An unparalleled edition of Sonar 2018. For its 25 years, 50 new artists, shows and premieres.
Thom Yorke, Modeselektor, Cornelius, GoldLink, 2manydjs, Amp Fiddler and Tony Allen, Yung Lean, Octo Octa, Errorsmith, Lanark Artefax, A-Trak, Alva Noto, Dj Earl and Nick Hook, Laurel Halo, Chino Amobi, Charlotte de Witte are just some of the 50 new artists added to the already rich Sonar 2018 line-up.
Sónar 2018, to be held next June 14 to 16 in Barcelona, will be the 25th edition of the famous Catalan festival. To celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Sónar Festival comes news that knocks on the doors of science fiction. Thanks to a collaboration with the Catalan Institute of Space Studies and the METI, an international organization that deals with attempts to communicate with extraterrestrials, the organizers of the Catalan festival are trying to send a message on GJ273b, the habitable planet closest to the earth .
The first sent message has consisted of 33 tracks of 10 seconds each commissioned specifically for the event by artists from all over the globe who have at least once taken part in the most important Spanish electronic music festival and aims to establish contact with the eventual inhabitants of the planet.
The first part of the message was transmitted via an antenna located in Norway on October 16th and the transmission lasted for three consecutive days. During the three days of communication the tracks created specifically for the Sónar Festival from Autechre, Modeselektor, Laurent Garnier, Holly Herndon, Matmos, Jean-Michel Jarre, Nina Kraviz, Francisco López, The Black Madonna, Kerri Chandler, Ólafur Arnalds alternated , Kode 9, Laurel Halo, Soichi Terada, Fatima Al Qadiri, Cabo San Roque, BFlecha and Nisennenmondai.
The second part of the message will instead be sent during April 2018 and will include, among others Richie Hawtin, Carsten Nicolai, Squarepusher, Kate Tempest, Daito Manabe, Juana Molina, Niño de Elche, Cora Novoa, Lorenzo Senni, Zora Jones, Desert, LCC , Yuzo Koshiro and three tracks chosen through an open call.
The line-up of this Sónar will feature the 2manydjs, which this year will perform together with James Murphy of the LCD Soundsystem in a special show vinyl only that will close the edition “By day” of the festival, Saturday 16 June at Fira Barcelona.
The DESPACIO project presented by the trio includes a brand new area, composed of a sound system of seven circular towers.
Sunday, as usual, the festival brings music lovers to the theater: Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto will definitely put the word “end” at the twenty-fifth edition of Sónar 2018 with their exclusive concert at the Teatre Grec.
The other artists joining the 2018 line-up will be Objekt, Young Marco, Call Super, Miss Kittin and Kim Ann Foxman, the Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement project with Dominick Fernow, Philippe Hallais and Silent Servant, Dj Stingray and Mumdance, Sophie, IAMDDB and the artist of Senegalese origins Lory Money.
The names announced close a very rich sign, which celebrates in the best way the twenty-five years of a festival that has been, and continues to be, one of the landmarks of electronic world music.
Sónar is in fact much more than just an event, it represents a crucial meeting point to understand the state of health of current electronic music, its trends and the direction that the international music scene is taking.
With initiatives such as Sónar + D, the Ciudad Condal festival attracts tens of thousands of fans every year, who are interested not only in the performances of the best artists of the moment, but also in the development of new technologies, conferences, innovations the works present, year after year, on the occasion of the Sónar.
The Sónar 2018 line-up extensively celebrates the long route taken to date by the festival, including artists such as Dj Harvey, Amp Fiddler and Tony Allen, Ben Klock and Dj Nobu, Gorillaz, Laurent Garnier, Richie Hawtin, Bonobo, LCD Soundsystem, Modeselektor, Motor City Drum Ensemble and Jeremy Underground, Thom Yorke, Oscar Mulero, Diplo, Tony Humphries, John Talabot, Kode 9, Cornelius, GoldLink, Yung Lean, Lanark Artefax, A-Trak, Dj Earl and Nick Hook , Laurel Halo , Chino Amobi and many others.
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