James Blake Leads FOR 2013 Festival Lineup Additions

As previously reported, hip label Modular are launching the brand new FOR Festival, an island party that features Tame Impala, Solange, James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem fame, and more on the beautiful Croatian island of Hvar during the European summer.

Now more acts are joining the 3-day, weekend-long island festival, starting with Britain’s leading post-dubstep singer-songwriter James Blake.

Following the release of his second full-length album, Overgrown, and completing a successful two-date stopover in Australia before his addition to the Splendour In The Grass 2013 lineup, James Blake will be warming up for the Byron Bay winter festival with FOR 2013 from June 21st to 23rd.

Joining the UK musician on the FOR lineup are electronic acts Time & Space Machine, Daniele Baldelli, Dr. Dunks, Raff Daddy (of 2 Bears fame), Villa, Cecile, and Pink Ging.

The join previously announced headliners Tame Impala, who will arrive on the Crotian Island of Hvar between playing everywhere from regional Australia (for Groovin The Moo), to Barcelona (Primavera Sound), Germany (Hurricane Festival) and the iconic Glastonbury, to name but a few. Now more acts are joining the 3-day, weekend-long island festival, starting with Britain’s leading post-dubstep singer-songwriter James Blake.

Joining the Perth psychedelic rockers is fellow NME Awards nominee, Solange, with the latest EP from Beyonce’s little sister, True, garnering a 9/10 from our reviewer, calling it a “surprising genre-melding release”.

Fans of the now-defunct LCD Soundsystem will get their fix as James Murphy takes a break fromproducing the new Arcade Fire record and joins the party, along with Laneway star Nicolas Jaarand Belgian brothers 2ManyDJs.

Beefing up the West Australian contingent on the lineup is Canyons, who are playing a brief run of shows in the States later this month. They’ll be joined by another Aussie duo, Bag Raiders, as well as Norway’s Young Dreams, who paid tribute to both fellow labelmates Tame Impala and Burt Bacharach with their cheekily titled cover, “Feels Like We Only Go Bachwards“.

Also on the bill are Tensnake, Jacquis Greene, Kate Boy, Horse Meat Disco and Symbolone, with “many more acts” to be announced closer to the date.

For those unfamiliar with the area, Hvar is just a short ferry ride from Split, and is revered for its 16th and 17th century architecture, wineries and fishing culture. The festival itself is in fact named after the island’s ancient moniker, as it used to be spelled as “For”, before the Croats replaced the “F” with the Croatian consonant “Hv”.

In such an idyllic location, the promoters recommend that attendees “swim in the aqua Mediterranean waters, explore the island’s historical sites, partake in local activities such as rock climbing, sailing, or kayaking, and feast on local culinary delights” during the day, before the real fun begins when the sun goes down.

The entertainment will run across three venues, though it doesn’t seem as though clashes are a risk as each play host to a different set. Amo Beach will be the scene of afternoon parties, before Veneranda takes care of the evening’s live acts, and when that’s all over, revellers can head over to the aptly titled Carpe Diem Beach Club for all-night DJ sets.

3-day FOR passes are now on sale, and gives ticket-holders access to every show in every venue across the island, over the course of the weekend-long event.

FOR Festival 2013 Lineup

TAME IMPALA || SOLANGE || JAMES BLAKE || 2MANYDJS || JAMES MURPHY || NICOLAS JAAR || JACQUES GREENE || TENSNAKE || BAG RAIDERS || KATE BOY || YOUNG DREAMS || TIME & SPACE MACHINE || HORSE MEAT DISCO || CANYONS || DANIELE BALDELLI || DR. DUNKS || SYMBOLONE || RAFF DADDY (2 BEARS) || VILLA || CECILE || PINK GIN