<p class="p1">After a resoundingly successful first edition in 2023, <strong>+RAIN Film Festival</strong> returns in 2024.&nbsp;</p><p class="p1">An international festival devoted to the use of AI in cinema, it explores how this new technology is intersecting and integrating with current narratives in cinema. It also offers a forum for debate on the aesthetic, ethical and political implications of the use of AI in the creative industries.&nbsp;</p><p class="p2">&nbsp;</p><p class="p1">For the festival’s second year, Sónar+D has deepened its collaboration with the festival, which will take place from the 11th-14th June 2024, spread between the UPF’s Poblenou campus and Sónar+D, split into four different sections: RESEARCH, FEST, LIVE and FAIR.</p><p class="p2">&nbsp;</p><p class="p1">More information and a full programme will follow soon, head to the festival website to <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.upf.edu/es/web/rainfilmfest"><span class="s1">find out more</span></a>.</p>

A new kind of cinema

+RAIN Film Festival

<p class="p1"><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Adelaida</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">’s music is pure fantasy. From her production studio ‘“on the moon”, the Catalan artist mixes mystical elements into her delicate compositions. With a background in fine arts and choir, her approach to music is both unorthodox and deeply personal. She explores the expressive limits of the voice, creating songs from innumerable layers of chants: as can be heard on</span><i><span style="font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span></i></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://adelaidamusic.bandcamp.com/album/c-ntaro-2"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><i><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Cántaro</u></span></i></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, her debut album (which was produced by fellow Sónar 2024 artist LANAV). For her second album, she’s collaborating with local producers MANS O and Pura Cadera. Gloomier and more baroque in tone, it conjures up visions of chimerical landscapes, her voice once again at the centre of her, accompanied by gentle electronic production flourishes. She’ll reach out to the audience for an intimate concert at Sónar 2024.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

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Guided by voices

Adelaida

<p class="p1">The <strong>AI &amp; Blockchain Creative Summit</strong> returns to Sónar with a new name and a slight rebrand in 2024. A collaboration between <strong>Sónar+D </strong>and<strong> UPF Ventures</strong> (an enterprise by the UPF, dedicated to collaborations between researchers and industry and the promotion of technology transfer between the University and businesses), the summit will once again bring together emerging talent and companies. Acting as a forum for exchange , it’s where creatives and technologists can present projects for consideration and evaluation, seek advice on their ideas, and gain insight into where industry and researchers see AI and Blockchain technology&nbsp; heading in the coming years. More information and a full programme will be published in the near future.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

Bringing researchers, creatives, technologists, and business together

AI & Blockchain Creative Summit

<p class="p1"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Acacia Ojea aka&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Akazie</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> started her musical education learning classical piano and Galician percussion in her hometown of Vigo in northwestern Spain. After studying fine art, she decided to focus on sound art, in parallel with a developing interest in deconstructed and postclub sounds. Living in both Marseille and Porto, she immersed herself in sound (both inside and outside the club), before studying audiovisual art and then pursuing a Masters in electroacoustic composition in Madrid. Today, she continues to work in both sound design and multimedia art, also DJing and running active listening workshops. The Galician artist is a perfect representation of how postclub aesthetics have opened up the dancefloor: at Sónar, expect complex, rhythmic dance music and textured experimental electronics.</span></span></p>

Una abanderada del deconstructed club nacional

Akazie

<p class="p1">You must be doing something right when you collaborate with the likes of Simona, Mori, and Ralphie Choo (all of whom have recently appeared at Sónar) on your first EP. Then you release a double single with another recent Sónar artist, Dinamarca. Two moments that have signalled the beginning of an exciting new phase in <strong>Amore</strong>'s career as a solo artist. The classically trained pianist from Murcia is making her mark on the Spanish scene with a blend of pop melodies, experimental production and lyrics that brim with nostalgia. She’s set to make her debut at Sónar 2024, where she'll unveil her very first album to the world.</p>

A splash of nostalgia-tinged Spanish pop

Amore

<p class="p1">ASIANDOPEBOYS is the title given to the artistic practice of Tianzhuo Chen, whose multidisciplinary performances, installations, music videos, photography and artworks, blur the boundaries between exhibition and theatre. Cultural symbols, as diverse as 90’s clip art, skateboard graphics, chairman mao, butoh theater, or tibetan Idols are all fair-game for co-option and recontextualisation, ready-mades to be placed in service of his unique and diverse global version. Intimately connected to club culture, and the international electronic underground, his new 6 hour show Physis features a cast of performers and musicians that includes Ylva Falk, Ndoho Ange, Ican Harem, Kasimyn, Siko Setyanto, OMI, Lavinia Vago, Léa Djyl, Felix-Florian Tödtloff, City, KIM KHAN, ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U and&nbsp; Dis Fig.&nbsp;</p>

Everything, everywhere, all at once. 

ASIANDOPEBOYS present 'PHYSIS'

<p class="p1"><strong>Ben Böhmer</strong>’s music sounds like it could move mountains and part seas. The German producer’s brand of melodic electronica drips with emotion; his breakthrough album ‘Being Again’ was written when he found himself separated from his fiancé due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Three years on, and he’s one of the fastest rising producers in the world, freshly signed to Ninja Tune. He comes to Sónar 2024 at the height of his powers with a powerful, vulnerable live set that moves from swooning instrumentals to richly detailed club music.</p>

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Powerful, moving electronica 

Ben Böhmer live

<p class="p1"><meta charset="utf-8"></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Since her first tracks in 2021, rising local artist&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Bikôkô</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> has always laid bare her African roots and influences: you could already hear the influence of Tanzanian chants and West African rhythms in her smooth blend of r&amp;b and neo-soul. Just three years later, and after a move to London, the Barcelona-raised artist debuts at Sónar proper (after an appearance at SónarCCCB in 2021) with a new live show. Expect tracks that follow the evolved sound she showcases on her latest EP&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://bikoko.bandcamp.com/album/destiny-2"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><i><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Destiny</u></span></i></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, which mixes West African percussion with electronic production and her sultry vocals.</span></span></p>

