Sónar returns to the United States, this time to present a three-day festival, created especially for the occasion.
The objective is to take the philosophy of the Barcelona festival to the North American city, with all the features that have made Sónar an international touchstone: with an ambitious and high quality line-up featuring plenty of electronic experimentation and its derivations and unusual venues of the highest calibre, in this case the Jay Pritzker Pavilion – designed by Frank Ghery – in the popular Millennium Park (the 9th of September) and the famous Chicago Cultural Center (the 10th and 11th of September).
Some of the artists confirmed to date are The Slew (the scratch-rock project led by the wizard on the decks Kid Koala), Oval (a key project in 1990s electronica, featuring Germany’s Markus Popp, back with a new album), the Australian – resident in Iceland – Ben Frost (one of the most acclaimed sonic experimentalists working today), Nosaj Thing (the Los Angeles beatmaker featuring a show with serious visual impact), the Dutchman Martyn (a key name at the techno-dubstep crossroads), Nicolas Bernier + Martin Messier: La Chambre des Machines (a Canadian duo that base their show on rudimentary noise machines from the early twentieth century) or Lesley Flanigan (a New York artist who constructs her music with hand-made instruments and the sounds created by her own voice) among others.
Catalan performers are headed by two artists from the renowned Barcelona label spa.RK: Bradien (an experimental and tropical pop trio) and bRUNA (the creator of electronica with a heavy emotional charge). Two new projects seeking new musical languages will also be present, in the shape of Huan (folk, noise and experimentation) and Faraón (psychedelia, Krautrock and jazz).
As well as all that, Sónar Chicago expands its line-up with its collaboration with Adventures In Modern Music (AIMM), the five-day festival organised by the renowned British magazine The Wire and the promoters at the Empty Bottle, one of the city’s most important venues. In its eighth outing this year, it presents shows byThe Rhys Chatham Trio, Sleep and Efterklang, among others.
Meanwhile, SonarCinema presents five films: “Synth Britannia” (the BBC documentary telling the story of the birth of synth pop in Great Britain), “Amplified Gesture” (a film produced by David Sylvian on the art of improvisation), “Sensuous Cornelius” (the excellent filming of the live show by the Japanese musician), “Finisterrae” (the full-length film providing the image for Sónar 2010) and “Sónar Around The World” (which documents an entire year of Sónar, produced and made by Televisió de Catalunya).
Sónar Chicago is the result of an initiative by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs -the public office planning and promoting musical, performance, and visual arts events in Chicago-, the Institut Ramon Llull, -the consortium made up of the Government of Catalonia and the Government of the Balearic Islands-, Advanced Music -the creators of Sónar festival – and AC Entertainment -the promoter of the Bonnaroo festival-.
Details of the complete line-up and the performance times and days of each of the artistic projects in Sónar Chicago will be announced soon.
All the shows and activities at the festival are free of charge and open to all, except for the AIMM events which are subject to a separate payment.
Written by wasamix
The 3 events you should not miss at the L.E.D 2010 in London, England.
Aphex Twin (Saturday 28th August 2010)
Pioneer and star of the techno electronica scene, Apex Twin, features as a special guest at L.E.D on Saturday 28th August
Quoted in Mixmag, Richard said “I just love electronics and music and putting the two together just came naturally. I did electronics in college. Electronic music is just so lush basically I love messing with acid, jungle, and playing it out to my mates in a night club. Get out there and dance. Let’s have it! If anyone’s coming to my shows I just want everybody to just dance and have a laugh basically.”
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Leftfield (Saturday 28th August 2010)
Paul Daley: “I’m about to embark on a solo career with the release of my first solo album. I also want to continue concentrating on my DJ’ing work, so I’ve decided I won’t be joining Neil on stage for the Leftfield dates this year. I want to thank all the fans for their past support and all the people who will be hearing and seeing the band for the first time.”
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Axwell (Friday 27th August 2010)
Axwell will be lighting up London with his ‘Heart’ Show performance.
Axwell’s new single ‘Nothing But Love’ is released exclusively through Beatport 14th July including the Classic Mix & Remode.
Axwell: “Heart-pounding, sweaty & fresh!”
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Los próximos 12 y 13 de junio se celebrará en Barcelona en festival SonarKids 2010. Esta segunda edición llega tras el éxito de la primera, que se saldó con una asistencia de 5.300 espectadores (entre padres e hijos) y la celebración de más de 40 actividades. SonarKids 2010 se duplica en dos jornadas de actividades, talleres, actuaciones y sorpresas para toda la familia en los espacios del CCCB y MACBA. El desdoblamiento de SonarKids en dos días permitirá a los asistentes poder disfrutar con más tranquilidad de las actividades y talleres del festival, ya que estos serán los mismos tanto el sábado como el domingo. Todo ello en un espacio adecuado especialmente para toda la familia, con todo tipo de facilidades para los padres y con una nueva infraestructura que se adaptará en tamaño y sonido al mundo de los niños. SonarKids continúa presentándose como una nueva propuesta de ocio familiar, concebida por Sónar para que tanto padres como hijos disfruten juntos de la música, los talleres, el arte y la tecnología, en dos jornadas ideales para aprender jugando y pasándolo bien. La programación musical del festival SonarKids incluirá artistas de primer nivel cuyas respectivas propuestas serán adaptadas o incluso creadas especialmente para un evento tan particular como este. Bailar, aprender y pasarlo bien, esa es la consigna!!
Written by wasamix
The World’s Greatest Show on Snow enters 11th year.
5-10 April, Mayrhofen, Austria
LINE UP
LIVE: EDITORS, DOVES, THE ENNEMY, FRIENDLY FIRES, VITALIC, DE LA SOUL, DAN LE SAC Vs SCROOBIUS PIP, CUBAN BROTHERS
DJ’S: ADAMM BEYER, ANDY C & MC GQ, SCRATCH PERVERTS, JAMESS ZABIELA,SLAAM, FAKE BLOOD, SUBFOCUS, STANTON WARRIORS, PLUUMP DJ’S, KRAFTY KUTS, BRODINSKI, SKREAM, DJ YOODA, JACKK BEATS, RIVA STARR, EWAN PEARSON, MATT WALSH, ALIX PEREZ, TODD TERJE, KRRIS MENACE,GREG WILSON, MISTAJAM, SKEPTA, TAYYO, MC WREC, SASSE, GUYWILLIAAMS, BONEES, THE REVENGE, JOE RANSSOM, STREETLIFE DDJ’S, ZERO T, RATTUS & KLOS ONE, FIRAZ, ESKKIMO TWINS, MATTYY J, MARC ROBERTS,NEIL BAINBRIDGE
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