Morcheeba, UNKLE and DJ Shadow introduced for London’s South Dealing with Pageant 2025

Morcheeba, UNKLE and DJ Shadow have been introduced for the 2025 version of South Dealing with Pageant.
The multi-day occasion at South London’s Crystal Palace Park has revealed that its line-up for August 14 can even embrace Jurassic 5’s Chali 2na, Zero 7 and DJ Cheeba. Tickets go on sale at 10am on April 4, and it is possible for you to to get yours here.
It follows on from earlier bulletins that different days of South Dealing with will likely be headlined by Mogwai and Lankum on August 7, Huge Smoke and Skepta on August 9, Basement Jaxx on August 22 and 23 and Nile Rodgers and Stylish on August 24.
Morcheeba, the Kent digital duo of Skye Edwards and Ross Godfrey, had been influential figures within the ‘90s trip-hop and downtempo scene, with albums ‘Huge Calm’ and ‘Who Can You Belief?’ defining their mix of atmospheric and digital flavours. Their most up-to-date album was ‘Blackest Blue’ in 2021, though they launched the one ‘Name For Love’ in January to mark their thirtieth anniversary.
UNKLE, the venture led by musician and producer James Lavelle, will deliver their Rōnin Dwell present to South Dealing with, having toured the UK with it in 2024.
“With the Rōnin Tour, the UNKLE stay expertise is reimagined throughout the context of a membership atmosphere reasonably than a standard stay present,” Lavelle stated final yr. “This permits us to be artistic and experimental in many various methods.”
“The Rōnin reveals are layered, collaged and sampled to create a seamless UNKLE soundtrack expertise, drawing influences from the previous, current and way forward for UNKLE. The venture began as a DJ-based efficiency and we aimed to push the boundaries of what we thought DJing was on the time, incorporating visible parts together with the music. We would like individuals to bop, have fun and have a good time.”
DJ Shadow, in the meantime, has been talking out in current months in regards to the disaster at present going through touring musicians, saying the trade is near “extinction”.
“Lots of the venues I performed this yr are struggling financially,” he stated. “I don’t suppose it’s an over exaggeration to say that the touring trade as we all know it’s yet another international disaster away from extinction.”