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West African soul 

Bikôkô

<p class="p1"><strong>Blackhaine </strong>is a multi-disciplinary artist who works with drill, noise, and choreography. His performances are inspired by the erratic, unconventional movements of butoh, a Japanese form of dance theatre known as “the dance of darkness”<i>.</i> His music is simultaneously nihilistic and romantic; inspired by an upbringing in northern England, beat poets like Burroughs and Ginsburg, as well as dub, ‘donk’ (a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/video/2011/oct/04/donk-vice-video"><span class="s1">local strain of happy hardcore</span></a>), and industrial iconoclasts like Coil and Throbbing Gristle.<i> </i>His choreography and scenography work includes collaborations with the likes of Kanye West and Playboi Carti. For Sónar 2024, he’s preparing a one-off, site-specific performance: expect a confrontational, physical, and visceral show.</p>

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Drill, noise, and choreography

Blackhaine

<p class="p1">Who indeed. A singular and enigmatic presence on the UK rap and grime scene for over a decade, his sporadic releases and features alongside rap luminaries such as Skepta or Giggs offered all too fleeting glimpses into the man behind the mask. For his first full length LP, <i>Famous Last Words</i>, CAS takes us further into the fantasy, with a sci-fi epic set in the DEADCORP universe with production by Johnny Jewel and Stranger Things’ Kyle Ritter. This 80’s synth drenched backdrop, best exemplified on the unexpected TikTok hit <i>Pat Earrings</i>, serves as the perfect backdrop to his hard hitting tales of sex, drugs and violence on the rain soaked streets and motorways of his native London.&nbsp;</p>

Who is CASISDEAD?

CASISDEAD

<p class="p1">Belgium’s second most famous export after <i>frites</i> shows no sign of slowing down on her march to techno world domination. Building on the rich legacy of Belgian rave heritage, and beloved by audiences across the globe, <strong>Charlotte de Witte</strong>’s festival and club sets, as well as her stewardship of the KNTXT label, have created a new standard for dancefloor melting, hard-edged, trancey techno. She comes to Sónar 2024 to present her new concept show, intriguingly titled ‘<strong>Overdrive</strong>’.</p>

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Next level trance and techno

Charlotte de Witte

<p class="p1">Berlin producer and DJ Cinthie pays tribute to the pioneers of house with her raw, energetic and modern take on the genre. A disciple of Chicago house - but also of Detroit techno, nu-disco, UK bass and footwork - she’s a renowned DJ, a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cinthie803.bandcamp.com/"><span class="s1">respected label and record store owner</span></a>, and an increasingly prolific producer. After wowing Sónar Lisboa in 2023, Berlin’s ‘Queen of House’ is bringing her live set to Sónar 2024. Come hear her twist the classic house sound into bold new shapes.</p>

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Classic house with a modern twist

Cinthie live

<p class="p1"><strong>Club Cringe</strong> is New York City’s very own dirty pop supergroup. A loose collective composed superstar siblings <strong>Frost Children</strong>, diamond diva <strong>Angel Money</strong>, ear-splitting noise pop trio <strong>Mother Cell</strong>, network virus DJ<strong> Wallh4x</strong> (Formerly of Deli Girls), and show-runner <strong>DJ Trick</strong>, they’re reinventing the concept of club music. Together they perform Groundbreaking Realtime Club Theatre to sold-out audiences worldwide. After gaining a cult following online, since 2022 they’ve re-emerged with a series of live, longform narrative AV showcases that evolve and rewrite themselves with each showing and each city. Come experience club music like you’ve never seen or heard it performed before at Sónar 2024.</p>

Realtime Club Theatre

Club Cringe

<p class="p1">As the “hardest-hustling DJ in Africa”, <strong>Coco Em</strong> burns with a fiery passion for music from East Africa and beyond. The Nairobi-based DJ, producer, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://norient.com/enzioka"><span class="s1">curator</span></a>, and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWLXck36oIA"><span class="s1">filmmaker</span></a> champions African producers and hyperlocal styles: from amapiano to Swahili trap (‘shrap’) and from afro house to gengeton (a mix of reggaeton and ‘genge’, Kenyan hip-hop with dancehall influences) and gqom. It makes sense that you can’t separate her art from her activism. Whether calling for land reform on her debut EP, decrying discriminatory border policies via the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://pan-african-music.com/en/coco-em-music-mobility-african-artists/"><span class="s1">Pass Pass</span></a> initiative, or supporting African femme producers with the Sim Sima platform, she’s a tireless advocate for change. At Sónar 2024, come feel her equally tis energy for the dancefloor.</p>

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African dance music’s most tireless advocate

Coco Em

<p class="p1">Not many scientists get a longform <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/09/11/can-we-talk-to-whales"><span class="s1">New Yorker article</span></a> dedicated to their work. Not many scientists are trying to understand how we might talk to whales either. <strong>David Gruber</strong>’s&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p class="p1">Project CETI (Cetacean Translation Initiative) certainly has an eye-catching objective: learn how to understand what sperm whales are saying to each other. It’s brought the marine biologist - plenty of attention from both inside and outside of the scientific community. Using Artificial Intelligence, Gruber is attempting to decipher the calls these huge marine mammals use to communicate with one another. At Sónar+D, he’ll shine a light on a life spent (mostly) at sea, focused on conservation, protecting biodiversity and safeguarding ecosystems.&nbsp;</p>

The man who wants to talk to whales 

David Gruber 

<p class="p1">An artist at the cutting edge of the Mexican electronic music scene, <strong>Dj Fucci</strong> is clearly influenced by the biodiversity of his home country. On <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://djfucci.bandcamp.com/album/fauna"><span class="s1">first EP</span></a> for <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://naafi.bandcamp.com/"><span class="s1">N.A.A.F.I</span></a>. he set himself the challenge of imagining what kind of club music four of the country’s native animals might write. His second release for the label features four ‘sustainable’ club tracks, each named after one of Mexico’s key <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://djfucci.bandcamp.com/album/milpa"><span class="s1">crops</span></a>, an exercise in musical permaculture. The music is just as playful as the concepts: nimble, percussive club tracks driven by a mix of traditional samples, breakbeats, and ravey basslines. An audio engineer, he also runs the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://wvwv.bandcamp.com/music"><span class="s1">Wava Wava netlabel</span></a>, helping document Mexico’s rich ecology of club music. Sónar 2024 is the natural environment for one his first appearances outside Latin America.</p>

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Playful hybrid club music from a rising talent  

