The programme has been announced for the 2006 Triptych festival, which this year runs from 26 - 30 Apr across Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen. An enormous list of acts has been released, with Belle & Sebastian, Coldcut, Arab Strap, The Long Blondes, Gilles Peterson, King Creosote and Aphex Twin amongst the artists set to perform. There's more info at http://www.triptychfestival.com, but here, in alphabetical order, is who is set to appear.
1990s, A Certain Ratio, Actress, Adem, Akron/Family, Alexander Tucker, Andrea Parker, Andrew Divine, Andy Votel, Aphex Twin, Arab Strap, Balanescu Quartet, Battles, Belle and Sebastian, Bettye LaVette, Big Daddy Kane, Bill Wells, Biz Markie, Blindfold, Bob Stanley, Bricolage, Buck 65, Carl Craig, Cherrystones, Christ, Coldcut, Colditz, Cool V, David Holmes, Dee Ja'La Fu & Quid Pro Quo, DJ Mo, DJ N>e>d, DJ Pierre, Dom Thomas, EDAN W/ Dagha, Fire Engines, Found, Freakmenoovers, Funky Transport, Galchen, Gene Farris, Gilles Peterson, Grant Campbell, Gravenhurst, Harri & Domenic (Sub Club), Hooker's Green No.1, How to Swim, Jackson and his Computer Band, James Blood Ulmer, Jerry Dammers, Juana Molina, JD Twitch & JG Wilkes, Keith Money, Kieran Hebden (Four Tet) & Steve Reid, King Creosote, Kitchen Cynics, Kool Keith, Kutmasta Kurt, Magnétophone, Martin & Euan (Rub-a-Dub), Max Richter, Mellow Sub Machine, Messenger Soundsystem, Mikey Collins, Miso DJs, Mogwai, Mungo's Hi-Fi, Music & Movement, My Latest Novel, Odetta, Paul Cawley, Philippe Zdar, Po-ski, Pro Vinylist Karim, Radio Clit, Radioactive Man, Ranking Joe & Ras Daniel Ray, Root 8 Recordings, Rose & Sandy (Stuff), Roxanne Shante, Schneider TM, Silver Jews, Soil and "Pimp" Sessions, Sonic Boom, Sun Ra Arkestra, Tape, Tarwater, Tells, The Bug feat. Ras B & Warrior Queen, The Concretes, The Long Blondes, The Rebel, Tom Churchill, Top Cat, Tunng, U-Roy, Vashti Bunyan, Voice of the Seven Woods, Wolf Eyes, Xvectors.
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