open until approx. 15 minutes after the last concert.
Lorry sale points at the campsite are open daily between 10:00 and 04:00.
PHOTO: VEGARD S. KRISTIANSEN
A VARIETY OF DRINKS
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SAFETY IN YOUR
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NO OPEN FIRE
The combination of nylon tents and open fi re is extremely dangerous, which is why it is important that you do not light any fires in your camp – neither during the festival nor when you’re leaving. The ban on open fi re also includes torches, candles, hurricane lanterns, cooking devices and barbecues – including disposable barbecues. At every agora you’ll find a cooking island and a communal grill for barbecueing your sausages, making soup or simply heating a meal. Please remember that it is absolutely life-threatening to light a gas burner in your tent, likewise it is not allowed to burn your tent, containers or other objects when you leave the festival.
IF YOU NEED HELP
If you need help during the festival you can address the campsite service attendants in orange vests. Furthermore, at all agoras service attendants are ready to help you and keep an eye on the camping area.
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
If you’re in need of medical assistance at Roskilde Festival, please use the festival’s own fi rst aid stations. In case of life-threatening emergencies, call +45 112 or use the 112 app, which can track your position and make it easier for the ambulance service to fi nd you. However, the easiest way to get medical assistance is by contacting one of the campsite attendants, so please do so.
FIRST AID
First aid stations are located at East City and Rising City and remain open around the clock. There is also a fi rst aid station located on the festival site just west of Orange Stage. At the fi rst aid stations you’ll be able to store insulin and other medicine that requires cooling. First aid stations are clearly marked by a first aid sign. There is also an on-call doctor service at the fi rst aid station at East City.
first aid stations opening hours east city/rising city around the clock from saturday 25 june 18:00 to sunday 3 july 14:00 west of orange stage wednesday 29 june - saturday 2 july 10:00-4:00 on-call doctor monday 27 june - saturday 2 july 9:00-22:00 sunday 3 july 9:00 -14:00
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There are thieves at Roskilde Festival, especially in the camping area, so we encourage you to take extra good care of your valuables and use the free cloakrooms at the agoras. Lock your tent with a padlock so your neighbours can keep an eye on it. You should also be aware of pickpockets.
in case of theft Report any stolen property at politi.dk. This also includes stolen wristbands.
in case of thunder
If you have an iPhone, remember to download the Find My iPhone app. It will help the police track down your phone if stolen. For Android users, we recommend Prey, which off ers a similar service. Download at preyproject.org.
— Don’t seek shelter under trees, especially not single trees. — Avoid towers and open squares. — Don’t touch electrical conductive objects, e.g. fences, railings, faucets or appliances connected to electricity networks. — It’s reasonably safe to use your phone, but remember you’re holding an electrically conductive object in your hand. — Avoid swimming in the swimming lake. — Start humming AC/DC’s ”Thunderstruck”.
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PHOTO: MARTIN PILGA ARD
in case of heavy rain — Dig ditches around your tent. — Don’t pitch your tent in the lowest point in the terrain. — Keep the spirits high.
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EXTREME WEATHER
The Danish summer weather is capricious. It can change signifi cantly from sunny to stormy. Here are some precautions:
SAFETY
PSYCHOLOGICAL FIRST AID
Psychological fi rst aid is also found at your nearest fi rst aid station. The investigative teams, the festival’s social workers, can be found on both the festival site and camping areas. All social workers have a relevant pedagogical, social or health professional background. They are easily spotted in white vests with the words “social worker” on the back.
AT THE STAGES
SAFETY
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SAFETY AT THE
STAGES
— Pay attention to – and follow – the safety information presented on the big screens at the stages and the guidelines from the crowd safety staff in the orange vests. — Pay attention to friends and people around you. — If you need help, or see others who do, please address the crowd safety staff. — Make sure to sleep, eat, and drink so that your body is supplied with rest and energy. If you feel unwell, or see someone else who seems to need help, address the festival staff.
PIT SYSTEMS
The pit systems in front of Orange Stage and Arena are safety constructions that make the concert experience safe for those of you who would like to be right in front of the stage. Show up early at the concerts since space is limited in the pit systems and there are many who would like to get in there.
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B
C
D
DO NOT Being at a concert should never be boring, but it shouldn’t be dangerous either. Therefore, there are a number of safety requirements and precautions at all the stages at Roskilde Festival that we ask you to follow. For the sake of you and your friends.
TAKE CARE OF THOSE AROUND YOU
The safety at Roskilde Festival is continually evaluated to remove and reduce risks. We closely follow and participate in national and international developments in the safety field, but we still need your help to ensure that you and everybody around you gets the best and most safe concert experience possible.
