
Nos llega por parte de Sónar Press International el primer comunicado oficial sobre lo que se vislumbra para la nueva e inminente edición del magno evento electronico de la ciudad Comdal. Un cartel realmente impresionante, que emulsiona directamente mis recuerdos sonoros más afectivos de principios de los años 80, y llos converge en un sin fin de nuevos talentos sumados a “algunos” de los ya clásicos… clásicos pero efectivos!
Sin más palabras, aquí les dejo la historia, pero eso si, en INGLÉS, para
que practiquen un poco las lenguas anglosajonas. 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'Auditori. 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.
CONFIRMED ARTISTS
CONCERTS AND DJ'S
ALTERN8 (UK)
BEASTIE BOYS (US)
BLACK AFFAIR (UK)
CLARK (UK)
CORNELIUS (JP)
CHARLES HAYWARD (UK)
DAVE CLARKE (UK)
DEVO (US)
DIZZEE RASCAL (UK)
DJ NU-MARK (US)
DORIAN (ES)
EMANON (US)
FACTO DELAFÉ Y LAS FLORES AZULES (ES)
FANGORIA (ES)
FIBLANDA (ES)
HASWELL & HECKER (UK / DE)
JEFF MILLS (US)
JUNIOR BOYS (CA)
KHAN FROM FINLAND (FI)
KTL (US / AT)
MALA RODRIGUEZ (ES)
MATTHEW DEAR LIVE BAND (US)
MIRA CALIX (UK)
MISS KITTIN (FR)
MOGWAI (UK)
NAROD NIKI (DE)
NETTLE (US / ES)
NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB (UK)
PLANNINGTOROCK (UK)
RADIO SLAVE (UK)
RAHZEL & DJ JS-ONE (US)
ROMANTICA (JP)
SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO (UK)
TIMO MAAS (DE)
VARIOUS PRODUCTION (UK)
WOLF EYES (US)
CONFIRMED SHOWCASES
BEIJING WAVES
FM3 BUDDHA MACHINE (CN) live
718 (CN) live
WHITE (CN) live
BBC RADIO 1 PRESENTS:
MARY ANNE HOBBS (UK) dj
KODE 9 & THE SPACEAPE (UK) live
ORIS JAY (UK) dj
SKREAM (UK) live
hosted by Mary Anne Hobbs
ED BANGER RECORDS
DJ MEHDI (FR) dj
UFFIE feat. FEADZ (US / FR) live
JUSTICE (FR) dj
Hot as HEL
NICOLE WILLIS & THE SOUL INVESTIGATORS (FI) live
THE EXECUTIVES (FI) dj
ACCU (FI) live
TUOMAS TOIVONEN (FI) live
INNERVISIONS
DIXON (DE) dj
CHATEAU FLIGHT (FR) live
AME (DE) dj
LO RECORDINGS
BLACK DEVIL DISCO CLUB (FR) live
JON TYE (UK) dj
CURSOR MINER (UK) live
NOBLE LABEL
KAZUMASA HASHIMOTO (JP) live
JUNJI KUBO (JP) dj
PIANA (JP) live
ON&ON RECORDS
C2C (FR) live
HOCUS POCUS (FR) live
RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY
SPACEK + BENJI B (UK) dj
AS ONE (UK) live
STATION 55
NIGHT OF THE BRAIN (ES) live
JOE ROBINSON (UK) dj
BURBUJA (ES) live
Concerts
and Dj's line-up
Infoticket
Sónar 2007: 14.15.16 June 2007
For more information pls check http://www.sonar.es