Bass-heavy techno pioneer Mark Bell will don his legendary LFO threads for next year’s Bloc Weekender, the fifth such gathering of the cutting-edge electronica fest. LFH hasn’t performed in the UK for over two years.

The festival, running March 11-13, will also feature German minimalists Moderat, French electro-talent Vitalic, Croydon’s Joy Orbison and Detroit ‘dirtybird’ Claude VonStroke. Other early names confirmed include Dopplereffekt, Seth Troxler and Digital Mystikz.

Bloc once again returns to Butlin’s Minehead holiday resort in Somerset. Tickets are available at www.blocweekend.com