2008 marks the 5th anniversary of the Decibel Festival, an annual event held in Seattle that has now become one of North America’s preeminent electronic music events.

For this year’s event, Decibel has planned its most ambitious festival to date; featuring more than 100 acts from 12 different countries, organized within 24 showcases at 11 different venues over four days.

The lineup is not only massive but also the most diverse yet, increasing the international stature and range of artists, representing everything from underground dance to experimental audio / visual performance. Adding to the traditional club events, this year’s program will feature a two day dB Conference, Optical Multimedia showcases, a BBQ, an outdoor park event, an ambient dinner theater and an overall theme of sustainability in the arts.

The four-day Decibel International Festival of Electronic Music Performance, Visual Art and New Media will take place September 25th - 28th.

Here’s a list of the performers announced so far.

2008 Decibel Festival Performers

Carl Craig (US) :: Deadmau5 (CA) :: Jahcoozi (DE) :: The Bug feat. Warrior Queen (UK) :: Supermayer (DE) :: Flying Lotus (US) :: Dixon (DE) :: Glitch Mob (US) :: Audion (US) :: Tujiko Noriko (JP / FR) :: Tycho (US) :: Brian McBride of SOTL (US) :: Luca Bacchetti (IT) :: Jeff Samuel (US / DE) :: Helios (US) :: William Basinski (US) :: Deaf Center (NO) :: LA Riots (US) :: Eluvium (US) :: Barbara Morgenstern (DE) :: Santiago & Bushido (US) :: 33Hz (US) :: Jeremy Ellis (US) :: Mike Monday (UK) :: Akira Rabelais (US) :: Library Tapes (SE) :: KiloWatts (US) :: [a]pendics.shuffle (US) :: Jeff Greinke (US) :: Stewart Walker (US) :: Fax (MX) :: Noah Pred (CA) :: Deru (US) :: Eskmo (US) :: Lusine (US) :: Balún (PR / US) :: Cubenx (MX) :: Alland Byallo (US) :: Welder (US) :: Derek Plaslaiko (US) :: Nalepa (US) :: Truckasauras (US) :: Jacob London (US) :: Careen Ajar (CA / US) :: Dave Pezzner (US) :: Let’s Go Outside (US) :: Jerry Abstract (US) :: Attentat (US) :: Bryan Zentz (US) :: Caro (US) :: Scott Pagano (US) :: Kid Hops (US) :: Mister Leisure (US) :: Craig Kuna (US) :: Shen (CA) :: ndCV (US) :: novaTRON (US) :: Carole Kim (US) :: Taimur Agha (US) :: Sammy D (US) :: The Sight Below (US) :: offthesky (US) :: Kadeejah Streets (US) :: Phidelity (US) :: Nikola Baytala (US) :: Michael Manahan (US) :: Nordic Soul aka INCITE! (US) :: Chuck Flask (US) :: J-Sun (US) :: Kamran Sadeghi (US) :: Crazy Larry (US) :: Eddie (US) :: Ctrl_Alt_Dlt (US) :: Les Freres Courvoisier (US) :: Lucy Bland (US) :: Rob Noble (US) :: Kris Moon (US) :: Scott Sunn (US) :: SunTzu Sound (US) :: m.0 (US) :: Alala.One (US) :: Noisemaker (US) :: Leo Mayberry (US) :: Dr. Mr. M (US) :: Panty Control (US) :: 31 avas (US) :: Struggle (US) :: Vance Galloway (US) :: Camino Acid (US) :: m. quiet (US) :: Skoi Sirius (US) :: Aron Schoppert (US) :: sarah h.dot (US) :: Sean Majors (US) :: Travis Baron (US) :: Swank (US) :: Levi Clark (US) :: Jeronimo (US) :: Shane Silkey (US) :: Limefeather (US) :: Blondzie (US) :: Punch Drunk Productions (US) :: Skyler (US) :: Epiphanous (US)

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