The Beastie Boys, Devo, Cornelius, and the latest in cosmopolitan music are the highlights of a multi-faceted bill with a party spirit. The fourteenth Sónar festival will be held this year on 14, 15 and 16 of June.
The festival returns to the Fira Gran Via (M2) area on Thursday’s opening night, with the Beastie Boys and Narod Niki on an exclusive double bill loaded with surprises. Beastie Boys , the best band of white rappers of all time, will give us two very different concerts – an instrumental one, “A Gala Event – Exclusive Instrumental Show” on Thursday in SonarPark which will be an exceptional event on the opening night, and another one featuring all their classics in the Friday session of Sónar by Night . On Thursday’s special night, they will be accompanied by the minimalist techno project, Narod Niki .
Devo, standard bearers of discerning and entertaining post-punk, and one of the cornerstones in the convergence of pop-rock with electronica based on analogue synthesisers and instruments, return to Europe after 17 years. This will be the first date on a European mini-tour and Sónar will be the only festival which they play at.
There are other special moments at Sónar 2007. Heading the festival’s usual oriental quota, on his first visit to Spain, is Cornelius . From the land of the rising sun we will also have Romantica, Piana, Kazumasa Hashimoto and Juanji Kubo . China will be represented at the festival for the first time by White, 718 and FM3 , accompanied by their popular Buddha Machines.
Today’s sound aesthetics and its leading artists are Sónar’s calling cards. An example of this is the arrival at the festival of the British dubstep armada with Mary Anne Hobbs, Kode 9 & The Spaceape, Various Production, Skream and Oris Jay . Paris is reborn. A new scene, twisted by the attitude and manners of rock, pop and funk, is revitalising house in the French capital. Top of the bill are Justice, Uffie feat. Feadz and DJ Mehdi . And our contribution to the imminent rave revival includes Digitalism, Simian Mobile Disco and New Young Pony Club , as well as the remixer whose name is on everyone’s lips, Radioslave . Top representative headliners like Altern 8 and Fangoria will also be present.
This year there will be a double-billed special programme at L’Auditorium. Two concerts which combine piano and electronic experimentation will take place in the Oriol-Martorell hall on Friday 15 June . First there will be an exclusive concert by the duo Tristano-Murcof entitled “Not for Piano”. During the second part of the evening, the stage will be taken by the project Alexander´s Annexe feat. Mira Calix .
The Sónar by Night classics will be Jeff Mills, Dave Clarke, Timo Maas and Miss Kittin . However, fans of music genres like hip-hop, pop-based electronica, experimental and extreme rock will be satisfied with names like La Mala Rodríguez, DJ Nu Mark, Hocus Pocus C2C, Junior Boys, Hey Willpower, Khan Of Finland, Mogwai, Wolf Eyes, KLT (Stephen O’Malley de Sunn o))) and Pita) and the surprising project by the Matthew Dear Live Band .
Sónar 2007 brings you up to date with the current situation on Barcelona’s local scene. Among its representatives are Night Of The Brain – the project featuring Cristian Vogel playing guitar, and Nettle , the new DJ/Rupture vehicle. Fiblanda, Facto Delafé y las Flores Azules and Dorian , among others, will also be present.
The Sónar showcases are unbeatable opportunities to discover different scenes from all over the world. Among the showcases this year are Noble (JP), Innervisions (DE), Lo Recordings (UK), On and On Records (FR), Station 55 (ES) BBC Radio 1 (UK), Ed Banger (FR), Hot as HEL (FI) and Beijing Waves (CN) .
Magic, science and sensory immersion in the exhibitions at Sónar 2007. SonarMática , the festival’s multimedia area, changes direction and moves towards the world of magic, Sonarama invites visitors to the Centre d’Art Santa Mònica to try something different, the experience of an immersion in the spatial possibilities of sound as a sensory stimulus. In the SonarExtra section, an exhibition at Cosmocaixa Barcelona completes the range of themes exhibited with “Physics and Music. Vibrations for the soul”
Once again this year, Sónar by Day will have its normal stages, SonarVillage, SonarComplex, SonarDome and the Hall stage , and its other classic exhibition and disclosure areas, SonarCinema, Conferences and Debates, Sonarama, SónarMática and SonarExtra.
