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17 th International Festival of Advanced and Multimedia Art www.sonar.es

Barcelona 17.18.19 June

“THE FILM PROVIDING THE IMAGE FOR SÓNAR 2010” Finisterrae PREMIERES JUNE 11 AT THE PRINCESA CINEMA () AND RENOIR FLORIDABLANCA () 2 Sónar Intro, Live sets & DJs

Sónar was born seventeen years ago with the commitment to seek out from Sónar 2009 in Barcelona. This highly unconventional approach to Tickets and highlight new ideas in music, and digital creation. And the festival’s image is not only the perfect embodiment of this permanent even though times have changed, every year the festival involves the commitment to ongoing renewal, but is also a conceptual link. For the Tickets on sale now. implementation of new mechanisms, and questioning and testing other first time in its history, Sónar is splitting in two. As well as the traditional formats in order to place under the spotlight all the ideas that help us Barcelona event, there is a second simultaneous festival in A Coruña, Advance purchase continue to enjoy the intersection of trends in today’s musical landscape. with a new format and content specifically designed for the occasion. In

recommended. Intro Although the festival’s corporate image has a long-standing and well- both cases, Sónar continues to combine experimental musical ideas with Limited capacity. established reputation for being off the wall, the graphic image of Sónar shows by renowned international artists and emerging talent from the 2010 is perhaps the most unusual so far, as it takes the form of a full-length underground. It is a thorough cross-section of today’s art, ranging from the film: a road movie with a surrealist touch entitled “Finisterrae” which cutting edge to the most advanced pop, and robotics. Tickets and Prices features two ghosts who decide to walk the Santiago Pilgrim Way, starting Sónar Pass: 155` At the festival ticket offices: 165` 1-Day Ticket Sónar by Day: 39` At the festival ticket offices: 45` Sónar by Day 1-Day Ticket Sónar by Night: 60` At the festival ticket offices: 65` Thursday 17 Friday 18 Saturday 19 Nit Grec-Sónar at : 5` Ryoji Ikeda presents spectra [barcelona] SonarHall SonarHall SonarHall & test pattern [live set] 13:00 Fur Voice (ES) Live 13:00 Faraón (ES) Live 13:00 Zigmat (US) Live Sónar at L’Auditori: 18` 17:00 Tristan Perich “Active Field” + bcn216 (US-ES) Live 17:00 Aufgang (FR) Live 17:00 Post War Years (UK) Live bcn216 + Cristian Vogel, Ricard Marxer 19:00 Loud Objects (US) Live 19:00 King Midas Sound (UK) Live 19:00 Necro Deathmort (UK) Live & Oscar Sol: Japó 20:30 Broadcast (UK) Live 20:30 Visual Show (US) Live 20:30 featuring Kid Koala (US) Live Sónar at L’Auditori: 20` Cabo San Roque & Orquestra SonarVillage SonarVillage SonarVillage Mecànica de la França Xica 12:00 Imtech (ES) DJ 12:00 Sintetic-collage (ES) DJ 12:00 Wooky (ES) DJ Sónar at CosmoCaixa: 4` 13:30 Vidal Romero and Manu González present 14:00 Annie Hall (ES) DJ 14:00 David M (ES) DJ Stephan Mathieu & Carolina Mikalef: GO Mag (ES) DJ 16:00 Nedry (UK) Live 16:00 Jimi Tenor & Kabu Kabu (FI) Live Constellations 15:30 (UK) Live Supported by BBC Introducing 17:00 Funkforward (ES) DJ 16:00 (UK) DJ 16:45 Rude Taylor (ES) DJ 18:30 Estéreo (CO) Live The Sónar Pass, the Sónar by Day Ticket, the Sónar by Night Ticket and the accreditation do 18:00 (UK) Live 17:45 Shake Aletti (UK) Live 19:15 Pablo Sánchez (VE) DJ not grant access to the taking place in Sounds of Switzerland presented by Supported by BBC Introducing 20:15 Uffie (FR) Live L’Auditori de Barcelona, CosmoCaixa Barcelona Mx3.ch and SSR 18:30 Lemonade DJ set (US) DJ 21:00 Pablo Sánchez (VE) DJ and Teatre Grec. 18:45 Round Table Knights (CH) DJ 19:15 New Young Pony Club (UK) Live Ticket Sales Points 19:45 Tim and Puma Mimi (CH) Live 20:15 Lemonade DJ set (US) DJ SonarDôme 20:30 Round Table Knights (CH) DJ 21:00 Delorean (ES) Live Music Academy presents Advance purchase 21:15 Larytta (CH) Live 12:00 Princess P (CH) DJ Sónar Pass, Sónar by Day Ticket SonarDôme 13:45 Minus (RO) Live

and Sónar by Night Ticket DJs & sets Live SonarDôme Red Bull Music Academy presents 14:30 Sui Zhen (AU) Live Online: www.ticketmaster.es Red Bull Music Academy presents 12:00 Tufan Demir (TR) DJ 15:15 AD Bourke (IT) Live By phone: From abroad (except UK): 12:00 Thompson (ES) DJ 13:45 BFlecha (ES) Live 16:00 (US) DJ +34 932 752 294. From UK: 0844 277 13:00 Noaipre (ES) Live 14:30 Dizz1 (AU) Live 17:30 Space Dimension Controller (IE) Live 4321. From : 902 150 025 13:45 Buggy Boy & Tufan Demir (TR) Live 15:15 Lucrecia Dalt (CO) Live 18:15 Axel Bomann (SE) DJ Shops: In Ticketmaster sale points 14:30 Homeless Inc (ES) DJ 16:00 Pursuit Grooves (US) Live 19:45 (CA) Live throughout Spain: complete list 15:30 Teri Gender Bender (MX) Live 16:45 Fatima (UK) Live 20:30 (UK) DJ 16:15 Los Amparito (MX) Live 17:30 Braiden (UK) DJ available at www.ticketmaster.es 17:00 Kool Clap (FR) DJ 19:00 (US) Live SonarComplex Palau de la Virreina Ticket Offices th 19:00 Caribou (CA) Live 19:45 GoldieLocks (UK) Live 13:00 Narwhal (ES) Live La Rambla, 99. From the 7 to the Ango (CA) Live Photonz (PT) DJ Huan (ES) Live th 20:00 20:30 17:30 19 of June. Monday to Saturday from 21:00 Robot Koch (DE) Live 19:30 La Chambre des Machines (CA) Live 10:00 to 19:30. Sundays and holidays SonarComplex 21:00 Macromassa (ES) Live from 11:00 to 14:30 SonarComplex 13:00 Phill Niblock + Carlos Casas (US/ES) Live Festival Ticket Offices 13:00 Juan Matos Capote (ES) Live spa.Rk presents CosmoCaixa C/ Isaac Newton, 26 Sónar Pass, Sónar by Day Ticket Wienstrom-Contemporary Amplified Vienna 17:00 bRUNA (ES) Live 20:00 Stephan Mathieu & Carolina Mikalef: and Sónar by Night Ticket 17:30 dp-S (AT) Live 18:00 Bradien (ES) Live Constellations (DE-AR) Live 19:30 Cluster (AT) Live 19:30 Lesley Flanigan (US) Live Sónar by Day Ticket Offices 21:00 Elektro Guzzi (AT) Live 21:00 Emilio José (ES) Live Convent Àngels. C/ dels Àngels, 7. 12th and 13th of June from 9:30 to CosmoCaixa C/ Isaac Newton, 26 CosmoCaixa C/ Isaac Newton, 26 19:30. From the 17th to 19th of June 20:00 Stephan Mathieu & Carolina Mikalef: 20:00 Stephan Mathieu & Carolina Mikalef: from 11:00 to 21:00 Constellations (DE-AR) Live Constellations (DE-AR) Live Sónar by Night Ticket Offices Gran Via (M2) L’Hospitalet Av. Botànica, 62. Polígon Pedrosa. Sónar by Night 18th and 19th of June from 20:00 Nit Grec-Sónar at Teatre Grec Thursday 17 Friday 18 Saturday 19 Online: www.telentrada.com By phone: 902 101 212 At Caixa Catalunya offices. Teatre Grec Pg. Santa Madrona, 36 L’Auditori C/ Lepant, 150 SonarClub Palau de la Virreina Ticket offices: 20:00 Doors open 20:00 Cabo San Roque & Orquestra Mecànica 21:00 Doors open Ryoji Ikeda (JP) presents de la França Xica (ES) Live 22:00 DJ Hell (DE) DJ La Rambla, 99. Monday to Sunday from Installation spectra [barcelona] (JP) 23:00 (UK) Live 10:00 to 20:30 22:30 test pattern [live set] (JP) Live SonarClub 00:00 Angel Molina (ES) DJ Sónar at L’Auditori 00:30 test pattern [live set] (JP) Live 21:30 Doors open 00:30 (UK) Live Online: www.telentrada.com 22:30 Buenavista (ES) DJ 01:30 featuring MC Rod Azlan (UK) DJ By phone: 902 101 212 L’Auditori C/ Lepant, 150 23:30 Air (FR) Live 03:00 (UK) Live At Caixa Catalunya offices. 21:00 bcn216 + Cristian Vogel, Ricard Marxer 00:30 Aeroplane (BE) DJ 04:30 Angel Molina (ES) DJ L’Auditori Ticket Offices: C/ Lepant, 150 & Oscar Sol: Japó (ES) Live 01:30 LCD Soundsystem (US) Live 05:30 Sandwell District (UK) DJ Monday to Saturday from 15:00 to 21:00 02:30 John Talabot (ES) DJ 04:00 2manydjs (BE) Live SonarPub Sónar at CosmoCaixa 05:30 Claude VonStroke (US) DJ 21:00 Doors open Online: www.servicaixa.com 22:30 Undo (ES) DJ By phone: 902 332 211 SonarPub 23:30 Jónsi (IS) Live Terminals and Ticket collection 21:30 Doors open 00:30 Mooken (UK) DJ points: At the ServiCaixa terminals of 22:30 Mark Jones (UK) DJ 01:30 Matthew Herbert’s One Club (UK) Live La Caixa throughout Spain. Complete 00:00 Hot (UK) Live 02:30 Mooken (UK) DJ list available at www.lacaixa.es 01:00 Magda (US) DJ 03:00 2020Soundsystem (UK) Live CosmoCaixa Ticket Offices: 02:00 Plastikman (CA) Live 04:00 Nacho Marco (ES) DJ C/ Isaac Newton, 26. 03:00 Dixon (DE) DJ 05:30 DJ Hell (DE) DJ Monday to Sunday from 10:00 to 20:00 04:30 (DE) Live 05:30 Carte Blanche (DJ Mehdi & ) (FR-UK) DJ SonarLab Advance sale expenses not included except at 21:00 Doors open the festival ticket offices, L’Auditori ticket offices, Palau de la Virreina (only Teatre Grec tickets) and SonarLab 22:30 Buffetlibre DJs (ES) DJ CosmoCaixa Barcelona. 21:30 Doors open 23:30 The Pinker Tones (ES) Live 22:30 Ernie (ES) DJ 00:30 Buffetlibre DJs (ES) DJ tickets on sale presents 01:00 (UK) Live 00:00 Mary Anne Hobbs (UK) DJ LuckyMe presents 00:45 (UK) DJ 02:00 American Men (UK) Live 01:30 (US) Live 02:30 (US) DJ 02:15 Roska (UK) DJ 03:00 Mike Slott (UK) Live 03:00 (US) Live 03:30 The Blessings (UK) Live 04:00 (UK) DJ 04:00 Eclair Fifi & John Computer (UK) DJ 04:45 Sidechains (ES) DJ 05:00 (UK) DJ 05:30 Cora Novoa (ES) Live 05:30 Del Palo Soundsystem: Griffi & DJ2D2 (ES) DJ an initiative of in collaboration with main sponsor also sponsored by supported by official airline

