New confirmation: ESSER replace Late Of The Pier

Ben Esser, more commonly called just Esser is an up and coming star in pop music. He's 23 and hails from Essex, he mixes his influences and musical genres to create his own unique style. His music is original borrowing from garage to 60s pop and might very well represent the future of pop.

Come and discover him at Dour before everybody else.

Hello everybody,

The Dour Festival starts in 16 days only!

Aphex Twin + Hecker // Santigold // IAM // Pet Shop Boys // 5 elements of Hip Hop feat. MixMaster Mike [Beastie Boys], Muggs [Cypress Hill], DJ JS-1 [Rock Steady Crew], Mr Wiggles [Rock Steady Crew] & Rahzel [The Roots] // Tryo // Sepultura // Deadmau5 // Venetian Snares // Dropkick Murphys // Crystal Castles // Popof live // Caravan Palace // The Proxy // MSTRKRFT // Kap Bambino // Noisia // Rusko live // Cocoon // Bogdan Raczynski // Dusty Kid // Andy C and Mc GQ // Sound Of Stereo // Walls Of Jericho // Steve Aoki // Digitalism dj set // Dr. Lektroluv // Gong // Assassin // The Dillinger Escape Plan // Selah Sue solo // Vive La Fête // Animal Collective

and 165 other bands will be performing at Dour Festival 09 in about 2 weeks time.

The 4-day pass only costs 85 Euros and a day tickets is a mere 40 Euros.
Little advice: if you don't have your ticket yet, don't wait much longer or you'll be disappointed!

The Dour Festival gives you choices - See the schedule

You want to know at what time your favourite band will be playing?
To get an answer to that very important question, just go to our website where you'll now find all the details for all the stages. However, we would like to advise you to check the website on a regular basis to make sure there aren't any change of line-up and time of play: with over 200 bands playing there's bound to be some minor changes.
Remember that every morning you can get an up-to-date schedule for the whole day at the DEXIA stand, by the Dance Hall.

http://www.dourfestival.be/en/1/tableaux

Discover the festival map!

With the big party just around the corner, you can already get to grips with the festival and camping sites thanks to our downloadable tour.

New names : What's up?, Defeater, Dirty Fingers, Parallax View and The Mash

New confirmation for Friday: What's Up ? [ don't miss them if you're into Deerhoof, Dirty Projectors or Marnie Stern] they cover for The Rascals.
New confirmation for Saturday : Defeater
Dour Festival encourages local talent! Dirty Fingers [won the Dour Battle Of The Bands contest'], Parallax View [Dour's coup de Coeur at Envoi Des Cites] and The Mash [ Dour's coup de coeur at Verdur Rock] have also been added to the line-up.

If you'd like to work as volunteer for Dour Festival

We are looking for people to help set-up the stages, bars etc.. 4 days of work before the festival = 1 free pass for the festival. If you're interested drop us an email at benevoles@dourfestival.be explaining your motivations and don't forget to join your contact details

DOUR FESTIVAL 2009 - Win two 4-day tickets for Dour Festival or get a free tent!

You like writing scenarios and you think you're quite talented? You want a chance to share your special talent?
Dour Festival offers you the chance to win two 4-day tickets [camping not included] or a tent to spend crazy nights in style during the festival! The most creative amongst you will be rewarded.
For your chance to win, just have a look at this video...and imagine what comes next.



Send us your scenario [4 lines minimum] at concourstente@dourfestival.be before Sunday July 5th. It should be fun, original and with that special Dour Festival spirit.
the 50 first entries will win a tent and the best scenarist will win a pair of 4-day tickets for the festival and will have the honor of seeing their script filmed the following week.

Good luck!

The Dour Team

DOUR FESTIVAL 2009 - NGO Village

Under the impulse of promoter Carlo Di Antonio, the Dour Festival has been home to an NGO village since 2005. This year again NGO's and varied associations will try to create awareness about subjects as varied as health prevention, political causes, humanitarian questions or international cultural exchanges. Whatever your aspirations, sensibility, curiosity or your political views, you will always find something that touches you at the NGO village.



