The line-up for 10 Days Off is virtually complete! After having announced top notch names such as 4Hero, Agoria, Booka Shade, Ellen Allien, Grooverider, Joakim, Laurent Garnier, Martin Solveig, Monika Kruse, Richie Hawtin, Skream, STIJN, Tiefschwarz, Alex Gopher, False a.k.a. Audion, Dixon, Djuma Soundsystem, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Etienne De Crécy, Fabio, Fairmont, The fucKINGFUCKS, John Digweed, Makossa & Megablast, Mason, Riton, Slam, Spirit Catcher, TC, The Presets, Tiga, Tommie Sunshine and Two Lone Swordsmen, we can now proudly announce the rest of them. Actually, there are too many artists to name them all, but here's a little taster:

Briton Sub Focus and Belgians Murdock, Wontime, Dobe'n'Daze and Millennium Kru make the 2 drum'n'bass nights complete. From the land of dubstep we have none less than Mister legendary Plastician and BBC-muse Mary Anne Hobbs Eurostarring in from the UK, with DJ Mate as the defender of Belgian honour.

From France we welcome the mighty fine Philippe Zdar, 1 half of Cassius, and Resopal's Shonky, while The Netherlands deliver the goods with funky lay-deeez 100% Isis and Shinedoe.

In the meantime, Germany is still ze ruler of club land, with natives such as Oliver Huntemann, Martin Eyerer and Marcus Worgull flying in, and label nights by BPitch Control (featuring mater familias Ellen Allien, Modeselektor and Kiki, among others) and Get Physical (with head honcho DJ T., Booka Shade, Jesse Rose and Jona).

More label nights, but not necessarily from Germany: M-Nus, featuring main man Richie Hawtin alongside Magda and Gaiser, and furthermore Cosy Mozzy's Dirty Dancing, with the boss himself bringing along aforementioned Spirit Catcher, Compuphonic and David Garcet aka Pink Slow Motel.

10 Days Off without any Belgian performers is like Summer without 10 days Off: boooooring! Apart from the beforementioned lives of Spirit Catcher and STIJN and the dubstep- and d'n'b DJs, there's also the explosive live performances of Nid & Sancy and Shameboy, plus dj sets by Bolland and Barman tandem Magnus, DJ 4T4, the Beyond Jazz DJs and Squadra Bossa ft. Buscemi.

And finally, we had already mentioned Mr. Tiga, but not that he's bringing a bunch of members of his Turbo Recordings family, to close off the event in fine style 2 the B-Live room!

Senses under attack? We think so!

Good to know
Membercards (allowing 11-day access to the event) are only on sale via the 10 Days Off website until June 30. Amount is limited, the price is 65€. Single tickets are on sale as from May 1, via Fnac and the 10 Days Off website.

If you buy a Membercard or a single ticket on pre-sale, you will also have access to the SMAK (City Museum of Contemporary Art) in Ghent, during the 10 Days Off period. You will then be able to visit the exhibit of South-African artist Kendell Geers, who will be doing an audio-visual performance at the Mine White Room, alongside Patrick Codenys (Front 242). Here's a tip for this Autumn: the work of performance artist Paul McCarthy (from 13 October on).

Mine.be will be streaming part of the event daily, and PureFM will be broadcast a daily podcast (French-spoken) during the event.
In the week before 10 Days Off (July 4 - 8) sister festival 5 Days Off will take place for the 7th time in Amsterdam. Check www.5daysoff.nl.