MADMADMAD

We are delighted to welcome one of 2026's most exciting new bands for Altar's opening weekend! Over the last few years, MADMADMAD have built a steady reputation as one of the UK's most thrilling electronic acts through an unbeatable live show that's cemented their status as true left-of-center innovators in their class.

The London trio have showcased a beguiling and constantly shapeshifting sound inspired by Black Devil Disco Club and Parliament-Funkadelic's otherworldly looseness, as well as the early 2000's electro of the Chemical Brothers and Aphex Twin, and the rough-and-ready dance-punksonics of New York City—think Liquid Liquid, ESG, and James Chance and the Contortions with a thoroughly modern coat of paint lovingly splattered atop the framework those bands established.