Sonar announces 2012 line up

Sonar  has just announced its line up for this year's festival in Barcelona as well as for its other events in Tokyo, Sao Paulo and Cape Town.  Sonar Barcelona takes place from 14th to 16th June across two sites in and just outside of the city centre and this year some of the diverse acts performing will be The Roots, Mary Anne Hobbs vs Blawan, Richie Hawtin, Fatboy Slim, Friendly Fires, James Blake and Squarepusher. The Sonar brand has expanded in recent years to include three more events around the world, all with a slightly different focus to the main festival in Barcelona, check the line ups so far for those here.  Tickets are now on sale for all locations and the full line up so far for Barcelona is just below.

Sonar Barcelona, 14th-16th June 2012

LIne up so far-
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)

For tickets and info head here

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