— Crowd surf. Crowd surfi ng is very dangerous. Nobody likes your shoes in their face, and you might fall down or be trampled at worst. Crowd surfi ng is strictly forbidden at all stages and can cause immediate expulsion from the festival. — Form human chains. You put others at risk by creating unrest in the crowd. — Run or push to get in front. You create waves in the crowd and increase the risk of someone falling or getting crushed. — Sit on the shoulders of somebody. You risk getting hurt, and it ruins the concert experience for others.
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The pit system entrances are located at both sides of Orange Stage and in the east side of Arena. At Orange Stage, there are two entrances to the four sections in front. If you want to go to sections B or D, you have to use the entrance east of the stage. The entrance to sections A and C is west of the stage. See the illustration opposite.
remember! Staying in the pit systems during concerts can be a very intense and physical experience. We ask that you only stay in there if you feel completely safe at all times.
NCERTS HIGH ENERGY CO Some concerts at Roskilde Festival call for moshing, wild dancing etc. We mark these with a ‘high energy’ icon. If you see this icon next to an act on these pages, expect the audience activity in front of the stage to be quite wild, and we want you to be careful if you choose to be up front.
AT THE STAGES
entrance to the pits
SAFETY
The green and red lights at the entrance tell you if there is free space available or if it’s full. You can’t stay in the pit between concerts since they have to be cleared and cleaned.
— We will allow moshing, dancing etc. at these concerts. — Do notice, however, that we do not allow crowd surfi ng.
PHOTO: ALLAN WÜRTZ LAURSEN
PROTECT YOUR EARS
You won’t get much out of Roskilde Festival if you can’t hear anything. If you experience a ringing or a buzzing in your ears you have to be careful – it’s a serious danger signal. Therefore – buy a set of earplugs. They can be found in all kiosks, drink stalls and merchandise stalls.
LET’S KEEP IT CLEAN
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— In 2015 we removed 1,913 tons of garbage from the festival area — More than 1.5 million bottles and cans pass through our refund system every year — We use 200,000 garbage bags during a festival — About 2 million pieces of biodegradable cutlery is used at Roskilde Festival as well as the same number of biodegradable cups.
REACT — GET RID OF YOUR TRASH
We’re making it easier to keep Roskilde Festival clean and sustainable. ReAct is the name of our joint fight against garbage. You will find 11 recycling stations all over the campsite (see map on page 128), and there are garbage bins at every single camping quadrant and they are emptied by volunteers on a daily basis. At the recycling stations you can sort your waste (general waste, metal, glass, batteries and cardboard). The stations are open 24 hours a day and staffed between 09:00 and 16:00. Everyday a ‘Recycling & Waste’ parade will come through your camping area. Help the staff in the green vests to sort and dispose of waste. The volunteers also hand out empty trash bags for your camp and they take away your full ones, making it easier for you to keep your space clean.
we want your mattresses Did you bring an infl atable mattress to the campsite? Comfy, right? If you don’t want it anymore after the festival then please hand it in at our recycling stations.
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CLEAN AREAS
Want to live cleaner and greener? The clean areas are for those who prefer green grass to broken glass and who would rather dispose of garbage rather than sit in it. The clean areas in B and K are “regular” areas where you can party as loudly as you want – but here everyone helps keep the area clean and comfortable. Area J is both clean and silent (no loud music after 22:00, please).
LARGE REFUND STALLS
This year we will be setting up two large stalls for those with big bags of empty cans and bottles for refunding. We even accept spirit and wine bottles with no deposit badge in these stalls. This helps us clean up the area as well. Find the refund stalls in areas C and L. Earn some cash and help us clean up. See more on page 122.
PHOTO: JONAS JESSEN HANSEN
DONATE YOUR CAMPING GEAR
Let others benefi t from your old camping gear when you leave the festival. You can donate your tent, sleeping mats, blankets etc. to our CampAid volunteers. They are located at all recycling stations throughout the festival week and will make sure that your used gear will benefi t those in need.
When you visit area E and the southernmost part of area C this year, you will experience that it is not only our most festive area, but also one of the cleanest. This area is the home of Clean Out Loud. During the past six years, Clean Out Loud has been working CLEAN to change the culture around garOUT bage at Roskilde Festival through LOUD the community, festive garbage parades and creative events.
LET’S KEEP IT CLEAN
The mattresses cause great harm to the environment. They contain PVC plastic, which shouldn’t end up with the combustible waste we collect from garbage bins and the general campsite after the festival.
clean out loud
A—B
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
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PRACTICAL INFORMATION
This year we’re closing the festival site when the last concerts are over. That’s at 4:00 at night. We open the gates again at 10:00 the following morning. We do this to clear space for suppliers of beer, water, food, etc. and to clean up the site.
A-Z
AGE
When you turn 15 you are old enough to explore Roskilde Festival on your own, but please remember that Roskilde Festival is a big city where everybody is partying all the time, so it is a good idea for you and your friends to stick together.
