The Electric Frog Street Carnival, 1 Aug

Returning for its second outing, this time Electric Frog offers a heftier line-up that balances more established names with emerging talent. Playing live are Simian Mobile Disco, Liquid Liquid, Alter Ego and Luke Slater under his Planetary Assault Systems guise.

Originally a DJ off-shoot of the now defunct indie band, Simian, the duo of James Ford and Jas Shaw initially gained fame for their Simian Mobile Disco remix work, but have since gone onto release albums featuring the likes of Beth Ditto and Gruff Rhys and are now a fully-fledged live act.

First becoming active in the early eighties, New York post-punk/disco quartet Liquid Liquid re-formed in 2008, playing the UK alongside Optimo, who took their name from the band’s Liquid Liquid EP.

A decade after their first album, German techno pair Roman Flügel and Jörn Elling aka Alter Ego gained worldwide fame for their Rocker single, while Flügel’s solo-effort Ghets Noch? was also a club smash making them much in-demand as club performers.

Over five Planetary Assault Systems’ albums, UK producer Luke Slater has consistently delivered an uncompromising brand of club techno that’s earned him a place in both the heads and hearts of the global dance scene.

Merging "krautrock, post-punk, the primitive electronica of Cabaret Voltaire and the early tribal art-beat of 23 Skidoo", shadowy London outfit Factory Floor will also perform.

On the decks will be the ever-popular, Prince-worshipping, former electro clash king Felix Da Housecat, Manchester’s answer to Moodymann, Trus’Me and fellow Lancastrian Cottam, whose productions and DJ sets brilliantly merge soul, house and techno.

Optimo-pairing Twitch and Wilkes will also be returning, whilst local heroes Sensu, Dan Monox, Melting Pot’s Simon Cordiner, Billy Woods, Teamy and Dirty Larry of Wrong Island, Dema and Nice and Piece Together Soundsystem’s Kev Stevens and Craig Moogroove will also appear.