Dj Fucci

<p class="p1">One of 2023’s breakout artists, <strong>DJ Gigola </strong>comes to Sónar 2024 riding on a high. Both solo and as part of the multifaceted <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.livefromearth.de/"><span class="s1">Live From Earth</span></a> collective, the Berlin native has been reconfiguring dancefloors since 2016. Using rhythm and groove as a guide, her hybrid sets take in everything from Surgeon to Madonna. She seamlessly blends high-intensity 90s cuts - trance, hardcore, techno and acid - with new school rave, club tracks, and dashes of pop music. Her experiments aren’t confined to the club either: inspired by her yoga and meditation practice, she’s released an <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://livefromearthklub.bandcamp.com/album/fluid-meditations"><span class="s1">album of guided meditations</span></a> featuring ASMR vocals, field recordings and goa-style tabla drums. At Sónar by Day, she’ll be strictly focused on the dancefloor: expect a genre-fluid workout from this rising star.</p>

Genre-fluid dancefloor workouts

DJ Gigola

<p class="p1"><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Dyce&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">is not really particularly Belgian: his hybrid trap is mainly shaped by his Russian (and Spanish) heritage. He began his career as a sensation in Russia, collaborating with a host of leading Russian artists. His Spanish influences have always been present in his hybridised music, and recent years have seen him increasingly focus on Iberia and Latin America. Somewhat of a viral celebrity in the Spanish-speaking world because of his beautifully original high concept visual content: as seen both on TikTok and in his music videos, he’ll debut at Sónar in 2024, after a year that’s seen him open for the likes of 070 Shake and collaborate with a legend like Mala Rodriguez.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

 Hybrid, cross-cultural trap

Dyce

<p class="p1"><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Studying jazz percussion and musical composition at the Berklee College of Music in New York wasn’t supposed to lead&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Ela Minus</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> to make music with synthesisers... but that didn't matter to the Colombian artist. A singer, songwriter, producer, and performer with a deep passion for synths, Minus introduced herself to the world in the midst of the pandemic with&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://elaminus.bandcamp.com/album/acts-of-rebellion"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><i><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>acts of rebellion</u></span></i></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, a mini album with equal importance given to lyrics, melodies and production. Impressed by her work, Caribou’s Dan Snaith invited her to open for him on his North American tour, before she hooked up with DJ Python (who’ll also appear at Sónar 2024 with&nbsp;</span></span><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://sonar.es/en/activity/natural-wonder-beauty-concept"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Natural Wonder Beauty Concept</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">)</span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">for the&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://elaminus.bandcamp.com/album/ep"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><i><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>♡ EP</u></span></i></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">. In 2024, as an increasingly assured and mature producer and performer, she’ll debut at Sónar in advance of a yet-to-be-announced second album.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

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La dulzura nunca fue tan contundente

Ela Minus

<p class="p1">El b2b2b2 de Eliza Rose, Dan Shake y Sally C promete ser una experiencia musical vibrante y diversa. Eliza Rose, emergiendo de la cultura underground británica con su exitoso “B.O.T.A (Baddest Of Them All)”, exprime su talento como vocalista, productora y DJ para brindar actuaciones enérgicas y llenas de múltiples influencias. Dan Shake, conocido por su habilidad para mezclar lo mejor del funk, el disco y el soul con un toque moderno, mantiene siempre a su público en pie gracias a su energía contagiosa y su versatilidad en la mezcla. Y Sally C, con su pasión por el house vintage que abarca desde hip house y acid hasta techno, aportará su selección de clásicos atemporales y sonidos frescos, elementos que la definen como selectora.&nbsp;</p><p class="p2">&nbsp;</p><p class="p1">Juntos, estos tres artistas representan lo mejor de la escena electrónica contemporánea del Reino Unido, cada uno con su propio enfoque y un sentido compartido de exploración musical. Este show no sólo será un escaparate de su talento individual, sino también una celebración de la sinergia entre tres asombrosos talentos.</p>

Una oda a la música house en todas sus formas

Eliza Rose b2b Dan Shake b2b Sally C

<p class="p1">James Ginzburg and Paul Purgas’ <strong>EMPTYSET </strong>project has lain dormant for a few years now, as each member focused on other projects (Ginzburg with the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.unsound.pl/en/archive/en/bubbles-2022/artists/osmium-hildur-gudnadottirsam-slaterjames-ginzbergrully-shabara.html"><span class="s1">Osmium ensemble</span></a>, while Purgas researched and compiled <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://state51.bandcamp.com/album/the-nid-tapes-electronic-music-from-india-1969-1972"><span class="s1">recordings</span></a> from India’s first electronic music studio). They return in 2023 with <i>ash, </i>a six-track collection of rugged, abstract electronic compositions that teeter between dubwise noise and extremely punishing club music. Making exclusive use of analogue hardware and captured using spatialised recording techniques, it’s one of the most potent releases of their career, concentrating nearly two decades of experimental audio research into 16 taut minutes. Those in search of sonic oblivion won’t want to miss the duo’s set at Sónar 2024.&nbsp;</p>

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Rugged, abstract electronics

EMPTYSET

<p class="p1">Throughout his career as a DJ and producer, Sam Shepherd aka <strong>Floating Points </strong>has shown himself fascinated by the emotional potential of even the most seemingly out there and abstract sounds. An active digger and sonic explorer, his b2b sessions with Dan Snaith (Caribou) and Keiran Hebden (Four Tet) at Plastic People are the stuff of London club legend, while his recent LP with the late, great Pharoah Sanders and the London Contemporary Orchestra, placed him on numerous end of year lists. For this live set at Sónar by Night, he’ll be once again pushing at the outer limits of club music, building on the modular synth work outs of recent single<i> </i><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://floatingpoints.bandcamp.com/album/birth4000"><span class="s1">Birth 4000</span></a><i>.</i></p>

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Geometrically perfect club music

Floating Points

<p>Folamour is arguably the most influential French electronic artist around today. In recent years, Bruno Boumendil’s multiple releases have been a breath of fresh air for (French) house and disco; and with ‘Manifesto’, his sixth studio album released in mid-2023, he might have just reached the peak of his still young career. Echoing his on-stage appearances, it finds him immersing himself in a joyful dance music: the energy of house and the euphoria of disco mixed with influences from funk who has reached the peak of his still young and promising career with the release of ‘Manifesto’ his sixth studio album, in mid-2023. In it, just like in all his stage appearances, Folamour immerses himself in the vast spectrum of joyful dance music: the energy of house and the euphoria of disco blended with funk and indie influences, African rhythms and melodies. 14 tracks that offer a taste of what you’ll hear next June at Sónar 2024, when he presents his brand new A/V show.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;</p>