THURDSDAY 14TH OF JUNE – SÓNAR BY DAY
CONCERTS AND DJ’S
JAMES HOLDEN (UK)
DORIAN (ES)
LES ANCIENS (ES)
BASELINE (ES)
SHOWCASES
BEIJING WAVES
FM3 plays THE BUDDHA MACHINE (CN)
718 (CN)
FM3 feat. BLIXA BARGELD (CN / DE)
WHITE (CN)
NOBLE LABEL
KAZUMASA HASHIMOTO (JP)
JUNJI KUBO (JP)
PIANA (JP)
ACCIDENTAL
SETSUBUN BEAT UNIT (UK)
MICA & THE CLUSTER (UK)
THE INVISIBLE (UK)
STATION 55
NIGHT OF THE BRAIN (ES)
JOE ROBINSON (UK)
BURBUJA (ES)
CAPSULE & NO-FI
BLACK GALAXY
BURNING STAR CORE
JAZZFINGER
THURDSDAY 14TH OF JUNE – SÓNAR BY NIGHT FIRA GRAN VIA (M2) / SONARPARK-
BEASTIE BOYS (US) A Gala Event – Exclusive Instrumental Show
NAROD NIKI
FRIDAY 15TH OF JUNE – SÓNAR BY DAY
CONCERTS AND DJ’S
SUNN 0))) (US)
INFINITE LIVEZ vs. STADE feat. JOY FREMPONG (UK / FR)
CLARK (UK)
HASWELL & HECKER (UK / DE)
EMANON (US)
BLACK AFFAIR (UK)
LES AUS (ES)
NETTLE (US / ES)
BACANAL INTRUDER (ES)
FACTO DELAFÉ Y LAS FLORES AZULES (ES)
CHARLES HAYWARD (UK)
EMILIANO ZELADA & PANNACIÒ (IT)
SHOWCASES
HOT AS HEL
NICOLE WILLIS & THE SOUL INVESTIGATORS (FI)
THE EXECUTIVES (FI)
ACCU (FI)
TUOMAS TOIVONEN (FI)
* L’AUDITORI
ALEXANDER’S ANNEXE feat. MIRA CALIX (UK)
TRISTANO + MURCOF (LU / MX)
FRIDAY 15TH OF JUNE – SÓNAR BY NIGHT
CONCERTS AND DJ’S
BEASTIE BOYS (US)
CORNELIUS (JP)
RICHIE HAWTIN (CA)
DIZZEE RASCAL (UK)
TIMO MAAS (DE)
ROMANTICA (JP)
DIGITALISM (DE)
SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO (UK)
NEW YOUNG PONYCLUB (UK)
MODESELEKTOR DJ-TEAM (DE)
DUBBYMAN (ES)
NACHO MARCO (ES)
SHOWCASES
BBC RADIO 1
MARY ANNE HOBBS (UK)
KODE 9 & THE SPACEAPE (UK)
ORIS JAY (UK)
SKREAM (UK)
ED BANGER RECORDS & FRENCH MUSIC EXPORT OFFICE
DJ MEHDI (FR)
UFFIE feat. FEADZ (US / FR)
JUSTICE (FR)
RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY
SPACEK & BENJI B SOUNDSYSTEM (UK)
AS ONE (UK)
SATURDAY 16TH OF JUNE – SÓNAR BY DAY
CONCERTS AND DJ’S
JUNIOR BOYS (CA)
MIRA CALIX (UK)
HEY WILLPOWER (US)
PLANNINGTOROCK (UK)
WOLF EYES (US)
KTL (US / AT)
KHAN OF FINLAND (FI)
FIBLANDA (ES)
OLDER (ES)
SIBERIAN FIELDWORKS (ES)
SHOWCASES
ONANDON RECORDS & FRENCH MUSIC EXPORT OFFICE
C2C (FR)
HOCUS POCUS (FR)
MODERN LOVE & EVNTS
MILES (UK)
CLARO INTELECTO (UK)
ANDY SCOTT (UK)
RUSH HOUR RECORDS presents BEAT DIMENSIONS
HEARIN’ AID (SE)
JAY SCARLETT & CINNAMAN (UK / NL)
SATURDAY 16TH OF JUNE – SÓNAR BY NIGHT
CONCERTS AND DJ’S
DEVO (US)
CALLE 13 (PR)
MOGWAI (UK)
MALA RODRIGUEZ (ES)
JEFF MILLS (US)
MATTHEW DEAR’S BIG HANDS (US)
FANGORIA (ES)
DAVE CLARKE (UK)
DJ NU-MARK (US)
MISS KITTIN (FR)
ALTERN8 (UK)
RAHZEL & DJ JS-ONE (US)
RADIO SLAVE (UK)
DJ WOODY (UK)
DAMIAN SCHWARTZ vs. TADEO (ES)
BORIS DIVIDER (ES)
SWAT SQUAT (ES)
SHOWCASES
LO RECORDINGS
BLACK DEVIL DISCO CLUB (FR)
MILKY GLOBE (UK)
CURSOR MINER (UK)
INNERVISIONS
DIXON (DE)
CHATEAU FLIGHT (FR)
AME (DE)
MINUS
JPLS (US)
TRACTILE (CA)