Following the announcement of the first wave of acts, Kappa FuturFestival now pulls more big names out of the bag for the 2018 edition.
Taking place from July 7th – 8th at the famous Parco Dora in Torino, the next headliners to be revealed are Amelie Lens, Apparat, Kolsch, Hot Since 82, KiNK, Larry Heard, Paco Osuna, Pan-Pot, RĂždhĂ„d and Motor City Drum Ensemble.
Kappa FuturFestival, one of Europeâs premier electronic music festival, returns in 2018 bigger and better than ever before.
The 2018 edition takes place across two days, from July 7-8 at the famous Parco Dora in Torino, Italy. True techno and house lovers can expect performances from some of the best DJs and live acts in the world, including Adam Beyer, Joseph Capriati, Solomun, Derrick May, Ilario Alicante, Luciano and Marco Carola.
Kappa FuturFestival is Italyâs biggest and best house and techno festival, and a new film by DJsounds shows just why. In it, the global video web channel DJsounds.comâwhich is now 10 years oldâreally captures how the huge event has evolved and grown over the years.
Starting over a decade ago, DJsounds.com is a global video web channel, producing feature interviews and event footage from around the globe, dedicated to the electronic music industry. Â Established when online video of club culture was in its infancy, DJsounds has matured over 1,200 clips celebrating artists, parties and festivals across the globe. Now in 2017 – an age where every festival, club and artist create their own videos – rather than compete, we are also using our unique, impartial position to explore, investigate and uncover intriguing and fascinating facets of electronic music culture via longer length documentaries.
The film touches on the origins of the festival, the landmark performances and features interviews with the likes of Carl Cox, Fatboy Slim, Kölsch and Joseph Capriati. Festival director Maurizio Vitali also appears throughout and walks us through the huge industrial hangar that is the main arena for the festival, which was once an iron forgery
âThereâs a freedom, it feels open here, you arenât caged in anywhere,â says Carl Cox in the film, summing up the attitude of the crowd. “Itâs been a lifestyle for many years, this music, the coming together of people from all over the country. But the locals wanted something with more substance, they wanted to look up to their heroes.â
Joseph Capriati adds, “Italians they give you their all, they are the most loyal supporters in the world.”
The film is a history lesson that offers some great scenes from this yearâs event and taps into the Italian passion for house and techno, offering a great insight at just how special this festival is and what makes it so unique.
Watch it below:
The lineup for KappaFutur 2017 just continues to keep on getting stronger, with another wave of great names announced for Saturday July 8th and Sunday July 9th.
The globally acclaimed festival takes place at Parco Dora in Turin and brings together thousands of real techno and house lovers and the best DJs and live acts in the world. With its varied hangouts, DJs between the trees and lashings of Italian food and drink, this unmissable festival plays out in massive hangars and industrial spaces in the heart of Torino. It is a real mass communion where techno lovers unite. It is no wonder why we previously stated that this one is an experience literally worth flying to from anywhere in Europe or even beyond!
The latest wave of names to be announced include American house legends Boo Williams, Glenn Underground and Masters At Work who will be playing their own Burn Stage on Saturday, which is dedicated to house. Â The same stage on Sunday will be given over to New Yorkâs legendary and long running party Body & Soul and its main men Francois Kevorkian, Danny Krivit and Joe Claussell who will serve up some sizzling and organic soulful house music.
Elsewhere the likes of the main JĂ€germeister Stage will feature Carl Cox and Fatboy Slim on Saturday and Paul Kalkbrenner and Sven VĂ€th on Sunday, while the special stage in the trees, Dora Stage, will see the one and only The Black Madonna headline with Jackmaster, Kolsch and Seth Troxler b2b The Martinez Brothers on Saturday, plus a live set from Ame and associates Dixon and Mano Le Tough on Sunday.
Already announced are the likes of Jamie Jones, Nina Kraviz, Tale of Us, Joseph Capriati, Sasha & John Digweed and many more, so 2017 is shaping up to be a vintage year.
The festival’s’ unique Cashless technology will ensure a smooth payment process for the crowd, making sure no time is wasted in the queues. Once again KFF received the prestigious European Commission patronage and has achieved the M.O.N.I.C.A. – Internet of things award as part of the Horizon 2020 project, demonstrating an innovative approach towards the industry, with the intent of tightening the bonds with institutions.
