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Sónar is a three day annual music festival held in Barcelona, Spain. It is described officially as a festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Art. Music is by far the main aspect of the festival. The festival runs for three days and nights, usually starting on a Thursday in the third week of June. The fourteenth edition of the Sónar festival will be held on 14th, 15th and 16th of June 2007. Anually there are around 80,000 visitors to the festival.

The official website describes the festival as "Three days and three nights in touch with the most up-to-date developments and featuring the most relevant national and international artists." "Sónar is the essential meeting point for an alert public, cutting-edge artists and the most influential professionals from the sectors of music and modern arts.

Sónar by Day

Sónar By Day takes place in the Center of Contemporary Culture (CCCB) and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MACBA) very near to La Rambla. It usually starts around Midday and continues until around 10pm for each of the three days of the festival.

The "By Day" festival features Live Concerts, DJs, Multimedia Art, Record / Clothes Fairs, Technology Demos, The Sónar Cinema and various other activities.

onedotzero regularly anchored the sonar cinema section from the late nineties for around 5 years.

Official areas of Sónar by Day : SonarVillage. SonarPro. SonarLab. SonarCinema. Record Fair. Editorial Fair. Conferences and Debates. SonarComplex. SonarDome. Exhibitions. SonarMática. Sonarama.

Sónar by Night

Sónar by Night takes place away from the centre of Barcelona, there are special coaches put in place to transport festival goers to the huge venue (Gran Vía (M2). Av. Botànica, 62).

Sónar by Night has 4 locations occupied by distinguished national and international names from the world of electronic music. Each night DJs, VDJs and concerts from the broadest spectrum of dance music appear simultaneously in the 4 areas. Sónar by Night occupies an area of more than 10,000 meters, divided between covered and open-air spaces.

Music

Electronica (in the broadest sense) would be the best description of the music you are likley to hear at Sónar. This includes Techno, House, Electro, IDM, HipHop and various other experimental and Avant Garde types of music.

There are many international acts, as well as a selection of Spanish artists.

Artists that have performed at Sónar within the last few years include:

• 08001
• Aphex Twin
• Beans (rapper)
• Beastie Boys
• Björk
• Boys Noize
• Coil
• Cut Chemist
• De La Soul
• Diplo
• DJ Krush
• DJ Yoda
• Fat Freddy's Drop
• Hifana
• Hot Chip
• Jamie Lidell
• Jeff Mills
• The Knife
• Kode9
• Kraftwerk
• Laurent Garnier
• LCD Soundsystem
• Luke Vibert
• M.I.A.
• Matthew Herbert
• Miss Kittin
• Orbital
• Pascal Kleiman
• Pet Shop Boys
• Prefuse 73
• Richie Hawtin
• SebastiAn
• Skream
• Soulwax
• The Chemical Brothers
• Uffie

External links

• Official Website
• myspace Sonar festival - come join the community

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