fans of rap and electro are going to be able to have fun in Marseille. 31 local artists, national and international will ignite the Chanot park and the beach of petit Roucas whose Orelsan, Eddy de Pretto, Polo & Pan, and The Blaze, placed in the headliners. With 50% of female artists and artists of the african continent, the festival is under the sign of the parity and diversity. The South African Sho Madjozi, known for rapping in his native tongue, is part of the invited special with the writer and DJ ugandan Kampire, the artist moroccan Zamdane and the DJ tunisian queer Deena Abdelwahed. The opportunity to (re)discover live the first album Khonnar the artist’s north african, which came out in November.

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A scene electro sharp

Among the big names of the electro scene international, we find Adam Beyer, founder of the label, Drumcode Records, which produced artists electro and techno Swedish, and Carl Craig, one of the great scene of Detroit. The belgian Charlotte de Witte, who began to make themselves known on the scene festival in 2017, is also part of the experience. Not to mention the English Paula Temple, “the priestess of the techno-industrial”, according to Arte.

Side French electro, Marsatac welcomes the duo of Polo&Pan, whose debut album Caravelle us on a journey into the distant lands in 2017 . The Blaze is expected in turn to excite festival-goers on their titles Virile, Territory or Heaven . The DJ AZF will leave temporarily the underground scene in paris for providing the people their mixes to sound dark and oppressive. The lyon dr folamour will land with his turntables to make dance on his house influenced by jazz, disco, soul and hip-hop.

The rap king in the world of festivals

Marsatac invites since its first edition in 1999, hip-hop artists of the moment. After IAM, Nekfeu, Lomepal, or Romeo Elvis in 2018, it is the turn of Orelsan, winning the trophy for the best concert in the Victories of the music, heat up the scene marseillaise alongside Eddy de Pretto and Caballero& JeanJass.

Marsatac Festival, from 14 to 16 June in Marseille. Complete program here.