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THURSDAY 17 just about to wear itself out, FRIDAY 18 17:45 Shake Aletti (UK) SATURDAY 19 to cover the widest possible ZOOM won over the Big staff supported by BBC spectrum of styles possible 12:00 Imtech (ES) DJ as soon as they heard it. 12:00 Sintetic-collage Introducing Live 12:00 DJ Wooky (Lapsus in his sets, with as his A new spark Joaquim Sabaté conducts this She has taken her time and (Imaginary Nonexistent The city of Sheffield has a Records/ES) DJ central theme, but with broad SonarVillage, the heart of small of emotional put the finishing touches to Records/ES) DJ long tradition of electronic Albert Salinas paints land- geographical and chronologi- Sónar by Day, this year named Imtech, her recipe, and very slowly Raúl Pueyo has been giving artistry, and this unclassifiable scapes of timeless popular cal perspectives. presents a line-up full of which specialises in the more heats up her lyrics (which thorough consideration to his duo seems to have absorbed electronica, with some emerging names, new delicate side of IDM. Its songs range from the personal relationship with music and the entire legacy to perfection. abstract brushstrokes in the 18:30 Bomba Estéreo contenders and talents are full of fragile melodies and to the political, and are as musical tools since the late Shake Aletti superimpose arrangements, but with firm (Nacional Records/CO) DJ on the way up. Three soft tonalities, which are a universal as they are sincere). 90s, and his latest conclu- catchy pop with p-funk and foundations in the structures Simón Mejía and Li Saumet much more veteran acts, nostalgic but sincere tribute These sound arguments have sion is called Sintetic-collage. eighties madness, with a and that can handle have made their mixture of namely Jimi Tenor & Kabu to the productions of , attracted other well-known It is a project dedicated to dexterity that in a very short anything thrown at them. “, music, Kabu, Pete Tong and New Rephlex and R&S of the past. chefs to her kitchen, including interaction with a noisy sonic time has led them to play in His first , “The Ark”, and folklore” (as listed Young Pony Club, are Wayne Lotek, , environment, which alternates leading venues and to contains five angular and mar- by Li herself on their irresistible acting as the godfathers 13:30 Manu González & and Mike Lindsay. between asymmetrical giants like Róisín Murphy. velously eloquent IDM gems. “Fuego”) one of the freshest of this stage, which is full Vidal Romero (Go Mag/ES) DJ abstraction and colourful Make a note of their name. and most interesting ideas of new sparks for lighting Go Mag is one of Spain’s Sounds of Switzerland pre- ambiences. 14:00 David M in the last year. It’s a “hot the touchpaper in various most widely read specialised sented by Mx3.ch and SSR 18:30 Lemonade DJ set (BreakThatBeat/ES) DJ sound”, full of roots and the fields: from the freshest publications. The same broad- 14:00 Annie Hall (True Panther Sounds-Sunday David M is part of the A desire to make people dance, hip-hop to the latest ness perspective which has 18:45 Round Table Knights (Semantica Records/ES) DJ Best/US) DJ Coruña collective BreakThat- and it aims to breathe new life electronic pop hybrids. made the magazine an oasis (Deadfish-Made To Play/CH) DJ Considered one of the new The trio Lemonade is one Beat, and has been spreading into , using The various aspects of of will feature The art of “cut and paste” talents in Spanish electronica, of the most widely admired the word for years about all fun, and musical urban sounds make up at SonarVillage when Barce- takes on an especially funky the style of Madrid’s Annie Hall groups on today’s indie music types of dance music based cross-breeding. a high proportion of the lona’s Manu González and dimension in the hands of is a combination of IDM, elec- scene. Like their productions, on broken beats. After playing SonarVillage line-up, with Seville’s Vidal Romero, two Biru Bee and Questionmark. tro, acid, and . a cross between post-punk, at various venues in and 19:15 Pablo Sánchez each in its own specific of its most experienced acts, These new knights of the Her productions have seen neo-soul, rock, UK garage, around Galicia, his sets have (Lovemonk-Wonderwheel area: the British vocalist take control of the decks. round table from Bern cut up the light in the catalogues of acid and , their recently reached the clubs, Records/VE) DJ Speech Debelle (winner of chunks of , , calypso Minuendo, D1 Recordings two sets on the decks (plus festivals and radio stations Born in , brought the prestigious Mercury 15:30 Professor Green or whatever crosses their and Detroit’s Micron-audio a machine and mic) are of the entire country. His up musically in New York Prize in 2009), the uns- (Virgin/UK) Live path to make it into a simple label, and she has prepared a sure to be a highly entertain- sessions bring together roots and a Barcelona resident, his toppable Uffie, ’s Professor Green has shot to but extremely effective elec- relaxed and scenic electronica ing mixed bag that will win and the latest developments and productions can MC Professor Green and fame in record time thanks tronic house floor filler. If you set for Sónar by Day. over all and sundry. on the contemporary dance- be heard on labels including ’s Bomba Esté- to his melodic rhymes, his still don’t know why DJ Hell floor, and move easily from Lovemonk, House Cafe reo, are bringing different dark sense of humour and a or Brodinsky speak so highly 16:00 Nedry 19:15 New Young Pony 2-step and garage to and Hitop, among oth- flavours of rap, r&b and style which he defines as pro- of them, check them out. (On The Shelf-Monotreme/UK) Club (The Numbers-PIAS/ and seminal electro. ers. His DJ sessions include other street level sounds, foundly British. Today, the boy supported by BBC Introducing UK) Live jazz, funk, disco, dub, deep adjusted using imagina- from Hackney is a star after 19:45 Tim and Puma Mimi Live The London quintet led by 16:00 Jimi Tenor & Kabu and broken house. On this tion and daring in equal signing a contract with Virgin, (Stattmusik/CH) Live After a series of online charismatic Tahita Bulmer Kabu (Strut/FI) Live occasion, he has prepared an proportions. Meanwhile, and has received the blessing Electronic pop written by interactions, Ayu, Chris and returns after two and a half In his shows with Kabu organic set based on nu soul, Nedry and Shake Aletti of artists including , a Swiss producer in Zurich Matt met face-to-face in years of silence with “The Op- Kabu, his highly unorthodox funk, hip-hop and electronica. are ready to show why the Naughty Boy, Thunder Catz and a Japanese vocalist in 2008 to explore their shared timist”, an album full of dark , Tenor invites British press has spent so and Mike Skinner. His amaz- . Tim and Puma Mimi obsession together: how melodies and robust bass the audience on a psych- 20:15 Uffie much time talking about ing “I Need You Tonight”, are already famous for their to combine analogue and lines, in which the composers edelic journey filled with (Ed Banger/FR) DJ them and their respective constructed using a piece of long concerts, where electronic instrumentation in of the acclaimed “Fantastic percussion, ethereal funk, “Sex Dreams and Denim versions of retro-futurist INXS, promises to be around Mimi’s is by video order to seamlessly merge Playroom” show that they adapted instruments, electric Jeans” is the culmination of pop. Other gems to be for months. conference (projected on them together on stage. Two have brought their dance flutes, jazz from other galaxies the upward curve of the ca- uncovered in this collec- the stage) while Tim takes years later, the undeniable punk on a new wave tip to and vintage electronica. Jimi reer of Anna-Catherine Hartle, tion of rough diamonds 16:00 Pete Tong care of the basses, the flute success of Nedry bears maturity, in an unlikely cross Tenor continues to embody the possibly the side of Ed Bang- are the explosive Round (BBC Radio1/UK) DJ and generally keeping things to their intuition. It is between Siouxsie and LCD image of an eternal enigma in er’s output with the biggest Table Knights (one of He is the founder of FFRR, together. relaxed electronic pop, exqui- Soundsystem. contemporary : pop twist. With DJ Feadz, the greatest dancefloor an icon of British radio icon sitely produced and with the he is unpredictable on stage Mr. Oizo and SebastiAn as sensations ever to come thanks to shows like Essential 20:30 Round Table Knights boundless charisma of Ayu’s 20:15 Lemonade DJ set (US) and always surprising in the producers and even a cameo out of Switzerland), the Mix and Essential Selection on (Deadfish-Made To Play/CH) DJ vocal playfulness. DJ studio. The latest addition to by Pharrell Williams, Uffie rhythmic box of tricks that BBC Radio 1, a renowned DJ his catalogue is the marvelous has created an is Larytta and the hypnotic on the planet’s leading dance- 21:15 Larytta (Creaked 16:45 Rude Taylor 21:00 Delorean tête a tête with percussion of explosive electro-pop hits energy of the quartet floors, a living legend of Ibizan Records/CH) Live (Hot Bears Madrid/ES) DJ (Fool House/ES) Live legend Tony Allen, entitled and great expectations. The Delorean, one of the most , a true hit maker, a Larytta is an exercise in A DJ and producer since The for this Basque “Information Inspiration”. final explosion will take place highly respected Spanish remixer of artists including eclecticism with a place for 1990, former member of Teen quartet is as bright as the on stage. groups internationally. Underworld, , Kings everything, from the most Marcianas and The Nairobi sound of “Ayrton Senna”, the 17:00 Funkforward of Leon and , means that bizarre to Trio, a visual artist, founder and small taster of their new album. (Urbarritmo/ES) DJ 21:00 Pablo Sánchez 01. Uffie he more than deserves his catchy melodies, African manager of the Delorean have not forgotten Born in Valladolid but based (Lovemonk-Wonderwheel 02. Delorean affectionate nickname of the , hip-hop, pop and Business Class and Ariska their post-punk roots, but are in Zaragoza, Roberto, alias Records/VE) DJ 03. Tim & Puma Mimi “Lord of the Dance”. r&b. Their incredible ability to Records, a veteran remixer and completely impregnated with Funkforward, is a member absorb and reinvent styles much more... One of the un- the sounds of the dancefloor, of the collectives Urbarritmo, 18:00 Speech Debelle comes across very clearly on derground legends of Spain’s and are bursting with good Blue Nota’s and Flea Market (/UK) Live their debut LP “Difficult Fun”. club culture, armed with a vibrations and a spirit in Diggaz. A close collaborator Her voice, which is absolutely It is a musical journey with no minimal electronica set that is a format that owes as much to with Lo Fi Funk Records and unique and always seems fear of frontiers. perfect for SonarVillage. pop as it does to club music. Zkweee Crew, he always tries 4 Sónar by Day SonarHall, Sónar at L’Auditori, Nit Grec-Sónar