In 2009 we welcome 9 associations: OXFAM solidarité, PLAN BELGIQUE, RESISTANCE INTERNATIONALE, SEX&CO, WEP, FGTB, COMAC, MODUS VIVENDI and AIDE INFO SIDA. To know more about each NGO, just visit our website: http://www.dourfestival.be/en/2009/villageasso
On the agenda: meetings, fun and games [ you can win presents too!].

Practical info:

Schedule: the NGO village is open every day at the start of the festival until midnight.
Location: In the middle of our market [ between the camping site entrance and the stages].
More info : http://www.dourfestival.be/en/2009/villageasso

Hello everybody,

GO GREEN WITH THE DOUR FESTIVAL

Like every summer, The Dour Festival commits itself to respect and protect its environment and give you the tools to do the same at your personal level. In 2009 we will give you more tools to keep the site cleaner and more comfortable to live in for you. As promoters we feel concerned by the issue, as festival goer, do you? You certainly should!

There are 3 clever and easy steps this year

Dour Festival does more for the environment

A green contract has been signed by the promoters and all the professionals and tradesmen linked to the festival.

A GREEN CROSS team is on site to ensure a spotless environment for all. Don't hesitate to give them a hand!



Bin Bags [ blue or black] are handed out for FREE by Green Cross volunteers in our Eco Change zones situated in each bar. Never hesitate to ask them what you need.

All the sorting rules are on our website and will be at various eco-zones to remind you how to sort your waste properly.

You are the ones who make the festival a good event or not, this at all levels so please think about your behaviour Help us keep our environment as clean and undamaged as possible. We are very grateful!

More info: http://www.dourfestival.be/en/2009/eco

Hello everybody,

THERE ARE 4-DAY PASSES and 1-DAY PASSES LEFT

First of all we would like to thank you for all your message, sounds like you enjoy the line-up and it fills us with pleasure and pride!

This is translated in the ticket sales which are up 10% compared to this time last year. The festival site is huge and we always try to find ways to make it bigger so you can all have the space to breathe but we will not accept more people than planned even if it means leaving quite a few of you on the curb. So we would like to advise you to get your tickets asap if you don't want to regret missing out on this year's festival.
ATTENTION: credit crunch or not the Dour Festival is affordable to all: 85 Euros for 4 days or 40 Euros per day. For your money you get 6 stages, 200 bands and loads of good music. Don't wait until it's too late!

DOUR FESTIVAL AS SEEN BY LES INROCKS

French Music Bible Les Inrockuptibles have this to say about Dour: " If you can't find any music that makes you happy at Dour, you're either dead or deaf"
That says it all!

DOUR FESTIVAL CARES ABOUT YOUR HEARING [Especially if you want to come to the festival for many years to come]

The info centre DEXIA will be handing out FREE earplugs [from leading brand BLOX] for your comfort. If you're afraid to loose some sound quality head to your nearest pharmacist. Blox have created special earplugs targeted to festivals.
You can fully enjoy the music without loosing your hearing.

More info: www.blox.info

6 EXTRA BANDS CONFIRMED AND 2 CHANGES IN THE LINE-UP

 

HELLO EVERYBODY!!!




Download the full line-up in PDF



Who plays where? When? On which stage?
You will know everything there is to know about the full Dour line-up with our .pdf program to print out. Full schedules will be confirmed in a couple of weeks.

New confirmations

EPMD // Friendly Fires // bony king of nowhere // Airport City Express // Kaizer Place // aMute // Ramon Zarate // Ullmann kararocké // Matzak live // MENEO // Balkan Party with dj merdan taplak // Magnus dj set // Mashed Paper Klub // lefto vs Kwistax

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There’s only 38 days left until the 21st Dour Festival, and we’ve got a feeling i twill be a good one! Those who miss it may very well regret it!



