Big up the Bangface Weekender.

While so many festivals around the world present themselves as high-minded multimedia “art” events, the Bangface hard crew tell it like it is: their rave is exactly that. A big, brash and unashamedly mental rave.

That doesn’t mean the line-up isn’t epic and lovingly curated: the 2011 weekender, which takes place at the UK’s Camber Sands holiday resort boasts some of the biggest names in dance music, with Leftfield (full live band show) and Jeff Mills topping the bill.

A reunited Atari Teenage Riot bring their digital hardcore sound to Camber,  while Moritz Von Oswald will be playing a dubwise DJ set with Paul St Hilaire on the mike. Chicago acid original DJ Pierre is in the house, and Mark Pritchard’s Africa Hitech – poised to release their debut album on Warp – bring the post-wonky rhythm killers. Warp is also repped by psych-hop mystic Gonjasufi, Chris Clark and that reliable scamp Rustie.

There’s no shortage of legends either: not only the aforementioned Leftfield, Mills, Pierre and ATR, but also peerless Amen sound murderer Remarc, industrial dub militant Mick Harris AKA Scorn, booty badman DJ Godfather and ardkore perennial Bizzy B.

Of course, the new school is in full effect: Martyn, Space Dimension Controller, Slugabed are all on hand to present their unique takes on the dubstep fall-out, and DJ Spinn (one of FACT’s favourite DJs on the planet right now), DJ Roc and Murderbot do their footwork thing, but Bangface keeps coming back to good old fashioned grin/gurn-inducing (non)sense: enter Bez, Kunt & The Gang and Kicks Like A Mule feat. Afrikan Boy, to name but a few.

The following complete the bill as it stands: Reeps One, Mark II, Soundmurderer, Hellfish & Bryan Fury, Luna-C, Kanji Kinetic, Knowledge & Wisdom, Luke Vibert, Reso, Limewax, Droon, Baconhead, Adamski, Otto Von Schirach, Huoratron, Acid Junkies, Ceephax Acid Crew, Jackal & Hyde, Hixxy & Sharkey, Baobinga, Stivs, Hoonboy, 030303 Raveteam, Wrongmusic, I:Gor, Dave Skywalker, Gino Ginelli, Saint Acid and Equinox.

Oh, and in case you were wondering, the theme for this year’s Bangface is horror. You’ve been warned…

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