MS Dockville Festival 2014 – Hamburg, Aug 15-17

The MS Dockville Festival will celebrate it's 8th edition in a few weeks - an event you should defenitely not miss as a lover of music and arts!

18/07/2014
by Miriam Wallbaum

ms dockville 2014

Consumption and commerce. That’s the two things the majority of music festival focuses on these days. But fortunately not all of them: some still manage it to foreground the collective event and dwarf the commercial aspect. One of them is the MS DOCKVILLE Festival in Hamburg, Germany. It takes place in Hamburgs district Wilhelmsburg – located at the Elbe-islands closely to the beautiful river Elbe.

Not only the location is special about the festival, but also it’s way to connect music with art. There is the MS ARTVILLE happening a few weeks before the actual festivals starts: an art-camp which invites artists from all over the world to live and create something new together. This year some things about it have changed – it won’t be like a steady gallery with consistent artworks anymore, but rather a processual open-air gallery which modifies itself and grows steadily. Furthermore the meta-topic isn’t given anymore – the artists will develop a theme together during their working process.

Another particularity about the MS DOCKVILLE Festival is the summer-camp for children taking place at it’s area in advance. It’s called LÜTTVILLE and offers workshops for kids aged from 4 until 14 years – without having to pay anything. For example, the kids have the option to be reporter at the festival or to create there own rap song and many things more.

Daughterville

Also teenagers can be part of the festival – there is the DAUGHTERVILLE (whichalready happened at the 5th July), a little one day festival which is organised by adolescents from 14 until19 years and which offers a mix of indie, alternative, electronic and rap music. For instance this year ROOSEVELT, FUCK ART, LET’S DANCE! and the ANTILOPEN GANG were part of the line-up.

The highlight remains of course the actual MS DOCKVILLE Festival which opens it’s doors from the 15th until the 17th of August. About 25.000 people will get the chance to see inimitable musicians, bands and DJ’s from all over the world and to experience art and music in a special way in a unique location.

As every year, it features a great mixture of famous international artists like the slightly crazy rave-rap act DIE ANTWOORD from South-Africa (their show is going to be pretty interesting, to say the least) or the celebrated Californian girls WARPAINT who return with their melancholic and atmospheric second record Warpaint, and talented newcomers like the probably most hyped artist of this year, CHET FAKER, who just released his successful electro-soul debut album Built on Glass, the mysterious UK soul-funk duo JUNGLE who will also present their unique debut record or the British musician SOHN who manages it to create an unprecedented mixture of electro, R’n’B and pop.

These are just a few artist, of course there will be many more from various music genres: the line-up goes from hiphop to electronic-music, includes alternative and indie acts, features experimental bands and certainly various other types of music. You can find the full line-up below.

3- Day -Tickets with or without camping are still available at the MSDOCKVILLE – SHOP. And if you just want to be there one day, you can also buy a a ticket only for the Sunday (available in the shop by the end of July).

NOTHING BUT HOPE AND PASSION will be at the festival for you to take a look behind the curtains, meet some interesting artists and celebrate three days of good music! And to get you in the perfect mood we present the following playlist featuring twenty musical recommendations.

MS DOCKVILLE FESTIVAL