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Sónar by Day Sónar celebrates its sixteenth Thurdsday 18 Friday 19 Saturday 20 birthday on the psychological SonarHall SonarHall SonarHall threshold of the second decade Intro 13:00 Néboa (ES) Live 13:00 Carrier to Noise Ratio (ES) Live 13:00 Anímic (ES) Live 17:00 Roland Olbeter + Tim Exile + 17:00 Quayola (UK) Live 17:00 Ebony Bones (UK) Live of the century. Among other Jon Hopkins (DE-UK) Live 19:00 Ryoichi Kurokawa (JP) Live Raster Noton presents 20:30 Konono Nº 1 (CG) Live 20:30 Micachu & The Shapes (UK) Live 19:00 SND (UK) Live things, this means that the 19:45 Byetone (DE) Live SonarVillage SonarVillage 20:30 Alva Noto (DE) Live 21:15 Atom™ (DE) Live festival has been seeking out 12:00 Aitor Molina (ES) DJ 12:00 Davic Nod (ES) DJ 14:00 Vidal Romero presenta 14:00 Mark Jones plays Wall of SonarVillage new , approaches and GO Magazine (ES) DJ (UK) DJ 16:00 The Wizard (US) DJ BBC Introducing presents 12:00 Fat Fish (ES) DJ ideas for long enough for it 18:00 Luomo (FI) Live (Highlights on BBC Radio) 14:00 Txarly Brown presents Ghostly International 16:00 (UK) Live Achilifunk (ES) DJ th Lives and DJs 10 Anniversary presents 16:45 Huw Stephens (UK) DJ Ed Banger presents GazpaShow! to include artists in its line-up 18:45 The Sight Below (US) Live 17:30 La Roux (UK) Live 16:00 DSL (FR) DJ 19:30 SV4/Michna (US) DJ 18:15 Huw Stephens (UK) DJ 17:00 (FR) Live who were only children sixteen 20:15 Lusine (US) Live 18:45 Bass Clef (UK) Live 17:40 Outlines (FR) DJ 21:15 Michna with Raw Paw (US) Live 19:30 Huw Stephens (UK) DJ 18:50 James Pants (US) Live 20:30 Omar Souleyman (SY) Live 19:30 Bullion (UK) DJ years ago. SonarDôme 20:40 Busy P (FR) DJ SonarDôme There are plenty of young Red Bull Music Academy presents SonarDôme 12:00 Mwëslee vs Chelis (ES) Red Bull Music Academy presents 14:00 Miaau (ES) DJ 12:00 Ruari (IE) DJ Red Bull Music Academy presents artists at Sónar 2009; they 14:40 Cécile (IT) Live 13:15 Mano Le Tough (IE) Live 12:00 K**O (ES) DJ 15:25 d´J`w (ES) DJ 14:00 El Santo (CO) Live 14:00 Sonicbrat (SG) Live are part of a new generation 16:30 Mulatu Astatke & The 14:30 Midee (ES) DJ 14:30 Natalia Lafourcade (MX) Live Heliocentrics (ET-UK) Live 16:00 Muhsinah (US) Live 15:10 Mr Hudson (UK) Live 17:30 d´J`w (ES) DJ 16:30 Dorian Concept (AT) Live 16:00 Cardopusher (VE) DJ in which musical influences 18:15 Débruit (FR) Live 17:15 Bomb Squad (US) DJ 17:30 Guillamino (ES) Live 19:00 Jamie Woon (UK) Live 18:30 Mike Slott (IE) DJ 18:15 Kornél Kovács (SE) DJ and very varied geographical 19:45 Taras 3000 (RU) Live 20:00 GoldieLocks (UK) Live 19:45 Lukid (UK) Live 21:15 (FR) Live 20:30 XXXCHANGE (US) DJ 20:30 Culoe de Song (ZA) DJ origins intermingle, and SonarComplex SonarComplex SonarComplex so do a thousand ways of 13:00 Rominger (ES) Live 13:00 Nikka (ES) Live 13:00 Carlos Suárez (ES) Live 17:30 Joe Crepúsculo vs la Estrella 17:30 Colch-ón vs Suma (ES) Live 17:30 Ben Frost (IS) Live de David y Los Thelemáticos (ES) Live 19:30 Tarántula vs Orquesta 19:30 Pau Riba i Mil Simonis (ES) Live producing music and art. 19:30 Filastine (US) Live Caballo Ganador (ES) Live 21:00 Penca Catalogue (ES) Live 21:00 Institut FATIMA (DE) Live 21:00 Bèstia Ferida (ES) Live Sónar is therefore once again L’Auditori a vibrant snapshot of the 20:30 Lars Horntveth + BCN216 (NO-ES) Live present – a point at which these new talents share a stage with internationally renowned consolidated Sónar by Night names, expanding their legacy Friday 19 Saturday 20 in a profusion of directions.

SonarClub SonarClub The “do it yourself” spirit

22:30 Nacho Marco (ES) DJ 22:30 HD Substance (ES) DJ applied to digital art and new 23:30 (JM) Live 23:00 Animal Collective (US) Live 00:30 James Murphy & 00:15 Beardyman (UK) Live Pat Mahoney (US) DJ 00:45 Orbital (UK) Live musical trends also invades 02:00 (CA) 02:15 Tadeo (ES) DJ 04:00 SebastiAn (FR) Live 03:15 (DE) Live SonarMàtica, in another clear 05:00 Agoria (FR) DJ 04:15 (CA) Live 05:30 Henry Saiz (ES) Live sign of a paradigm shift and SonarPub SonarPub 22:30 Buenavista (ES) DJ renewal: most of the artists on 00:00 Little Boots (UK) Live 22:30 Angel Molina (ES) DJ 01:00 Buenavista (ES) DJ 23:45 Fever Ray (SE) Live display are also new to their 01:30 (UK) Live 00:45 (UK) DJ 02:15 Buenavista (ES) DJ 02:15 (CA) Live 02:45 Buraka Som Sistema 03:00 Jeff Mills (US) DJ field. Sónar 2009 brings the (PT/AO) Live 05:00 (US) DJ 03:45 (IT) DJ of the planet’s emerging 05:30 (FR) DJ SonarLab SonarLab 22:30 Cauto (ES) DJ scene to its stages, in an Sunday Best presents 22:30 DJohnston (ES) DJ 23:30 dan le sac vs Scroobius Pip exhaustive overview of current Mary Anne Hobbs presents (UK) Live (Highlights on BBC Radio 1) 00:15 Rob Da Bank (UK) DJ 00:00 Mary Anne Hobbs (UK) DJ 02:00 Mujava (ZA) DJ developments in today’s 00:45 Joker (UK) DJ Ostgut Ton presents 01:30 The Gaslamp Killer (US) DJ 03:30 Shed (DE) Live music and electronic art. It is a 02:15 Martyn (NL) DJ 04:30 Marcel Dettmann (DE) DJ 03:00 Heartbreak (UK) Live 05:30 The Requesters (ES) Live 04:00 presents landscape that is perhaps more 3000 (UK) DJ 05:30 Don Rimini (FR) DJ varied and multi-faceted than ever, and that is what makes it tremendously exciting. 4 Sónar by Day SonarVillage