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THURSDAY 17 FRIDAY 18 Sónar at L’Auditori at Sónar 21:00 bcn216 + Cristian 20:00 Cabo San Roque & Vogel, Ricard Marxer & Oscar Orquestra Mecànica de la Sol: Japó (ES) Live França Xica (ES) Live

A most unusual collaboration. Cabo San Roque present a full On one side of the stage will be orchestra (woodwind, strings bcn216, the group and percussion sections) built of L’Auditori conducted by José using the mechanic material Broadcast 03 Luis Estellés; and on the other, from the dismantling of produc- the Chilean-British musician tion line in a biscuit factory. After Cristian Vogel, a well-known face an entire year under construc- THURSDAY 17 FRIDAY 18 SATURDAY 19 ZOOM on the international club scene tion, the Orchestra appeared for thanks to his work for , the first time in the show “Torn 13:00 Fur Voice 13:00 Faraón 13:00 Zigmat (Ultra Records- Organic textures and his own projects such as de Nit,” after which Cabo San (ES) Live (Atleta Records/ES) Live Actua Musica/US) Live Despite SonarHall being one Super_Collider. This time around, Roque continued working on the David Gracia is an actor, Faraón is the solo project by A Puerto Rican and a German of the most varied stages Vogel will be taking care (helped project, adding new sounds and performer, musician, singer and José Roselló, who used to be in a studio: those at Sónar 2010, there is a by Ricard Marxer and Oscar instruments, and perfecting the since 2006 has been known the drummer in 12Twelve, and are the basic co-ordinates of common strand hovering over Sol) of the visual side, while computer system to increase the as Fur Voice. His solo project a member of the project Atleta. this duo that burst in 2009 these twelve shows, which bcn216 will be performing a devices’ technical performance. creates relaxed electronic pop At Sónar, he presents “Niño with the surprising “Sounds of is almost intangible but is repertoire based on the concept songs and some composi- Vaquero”. It is a sonic mantra in Machines”; a pop album which certainly audible. of , with pieces by Kaija tions for theatre and dance and which the density of Popol Vuh, uses electronica as much as Sometimes, this common Saariaho, Hideki Kozakura, Toru has taken on the form of an the rhythms of Cluster and the rock. With the spirit of a chame- denominator is a somewhat Takemitsu, Benet Casablancas eponymous album, which in its power of Glenn Branca combine leon, but with pop firmly on their organic finish, an irregular tex- and Josep Maria Guix. execution was halfway between with the perception of minds, Zigmat are following the ture, a natural sonority which the abstract and the poetic. For or contemporary artists such as trail blazed by mixes analogue and acoustic his show at Sónar, he will be Ligeti and Stockhausen. and , but have warmth, as in the aural land- accompanied by visuals by the added new ingredients to that scapes of ethereal reminis- illustrator Chuso Ordi and the 17:00 Aufgang (InFiné/FR) Live magic formula. cences traced by Broadcast, video artist José Morraja. The experience and intuition in the reverberating sound of Rami Khalifé and Aymeric 17:00 Post War Years of King Midas Sound, and in 17:00 Tristan Perich ”Active Werstrich come together (Wealth/UK) Live the ingenious rereading of ” + bcn216 (US-ES) Live with Francesco Tristano (the Their debut, entitled “The by Aufgang. Tristan Perich is a sound and youngest performer to record Greats and the Happening”, At other times, it takes the visual artist who takes his Bach’s Goldberg Variations) to was one of 2009’s most ac- form of roughness and takes inspiration from explore their shared attraction claimed in the specialist press. us closer to the edge of the and physics, and creates ap- for unlimited experimentation. They have been compared to crater of noise, without falling parently simple works based on Aufgang imbibe a vast range of Clor, Television, and into the abyss entirely. This is highly complex systems. This influences (from to house , but the fact is true of The Slew featuring Kid time round he will be present- music) and are guided by im- that their complex and synco- Koala, who make turntab- ing “Active Field”, a piece for 10 provisation, to develop an origi- pated half acoustic and half lism into dirty high-density , 10 channels and a 1-bit nal language, halfway between electric pop tunes, are not easy rock, and the pop charisma circuit, and will be helped out the acoustics and electronica. to pigeonhole. of the duo Zigmat, as well renowned instrumental group as the vocal harmonies and bcn216. 19:00 King Midas Sound 19:00 Necro Deathmort complex rhythms of Post War (/UK) Live (Distraction/UK) Live Years. Even the live shows 19:00 Loud Objects (US) Live The charismatic flow of Trinidad’s A.J. Cookson and Matthew Ro- that use strictly digital tools One of the most well-known poet Roger Robinson, the magic zeik use electronic instruments and approaches present their Ryoji Ikeda - spectra []

examples of Perich’s work is of the Japanese vocalist Hitomi to create their own version of music with a marked nuance Grec-Sónar Nit his “1-Bit Music”, a CD-object and the production skills of , half tribute, half of natural roughness, as in the with music in an embedded the more than legendary Kevin macabre. Their Pandora’s box shaft of post-metal darkness THURSDAY 17 a strong impression on anyone electronic circuit, which played Martin are the three constant contains powerful metal constructed by Necro Death- who sees it. “spectra [barce- 40 minutes of 1-bit music, the features of a new project that riffs, hyperblended samples, mort and the experiments with 20:00 Doors open lona]” has a direct relationship lowest conceivable level of creates new directions for slow but very heavy , circuits (halfway between the Ryoji Ikeda (JP) presents with the natural light in the space . Using the same . Backed by Hyperdub, shady atmospheres and oodles digital and the physical) by Installation spectra [barcelona] where it is projected: it appears philosophy, this time round ’s label, King Midas of black humour. Something like the artist, musician and New 22:30 test pattern [live set] when night falls, and disappears he will be presenting “Loud Sound write apocalyptic ballads the missing link between Black Yorker Tristan Perich. 00:30 test pattern [live set] as day breaks. Ikeda will also Objects”, in which during his live coated in cavernous dub, Sabbath and Kode9. be treating us to two perform- show he will be building a circuit science fiction breaks and a 01. Tristan Perich An assault on the senses ances of his audiovisual show connected to an overhead pro- whole lot of sensuality. 20:30 The Slew featuring Kid 02. The Slew feat. Kid Koala during the Grec-Sónar night “test pattern [live set]”, in which jector, so that evolves Koala (Puget Sound 03. Post War Years a program transforms the Japa- as the circuit expands. 20:30 Nosaj Thing Visual Recordings/US) Live During the opening night of nese composer’s audio patterns Show (Alpha Pup/US) Live In 2005, the filmmaker Jay Sónar 2010, and in a joint pro- into synchronised barcodes on a 20:30 Broadcast His debut album, “Drift”, took Rowlands suggested that duction with the Grec Festival, screen in real time. (Warp/UK) Live him to stardom in just a few turntablists Kid Koala and the Japanese artist Ryoji Ikeda Since they started, in 1995, weeks. With dozens of Dynomite D write the sound- presents two shows at the Teatre Ryoji Ikeda – spectra [barcelona] the aesthetic of this cult band reviews from the press and track for a documentary. The Grec gardens: an installation Co-commissioned by Grec Barce- has been based on mixing up outrageous sales figures, he material they composed for the called “spectra [barcelona]”, lona Festival. Produced by Forma. their passion for sound libraries, showed his potential with a fistful soundtrack, became the seed which opens at 20:00, and two Production co-ordinated by Elsinor radio archives, psychedelic elec- of tracks of rhythmic electronica, for what we know today as The performances of an audiovisual Ryoji Ikeda – test pattern [live set] tronica, music for films and 1960 with acoustic echoes and Slew. The Australian live show entitled “test pattern Produced by Forma. Con- pop. All these ingredients stand structures resembling hip-hop. Chris Ross, Myles Heskett (of [live set]”. “spectra [barcelona]”, cept, composition: Ryoji Ikeda. out on “Broadcast & The Focus After remixing , Flying ) and the duo of DJs is a large-scale installation Visual programming: Tomonaga Group Investigate Witch Cults of Lotus and , he is now – with no less than 6 decks! – that uses an white light as Tokuyama the Radio Age”, their mini-album showing off his audiovisual create an avalanche of guitar sculptural material. The result http://www.ryojiikeda.com in collaboration with Julian show, in which music, light and riffs, dirty , wild rock and is an enormous column of light, House, which has been praised colour embark upon a strange cut-ups on stage that bowls 10 kilometres high, which will to the skies by the press. relationship of synchrony. listeners over. change the appearance of the city for one night and will make Sónar by Day SonarDôme 5