The shining star of French house and disco 

Folamour (A/V)

<p class="p1"><strong>Gabber Eleganza </strong>started as a digital archive created by Alberto Guerrini - 'El Diablo' to his friends, but has quickly become a multidisciplinary project encompassing art, fashion, music, and culture in general. Both as Gabber Eleganza and via his <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://neversleeplife.bandcamp.com/"><span class="s1">Never Sleep</span></a> label, Guerrini has appeared at clubs and festivals all over the world, bridging the gap between the sonic and the aesthetic sides of hardcore, post-rave movements, and contemporary culture. At Sónar 2024, he’ll present ‘<strong>The Hakke Show</strong>',&nbsp; where a group of dancers (usually veterans, although a few younger members have recently joined the group) bring the archetypical hakke style to the stage, adding their energetic choreography to the rapid rhythm - usually over 180bpm - of gabber. Get ready to jump, scream, sweat and dance at Sónar next June.</p>

The real dark hard gabber

Gabber Eleganza presents ‘The Hakke Show’

<p class="p1">Las influencias de referentes como Arca o James Blake son evidentes en las performances de este joven talento emergente de Barcelona. Hadren es productor, diseñador sonoro, cantante y DJ. Su amalgama estilística va del deconstructed club, el avant-pop y el ambient al techno y el dembow, fusionando estilos para reflejar su visión del mundo desde una perspectiva queer. Un directo transgresor y demoledor, repleto de texturas ruidistas y provocación.</p>

Del techno al dembow, con perspectiva queer made in BCN

Hadren

<p class="p1">What do you get if you cross Hector Oaks, a stalwart of the European techno underground, and Partiboi69, the Australian rave maestro (with a mean line in New Balance sneakers)? The answer is 2 solid hours of laser focused machine funk and hi-nrg techno, endlessly ratcheting bpms and pyrotechnics both technical and (possibly) literal. Not much of a punchline, granted, but a good time, guaranteed.&nbsp;</p>

Anything but a joke. 

Héctor Oaks b2b Partiboi69

<p class="p1">Don’t bother locking the stable door&nbsp; - Eurodance sensation horsegiirL has made a dash for the mainstream. A much loved fixture on the Berlin club scene, this flag bearer for feel-good arpeggios, happy hardcore breakdowns and tales of forbidden interspecies love is set to turn the green grass of Sónar Village into a paddock-rave for all her VIP’s (Very Important Pony’s). Neigh-sayers be dammed.&nbsp;</p>

Unbridled Pleasure

horsegiirL

<p class="p1">Aunque, a juzgar por su selección musical en la residencia mensual que tiene en la radio DosDos, Jehia es un selector de visión amplísima, en sus DJ sets tiene muy claro hacia dónde ir: ritmos <i>high-energy</i> pensados para el club, melodías intrincadas, puro frenesí. Y es que Jehia es un artista claramente influenciado por su entorno. Primero, fue la locura de las calles de El Cairo, su ciudad natal. Ahora, es el estrés del día a día en Barcelona, ciudad en la que vive. El jungle, la bass music, la IDM y el deconstructed club hicieron su trabajo: Jehia ha desarrollado un estilo muy particular, en el que la oscuridad y la energía más vibrante conviven, como lo hacen sus mezclas, capaces de abarcar una amplísima gama de géneros sin apenas esfuerzo y sin que el dinamismo de la sesión lo acuse. Puro talento.</p>

Ritmos hi-energy y puro frenesí

Jehia

<p class="p1">A singular voice and an undeniable talent, Jessie Ware brings the glamour of Studio 54, and the energy of 80’s ibiza to Sónar this year, for, inexplicably, her first time at the festival. Over the last decade, Ware has grown in profile, from a much loved vocalist on the UKG and bass music scene to a multi-award nominated pop star, opening for Harry Styles and namechecked by none other than Barack Obama, as one of his favourite songwriters. Her new LP <i>That! Feels Good! </i>is a maximalist disco epic, whose influences span time and space - from the 70’s funk of Salsoul records or Arthur Baker productions, the unapologetic 80’s joy of Wham or Grace Jones, through to contemporary icons Kylie and Roisin Murphy - both of whom guest on the album. Armed with an album of dancefloor-destroying bangers and a back catalogue stacked with certified hits, her long overdue performance at Sónar is set to be one for the history books.</p>

Be-ware of the groove

Jessie Ware

<p class="p1">Judeline emerge como nueva gran fuerza en la escena musical española, marcando territorio con un impacto tan precoz como significativo. Su primer EP de la luz, compuesto por cinco canciones, confirma su potencial ya insinuado en colaboraciones previas con artistas como Alizzz, Oddliquor y Tuiste. Este trabajo se alinea con los grandes nombres que han redefinido el pop comercial en castellano, explorando nuevos terrenos sin perder de vista la rica tradición musical del sur de España. Estamos ante un crisol de ritmos de baile, aventuras sonoras y emociones profundas. Estamos ante una voz artística propia y distintiva. Estamos, ante una fusión de guitarras flamencas y palmas con ritmos funk. Estamos, en definitiva, ante una de las voces más reconocibles y llamativas de los últimos tiempos en el país. Estamos, simplemente, ante Judeline.</p>

El futuro del pop en español

Judeline

<p class="p1">For <strong>KAMAUU</strong>, music is an extension of his own spirituality. A rapper, poet, and thinker, the Maryland-born artist sees his creative output as a way of serving a purpose, his own contribution to the vast, complex ecosystem that is humanity. Mixing funk and r&amp;b with a furious vocal style that evokes slam poetry as much as it does rap - think OutKast’s André 3000 at his most inspired and enlightened - his debut album <i>Lacuna and The House Of Mirrors </i>charts his own personal spiritual journey and the lessons he’s learnt along the way. A charismatic live performer, he’ll light up the stage at Sónar 2024.</p>

