Fresh from a milestone five years last summer, Dimensions Festival can now reveal plans for it’s 2017 outing, with it’s heaviest bill of live acts and selectors to date. You’ll find the all-powerful, all-magical enigma Grace Jones headlining the opening concert, alongside Moderat, Yussef Kamaal and Moses Boyd, plus over 80 more names including Jeff Mills, Theo Parrish, Floating Points, Cymande, Nina Kraviz, Danny Krivit, Ata Kak, Hessle Audio, Levon Vincent and more bringing sonic explorations from house, techno, soul, disco, jazz, dub, R&B, world and beyond. Set across five days between 30th August to 4th September in an abandoned fortress home, Dimensions Festival is an essential date in the diary for any electronic music aficionado. And there’s more to come, with a bunch of talent, plus boat parties, beach takeovers and more all to be revealed in the coming months. With tickets currently standing at £120 and early birds selling out in no time, reserve a place at Dimensions Festival 2017 by heading to http://bit.ly/20juIAz. 

Each year Dimensions Festival unites a solid-gold line-up for it’s Opening Concert held in Pula’s stunning amphitheatre space, with Massive Attack playing to 8,000 fans at last year’s event. 2017 will be just as  monumental, with the iconic Grace Jones headlining; an artist who has been defining culture in the art and music for over thirty years. Also on the bill is Berlin super-group Moderat, comprised of Appartat & Modeselektor, plus Brownswood’s cosmic sound adventurers Yussef Kamaal, and award winning drummer, composer and producer Moses Boyd, presenting his Solo X show. 

 The Dimensions team annually curate a dream combination of acts from local legends to internationally revered artists, and always deliver the highest quality programming. 2017’s edition sees one of techno’s founding fathers Jeff Mills step up for his Dimensions debut, along with king selector and Soundsignature head honcho Theo Parrish who’ll bring a blend of Chicago cuts. Berghain resident Marcel Dettmann returns with his trademark techno, then Floating Points plays twice across the week, with a special live show journeying through his own productions, and one eclectic and expansive DJ set in true FP style. Without a doubt, another highlight are celebrated 70s funk band Cymande, who’ll play the classics with the full team, plus multi-instrumentalist funk lord Shuggie Otis, and enigmatic Ghanian rapper Ata Kak. On the darker end of the spectrum, twisted experiments come from selector Nina Kraviz and breakout star Helena Hauff, who has cemented a place as a leading light in the underground community with releases on Ninja Tune, K7! and more. More left-leaning sets are in store from Dan Snaith aka Daphni, Joy Orbison and the Hessle Audio team (comprised of  Ben UFO, Pangaea and Pearson Sound) representing for the bass and techno contingent.

Known for welcoming a weighty contingent of the best in crate-digging DJs to the Adriatic each year, the Dimensions bill includes the finest names in house and techno. Cherished selector and producer Levon Vincent will bring a statement selection of deep, dusty house to the fort, whilst Ostgut Ton affiliate Tama Sumo and Uzuri boss Lakuti make up the perfect DJ tag team with a b2b set, then vinyl-addict and Chicago stalwart Sadar Bahar, Rush Hour’s Antal and London mainstays Horse Meat Disco join. Club Der Visionaere resident Binh makes a welcome addition, known for his expansive sets spanning house and techno flavours, plus there’s a special appearance from Studio 54 resident and scene mainstay Nicky Siano. Further cosmic grooves come from Detroit’s Luke Hess, Dimensions favourite’s Sassy J, genre-voyager Josey Rebelle and Clone Records boss Serge. An unmissable set from activist and ://about blank’ resident Resom is also sure to be a highlight.

More sonic, intergalactic sounds are in store from Sushitech duo Paul St Hilaire & Rhauder, electronic explorer Conforce and Amsterdam’s new kid on the block Interstellar Funk, whose raw, unique productions have seen him emerge from a new wave of talent originating from the city. Also serving up a chunk of electronic funk is Hypercolour artist Gary Gritness with a live show, and Darker Than Wax’s Kerem Akdag, a music man with a striking blues and soul signature to keep your ears out for.