DISCOVER THE LINE-UP IN VIDEOS

Too many bands to check out and too little time? Fear not, friend, the Dour Festival has compiled the best videos for each artist in a visual mash-up. There are 5 videos, one for each musical genre, featuring every band playing this year.
This will give you a bird-eye view of the full line-up and you know what you’ve got to do, visit our website






NEW NAMES CONFIRMED

The line-up is now full but we still have a few surprises in store for you. We’re happy to confirm the participation of a few more bands at the festival this summer:


EPMD


One of the most important East Coast rap band will be at Dour this year. Since the late 80s Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith have been defining the underground hip hop sound in New York, gaining a few gold records on the way. They brought funk and rock influences to their heavy beats and coupled it with a straight and direct flow. After a 9-year break EPMD are back with a new album « We Mean Business » EPMD’s rap holds no prisoners, it’s New York itself in rhymes and beats…It’s the real deal!
More info...


Friendly Fires


Friendly Fires mix dance and pop with a knack for addictive melodies. They also add touches of shoegazing and funk to their music to get us all on the dance floors. After a string of successful singles like ‘On Board’, ‘Paris’ or more recently ‘Skeleton Boy’ the threesome released their awaited first album in 2008 You can expect a live set full of energy and don’t forget your dancing shoes!
More info...


You can be the star at Dour with Ullmann kararocke !



Have you ever dreamt of being a rock star and sing in front of thousands of fans with a real live band There is always hope and at Dour Festival your dream will come true br /> Following the Air Guitar Belgium final, the party will go full blaze with YOU behind the microphone with Ullmann Kararocké as your backing band. This will tunrn into a huge Karaoke night in the Plaine De La Machine A Feu Can you imagine it? Clips of you on Youtube and Facebook, singing Cypress Hill or RATM on the Dour Stage. Massive Kudos [or not] to you for months !
More info...


Matzak live


Nicolas Matuszczak’s day job is to be a pharmacist but at night he becomes an electronica artist under the name Matzak. His star is shining high and he has become a reference in the minimalist techno world. His first album was released in March and has got the critics salivating, calling his effort ‘ unapologetically minimal with sophisticated melodies, progressive layers of sound and jubilant beats’ His music has already been remixed a few times and a new EP will be out in July with another album for the end of the year.
More info...


9 NEW BELGIAN BANDS FOR YOU TO DISCOVER

Bony King Of Nowhere // Magnus dj set // Kaizer Place // Mashed Paper Klub // Airport City Express // Lefto vs Kwistax // Ramon Zarate // aMute // Balkan Party with dj Merdan Taplak

More info on the bands here : www.dourfestival.be


The 4 day pass is still available for only 85 Euros!



The 4 day pass is still available for only 85 Euros. The one day ticket costs only 40 Euros. With this ticket, you can use the car park and the shuttle for free. If you want to have an access for the camping, you'll have to buy in advance a ticket that includes a camping access.

It's easy to get your ticket from Belgium, France, Netherlands, Luxembourg, UK, etc.
More info on ticketshop.dourfestival.be

If you want more information about the festival, the bands, the tickets, check www.dourfestival.be

New confirmations

POP/ROCK/MATH-ROCK/EXPERIMENTAL/FOLK/INDIE

Sebastien Tellier // The Asteroids Galaxy Tour // Les Wampas // Le Prince Harry // MVSC // Petula Clarck // Alpha 2.1 // Amazing Baby // Arsenal // Cafénéon // Dr Voy // Madensuyu // Saule // Selah Sue solo // Sky Larkin // Sleepy Sun // Starving // The Hickey Underworld // The Night Marchers // The Sedan Vault

ELECTRO/IDM/DRUM’N'BASS/ELECTROPUNK/ELECTRO-ROCK/NEW RAVE/MINIMAL

Steve Aoki // Dr. Lektroluv // DAT politics // Murdock vs Urban Forms (System-D & Baz) // Spor // The Glimmers present Disko Drunkards live // Djedjotronic // Huoratron // Shameboy // Stijn

