| Sonar (Barcelona) Sónar is an annual three-day music festival held in Barcelona, Spain. It is described officially as a festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Art. Music is by far the main aspect of the festival. The festival runs for three days and nights, usually starting on a Thursday in the third week of June. The seventeenth edition of the Sónar festival was held on 17, 18, & 19 June 2010. Annually there are around 80,000 visitors to the festival. The official website describes the festival as 'Three days and three nights in touch with the most up-to-date developments and featuring the most relevant national and international artists.' 'Sónar is the essential meeting point for an alert public, cutting-edge artists and the most influential professionals from the sectors of music and modern arts.' Sonar has a partnership relation with SonarSound Tokyo. http://www.sonar.es |
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New Order (UK)
Die Antwoord (ZA)
James Murphy (US)
Daedelus Archimedes Show (US)
Cornelius presents salyu x salyu (JP)
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (UK)
The 2 Bears (UK)
Daniel Miller (UK)
Pegasvs (ES)
Pretty Lights (US)
Lolo & Sosaku (ES)
Ricardo Donoso (BR)
Masaki Batoh – Brain Pulse Music (JP)
Mostly Robot (DE)
Keys N Krates (CA)
Madeon (FR)
Esperit! (ES)
Discodromo (IT)
D.Forma (ES)
Lenticular Clouds (ES)
Stand Up Against Heart Crime (ES)
Untold (UK)
Sinjin Hawke Vs. Zora Jones (ES)
Red Bull Music Academy presents SonarDôme
DJ Harvey (US)
DJ Spinn & DJ Rashad (US)
Nguzunguzu (US)
Club Cheval feat. Canblaster, Myd, Panteros 666 & Sam Tiba (FR)
Doc Daneeka (UK)
xxxy (UK)
Jesse Boykins III (US)
Om Unit (UK)
Nehuen (ES)
Andrea Balency (MX)
Salva (US)
Raisa K (UK)
Nightwave (UK)
Yosi Horikawa (JP)
Santiago Latorre (ES)
Sizarr (DE)
Exeter (CA)
Clip! (ES)
Eltron John (PL)
Monki Valley (ES)
take place this year on 14, 15 and 16 June.
Among the artists confirmed to date are:
• The USA's The Roots, probably the best hip-hop band in the world today.
• Top-drawer technological shows with a massive impact on the senses, like
ISAM by Amon Tobin, and the shows by Deadmau5 and Diamond Version
(the new project by Alva Noto and Byetone).
• Major names in electronic dance music, including Fatboy Slim (for the first
time at Sónar), Richie Hawtin, Azari & III, Jacques Lu Cont, Modeselektor,The Roots - downloads
Hot Chip - downloads
Fatboy Slim - downloads
James Blake - downloads
Ital, John Talabot, Luciano and Laurent Garnier (presenting his latest show,
LBS).
• Some of the leading standard bearers of today's freshest and most
danceable pop, like Hot Chip (who have a new album under their belt)
Metronomy, Friendly Fires and Austra.
• Undeniably talented young artists like James Blake (wearing his dj hat),
Nicolas Jaar (returning after his success at Sónar 2011), Maya Jane Coles,
Jacques Greene, Julio Bashmore, Thundercat, Cooly G, The Suicide Of
Western Culture, Uner and Blawan, among others.
• Top drawer adventurous and experimental artists such as Mouse On Mars,
Squarepusher, Peaking Lights, Maria Minerva, LA Vampires, Plapla Pinky
and Supersilent, who will be performing with the legendary British musician
John Paul Jones.
• The major showcases by Hyperdub, Brainfeeder and 100% Silk (three of
today's most important labels, champions of cutting edge dubstep, the fertile
Los Angeles beats scene and the new batch of underground house producers
in the United States, as well as the BBC Radio 1 show with Annie Mac and
her guests.
• Sónar Pass in 2 easy instalments. Sónar is introducing in 2012 the new
payment system in two instalments for purchasing the 3-day pass for the
festival in Barcelona, with an initial payment of 80€ when the booking is made
(before 31 March) and a second payment of 75€ before 5 May.
Artists confirmed to date (08/02/2012)
The Roots (US)
Fatboy Slim (UK)
Deadmau5 (CA)
Hot Chip (UK)
Richie Hawtin (CA)
Amon Tobin ISAM (BR)
Friendly Fires (UK)
James Blake dj (UK)
Nicolas Jaar (US)
Luciano (CH)
Metronomy (UK)
Azari & III (CA)
Laurent Garnier presents LBS (FR)
Squarepusher (UK)
Modeselektor (DE)
Peaking Lights (US)
Mary Anne Hobbs Vs Blawan (UK)
Mouse On Mars (DE)
Hyperdub presents Kode9 + Cooly G + Scratcha DVA (UK)
Austra (CA)
BBC Radio 1 presents Annie Mac & guests (UK)
Darkside (Nicolas Jaar & Dave Harrington) (US)
Jacques Greene (CA)
Jacques Lu Cont (UK)
John Talabot (ES)
Supersilent featuring John Paul Jones (NO/UK)
Diamond Version featuring Alva Noto & Byetone + Atsuhiro Ito (DE/JP)
Brainfeeder presents Thundercat + Kutmah + Lapalux (US)
Maya Jane Coles (UK)
100% Silk presents Ital + Maria Minerva + LA Vampires + Magic Touch (US)
Julio Bashmore (UK)
Trevor Jackson (UK)
When Saints Go Machine (DK)
The Suicide Of Western Culture (ES)
Plapla Pinky (FR)
Psilosamples (BR)
Dago (BR)
Uner (ES)