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THURSDAY 18 of an artist who has reinvented FRIDAY 19 Radio 1 shows, central to the SATURDAY 20 including Sebastien Tellier, ZOOM house, r&b, pop and every BBC Introducing network. Justice, Fatlip, Arrow and 12:00 Aitor Molina other genre that has come 12:00 Davic Nod It continues in his other 12:00 Fat Fish PNAU. Pure spirit of the eight- Deluxe collaborations (Supernormal/ES) DJ his way. (Loud Music/ES) DJ professional facets, where he (ARTEC/ES) DJ ies, three decades on. This year, the SonarVil- The man behind Supernormal A believer in always trying curates festivals and acts as a A vinyl collector, DJ and lage stage is pushing the Records, a member of the Ghostly International 10th something new, David has serial DJ at many event. promoter, Ricardo Ramos 17:40 Outlines boat out, with three extra Proboke Management Agency Anniversary presents prepared a hybrid DJ set has displayed his good taste (La Lettre 7/FR) DJ special collaborations and above all, a fervent DJ and live show based on 17:30 La Roux and eclecticism at both Few projects have caused as with the BBC, Ed Banger and producer, Aitor Molina 18:45 The Sight Below digital glitches, melodic (Polydor/UK) Live the independent distributor much of a stir as the first Out- and Ghostly. Record takes with his sets, the purism (US) Live atmospheres, piano rifts and This electropop duo restores Discorder and at the ARTEC lines 12” “Lil’ Lovin”. Several label presentations have of his technique and his inter- For his debut LP “Glider”, his latest experiments with the legacy of all-time classics Art and Days. vinyls and one later become a tradition in the est in using new technologies The Sight Below went to the generative music. like the , Depeche predominates behind (the life-affirming “Our Lives Sónar line-up, but these with the sound of Chicago trouble to record all the edits Mode, Yazoo and , the decks, but anything is Are Too Short”,) this French three are obviously some- house and Detroit . live. Lover of small details 14:00 Mark Jones plays without being anchored in the possible. trio enamoured of good vibes, thing else again. However, in order to raise the and the unexpected, this Wall of Sound (UK) DJ past. After the commotion disco-pop, hip-hop and the On Thursday, Ghostly curtain at SonarVillage, Aitor Seattle-based artist delights in Largely responsible for putting caused by “Quicksand,” their 14:00 Txarly Brown seventies sound leave their International celebrates its has prepared a session that is his melancholic arrangements, names like Röyksopp, The first single released on Kitsuné presents Achilifunk mark wherever they go. tenth anniversary in style: a little more measured. made up of processed Propellerheads and Les Music in late 2008, the duo (Uptight65/ES) DJ ten years of hits with a with pedals and filtered with Rythmes Digitales on the map has signed for Polydor for their Music lover, record collector, 18:50 James Pants menu consisting of mutant 14:00 Vidal Romero plays reverb and delay that manage and for relaunching the career debut LP, an album entitled “In acclaimed graphic designer (Stones Throw/US) Live funk, IDM and experi- Go Mag (ES) DJ to slow down the concept of of the iconic Grace Jones, for the Kill.” and art director at Iguapop His is the story of a dream mental approaches to the Head of Drone SC, re- time and space in the form of Mark Jones – who also runs and Uptight 65, Txarly Brown come true: he spring-boarded dancefloor. sponsible for programming melancholic, icy drones. the independent distributor 18:15 Huw Stephens has also been a catalyst of to fame on the label he On Friday 19, the “BBC at Territorios PIAS – will dig deep into his (UK) DJ the rumba resurgence that is admired so much, Stones Introducing” format goes Digitales, Electrochock and 19:30 SV4/Michna (US) DJ memory chest and bring back taking Barcelona by storm. Throw. The magic formula: beyond Britain’s fron- Espacio Iniciarte (all in Seville), The ubiquitous Adrian Mincha, the best moments of big beat 18:45 Bass Clef (UK) Live He runs the already classic Texan poise and a mixed bag tiers for the first time. It Vidal Romero gives free rein also known as Egg Foo Young and ambient, putting them His hard to miss hit “Cannot Rumba Club and hosts the of musical tastes that range features a selection of to his more chaotic side in and a name that regularly up against some of the more Be Straightened” was one of weekly program “Achilifunk from electro to rap, key artists from the cur- sets where noise and visceral crops up on numerous indies, indie and sounds the unquestionable dubstep Radio Show”. Even the new wave and disco music. rent British Isles scene, electronica join , joins up with the creator of that have made his label their anthems of 2008, but it is gypsies admit that Txarly is All filtered through and imagi- carefully selected by Huw shoegazing and his beloved Ghostly International, SV4 home in recent years. his off the wall stage show the “payo” who knows most nary sieve and reinterpreted Stephens. space disco. (that is, Sam Valenti IV) to that makes Bass Clef one of about rumba... At Sónar he with guitars, keyboards and Finally, on Saturday, the concoct a special DJ set for a BBC Introducing presents the most unusual artists on will launch the second volume his singular voice. “GazpaShow!” devised by 16:00 The Wizard stylish celebration of the 10th (Highlights across BBC today’s British scene. The of the compilation “Achilifunk”, the head of Ed Banger (Axis/US) DJ anniversary of Ghostly. Radio) Hackney bass wizard brings a new, personal depiction of 19:30 Bullion – the versatile Busy P – In the 80s, before being fistfuls of syncopated dub to Rumba as it is today, ready to (One-Handed/UK) DJ will take the conventional known worldwide as one 20:15 Lusine (US) Live BBC Introducing supports his live show with the help of go international. The powerful beats that label presentation format of the greatest international Lusine is the alias that Jeff unsigned, undiscovered and an arsenal of analogue and were the backbone of his to another dimension. techno DJs ever, Jeff Mills McIlwain uses as an outlet for under the radar music. New acoustic instruments (trom- Ed Banger presents first single, the acclaimed The show presents artists revolutionised the then already all his ideas for abstract, me- UK artists are encouraged bone, theremin, cowbells…) GazpaShow! “Get Familiar,” have placed that are not in fact on its humming Detroit music scene lodic and forceful electronica. to visit .co.uk/introduc- which give dubstep a new him in the eye of the media books, but who instead going under the pseudonym Since he completed his ing, upload the music they’re dimension. 16:00 DSL storm in record time (his list of make up an imaginary of The Wizard. From the radio studies of music and design at making, and allow producers (Ed Banger/FR) DJ admirers includes names like map of the influences, in- waves (WJLB, WDRQ…) and the prestigious CalArts school, from across the BBC the op- 19:30 Huw Stephens Coming out of Sarcelles, to , Tricky and terests and acquaintances alongside Charles Johnson he has recorded on labels like portunity to hear what they’ve (UK) DJ the north of , David, Mary Anne Hobbs.) Eclectic of this powerful French aka The Electrifying Mojo, he !K7/MAS, Hymen, Delikates- got to offer. Stephane and Lionel (hence but always effective, his live label (which has been redefined the limits of the DJ sen and Isophlux. In 2003 he 20:30 Omar Souleyman the abbreviation) have shows, sets and are responsible for phenom- persona with an exceptional joined the Ghostly label, where 16:00 Young Fathers (Sublime Frequencies/SY) Live reinvented the concept of crammed with syncopated ena like Justice, and technique and a mishmash he has had plenty of hits in- (UK) Live A true folk legend, Omar the ménage à trois with an melodies, beats with a capital SebastiAn). Among the of styles embracing the first cluding “Push”, the remixes of Edinburgh-made, old school, Souleyman has over five avalanche of hip-hop with an B and rhythms that you just special guests involved sounds of techno, Miami “Flat”, and the “Inside/Out” EP, kaleidoscopic hip-hop that hundred under his electronic finish, with in-your- can’t ignore. are Bullion, Breakbot and basss, hip-hop, Chicago as well as the highly-praised takes irony-tinged delight in all belt, all released on cassette face rhymes and rhythms James Pants. This is all in house and new wave classics. “Serial Hodgepodge” in 2004. the fads and styles of the past. and distributed across the sharp enough to cut yourself, 20:40 Busy P addition to the outlandish A foray into arcade sounds, length and breadth of Syria. all on a retro tip which gushes (Ed Banger/FR) DJ adventure of Omar Souley- 18:00 Luomo 21:15 Michna with Raw 70s aesthetics, partying and His music combines tradition the spirit of Ed Banger through is a goldmine: man, and the genius (Huume/FI) Live Paw (US) Live good vibes, that puts the vital- with a pop approach, creat- each of its pores. “Invad- ex-manager of , Ed known as The Wizard (Jeff No introduction is neces- In his new incarnation, Adrian ity and ambience of the late ing an energetic mixture of ers”, their first EP release, Banger mastermind, a de luxe Mills’ first psuedonym in sary for the pop alter ego of Mincha (a usual suspect seventies and early eighties sounds and unique features has everything they need to remixer and the man respon- his early days as a legend Vladislav Delay. “Convivial,” of outstanding labels like back on stage with a touch of such as keyboards with Arab make them an international sible for raising the profile of on the decks.) his fourth album using the Reprise, Big , and Sche- pop and a very healthy sense reflections, mantric percus- phenomenon. a new batch of electro and Luomo moniker, reveals his matic,) joins forces with New of humour. sion, string instruments and a house talents such as Justice, 01. Omar Souleyman more extroverted side. It is Yorker Raw Paw. Together highly unusual use of his vocal 17:00 Breakbot Krazy Baldhead, SebastiAn 02. DSL full of vocal collaborations, they sign up to the cause 16:45 Huw Stephens cords, known as “dabke”. This (Moshi Moshi/FR) Live and DJ Mehdi, Busy P has 03. The Wizard including those with Sascha of funk revival, squeezing (UK) DJ is an exceptional opportunity One of the latest to achieve filled the map of with Ring (Apparat) and Jake the best out of the equation Huw Stephens is interested to experience the sound heard the status of remixer de items that are 100% export- Shears (). This technology plus visuals plus in discovering new names at street level in the Middle rigueur is Breakbot, whose able, which of course include is a marvellous opportunity to live instruments (including and new sounds, which he East live and direct, with no hands have already worked his own productions. enjoy the finishes and sound trombones.) showcases in his weekly BBC filters or sweeteners. their magic on cuts by artists Sónar by Day SonarHall, L’Auditori, Cosmocaixa 5