REGGAE/ROOTS/DUB/SKA/DANCEHALL/RAGGA/ELECTRO-JAZZ

Rod Taylor + Bob Wasa + Positive Roots Band live // Volt Selector // Wash Out Test // Amazigh Kateb // Camping Sauvach’ // Earl 16 & No More Babylon // Freddy Loco // Studio One Rub A Dub Party feat. Lone Ranger, Carlton Livingston & Reggie Stepper

PUNK/PUNK-ROCK/SLUDGE/METAL/POST-METAL/HARDCORE/METALCORE/NEW WAVE

// Cro-Mags // Meshuggah // At Least We Try // Surge Of Fury

HIP-HOP/RAP/EXPERIMENTAL/NU-JAZZ

// Exile & Dj day // Chinese Man live

Update

I’m From Barcelona will actually be playing on Saturday 18th July (not on Friday) at Dour

Fat Freddy’s Drop’s show is cancelled but replaced by Rod Taylor + Bob Wasa + Positive Roots Band live

The 4 day pass is still available for only 85 Euros!

The 4 day pass is still available for only 85 Euros. The one day ticket costs only 40 Euros. With this ticket, you can use the car park and the shuttle for free. If you want to have an access for the camping, you’ll have to buy in advance a ticket that includes a camping access.

It’s easy to get your ticket from Belgium, France, Netherlands, Luxembourg, UK, etc.

More info on ticketshop.dourfestival.be

If you want more information about the festival, the bands, the tickets, check www.dourfestival.be

Hello Everybody,

THE DOUR FESTIVAL PRESENTS YOU TODAY THE BEATS OF TOMORROW

Le line-up of the MAD DECENT SOUNDSYSTEM night on Friday July 17th is now fully confirmed.

The Dour Festival invites you to a mad night around the American label MAD DECENT, house to the much talked about Diplo.

Maluca, A young singer from the Dominican Republic will give her first ever show in Belgium: expect an electro-beat-tropical set. The cherry on the cake to end the nights comes in the shape of the Liege outfit Surfing Leons, they’ll aptly share the bill with Diplo, Rusko live, Boy 8 Bit, L-VIS 1990 and Drop The Lime.

Maluca      & Surfing Leons

More info on those artists: MAD DECENT SOUNDSYSTEM @ Dour 2009


Before coming to The Dour Festival, the MAD DECENT TOUR will stop by Liège on Friday May 15th! We’ve got some invites for you!

Diplo and Boy 8 Bit will perform at the Forma.T night in Liège on Friday May 15th. The Dour Festival supports this event and would like to invite you there to get a taste of the big party this summer.
COMPETITION: Answer this question for your chance to win one of the 20 tickets offered.
What musical style has Diplo developed?
Send your answer to concoursformat@dourfestival.be

More info : Forma.T Party @ Facebook

New hip hop bands confirmed at Dour: Black Milk, DJ Mitsu The Beats, Dope Skwad and Scylla.

Black Milk is one of the up and coming bright stars from Detroit.   

Dj Mitsu The Beats serves up a soft hip hop mixed with jazzy atmospheres from Japan.  

Dope Skwad : 3 MC's and a Dj create a strong and complex hip hop with impressive rhyming  

Scylla, homegrown rapper who bring a breath of fresh air on the scene.

We’ve got more dubstep and new sounds for you at the Dour Festival!

From 2006, Dour has been one of the first festivals to bring you some Dubstep and this year again we’ll have the newest sounds for you.

N-Type, Rusko live and Drop the Lime are already confirmed but next to them we’re building a night full of rich new Dubstep sounds on Thursday with Joker, a new kid on the block with a bright future ahead of him. Ninja Tune’s Ghislain Poirier played at Dour in 2006 and he’ll be back this year with a new live set.

