Annual Canadian electronic music festival MUTEK just announced its first wave of artists set to grace the events in Montreal, Quebec, between June 1 and June 5. Among the excellent and exciting names announced to play the festival are Jacques Greene, FaltyDL, Four Tet, Modeselektor, Gold Panda, Danuel Tate, Siriusmo, Gold Panda, Floating Points, James Holden (pictured above), Tristan Perich, and many others. MUTEK has also launched its official site for the 2011 shindig, which you can see here, and pre-sale tickets are now available here. You can also check out the whole list of the first performers to be announced here.

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