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THURSDAY 17 project is ready to take off FRIDAY 18 16:45 Fatima SATURDAY 19 16:00 Moodymann ZOOM with a forthcoming LP full of (Eglo/UK) Live (Mahogani/US) DJ Red Bull Music Academy traditional Mexican sounds Red Bull Music Academy Having already dropped her Red Bull Music Academy Kenny Dixon Jr. aka Moody- Underground talent presents in dazed loops, brushed with presents golden vocals on tracks by presents mann is one of the most academy psychedelic tail-feathers. , Float- charismatic figures that house Over the three days of the 12:00 Thompson With remixes done for 12:00 Tufan Demir ing Points, Shafiq Husayn, 12:00 Princess P music ever bred. Blessed festival, the boards on the (Hair Records/ES) DJ and Panda (Sublime Porte/TR) DJ Ras_G, , TettoryBad (Random Acoustics/CH) DJ with an immaculate way of SonarDôme stage will be If you’ve ever crawled Bear, his style is already Tufan Demir makes techno and Funkineven, this Swede Berne’s Princess P happens sampling, he takes stems from home to the essence of Barcelona’s relentless club known as Huarache-gaze or under Beto Narme or his own in London mixes classic soul to be involved on both sides blues and soul, and respect- the exploratory spirit of the scene, you might have come wave. name, and ambient sound- vocals with a refreshing hip of the turntables and kitchen, fully takes them onto the next Red Bull Music Academy, across Thompson building scapes as Sensible Sucker, hop attitude and influences getting serious with the music level – just check his “Tribute! the world’s most impor- his signature dancefloor 17:00 Kool Clap while finding time to blanket from London bass sounds of side of things in the early ‘90s (to the Soul We Lost)” ode to tant young talent scout, Frankenstein: a patchwork (Vulture/FR) DJ Istanbul in shimmering, all shapes and forms. when she went through her for proof. with a string of shows by of Brazilian hips, Kool Clap plays it cool, since glitching grooves. He’s played brother’s house collection consolidated new talents, heart, funk feet and laser being introduced to the studio every club between Istanbul 17:30 Braiden and swiftly started her own 17:30 Space Dimension and others that have yet techno eyes. of Vulture impresario Alan and of note and (Rinse FM/UK) DJ DJ team, Tribal Kidz. Her DJ Controller (Clone/IE) Live to be discovered by wider Braxe seven years ago and hosts a weekly radio show on An exhibitionist described by sets are based on savoury Being remixed by Kyle Hall, audiences. 13:00 Noaipre (ES) Live discovering his stepdad’s Dinamo 103.8 FM. FACT Magazine as “absurdly house with a touch of quirky knocking out a FACT mix, The Academy works closely Noaipre was founded in synth collection well before talented” Braiden lives up to disco, indietronics, soulful and taking the 4/4 galaxy by with dozens of local agents 1997 as a project focused that. This skateboarder takes 13:45 BFlecha the hype with a mixing style hip-hop and spaced-out storm with only two singles out every year to uncover new on hip-hop, but they have diverse influences from Brian (Arkestra/ES) Live that thrives on the element techno. there... The Belfast beat maker artists from all over the been unafraid to evolve and Wilson, Lifelike, Slave and Dr. An imaginary space some- of surprise – apart from even started this year, world, with the most varied change, and before long Dre to make the electro-funk where between dubstep, playing the latest funky and 13:45 Minus but he’d already collected an musical interests. All these started to combine breaks phenomenon truly his own. g-funk and synth pop, where future – garage anthems, he (Archiva7/RO) Live arsenal of glowing analogue trends and approaches with more forceful beats. powerful basses and cushions has been known to crawl Combining massive moun- synths and dusty reel-to-reels. to music cross over in a They are currently combining 19:00 Caribou of colourful melodies trace the ’s clubs in search of tains of bass with glitchy line-up that includes the minimalist techno with hip- (Merge/CA) Live outlines of a musical style that undiscovered glitch- or disco- twinkling GameBoy melodies 18:15 Axel Boman latest reinterpretations hop, electro and dubstep, After changing his name from she has described as “Three infused music from alternate and a healthy dose of synth (Pampa/SE) DJ of the dancefloor from without any clash of styles. Manitoba to Caribou, Dan 6 Mafia playing 808s and universes. funk, it’s no surprise that he’s Axel Boman keeps the wheels Australia’s Dizz1, Britain’s Snaith has been touring like flutes on a starry night around released three EPs already of clubland in Stockholm spin- GoldieLocks and Turkey’s 13:45 Buggy Boy + Tufan a demon and he’s taken up a bonfire”. 19:00 TOKiMONSTA on the Romanian ning with his warm, expansive Tufan Demir & Buggy Boy, Demir (MIAM/TR) Live swimming in a big way. His (/US) Live Archiva7. But it’s his live selections. Whether it’s and the electronic pop-folk After studying at Istanbul’s music has matured with his 14:30 Dizz1 (Nod Jennifer Lee makes sun- performances that have dreamy deep house or pitter- of Australia’s Sui Zhen and Centre for Advanced Research experiences too. The focus Navigators/AU) Live drenched beats by the been taking him to festivals pattering techno, a stint at the Colombia’s Lucrecia Dalt, in Music, Tufan Demir and has shifted from looping This drummer from down bucket-load, and has caught all over Europe and Romania, Fryhusets DJ school and time and emerging beat artisans Buggy Boy have pledged to tracks to carefully balancing under has laid down tracks the ears of scene-setters like where he dubs out his tracks spent digging in his brother’s such as TOKiMONSTA explore the endless possibilities harmonies, and he has strived for future-soul experts/expats Mary Anne Hobbs and Flying and reworks them live. collection have from , Italy’s of creating new music to give his creations a more Steve Spacek and Mark Lotus. A love of strange elec- clearly influenced his take on a AD Bourke and Spain’s technologies while keeping the organic, almost liquid feel. Pritchard, pulled together tronic bleeps permeates her 14:30 Sui Zhen (AU) Live functional dancefloor dynamic. Bflecha. This multicultural floor bustin’ moves. heavy kicks and snares for blazed, soulful , Sui Zhen takes the quirky group of new names also 20:00 Ango his Trapdoor radio show, and which sample anything from DIY ethics of 19:45 Lunice includes the presence of 14:30 Homeless Inc (Noyes/CA) Live taken his arsenal of synths 45s to YMO. like Kimya Dawson on a wild (LuckyMe/CA) Live two outstanding maestros: (LaBolatory/ES) DJ Holding things down as a and drum machines to festival musical ride. A trip through In little over a year, this natural Moodymann and Caribou, Miguel played in several regular performer at the city’s stages all across Australia. 19:45 GoldieLocks her Australian Zhen garden born entertainer has taken who will be providing an metal, funk, and rock bands in infamous night, while honing (Gut Instinct/UK) starts with a loop-the-loop hold of the electronic beats extra touch of experience Burgos, before making his own his production skills with 15:15 Lucrecia Dalt After the party- around ‘70s torch singer scene across America, and on a stage bursting with hip-hop backing tracks and ill ’s , he’s also (Pruna Recordings/CO)Live starter’s first singles on the Joni Mitchell, swings by set ears and heads ablaze recently minted freshness communicating with a gang of working on the new album Lucrecia Dalt creates a whim- mic, she’s moved behind the the rhythmic textures of with his mixture of beats, and creativity. Make a note Spanish MCs. Currently he has by female MC Sontiago and sical, star spangled electronic mixing desk, taking on pro- melancholy disco-cellist bass, and splintered bleeps. of all these names, because honed his sound to a bass- putting the finishing touches indie experience cooking up duction and remix duties. Her Arthur Russell, and ends Taking cues from , you’re going to hear them heavy dubby breaks hybrid, to his next solo effort for late loop-based night lullabies music treads the blurred and up on a carousel with English , Dilla, and the Ed often. and worked with singers like Canadian indie label Noyes with a finely tuned setup of very thin line between fashion whimsy-sampler Herbert. Banger clique, Lunice knows Tanya Balura. Records. Expect synth-based guitar, laptop, bass, voice and and art, with her tunes being exactly how to craft a recipe 01. Teri Gender Bender rap beats around improvised percussion that ranges from used by Marc Jacobs as well 15:15 AD Bourke that makes dance floors bump 02. Sui Zhen 15:30 Teri Gender Bender soul vocals. floor toms to kitchen chairs as the Tate Britain. (Citinite/IT) Live and bass bins thump. 03. Lunice (Les Bucherettes/MX) Live and programmed beats. Sometimes it doesn’t take What’s the matter with kids 21:00 Robot Koch 20:30 Photonz more than a little flourish of 20:30 Jackmaster these days? Not content with (Robots Don’t Sleep/DE) Live 16:00 Pursuit Grooves (One Eyed Jacks/PT) DJ echo, that one little wah stab (Numbers/UK) DJ just making an ungodly noise, On his first album, the power- (/US) Live Markur and Rhodes have on the guitar or a neat little Member of the legendary they also model ful “Death Star Droid”, this This year really saw Vanese been delivering their trade- squeak from a synth to make Rubadub crew since the on Sylvia Plath, formulating (veteran) producer dares to Smith’s rep dovetail with the mark crunchy psych techno a beat stand out. If you get a 14, his labels Dress 2 ideas of female identity that cross all types of dividing release of her fourth album, on several releases and whole tape bristling with Sweat and Wireblock have are equal parts fun and lines, placing electrified hip- titled “Foxtrot Mannerisms”, a weekly show moments like these, gracefully been at the forefront of new bloodthirsty. hop, dubstep and glitches on Pinch’s Techtonic label, on Rádio Oxigénio that regu- dancing through an , and so is his all in the same box, and introducing a whole new larly joins the dots between abundance of ideas while new joint-forces venture 16:15 Los Amparito squeezes all the humanity audience of dubby techno early UK hardcore and the never losing touch with the Numbers, putting out records (Poni Republic/MX) Live possible from his arsenal lovers to her skewed ma- latest in and groove, then you have some- by red-hot producers Dead- Carlos Pesina’s new solo of technology. chine-. twisted disco. thing special indeed. boy and Lazer Sword. 6 Sónar by Day SonarComplex, Demo Area and Tutorial Demos, Auditori CCCB

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SonarComplex 16:00 ‘Playing’ Ableton with Novation Launchpad: Creative control of Live with 64 buttons 02 17:00 Yamaha Tenori-on & Maydrim 18:00 Tom COSM presents Ableton Live 19:00 Wacom FRIDAY 18