Poetry in motion 

KAMAUU

<p class="p1">Since bursting onto the scene with a ubiquitous Janet Jackson remix, the universally acclaimed 99% LP, and a triumphant Sónar by Night performance in 2017, the Montreal raised producer Kaytranada has emerged as a modern master of the woozy, sample based funk pioneered by J-Dilla and Madlib. Despite the Grammy wins (2 and counting) and production credits for a who’s who of pop royalty, Kaytranada continues to keep an ear to the underground, with his most recent joint LP with rapper Aminé coming over as the perfect blend of beats and rhymes.&nbsp;</p>

Beats, rhymes and life

Kaytranada

<p class="p1">Long gone is the young pianist whose debut LP ‘<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://kellymoran.bandcamp.com/album/bloodroot"><span class="s1">Bloodroot</span></a>’ captivated audiences, critics, and even the likes of Oneohtrix Point Never (she’d later appear as part of his live band) in 2017. In 2024, <strong>Kelly Moran</strong> is much more than that. With her second album, ‘<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://kellymoran.bandcamp.com/album/ultraviolet"><span class="s1">Ultraviolet</span></a>’ on Warp, she opened up her prepared piano (where various objects are placed on or between the strings, altering the sound) to welcome influences from jazz, dream pop, neo-classical, and even black metal. A frequent collaborator - credits include FKA twigs, Yves Tumor, and The Avalanches - she comes to Sónar 2024 to present her third full-length album, and her second for Warp. Moran’s superhuman technique is at the core of this new set of experimental compositions, helping further expand the creative and sonic boundaries of her instrument. Expect a hypnotic and emotional concert where classical and electronic music converge.</p>

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Expanding the creative boundaries of the piano

Kelly Moran

<p class="p1">Sónar está de enhorabuena. Y es que, en 2024, podrá contar en sus filas con uno de los DJs y multiinstrumentistas con mayor conocimiento técnico y musical del panorama. Innovador donde los haya, Kerri Chandler se ganó a peso ese apodo de “el Stevie Wonder del House”: soul, jazz y funk conviven en sus maratonianas sesiones de joyas house, famosas por su fluidez y precisión en la mezcla, así como por sus aportaciones en forma de teclados, vocales en vivo y bucles. Fundador de MadTech Records y Kaoz Theory, ha influido en artistas como The Martinez Brothers (que estarán también en el festival) y Seth Troxler. Kerri Chandler será, sin duda, uno de los grandes protagonistas de esta edición.</p>

El gran maestro del house en la Costa Este

Kerri Chandler

<p class="p1">El ascenso de KI/KI en el último lustro ha sido frenético. Todo empezó en 2018 como DJ residente en Spielraum, uno de esos clubs de Amsterdam a los que hay que ir al menos una vez en la vida. Pronto dio el salto a los grandes clubs y festivales en Europa, convirtiéndose en icono de un sonido más bien propio de la <i>golden era</i> del rave. La neerlandesa combina trance, acid y techno en un sonido rápido, onírico y eufórico. Un sonido que, ahora, ejecuta también como cosecha propia con su primer proyecto live, cuya única fecha en España este año será en Sónar. KI/KI, con un corazón aún en los rincones más íntimos de la vida nocturna, seguirá dejando huella en la escena rave global.</p>

El rave renace por gente como ella

KI/KI live

<p class="p1">Melodías gelatinosas, pop chicloso, música de club deconstruida y voces ultraprocesadas son sólo algunos de los ingredientes que utiliza en sus directos LaFrancesssa, una suerte de “prototipo de robot fallido” reconocida en el underground nacional por sus colaboraciones con Chico Blanco. Bajo las influencias de Arca y SOPHIE, los ritmos percutivos, melodías ambient y sintonías pop de la DJ, performer y artista musical conviven en plena armonía. Y es que LaFrancesssa se adueña de cada escenario al que sube para crear sobre él su peculiar universo, tan brillante como desolador.</p>

Una experimento futurista y rebelde 

LaFrancesssa

<p class="p1">Fomentar una comunidad local cálida y unida. Eso es, sin duda, lo que lleva a LANAV a ser tan extremadamente proactiva: ha cofundado el colectivo y sello Abundance, ha trabajado en diseño de sonido para proyectos cinematográficos y publicitarios, ha diseñado paisajes sonoros inmersivos para exposiciones y, por último, ha coproducido el álbum debut de Adelaida (quien también estará en Sónar 2024). LANAV emplea a menudo tres e incluso cuatro tocadiscos a la vez, fusionando sonidos experimentales, breaks electrizantes y líneas de bajo resonantes y llenas de energía. Una montaña rusa de emociones que deconstruye el terreno familiar para crear terrenos completamente nuevos.</p>

La gran figura emergente del clubbing barcelonés

LANAV

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">British producer<strong> Lee Gamble </strong>wrote his latest album&nbsp;</span><i><span style="font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Models&nbsp;</span></i><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">using AI-generated synthetic voices that sing in an almost wordless language. To bring it to life, he’s collaborating with Spanish choreographer/action artist Candela Capitán, for a special performance featuring lighting design by Jacqueline Sobiszewski, and co-produced by Sónar and Krakow’s Unsound festival.&nbsp;</span><i><span style="font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Models&nbsp;</span></i><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">uses the idea of learning, mimicry and the sharing of physical signals and information to inform the narrative and overall movement, and Candela's choreography explores the dynamics of embodiment, mimicry and mechanisation. Measuring the IRL experience against that mediated via technology, the performers will stream their close ups throughout the piece via instagram live.&nbsp;</span></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style="line-height:2.057142857142857;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Lee Gamble</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> - concept &amp; art direction, music &amp; sound design&nbsp;</span></span></p><p style="line-height:2.057142857142857;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Candela Capitán</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> - performance direction &amp; choreography, staging</span></span></p><p style="line-height:2.057142857142857;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Jacqueline Sobiszewski</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> - light design</span></span></p><p style="line-height:2.057142857142857;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">performed by:&nbsp;</span></span></p><p style="line-height:2.057142857142857;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Julia Romero Soriano</strong></span></span></p><p style="line-height:2.057142857142857;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Mariona Moranta Capllonch</strong></span></span></p><p style="line-height:2.057142857142857;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Virginia Martin Mateos</strong></span></span></p><p style="line-height:2.057142857142857;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;" dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p><p style="line-height:2.057142857142857;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">A co-production by<strong> Sónar</strong> and <strong>Unsound</strong></span></span></p>