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FRIDAY 19 do his influences include artists as versatile as Joanna Newsom, 22:00 Lars Horntveth + Robert Wyatt, Stereolab and BCN216 (Smalltown Jean-Claude Vannier. And his Supersound/NO-ES) Live most recent composition, the acclaimed album “Kaleidosco- For what is now the traditional pic,” simply reaffirms that idea. concert at the Auditori this It is a monolithic exercise in year, Sónar offers a very special post-rock with a jazz edge, and collaboration between the infinite layers and readings, full Konono Nº 1 03 BCN216 Group (an of sub-rhythms and optimistic institution in avantgarde music in melodies, which was origina- Spain, which has been playing lly recorded with more than THURSDAY 18 FRIDAY 19 SATURDAY 20 21:15 Atom™ (DE) Live together since 1985) and the forty members of the Latvian The legendary Uwe Schmidt Norwegian artist Lars Horntveth, national orchestra in a church 13:00 Néboa (ES) Live 13:00 Carrier to Noise Ratio 13:00 Anímic makes a triumphant debut on the composer and main man in Riga. On the Auditori stage, When Javi Álvarez disembow- (ES) Live (Error! Lo-Fi/ES) Live Raster Noton with “Liedgut”, behind the highly regarded a total of thirteen will els and modifies old hardware This Seville trio have taken their With a carefully designed which once again pays tribute to experimental jazz combo Jaga undertake the live reconstruction (Casio keyboards, electronic openly minimalist and abstract aesthetic, this sextet from Espar- his own influences. A symphony Jazzist, which brought success of the score of “Kaleidoscopic,” toys, Atari computers,) he does perspective to many venues, reguera has received awards of enigmatic electronica packed to the Scandinavian label Sma- transporting the audience back so without a shadow of nostalgia in the context of both art (from and an excellent reception from with interferences, reverberating lltown Supersound. Horntveth to a no-man’s land (by turns for the technology of the past. NY’s MOMA to the Guggenheim the critics thanks to their con- melodies, white noise and digital has always stood out due to his unclassifiable post-jazz, and His project Néboa is all about in Bilbao) and the theatre (for the cern for detail and a highly per- micro-cuts to deconstruct the astonishing capacity to write instrumental avant-rock.) “turning something old into Cirque du Soleil). They produce sonal sound, in which any object legacy of classics like Oskar Sala pieces that fall halfway between something new and finding the a sonic landscape and intricate that comes to hand can become and . several styles – not for nothing strange in the familiar,” wrapping rhythms in which painstaking a tailor-made instrument. his critical attitude and punk work on the sound synthesis ZOOM spirit from yesteryear in the and an impressive visual ap- 17:00 Ebony Bones bizarre sounds that will soon proach takes centre stage. (PIAS/UK) Live Visual music materialise in “Todo Volverá a This mutant tigress has been The relationship between Ser Diferente”. 17:00 Quayola (UK) Live accustomed to the spotlight sounds and images takes on Quayola is an audiovisual since the tender age of 12 years a new dimension in several 17:00 Roland Olbeter + artist and graphic designer, old, when she started her career live shows on the SonarHall Tim Exile + Jon Hopkins and his work combines video, as a television actress. With stage. Work by artists with (DE-UK) Live photography, installation and her unusual fashion sense and extensive experience and Robotics and electronic music live performance as if they were a renowned sense of humour, an understanding electronic go hand in hand in this col- all part of the same language. she has turned the British music art as a language covering laboration between three very “Path to Abstraction” is a perfect scene upside down, with a several disciplines, leads to an different artists, specially com- example of his modus operandi, combination of post-punk in an interaction in which music and missioned by Sónar and the UK which explores the relationship electronic style, driving rhythms video become a practically festival Faster than Sound. Two between audio and video, and and rock arrangements from inseparable binomial. Quayola, of the most respected musicians is inspired by the physical repre- outer space. a highly regarded Italian visual in Britain’s new electronica, Jon sentation of sound itself, in order artist based in , adds Hopkins and Tim Exile, accepted to be able to “see” sound waves Raster Noton presents colour, form and a physical the challenge of composing a while we hear them. aspect to the sounds of other piece for a very special group... 19:00 SND (UK) Live artists in his impressive “Path The Soundclusters line-up con- 19:00 Ryoichi Kurokawa The sixteen sound-origami to Abstraction”; his show is a sists of five robot-instruments (JP) Live pieces in Mat Steel and Mark perfect example of the impor- created by Roland Olbeter. Two Kurokawa uses a completely Fell’s fourth album “Atavism” tance of this combination of violins, a viola, a cello and a revolutionary approach to bring- further expand their personal ideas in SonarHall. CosmoCaixa drum packed with micro-keys ing visual and sound material approach to digital audio: a DNA Japan’s Ryoichi Kurokawa and mechanisms allow them to together to create impressive chain cobbled together from bits embodies the philosophy of play live with Hopkins and Exile, audiovisual compositions. In his of classic techno, a rational- audiovisual performance like in one of the most amazing language, which has become a ist aesthetic and generative few others. He sees it as a stage shows of this year’s Sónar. new international benchmark in algorithms. seamless discourse, domi- digital art, field recordings coex- nated by reciprocity between JUNE 18, 19, 20 variety of chemicals in real time. 20:30 Konono Nº 1 ist harmoniously with computer- 19:45 Byetone (DE) Live what we see and what we Unlike other types of light beams, (Crammed Discs/CG) Live generated structures, allowing Always halfway between the hear. Kurokawa considers 20:00 Evelina Domnitch, the laser is able to penetrate The Orchestre Tout Puissant us a glimpse into an imaginary structures and methods of tech- image and sounds from the Dimitry Gelfand & Francisco inside the micro-structures of Likembé Konono Nº 1, led world in which the complex no and electro and the rough, same perspective, and creates López (RU-NL-ES) these soap films and project by Mawangu Mingiedi, who becomes simple (and vice versa) abstract sounds that set his moving audiovisual sculptures Ten Thousand Peacock Feathers them on the planetarium’s ceiling. founded the group 25 years ago, every couple of milliseconds. work apart from the dancefloor using organic materials and in Foaming Acid The image that surrounds the is a bridge between tradition and (do not miss his latest album, advanced digital treatments. C/ Isaac Newton, 26. viewer reminds the activity and modernity. The musicians play 20:30 Micachu and The “Death of a Typographer”) Bye- In the still fertile field of mini- the dynamics of living cells (or, as likembés or thumb pianos, with Shapes (Rough Trade/UK) tone paints a sound postcard malism, there is the cohesion Known all around the world for the title indicates, the complex adapted microphones hand- Live that is cold, organic, dark and of the Seville-based group his sound installations and his shapes and colors of the pea- made from magnets salvaged At 21, Mica Levi has already overwhelming, all at once. Carrier to Noise Ratio, and of spectacular surround multi- cock feathers.) from abandoned cars and other composed for the London course the work by the artists channel performances, Francisco Curated by Arnau Horta. instruments made from pieces Philharmonic Orequestra, won 20:30 Alva Noto in the Raster Noton collec- López joins forces with Dimitry of scrap, giving a new dimension over London’s garage and (DE) Live tive, whose live performance Gelfand and Evelina Domnitch for Sónar by Day-CosmoCaixa Bus to the traditional of scene and debuted on Matthew Always equally concerned with boosts the audiovisual format the very first time. The result is a Thursday, Friday and Saturday the Bazombo ethnic group. The Herbert’s label with her high- concepts and aesthetics, over by taking it to its very es- unique synesthesic show, halfway at 19:00. result is surprising – it is a sound energy pop project with The the last twenty years, Carsten sence: frequencies, rhythms between experimental cinema, The bus departs from 01. Omar Souleyman that is undoubtedly African in Shapes. After two much-hyped Nicolai, aka Alva Noto, has and structures that are both VJing, musical performance and Hotel Pulitzer (Bergara, 8 02. DSL its rhythm and textures, but singles in 2008, they have just created his own sound universe audible and visible. real time science demonstration. next to Plaça Catalunya.) 03. The Wizard curiously close to punk and released the LP “Jewellery”, pro- based on the compulsive In “Ten Thousand Peacock Fea- Seating capacity: western electronica. Their raw duced by Matthew Herbert and exploration of minimalism’s full 01. Micachu and The Shapes thers in Foaming Acid”, Dimitry 20 (first-come, first-served.) and sophisticated sound has brimming over with dissonance, range of potential (physical and 02. AtomTM Gelfand and Evelina Domnitch led them to work with artists of youth, and a serious commit- sensorial.) This time, he presents 03. Roland Olbeter use laser beams to scan and the standing of and ment to fun. his much praised “Xerrox vol. 2”. project the surface of the soap Björk. A one-off! film they produce by combining a 6 Sónar by Day SonarDôme

