December 2011
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If you attended we hope you had a great time & hope to see you again soon. We return to Butlins in March for a weekend curated by Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel, who so far has picked artists include Joanna Newsom, Boredoms, The Magnetic Fields, Thurston Moore, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Scratch Acid, Low, The Fall, Yann Tiersen and...
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ATP Nightmare - Thank You! →
If you came to Nightmare Before Christmas, Thank You! We hope you got home safe and are recovering well. Check out our aftermath message on the link above.
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Free Battles Mix, DJs, Cinema, Lectures + Stage... →
The festival is this weekend - check the link above for Stage Times, a free Battles mix and more. See you there!
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November 2011
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On The Road with: Battles →
Battles interview via Songkick
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Quietus Mix 52: Gary Numan & Ade Fenton Are... →
Great mix from Gary Numan via our pals at The Quietus. Gary plays the Nightmare Before Christmas on the Saturday 10th December as picked by Battles.
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Mixtape Swap at Nightmare confirmed
ATP attendeee Matt Griffiths has setup a Big Pretentious Mix CD Swap for this year’s Nightmare Before Christmas. Here are his rules: “The aim: Bring a 10 Track Mix CD and give it to a perfect stranger as an Xmas present. These aren’t rules, they are merely guidelines- - You must swap your mix with a total stranger. You’ve probably been forcing your far superior...
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Nightmare Before Christmas mixed by Les Savy Fav -... →
Hit the link above to enjoy a free mixtape chosen by Les Savy Fav who have picked a track each from all of the artists chosen for their day of the event, highlighted by an unreleased Oxes track from back in 1999.
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Via Pitchfork: “Ramshackle indie-pop duo...
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Audio: A Mixtape by Walls →
Hit the link above for a great mixtape from Nightmare Before Christmas artists Walls who play the Battles day of the festival.
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New line-up addition: DJ RASHAD & DJ SPINN...
Bio: DJ Rashad:
DJ Rashad has been instrumental to the creation and evolution of Chicago Juke music and has been lifelong friends with other key players on the scene, such as Paul Johnson, DJ Gant-Man, DJ Spinn, DJ Godfather, and Jammin Gerald. He has the ability to blend elements of house, ghetto house, disco, juke, and ghettotech together with a knack for creating sparse, snappy...
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Cults featuring Freddie Gibbs - Bad Things (Remix)...
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Nightmare Before Christmas mixed by Caribou - Free... →
Hit the link to enjoy an amazing mix put together by Dan Snaith (Caribou), who has created an intense hour long journey through the artists chosen for his day of the Nightmare Before Christmas event, highlighted by a new and previously unreleased remix of Improve Me by Junior Boys.
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Recommended Album: Underground Resistance -...
Click the album cover to listen on Spotify. Underground Resistance present Interstellar Fugitives at ATP Nightmare Before Christmas as chosen by Battles.
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Download: Washed Out - Amor Fati (Clams Casino... →
Free download of new Washed Out remix via Pitchfork
(playing Saturday 10th December - Curated by Battles)
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ATP Launch New Online Store with new items + Free... →
See attached link for news on the new ATP online store, a Popup shop we’re running in London and more. We are now selling Nightmare Before Christmas apartments via our online store.
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New York Times: Paradise Lost 3 review →
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory will get it’s European premiere at the Nightmare Before Christmas. Check out this review from the New York Times.
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New line-up addition: SILVER APPLES (playing...
Bio: The groundbreaking work of Silver Apples cannot be overstated. Combining early home-made synthesizer work with a minimalist rock aesthetic, they made some of the most influential sounds of the late ’60s. Bands such as Suicide, Spacemen3, Blur, Moby and, yes, Portishead openly acknowledge the musical influence. Since drummer, Danny Taylor’s untimely death in 2005, Simeon has...
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New line-up addition: THE BUDOS BAND (playing Les...
Bio: Having scalded listeners’ ears with sonic lava on Budos I and stung them with venomous frequencies on Budos II, The Budos Band delivers on their promise to spread the epidemic of “Budos Fever” far and wide with the release of The Budos Band III. The cobra is poised to strike if anyone dares challenge The Budos on their quest. And, if there was ever any question whether...
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New line-up addition: ROLL THE DICE (playing...
Bio: Working with set rules, limitations and always forcing themselves to narrow their options, gives the duo ‘Roll the Dice’ inspiration to constantly move forward without doubt or hesitation. Like settlers in the early landscape of acoustics and electronics. The result can only be described as heartfelt, emotive and always aiming to find that streak of gold within. Malcolm Pardon...
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New line-up addition: FUTURE ISLANDS (playing Les...
Bio: Future Islands’ romantic synth sound scales new heights with On the Water, the Baltimore trio’s most ambitious and fully realized statement yet. Built around a song cycle exploring love, loss, and memory, their latest album finds the band continuing to deliver pounding rhythms, swelling melodies, and undeniable hooks - but finding new ways to probe inner space and tug at hearts....
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New line-up addition: CONNAN MOCKASIN (playing...
Bio: ‘please turn me into the snat’ is the debut solo album from the front man / singer / songwriter / guitarist of obscure legendary new zealand band, connan and the mockasins. ‘please turn me into the snat’ shifted its creation between east sussex, london, and a haunted house somewhere in wellington, new zealand and now finally gets released by erol alkan’s...
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WatchWere You There When The World Got Great? New line-up additions tbc today at 1pm
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WatchNews via Impose Magazine that Thank You’s performance at the Nightmare Before Christmas will be their last! Check the news out here.
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Tim from Les Savy Fav NME interview →
Interview with one of our Nightmare Before Christmas curators over at NME…hit the link to check it out.
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2 hour Radiolab preview of NBC!
Last week a special 2 hour preview of this December’s Nightmare Before Christmas was broadcast as part of Radiolab, a show on University Radio Nottingham. You can now listen to a recording of the show on Soundcloud.
You can get more info on Radiolab here.
October 2011
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Recommended Album: Pharoah Sanders - Karma
One of the best albums of all time - no kidding. Pharoah Sanders will play at the request of Caribou on Sunday 10th December. Click the album cover to listen on Spotify.
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Caribou Vibration Ensemble album - free download
As a present to ATP attendees, one of our curators Dan Snaith of Caribou has donated the live album (recorded at one of the only other Caribou Vibration Ensemble shows to date back in 2009) as a free download for you all to grab in anticipation of the Nightmare event.
As recently announced, Caribou’s headline set at the festival will be as the Caribou Vibration Ensemble featuring -...
All Tomorrow's People, a new Facebook community...
We know that one of the main reasons a lot of people can’t attend ATP is that they’re unable to find enough people to grab a apartment - or they want to attend on their own and need to find a spare space in somebody else’s apartment.
We’ve now setup a new Facebook community page called All Tomorrow’s People which will be a central hub that you can use to.
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A Soundcloud NBC playlist
Here’s a soundcloud playlist featuring lots of the bands that are playing the festival this December, there are even free downloads by Walls, Dead Rider, Thank You and The Field included as part of it.
All in all it’s over 2 hours worth of excellent music to stream until the cows come home and tell you to turn that racket off they’re trying to lactate goddamit.
August 2011
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July 2011
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