Kaytranada
Sónar Barcelona completes the main bloc of its music line-up with the addition of more than 50 new artists headed by the legendary Chic, one of the greatest dance bands of all time, masterminded by Nile Rodgers.
The festival also includes shows by various Nordic artists currently receiving a great deal of attention, including Neneh Cherry and Lykke Li, who are both deploying their great talent for pop, electronica and soul and presenting their new albums at Sónar. The northern team consisting of the Norwegian duo Röyksopp and the Swedish singer Robyn, who promise large doses of high-flying electropop euphoria, also Todd Terje, the king of cosmic disco and Trentemøller, who with his band will be presenting songs from the recent “Lost,” halfway between indie pop and epic electronica.
Sónar will also present the immersive digital experiences from Audion and Daito Manabe, the former with a show of pure techno designed by the people behind ISAM, by Amon Tobin; and the latter with a show that combines videomapping and contemporary dance. Latest additions to Sónar line-up also include a visionary artists like Dam-Funk (retro-futuristic electro-boogie), Kid Koala (scratch and cabaret), Forest Swords (dub and ancestral folk), Henry Saiz (organic electronica) and the collision of languages between one of the most important figures at today’s sonic cutting edge, Oren Ambarchi, and Sinfonietta Cracovia in a collaboration between Sónar and the Polish festival Unsound.
Funk and hip hop are in the DNA of three iconoclastic artists who will be at Sonar by Day: Kid Koala returns with a new show – Vinyl Vaudeville 2.0, which features turntable mischief and revamps classic genres of black music in a contemporary cabaret format. Dâm-Funk will be bringing vintage synthesisers and drum machines to thrill partygoers with their sizzling retro-futurist boogie-funk. Spoek Mathambo will be at the helm of Fantasma, a supergroup of South African musicians who fuse the country’s house and psychedelic traditions into a powerful, vibrant sound. For yet another year the Academy presents an extensive and intense programme in which some of the most talented young artists such as Koreless, Astroboyz, T. Williams or De La montagne shows their art… All of them, as always, at SónarDôme.
Watch full list of confirmed artists so far at official Sónar page
And if you are still not in the right mood, just play this stunning Kaytranada’s remix of Janet Jackson…
Lykke Li
Four Tet
Trentemøller (by Philip Wiper)
All Images Press courtesy of Sónar festival