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THURSDAY 18 has just released an album on FRIDAY 19 16:30 Dorian Concept SATURDAY 20 crosses geographical borders. ZOOM Strut with The Heliocentrics, (Kindred Spirits/AT) Live Having released his album Red Bull Music Academy who will be his live band. They Red Bull Music Academy After dropping an EP on Red Bull Music Academy “Unity Means Power” on Emerging talent presents will show off their synergies presents Treble O, he exceeded the presents Murder Channel late last year, Seeking out new names, by adding hip-hop, funk, jazz, expectations with his recent it’s little wonder Fact Magazine sounds and talent has been 12:00 Mwëslee vs. Chelis psych rock and a touch of the 12:00 Ruari 12” on the Nod Navigators 12:00 K**O named him as one of their one of the driving forces (Arkestra-Urbarritmo/ES) DJ cutting edge to the mix. (Galway/IE) DJ series, fore-running his debut (Desparrame/ES) DJ producers to watch in ‘09. behind Sónar since its very Chelis, a pioneer of Aragon’s Whether it’s making ambient LP ‘When Planets Explode’ K**O (pronounced “Kigo”) is earliest days. And in 2009, electronica scene for more 17:30 d´J`w tracks, jamming on the keys – a collection of woozy known for his love of fat bass, 17:30 Guillamino the exploratory spirit of the than a decade, and Mwëslee, (Megabeats/ES) DJ with his jazz sisters, rocking funk and twisted electronic whether it be it hip-hop, b- (BankRobber/ES) Live festival has linked up with from Vigo, come together in a floors with his deep techy chord changes which nods more, ghetto house or almost Though he says his produc- that of the Red Bull Music musical dialogue that speaks 18:15 Débruit selections or just designing to everyone from Dabrye, anything fresh-sounding. His tions are 50% hip-hop beats Academy to make the three of the future and the past from (Musique Large/FR) Live that cybernetic music software Trane, Prince, and Boards of set today will focus on cutting- and 50% classic songwriting, days of the SonarDôme a contemporary perspective. Xavier Thomas is a producer, helmet, you know Rory D likes Canada. edge beats, hyphy, crunk, you can hear wide horizons in line-up full of surprises. The DJ, instrumentalist and to have a good time doing it. alien dancehall, grime, purple everything Guillamino does. Red Bull Music Academy, 14:00 Miaau vocalist from Paris. He 17:15 Bomb Squad dubstep, and the like. Travelling the Sahara desert an inexhaustible source of (Marchlewski/ES) Live released an LP called “Coupé 13:15 Mano Le Tough (Shocklee Innertainment/ and Burma has probably af- talent for years, is the back- He was inspired to begin Décalé”, twisting flamenco (District of Corruption/IE) DJ US) DJ 14:00 Sonicbrat fected his recent solo work as bone of this stage, which making his own compositions guitars, field recordings, and Our Mano in has already The mighty force behind Pub- (NIL/SG) Live much as the fact that he went features artists from all after immersing himself in just about any sound he can had his first tracks signed lic Enemy is also credited with Finding as much inspiration in to NYC to work on it. corners of the planet, who the club scene of Barcelona. get his hands on, into his to Prins Thomas’ label, and creating seminal recordings the sounds around him as he are coming to Barcelona On the flipside to his kicks electro hip-hop noise Débruit last years split 12” on District for a variety of top artists such does in the works of minimal 18:15 Kornél Kovács with the most varied styles. and snares, his penchant trademark. of Corruption “Inside Animal as , Janet Jackson, composers or experimen- (Forza Marginale/SE) Academy participants, usual for Badalamenti-styled Minds” caught the ears of glo- Slick Rick, and Run DMC. tal rock bands, Darren Ng Live teachers on this travelling Twin Peaks melodies and 19:00 Jamie Woon bal DJs, Mixmag writers, and Now, after many success- wanders around Singapore Since his days as resident experience, and special ambience conjure up all kinds (One Taste/UK) Live Jack Russells alike. As well ful years in the studio, Hank sampling cicadas, creating at Paradise, Kornél Kovács guests brought together for of dreamscapes and depths As well as running one of as improvising his tracks live, lands at Sónar to perform shimmering with has done his best to place the occasion form a line-up of the human psyche, taking London’s leading music and Mano’s also quite likely to drop one of his banging sets, with them on the Tenori-On, or Stockholm on the international which contains experimental the club environment to an gatherings a few surprises in his sets. the darkest hip-hop and the rigging up a broken piano with map. His contribution minimalism from Singa- altogether unfamiliar place. called One Taste, Jamie has freshest dubstep as main contact mics. to the third Emil.Rulez LP, pore (with Sonicbrat), New supported dons like Tony 14:00 El Santo (Premier Evil courses. “Zanga!Zanga,” was his debut York’s dirtiest beats with 14:40 Cécile Allen, Terry Callier and Amy Crusher/CO) Live 14:30 Natalia Lafourcade on the Hungarian jazz scene, XXXCHANGE, cosmic funk (Mac Mac/IT) Live Winehouse, while also clocking When not playing in bands like 18:30 Mike Slott (Sony BMG/MX) Live and today he keeps himself with Russia’s Taras 3000, It might have been a sign up the mileometer with festival El Fat Chorizo or La Superbail- (Lucky Me/US) DJ All of her music comes directly busy in the studio, adding the the breakcore-cum-dubstep when a five-year old Carlo appearances this year. Jamie able!, El Santo can often be He has already released a from the heart, whether solo final touches to his tracks with of Cardopusher (Venezuela- Alberto broke the violin his takes the timelessness of folks found in the instrument lab, couple of EPs on the Mecca or accompanied by an orches- Axel Boman and Petter. born, but Barcelona-based), grandfather gave him, trying to like Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, building synths and developing of Dublin hip-hop, All City tra. Natalia cites artists like the percussive house of play it like a . However, Jeff Buckley and Lee Perry, ideas such as street art made Records, as well as four EPs Canadian torch singer Feist or 19:45 Lukid (Werk Discs/UK) ’s Culoe de Cécile’s not just about electro- and brings it to smack up to with conductive paint and tiny with , and a hip hop soul-innovator Erykah Live Song, the infectious British punk aesthetics, and creates date with acoustic guitars and circuits, where bystanders collaboration with the interga- Badu as inspirations, and you Back in 2007, he released phenomenon called - a softer, more melancholic loop effects. can modify a musical tone by lactic soul diva Muhsinah. can hear how she spins that an LP and an EP on Werk Locks, and the bright auteur palette via his Satie-inspired touching the artwork. Some- into her unique sashaying Discs, full of emotive abstract pop of Natalia Lafourcade, Color A project. 19:45 Taras 3000 where between Ryoji Ikeda, 20:00 GoldieLocks bossa on her Latin Grammy- electronic beats, as well as a major star in Mexico, (Idle Conversation/RU) DJ Pan Sonic and . (Puregroove/UK) Live winning LP “Casa.” contributing to the ‘We Are...’ where she was born. A bit of 15:15 d´J`w This disco lover has been Since GoldieLocks wolfed monthly podcasts, while the everything to suit all tastes, (Megabeats/ES) DJ fighting for Russia’s right to 14:30 Midee down the whole lot, she’s 15:10 Mr Hudson start of this year saw his sec- with the added excitement Organiser of the first party for time, promoting two (Labolatory/ES) DJ been creating spangled party (G.O.O.D. Music/UK) Live ond LP “Foma” receive critical of new discoveries. Scratch ITF 2003 Spanish of Moscow’s foremost club Working as a sound techni- anthems with an emphasis on Ben Hudson is the ringleader acclaim for his bass-heavy, Championship, a standard nights, and catching an global cian and Dolby Stereo heavy bass, snapping snares of the r&b supergroup Mr tripped out grooves. 01. Guillamino bearer of the RBMA in Spain, rep in the process. Alongside expert means that Midee has and trippy effects. Taking her Hudson & the Library (on Kan- 02. Mulatu Astatke and DJ and producer, d´J`w international guests like , forgotten more about mixing cue from The Streets, Gwen ye West’s label). But as if this 20:30 Culoe de Song 03. Culoe de Song takes you on a journey across Mr. Oizo, or Headman, he got and the stereo field than most Stefani, MIA, Spank Rock, wasn’t enough, he decided to (Innervisions/ZA) DJ various genres in which the everyone excited about the producers learn in a lifetime. and Dizzee, Goldielocks has surprise the world on his own Drawing inspiration from common denominator is neon-headed monster rising He creates a glorious mix of got the game on lock... with the powerful “Straight producers like Osunlade and the use (and abuse) of low in Russia. dubby electronica with plenty No Chaser.” This collection of Franck Roger, Culoe, whose frequency oscillators and of Kraftwerk and YMO influ- 20:30 XXXCHANGE hits based on energetic pop, family name means “Our analogue filters. 21:15 Onra ences on his sleeve. (Fullly Fitted/US) DJ futuristic breaks, polished Song”, has recently delved (Favorite/FR) Live NYC native XXXCHANGE got synths, galactic rap and into production and started 16:30 Mulatu Astatke and His “Tribute” LP project 16:00 Muhsinah everyone off the wall with his vocoder vocals, also blessed dropping jaws with his take on The Heliocentrics caught the ears of music (Circulations/US) Live trax for Philly rapper Spank by Kanye, turns the concept deep afro house, mixing field (Strut-ET-!K7/UK) Live lovers and DJs like Benji B Anyone who’s dreamt of a Rock, and has since been of contemporary urban music sounds and powerful strings Mulatu combines his jazz and and Gilles Peterson, Onra better day will feel this lady. producing and remixing the inside out. to euphoric effect. funk training with the roots of has been on a roll, and his Recently dropping her debut great and the good, from his Ethiopian heritage, and “Chinoiseries” LP, made from LP “Daybreak 2.0”, Muhsinah Santogold, James Pants, and 16:00 Cardopusher has created a sound that is a crate digging expedition to has scooped nuff props for Gang Gang Dance to Space (True Tiger/VE) Live both light and heavyweight, , has been released to her compositions, a collision Ghost co-stars Thom Yorke Luis Garbán blurs the lines but which is above all the delight of fans of offbeat Chopin and Alice Coltrane, as and Björk. Simply XXXplosive. between dubstep, electro undoubtedly Abyssinian. He hip-hop. well as and . and breakcore as easily as he Sónar by Day SonarComplex, Demos 7