On the following pages we have gathered some useful information to help you get the most out of Roskilde Festival. Here you can fi nd information on everything from first aid and timetables to bottle refunds and parking. Some topics have their own dedicated pages elsewhere in the booklet. Remember: You can always get answers to any questions you might have at the information office.
ACCESS and WRISTBANDS
Your wristband gives you access to the festival areas so take good care of it. If your wristband is damaged or broken please contact one of the ticket offices at entrance East, West or the festival train station, where the situation will be assessed. If your wristband is stolen you must immediately report the theft to the police and then bring a copy of the police report to the nearest ticket office where the situation will be assessed. Stolen wristbands are usually not replaced by Roskilde Festival. Instead, you should contact your home or travel insurance provider for information about replacement of stolen wristbands. Anyone caught without a valid wristband in the festival area will be liable to pay a fee of DKK 3,500. When the fee is paid you will be offered a ticket to the festival without any additional charge if they are not sold out.
Please note that it is illegal in Denmark to serve alcohol to anyone under the age of 18.
AGORA
The agoras are the squares and meeting places of the diff erent neighbourhoods in the camping area. All agoras have a central meeting point, marked with a big letter. If you need any help, please contact the service attendants on duty here. The meeting points also help you navigate the campsite.
ATMs
You can fi nd ATMs at East City, Rising City and by the Pavilion stage. Furthermore, you can withdraw money at many stalls with Dankort. See more under Currency on page 118.
Read more about camping safety on page 110.
BEVERAGES
See page 108.
BICYCLES
You are allowed to ride a bike around the camping area, but the festival site is off limits for bicycles. You can park your bicycle at entrance East and West as well as just north of the festival site.
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There are no requirements regarding spacing of tents on the campsite, but the fi re authorities require that there be at least 3 metres between caravans. Caravans will be guided into place by a service attendant. All fi re access routes must be kept completely clear from items and equipment such as tents, guy lines and rubbish. The fire service must be able to move around unhindered.
fire
— Regular lightweight camping furniture — Folding and auto tables — Small beach and folding chairs — Sleeping mats and foam mattresses — Pavilions — Living room furniture, such as armchairs, sofas, coffee or dinner tables — Building materials of any kind — Generators and domestic appliances. However, there is an area with unique opportunities for bringing and building stuff, etc. Read more about Dream City on page 34. PHOTO: ERIK PEDERSEN
In areas with many people camping close together open fi re is dangerous, and therefore no open fi re is allowed in the camping areas. This includes campfi res, torches, candles, camping stoves and barbeques. All cooking must be done at the cooking islands by the agoras. Here you’ll also fi nd a communal grill for barbequeing.
furniture Living room furniture and other similar fl ammable objects cannot be brought into the camping area for fi re safety reasons. This does not apply to regular lightweight camping equipment, built-in objects in caravans or other equipment normally used when camping in tents.
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tents and caravans
There are cooking islands at the agoras where you can use camping stoves, disposable grills, the communal grill or the communal campfi re spot. Service attendants will guide you in the use of the cooking islands.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
CAMPING
You can camp on the entire camping area (East and West) and in other specific areas such as Get A Tent, Get A Place, caravan camping, MC camping and sleep-in buses (see map on page 128). Clean Out Loud (area E and southern part of C) and Settle’n Share are special areas reserved for those who commit themselves extra to cleaning up etc. Before the festival it was possible to sign up for camping in these areas. All camping areas are divided into lettered and numbered spaces. All camping areas are open from Saturday 25 June at 16:00 until Sunday 3 July at 14:00. The service attendants can help and guide you in the placement of tents and how to dispose of waste.
cooking islands
C
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
118 Please note that the ‘clean’ areas are not ‘silent’ areas. Feel free to party with a clean conscience.
CLOAKROOMS
(too) loud music?