13:00 Adriana López presents CDJ Set up by Reloop 14:00 Sergi Casero & Wavedrum 15:00 Elektron 16:00 Yamaha Tenori-on & Maydrim 17:00 Thounds 18:00 Reactable Live! & Carles López 19:00 Tito Juanpe & DJ Tillo present Vestax Total Control La Chambre des Machines 03 SATURDAY 19 THURSDAY 17 FRIDAY 18 SATURDAY 19 ZOOM 13:00 Alexkid presents Ableton Live and Max for Live 14:00 Yamaha Tenori-on & Maydrim 13:00 Juan Matos Capote 13:00 Phill Niblock + Carlos 13:00 Narwhal ( Other methods, other 15:00 Elektron (Circuit Torçat/ES) Live Casas (US-ES) Live Compulsivos-Luv Luv/ES) Live sounds 16:00 Ambivalent (Minus) presents Ableton Live Matos Capote is an audiovisual The American sound artist and Narwhal are Cristian Subirà As is the case each year, 17:00 Beatmac & KORG Kaossilator PRO artist from the minimalist legend Phill Niblock (Summer Recreation Camp) and SonarComplex is the focus for 18:00 Reactable Live! & Carles López based in Barcelona, and much and the Barcelona visual artist Simon Williams (Jahbitat). In their the most daring and unclas- 19:00 Mischa Völzke presents Stanton SCS3 System of his output is based around Carlos Casas present a joint own words, “it’s as if Les Aus, sifiable ideas in Sónar by Day. . The man behind project based on images taken and Lucky Dragons On this occasion, the keynote Demos Tutorial and Area Demo Tutorial Demos Floor 2, CCCB the Circuit Torçat imprint adapts in the Pamir mountains, in one of were dancing around the fire at a on the stage is a highly This new SonarPro space is designed for holding masterclasses, all sorts of devices (radios, the world’s highest inhabited vil- party in the middle of the coun- unconventional approach to a at which those attending will be able to acquire an in-depth toys, oscillators) to extract new lages. It is a visual-sonic journey, try, where is playing thousand and one sources of understanding and learn tricks and tips while in direct contact with sounds from them and juxtapose an extremely audiovisual indigenous songs recorded by sound, in order to turn them teachers and experts. 45-minute classes for a total of 10 students. them with field recordings. meditation and a sensory experi- and remixed completely inside out from ence in which extremes meet. by ”. various perspectives. THURSDAY 17 WienStrom - Contemporary Some artists explore virgin Amplified Vienna presents spa.RK presents 17:30 Huan (Màgia Roja/ES) territories using everyday 16:00 HalionSonic and Cubase 5.5. Live instruments, and others work 17:00 Introduction to video editing with Final Cut Pro 17:30 dp-S (BigBeak/AT) Live 17:00 bRUNA (ES) Live The ideas that gave rise to on composition and their 18:00 Ableton & Novation workshop with Pedro Pina, Microfusa Of all the thousand and one With works released on spa. Huan includes drones, ritual stage shows using unusual 19:00 DJ Hero2: the definitive revolution faces of Patrick Pulsinger, dp-S RK , Sofstar Records and Natura noise, obscure folk, magic (red, tools, which are in theory not is the one that has recently been Sonoris (among others) Carles apparently), cutting edge lo-fi entirely musical in the tradi- FRIDAY 18 keeping him busy. This joint Guajardo’s palette of sounds and post-industrial obscurant- tional sense. SonarComplex project with Werner Dafeldecker fills the atmosphere with ism. This project is based on thereby joins the invisible 16:00 Pioneer presents “Prepara y pincha” (a regular on Morr Music, Kranky emotional and vibrant a restraint that transforms dots between the adapted 17:00 Ableton Live workshop with Tom Cosm and Staubgold) explores the electronica, and illuminates it sonic roughness into acoustic toys of Juan Matos Capote 18:00 Nextbeat possibilities of analogue sound, with infectious melodies. solemnity, placing them on the and the free surrealism of the 19:00 Yamaha using a circuit which connects same level as names like Wolf legendary Macromassa, who a to a modular 18:00 Bradien (ES) Live Eyes, Zoviet and The are ending their long silence SATURDAY 19 . The resulting sound By superimposing all types Hafler Trio. accompanied by their electri- is an unprecedented blend of of musical reference points fied clarinets, and their equally 16:00 Pioneer presents “Prepara y pincha” woodwind, strings and analogue (exotica, timeless soundtracks, 19:30 La Chambre des legendary Duy audio-gener- 17:00 Introdution to musical production with Logic Pro and bubbles. Seeing is believing. folk and dub arrangements) this Machines (CA) Live ators (one of the most interest- Mainstage Barcelona group deconstructs In the best futurist tradition, Mar- ing chapters in the secret 18:00 Ableton Live workshop with Tom Cosm 19:30 Cluster its own idea of pop in a twisted tin Messier and Nicolas Bernier history of Spanish contempo- 19:00 DJ Hero2: the definitive revolution (Klangbad/AT) Live but pleasing origami session present a new performance of rary experimentation). Under With a back catalogue that is which conquered the spa.RK electronic music which they the name of La Chambre des more than robust, and which catalogue in 2009 with “Linden”. have created based on their own Machines, Martin Messier and includes collaborations with key interpretation of the legendary in- Nicolas Bernier are recovering figures in 19:30 Lesley Flanigan tonarumoris, the noise machines another fragment of history like Brian Eno, the living legends (US) Live dreamt up by Luigi Russolo, in a personal nod to Luigi of Hans-Joachim Flanigan sculpts electronic the father of all noisists. These Russolo and his unusual noise Roedelius and music by hand, using sounds instruments consist of cogs, le- machines, while Lesley Flani- are true authorities in the fields of taken entirely from feedback vers and all types of mechanical gan from the United States weightless ambient, cosmic elec- and her own voice. Her hand- and electronic parts, and explore combines pure sonic magic to tronica and thrilling . made instruments are wooden the territory where the synthetic amplify her voice and get the In 2009 they surfaced once speakers which she uses to cap- and the acoustic fields overlap. most out of feedback, using again with “Qua,” their first stu- ture electric rhythms and tones, custom-built wooden mikes dio recording in fourteen years, and by doing so she maps out a 21:00 Macromassa and speakers. Other clear ex- which they use in their ongoing strange sonic atmosphere which (ES) Live amples of an unusual modus exploration of concepts like the includes noise, the warmth of Víctor Nubla and Juan Crek are operandi are the weightless infinite, repetition and . her vocal cords and the action of back! Their reformation is also drones of Phill Niblock and amplifying itself. accompanied by their eleventh the genius of Electro Guzzi, a 21:00 Elektro Guzzi album, “Armas Mosca”, on group that uses (Macro/AT) Live 21:00 Emilio José which Juan Crek and Victor instruments to shape tracks Alexandre Burton & Julien in real time in a profoundly sy- Elektro Guzzi is produced by (Foehn/ES) Live Nubla have dispensed with that seem to be electronically Roy (artificiel/CA) naesthesic audiovisual process. Patrick Pulsinger and at one Emilio José of Apeiron has collaborators and have com- sequenced. POWEr This piece, which was com- stroke they have ended the begun his solo career with “Cho- posed and played all the tracks missioned for the 10th edition eternal debate: rock vs techno, rando Apréndese”, an album themselves, using the original in- 01. dp-S The synaesthesic power of of Mutek in , will be man vs machine. The solution in which he tightens the screw struments from the group’s early 02. Lesley Flanigan electricity shown trice daily in the CCCB was simple and basic, and another couple of twists, mixing years: a Duy audio-generator 03. Macromassa Auditorium (in the SonarCinema involved dissecting the DNA of the most varied influences. His module and an electric clarinet. “POWEr” is a performance space). techno in order to bring it back collage of references, sounds An unlikely mixture of , based on high voltage electro- to life in a classic band format and languages (Galician and , electronica, CCCB Auditori magnetic disturbances obtained (guitar, bass and ). With Spanish) is as varied as it is dar- noise and surrealism, Macro- from a Tesla coil. The people no electronics, giving you techno ing, and ranges from naive pop massa have been trailblazers in behind the artificiel project use it live and direct and performed by to Tropicália, lyrical songs and Spain and beyond for years. A as a live instrument, to generate Check the programme a group that runs like clockwork. the most imaginative electronica. little piece of history. and transform electrical arcs on-site or online. Sónar by Day SonarMàtica, SonarCinema, Sónar at CosmoCaixa 7