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13:00 Native Instruments presents Maschine featuring Sergio Patricio & DJ Turco 14:00 Steinberg presents Cubase 5 15:00 Ableton Live workshop featuring Exercise One 16:00 Elektron presents MachineDrum / Monomachine 17:00 M-Audio presents Torq Xponent 18:00 Red Bull Music Academy featuring Hank Schocklee 19:30 Mixvibes Cross featuring DJ Tillo Filastine 03 20:30 Eks Otus DJ Controller featuring DJ Boogie Pimps FRIDAY 19 THURSDAY 18 FRIDAY 19 SATURDAY 20 ZOOM 13:00 Eks Otus DJ Controller featuring DJ Boogie Pimps 13:00 Rominger (Pendrive 13:00 Nikka 13:00 Carlos Suárez Friendly confrontations 14:00 Steinberg presents Cubase 5 Records/ES) Live (Lovethechaos/ES) Live (ES) Live and local extravagance 15:00 Ableton Live featuring Digital 21 Although their sound is very The most natural thing for Nikka Sonic landscapes in danger of Since last year’s festival, the 16:00 Elektron presents MachineDrum / Monomachine personal and recognisable, is being among machines: she extinction, recorded in Venezuela more unusual cutting edge 17:00 Propellerhead presents Reason / Record the universe of Perdi, Leo and is reflected in them like a mir- and Galicia over a fifteen-year side of the Catalan scene has 18:00 Red Bull Music Academy featuring Mulatu Astatke Yeray is difficult to define. After ror, and gives her audience a period, are used as raw material been appearing on the Sonar- 19:30 Vestax VXM-600 featuring Wagon Cookin releases on the California label complex mélange of sounds, in this concert. These sounds Complex stage. Projects like 20:30 AVID presents Pro Tools / Transfuser Vocoid and on Pendrive, the trio rhythms and feelings that are have been processed and Institut FATIMA (who are also is currently recording their first apparently melancholy, but reconfigured in order to create taking part in “Mecànics,” the SATURDAY 20 LP for the Granada net label which have a strong personal- a sonic perspective that is the 2009 SonarMàtica exhibition), Miga. ity. In her live show, she will be basis for performance, using Filastine, Bèstia Ferida and the 13:00 Native Instruments presents Traktor Scratch collaborating with Alba G. Corral several instruments in Suárez’s legendary Pau Riba accom- Pro / Duo featuring Sergio Patricio & DJ Turco 17:30 Joe Crepúsculo vs. la on visuals. collection. These come from panied by Mil Simonis, will be 14:00 Steinberg presents LoopMash featuring Maarten de Estrella de David y Los various cultures which the artist responsible for showing how Boer, Fokke de Jong & Guillamino Thelemáticos (Discoteca 17:30 Colch-ón vs. Suma has studied, some of which are far new local experimenta- 15:00 Caravan presents FreeMix Océano/ES) Live (Foehn/ES) Live more than 600 years old. tion has travelled (and in what 16:00 Pioneer presents DVJ Clinic featuring Geordi Lafunk With two albums under his Colch-ón, the solo project of directions). Peculiarity, often 17:00 Propellerhead presents Reason / Record belt, Joe explores a territory Frank Rudow (Manta Ray), is a 17:30 Ben Frost (Bedroom verging on the bizarre, is a 18:00 Red Bull Music Academy featuring Carl Craig midway between handcrafted continuous experiment involving Community/IS) Live certainty... 19:30 Stanton SC System3 featuring Mischa Völzke and flea market sounds, backed tetric and tantric pieces, which Ben Frost’s music goes from Another idea returning to 20:30 Steinberg presents LoopMash featuring Maarten de by totally bizarre lyrics that are are simultaneously circular and the most rural ambient to SonarComplex is the “versus” Boer & Fokke de Jong part mundane, part popular broken up, which collide with the post-minimalism, and though performances: shows based philosophy. Accompanied by La organic nature and sweetness it’s not a light approach, it has on a musical confronta- Estrella de David (Beef’s David of Suma, a new benchmark on easily appealed and worked with tion between two or more Rodríguez) and Barcelona-based Foehn. Music and audiovisuals artists such Björk, aminaa or projects on the same stage Asturian group Los Thelemáti- as part of a single effort to create Valgeir Sigurðsson. Two years in order to experiment and cos, they promise to lead us an experience that verges on the after being published, “Theory find new perspectives. There by the hand into unexplored orchestral. of Machines” still represents one are three “versus” this year at territories of pop. of the highlights of nowadays SonarComplex, all of which 19:30 Tarántula vs. Orquesta experimental electronica. feature bands that established 19:30 Filastine (Post World Caballo Ganador in Barcelona: Colch-ón vs. Industries/US) Live (Producciones Doradas/ES) Live 19:30 Pau Riba + Mil Simonis Suma (the ex-member of Profoundly involved in the anti- Vincent Leone, Joe Crepúsculo, (Matriu Matràs/ES) Live Manta Ray, Frank Rudow with globalisation movement, his Eneko Trece and Daniel Des- Pau Riba, iconcoclastic, mul- Laura Clark;) Tarántula vs. 20-piece band Infernal Noise cabello take punk, electronica tifaceted and transgressive by Orquesta Caballo Ganador; Brigade marked the rhythm of and transcendental pop to the definition, is a true institution on Joe Crepúsculo vs. La Estrella the WTO protests in Seattle as most surprising iconoclastic, the Catalan scene, with a solid de David y Los Thelemáticos. well as clearly revealing which ruffian and erudite corners. They career as singer- with A thousand ways of tackling side of the fence Grey Filastine have won over critics and audi- an ever-present sprinkling of sonic extravagance in three sits on. This Barcelona-based, ences alike through innumerable provocation and controversy. In days full of experiments. internationally sought-after artist live shows and unrepeatable his current live act he shares the handles the richest and most albums, sometimes offered to stage with Mil Simonis – with a 01. Nikka complex styles with total ease, fans for free. Here, the Orquesta lineup including members from 02. Institut FATIMA allowing him to mix Bollywood Caballo Ganador joins the Mil pesetas, Don Simón and 03. Orquesta Caballo Ganador with Balkan beats, breakcore combo to present one of their Telefunken – that add colour and hip-hop and emerge most magical moments. to Riba’s more hallucinogenic, unscathed. playful side with an evocative 21:00 Bèstia Ferida and highly original minimalist SonarRadio, the voice of Sónar 21:00 Institut FATIMA (Ozono Kids/ES) Live instrumentation that sheds new (DE) Live Adrián de Alfonso (Veracruz, Don light on the high points of his 24 hours a day, 365 days a year Inspired by situationism, free the Tiger), Arnau Sala (drummer repertoire. improvisation, space universal- with Les Aus) and trumpeter ism and spontaneous creation, Mark Cunningham (icon of late 21:00 Penca Catalogue Paul and Carsten (two German 70s New York no wave and (Persona Isla/ES) Live musicians based in Barcelona) long-time Barcelona resident) Backed up by collaborators like Showcasing Electronic Worldwide explore new ways of controlling make up the lineup of this inter- Strand, tape, Castropol, Kresy, the generation of electronic mu- nationally renowned conceptual Jumbil and Bacanal Intruder, Luis Sounds. Keep up with the latest news sic. Using small cameras, they noise trio with echoes of free Sierra leads this contemporary at Sónar 2009 minute by minute.You operate their machines without jazz and post-rock, who have pop machine through melodic touching them with their hands, distortion and free structures as paths that prove IDM can have choose what gets most airplay on So- so that their live act becomes a their only guidelines. choruses and structures just like narRadio: visit www.sonar.es and vote wireless show, full of movement good old fashioned songs. Luis and surrealism. himself defines “Cocaine Rocks for your favourites. as Cooked Kind” as “eight songs SonarRadio by scannerFM www.scannerfm.com created by and for the heteroge- neity of music.” 8 Sónar by Day SonarMàtica SonarMàtica Merchandising

Yuri Suzuki The Physical Value of Sound

MECÀNICS medium, and invite users to which enables musicians the game goes on. reflect on the physical value to experiment with sound, “Mecànics” is an exhibition of music. Through several change its structure, control Carles F. Julià (ES) that reflects this return, at musical toys and a “prepared” its parameters and be creative SongExplorer the heart of the informa- turntable with five tone arms in a direct, refreshing and www.iua.upf. tion society, of the “DIY” that the user can move at unseen way. The instrument edu/~cfernandez/songex- philosophy as applied to the will, Suzuki poses questions is based on a translucent and plorer creation of sound production about the ephemeral nature luminous round table, and by instruments. With that in mind, of digital technology, which putting these pucks on the In a world in which the amount in this project SonarMàtica he describes as “just data”, Reactable surface, by turning of available music is increasing includes the driving forces purely virtual. them and connecting them to exponentially, we need new behind artistic creation in the each other, performers can methods to find the music that twenty-first century: centres Institut FATIMA (ES) combine different elements we might like. “SongExplorer” of art production. Media labs El sistema Reacball like , effects, sam- uses the immense ability of are the tip of the iceberg of a www.institutfatima.org ple loops or control elements human beings to explore new cultural paradigm based in order to create a unique and space (depicted by maps) on the idea of a process, col- During the research proc- flexible composition. to present a galaxy of songs lective co-operation and the ess that led Paul Rose and in an ordered way, in which exchange of knowledge. This Carsten Galle to “Everybody Dani García Rodríguez, Iván similar songs tend to be close journey takes us around some Can Be Wireless Artist,” Hernández Gutiérrez and to each other. Using the func- of the most important centres they came to the follow- Miguel Ferreiro Novoa (ES) tionality of interactive tables, of production in a renascent ing conclusion: “There is no Punk-o-Table “SongExplorer” allows users and creative Barcelona that is absolute control, but rather to gesture with their fingers to devoted to this new culture. a small dose of chaos which “Punk-o-Table” is a tangible browse this map, create and It shows us ongoing projects, stimulates creativity”. Institut musical game created for the manipulate playlists and, obvi- workshops, postgraduate FATIMA apply this idea to “The Reactable platform that allows ously, listen to music. projects and open rehearsals. Reacball System,” in which a music to be created in a This is craftsmanship for the football, a camera, a computer simple and fun way, in a style Sebastián González / Javier third millennium, open to all in and a MIDI controller generate similar to punk-pop bands. Chávarri (CO-ES) CCCB, Hangar and NIU. a of sounds, samples Using simple mechanisms, WeAreWaves and slips. The ball gener- “Punk-o-Table” is a fun www.wearewaves.info CCCB. Floor -1 ates random sequences of and straightforward way of MIDI notes which de-control creating an infinite number of “WeAreWaves” is an interac- Roland Olbeter (ES) a musical arrangement. The themes and variations based tive installation which invites Soundclusters 2 MIDI controller rearranges the on a small amount of stored the participant to explore the www.olbeter.com chaos dialectically. This crea- material. As a result, it is pos- qualities of sound based on the tive and intuitive process leads sible to from creating body’s movement and forms. “Soundclusters 2”, a series to surprising results. punk music to any other musi- In other words, it is a space of four string instruments and cal style just by changing the for considering the concept a drum, is a platform which Institut Universitari de sound tracks. of timbre as a specific quality musicians and composers l’Audiovisual – Universitat of sound waves, using the from any musical genre can Pompeu Fabra (ES) Roger Pujol, Pablo Molina, interface that human beings use to experiment. Apart from http://iua.upf.edu Frederic Font and Francisco are most familiar with: their the sound aspect, the work García (ES) own body. Using a camera, also operates at a visual level, Puckr “WeAreWaves” takes the points through the movement of the http://iua.upf.edu/puckr making up the silhouette of instruments. Ten actuators the bodies in the image and can be programmed to create The works presented here “Puckr” is a collaborative mul- converts them into sound. various choreographies. For have been created by ti-player game that is simple “WeAreWaves” allows viewers this piece, Sónar and the students of the Universitat and fast-moving, based on the to experiment with the feeling English festival Faster Than Pompeu Fabra of Barcelona popular game of air hockey, of seeing and listening to Sound commissioned Jon during the present course with added features from other themselves, and to stop for a Hopkins and Tim Exile, two 2008-2009, in the “Master games (including Pinball and moment to reflect on a universe of the most highly respected of Digital Arts” (MAD), the Arkanoid) such as rebounds in which everything and all of musicians in the new wave of “Master in Cognitive Systems and power-ups. Up to teams us are waves. British electronica, to produce and Interactive Media” (CSIM) of 1 or more people can take compositions for the quintet as well as in the “Interactive part. Each team starts with a of robot-instruments created Systems Workshop I” course. fixed number of lives which is by Olbeter. reduced every time the puck Sergi Jordà, Günter Geiger, enters its goal. At the begin- Yuri Suzuki (JP) Marcos Alonso and Martin ning, the participants place The Physical Value of Sound Kaltenbrunner (ES) their mallets on the tangible www.yurisuzuki.com Reactable surface so that the system www.reactable.com can recognise the number of On sale at the merchandising stands “The Physical Value of Sound” teams taking part. The game is a series of pieces that The Reactable is a new elec- starts when the puck is hit and at the festival, day and night and on our use vinyl records as a point tronic musical instrument with includes different levels, which website www.sonar.es of departure and principle a simple and intuitive design, become more advanced as Sónar by Day SonarMàtica 9

