Forbidden Fruit festival this Saturday and Sunday to feature Aphex Twin

Aphex Twin, playing at Forbidden Fruit on Sunday

ONE of the most intriguing new music festivals of recent years kicks off this June Bank Holiday weekend, featuring headliners The Flaming Lips and Aphex Twin - the latter described as “the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music” - who grew up in England but was born in Limerick, a little known fact of musical lore.

The ‘Forbidden Fruit’ festival takes place this coming Saturday and Sunday, June 4 and 5, on the grounds of the Irish Museum of Modern Art, The Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, in Dublin, the first multi staged music festival to take place in the capital city.
 
Sponsored by Bulmers and run by POD, the site for the gig is to be set up in the shape of an apple and is billed as a “collaborative fusion of music, art and fashion”. Also featuring on the eclectic and exciting line-up are Battles, Wild Beats, Erol Alkan, Jape, Caribou, Jamie XX, Ham Sandwich and many more.
 
Full line-up:
 
Saturday:

The Flaming Lips

Yo La Tengo

Wild Beasts

Bombay Bicycle Club

The Phoenix Foundation

Erol Alkan

Beardyman

The Subs

Rory Philips

Jape

Aeroplane

Ham Sandwich

Colourmusic

Bitches With Wolves

Kid Karate

Bipolar Empire

Spies
 
Sunday:
 
Aphex Twin

Battles

Caribou

Jamie XX

Carte Blanche

Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip

Spank Rock

Logo

Kormac’s Band

Solar Bears

Favourite Sons

Trinity Orchestra

Cast Of Cheers

Not Squares

Bats

Enemies

Squarehead

Tera Melos
 
Tickets remain on sale and are available from Ticketmaster. See here for more and full day to day breakdown.