Synthetic voices and abstract choreography 

Lee Gamble presents 'Models' with Candela Capitán

<p class="p1">Only <strong>Loraine James</strong> could set a story about spending time with her grandparents to glitchy IDM. Few electronic artists have mastered the art of intimacy like the London producer, whose music is a densely woven - and constantly evolving - soundscape that directly reflects her own experiences. Her latest album Gentle Confrontation, her third for Hyperdub, is her most intimate and raw yet: laying bare influences that range from grime and midwestern emo to math rock to r&amp;b, drill, and modern classical. Immerse yourself in her beautifully rendered world at Sónar 2024.&nbsp;</p>

Intimate soundscapes from a unique producer 

Loraine James

<p class="p1"><strong>Marie Davidson</strong>’s relationship with electronic music has always been coloured by a certain ambivalence: two years ago, the Montreal musician and DJ threatened to <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ehga015ZPM"><span class="s1">go back to rock</span></a>; six years have gone by since <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5rX5SdVxjs"><span class="s1">she waved goodbye to the dancefloor</span></a>. Renowned for her idiosyncratic vocal delivery (half-spoken, half-sung) and sharp-tongued satire (in both English and French), she first signed to James Murphy’s DFA Records with husband Pierre Guerineau as <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://essaiepas.bandcamp.com/album/demain-est-une-autre-nuit"><span class="s1">Essaie Pas</span></a>. She’s gone on to release a defining pair of solo albums on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://ct-mariedavidson.bandcamp.com/album/adieux-au-dancefloor"><span class="s1">Cititrax</span></a> and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://mariedavidson.bandcamp.com/album/working-class-woman"><span class="s1">Ninja Tune</span></a>, blending her love of brooding 80s synths and catchy melody with hard-hitting club productions, personal confessions and feminist critique. After bringing the band back together in 2020 as for an expansive, oddball pop record as <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://mariedavidson.bandcamp.com/album/renegade-breakdown"><span class="s1">Marie Davidson &amp; L’Œil Nu</span></a>, she’s preparing to release new album (inspired by comedy and literature), which she’ll bring to the stage at Sónar 2024.</p>

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Electronic music’s most idiosyncratic voice returns

Marie Davidson live

<p class="p1">A caballo entre el trance, el eurodance y el hard house, DJ Daddy Trance nunca decepciona. Estamos ante una apuesta firme y contrastada por los himnos de épocas doradas. Melodías, cantos y drops que trasladan al público a aquellos anelados años 90. Himnos como “Call Me” o “It’s That Time” refrendan esa sensación de que, cuando Marlon Hoffstadt aprieta el botón, la gente se desata. Sean cuantos sean, estén donde estén y sin importar el momento, multitudes pueden ponerse a corear cuales coros infantiles. Porque <i>Daddy </i>ha conseguido que niños y adultos salten y griten al ritmo de sus temas y que pistas de baile de todo el mundo sonrían mientras los bpm no paran de aumentar.</p>

Música eufórica para todos los públicos

Marlon Hoffstadt aka DJ Daddy Trance

<p class="p1">Originally from Galicia, but now based in Valencia, where she teaches at the Berklee College of Music, <strong>Marte Verde</strong> is a&nbsp; visual artist, creative technologist and educator. Her work explores the unpredictable relationship between the organic and the electronic, and how this can be visualised. Noise, randomness and repetition are all key elements of her practice, as is real-time digital manipulation of analog signals. Inspired by DIY and maker philosophy, she’s an avid collaborator, having worked with artists ranging from composer José Venditti, Galician producers BFlecha and Yugen Kala, and German electronic musicians Antony Rother and Christoph de Babalon. For Sónar+D 2024, she’ll draw on her teaching experience to explain how she’s finding innovative ways to use AI technology.</p>

An analogue girl in a digital world 

Marta Verde 

<p class="p1">Mitad australiano, mitad egipcio, moktar combina la instrumentación árabe tradicional con la música de club y, más concretamente, la música techno. Tras superar episodios de racismo y abusos en su juventud, moktar centra su mensaje como artista en su identidad, mostrando su orgullo por ser de Oriente Medio y compartiendo los sonidos de su cultura a través de su música. Los clubs de Australia ya han dicho “sí” a moktar, que llega a Sónar tras firmar con Steel City Dance Discs (sello de Mall Grab) un doble EP que explora el techno y la IDM desde la percusión árabe.</p>

La fusión techno-árabe que ha cautivado a Australia

moktar

<p class="p1">The music <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://anaroxanne.bandcamp.com/album/because-of-a-flower-2"><span class="s1"><strong>Ana Roxanne</strong></span></a> and Brian Piñeyro (<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://djpythonnyc.bandcamp.com/album/natural-wonder-beauty-concept"><span class="s1"><strong>DJ Python</strong></span></a>) make as <strong>Natural Wonder Beauty Concept</strong> is less a collaboration and more an extension of a friendship. The tentative, fragile and intimate nature of their <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://naturalwonderbeautyconcept.bandcamp.com/album/natural-wonder-beauty-concept"><span class="s1">self-titled debut album</span></a> echoes how the pair first met in the winter of 2020. Ana had just moved to New York, and they got to know each other in the shadow of the pandemic and rolling lockdowns. During shared car rides, they’d talk and listen to slow, melancholy music - Telegram-era Björk, HTRK, Portishead - to decompress. When they moved to the studio, that familiarity carried over, along with a release from the expectations of their solo work - Piñeyro even contributed vocals for the first time in his career. Live, their mix of trip-hop, abstract electronica and breathy vocals feels just as warm as those first shared car journeys: come experience it at Sónar 2024. &nbsp;</p>

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Fragile, warm and intimate downtempo  

Natural Wonder Beauty Concept

<p class="p1">A&nbsp; transdisciplinary artist and researcher from Santiago, Chile, <strong>Nicole L’Huillier</strong> explores sound and vibrations as a way to explore agency, identity, collectivity and imagination. Playfulness and DIY are recurring themes in her work, which includes installations, sonic and vibrational sculptures, custom-made listening and sounding devices, performances, experimental compositions, poetry and writing.&nbsp; She holds a Ph.D. in Media Arts &amp; Sciences from MIT, and has been exhibited at venues including the Venice Architecture Biennale, Kunsthalle Baden Baden, and the Museo de Arte. For Sónar+D 2024, she’ll deliver a Masterclass that explores how she’s integrating AI in unique ways into her practice.</p>

