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Photos by James Cadden; Above: Portishead

'Twas the night a couple weeks before Christmas, and all through Butlins Holiday Centre in Minehead, England, quite a few creatures were stirring to the sounds of a reinvigorated Portishead, a Liquid Swords-swinging GZA, and the elusive ghost of IDM's past, present, and future, Aphex Twin. These jolly souls and more partook of the Portishead-curated, All Tomorrow's Parties-sponsored Nightmare Before Christmas bonanza, which capped off Sunday night at the seaside locale.

Also on Santa Pitchfork's "good" list: Madlib, Sunn O))), Boris, Fuck Buttons, Glenn Branca, Silver Apples, Sparklehorse, Om, Oneida, Julian Cope, Oren Ambarchi, and Primavera Club two-timer Thurston Moore. Kick back with an egg nog and check out all the usual photo action below. And if you prefer your Portishead live images with motion and sound, make Forkcast your next destination.

ATP...now why does that sound familiar?

PORTISHEAD




GZA


APHEX TWIN




BORIS






SUNN O)))






THURSTON MOORE


MADLIB




GLENN BRANCA




SPARKLEHORSE




FUCK BUTTONS


OM




ONEIDA






JULIAN COPE


SILVER APPLES




CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX


SEASICK STEVE