Reactable Sergi Jordà, Günter Geiger, Marcos Alonso and Martin Kaltenbrunner Roland Olbeter Soundclusters 2

IED - Istituto Europeo di Jay Barros (CU-US) Telenoika.net (ES) Using a wireless sensor device nisms (software and hardware) tension to achieve temporary or SONARMÀTICA BUS Design (ES) The Sounds of Science L’Orquestra dels Luthiers developed on the Arduino which make it possible to create momentary stability. Vibration, www.ied.edu/City/Barcelona http://biomusic.labbs.net Drapaires platform, a series of accelerom- mosaics, textures and visual lines in the void towards a desti- Sónar by Day-Niu-Hangar http://luthiersdrapaires.word- eters and gyroscopes analyse and sound effects based on nation… or not. The search for Thursday, Friday and Saturday “The Sounds of Science” press.com the performer’s movements, shape recognition. This process equilibrium and harmony with at 12:30 and 16:00. uses cheap and accessible and control the audio and video will be open to participation oneself, and one’s environ- Approximate tour length: equipment, which is mainly The instruments in the Luthiers aspects in real time during the by visitors, and to the ideas ment... “i_man:es”. 2 hours 40 minutes. The Istituto Europeo di Design recycled, to create remixes of Drapaires Orchestra are the performance. It is during this contributed by those involved in All buses depart from in Barcelona works in the sounds and images gathered result of recycling and reuse metaphorical dialogue between the workshop. Ruin & Wesen (DE) Hotel Pulitzer (Bergara, 8, field of training and research from our microscopic domestic/ of technological waste. This dance and technology when Workshop: next to Plaça Catalunya). within the disciplines of design, urban context. This produces installation is a collection of “Oscillare” combines all its ele- NIU MIDI hacking workshop Seating capacity: 20 fashion, visual arts and com- rhythms and frequencies that audiovisual automata includ- ments. This is accompanied by Almogàvers, 208. Barcelona www.ruinwesen.com (first-come, first-served). munication. The school belongs provide a musical score for a ing a percussion set made three-dimensional abstractions 12:00-21:00 Friday 19th to an international network with visual journey that shows the of electromagnetic pistons; a generated in real time using the www.niubcn.com EXTRAMÀTICA branches in Milan, Rome, Turin, astonishing realities that exist theremin made from two radios; Max/MSP/Jitter programming In this workshop, held by Venice, Madrid, Barcelona and beyond our everyday vision. an adapted television which tool. These transmit the events Wesen, attendees will enter Marcel·lí Antúnez (ES) São Paulo, which promotes ed- Based on concepts of petri art, works as an oscilloscope; a caused by movement, which the world of MIDI hacking. Metamembrana ucational and practical initiatives bacterial art, bio art and bio guitar made of string, a crate also produces or modifies After a short introduction into related to business, through the punk, “The Sounds of Science” of wine and the engines from sound, using visual sensations. Niu is an art space located in MIDI (the protocol, the uses), The interactive installation culture of the project. uses a home-made microscope a hair removal machine; and Barcelona’s Poblenou neigh- programming with Arduino and “Metamembrana” is the third designed with a CCD sensor an interactive visual installation Alex Posada (ES) bourhood. It produces, exhibits some basic electronics, they episode of “Membrana,” and VV.AA. (ES) from a camera and the lens consisting of adapted VGA Workshop: Arduino and open and disseminates contemporary will form small groups to build was preceded by the two Voice Constructer from a CD player. Various im- monitors. hardware tools audiovisual art, multimedia de- a MIDI controller project. Using mecatronic performances of age processing programmes www.arduino.cc sign, digital art and independent the extensive MIDI framework “Protomembrana” (2006) and “Voice Constructer” is a puzzle such as Pure Data are used to HANGAR electronic music. The focus for developed at Ruin & Wesen, as “Hipermembrana” (2007). The and an interactive construction analyse various samples from Passatge Marquès de Santa Arduino is an open source study, creation and exhibition well as a multitude of electronic installation is a projection in game. The work requires the protozoa gathered in urban Isabel 40. Barcelona hardware platform based on is the “audio and visual” culture sensors, the projects can go 16:3 format, which shows a participation of visitors, who environments, in order to make 12:00-21:00 a simple board of inputs and arising from the emergence of from a simple ribbon controller single 12-metre image, and four use their voice to construct them into algorithms which www.hangar.org outputs and a development en- digital technology in the world to sensors involving pressure, interfaces which allow users to geometric pieces, with which provide the basis for visual and vironment that uses Processing/ of art, design and communica- temperature, and movement, or browse hypertext consisting they complete various draw- sound composition. Wiring programming language. tion. Their activities include traditional MIDI controllers and of eight interactive microtales. ings on the screen, and use a Arduino can be used to develop exhibitions, services for artists, sequencers. Also, traditional It aims to create aspects that control to move them around Andy Gracie (UK) interactive autonomous objects artists agency, training courses, synthesizers and controllers can be identified with, so that and rotate them. It is a complex Deep Data (extract) Hangar is a centre for artistic and may be connected to pro- and an online radio station. can be hacked to extend their viewers feel as if they have multidisciplinary project similar www.hostprods.net/projects/ production and research grams such as Flash, Process- functionality. participated in the work. “Meta- to producing a video game, deep-data founded by the Catalan Asso- ing, Max/MSP and Pure Data. Julio Lucio (ES) membrana” was produced by requiring a script, research and ciation of Visual Artists (AAVC) Over the three days of Sónar, SoundWalk, Cymatics, microBCN (ES) Anella Cultural, the CCCB, the conceptual analysis, storyboard “Deep Data (extract)” is a work- in 1997. It supports designers a group consisting of artists, i_man:es Workshop: I2CAT foundation and by the production, graphic design, ing prototype from the current and artists and offers services programmers and designers, www.juliolucio.com & GameBoy Art towns of Olot, Reus, Granollers, Processing programming and state of development of the meeting the production needs co-ordinated by Alex Posada http://barcelona_ Lleida and Barcelona. animation. “Deep Data” project; a develop- of the art world. The centre is (the head of the interaction “Sound Walk” is a human hq.micromusic.net mental work connecting deep based in a restored industrial laboratory at Hangar) will be sequencer which users use to Saturday 20th SONAREXTRA Medialab-Prado (ES) space exploration with terrestrial building in Barcelona’s Poble- working intensively on several generate various musical events Ciencia de Garaje extremophiles and the science nou neighbourhood. The 1800 projects based on the Arduino with their own movement. The microBCN is a local collective Quinquis de los 80. Cine, http://medialab-prado.es of astrobiology. This prototype m2-space has a capacity for platform. viewers play the central role and that promotes activities and prensa y calle (80s hoodlums. focuses on receiving and recre- fifteen individual workshops, a are the creators of the work. events related to 8-bit culture In film, press and the street). ating magnetic field data from medialab, two sets, an equip- Lluis Gómez i Bigordà / Nico “Sound Walk” creates an inter- in artistic spheres such as Curated by Amanda Cuesta the Pioneer and Voyager probes ment hire service, technicians Baixas (ES) active game between the user music, visual art, net-art and and Mery Cuesta. within cultures of tardigrades, a and production advice. Hangar Workshop: and the sequencer, making the . The collective CCCB. From 25 May to 6 Medialab-Prado is a public microscopic species being used also organises a programme of Hands-Computer-Music visitor feel like both the instru- is made up of artists who use September. centre for the production, for current space and astrobio- workshops for training artists, ment and the composer of the “obsolete” computers and Montalegre, 5. Barcelona. research and dissemination logical research. an international exchange Our hands are one of the most music. Music written by Nikka. video game systems such as of digital culture and the area programme and provides powerful, complex and versatile “Cymatics” is the visual rep- Commodore, Atari and Game Ingrid. Last Login where art, science, technology Telenoika.net (ES) production grants. means of physical interac- resentation of sound – its em- Boy. The collective is based in A project by Eduard Cortés and society converge. Among www.telenoika.net tion in existence. They are the bodiment, its shape. “Cymatics” Barcelona and the surround- La Virreina. Centre de la Imatge. the programme’s projects is Electronic Performers (ES) means by which instruments traces sound, its textures, its ing areas, and has organised From May 16 to June 21. Interactivos?, a production and Rehearsal open to the public: come alive and become an oscillations, its movements, and concerts and festivals at various La Rambla, 99. Barcelona. research platform based around Oscillare expression of our ideas, moods even its personality. The work venues. Most of its members the creative and educational http://electronicperformers.in and feelings. They are a part allows sound to be played with, have travelled around Spain and Time as Matter. MACBA applications of technology. It The Telenoika Cultural Associa- of the body that enable us to viewed and modulated at the elsewhere, raising the profile of Collection. New acquisitions focuses on collective creation tion has been promoting, sup- “Oscillare” is an interactive control machines and transform rhythm of the user’s movement their music and visuals. Curated by Bartomeu Marí and using open hardware and open porting and participating in the multimedia performance that elements. But they also have and play. A speaker, move- Antonia Maria Perelló. software tools. electronic arts scene for almost brings together four artistic another facet which is perhaps ment sensors, and a pinch of MACBA. ten years. The group includes disciplines – dance, music, less well known: hands gener- bicarbonate that shows us the From May 15 to August 31. VJs, musicians, programmers, video and interactivity – and ate shapes. In this workshop, shape and life of the sound. Plaça dels Àngels, 1. Barcelona. artivists, video artists and aims to dissolve them in a new we will look at this ability, and “i_man:es” represents the cultural activists with a shared ephemeral language arising interact with various image and struggle of magnetic forces social commitment. from the present moment. sound management mecha- to find equilibrium. Oscillating 10 Sónar by Night SonarClub, SonarLab SonarLab SonarClub

