Well, the Wynwood-born and -bred competition hopes to do it yet again when it returns Friday, October 20, and Saturday, October 21, with producer/singer-songwriter du jour Fred Again.. and Detroit punk legend Iggy Pop because the headliners. This 12 months’s occasion additionally marks III Point’s tenth anniversary.
“Being forward of the curve hasn’t been straightforward and has required taking dangers,” David Sinopoli, the competition’s cofounder, stated in an announcement. “We set out on a mission ten years in the past to construct one thing completely different in Miami that the counterculture right here can determine with. This initiative is flourishing due to all of the artists and followers which have supported this concept over the previous ten years.”
Fred has had a massively profitable rise after the discharge of his third album, Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022), final 12 months. He had labored behind the scenes in relative obscurity for years, producing tracks for artists like Ed Sheeran, Charli XCX, Rita Ora, Stormzy, and Ellie Goulding. Hell, he is even labored with the legend Brian Eno. Lately, he is gaining much more notoriety due to his collaboration with Skrillex and Four Tet, “Baby once more..,” and a string of appearances collectively. The trio not too long ago closed the second weekend of Coachella after would-be headliner Frank Ocean bailed on the competition following what was extensively thought of a messy efficiency by the elusive singer-songwriter in the course of the first weekend.
On the opposite hand, Iggy Pop does not want an introduction — however I’ll give one anyway. The punk elder statesman received his begin within the Michigan rock scene earlier than main the Stooges within the late Nineteen Sixties. Throughout his profession, Pop discovered success each as a part of the band and as a solo artist. You might imagine you do not know any of Pop’s work, however you do: “Lust for Life,” which he co-wrote with David Bowie in 1977, is probably his greatest declare to fame. Although he is solidly thought of a Michigan music legend, Pop calls Miami residence today.
Further down the invoice, different standouts embrace avant-pop chanteuse Caroline Polachek, who launched her newest album, Desire, I Want to Turn Into You, earlier this 12 months to common acclaim. There’s additionally Dominican dembow act Tokischa, who has continued to freak out conservatives throughout Latin America together with her sexually charged lyrics. And there’s additionally UK storage/post-dubstep icon Sbtrkt, who delivers the sort of dubstep that sounds miles aside from 2010s brostep.
III Points can also be permitting two of its phases to be curated for the primary time. Techno producer Richie Hawtin will curate the S3quenc3 stage whereas home duo/precise siblings, the Martinez Brothers, will take over Isotropic. There might be 9 phases in complete throughout the Mana Wynwood complicated.
Tickets go on sale tomorrow, April 26, at midday through iiipoints.com.
Here’s the complete phase-one lineup in alphabetical order:
- Caroline Polachek
- Fred Again..
- Iggy Pop
- Jamie Jones
- Keinemusik (&Me, Rampa, and Adam Port)
- Lane 8
- Richie Hawtin curates S3quence3
- Sbtrkt
- The Blaze
- The Martinez Brothers current Isotropic
- Tokischa
- Unknown Mortal Orchestra
- VTSS
III Points 2023. Friday, October 20, and Saturday, October 21, at Mana Wynwood, 318 NW twenty third St., Miami; iiipoints.com.