A free cloakroom service is available all over the campsite (see the map). Ordinary items such as coats, bags, tents and valuables can be checked in and stored here. The cloakrooms will not store cash and take no responsibility for any money stored in the checked-in items. The cloakrooms are open around the clock from Saturday 25 June at 16:00 until Sunday 3 July at 16:00. We also offer free charging of mobile phones and smaller gadgets (up to 15 W) as long as you bring your own ROU SING PHO TO: THO MAS charger. You can also exchange your Volt batteries here. See more under Mobile phones and chargs on The cloakroom ing, page 120. free
Many camps bring along big, e the campsite ar home-built stereos. We ask ve everyone to show consideraCOOL BOXES and you can ha ng hi tion for their neighbours. So Want to cool down your food or yt an st mo al if you’re in doubt whether beverages? We offer cool boxes in . You can also ed or st you’re blasting your music connection with the cloakrooms in ile ob m ur yo ge char too loud way into the night (or Rising City, East City, Countdown e. fre r even later still), it’s always a City, agora K and agora N. It’s literphone fo good idea to ask your neighally space in a huge refrigerator. bours how it affects their festiAccess to a cool box costs 350 val experience. It’s all about mutual respect. That’s DKK + a deposit of 50 DKK for the entire festival what makes Roskilde Festival a special place. week. You can reserve a cool box via coolboxeu. com. Available cool boxes can be bought in the silent & clean area respective areas during the festival as well. Silent & Clean by Agora J in Camping East is for those of you who wish to stay in an area that is kept cleaner CURRENCY and where there are no noisy parties or constant All stalls accept other currencies than Danish kroloud music. The area will be under supervision and ner (EUR, NOK, SEK, GBP, USD) and many stalls everybody is encouraged to help each other make accept credit/debit cards. You can get cash back sure the area is a nice place to be. Music is prohibited during a purchase if the stall has suffi cient cash in the Silent & Clean area between 22:00 and 10:00. available (only applies to Dankort transactions). The maximum amount for such a withdrawal is clean areas DKK 500 and you can only withdraw banknotes. Change is given in Danish kroner only. You can also camp in dedicated ‘clean’ areas. The clean areas are situated in B and K. In these areas there will be increased focus on waste disposal, and all participants are encouraged to help each other make the area a nicer and cleaner place to be.
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In Camping East at Agora J you can go fi shing in the artifi cial fi shing lake. You are welcome to bring your own gear or you can rent it by the lake.
EAST CITY and RISING CITY
FIRST AID
First aid stations are located at East City and Rising City. There is also a first aid station open around the clock on the festival site just west of Orange Stage. At the first aid stations you’ll be able to store insulin and other medicine that requires cooling. First aid stations are clearly marked by a fi rst aid sign. There is also an on-call doctor service at the fi rst aid station at East City.
GATE NUMBERS
Gate numbers indicate entrances to the camping area and festival site. See all gate numbers on the map at the back of this booklet.
PHOTO: OLE HAUG
In East City and Rising City you will fi nd the shopping streets and market squares of the festival city. This is also where you will fi nd a variety of services and exciting activities that make them worth a visit. Here you’ll fi nd ATMs, merchandise stalls, fi rst aid stations, beer sales, refund stalls and food stalls. In Rising City you also fi nd the Rising stage. Chosen stalls are open around the clock from Saturday 25 June at 16:00 until Sunday 3 July at 04:00 — and a few other stalls until 14:00 on the fi nal day.
psychological first aid Psychological first aid is also available at the nearest fi rst aid station. The investigative teams, the festival’s social workers, can be found both on the festival site and the campsite. All social workers have a relevant pedagogical, social or health professional background. They are easily spotted in white vests with the words “social worker” on the back.
D—G
In Camping East at Agora J you can go fishing in the artificial fishingDISABLED lake. You areGUESTS welcome to bring your During theorfestival wheelchair users have the posown gear you can rent it by the lake. sibility to watch concerts from platforms placed near the stages and they have priority access here. Parking and toilet facilities for the disabled can also be found by the stages.
east city/rising city around the clock from saturday 25 june 18:00 to sunday 3 july 14:00 west of orange stage wednesday 29 june - saturday 2 july 10:00-4:00 on-call doctor monday 27 june - saturday 2 july 9:00-22:00 sunday 3 july 9:00 -14:00
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
FISHING LAKE
first aid stations opening hours
L—M
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
120 Police in Roskilde, Skovbogade 3, 4000 Roskilde, phone: +45 46 35 14 48.
MEDIA
See page 8.
MEMORIAL
PHO TO: TOB IAS
NICO LAI
INFORMATION OFFICE
At the information offi ce you can get answers to all practical questions concerning the festival, e.g. train and bus timetables, the location of stalls, etc. If you wish to report a missing person, please contact the police. See more on page 121. The information office is located by by the Countdown stage. It is open around the clock from Saturday 25 June at 18:00 until Sunday 3 July at 12:00.
LAUNDROMAT
At the laundromat by Agora C you can have your dirty festival garments washed and dried. Washing, drying, folding and packaging of 5 kg of clothes costs DKK 90.
LOST PROPERTY
Lost property should be handed in immediately to the information offi ce by Apollo/Countdown. Lost property can be claimed until Sunday 3 July at 12:00. After Roskilde Festival unclaimed lost property can be claimed at the festival secretariat, Havsteensvej 11, 4000 Roskilde on Monday 4 July and Tuesday 5 July from 10:00 to 18:00. On Wednesday 6 July remaining lost property will be handed over to the lost property offi ce of Midt- og Vestsjælland’s
Out of respect for the nine young men who lost their lives on 30 June 2000 at Roskilde Festival and their relatives, the festival established a memorial in 2001 at the western border of the audience area of Orange Stage. The spot was established in order for us to commemorate and remember ‘…how fragile we are…’. Lars Skov Nielsen has created the sculpture at the site.
