It's time not only to announce the first group of headliners, but also to begin ticket sales for Audioriver '10.  And, in our opinion, Ellen Allien, Hybrid live, Karotte, Dusty Kid live as well as Qemists Soundsystem should give you more than enough reasons to get your hands on the first batch of tickets, which will only put you back a mere 70 zl (approx. 18 euros) for a two day pass.

After recently announcing the inclusion of techno uberguru Richie Hawtin as Plastikman Live to this year's line up, we are more than pleased to confirm that Ellen Allien will finally be back in Poland for the first time in 9 years. Considered by many to be the queen of both the German and international techno scenes, Allien has on several occasions released seminal albums, the most notable undoubtedly being her solo effort 'Berlinette' and 'Orchestra of Bubbles' recorded in together with Apparat. As the head of Bpitch Control, she has been responsible for giving the world a plethora of trend setting and timeless pieces of music, and has also nurtured the talents of highly respected artists like Modeselektor, Moderat and Paul Kalkbrenner under BPitch's wings.

Fans of quality techno have always had many reasons to come to Plock, but this year they will have more than ever with the ubiquitous Dusty Kid and the highly respected Karotte (break new soil rec. / cocoon - Frankfurt) on the bill. The former is the man behind one of the finest dancefloor friendly techno LPs ('A Ravers Diary') of last year, while the latter destroys dancefloors the world over on a regular basis. And his residencies at clubs such as U60311, Harry Klein and Cocoon speak for themselves. 

It is also worth noting that for the first time in the festival's five year history we have booked an act to play for a second time. Although Hybrid played at the festival in 2007, we just could not resist inviting them to come again after hearing that they will soon be releasing their fourth album. Each and every one of the group's albums has so far been a masterpiece, and the band went down a treat on our stage the first time around, so we really did not have much to think about. And the recently released lead single from the forthcoming album, 'Break My Soul', went a long way in strengthening our belief that Hybrid should be the first repeat act in Audioriver's history.

There will be no shortage of top flight drum & bass, either. Fans of the genre will most likely be very pleased to learn that we have a real treat in store in the form of Qemists Soundsystem, whose highly energetic album 'Join The Q' found its way into the record collections of fans of groups such as Pendulum. The trio, which at times ventures into rock territory, usually performs live, and sometimes as DJs. Despite the fact that the group is unfortunately not planning to perform live this year, we managed to book them as a semi live act, which means that their 'traditional' DJ set up will be accompanied by live keys and an MC.

Tickets, as always, will be available via www.ticketpro.pl

Ticket prices for Audioriver 2010 are as follows:
March 1st – April 30th: 70 pln | approx. 18 euros  (two day ticket)
May 1st – July 31st: 100 pln | approx. 25 euros (two day ticket)
August 1st – August 5th: 130 pln | approx. 32 euros   (two day ticket)
During the festival: 130 pln (two day ticket); 70 pln (one day ticket)