PRIMAL SCREAM AND MORE AT 'DELESTE FESTIVAL' MAY 2026 IN VALENCIA! (EXCLUSIVE REPORT) • 24/7 Valencia

The Deleste festival , taking place on May 22nd and 23rd of next year in Valencia ( Jardines de Viveros ), has announced the first wave of artists for its 14th edition : Primal Scream , Apparat , Kerala Dust , Holy Fuck , Los Invaders , and Billy Nomates . This half-dozen lineup promises a powerful musical experience. Tickets for the two days of performances are already on sale at a special introductory price of €49 (which will later increase to €59). More artist confirmations will be announced in the coming weeks.

Let’s get on with the introductions.

We begin with Primal Scream . Since their formation in 1982, the career of these British musicians has been a sonic adventure that has resulted in several groundbreaking albums. Their approach: delving into the past to rescue gems of classic rock, transfiguring them into songs that sound like they’ve returned from the future. At the helm, always Bobby Gillespie (formerly of The Jesus and Mary Chain ). Who would have thought it? They started with an indie-pop sound indebted to The Byrds —listen to “Sonic Flower Groove” (1987)—but gradually moved towards hard rock, as if updating The Stooges . Then, with their foray into acid house and the productions of Andrew Weatherall , The Orb , and Jimmy Miller , came “Screamadelica” (1991), a fusion of techno and indie that propelled them to stardom. What were their next milestones? A few, always in constant acceleration: the boogie-rock of “Give Out But Don’t Give Up” (1994), the electro-rock of “Vanishing Point” (1997), and the experimental, apocalyptic noise of “XTMNRT” (2000). Hold on, we’ll stop here (even though they’ve continued releasing albums), because, right on the 25th anniversary of the release of “XTMNRT ,” they’ve decided to take it on the road and pay tribute. And that will be their concert (a killer concert) at Deleste: nothing less than playing the entire furious “XTMNRT .” You know the drill: “Kill All Hippies , ” “Swastika Eyes” … Glory.

Next up is Apparat , the stage name of German musician Sascha Ring (also known as a member of Moderat , his project with the German techno duo Modeselektor ), one of Europe’s great generators of emotionally charged and ambitious electronic music in the first quarter of this century. His stylistic shifts and oscillations, always skillfully executed, have taken him from glitch-infused techno and IDM to orchestrated experimental pop. He hasn’t released anything as Apparat since “LP5” (2019), his fifth solo album, an inventive, meticulous, and ethereal work that left his fans wanting more. Those desires will be satisfied with Deleste , as he’ll be bringing new material, finally breaking his decade-long drought: his new album, “A Hum Of Maybe,” will be released on February 20th, and the first single, an alternate take on the track “An Echo Skips A Name,” has already been released . Created alongside his regular collaborator Philipp Johann Thimm , the album features a distinctive blend of modulated textures, intricate electronics and a striking vocal presence, and will be presented live in a band format.

We’re talking now about Kerala Dust , a British band formed in 2016 that recently sold out shows in Valencia , Barcelona , and Madrid on their October tour . On that tour, they presented their latest album, the acclaimed “An Echo Of Love .” This album explores the concept of never standing still, creating a work attentive to the possibilities of constant change. At the heart of their hybrid sound, art rock merges with innovative electronica, but it’s also a place where, just as the dance floor is warmly welcomed, parallel references emerge, ranging from desert blues and Americana to twilight ballads illuminated by neon lights. Their live performances are a constant dialogue with their studio sounds, which they reinterpret, link, deconstruct, and reassemble.

From Canada comes Holy Fuck , a quartet formed in 2004 that can be described as an electronic band, but without the typical techniques or stagecraft of such a group: they like to use real instruments (bass, drums) and also non-instruments (like toy keyboards) to create and reproduce electronic effects and sounds. So we’ll call it electro-rock, a term they transform live into an ecstatic, unorthodox, improvised, and energetic experience. Or, as they define it themselves, a display of electronic music with a human touch, an option that seems more relevant to these Canadians now than ever, in these times of so-called Artificial Intelligence. They’ll also be coming with a new album, “Event Beat ,” their first since 2020. It will be released in 2026. The moment you press play on their opening track, “Evie ,” fans will be greeted with a hypnotic calling card—amid vibrant bass, punk-funk rhythms, and shimmering layers of synthesizer—that will stay with them throughout the entire album. Like an endless loop. And that’s exactly what their live show at Deleste will be like .

A Valencian moment with Los Invaders , who have been active since 2018, when they released their first EP, “Take Me Home” (which, incidentally, won them the final of the Movistar Vinilo València competition ). They have two albums under their belt, “It’s Not A Revolution If You Can’t Dance It” (2020) and “Otro freak más en Freaklandia” (2024), which have made it onto the best-of-the-year lists of Radio 3 programs like “180º” and “Turbo 3” . And continuing with their achievements, it’s also worth mentioning that their song “Wrong Is Right” opened the first episode of the eighth season of the Netflix series “ Élite ” . Electro-pop with instant effects for joy and revelry at their concerts, which will soon take the form of a third album, currently in preparation for release in 2026.

And we conclude this overview with British artist Billy Nomates (stage name of Victoria Ann Maries ), who was launched into orbit in 2019 by Geoff Barrow ( Portishead ) when he recommended her Bandcamp in a tweet . Her self-titled debut LP arrived in 2020 on Invada Records (not coincidentally, as it’s the label Barrow runs ). On that album, tracks that functioned like rattlesnakes warned against indie clichés, against the “older men’s club” where the Eagles are played , and against any privileged rich person who thinks they represent everyone (there are quite a few, too many). They were minimalist art-punk and post-punk compositions that rebelled against Brexit , racism, dead-end jobs, hourly contracts, and gender inequality. Sleaford Mods , perhaps her biggest influence, picked up on the move (because theirs was and is the same) and invited her to collaborate on their song “Mork n Mindy . ” Shortly afterwards came the EP “Emergency Telephone” (2021), a reflection of her anxiety during the pandemic, which has been followed by two more albums, “CACTI” (2023) and “Metalhorse” (2025), the latter conceptual and reflective from calmer precepts, after hard personal blows, which have already established her as a consolidated, not just emerging, value of the British scene, someone whose approach increasingly tends to find hope in the accumulations of misery, anger and confusion that we have around us.