MERCHANDISE
Roskilde Festival has its own line of merchandise clothes. Find stalls all over the festival site.
MOBILE PHONES and CHARGING mobile phone charging At the cloakrooms by the agoras you can charge your mobile phones, digital cameras and other electronic devices (up to 15 W), if you bring along a charger. In cooperation with telecommunication company 3 we have made this a free service for everyone as we know the importance of a charged phone at a festival. Mobile phones etc. left for charging and not claimed by Sunday 3 July at 12:00 will be handed over to Midt- and Vestsjælland’s police.
charging in your pocket If you don’t want to leave your phone behind while it’s charging, you should try out Volt. They provide you with a portable charger that charges your phone right in your pocket. In 2016 there will be Volt stations all over the campsite and the festival area.
car batteries If you want to recharge car batteries and other larger entities, we refer you to Rising City and Agora N. Chargers are not required.
121 PARKING general parking rules — You are not allowed to sleep in your car — You may not use open fi re, gas stoves or other sources of heat in the parking areas
at the first aid station in east city sunday 26 june to wednesday 29 june 10:00-20:00 by the first aid station west of orange stage wednesday 29 june 17:00-00:00 thursday 30 june to saturday 2 july 12:00-00:00
There is no surveillance of the parking areas so PHOTOGRAPHY and VIDEO your own insurance policy must cover damage It is allowed to take pictures with still cameras and or theft. Roskilde Festival recommobile phones (no fl ash) in front mends that everyone uses public of the stages. The audience is not transportation or rides their bicycle allowed to record sound or movrictly st is It ing pictures. Filming and recordto the festival. It’s better for the ento n de id forb ing is allowed on the campsite. vironment and means that we can r ca use the areas for camping instead. sleep in your
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paid parking
bicycle parking Bicycle parking can be found by Entrance East and West as well as north of the festival site (see the map). Bicycle parking is free of charge.
PHARMACY
Until Wednesday 29 June a pharmacy is located in East City by the fi rst aid station. When the festival site opens you can fi nd the pharmacy by the fi rst aid station west of Orange Stage. Here you can purchase the most common over-the-counter medication, sunscreen, earplugs and condoms as well as hand in prescriptions.
In case of emergency the police recommends that you only use the 112 app, which can track your location and make it easier for an ambulance service to fi nd you.
PHOTO: JACQUES HOLST
The parking areas are moved further away in order to prioritise the camping area. The few who need to park up close to the festival can purchase a park’n’pay ticket for areas close to entrances East and West. However, there is limited capacity.
POLICE
The police will be present at the festival, but if you have any enquiries please go to the police station at Skovbogade 3, 4000 Roskilde in person or call +45 114.
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All parking areas are open around the clock from Friday 24 June at 15:30 until Sunday 3 July at 16:00. See map of the parking areas at the back of this booklet.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
pharmacy opening hours
R—S
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
122 special bags that are available at the two high capacity refund stalls, located in agora L and agora C.
max capacity per person refund stalls on the festival site regular refund stalls, campsite high capacity refund stalls
max 50 pcs. max 100 pcs. unlimited
refund stall opening hours
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REFUND
We have a deposit/refund recycling programme including all beverage containers sold from our stalls. Please notice, the stalls on the festival site only accept up to 50 containers at a time. If you have more we ask you to hand in your containers to the stalls on the campsite.
S HOL ST
campsite saturday 25 june to saturday 2 july around the clock festival site wednesday 29 june 17:00-04:00 thursday 30 june to saturday 2 july 10:00-04:00
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refund rates container with roskilde festival deposit mark dkk 1 container with deposit a mark dkk 1 container with deposit b mark dkk 1.5 container with deposit c mark dkk 3 cans without deposit mark (5 pcs) dkk 1 official shot container dkk 1 empty beer or soda crate (danish) dkk 5 beer handle dkk 1 official juice container dkk 1 pitcher dkk 5 pitcher lid dkk 1 spirits/wine bottles (without deposit mark) dkk 0.5* *) Only accepted at the two high capacity refund stalls. We also accept glass bottles and cans without deposit marks. The refund received is determined by weight and the containers must be handed in in
ROAD NAMES
All major roads and paths on the campsite are marked with names making it easier to fi nd locations on the map.
SHOWERS
Cold showers are free of charge and can be found by Agora C and L. Hot showers are found by Agora C, G, L, P, Get A Tent Central, Get A Tent East and at Caravan/MC camping. Hot showers are DKK 25.
hot showers opening hours sunday 26 june - saturday 2 july sunday 3 july
08:00-22:00 08:00-12:00
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SWIMMING LA
Dive into our very own swimming lake by Agora K. There is free access to the lake for all festival participants as long as you’re not under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Life guards are present. Remember that Mother Nature, unlike your own mother, doesn’t like soap and shampoo, so please only use these in the showers and not in the lake.