Finally, the Festival has renewed the partnership with proud sponsors JĂ€germeister and Burn, and have closed a deal with Pioneer DJ as technical equipment partner so that they will provide all the gear for the 2017 edition.
Purchase tickets here and see below for full lineup divided by day.
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Full disclosure: my first Kappa FuturFestival in 2012 didn’t take much traveling, but was nevertheless more than worth the trip. I lived in Milan then and reaching the nearby Northern Italian city of Turin (Torino) took less than two hours by train. By then the festival had undergone two editions and had changed format to become the first 10o% daytime festival in Italy, ranking as one of the top 5 electronic music festivals to attend in Europe.
I was surprised when I arrived at the venue of Parco Dora to be surrounded by tens of thousands who had come from not only just all over Italy, but also the rest of Europe. In a continent where you can find huge underground dance music events in every single corner, from the island of Malta that sits between Sicily and Northern Africa to quarries in Estonia and everything in between, it is sometimes a little difficult to understand how much Europeans travel in search of great music. Once you see it though, finding yourself surrounded by thousands speaking a myriad of different languages, you realize just how powerful the music is and how much draw certain festivals have.
Kappa FuturFestival is one of those events that attracts visitors from all over Europe. More recently though, it’s iconic location, seen in photos and videos that have been shared by the millions on social media, and quality-heavy lineups have been enticing crowds beyond the continent to make the trip to Torino to attend.
Earlier in the month festival organizers had announced that Carl Cox, Jamie Jones, Sasha & Digweed, Sven Vath and Tale of Us would all be playing the 2017 edition, all now receiving some star-studded company with the Phase 2 lineup announcement that came this week. Attendees at the futuristic Parco Dora will be basking in the sun come July 8th and 9th, enjoying sets by the likes of Seth Troxer b2b The Martinez Brothers, Nina Kraviz, Paul Kalkbrenner and the legendary Fatboy Slim.
More names will be added, of course, making music one of the focal points of this edition like all others in the past. The beauty of a trip to Kappa FuturFestival is the two-in-one deal you’re offered by the simple nature of its location. Turin is a majestic Italian city of industrial workers, the home town of automobile giants Fiat, Lancia and Alfa Rome, and also a city full of history and beauty. The city sits on the bank of the Po, Italy’s longest river, and under the watchful eye of the iconic Mole Antonelliana and the soaring Italian Alps, and is surrounded by some of Italy’s most significant and revered wineries.
A visit to FuturFestival means being able to choose from a variety of other travel options in Turin and beyond, beginning with the nearby alps, the nearby French Riviera or perhaps some of Italy’s northern lakes including the famous Lake Como. The cities of Milan, Genoa and Florence are also nearby and easily accessible by train, as are other locations in France and Switzerland.
Alongside you at FuturFestival there will be 40, 000 other techno lovers as well as the usual world class audio systems, high quality production and a real attention to detail including tickets through smartphones and Cashless payment technology on site. Always environmentally aware and with focus on sustainability, Kappa FuturFestival proves once again why it is one of the most heralded techno festivals in the world.
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Kappa FuturFestival is back on July 8th and 9th 2017 with a lineup chock-block full of heavyweights.
Turin’s Parco Dora is expecting 40,000 party revelers for the occasion, traveling from all over Europe to witness one of the continent’s most anticipated festivals of the calendar year.
The Italian festival prides itself on world class audio systems, high quality production and a real attention to detail including things like being the first Italian festival to sell tickets through smartphones and to offer Cashless payment technology on site. Always with an environmental awareness and focus on sustainability, KFF again offers top class selectors playing from noon to midnight.
Phase I has been announced, promising a selection of headliners that include King of Ibiza Carl Cox, the Paradise and Hot Creations hero Jamie Jones, as well as a sure to be historic set from the one and only Sasha & John Digweed on July 8th. July 9th will instead feature Cocoon label boss Sven VÀth and Afterlife/Life & Death Italian duo Tale Of Us.
Phase 2 and more info will be released in the coming weeks.
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