Melt Festival in giant machine park
Jan 2014 22

The Melt Festival 2014 program is taking shape and Röyksopp & Robyn, Portishead, Gesaffelstein (DJ), Moderat, Tiga, Modeselektor, Ellen Allien and Chromeo are among first on the list.

40 acts were released in the first wave; all in all, around 160 acts will be booked.

Melt takes place on July 18-20 in Ferropolis between Berlin and Leipzig, near Dessau. Ferropolis is an open air museum with gigant industrial machines, some of which measures 30 meters in height, 120 meters in length and 1980 tons in weight.

Melt won the award for best medium-sized festival at the the European Festival Awards on January 21.