123 Roskilde Festival’s stages are: Orange Stage, Arena, Avalon, Apollo, Pavilion, Gloria, Countdown, Rising and Street.
A night bus will run non-stop from entrance East to Copenhagen City Hall Square every night from Wednesday 29 June until Saturday 2 July.
Countdown, Rising and Street will stage acts during the warm-up days from Saturday 25 June to Tuesday 28 June. See the map on page 128 for the location of the stages.
departure times wednesday 29 june to saturday 2 july 00:0000:30-01:00-01:30-02:00-02:30-03:00-03:30-04:00
SUPERMARKET
TICKETS
If the festival is not sold out tickets are available at the entrances. Junior tickets (10-14 years) are available even if the festival is sold out (DKK 1,200 for a Full Festival Ticket and DKK 425 for a one-day ticket). A limited number of one-day tickets will also be on sale at the entrances if they have not sold out before the festival starts.
bus to mall, town centre and swimming bath From Sunday 26 June until Saturday 2 July a shuttle bus will run between entrance East, the shopping mall RO’s torv, the town centre of Roskilde and the swimming bath Roskilde Badet. from entrance east first departure last departure sun 26 june to sat 2 july 10:00 16:00 from ro’s torv first departure last departure sun 26 june to sat 2 july 10:30 16:00 Single fare: DKK 25.
You can also go to visitroskilde.dk or download the Roskilde Live app, which is a guide to cultural experiences in the town of Roskilde. The app is only available in Danish.
TRANSPORT bus Shuttle buses operate between Roskilde Station, Østergade and entrance East/West. The buses will run from Saturday 25 June at 08:00 until Sunday 3 July at 15:00. The buses operate at approximate halfhour intervals around the clock. Single fare: DKK 25.
PHOTO: KHANH GIA
TOURIST INFORMATION
Roskilde Tourist Information can help you with practical information about the town of Roskilde. The address is Stændertorvet 1 in the centre of Roskilde (phone +45 46 31 65 65).
S—T
You can buy your groceries at the supermarkets, which are built in collaboration with Kvickly in East City and Rising City. The supermarket does not accept cash but accepts all credit cards and is open daily at 07:00 – 04:00.
Single fare: DKK 85.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
STAGES
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PRACTICAL INFORMATION
124 taxi Taxi stands can be found near the bus stands by entrance East and West. We encourage everybody to not use pirate taxis. DANTAXI Roskilde: +45 46 75 75 75.
train A train service will run in both directions between Roskilde Station, platform 7 and Entrance Platform (camping West). Journey time is approx. 3 minutes.
We encourage ic you to use publ n tio ta or tr ansp m to get to and fro l. iva st Fe Roskilde Plan ahead on .dk journeyplanner
On Saturday 25 June trains will not be running between 13:30 and 16:10. This is due to the opening of the campsite.
Between 08:07 and 19:07 the train will depart every half hour, and from 19:37 it will depart every hour. Nights aft er Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, trains go non-stop to Copenhagen Central Station. The same applies to Sunday until 14:17. See departure times and changes in the service at journeyplanner.dk.
from roskilde station first departure last departure saturday 25 june 08:10 13:30 16:10 22:30 sunday 26 june 09:10 22:30 tuesday 28 june wednesday 29 june 09:10 00:30 saturday 2 july from entrance platform first departure last departure saturday 25 june 08:13 13:33 16:10 22:40 sunday 26 june 09:13 22:33 tuesday 28 june wednesday 29 june 09:13 00:33 saturday 2 july sunday 3 july 09:13 14:13
Single fare to Roskilde Station: DKK 25. DSB and MOVIA fares apply if you are travelling further than Roskilde Station. A single ticket, covering the whole trip from Entrance Platform to Copenhagen Central Station, can be bought for DKK 85, and DKK 95 will cover the trip to Copenhagen Airport. Trains to Malmรถ depart around the clock from Copenhagen Central Station.
early arrival by train Please note, you can take the train from Roskilde Station to entrance Platform from 08:07 until 13:37 on Saturday 25 June.
ticket sales
PHOTO: JENS DIGE
DSB will have an independent ticket sales booth at Entrance Platform. Here you are able to buy train tickets and ticket coupons, pick up preordered tickets, reserve seats as well as get information about train departure times, prices etc. If you have Rejsekort, you can check in/out at the festival station.