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JUNE 17, 18, 19 features , Broadcast, Nice Nice and Battles. Synth Britannia Director: Ben Whalley Amplified Gesture This BBC-produced documen- Director: Phil Hopkins tary follows a generation of An original introduction to the post-punk musicians who took genre of free improvisation, its the synthesiser from the experi- leading lights and its philosophy. mental fringes to the centre of With , Toshi- the pop stage. maru Nakamura, Christian Fen- MERTZ 03 nesz, Keith Rowe, Eddie Prévost, Warp20 (New York) Sachiko M., , John Director: Lorenzo Fonda Tilbury, Werner Dafeldecker, (BACK TO) THE vested in the machinery’s de- The following works are environment must be able to The director of “Megunica” Michael Moser and John Butcher. ROBOTS cision algorithms. The robot presented in collaboration with play live, and that is why it has condenses the spirit of Warp’s pauses at each new sensorial Universitat Pompeu Fabra/ been designed to be easy to 20th birthday party in NYC into a We call it CCCB. Floor -1 assessment; the pulsing lights SPECS, Universitat Politècnica handle, reliable, stable and string of interviews, perform- Director: Iacopo Patierno installed in its 2 heads making de Catalunya / AESS / IRI completely portable. The roots ances and animations featuring In 2008, the Italian filmmaker Max Dean, it appear to be contemplating - Humanoid Lab and Hangar. of the project lie in a reflection Battles, , Flying Iacopo Patierno came into Raffaello D’Andrea, its next action. on the use of robotics as a Lotus, !!! and Clark. contact with Scandinavian Matt Donovan (CA) Universitat Pompeu tool for musical composition Skweee. After falling in love with Robotic Chair Jen hui Liao (CN) Fabra (ES) and performance. Warp20 (London) - And Thee, the unusual nature of the scene, www.roboticchair.com The Self-portrait Machine http://iua.upf.edu/iua Echo and decided to follow it for an www.jenhui-liao.com http://cbc.upf.edu Ricardo Iglesias (ES) Director: Vincent Moon entire year. The “Robotic Chair” (1984- Surveillance Cameras: they The final instalment in a series of 2006) is a generic-looking “The Self-portrait Machine” is SPECS (ES) are alive!!! short films capturing the Warp20 Check the programme wooden chair with the the human/machine relation- Mixed Reality Robot Arena www.ricardoiglesias.net celebrations on celluloid, this film on-site or online. capacity to fall apart and ship in miniature. The piece http://specs.upf.edu put itself back together. The invites the user to produce an The ongoing proliferation of “Robotic Chair”’s seat houses assisted self-portrait, in which The Mixed-Reality Robot Are- security cameras has created a custom robot charged with in reality the human artist na (MiXR-RA) is a mixed real/ an international “paranoia” of the ambitious task of locating has very little control over the virtual environment for robots everyday insecurity, in what the scattered parts (legs and result, which is completely (e-puck robots) conceived could be called the surveillan- back), reassembling and guided by the movements of and created as an experimen- ce society. This project invol- restoring itself to its former the system. tal setup to investigate the ves the creation of a series of chair status. origins of artificial behavior “living” robotic cameras that Lijin Aryananda (US) generation. The MiXR-RA uses follow people. The cameras France Cadet (FR) MERTZ a biological plausible control record visitors, projecting Do Robotic Cats Dream of http://people.csail.mit.edu/lijin/ system for an artificial auto- them in situ and online. Electric Fish? / Gaude Mihi / mertz.html nomous agent that is able to Hunting Trophies / Dog [Lab] self-regulate, it is fit for survival Anaisa Franco (BR) 01 / Canis Lupus Androidus “MERTZ” is an active-vision and has foraging capabilities. Paranoia Anatomy robot head mounted on a http://cyberdoll.free.fr/ portable platform. Up close Universitat Politècnica Paranoia” is a reactive sculp- cyberdoll and personal, the robot has de Catalunya (ES) ture in form of a mouth that the innocent look of a small http://upc.edu when someone gets close to In “Do Robotic Cats…?”, child. Aryananda wanted it, it open, scream and smile. Nemo, the robotic fish, is a face that was cute and AESS / HUMANOID LAB / The piece is part of a series of swimming imperturbably in friendly, not alien, because IRI (ES) sculptures called “Psychoso- the screen, which is also “MERTZ” is meant to interact Competiciones matic Bodies” that investi- his fish tank. Parallel to that, with and learn from others. http://aess.upc.es gates the human behaviors “Gaude Mihi” rocks whenever Even “MERTZ”’s voice is www.iri.upc.edu through the construction of its owner approaches. Finally, childlike. Aryananda’s instinct suspended members that “Hunting trophies” raises is that people expect less In the world of robotics, there express unconscious desires awareness about animals intelligence if a robot seems are numerous competitions and feelings using the digital rights, but also brings new like a child – and for now, in which enthusiasts and pro- in a search of interconnection JUNE 17, 18, 19 magnetic fields, these devices questions about robots: their “MERTZ”’s intelligence is very fessionals put their creations with the material. generate sonorities that are status, their function and their primitive. Mechanical desig- to the test. Together with 20:00 Stephan Mathieu sustained and harmonically rich, integration into society. ner: Jeff Weber. the AESS and IRI, who are & Carolina Mikalef (DE-AR) and gradually fill the planetarium pioneers in staging and partici- E-shoe Constellations space. On a second instrument, Fernando Orellana (SV) Julia Tsao (CN) pating in these competitions in www.chicksonspeed.com C/ Isaac Newton 26. Barcelona the harpsichordist Dani Espasa

8520 S.W. 27th PL Robotic Displays Spain, we invite you to attend CosmoCaixa at Sónar will be performing several pieces www.fernandoorellana.com http://cargocollective.com/ various types of competitions The “E-shoe” by Chicks on Created especially for the by Antonio de Cabezón (who juliatsao between machines in the main Speed is the world’s first CosmoCaixa Planetarium, composed music by applying An installation about the categories and to discover the wireless, high heeled shoe “Constellations” is an audiovisual theories of ), thereby pointlessness of our never “Robotic Displays” is an ex- technical complexity within guitar, made in collaboration project by Stephan Mathieu and creating a surprising dialogue ending decision making perimental interaction design them: staircases, football, with Siberian born shoe-de- Carolina Mikalef which is inspired between the works of the process. The piece features experiment dealing with the sumo, mini-sumo and trackers. signer Max Kibardin and Alex by the music of the composer composer and Mathieu’s take on modified Dancing Hamster implications of media on top Posada/Bartosz Zygmunt. De- Antonio de Cabezón, known as sound. Lights and a small mobile Toys, originally manufactured of autonomous motion; of Hangar (ES) veloped in collaboration with the “Spanish Bach”, who was built from prisms, lenses and by Gemmy Industries Corpo- communication through physi- www.hangar.org Marc Monzó, the “E-Shoe” is born 500 years ago this year. mirrors will be used to project ration. Eight doubled-headed cal space. The project involves capable of triggering sounds The roots of the project lie in various types of light on the vault robotic hamsters live in iden- six robotic “pixels”, each Joan Vallvé (ES) wirelessly using MIDI. the “Virginals” series, a set of of the planetarium, thus adding tical houses, all of which are functioning as a standalone Violí MIDI and Metal·lòfon MIDI works by Stephan Mathieu to be a visual and kinetic dimension narrow and transparent. Each unit in the overall integrated www.joanvallve.com 01. Robotic Chair played on historic instruments which completes this immersive robotic rodent has the ability display system, that move and 02. Gaude Mihi using contemporary methods. In and synesthetic experience. to run about in its house, act based off actions sent to The “Violí MIDI” and 03. Robotic Displays this case, Mathieu and Mikalef using sensors to monitor the each remote system from a “Metal·lòfon MIDI” are part will be plucking the strings of a activity outside its home (the centralized brain. of the project to design and using electromag- viewers). The result is a kind construct an automated nets. By expanding the natural of sensorial intelligence in- musical environment. This sound of the strings using 8 Sónar by Night SonarClub, SonarLab SonarLab SonarClub