 
Joker       &   Ghislain Poirier  

On that nigh, we’ve also already confirmed Daniel Haaksman, Man Recordings’ head honcho. He’s influenced by south American rhythms and will be accompanied by Brazilian singer Deize Tigrona to keep the temperature rising…

Until next time,
The Dour Team
http://www.dourfestival.be
http://ticketshop.dourfestival.be/
http://www.doureuh.be

Hello Everybody,

The programme for this year’s Dour festival continues to expand, bit by bit. This time, we’re starting off with some «experimental, rock‘n’roll» and ending up with a touch of «pop». 4-day tickets are available for only Euro 85. A 1-day ticket costs just Euros 40.
For more information, see : http://ticketshop.dourfestival.be

Fuck Buttons, Richard Devine and Bogdan Racynski have each confirmed one night of “experimental, noise, psychedelic, breakcore”, as part of Animal Collective’s 90 minute upbeat mega show.

Animal Collective will play a 90 minute upbeat mega show in a marquee on Friday night. Three new names have been added to this night of experimental sounds.

Fuck Buttons

experimental-electro pop psychédélique noise

Fuck Buttons is an electro/noise duo from Bristol, one of the most prolific cities for music produced today. Their influences are diverse and vary from noise to pop, cacophonic to melodic. Long tracks “like the sun rising over the ocean…then going supernova”, as described by Pitchfork. An unmissable experience to keep you uplifted after the 1:30am show, just before Animal Collective…
More info ...

Richard Devine

idm electro

Richard Devine is one who has often been described on the electronic scene as the American Aphex Twin. This influential producer and musician brings us heavily mastered, chaotic breaks, generally based on a mechanical, factory universe. His frenetic clicks are monumental to hard tech music, producing tracks with rich ideas and different sounds.
More info ...

Bogdan Raczynski

breakcore experimental-electro

Young Polish prodigy specialising in electro music since 1995, Bogdan Raczynski was quickly spotted by Aphex Twin, which got him recording his debut albums on the Rephlex label. His music is as chaotic as his life (he grew up in Poland, the US, Japan and the UK) and he is sure to remind some of Squarepusher.
The ultra-elaborate, frenetic and epileptic beats rarely drop below 200 bpm. Infantile melodies and apocalyptic breaks also feature in his musical compositions. His talents have him singing in English, Japanese and Polish. His last album, Alright! brought him big success!
More info ...

True Rock’n’Roll attitude is coming to Dour this summer: Monotonix and The Death Set brings even more madness to the programme

Monotonix

Rock Experimental-rock psychédélique

Rock’n’Roll attitude? Monotonix! 2008 saw the real birth of true madness.
Monotonix is a trio of Israelians, made up of one voice, one guitar and a drum. Their show is a mix of rock, pagan rituals, wild nudity, strange riffs and above all, decadence. Proof that rock can make people invincible! Without a doubt THE concert to kick off the Dour festival with a bang!
More info ...

The Death Set

electro punk experimental-electro

From Australia to the US. The Death Set is energy, speed with a touch of craziness. You could say this combo was born to play at Dour, with a punk attitude, they produce electro, hip hip style. Britain’s NME magazine named them “the number 1 biggest hope of the future”. This will make your mouth water! Yeah, jump around!
More info ...

And to put a bring a bit of sweetness to the world, we’ve invited New York’s Au Revoir Simone

Au Revoir Simone

electro pop synthpop

With a passion for keyboards, the three New Yorkers, discovered by London label Moshi Moshi, produce a refreshing, 100% synthesized, minimalist electro pop sound. It’s beautiful, melancholic, soft and it puts you on a high. It’s as light as can be… A continuous journey through their enchanting music. Let yourself enter their world in which you will be sure to enjoy your trip
More info ...



 



Until next time,
The Dour Team
http://www.dourfestival.be
http://ticketshop.dourfestival.be/
http://www.doureuh.be