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German producer and DJ Shantel is confirmed for Sziget 2010 on the official MySpace page. He is known for mixing balkan sounds with electronic sounds.

Shantel will play Sziget on August 15.

Sziget News’ thanks go to nikisok and Nick Wanmaker.

A few more interesting acts have confirmed their presence at this year’s Sziget Festival via their websites or MySpace pages.

First, there’s Hudaki, from Nizhne Selyshe, Ukraine. Their presence is confirmed on their official website and you can check out their MySpace for a few songs. They play great traditional music, straight from the Carpathians!

Then, there’s Klezmofobia, a band that calls its music “New York Klezmer”. Their presence is confirmed on the Klezmofobia official website.

Also self confirmed on their MySpace pages are two Hungarian acts, Gyongyi Salla (for August 12) and Dalkloid Sound (August 13)

(thanks, chudo_pahan)

After playing Sziget 2009, it seems that 08001 will be at Sziget this year, too. This wonderful news is confirmed on the 08001 official website (thanks, Fantomas).

In case you don’t know who 08001 are, we’ll just tell you that they are quite a very interesting project, combining the inspiration of a line-up of artists from all around the world, that meet in Barcelona to create their music.

08001 live shows mix the performances of a large number of artists with a visual screen show.

08001 are set to play Sziget Festival 2010 on August 15.

We have some really great news for all of you punk fans going to Sziget this year. Legendary punk rock band Toy Dolls is set to play at this year’s Sziget Festival.

This great news is confirmed on their official website. Toy Dolls are set to play on Sziget Festival 2010’s Main Stage, on August 11. If you don’t believe us, check out “New Dates” in the “Tour” section of the Toy Dolls official website.

Orquestra Buena Vista Social Club have confirmed their appearance at this year’s Sziget Festival on their record company website.

They will play Sziget on August 11.(thanks, Mellowmaniac, gurkeyy and alessandro).

Yes, that’s right, another important act has confirmed its presence at this year’s Sziget Festival. The band that has confirmed its presence in Sziget 2010’s lineup is GWAR. Oderus Urungus’ men were supposed to be at Sziget Festival 2009, this didn’t happen, but they will be here this year.

GWAR is known to be a great live act, so we can’t wait to see them at this year’s Sziget. GWAR will play Sziget Festival 2010 on August 11 and their presence is announced on the GWAR official website. (thanks Jari!)

AND ANOTHER UPDATE: the Paradise Lost official site also confirms this, so it’s 100% sure.

UPDATE: the news is also on Paradise Lost’s official Facebook page.

An important name is self-confirmed to be at this year’s Sziget Festival.

Paradise Lost have just confirmed themselves on their official MySpace page for this year’s Sziget Festival. According to their MySpace site, Paradise Lost will play Sziget Festival 2010 on August 13. (thanks, Mellowmaniac)

Very good news today! Infected Mushroom have confirmed their presence at this year’s Sziget Festival.

Infected Mushroom will play Sziget Festival 2010 on August 14, according to their official website.

Thanks to our reader chudo_pahan for the tip.

Finally, we have the first confirmed bands for this year’s Sziget Festival. These bands have already confirmed their presence via their official sites or MySpace pages and, although they’re not very big names, it’s still good to know about them.

Here we go, then:

• Eslam is the first name and the way he describes himself is quite interesting:
  

  An ex Lebanese Mafia affiliate turned overweight entertainer, after an 8 Million Dollar sale of a stolen Mammoth tusk from a Siberian excavation went wrong… Born to Syrian and Lebanese parents, Eslam Jawaad (real name ‘Wissam Khodur’) left his mafia past in Lebanon and came to London in October 2003 where he quickly caught on to the vibrant music scene of the bustlin’ city. He found his way into the underground music scene, linking with British acts UK Apache, Visionary Underground, Fun-Da-Mental and Asian Dub Foundation.

His music is old-school hip-hop and he has worked with Damon Albarn’s The Good, The Bad and The Queen. Check Eslam out right here. Eslam will be playing the Main Stage.

• Blues Trappers are next – they’re a Hungarian blues band, that wants to bow before the Blues Brothers. The date is confirmed on their official site.
• Kaido Kirikmäe is an electronic music act from Estonia. According to his MySpace page, he mostly creates electronic yet organic music with experimental beats that is mainly built on loop structures. His presence is confirmed on his MySpace page.