Decibel Festival
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| Decibel International Festival of Electronic Music, Visual Art, and New Media | |
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| Location(s) | United States 
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| Years active | 2003 - present |
| Founded by | Sean Horton |
| Date(s) | September 25 - 28, 2008 |
| Genre(s) | Electronic Music |
| Website | www.dbfestival.com |
- This article is about the annual music and arts festival. For other uses of "Decibel", see Decibel (disambiguation).
Decibel Festival is a four-day annual music and arts festival started in 2003 in Seattle. Decibel is dedicated to live electronic music, visual art and new media. The core of the festival is comprised of several concerts and live performances presented in a variety of locations throughout Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. In addition to these performance programs, Decibel includes a professional section featuring panels and workshops.
Since its inception, Decibel has hosted over 400 acts ranging from underground dance and experimental electronic music to transmedial art. Past highlights include: Autechre, Justice, Richie Hawtin, Trentemoller, Diplo, Boys Noize, Green Velvet, Switch, Monolake, Derrick May, Modeselektor, Gui Boratto, Matmos, Simian Mobile Disco, Robin Guthrie, Ellen Allien, Fennesz, Scott Pagano, Harold Budd, Murcof, Apparat, The Field, Isolee, Meat Beat Manifesto, Biosphere, Cobblestone Jazz, John Tejada, Speedy J, Michael Mayer, Chris DeLuca vs. Phon.o, Bruno Pronsato, Stars of the Lid, Matthew Dear, Nortec Collective, Akufen, 3 Channels, Tim Hecker, Claude VonStroke, Funkstörung, Bender, Italoboyz, Subtle, Machine Drum, Sascha Funke, Styrofoam, Lusine, Jeff Samuel, The Dead Texan, Smash TV, Marcus Nikolai, Dabrye, Smash TV, Vladislav Delay, Tipper, Jacob London, T.Raumschmiere, Frivolous, Loscil, Robert Babicz, Christopher Willits, Strategy, Mochipet, Kangding Ray and Deadbeat.