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FRIDAY 18 the top 100 songs of 2009 by performing in Spain this summer. 04:30 Angel Molina FRIDAY 18 03:00 The Sugarhill Gang magazine. This is all The London quartet have been (SonarMusic/ES) DJ (Sugar Hill/US) Live 21:30 Doors open thanks to his expansive icono- working together since the early 21:30 Doors open The men behind the timeless clastic house tracks in which seventies, and were predeces- 05:30 Sandwell District “Rapper’s Delight” are to hip-hop 22:30 Buenavista Moodymann, , sors of punk, redefined glam, (Sandwell District/UK) DJ 22:30 Ernie (Minuendo/ES) DJ what the Big Bang is to the (AudioSushi/ES) DJ house, disco music and northern were one of the standard bearers The architects of the legendary The co-owner of Minuendo universe. Their show combines The arrival of Javier Estalella soul are intertwined, and bring of and were a point of Downwards, a label makes cuts with an undeniable the classic MC + DJ format with on the Barcelona club scene to life songs that are organic, reference for dozens of sounds, that has gone down in history Teutonic influence, which enable live instruments in a review of was a step forward towards the human, full of life, and that make from krautrock to electronica. because of its dark definition him to study the mechanisms of their hits from the past and their acceptance of this fun and open your feet and your heart dance. of 4/4, are now responsible for electronic dub, and recent comeback, “LaLa Song”, dancefloor spirit that the Razz- 00:00 Angel Molina creating Sandwell District with in depth. produced by . matazz resident still fights tooth 04:00 2manydjs (BE) Live (SonarMusic/ES) DJ the same aesthetic harsh- and nail for. It is a vision of the 2manydjs (also known as Soul- Angel Molina returns to Sonar- ness and secrecy. On stage, Mary Anne Hobbs presents 04:00 Hudson Mohawke mix that transcends the frontiers wax) aren’t content with being Club to play an hour-long set in a format halfway between a (Warp-LuckyMe/UK) DJ of styles. Tonight, there will be a the name on everyone’s lips, between two heavyweights. As live show and a session, they 00:00 Mary Anne Hobbs Ross Birchard is one of the healthy dose of post-rock, disco filling stadia and producing de usual, it is more than a little dif- combine analogue and digital (UK) DJ key names in a sound which lounge, pop and avant-garde. luxe mashups. They are coming ficult to know what will come out sounds to obtain the purest Every week, on the waves of some have christened to Sónar with a totally renewed of his bottomless case, but you samples of techno DNA. BBC Radio 1, the compila- or aquacrunk: a souped-up 23:30 Air (Virgin/FR) Live version of their record covers can expect a mix and match of tions on Planet Mu and in DJ mixture of dubstep, hip-hop, r&b The three words that make performance, showing their pas- the pop of recent decades and ZOOM booths in clubs worldwide, and experimental electronica. up the acronym of their name sion and knowledge of contem- classic techno. Hobbs pushes the boundaries On “Butter”, his debut LP, he – “Amour, Imagination, Rêve” porary popular music (from pop Big names, great shows of the unknown on the global has made no bones about his (love, imagination, dream) are to funk, prog rock, r&b, hip-hop 00:30 Dizzee Rascal The main stage at Sónar dancefloor. She returns to Sónar interest in revealing the flipside of still the most effective way of and anything else they can dig (Dirtee Stank/UK) Live by Night includes the most by Night to treat us to one of existing sounds, using all types describing their style. Their up), synchronising images with “Tongue‘n’Cheek”, the latest spectacular shows, and some her flawless live sessions, where of production filters. contemplative electronic pop, sounds, in an endless collection album by London’s leading of the most eagerly awaited is the theme: expect to topped off with ambient and of captivating floor fillers. rapper and producer, replaces names in the entire line-up. find dubstep, electro, hip-hop, 04:45 Sidechains (ES) DJ analogue coating, still occupies introspection with entertainment To start off with, there is techno and all points in between. The Razzmatazz Club resident a special place in the hearts of 05:30 Claude VonStroke in a colourful puzzle containing the return of The Chemical DJ has remixed artists including their countless followers. This is (Dirtybird/US) DJ B-more hip-hop, synth-pop, Brothers, who are presenting 00:45 Joy Orbison , and particularly true after “Love 2”, Claude VonStroke is syn- reggae and house (including a their new album, the seventh (Doldrums/UK) DJ Luis La Roche, and his produc- their sixth long player. onymous with the best in dance helping hand from Armand Van in their extensive career, with At just 22 years old, Peter tions have appeared on various music. A first-class remixer (The Helden) to bring the party under a completely new show that O’Grady came out of nowhere compilations all over the world. 00:30 Aeroplane Rapture, Kevin Saunderson...) his control. On stage, he is a will combine tracks from with “Hyph Mngo” settled into His style is an original and fresh (Eskimo/BE) DJ and a specialist on the decks, whirlwind of rhymes, energy, the recent album with their the pages of the specialised mix of house, old school, funk, Fasano and Deluca joined forces in each of his sessions Claude bass and fun. back catalogue of timeless media. His spectacular rise is disco, techno, 80s and 90s. in order to bring the melody highlights a whole range of hits, as well as new visuals. basically a result of productions back to what they felt was a cultural benchmarks that usually 01:30 Caspa feat. MC Rod At the opposite extreme of based on an enigmatic balance 05:30 Cora Novoa dancefloor that was unduly stress the many facets of the Azlan (UK) DJ the tradition is another of between dubstep, deep house, (Natura Sonoris/ES) DJ dominated by rhythm. And how musical past and present of his After his explosive debut album, the major attractions at this garage, minimalism and even This Galician is carving out her have they done it? By breaking hometown of Detroit. suggested that year’s festival: Roxy Music. A acoustic textures, which give the own niche as a producer and DJ the chains of the predictable Caspa was something like the popular music legend of our final mix an hypnotic finish. at only 24 years old. Her increas- with psychedelic , pop SATURDAY 19 Guy Ritchie of dubstep. This time, they are sharing a stage ingly full diary and initial output keyboards, disco rhythms and a London producer has created a with characters as varied 01:30 Flying Lotus for Natura Sonoris, Perspectiv touch of melancholy that part of 21:00 Doors open sound that is directly related with as Hell, Aeroplane and one (Warp/US) Live and Hivern suggest that she is the DNA in their Italian roots. British street energy and culture of the UK dubstep greats, Steven Ellison is used to hearing something more than a talent to 22:00 DJ Hell (Gigolo/DE) DJ – from clubbing to cockney. The Caspa. The North Americans all types of electronic sounds, be watched. 01:30 LCD Soundsystem This dance music legend will trademark hyper-elastic bass LCD Soundsystem are also which combined with the strong (DFA Records/US) Live be revving up the atmos- lines lay the foundations for an premiering an album live. An- presence of jazz in his family, this SATURDAY 19 Last year, Murphy moved phere before Roxy Music’s intoxicating style. other album with a high profile created the ideal seedbed for to LA, with everything he needed show... There is better presentation is “Love 2”, the Flying Lotus. A parallel universe 21:00 Doors open to set up studio in order to give suited to the job, after his recent 03:00 The Chemical Brothers latest album by Air, who have in which old school hip-hop, birth to the third LCD Soundsys- collaboration with on (Virgin/UK) Live been a consolidated touch- psychedelia and jazz are mixed 22:30 Buffetlibre DJs tem album, surrounded by their international disco hit (the After a sabbatical of almost 18 stone of international pop freely between asymmetrical ar- (AudioSushi/ES) DJ modular synths, and a impressive entitled months, The Chemical Brothers for years. Dizzee Rascal, the rangements and bass lines. Their usual DJ residences take bunch of his friends. The flagship “U Can Dance”). House, electro, are coming to Sónar to present major star of urban rhythms in them regularly to the decks at project of the DFA studio/label luxury, trash, post-punk, techno, a new show and sound material. the UK, is arriving to unleash 02:15 Roska (Roska Kicks & Razzmatazz, Shoko and Low returns to Sónar to present new glam and everything else that he Their magic potion, made up of the undoubted strength and Snares/UK) DJ Club, and in mid-2009 they solutions to the sonic equation, summarises so well in the four techno flashbacks, psychede- power of his much-acclaimed In just three years, Roska has expanded their area of action by which takes in punk, disco, funk, letters of his stage name. lia, rock and rhythms that are album “Tongue N’ Cheek”, gone from distributing his producing remixes. house and other variables. so phat they seem to have while 2manydjs present a from his car boot to be- 23:00 Roxy Music exploded, continues to win over new version of their special ing the golden boy of London’s 23:30 The Pinker Tones 02:30 John Talabot (Hivern/ (Virgin/UK) Live massive audiences wherever set that synchronizes sound funky scene. A fistful of EPs on (Pinkerland/ES) Live Permanent Vacation/ES) DJ It will be a very rare privilege to they go, thanks to their under- with images. It is a feast of his own label, Roska Kicks & Mister Furia, Professor Manso John Talabot became one of the see Bryan Ferry, standing of live music based on high quality names, with new Snares, plus a few other remixes and DJ Niño return to the stage great new promises of 2009, and together on the fun and an emphasis on the core features to suit all tastes. have established his mixture to present in style their eagerly a frantic year in which he had same stage, reviving their classics values of the entire history of of house, dubstep and African awaited seventh album – the “Sunshine” selected as one of in the only show they will be club culture. percussion as a new paradigm. new chapter in their musical Sónar by Night SonarLab, SonarPub 9 SonarPub

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The Pinker Tones The Blessings Jónsi Hot Chip Matthew Herbert Magda tower of Babel, based on pop, 04:00 Eclair Fifi & John FRIDAY 18 thanks to his infamous edits, (his companion on the marvelous remixes for , Fangoria and lounge, funk, soul, bossa, swing Computer (UK) Live unique DJ sets and banging mix “Go”), and invites you to enter a Groove Armada. His Loudeast and psychedelia. A four-handed DJ session be- 21:30 Doors open CDs such as “The Grandfather magical and multi-sensory forest Records label is dedicated to tween two of the leading names Paradox”. In 2009 he made it to of pop melodies. the more elegant side of house. 00:30 Buffetlibre DJs on LuckyMe. The boys use all 22:30 Mark Jones Resident Advisor’s top 10 world- As a DJ, Nacho leans towards a (AudioSushi/ES) DJ the Italo disco, electro and hip- (/UK) DJ wide DJs poll. 00:30 Mooken (UK) DJ selection of styles ranging from hop they can lay their hands on Just for being the founder of Wall Lester is a hunter gatherer nu disco to tech and deep house, 01:00 Fuck Buttons to obtain the perfect diameter in of Sound key record label in the 04:30 Booka Shade of strange, obscure and marvel- which are linked by a flawless (ATP Recordings/UK) DJ this Katamary-like set. history of fat rhythms in UK, and (Get Physical/DE) Live lous sounds. His DJ sets, which technique that has taken him all For their second LP, “Tarot one that in 2009 celebrated 15 The duo formed by Walter he defines as “1940s hip-hop over the world. Sport”, Andrew Hung and 05:00 Zomby (Zomby years, Mark Jones has already Merziger and Arno Kammermeier ” are as varied as they are Benjamin John Power added Productions/UK) Live secured a place amongst the most suddenly shot to stardom in 2005 disconcerting, and contain literally 05:30 DJ Hell (Gigolo/DE) DJ to the equa- His slowed-down hardcore important names in European club thanks to an overwhelming debut everything, from stoner doom to The maestro will once again be tion and the result is a shiny tracks have featured on de luxe culture. It’s to him that we owe album entitled “Memento”. Since modern , noise, showing us why he is renowned constellation full of cosmic catalogues like Hyperdub, Brain- the praise for such late 90s early then, they have become outstand- seminal electronica and sonic dirt as a selector de luxe, providing sounds, deafening noise and Math, Werk, Ramp and Mad noughties hymns such as those by ing remixers and one of the of the first order. His collaboration house, electro, glamour, trash, hypnotic melodies, somewhere Decent, as well as at leading The Propellerheads, The Wiseguys most powerful live shows on the with Cornelia led to Social Mon- post-punk, techno, glam and in between and The fashion parades, and are still one and Les Rythmes Digitales. electronic circuit. They are ster, a platform for mixtapes, par- everything else that he summa- . of the salutary lessons on the two veterans of the ties and happenings in London. rises so well in the four letters of British dubstep scene. 00:00 Hot Chip (/ scene (currently based in Berlin) his stage name. LuckyMe presents UK) Live who are ready to take electro- 01:30 Matthew Herbert’s One 05:30 Del Palo Soundsystem: On “”, their eagerly house to new territories. Club (Accidental/UK) Live ZOOM 02:00 American Men (UK) Griffi & DJ2D2 (Del Palo/ES) DJ anticipated latest album, Hot Chip The English genius presents “One Live Del Palo has concentrated its ef- revisit the roots of house. Four 05:30 Carte Blanche (DJ Mehdi Club”, a celebration of dance mu- New stage ideas At LuckyMe they proudly call it forts on seeking out and releas- albums, Mercury and Grammy & Riton) (Ed Banger/FR-UK) DJ sic in style. The album is based on Sónar 2010 is more fully loaded Miami-laser-rock. Their “Cool ing the freshest Spanish hip-hop nominations and countless live Carte Blanche condenses the pas- recordings made live at a German than ever with stellar perform- World” EP presents a highly since the . Tonight, two triumphs tell just part of the story sion for house music of DJ Mehdi club night, and takes in all types of ances from top names, who will repetitive and cosmic sound, of its headz take the reins of of the first decade of existence of and Riton. Anchored in the present sounds, from people dancing and be presenting new album re- similar to post-rock, but which SonarLab to intertwine all types a London-based quintet that per- and without a trace of nostalgia, laughing to mobile ringtones. It is a leases and new stage shows at uses and abuses the synth to of breaks and urban rhythms. fectly embodies the eternal tension the project celebrates the sound of highly unusual project in which the the festival. They are very spe- become something quite between emotion and electronica: Chicago with a collection of break- audience was constantly involved, cial performances, each with different. This Scottish trio ZOOM intimate, celebratory and sweet, all neck hits that quickly won over thereby achieving an original their own particular individual will become a quartet for at the same time. Busy P, and opened a niche in the recreation of the club atmosphere touch, which are new twists in their show. UK rules Ed Banger ranks. Four decks, a and creating an interesting anal- the careers of top-level artists In 2010, Sónar is focus- 01:00 Magda (Minus/US) DJ mixer, and of course a TR-909. ogy of the strong link established such as Plastikman, Herbert 02:30 Machinedrum (US) DJ ing on the effervescent and Recently acclaimed for her mix between the figure of the DJ and and Jónsi. , a Even before concepts like multi-faceted music scene in for the series, Magda is SATURDAY 19 the crowd. key name in international elec- aquacrunk and wonky crossed the , which is the ideal deejay for picking up the tronica and a regular at Sónar, over into the international arena, now established as the new pace before Plastikman. If you 21:00 Doors open 02:30 Mooken (UK) DJ this year returns to his most Stewart was interested in vision- international epicentre of have never had the pleasure of well-known alias, Plastikman, ary productions featuring old sk- musical creativity. And if there enjoying one of her sets featuring 22:30 Undo 03:00 2020Soundsystem with which he revolutionised ool electro, IDM, leftovers is an area in the festival where percussive minimalism and power- (Factor City/ES) DJ (2020Vision/UK) DJ techno in the nineties, with and digital hip-hop coexisting in this British predominance ful baselines, you’re in luck. In the mid-1990s, Gabriel Ber- 2020Soundsystem has many fac- albums like “Sheet One”, perfect harmony. is particularly apparent, it is langa discovered the emerging es, but is always associated with “Musik” and “Consumed”. On undoubtedly SonarLab. For 02:00 Plastikman (Minus/CA) world of dance and electronica, the same name: that of Ralph this first world tour, Plastik- 03:00 Mike Slott (UK) Live decades, the music scene in Live and was fascinated by it. The Lawson, the legendary “Back man will be carrying out a live “Lucky 9Teen”, has only the United Kingdom has been Richie Hawtin, a key name in demise of Minifunk and a chance to Basics” DJ and the architect review of his repertoire since confirmed what many people an apparently inexhaustible international electronica, this year meeting with Vicknoise led to the of the essential house label his early days, and he has also expected of him: his innate in- breeding ground for ideas, a brings back his most well-known creation of the Factor City label, 2020Vision. 2020Soundsystem is announced a special show in tuition for rhythm, and his desire crossroad of cultures that has alias, Plastikman, which he used and since then everything has conceived as a new approach to which technology will play a to avoid the commonplace. By created genres as significant to revolutionise techno in the come together: he is the resident the dancefloor featuring the best leading role. Jónsi (known to applying the spirit of free jazz as jungle in London, trip-hop nineties. This is the first Plastikman and artistic director of Barcelona’s of both worlds, the production date for his work as the vocalist and 80s to today’s tech- in Bristol, broken beats and world tour, and will be a live review The Loft / Lolita, the record label, techniques of club electronica in the band Sigur Rós) formally nology, Mike produces a sort of two-step, the shady sound of of everything from his classics to with a series of 12”s and remixes. and live instruments, and tran- presents his first solo project. irresistible cosmic hip-hop. grime and the recent explo- his roots. He has also announced scends the boundaries of the DJ The charismatic vocalist of the sion of dubstep, which has in a special show jointly produced 23:30 Jónsi (XL/IS) Live session and concert, combining Icelandic group arrives with 03:30 The Blessings (UK) turn led to a whole range of by Minus and the visual architects Sigur Rós front man Jón Þór their virtues and making them into his recent debut album “Go” Live new subgenres which are still Derivative, which will put the Birgisson presents his solo project a unique experience. There is no and a spectacular show with Dom Sum and FinArt are the in development: wonky, uk senses to the test thanks to the in a live show. The man some call better way of listening to “Falling,” scenography and visuals that brains in the shadows behind funky, funkstep, dubtec, etc. convergence of sound, light, video the world’s second most famous their latest album. are out of the ordinary. Finally, the multi-faceted collective This scene currently includes and human interaction. Icelander will be using a stage set the constant non-conformist LuckyMe, which as well as artists as interesting as Joy that is radically different, with a 04:00 Nacho Marco Matthew Herbert is temporarily releasing records and designing Orbison, Roska, Zomby, Mike 03:00 Dixon (DE) DJ show designed by 59 Productions (Loudeast Records/ES) DJ setting aside his and street wear keeps the speakers Slott, the emerging talents For almost 20 years, Dixon has which defies strict definition. Is it a A producer since the late nineties returns with a new conceptual warm at the school of of the city of Glasgow and been one of the main protagonists live film? Is it an installation? Is it a for various labels in Europe and adventure entitled “One Club”, art by programming the monthly Mary Anne Hobbs, the guru of of house . The play? Jónsi will be accompanied the United States, the resident at to add yet another twist in his The Baller$ Social Club night. urban rhythms, who will all be founder of the Innervisions imprint by a band of young musicians Excuse Me? and director of Lou- exploration of the boundaries present at SonarLab. has put house back on the map carefully selected by Muhly deast FM has also been behind of the dancefloor. 10 Sónar Nits Sónar, Venues and activities, Merchandise

