Sonar Festival line up additions

Sónar Barcelona includes 21 new artists in its line up, including James Murphy, Dizzee Rascal and the renowned English producer Four Tet, who will also be performing at both Barcelona and Galicia festivals.

Other inclusions in the line-up are Ghostpoet, North American MC YelaWolf, backed by Eminem, Tiga (in charge of closing SonarLab on Friday night), oOoOO, Martyn and Radio Slave, among others.

Sónar continues to seek out the most interesting artists working in Spain right now and this year has selected 10 more names for inclusion in the Barcelona festival line up. These include the Barcelona darkwave duo Stendhal Syndrome (with visuals by Alba G. Corral); the disco, house and pop sounds of Pffff; Shelby Grey (the new project by Barcelona's Vicknoise); Aster, the outstanding new duo of djs on the Hivern label; the Barcelona Laptops Orchestra; the intimate notes from IDM of Ragul; the Aragonese dj Chelis, one of the most creative djs in Spain; the mixture of jazzy grooves and beatboxing of Beat’A’Boom; and selectors from Spain's two leading music publications: Half Nelson and Vidal Romero (Go-Mag djs) and Joan S. Luna (MondoSonoro), as well as the showcase by Natura Sonoris, one of the country's leading techno labels, with its main man Henry Saiz and the dark and profound Sistema.

Sónar Galicia adds 5 top level shows to the line-up: James Murphy, Four Tet, the techno-dubstep producer Martyn, the tech-house maestro Radio Slave and the French house duo DJ Mehdi Vs. Brodinski.
 

In anticipation of further confirmations, Sónar, the 18th International Festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Art, which will be held in Barcelona on the 16th to 18th of June, now features a total of 125 shows with these 21 new additions.



List of new confirmed additions:

Sónar Barcelona 2011

James Murphy (DFA/US)
Four Tet (Text/UK)
Dizzee Rascal (Dirtee Stank/UK)
Ghostpoet (Brownswood Recordings/UK)
Tiga (Turbo/CA)
Yelawolf (Shady Records/US)
oOoOO (Tri Angle/US)
Sewing Machine Orchestra (CA)
Chelis (Lo-Fi Funk/ES)
Stendhal Syndrome (ES)
PFFFF (New York Club/ES)
Shelby Grey (Holographic People/ES)
Barcelona Laptop Orchestra (Esmuc/ES)
Ragul (Discontinu/ES)
Beat'A'Boom (Col·lectiu Cazique/ES)
Aster (Hivern/ES)
Half Nelson + Vidal Romero (Go Mag/ES)
Joan S. Luna (ES)
Showcase Stroboscopic Artefacts :: Lucy + Dadub (IT)
Showcase Natura Sonoris :: Henry Saiz + Sistema (ES)
 

Joining previously released artists: Underworld, Aphex Twin, Janelle Monáe, M.I.A., Magnetic Man, Steve Reich + bcn216 + Synergy Vocals, Die Antwoord, The Human League,  Cut Copy, Paul Kalkbrenner, Chris Cunningham, Buraka Som Sistema, Katy B, Apparat Band, Shackleton, James Holden, Nicolas Jaar, Africa Hitech, Global Communication... and more.

  
Sónar Galicia 2011

James Murphy (DFA/US)
Four Tet (Text/UK)
Martyn (3024/NL)
Radio Slave (Rekids/UK)
DJ Mehdi vs Brodinski (Ed Banger-Turbo/FR)

Joining previously released artists: Underworld, M.I.A., Richie Hawtin, Magnetic Man, Die Antwoord, Cut Copy, Boys Noize, Buraka Som Sistema, Shackleton, James Holden, The Gaslamp Killer, Judah, Colectivo Oruga…and more.

Check out the exclusive Sónar 2011 mix from Offshore (Ninja Tune / UK)