The festival will take place the 18th and 19th of June at The Olympic Center at Hellenicon, Athens.
The Norwegian band Röyksopp will appear the 19th of June along with bands and artists such as Lauryn Hill (from the former American group The Fugees), Jarvis Cocker, The Klaxons and The Pixies.
Norwegian duo Röyksopp is one of the headliners at this years Ejekt Festival in Athens. Photo: Stian Andersen/ royksopp.com
Originally from Tromsø, Norway, Torbjørn Brundtland and Svein Berge formed the duo back in 1998. Röyksopp had their breakthrough in 2001 with the CD Melody A.M, and international hit singles such as Poor Leno, Eple, Sparks and Remind Me.
They have since had an international success, and has toured all over the world. They have also won five Norwegian Grammy Awards, called ”Spellemannsprisen”.
The Ejekt Festival takes place for the 5th time. It began in 2005 as a project to create an annual music festival in Greece with an artist lineup as good as any international music festival. The headliner in 2005 was The Chemical Brothers, following with several great bands over the years, like Hercules And Love Affair in 2008.
This years festival contains The White Lies, The Klaxons, the Pixies, Lauryn Hill and Jarvis Cocker, as well as local bands.
Röyksopp is out with their latest album "Junior", and releases their brand new single, ”The girl and the robot” on the 15th of June.
Listen to their music online here.
By Katja Elisabeth Andersson