Grace Jones Martyn

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FRIDAY 19 04:00 Richie Hawtin 00:15 Beardyman (UK) Live 05:30 Henry Saiz FRIDAY 19 in 2005 surprised the cream of (Minus/CA) DJ A wizard of improvisation, (Natura Sonoris/ES) Live international DJs (from Kode9 21:30 Open doors The hypnotic and elegant ab- Beardyman has reinvented Henry Saiz dissects dance 21:30 Open doors to monsieur Garnier) with a style straction of Ali Demirel’s visuals hip-hop and beatboxing using music in four, in order to base that is difficult to classify, halfway 22:30 Nacho Marco form the perfect backdrop for a enormous doses of imagination, his sound discourse on four 22:30 DJohnston between drum’n’bass, dubstep (Loudeast Records/ES) DJ new lesson in minimalist groove humour and charisma. His level essential elements: trance struc- (Underhits/ES) DJ and the calculated precision of Unusually hyperactive, it is by the Canadian grandmaster, of sophistication takes full ad- tures, IDM melodies, a minimal The resident DJ at Barcelona’s Detroit techno. becoming increasingly difficult who is now resident in Berlin. A vantage of technology by using finish and the energy of techno. BeCool brings us the sound of to keep track of his productions, touch of new generation techno, Korg Kaoss Pad III-Live samples, A lucid, discerning approach the Look Back Nights, a monthly 03:00 Heartbreak remixes, his Loudeast imprint house plated with digital dub and he achieves an absolutely that has aroused the interest of night dedicated to recovering the (Lex/US) Live and everything else he does. and booming frequencies in the phenomenal level of audience labels such as Logical Noise and most remarkable sounds from On “Lies,” their debut on Lex, This man of a thousand registers best Minus tradition. participation in his live art. Global Underground. our immediate past. Drawing Heartbreak take the sound of the and one constant that is always inspiration from the spirit of eighties, from Italo disco to synth there, high-quality, has put 05:00 Agoria (Different/FR) DJ 00:45 Orbital ZOOM these sessions, DJohnston fills pop, to the most hysterical and together a special set of space His most recent project took the (FFRR/UK) Live his suitcase with original disco dramatic extreme, taking full ad- disco and recycled boogie. form of a soundtrack for the film They are back. The most famous A more electronic and Italo music bent on taking vantage of falsettos, melodrama “Go Fast,” which led to his third duo on the British dance scene SonarClub than ever further than mere revival. and over-the-top vocals. It is a 23:30 Grace Jones studio album. The album once returns to the stage to breathe The return to electronica in its very subtle exercise in style with (Wall of Sound/JA) Live again showcases the production new life into the legend. Orbital purest form, which is apparent Mary Anne Hobbs presents hints of karaoke, in which it is Andy Warhol’s muse, catwalk talent of the Lyon-based DJ and were trailblazers in audiovisual in various slots in the Sónar (Highlights on BBC Radio 1) difficult to say where the tribute diva, a regular at Studio 54... composer, who is at the cusp shows and pioneers in combining 2009 line-up, is perhaps most stops and parody begins. Grace Jones’ name has survived between techno and elegant a thousand and one influences tangible in SonarClub. The 00:00 Mary Anne Hobbs almost 20 years of recording house, with a touch of the retro to create their unmistakable main Sónar by Night stage has (BBC/UK) DJ 04:00 Erol Alkan presents studio silence. The so-called spirit... pretty much the same sound – melodic, accessible and shows by various artists who Each week, on her acclaimed Disco 3000 (UK) DJ black panther returns to the recipe that Agoria uses when he seasoned with political manifes- base their style on a musi- “Experimental Show” on BBC On his Disco 3000 podcast, international arena with a new takes control of a dancefloor. toes. One of the unquestionable cal approach that is overtly Radio 1, Hobbs unearths new Erol Alkan sets his sights on the album, “Hurricane”, which is classics of electronica. electronic. Of course, one of club electronica talent – from the disco music of yesterday, today aimed 100% at the dancefloor SATURDAY 20 the highlights in this area is the latest in techno to the new breed and forever, brings it up to date – she really wouldn’t have it 02:15 Tadeo visit by Orbital, one of the key of hip-hop, and anything in be- and lets it shine anew under the any other way. The new Grace 21:30 Open doors (NET28-Cyclical Tracks/ES) DJ projects in electronic music in tween. The contents of her case mirror ball. The merit lies not only Jones prowls stealthily to the With the meticulousness of a the 1990s. Their techno hymns reflect this daredevil attitude, in the selection, but also in Erol’s beat of techno and jungle, and 22:30 HD Substance scholar, Tadeo has experiment- with an emotional bedrock which is always apparent when tweaks to the tunes, which take makes her return backed by a (Software Music/ES) DJ ed, researched and developed helped propel club culture to the “godmother of dubstep” hits disco to his own dimension and list of associates and remixers to In this special set, HD Substance both his dancefloor and studio chart success more than two the decks. the concept of the mix a step takes your breath away, which invites us on a sixty-minute sonic sound, and today he is a re- decades ago. Their eagerly further. includes , Sly and Rob- journey through the more rhyth- nowned DJ, producer, and label anticipated return is the perfect 00:45 Joker (Kapsize/UK) DJ bie and Tricky. mic stretches of the IDM sound, manager. In his sets, he leaps occasion for recalling immortal Joker was already considered 05:30 Don Rimini taking in obscure pop classics from minimal to techno and vice classics of recent musical his- one of the strongest talents in (Mental Groove/FR) DJ 00:30 James Murphy & Pat from the 80s, dub versions, versa with consummate mastery. tory such as “Belfast”, “Chime”, grime and dubstep on the British Artists of the stature of Busy P, Mahoney (DFA/US) DJ bootlegs and collectors’ remixes. “Lush”, “Halcyon” and “Are scene when he was only 18. 2 Many DJs, Digitalism, , James Murphy, DFA founder, It will be a quickfire summary of 03:15 Moderat We Here?” But this electronic Today, this production genius has A-Trak and Diplo, are among leader of LCD Soundsystem and the best of the last (Bpitchcontrol/DE) Live immersion at SonarClub is not created a label and his own style, Don Rimini’s most loyal fans, godfather of dance-punk and 30 years, prepared with love and + Apparat = only a nostalgia trip... The sonic making him the new name to and his inflammatory and ironic worlwide disco revival, comes “on vinyl, like a good forty-some- Moderat. In their LP debut for spectrum is in fact so varied keep a very close eye on. Boom- electro-house, which comes back joining forces with Pat Ma- thing product of the 80s”. Bpitchcontrol, Szary, Bronsert that it easily includes the asym- ing basses with a touch of old straight from the gut and is full honey (LCD’s drummer) to pay and Ring bring together the best metrical techno adventures of school video games, memories of references to hip-hop and the a tribute to disco music. A set 23:00 Animal Collective from the private domain of each, the new German trio Moderat, of Detroit and razor-sharp beats classic rave sound, has raised which will represent a time travel (Domino/US) Live in order to make their analogue hits from the French remixer de in a Neptunes style. the temperature on innumerable under the same directions of the Animal Collective are coming to equipment shine and create a luxe SebastiAn, the progressive dancefloors from Paris to Miami. fantastic mix signed by both for Sónar for the first of one of the new time bomb armed with elec- house of Deadmau5, the almost 01:30 The Gaslamp Killer the FabricLive series. few concerts they will be per- tro, IDM, electronica, a serious psychedelic structures of the (Obey/US) DJ SATURDAY 20 forming in Europe this summer. commitment to having fun and American trio Animal Collective, California has given the world 02:00 SebastiAn A key group of the first decade visuals by Pfadfinderei. Agoria’s truly deep house, and some of the best cuts of psych- 21:30 Open doors (Ed Banger/FR) Live of the twenty-first century, and the uncompromising techno of edelia and abstract hip-hop. The Ever since he set foot in Ed one of the most highly-praised 04:15 Deadmau5 (Play Digital- the always marvellous Richie Gaslamp Killer combines both 22:30 Cauto (Disboot- Banger Records for the first musical projects of recent years, Xfer Records-mau5trap/CA) Hawtin. All these shows are a traditions in a devastating mix Discontinu Records/ES) DJ time, Sebastian Akchoté has they have recently raised their Live symptom of the maturity and which includes slices of B mov- With polished productions been forging a reputation which profile among a wider audience Winner of numerous awards, sophistication of the many ies, space jazz, esoteric rock that hint at his has led to him remixing Daft with their latest album, “Mer- Joel Zimmerman has the gift of branches of electronica as a and the world’s strangest funk. background, Pau Encinas Laf- Punk, Cut Copy and Revl9n, riweather Post Pavillion”. They ubiquity: he even has an applica- genre, which lead to new direc- meets Satanism. fitte was the first producer on being selected to include one of have achieved this without com- tion on the iPhone allowing users tions full of possibilities and the Barcelona scene to echo his mixes on the cult video game promising their artistic approach to fine-tune and mix 10 of his optimum results. 02:15 Martyn (3024/NL) DJ the British dubstep sound. His GTA IV, and performing sound- in the slightest, and followed the biggest hits. His stage presence Although he lives in Wash- works, first released on DJ/ track duties on Mr. Oizo’s film trail they blazed with the equally mixes the latest technology 01. Orbital ington today, Martijn Deykers Rupture’s label, mix deep bass “Steak”. The reason why – his excellent “Strawberry Jam”, with an audiovisual circus that 02. Animal Collective grew up in Holland, where he with warm, danceable sounds vibrant vision of electro, which is winning over both listeners and even includes a futurist mouse 03. Richie Hawtin cut his teeth on the sounds that plunge listeners into a sea of cut to suit all tastes. the specialist press all over the costume. A non-stop dance 04. Moderat of Detroit and Chicago. That’s broken, forceful rhythms. world. marathon extravaganza. why his debut as a producer Sónar by Night SonarLab, SonarPub 11 SonarPub

