Pitchfork

You know, you can't spell Dissonanze without bungling the hell out of "dance." But screwing things up in the body movement department just ain't the Dissonanze festival's way. Check out the towering lineup of their eighth annual event, arranging its sequencers all over Rome, Italy's Parco Della Musica, Palazza de Congressi and Ara Pacis May 9-10.

Get down to the likes of Carl Craig, Prefuse 73, Model 500, YACHT, Madlib with J.Rocc, Booka Shade, Fujiya & Miyagi, Caribou, Erol Alkan, Switch, the Bug, Lucky Dragons, Loco Dice, Krautrock legends Cluster, and many others. And, for the sake of dissonance of that other variety, there's a collaboration between Sunn O)))'s Stephen O'Malley, noise guru John Wiese, and artist Nico Vascellari, as well as No Age. (Wait, you can dance to No Age?)

Like a lot of these almost-entirely-dance festivals, things don't kick off 'til practically the following morning. Carl Craig-- not a particularly young man anymore, mind-- isn't slated to hit the stage until 4:30 in the AM. International travelers, now might be a good time to calculate your optimal jet lag interval, and all parties involved should probably go to bed now in anticipation. Just think: when you wake, Booka Shade!