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Sónar 2010 presents the “Nits fiddles around with electronica and Sónar” tour in the Girona Auditori dubstep-influenced sounds. and the Teatre Bartrina in Reus. Meanwhile, Tristan Perich and This tour brings together the ins- bcn216 will be performing “Active trumental group bcn216 (resident Field”, a work for ten violins, ten at the Barcelona Auditori) and speakers and a 1-bit circuit, in the North American sound artist which the acoustic sound of the and experimental musician Tristan strings merges and mixes with the Perich, for a tour that will begin at matrix of harmonies generated in Sónar by Day, on Thursday 17 on each speaker. This piece, one of Tristan Perich Guillamino the SonarHall stage, and will also Reich’s most renowned, combines feature a performance by Guillami- the legacy of minimalist composers no. With the help of a totally new such as with the New Nits Sónar Nits band, Pau Guillamet will introduce Yorker’s highly unusual approach the songs from his recent “Whip to technology. Gymnastix”, an EP in which he Merchandise Sónar by Day de 12:00 a 22:00 Sónar by Day from 12:00 to 22:00

CCCB MACBA How to get there Centre de Cultura Museu d’Art Contemporani de Contempòrania de Barcelona Barcelona CCCB/MACBA CosmoCaixa Entrance from C/ Montalegre Entrance from C/ Montalegre Buses 7, 9, 14, 16, 17, 24, 41, Buses 17, 22, 58, 73, 75, 60 and SonarVillage Pl. Joan Coromines SonarDôme Pl. dels Àngels 50, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 63, 64, 66, 196. www.tmb.net SonarHall Main Hall SonarComplex Floor 0 67, 68, 91, 120, 141, L94, L95, Tramvia Blau SonarPro Floor 2 CosmoCaixa Tombús and Aerobús. FGC Line 7 SonarMàtica Floor -1 Planetari www.tmb.cat (station: Avinguda Tibidabo). SonarCinema Auditori C/ Isaac Newton, 26 Metro Line 1 (stations: Uni- www.fgc.es Movistar Magazine Lounge Pati Thursday, Friday and Saturday versitat and Catalunya) Line 2 de les dones At 20:00 (station: Universitat) Line 3 (station: Catalunya) www.tmb.cat FGC Lines 6, 7, S1, S2, S5 and S55 (station: Catalunya) www.fgc.es Sónar by Night

Teatre Grec Fira Gran Via (M2) How to get there Fira Gran Via (M2) L’Hospitalet Teatre Grec L’Auditori L’Hospitalet Pg. Santa Madrona, 36 Thursday 17. Avda. Botànica, 62. Buses 9, 13, 27, 30, 37, 50, 57, Buses 6, 7, 10, 56, 62, B21, B25, SonarBus Uninterrupted bus Open doors: 20:00 (Polígon Pedrosa) 65, 109, 157, N0, N1, N2, N13, N0, N2, N3, N7 and N11. service from Plaça de les Installation spectra [barcelona] L’Hospitalet de Llobregat N15 and N53 www.tmb.cat www.tmb.cat Drassanes (Line 3, station: 22:30 and 00:30: Line 1 (station: Espanya) Metro Line 1 (stations: Glòries and Drassanes) to Fira Gran Via (M2) test pattern [live set] SonarClub, SonarPub, SonarLab and Line 3 (stations: Espanya and Marina), Line 2 (station: L’Hospitalet. Friday and Saturday

Venues and activities and Venues Friday 19. Poble Sec) www.tmb.cat Monumental), Line 4 (station: from 20:30 to 8:00 L’Auditori Open doors 21:30 FGC Line 8, S33, S4, S8, R5 and Bogatell). Buses 9, 37, 65, 72, 79, 109, L72, Hall 2 Oriol Martorell Saturday 20. R8 (station: Espanya) www.tmb.net L80, L81, L83, L87, N1, N15, N16 Open doors 21:00 www.fgc.es Tramvia Line (station: and N17. www.tmb.cat C/ Lepant, 150 Auditori/Teatre Nacional). FGC Lines 8, S33, S4, S8, R5 i R8 Thursday 17. At 21:00 www.tmb.net (station: Europa Fira). 10 minutes Friday 18. 20:00 walking distance. www.fgc.es On sale at the merchandising Airport / Castelldefels DIRECTION stands at the festival, day and To Sónar at To Fira Gran Via (M2) L8 Espanya Cosmocaixa night and on our website L1-L3 Espanya PL. M L8 Europa - Fira ILDEFONS CERDÀ 9-37-65-79-109-N1-N15-N16 M www.sonar.es GRAN VIA 65-N15-N16-N1765-N15-N16-N17 N15-N16-N17 N17-L72-L80-L81-L83-L87 L1-L2 Universitat PL. AV. DEL MARQUÈS DE COMILLAS D’EUROPA GRAN VIA GRAN VIA M URA L1-L3 CT C. DE LES CIÈNCIES C. DE L’ARQUIT E Pl. Catalunya ÉS ARQU DE C M O 1 EL M SÓNAR D I A. REINA Renfe . L Sónar by Day Sónar V L A A BUS A Mª CRISTINA 23 S Ticket Sales by POBLE TAXI PL.ESPANYOL 13-50 CCCB I SANT JORDI MACBA HERNÁNDEZ Night Montjuïc C. DE MIGUEL C . G Fira Gran UÀ P RD . JOAN NACIONALALAU IA Via (M2) C. DEL CARME AV CARLES

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