Sound, vibration, art and AI 

Nicole L’Huiller

<p class="p1">Most descriptions of <strong>Olof Dreijer</strong> start with the fact that he was one half of pioneering duo The Knife. What they should start with is that he’s also responsible for some of the most forward-thinking dance music released this century. Between 2008 and 2010, under his <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://olofdreijer.bandcamp.com/album/oni-ayhun-oar003"><span class="s1">Oni Ayhun alias</span></a> he released a series of minimal, mind-bending singles that still sound like nothing else around. This year, he finally stepped out of the shadows to release a colourful, percussive EP under his own name on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://olofdreijer.bandcamp.com/album/rosa-rugosa-ep"><span class="s1">Hessle Audio</span></a>, and has begun to DJ again after a long hiatus. Expect a set of bright, rhythmically diverse selections at Sónar 2024, from Portuguese batida and crisp techno to rough baile funk and lush house.</p>

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An enigmatic icon steps out of the shadows

Olof Dreijer

<p class="p1">Algo estarás haciendo bien cuando tus primeras cuatro canciones te han llevado a irte de gira con C. Tangana para hacerle de telonero. De ello puede presumir pablopablo, que, no contento con ello, ha tenido el lujo participar también en sencillos como “Oliveira Dos Cen Anos”, himno del centenario del Celta de Vigo producido también por el Pucho. En 2023, Pablo Drexler vuelve a la guitarra como elemento central de su proceso creativo, aunando en sus producciones y directos tintes de r&amp;b, indie-rock, dream pop y sonidos alternativos. Un diamante en bruto de la Madrid más internacional.</p>

Guitarra y pop con proyección internacional

pablopablo

<p class="p1">A prolific composer and producer, as well as a journalist, educator and DJ, <strong>Peter Kirn </strong>is quite possibly the music industry’s leading technologist. Through their long-running website <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cdm.link/"><span class="s1">create digital music (cdm.link)</span></a>, they’ve helped democratise music-making technology for thousands of people, creating a fully-fledged online community in the process. In addition to their writing, they’re an accomplished improviser and musician, with releases that span club and experimental sonics; and also a facilitator of workshops and interactive performance labs. A frequent face at Sónar+D, in 2024 Peter<strong> </strong>will lead a Hacklab dedicated to AI and music, in which a small group of participants will work together to create a performance using AI tools. There’ll be an open call for participants - who’ll be selected by Peter - published in the near future.</p>

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Music’s leading technologist

Peter Kirn

<p class="p1"><strong>Project Area </strong>is the beating heart of Sónar+D, a forum, exhibition area and testing ground open to all attendees at Sónar by Day, where creative technology and innovative art meet eye-opening research, AI-generated visuals, and experimental video games. In 2024, exhibits will be grouped under seven overlapping categories and themes:</p><p class="p2">&nbsp;</p><ul class="ul1"><li class="li3"><strong>Music &amp; Sound</strong><br>&nbsp;</li></ul><p class="p1">Research, design and technology focused on music or sound.&nbsp;</p><p class="p2">&nbsp;</p><ul class="ul1"><li class="li3"><strong>AI and Music&nbsp;</strong><br>&nbsp;</li></ul><p class="p1">Research, design and technology that combines Artificial Intelligence or machine-learning with musical production.&nbsp;</p><p class="p2">&nbsp;</p><ul class="ul1"><li class="li3"><strong>Avatars, Digital Beings, and the Metaverse&nbsp;</strong><br>&nbsp;</li></ul><p class="p1">Work that explores human-machine symbiosis and the art of creating digital selves.</p><p class="p2">&nbsp;</p><ul class="ul1"><li class="li3"><strong>Experimental and artistic gaming</strong><br>&nbsp;</li></ul><p class="p1">Video games that push boundaries and explore new creative narratives.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p class="p2">&nbsp;</p><ul class="ul1"><li class="li3"><strong>Realities+D - Alternative Realities&nbsp;</strong><br>&nbsp;</li></ul><p class="p1">Augmented Realities (AR), Virtual Realities (VR), and Extended Realities (XR).&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p class="p2">&nbsp;</p><ul class="ul1"><li class="li3"><strong>AI and Film&nbsp;</strong><br>&nbsp;</li></ul><p class="p1">Research, design and technology that combines Artificial Intelligence or machine-learning with cinema and film production.</p><p class="p2">&nbsp;</p><ul class="ul1"><li class="li3"><strong>Blockchain experiments&nbsp;</strong><br>&nbsp;</li></ul><p class="p1">Novel and innovative projects and ideas that make use of blockchain technology.</p><p class="p2">&nbsp;</p><p class="p1">We’re accepting proposals to exhibit projects, ideas, prototypes and products at Project Area next June. Submit your proposal via the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://sonar.es/en/news/open-call-exhibe-tu-proyecto-en-sonard-2024-convocatoria-abierta-hasta-el-22-de-diciembre"><span class="s2"><strong>Sónar+D 2024 Open Call</strong></span></a> before Friday 22nd December 2023.</p>

Where Sónar+D comes to life 

Project Area

<p class="p1">Reinier Zonneveld está marcando una época. Tipo llamativo, se mire por donde se mire, el productor y performer neerlandés ha dejado muy claro que no atiende a ningún tipo de canon. Si alguien tenía que lograr el récord del live set más largo de la historia (11 horas y 11 minutos), tenía que ser él, un tío con camisas coloridas, cochazos por doquier y pasión desmedida por el champán. Por supuesto, registró el récord en su propio festival, Karren Maar, marca cuyo éxito camino de su mano, al igual que lo hace su sello Filth On Acid. Reinier Zonneveld es puro desgaste: techno ácido, estridente y ultraacelerado, drops secos y violentos y una energía desmedida que contagia a cualquiera con ganas de vaciarse en la pista. Convertido ya en residente de los grandes eventos a nivel europeo, Reinier Zonneveld apunta a convertirse en uno de esos amigos fieles de Sónar. De momento, está será su segunda visita al festival. Quien se perdiera la primera, ya no tiene excusa.</p>