Marcel Dettmann Fever Ray

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Sunday Best presents 05:30 The Requesters FRIDAY 19 its high-energy, percussive sound. to be considered one of Europe’s lin, mechanical funk and echoes of (Highlights/ES) Live And if one name stands out in finest techno selectors. Angel’s science fiction in the best Detroit 23:30 dan le sac vs The Requesters unites 21:30 Open doors its own right in today’s Kuduro sessions are versatile and flexible, tradition, mixed with all the power, Scroobius Pip (UK) Sidechains, one of this season’s scene, it has to be Buraka Som and range from breakneck techno skill and musical quality in the Live biggest hits, with D.A.R.Y.L, 22:30 Buenavista Sistema. After their resoundingly to balmy house, although on this world, as only the Axis master Controversial, cutting and hilari- one of the key names on the (AudioSushi/ES) DJ successful live show last year, DJ occasion he promises one of his knows how. ous, the Essex duo has carved Barcelona scene. Together, they Whether it was playing nights at Riot, João Pekeno and Conduc- legendary sessions of danceable out a niche in the no man’s land take pop references, 80s culture the (late) Mond or as resident DJ tor return to Sónar armed with darkness. 05:00 Carl Craig of experimental hip-hop. First and the possibilities of electro at Razzmatazz, Buenavista has a new LP (“Black Diamond”) (Planet E/US) DJ with “Thou Shalt Always Kill” and house and raise them to the built up a loyal following for his and a special show, set to turn 23:45 Fever Ray The festival’s closing set in and later with “Angles,” the boys power of two. congenial, hedonist approach to everything upside down again with (Rabid/SE) Live SonarPub is traditionally one of have avoided being pigeonholed the dancefloor, that joins pop and that combination of thick bass Inspired by her previous work as Sónar’s most special and eagerly by deconstructing the pillars of ZOOM rock in a mad dance to the rhythm lines, syncopated percussion and The Knife but this time without anticipated moments. This year, rap, with hammer blows of folk of the rowdiest electronica. Icono- electronic arrangements. the help of her brother Olof, Karin we have an exceptional master of and danceable outpourings. New urban beats clastic, provocative entertainment Dreijer Andersson took advantage ceremonies. He is one of the most Urban beats are evolving guided by good taste. 03:45 Crookers of the forced hiatus of the birth of significant artists in the history of 00:15 Rob Da Bank towards new sounds and (Southern Fried/IT) DJ her second child to give birth to Detroit techno, and is willing to (UK) DJ new latitudes, and creating 00:00 Little Boots Showing us another face of Fever Ray, in which she exploits add the final touch of icing to the In clubs, at or in the an intricate map featuring a (679-Atlantic/UK) Live danceable sounds made in , the avalanche of the sensations cake with a session of exquisite studios of BBC Radio 1, Robert crossover of rhythmic abstrac- Victoria Hesketh burst onto Pop Bot and Phra bring out their inner and emotions of motherhood, ex- material especially selected for the Gorham’s ear is constantly alert tion, the return of the melody Idol like an elephant in a hooligan to add a touch of the tracting full potential from the slee- occasion. for the latest ground-breaking and futuristic beats with a shop: good geek that she was, flash and aggressive to the smar- pless hours and sleep between- sounds and ideas (from pop, touch of jazz and psychedelia. she wasn’t just fearless with tech- test in electro-tinged house. It’s a hours. More temperamental and ZOOM to , to folk). Pure The SonarLab line-up brings us nology, she also used a strange winning formula that has already harder than The Knife, but equally Sunday Best spirit. some of its leading representa- Japanese instrument called Tenori- charmed labels like Fatboy Slim’s faithful to the mix of acoustic and The show goes on tives. This year, what is now On. Her eagerly awaited debut LP, Southern Fried Records, Big Sur electronic instruments, this Swe- Although the repertoire of 02:00 Sinden the customary presence at the “Hands” comes after her Human Recordings, P-House, Man Re- dish artist with an unmistakeable sounds and styles that will pass (Domino/UK) DJ festival of Mary Anne Hobbs, League covers in pyjamas posted cordings and Potty Mouth Music, voice brings alternative pop into through SonarPub is the most Graeme Sinden is a unique one of the stars of BBC Radio on YouTube, tracks distributed free and taken them all over the world. her own territory. varied in the entire festival, DJ-producer who has revitalised 1 and the guru of the British on Myspace, projects like Dead Expect demented basses, a whiff there is a common feature in the club scene, staying one step electronic scene, provides a Disco and collaborations with Hot of video games, hysterical jokes 00:45 Rustie (Wireblock/UK) DJ many of the shows: boundless ahead as musical boundaries complex snapshot of today’s Chip. Pop, disco, house and the and the itch to have a good time The best sign of originality is energy on stage. Infectious become ever blurred. Sinden is urban beats. Hobbs brings best of the 80s in version 2.0. at the expense of the finest-tuned usually when someone has to melodies, wild rhythms, high renowned for his genre-blending three key names on the inter- speakers invent a new label to describe energy pop and cheek by the DJ sets, cracklin’ hot radio national dubstep scene, al- 01:00 Buenavista a sound. In the case of Rustie, ton are the dominant feature show, his bumpin’ remixes though each one has their own (AudioSushi/ES) DJ 05:30 Brodinski one of the freshest talents on the of music by a new generation and most importantly for being individual take on the genre: (Turbo/FR) DJ Glasgow scene, the term is “bass of bands and projects, which the Sinden in hotly tipped The from the Netherlands, Martyn 01:30 Late of the Pier He burst onto the French scene in fuelled party aquacrunk”. That’s contains a crossover of all Count & Sinden. constructs meticulous and (/UK) Live 2007 with a provocative down and how the man himself defines his types of influences from recent dynamic electronic structures After several singles, this Not- dirty sound that owed as much crazy combination of hip-hop, popular culture. This whirlwind Ostgut Ton presents that are best described as IDM tingham band has finally taken the to techno as it did to bass-laden dubstep, techno, booty bass and of energy takes very varied with a dub cushion; from Bris- great leap forward with their LP house and melodic minimalism. the kitchen sink which has made forms. It may be electro pop 03:30 Shed tol, Joker combines dubstep “”: a mash- So much so, that he immediately tracks like “Cafe de Phresh”, “Jagz with 1980s video game tunes, (DE) Live with dark instrumental hip-hop; up of sounds, styles and referen- found his way into the cases of the Smack” and “Zig Zag” into like the unstoppable Crystal Shed incorporates the conta- and from L.A., The Gaslamp ces that is as difficult to categorise , Tiga, Chloe, Erol Alkan devastating hits. Castles, an explosion of elec- gious excitement of old school Killer brings together all the as it is addictive. It contains hints and Laurent Garnier. He hasn’t tronic and dramatic glam by the rave in his music. Steeped in strands of urban electronica of funk, dance and rock, and a rested on his laurels. Since then, 02:15 Crystal Castles British quartet Late of the Pier classic techno, his produc- in long-distance sessions with pinch of progressive, which with this hyperactive Frenchman has (Lies Records/CA) Live (one of the revelations of recent tions for Soloaction and Ostgut beats on a futuristic tip. the invaluable help of Erol Alkan remixed Bonde do Role, , The distorted voice of , months), or a perfect song, like Ton explores all the niches of And of course, we can’t leave takes us back to the days of Gary Das Pop, Shoes, D.I.M, Heart whose stage presence is impossi- those by the new diva of English the genre’s history in order to out Rob Da Bank, another Numan, , Yello and Revolutions and Adam Sky, and ble to ignore, comes straight into electronic pop, Little Boots breathe new life into it, as can be highly regarded er and British Zappa, while updating their legacy his diary for 2009 is full of collabo- the listener’s ears, on the synthetic (and her assortment of unusual heard on “Shedding the Past.” radio personality who will be with the fashions and fads of the rations. foundations inherited from amu- instruments) or the hybrid The authentic sound of Detroit, presenting Sunday Best, his twenty-first century. Entertainment sement arcade culture produced sound of Buraka Som Sistema, created in the heart of Berlin. magical musical tour which and extravaganza guaranteed. SATURDAY 20 by . Crystal Castles the Portuguese-Angolan group has been on its travels since have manipulated the 8-bit sound who triumphed last year, and 04:30 Marcel Dettmann 1995. Also from the UK, Sinden 02:15 Buenavista 21:30 Open doors and adapted it to a dark trash who are returning to Sónar with (DE) DJ is an eclectic musical tornado (AudioSushi/ES) DJ aesthetic, spreading like a virus in their own version of the critically A regular face at Hardwax, a that includes funk carioca, 22:30 Angel Molina the Myspace community. acclaimed kuduro sound. programmer and the resident at , kuduro, juke 02:45 Buraka Som Sistema (SonarMusic/ES) DJ club, this Berliner is also house, Southern hip-hop, (Fabric/PT-AO) Live Ever since his early days as a 03:00 Jeff Mills (Axis/US) DJ 01. Little Boots one of the favourite remixers of dancehall, electro and much Kuduro is a real institution in Ango- DJ back in 1991, Angel Molina Sónar by Night would not be the 02. Buraka Som Sistema and Modeselektor. His much more. lan (and by extension Portuguese) has played a key role in the same without “The Bells”, “Sonic 03. Crystal Castles output on both Ostgut Ton and dance culture. But in spite of its development of electronic music Destroyer”, “The Dancer”, “The 04. Carl Craig his own label MDR is a kind of 01. Joker long tradition, it only recently came in Spain, thanks to his marvellous Extremist” or any other of the techno that is stylised, dark and 02. Don Rimini into the international spotlight technique, praised unanimously essential techno classics that Mills especially eager for the latest and 03. dan le sac vs Scroobius Pip when big names like MIA and by critics and audiences alike, and has given us during his flawless most disconcerting sounds. 04. Sinden Diplo began to show an interest in an exquisite taste that has led him career. A compendium of adrena- 16th Barcelona’s International Festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Art www.sonar.es

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