Originally written by Luke Slater · 14 March 2011
Spain's Sónar festival may be a little while away yet but the organisers have just confirmed the full line-up for Barcelona-based section and also for the event in A Coruña. Some of the juciest line-up additions include Janelle Monae, The Human League, Toro Y Moi as well as showcases from Ninja Tune, Big Dada, Tri Angle.
Anyway, the entire thing is unbelievably vast, so we thought we'd list everything (almost...) that's going on over the course of the festival including Sonar by Day and Sonar by Night. Have a peek below, although it might take you a while to get through all of it.
Sónar by Day:
Thursday June 16: Nicolas Jaar, Toro Y Moi, Tyondai Braxton, Little Dragon, Floating Points, Raime, Denseland, Open Reel Ensemble, Daito Manabe
Ninja Tune & Big Dada Present: Shuttle Dels Offshore Eskmo
Friday June 17: Astrud + Colálectiu Brossa, Agoria, Hauschka, Atmosphere, Dominique Young Unique, Oy, Xesœs Valle, Facto y los Amigos del Norte
Tri Angle present: How To Dress Well Holy Other
Saturday June 18: Actress, Apparat, Global Communication, Hype Williams, Gilles Peterson Shangaan Electro, No Surrender, Filewile, EVOL, Edred—n, Judah, DJ Sith & David M
Disboot present Downliners Sekt C156
Sónar by Night:
Thursday June 16:
Steve Reich + bcn216 + Synergy Vocals
Friday June 17: M.I.A., Aphex Twin, The Human League, Cut Copy, Boys Noize, Die Antwoord, Trentemoller, A-Trak, Scuba, Steve Aoki, Munchi, Djedjotronic, Schlachthofbronx
BBC Radio 1 presents: Annie Mac + Katy B Benji B + Pearson Sound Toddla T + Redlight feat. Ms Dynamite & Dread MC
Russian Beats presents: Mujuice, DZA, Smalltown Supersound, Diskjokke, Annie, Bjørn Torske
Saturday June 18: Underworld, Magnetic Man, Janelle Monae, Chris Cunningham Shackleton, James Holden, The Gaslamp Killer, Surgeon, Buraka Som Sistema, Africa Hitech, Paul Kalkbrenner, Mary Anne Hobbs, Yelle Silent Servant, Noaipre
Night Slugs presents: L-Vis 1990 b2b Bok Bok Egyptrixx
Numbers presents: Deadboy, Jackmaster, Lory D, Redinho, Spencer, Jessie Ware
Visuals by Remote Location (UK), Thomas Traum (DE) & Novak (UK)
Infiné presents: Rone Arandel Clara Moto
Sunday June 19: Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto
SONAR GALICIA
A Coruña 17-18 June
Friday June 17: Underworld, Magnetic Man, Shackleton, James Holden, The Gaslamp Killer, Buraka Som Sistema, HHY & The Macumbas, Judah, Colectivo Oruga, Galis 115, DJ Sith, Caino & Zinqin, Wasilkoski, DJ Ino & La Keise Band
Saturday June 18: M.I.A., Die Antwoord, Cut Copy, Boys Noize, Munchi, Ningunos Djs Lasers, Dr. Think
More information on the festival can be found here on SonarRadio.