Pura adrenalina acid; pura energía techno

Reinier Zonneveld live

<p class="p1">For Jamaica-born, Brooklyn-based artist <strong>SHYBOI</strong>, music is a tool to be used to question preconceived ideas of identity, power and history. Tapping into electronic music’s revolutionary past, she plays intense, driving sets that take in electro, breaks, Belgian rave classics, ghetto house, Jersey club, and even splashes of dancehall and soca, if the moment’s right. It’s a quintessentially Brooklyn style, rooted in both Caribbean soundsystem culture and American warehouse raves. Her debut release <i>Rave Down Babylon</i> perfectly summarises her approach - think DJ Stingray playing a Labor Day block party. If you miss the days when techno still felt and sounded revolutionary, don’t miss this one.</p>

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Revolutionary rave soundtracks 

SHYBOI

<p class="p1">Born in South Sudan, raised in Australia, and now based in France, <strong>Skin On Skin</strong> has found a natural way to blend club-ready house and techno with underground and alternative hip hop, from Memphis rap to drill. A skilled producer with an ear for an irresistible vocal hook, his style harks back to house’s raw, rugged beginnings: low slung, bass-driven and punchy. He comes to Sónar 2024 with a reputation for hard-charging, bumping DJ sets, which he peppers with his own unreleased tracks and unique edits. Don’t miss this one.</p>

Raw, rugged club music 

Skin on Skin

<p class="p1">The need to move is at the core of <strong>Slim Soledad</strong>’s identity. Growing up in Brazil, she was surrounded by music and dance from a young age; it wasn’t long before she was diving into São Paulo’s vibrant party scene and taking classes in vogue and contemporary dance. Although now based in Berlin, she organised some of São Paolo’s first trans-led parties as part of the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.instagram.com/_ch3rnobyl/?hl=en"><span class="s1">Chernobyl</span></a> collective (named for the insults her cofounder received online). This was also where she started to hone her style as a DJ: a fast-paced, intense mix of rapid techno, hard-edged baile funk, electro and hard trance. It's a formula many have since tried to copy, but few have equalled; come watch a true originator in action at Sónar 2024.</p>

Hard techno and baile funk from a true original

Slim Soledad

<p class="p1">Para entender a Spacer, es necesario bailarla. Agitadora cultural del underground barcelonés, vive precisamente en esos territorios las experiencias que moldearon sus valores y su visión artística, sintiendo así la inquietud por explorar más allá de la danza (carrera que completó en sus inicios). Spacer es una obsesa de los sonidos sintéticos y una fiel enemiga de las etiquetas y los géneros. Por eso, describir su sonido en estilos es pura invención. Spacer conecta con el público como pocas DJs lo hacen. Crea ambientes envolventes y conduce a su audiencia en un viaje sonoro tan introspectivo como eufórico, tan personal como comunitario, tan oscuro como feliz.</p>

Cierra los ojos y déjate llevar

Spacer

<p class="p1">Detroit meets Manchester behind the decks at Sónar 2024, as two female pioneers go back-to-back. <strong>Stacey Hotwaxxx Hale</strong> is one of Detroit’s unsung heroines, the first female house music DJ and producer from the Motor City; whose radio shows in the late 80s helped bring house music culture to the masses. She’s joined by<strong> </strong>Manchester’s <strong>DJ Paulette</strong>, one of two female resident DJs at the legendary Hacienda during the golden era of acid house. Each has spent over three decades in the game, and their thirst for new music and discovery has never faded. Expect rare grooves, uplifting house, jacking techno, and deep cuts from this sensational pair of selectors.&nbsp;</p>

A pioneering pair of selectors

Stacey Hotwaxxx Hale b2b DJ Paulette

<p class="p1">Anthony Child no se hace llamar Surgeon por casualidad. En efecto, es conocido por su enfoque preciso y quirúrgico en la producción de música techno, generalmente utilizando elementos industriales. A Speedy J, se le conoce por sus paisajes sonoros envolventes y su habilidad para mezclarlos con bases de techno inmersivo.</p><p class="p2">&nbsp;</p><p class="p1">Dos eruditos con una técnica incontestable que, cada vez que suben juntos a un escenario, llevan su maestría y su visión creativa a nuevas dimensiones. ‘MULTIPLES’ se presenta como una verdadera explosión sonora, un directo a cuatro manos que beberá del estilo quirúrgico de Surgeon y la sensibilidad ambiental de Speedy J para crear una experiencias única en la esfera techno… y más allá.</p>

Una clase magistral de techno clásico

Surgeon & Speedy J present ‘MULTIPLES’ live

<p class="p1">“I’m first and foremost a clubgoer,” Australian DJ and producr <strong>Surusinghe</strong> said in a recent interview. Her debut release <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://surusinghe.bandcamp.com/album/good-girls-bad-girls"><span class="s1">GOOD GIRLS // BAD GIRLS</span></a>, which came out in 2022, was a delight for open-minded ravers and DJs alike, combining warehouse-sized breaks with intricate percussive flourishes and crunchy low-end. A relocation to London and the capital's diverse club scene helped inspire a more esoteric (but just as potent) follow-up EP, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://surusinghe.bandcamp.com/album/get-flutey"><span class="s1">Get Flutey,</span></a> which features slithering flute samples (obviously), steel drums, fizzling electro, and dembow. She comes to Sónar with a growing reputation as one of the most thrilling DJs and producers around, following a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://surusinghe.bandcamp.com/album/brake-fluid"><span class="s1">brand new EP</span></a> of ‘alien club music’ on cult UK label AD93.</p>

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Alien club music

Surusinghe

<p class="p1">Rara vez en su zona de confort. Así es TAAHLIAH. La DJ y productora de Glasgow está obcecada en innovar, sesión tras sesión. Su influencia en la electrónica actual es especialmente notoria desde que su mini-álbum <i>Angelica </i>ganó el premio a Mejor EP y Mixtape Independiente en los AIM Awards. La EDM y los límites más avanzados de la música contemporánea se dan la mano en sus sesiones, como lo han llegado a hacer el hard dance y el pop más experimental. Reconocida por su energía en vivo y sus ingeniosas colaboraciones, TAAHLIAH llega a Sónar dispuesta a enseñar cómo suena la electronic dance music del futuro.&nbsp;</p>