Sonar 2012

Barcelona, Tokyo, Cape Town, Sao Paolo

Location

Barcelona, Tokyo, Cape Town, Sao Paolo

Hosting four global events in 2012, Sonar will visit Barcelona, Cape Town, Tokyo and Sao Paulo with stunning line-ups mixing international artists with the best local stars performing at each.

Building on their past successes across the globe, Sonar visits Cape Town for the first time this year with a line up including Modeselektor and a host of local talent including BLK JKS, Killer Robot, Das Kapital and Fletcher In Dub.

The biggest event outside their Barcelona home, Sao Paulo is treated to Bjork, Justice, Four Tet, Mogwai and more on the 11th – 12th May.

A fifth event takes place in Tokyo on the 21st and 22nd April with a mix of Japanese artists and international acts including Squarepusher, The Cinematic Orchestra, Vincent Gallo, Clark, Rustie.

Finally the Barcelona event, now in its 19th year, kicks off on the 14th June and promises three days of excellence with New Order, The Roots, Fatboy Slim, James Blake, Julio Bashmore, Hot Chip, Die Antwoord, Flying Lotus and many more.

Tickets:
Barcelona 3 day pass – €166.65

Win tickets to Sonar Barcelona 2012

Event Line Ups:

Sónar 2012 Barcelona
14, 15, 16 June

New Order (UK)
James Murphy (US)
Die Antwoord (SA)
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (UK)
The 2 Bears (UK)
Daedelus (US)
Keys N Krates (CA)
The Roots (US)
Fatboy Slim (UK)
Deadmau5 (CA)
Hot Chip (UK)
Richie Hawtin (CA)
Amon Tobin ISAM (BR)
Friendly Fires (UK)
James Blake dj (UK)
Nicolas Jaar (US)
Luciano (CH)
Metronomy (UK)
Azari & III (CA)
Laurent Garnier presents LBS (FR)
Squarepusher (UK)
Modeselektor (DE)
Peaking Lights (US)
Mary Anne Hobbs Vs Blawan (UK)
Mouse On Mars (DE)
Hyperdub presents Kode9 + Cooly G + Scratcha DVA (UK)
Austra (CA)
BBC Radio 1 presents Annie Mac & guests (UK)
Darkside (Nicolas Jaar & Dave Harrington) (US)
Jacques Greene (CA)
Jacques Lu Cont (UK)
John Talabot (ES)
Supersilent featuring John Paul Jones (NO/UK)
Diamond Version featuring Alva Noto & Byetone + Atsuhiro Ito (DE/JP)
Brainfeeder presents Thundercat + Kutmah + Lapalux (US)
Maya Jane Coles (UK)
100% Silk presents Ital + Maria Minerva + LA Vampires + Magic Touch (US)
Julio Bashmore (UK)
Trevor Jackson (UK)
When Saints Go Machine (DK)
The Suicide Of Western Culture (ES)
Plapla Pinky (FR)
Psilosamples (BR)
Dago (BR)
Uner (ES)
Flying Lotus (US)
Trust (CA)
Nina Kraviz (RU)
Native Instruments presents Mostly Robot with Jamie Lidell, Tim Exile, Jeremy Ellis, DJ Shiftee, Mister Jimmy and Pfadfinderei
BBC Radio 1 presents Simian Mobile Disco (UK)
Brodinski & Gesaffelstein (FR)
Jack Beats (UK)
Annie Mac (UK)
Star Slinger (US)
Esperanza (IT)
Radiorifle (CH)
Arbol (ES)
Blastto (ES)
Amable (ES)
Igor Marijuán (ES)
El_Txef_A (ES)
DJ2D2 (ES)
Yall Djs (ES)
Logical Nonsense (ES)
Microfeel (ES)
Fábel (ES)
Machine Beats (ES)
Eduardo de la Calle (ES)
Coyu (ES)
Koulomek (ES)
Diego Armando Vs. Guillamino dj (ES)

A Taste Of Sónar @ Design Indaba – Cape Town
March the 2nd – City Town Hall, Cape Town. South Africa

Modeselektor (DE)
Byetone (DE)
Brodinski (FR)
BLK JKS (ZA)
Killer Robot (ZA)
Das Kapital (ZA)
Fletcher In Dub (ZA)

SonarSound Tokyo
21. 22 April – ageHa Studio Coast, Tokyo. Japan

Squarepusher (UK)
The Cinematic Orchestra (UK)
Vincent Gallo (US)
Clark (UK)
Mount Kimbie (UK)
Rustie (UK)
Ryoichi Kurokawa (JP)
Dorian Concept (AT)
Mergrim (JP)
Anchorsong (JP)
Oorutaichi (JP)
Typingmonkeys (JP)

Sónar São Paulo
11. 12 May – Parque Anhembi, São Paulo. Brazil

Björk (IS)
Justice (FR)
Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto (DE/JP)
James Blake (UK)
Mogwai (UK)
Squarepusher (UK)
Jeff Mills (US)
Four Tet (UK)
Modeselektor (DE)
Emicida (BR)
Little Dragon (SE)
Seth Troxler (US)
Hudson Mohawke (UK)
Gui Boratto (BR)
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (UK)
Austra (US)
Dj Marky Vs Dj Patife (BR)
John Talabot (ES)
The Twelves (BR)
M Takara x Akin (BR)
Za! (ES)
Silva (BR)
Gang Do Eletro (BR)
Dago (BR)
Psilosamples (BR)
Bruno Belluomini (BR)
Ricardo Donoso (BR)

Start Date:

02/03/2012

End Date:

16/06/2012

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