The first names for Melt Festival 2018 have arrived

The xx, Mura Masa, Cigarettes After Sex, Jon Hopkins, The Black Madonna, Nina Kraviz, Ben Klock, Ellen Allien, George Fitzgerald, Honey Dijon, Erobique, Gurr, Kid Simius, Yellow Days, Mavi Phoenix, Amelie Lens, Sevdaliza, Ø [PHASE], and Superorganism are all also performing at the German extravaganza.

The festival takes place at Ferropolis, an hour south of Berlin, between 13-15 July. The dramatic location - sometimes called 'The City Of Iron' - is a former coal mine that still hosts a number of industrial constructs, including "enormous cranes and towering diggers".