ticket sales opening hours You can buy tickets to destinations throughout Denmark as long as trains depart from Entrance Platform. Tickets for foreign destinations will be available from Saturday 2 July to Sunday 3 July at 14:00. At other times tickets for foreign destinations
125 WASTE
Cleaning up and throwing away are essentials for keeping our festival tidy. We’ve placed waste guides disposal bins all over the campsite, and our service From Saturday 25 June guides at Roskilde Station attendants are happy to provide you with empty will help you board the correct buses or trains to waste bags and they accept your full ones as well. the festival site. Being a sustainable festival we also have some recycling staVESTS tions on site, making it possible r to stay be em m Re Volunteers wear 8 diff erently to sort your waste. Much more t ge n ca u Yo . coloured vests. This is what the on that on page 114. hydr ated ld co colours mean this year: free, fresh and
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WATER
PHOTO: STIIG HOUGESEN
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Orange: Parking, service, gates Free water can be obtained from ilets taps by most to and crowd safety taps located by most toilets on d an ite ps m Yellow: Stage safety managers the camping site as well as at at the ca . es ag and safety offi cers at campsite the festival site. During concerts in front of the st White: Social worker free water is distributed in front Beige: Security of the stages.You can also buy Red: Lifeguards your own LoveSpring water bottle for DKK 20. All Green: Doctors and nurses profi ts go to building a water well in Africa. Saturated green (think “Kermit the frog”): Camp site waste management WIFI Purple: Press Roskilde Festival provides free WiFi-hotspots in selected festival areas.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
can be bought at Roskilde Station, via DSB’s app or by contacting DSB by phone +45 7013 1415.
ROSKILDE CITY
MAP
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MAP ROSKILDE CITY
ACCESS ON FOOT/BIKE ONLY
ROSKILDE FESTIVAL
MAP
128
B3 B34 B3 B34 55 B3 B35 B36 00 B40 B40 9 B4 B39 88 B3 B3 77 B3 B38 B38 B37 B37 B45 B4 B45 3 B4 B444 B4 B44 B44 B43 2 B4 B4 1 B4 B42 B41
STREET CITY
ART
C4 66 C46 C46 C4 55 C45 C4 C45
C6 C6
C6 C63 C63 C6 22 C62 C62 C6 C61 C61 C7 C7 C6 C60 C60 C7 77 C77 C77 C5 9 C59 C7 C76 C76 C5 88 C58 C5 C58 C7 5 C75 C7 4 C7 C74 C7 33 C73 C73 C8 C8 C8 C85 C85 C7 2 C72
C4 4 C44
25
H4 H45H4 H45 6 H46
E3 E3 E35 E35 E3 E3 8 E38
KIS S
&R
IDE
G6 G644 G64 G64 77 G67 G67 66G6 G66 G66 G6 G655G6 G65 G65 44 G74 G74 G7 3 G7 G73
Festival Site
G7
22 G82 G82 G8 G81G8 G81 G8 77G8 G87 G87 G8
Regular Camping J7 J766 J76 J76
Special Camping Closed Area
J7 J75 J75 J7 J744 J74 J74 J7 3 J73 J7 2 J72 J8 11 J81 J8 J81 J8 00 J80 J80 J7 9 J79
Parking
J9 J900 J90 J90
J6 9 J69
J6 J63 J63 J7 00 J70 J70
J6 44 J64 J6 J64 J7 11 J71 J7 J71
129 Toilets/ Disabled Toilets
Laundromat
Gate
Hot/Cold Showers
Kiosk
Recycling Station
First Aid
Merchandise
Clean Area
Pharmacy
Cool box
Refund Station (Normal/High Cap.)
