Sonar 2010 Lineup
Sonar 2010 looks like one of the events of the year - if you can make it to Spain that is. The Barcelona-based music and arts festival has just announced a new set of artists. Laurent Garnier, Zomby, Pete Tong, The Chemical Brothers, Hudson Mohawke, Booka Shade, Flying Lotus, Joy Orbison, LCD Soundsystem, Air, 2ManyDJs, Hot Chip, Fuck Buttons, Plastikman, Matthew Herbert, Uffie and Cristian Vogel are just some of the names playing at the multi-day, multi-venue event.
Nor is it all electronic music - Jónsi, lead singer of the Icelandic post-rock group Sigur Rós, announced via his site that he will be playing the festival. Radio One DJ Mary Anne Hobbs will host her own showcase at the event with the usual focus on forward-thinking dubstep and UK bass music.
Art, film and interactive design are a big part of Sonar, and each year the event's promoters create very memorable visuals for the year's event. Check out the "teaser video" below to get a glimpse of the current branding.
Sonar 2010 is set to take place in Barcelona and neighboring town A Coruña from June 17-19.
Full lineup
Sónar by Day:
THURSDAY 17
Broadcast (Warp/UK)
Tristan Perich + BCN216 (US-ES)
Tristan Perich "Loud Objects" (US)
Pete Tong (BBC Radio1/UK)
Speech Debelle (Big Dada/UK)
Sounds of Switzerland presented by Mx3.ch and SSR
Larytta (Creaked Records/CH)
Round Table Knights (Deadfish-Made To Play/CH)
Tim & Puma Mimi (Stattmusik/CH-JP)
WienStrom – Contemporary Amplified Vienna presents
dp-S (BigBeak/AT)
Cluster (Klangbad/AT-DE)
ElektroGuzzi (Macro/AT)
FRIDAY 18
Nosaj Thing Visual Show (Alpha Pup/US)
BFlecha (Arkestra/ES)
Delorean (Mushroom Pillow/ES)
Emilio José (Foehn/ES)
Zigmat (Ultra Records/US)
Lesley Flanigan (US)
Phill Niblock + Carlos Casas (US-ES)
spa.RK presents
bRUNA (spa.RK/ES)
Bradien (spa.RK/ES)
SATURDAY 19
Jimi Tenor & Kabu Kabu (Strut/FI)
The Slew feat. Kid Koala (Puget Sound Recordings/US)
Uffie (Ed Banger/US)
King Midas Sound (Hyperdub/UK)
Bomba Estéreo (Nacional Records/CO)
David M (BreakThatBeat/ES)
Noaipre (Arkestra/ES)
Sónar by Night:
THURSDAY JUNE 17
"Japó", the instrumental group BCN216 with the sonic visualisation of Cristian Vogel, Ricard
Marxer and Óscar Sol
FRIDAY JUNE 18
Air (Virgin/FR)
LCD Soundsystem (DFA/US)
Plastikman (M_nus/CA)
Hot Chip (Parlophone/UK)
2manydjs (BE)
Booka Shade (Get Physical/DE)
Carte Blanche (Dj Mehdi + Riton) (Ed Banger/FR-UK)
Sugarhill Gang (Sugar Hill/US)
Hudson Mohawke (Warp-LuckyMe/UK)
Aeroplane (Eskimo/BE)
John Talabot (Hivern/ES)
Cora Novoa (Natura Sonoris/ES)
Mary Anne Hobbs presents
Flying Lotus (Warp/US)
Joy Orbison (Doldrums/UK)
Roska (Roska Kicks & Snares/UK)
Mary Anne Hobbs (BBC Radio1/UK)
SATURDAY JUNE 19
The Chemical Brothers (EMI/UK)
Dizzee Rascal (Dirtee Stank/UK)
Jónsi (Parlophone/IS)
Matthew Herbert's One Club (Accidental/UK)
Fuck Buttons (ATP Recordings/UK)
Sandwell District (Sandwell District/UK)
Zomby (Zomby Productions/UK)
The Pinker Tones (PinkerLand/ES)
LuckyMe presents
American Men (UK)
Machine Drum (UK)
Mike Slott (UK)
The Blessings (UK)
Eclair Fifi & John Computer (back 2 back DJ set) (UK)
SÓNAR GALICIA
Artists confirmed as of 25/02/2010
N.B: The performances of some artists are subject to changes in scheduling.
THURSDAY JUNE 17
LCD Soundsystem (DFA/US)
Uffie (Ed Banger/US)
John Talabot (Hivern/ES)
David M (BreakThatBeat/ES)
Grobas (981 Sessions/ES)
SonarMàtica Galicia
Escoitar.org presents
Sonoscopio / Horacio González (ES)
Augmented Sound / Berio Molina (ES)
FRIDAY JUNE 18
Laurent Garnier (PIAS/FR)
Matthew Herbert's One Club (Accidental/UK)
Broadcast (Warp/UK)
Fuck Buttons (ATP Recordings/UK)
The Slew feat. Kid Koala (Puget Sound Recordings/US)
DJ Ino (House Café Music/ES)
Fat Fish (Artec/ES)
SATURDAY JUNE 19
Air (Virgin/FR)
Hot Chip (Parlophone/UK)
Flying Lotus (Warp/US)
2manydjs (BE)
Booka Shade (Get Physical/DE)
Carte Blanche (Dj Mehdi & Riton) (Ed Banger/FR-UK)
Delorean (Mushroom Pillow/ES)
6pm (Mediosordo/ES)
Fluzo (ES)
Octa Push (Iberian Records/PT)
BFlecha Vs. MwesLee (Arkestra/ES)
Viktor Flores (Sinsal/ES)
Cora Novoa (Natura Sonoris/ES)
