Latitude drop Atomic Bomb! Who Is William Onyeabor?

Latitude 2014

Thursday 17th to Sunday 20th July 2014
Henham Park Estate, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 8AN, England MAP
£187.50 weekend adult ticket, plus booking fees

Daily capacity: 35,000

Latitude Festival have revealed his year’s Sunday afternoon special guest will be an unique performance of Atomic Bomb! Who Is William Onyeabor?

Atomic Bomb! Who Is William Onyeabor? is a celebration of the music of the West African Afro-funk and synth pioneer, William Onyeabor, performed by a collective of internationally acclaimed musicians, with the Latitude line-up featuring Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip), Pat Mahoney (LCD Soundsystem), Money Mark (Beastie Boys), Sinkane, Scritti Politti, and Mahotella Queens, plus secret additions, and further featured acts will be announced over the coming weeks.

There will also be some special guests who will perform the songs of William Onyeabor the Nigerian producer and instrumentalist whose synthesizer-laden songs mix disco, funk and Afrobeat.

Onyeabor’s funk sound was originally recorded and released over eight albums on his own label Wilfilms between 1977 and 1985. Onyeabor himself lives far away from the spotlight, but is currently being hailed as an African equivalent to Giorgio Moroder.

In 2013, after a five-year odyssey to track down Onyeabor, David Byrne released the album ‘Who is William Onyeabor?’ on his world music label Luaka Bop, in order to introduce Onyeabor’s infectious synth music to a new generation.

Also appearing across the bill are House Gospel Choir, Slow Club, The Phantom Band, Rag & Bone Man, Panes, The People The Poet, Jagaara, These Ghosts, and Aquilo.

The festival held over the weekend of Thursday 17th to Sunday 20th July 2014 at Henham Park Estate, in Suffolk is headlined by The Black Keys, Two Door Cinema Club, and Damon Albarn (solo), plus Royksopp and Robyn (Latitude exclusive), Bombay Bicycle Club, Editors, The Afghan Whigs, First Aid Kit, Tame Impala, Slowdive, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Billy Bragg, HAIM, Booker T. Jones, James, Crystal Fighters, Kelis, Tinariwen, Mogwai, Lykke Li, James Vincent McMorrow, Clean Bandit, Phosphorescent, Anna Calvi, Goat, Cass McCombs, Marika Hackman, Nils Frahm, Willis Earl Beal, Agnes Obel, East India Youth, Koreless, Eagulls, Fat White Family, The War on Drugs, SOHN, Temples, Hozier, Parquet Courts, Chrissie Hynde, Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott, The Jayhawks, Asgeir Trausti, Augustines, James Holden, Young Fathers, Tycho, Mnek, Future Islands, Rhodes, Syd Arthur, Vaults, Childhood, D.D Dumbo, Solomon Grey, Glass Animals, Emilie Nicholas, Years And Years, Elliphant, Danni Nicholls, Ady Suleiman, Milky Chance, Tiempo Libre, Mark Lamarr's God’s Jukebox, Hollie Cook, Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys, Natty Bo and the Top Cats, Derriere, Keith Allen, Summer Camp, Teeth Of The Sea, Suns of the Tundra, Gavin Osborn, George Ezra, Conor Oberst, Tom Vek, and more.

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An adult weekend ticket is priced at £187.50 (+ booking fee) with a Family Camping option also available, a teen weekend ticket is priced at £132.50 (+ booking fee), with a weekend ticket for all children aged 5 -12 years priced at £5 (no booking fee). Campervan permits are priced at £40/£60/£80 (depending on size).

Latitude isn't just about music and colourful sheep, but has a full spectrum of art including film, comedy, theatre, cabaret, dance, poetry, literature and art.

This year Latitude's theme will be Secrets, exploring the difficult relationship between the private and public worlds of individuals, communities and wider society.

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