Live shows are in abundance at 2017’s edition of Dimensions Festival, with a rare outing from German electro duo Dopplereffekt, revered soundtrack artist Alexander Robotnick and Modern Love’s Demdike Stare. Also find sets from neo-soul legend Amp Fiddler, Ninja Tune poster boy Romare, who’ll join the dots between beats, world and funk in his show. Composer and modular synth enthusiast Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith plays a rare festival show, whilst  award winning drummer Moses Boyd brings a fresh take on percussion. On the beats focused tip there is rapper jonwayne and soulful breaks from MNDSGN, plus dancehall flavours from Equiknoxx all down as part of Dimensions sixth outing. DnB, jungle and dub comes from face of EXIT Record’s dBridge, Alix Perez, Metalheadz artist Randall and Doc Scott, Skeptical, Kid Drama and the all important Mungo’s Hi-Fi.

 Jazz, funk and world music is a key part of any Dimensions line-up, and this year is no exception. The dreamier side of jazz and funk sounds are represented by South London crew Yussef Kamaal, who perform at both the opening concert and the festival. Moko Shibata aka Powder brings slick grooves with a world flavour, then Dj Okapi adds south African pop to the bill. You can also find nostalgic, dusty blends from Worldwide FM’s Thris Tian, NTS’s Sofie, Touching Bass’s Andwot, Stamp The Wax’s Harri Pepper and Aaron L, Balamii’s Sam Lloyd plus sets from Onemind, Leo Leal, KAMMA, Bane, Mafalda, Donna Leake and Heels & Souls. 

 Dimensions Festival’s in house DJ team Dimensions Soundsystem will be out in full force, with more info to follow on the birth of a new record label from the Dimensions family. A natural extension of the festival programming, Dimensions Recordings will reflect the eclectic and refreshing state of the line-up. More news on the new label to follow very shortly.

 Keeping a family feel, Dimensions Festival prides itself on its small capacity, welcoming atmosphere and world class custom built sound systems, which ensures a quality approach to music and experience year on year. The site itself is easily accessible from nearby Pula, which hosts plenty of hotels and apartments, on top of the onsite accommodation options of camping, hostels or mobile homes – more info here: http://www.dimensionsfestival.com/accommodation/. In terms of travel, the main flight destinations from the UK are Trieste, Ljubljana, Zagreb, Pula, Venice Treviso and Venice Marco-Polo airports, with transfers to the site, which can be booked here: http://www.dimensionsfestival.com/travel/. 

After selling out every year since its inception, Dimensions is a force to be reckoned with and a leading light in the Croatian festival calendar. Early bird tier 1 tickets are long sold out, but tier 2 are still available at just £120 + BF, alternatively punters can secure a ticket for just £60 with the instalment plan. A combination of hazy days spent relaxing on the beach and dancing through the night to world class acts – it’s a holiday and a festival rolled into one. And there’s much more to come. SEE YOU AT THE FORT.

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 TICKETS: TIER 1 SOLD OUT – TIER 2 From £120 http://bit.ly/20juIAz 

OPENING CONCERT LINE-UP : Grace Jones – Moderat – Yussef Kamaal – Moses Boyd: Solo X

FULL FESTIVAL LINE UP 

A Made Up Sound (live) – Aaron L – Alexander Robotnick (live) – Alix Perez – Alma Negra – Amp Fiddler (live) – Andwot – Antal –  Ata Kak (live) -Bane – Binh – Conforce – Cymande – Dan Shake – Danny Krivit – Daphni – dBridge – Demdike Stare (live) – Dimensions Soundsystem- Dj Okapi – Doc Scott -Donna Leake – Dopplereffekt (live) – DynArec (live) – Equiknoxx (live) – Floating Points (solo live & dj) – Gary Gritness (live) – Gilles Peterson – Grace Jones – Hanna (live) – Harri Pepper –  Heels & Souls – Helena Hauff – Hessle Audio – Ben UFO, Pangaea & Pearson Sound – Horse Meat Disco – Interstellar Funk – Jeff Mills – Jonwayne – Josey Rebelle – Joy Orbison –  Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith (live) – KAMMA  – Kerem Akdag (live) – Kid Drama – Leo Leal – Levon Vincent – Luke Hess – Mafalda – Marcel Dettmann –  Mike Dehnert – MNDSGN – Moderat – Moses Boyd – Moses Boyd: Solo X – Mungo’s Hifi – Nicky Siano – Nina Kraviz –  Onemind (live) – Oyind Morken – Paul St Hilaire & Rhauder – Powder – Radioactive Man (live) – Randall – Randomer – Resom – Romare (live & dj) –  Sadar Bahar – Sam Lloyd – Sassy J – Serge – Shuggie Otis – Skeptical – Sofie – Tama Sumo & Lakuti – Theo Parrish – Thris Tian – Yussef Kamaal – + MANY MORE STILL TO BE ANNOUNCED