Mobile Recharge & Volt
Information/ Lost & Found
Cloakroom
Shuttle Bus/ Train/Taxi
Flaskepatruljen
Trælast
M5 M566 M56 M56 M5 M544 M5 M54 M54 M577 M57 M57 M466 M46 M46 M455 M4 M45 M45 M4 M444M4 M44 M44 M5 M588 M58 M58 Get a Camp M5 M555 M55 M55 M5 M599 M59 M59 Get a Place Medium M499 M49 M49 M488 M4 M48 M48 M644 M64 M64 M4 77M4 33 M6 M4 M47 M47 M63 M63 M6 M622 M6 M62 M62 Get a Place Large M6 11 M6 M61 M6 M61 M6 0 M60 M60 0 Get a Tent Small
ATM
M7 11 M71 M7 M71
M52
M52 M52 2 11 M5 M699 M69 M69 M51 M5 SPECIAL M5 M677 M6 M67 M67 M500 M5 M50 M50 M6 M7 M666M6 M66 M700 M70 M70 M6 M655 M66 M65 M65 M6 88 CAMPING M68 M6 M68 M7 M722 M72 M72 M5 M533 M53 M53 EAST 34 M4 00 M40 M4 M40
Get a Tent Medium
38
Rockwool Shelter Tenthouse
M ENTRANCE EAST
39
L5 22 L52 L52
SLEEP-IN BUSES
8 N38 77 N3 66 N3 N37 N37 N36 N36 N3 55 N3 N35 N35
N65 N6 99 N69 N69
N6 N68 N68
45D
45E
35
L4 L44 L44 L5 11 L51 L5 L51
HandiCamp
M7 M733 M73 M73
Festival Trailer
M4 22 M4 M42 M42 M433 M43 M43
Parking/ Bike Parking/ Disabled Parking
Fishing/ Swimming Lake
T
45C
45B
N6 6 N66 N7 N70 N70
45A 03 L103 L1 L103 03 L104 02 L1 L102 L107 L107 06 L1 L1 L106 L105 L1 L105
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P5 9 P59 88
P7 P74 P74
P7 P73 P73
P7 22 P72 P72 P8 6 P86
P4 P40 P40 P3 99 P39 P39 P3 88 P38 P38
P8 P855 P85 P85
P5 P5
P5 1 P51 P6 P6 P5 0 P50 P6 P65 P65 P6 4 P64 P7 7 P77 P7 66 P8 P76 P76 P83 P83
P9 P922 P92 P92
P9 P91 P91
P5 P52 P52
0
P1 01 P101 P1 00 P100 P100 00
P9 99 P99 P99 P1 12 P112 P112 12 P1 11 P111 P1 23 P123 P1 10 P110 P1 22 P122 P122 22 P1 09 P109 P1 21 P9 5 P121 P121 21 P95 P8 P82 P82 P1 34 P1 08 P134 P108 P108 08 P9 4 P94 P1 20 P120 P1 P120 20 P1 33 P1 07 P133 P107 P9 33 P93 P93 P1 P1 44 P119 P119 P144 P1 06 P106 P1 P106 06 P1 P132 P132 P1 43 P1 18 P143 P1 P143 43 P118 P1 P118 18 E 05 P105 P1 P105 05 P1 31 AR P1 P131 P1 17 P117 P1 P117 17 P1 42 SH P1 P142 P142 42 P1 52 P152 04 P1 P104 P104 04 P130 P130 ‘N P1 16 P1 41 P116 P141 P1 P141 41 P1 LE P1 51 P151 T 03 P103 P1 P103 03 P1 29 P129 T P1 40 P140 P1 P140 40 P1 15 P115 SE P1 P1 58 P158 02 P1 28 P102 P102 02 P128 P128 28 P1 39 P139 P139 39 57 P1 P157 P157 57 P150 P1 P150 P1 14 P1 P114 P127 P127 P1 49 P149 P149 49 P1 P156 P156 P1 26 P126 P1 P113 P113 P1 48 P1 P148 P148 48 P138 P138 P1 61 P161 P1 P161 61 P1 P155 P160 P155 P1 37 P147 P137 P147 P147 47 P1 P160 P1 25 P125 P125 25 P1 P136 P136 P1 54 P154 P1 P159 P159 P1 24 P1 P1 46 P124 P146 P1 P146 46 35 P135 P1 P135 35 P1 53 P153 P1 P153 53 P1 45 P145 P1 P145 45 P8 8 P88
P8 7 P87
P9 P96 P96
P9 7 P97
P7 55 P75 P75
E & RID
P6 P622 P62 P62
P6 11 P61 P6 P61
P6 00 P60 P60
KISS
P4 8 P48 P4 P47 P47 P4 6 P46
P4 9 P6 P49 3 P63
MAP ROSKILDE FESTIVAL
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SUSTAINABILITY
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Roskilde Festival cannot be held responsible for misprints and alterations or cancellations aff ecting the events described in this guide.
A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL OUR COMMITTED and PASSIONATE VOLUNTEERS. THANK YOU TO OUR COLLABORATORS
Roskilde Festival owes a great thank you to its excellent collaborators who support the development and promotion of the festival. Tuborg is Roskilde Festival’s main partner. Tuborg and Roskilde Festival both wish to support music all year round and will consequently look into initiatives and ideas that aim at improving the conditions for the music scene in Denmark. 3 and Ticketmaster are exclusive partners.
OTHER MAJOR COLLABORATORS INCLUDE
AVIS, COOP, Diageo, H&M, Hansens Flødeis, Hummel, JuicOrganic, LoveSpring Fonden, Peter Larsen Kaff e, RAINS, Red Bull, ROCKWOOL, Volkswagen, Volt
”Rikke is always willing to pitch in extra hours in the kitchen, even when she's off duty. She is always in a great mood and creates a super spirit within our team.” Nominated by René: Rikke, 42, 12th year as a volunteer
Nominate your hero — take a photo, share it on Instagram along with a description of that special deed using #RFhero for the good of others and make Roskilde Festival even better. Among all the nominees stone and placed in front of Orange Stage.