Welcome to Area 404! Boomtown Festival 2019 Adds Carl Cox, Four Tet & Amelie Lens

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BOOMTOWN Festival introduces new techno & electronic district to its multi-dimensional festival experience for 2019.  

Following a hugely successful 2018 edition, one of the most adventurous, colorful andimmersive festivals Boomtown has announced the exciting introduction of AREA404; an impressive Techno haven featuring some of electronic music’s most influential figures. 

“AREA 404”
HEADLINED BY 
CARL COX, FOUR TET & AMELIE LENS

The four-day 60,000 capacity festival set in the Matterley Bowl in Hampshire, UK on the second weekend of August, will construct a groundbreaking and theatrical led new stage area; the distinctively Industrial, post-apocalyptic and expansive area 404 will be dedicated to the raw sounds within the electronic music spectrum.

Drawing deepinspiration from Boomtown’s innovative delivery and creative commitment, theproudly independent festival now in its 11th year, will also invite Drumcode and Bugged Out to host the stage for Friday and Sunday, respectively, withconfirmed headliners across the Friday, Saturday and Sunday including Carl Cox,Four Tet and Amelie Lens.

Celebrating 25 years of Bugged Out, Australian Lo-Fi House luminary Mall Grab will join esteemed selectors Ben UFO, Joy Orbison, Phantasy Boss Erol Alkan, and BoyzNoize as they also welcome Four Tet’s electronic illumination of sound to AREA404’s intense landscape.

Saturday’s headliner is non-other than the ultimate Techno legend and one of the founding fathers of the Techno-House genre; Carl Cox. 

The renowned DJ and figure head makes his sensational Boomtown debut with Eats Everything,Dirtybird leader Claude Vonstroke while the pioneering Skream is set to sharethe booth with fast rising and inspiring SAMA’.

Swedish techno platform Drumcode, will bring its uncompromising sound to Sunday with sets from Dense & Pika, Enrico Sangiuliano and a special b2b session from La Fleur and B.Traits before one of biggest names in Techno headlines proceedings. The unstoppable, Antwerp-born Amelie Lens’ ascension to festival main stages worldwide has been meteoric and cements AREA 404’s residence amongst the Techno elite.

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AREA 404 is the latest progressive to arise from the deeply original and idiosyncraticvision of Boomtown’s creators, and added to 14 distinctly themed areas, hosting 27 main stages and 80 smaller street venues. The latest edition to the Fair is poised to instil excitement and eagerness within the electronic musiccommunity.

The full Nucleus lineup and trailer can be found on the Boomtown website

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