2021 Album Fictional Festival Series: Progressive Rock Festival

I previously introduced this new series, which is a spinoff of previous Fictional Festival series, one only featuring artists who released albums in 2021.  This is the newest post in the series is a lineup, a festival I will label as a progressive rock festival, though there are several genres incorporated.  I initially conceived the festival as a progressive rock/experimental electronic festival, but then branched into other genres, including experimental, post-rock/post-metal, noise rock, avant-garde, and more.  For more information about the series in general, please see this post.

Some differences between the setup of this lineup and the others:

·         The timing is different, allowing certain acts to perform longer.  I did this because many progressive rock, experimental, and electronic acts typically have longer songs.

·         Several bigger names are more scattered throughout the day.  There wasn’t a particular reason I did this other than ease of scheduling, but I had most of the hour sets for each day on the first Main Stage.

·         On each day, Side Stage 2 has a special theme; Friday has technical death metal, Saturday has math rock, and Sunday has industrial.  I mainly did this because when I first came up with this idea of a festival last year, I wanted to incorporate math rock and industrial in a bigger way and I stuck with it.

 

Friday

1.       Jean-Michel Jarre

2.       Transatlantic

3.       Gojira

4.       Explosions in the Sky

5.       Adrian Belew

6.       Ulver

7.       Therion

8.       Infected Mushroom

9.       Amon Tobin

10.   Leprous

11.   Body/Dilloway/Head

12.   Suffocation

13.   Cult of Luna

14.   Consider the Source

15.   Obscura

16.   Xiu Xiu

17.   Pestilence

18.   Tim Hecker

19.   Archspire

20.   Galahad

21.   Dos Santos:  Anti-Beat Orquesta

22.   Abiotic

 

Saturday

1.       Yes

2.       Sufjan Stevens

3.       Sunn O)))

4.       The KLF

5.       Converge

6.       St. Vincent

7.       Pendulum

8.       Marty Friedman

9.       Anette Olzon

10.   Pond

11.   Anne Clark

12.   The Pineapple Thief

13.   Chelsea Wolfe

14.   Toe

15.   Tricot

16.   Black Midi

17.   A Winged Victory for the Sullen

18.   Black Coffee

19.   Zoe

20.   For Those I Love

21.   Really From

22.   Hacktivist

23.   Hail the Sun

 

Sunday

1.       Dream Theater

2.       Steven Wilson

3.       Saga

4.       Front Line Assembly*

5.       Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders, & the London Symphony Orchestra

6.       Biosphere**

7.       Godspeed You! Black Emperor

8.       The Residents

9.       Tricky

10.   Jonsi

11.   My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult***

12.   Thank You Scientist

13.   Heart Healer

14.   Stahlmann****

15.   The Bug

16.   Jinjer

17.   Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

18.   Youth Code

19.   Secret Sphere

20.   Alex Somers

21.   JPEGMafia

22.   ((( O )))

23.   Jerusalem in My Heart



*Front Line Assembly is replacing Cabaret Voltaire, which ended following Richard H. Kirk’s death

**Biosphere is replacing Burial, who hasn’t given any indications of going on tour

***My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult is replacing Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft, which has been inactive in the past few years

****Stahlmann is replacing Eisbrecher, which has postponed their 2022 tour until 2023



Schedule

Friday

Main Stage 1

·         10:00-12:00:  Jean-Michel Jarre

·         8:00-9:00:  Explosions in the Sky

·         6:00-7:00:  Ulver

·         4:15-5:15:  Therion

·         2:45-3:45:  Infected Mushrooms

·         1:15-2:15:  Amon Tobin

Main Stage 2

·         9:00-10:00:  Transatlantic

·         7:00-8:00:  Adrian Below

·         5:15-6:00:  Leprous

·         3:45-4:15:  Consider the Source

·         2:15-2:45:  Xiu Xiu

Side Stage 1

·         5:45-6:30:  Body/Dilloway/Head

·         4:15-5:00:  Cult of Luna

·         3:15-3:45:  Tim Hecker

·         2:15-3:15:  Galahad

·         1:15-1:45:  Dos Santos:  Anti-Beat Orquesta

Technical Stage (Side Stage 2)

·         6:30-8:00:  Gojira

·         5:00-5:45:  Suffocation

·         3:45-4:15:  Obscura

·         2:45-3:15:  Pestilence

·         1:45-2:15:  Archspine

·         12:45-1:15:  Abiotic

 

Saturday

Main Stage 1

·         10:00-12:00:  Yes

·         8:00-9:00:  Sunn O)))

·         6:00-7:00:  St. Vincent

·         4:15-5:15:  Pendulum

·         2:30-3:30:  Marty Friedman

·         1:30-2:00:  Black Coffee

Main Stage 2

·         9:00-10:00:  Sufjan Stevens

·         7:00-8:00:  The KLF

·         5:15-6:00:  Pond

·         3:30-4:15:  Anne Clarke

·         2:00-2:30:  A Winged Victory for the Sullen

·         1:00-1:30:  For Those I Love

Side Stage 1

·         6:00-6:45:  Anette Olzon

·         4:30-5:15:  The Pineapple Thief

·         3:30-4:00:  Chelsea Wolfe

·         3:30-4:00:  Zoe

·         1:30-2:00:  Hacktivist

Math Stage (Side Stage 2)

·         6:45-8:00:  Converge

·         5:15-6:00:  Toe

·         4:00-4:30:  Triscot

·         3:00-3:30:  Black Midi

·         2:00-2:30:  Really From

·         1:00-1:30:  Hail the Sun

 

Sunday

Main Stage 1

·         10:00-12:00:  Dream Theater

·         8:00-9:00:  Saga

·         6:00-7:00:  Biosphere

·         4:15-5:15:  Godspeed You! Black Emperor

·         2:30-3:30:  The Residents

·         1:30-2:00:  Secret Sphere

Main Stage 2

·         9:00-10:00:  Steven Wilson

·         7:00-8:00:  Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders, & the London Symphony Orchestra

·         5:15-6:00:  Tricky

·         3:30-4:15:  Thank You Scientist

·         2:00-2:15:  Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

·         1:00-1:30:  Alex Somers

Side Stage 1

·         6:00-6:45:  Jonsi

·         4:30-5:15:  Heart Healer

·         3:30-4:00:  Jinjer

·         2:30-3:00:  (((O)))

·         1:30-2:00:  Jerusalem in My Heart

Industrial Stage (Side Stage 2)

·         6:45-8:00:  Front Line Assembly

·         5:15-6:00:  My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult

·         4:00-4:30:  Stahlmann

·         3:00-3:30:  The Bug

·         2:00-2:30:  Youth Code

·         1:00-1:30:  JPEGMafia

 

What do you think about this lineup?  Let me know in the comments!

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