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FESTIVALS
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Issue 76 / 2015
Soak up a
whole Summer
SeaSon at
Sónar!
Sónar
Taking place 18th – 20th June, Sónar
is like an entire summer season
compressed into three days. All genres
are represented and the party keeps on
going day and night. Do not count on
getting any sleep if you're in Barcelona.
Flying Lotus, Skrillex, The Chemical
Brothers', Autechre, Kiasmos, Kindness,
Fat Freddy's Drop, Tourist, Sophie,
Daniel Avery, Róisín Murphy, Laurent
Garnier, Jamie xx, Maya Jane Coles,
Siriusmodeselktor, Die Antwoord, Duran
Duran, Salva, and DJ Fresh are just a
selection of the big names appearing.
Get your experimental electronica fix
from Mika Vainio, Powell, The Bug,
Randomer and the showcase from the
20th anniversary of Mego label, featuring
Voices From the Lake, Russell Haswell,
LCC, Klara Lewis and KTL. New trap
and bass music will be brought to us by
Cashmere Cat, Redinho and Yung Lean &
Sad Boys.
Other notable sets include the 4-deck
J.E.T.S. project from the iconic Jimmy
Edgar and Machinedrum, Lorenzo Senni's
deconstruction of 90s rave music, and
Finnish friends Jimi Tenor and Jori
Hulkkonen's live performance of the
Nuntius soundtrack. Skepta and JME
head up the bill for the SónarDôme stage,
curated by Red Bull Music Academy, with
Floating Points, Palms Trax, Guillamino
and Jami Bassols, Valesuchi, Larry Gus,
LAO, and NV also dropping in.
And if that wasn't enough, as part of
the Sónar+D program, the festival also
presents the Nyloïd installation, a huge
mechanical spider with 6m long legs
moving to pulses of sound.
Barcelona becomes the centre of the universe this month
as a whole load of music rolls into town