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Animal Collective to Bring Gang Gang Dance, Lee Scratch Perry to ATP

Animal Collective will curate the only ATP festival weekend of May 2011. The event will take place at the Butlins Holiday Centrein in Minehead, England from May 13-15, 2011. In a statement, ATP promoter Barry Hogan said, “I always wondered what kind of mix tape Animal Collective would put together, so we are really stoked that they are climbing into the curating hot seat at Butlins next May where they will headline and curate the festival that includes the likes of Lee Scratch Perry and Gang Gang Dance from an already eclectic mix of 40+ acts.” Animal Collective will also perform at the festival.

The first acts chosen by Animal Collective for the line-up are: Gang Gang Dance, Lee Scratch Perry, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Broadcast, Black Dice, Meat Puppets, The Frogs, Iud, Omar-S, Prince Rama, Spectrum, Dent May, Group Doueh, The Brothers Unconnected, Sublime Frequencies DJs + Films, Deradoorian, Zomby and Vladislav Delay. The Meat Puppets will perform its Up On the Sun in its entirety, while The Frogs will rework It’s Only Right & Natural.