Sonar 2006

[Eikman]

Line-up got announced today on the official site. Seems to me like they got rid of the really big names and some of the indiebands. looks good to me, despite the fucking expensive tickets (130€!!).

anyway, i suppose i'm travelling down to sunny Barcelona for the third year in a row. anyone else?

Concerts

.Tape. (Spa.rk/ES)
12Twelve (Acuarela/ES)
Afra & the Incredible Beatbox Band (Oddjob/JP)
AZ Rotator (Ad Noiseam/Madrid)
Birdy Nam Nam (Uncivilised World/FR)
Chic feat. Nile Rodgers (US)
Circlesquare (Output/CA)
Dave Clarke (Skint/UK)
Digable Planets (Blue Note/US)
Diplo vs A-Trak (Big Dada/US)
Disco D (Disco Digital/US)
DJ Krush (Sony/JP)
Dom Sotgiu plays Blood and Fire (Blood and Fire/UK)
Doravideo (Macaroni Records/JP)
Fat Freddy's Drop (The Drop/NZ)
Gilles Peterson & MC Earl Zinger (Talkin' Loud/UK)
Goldfrapp (Mute/UK)
Herbert & Dani Siciliano (Accidental/UK)
Hifana (JP)
Horio Kanta (New Sonic/JP)
Infadels (World Of Sound/UK)
Insen: Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto (Rasternoton/DE-JP)
Isolée (Playhouse/DE)
Jeff Mills (Axis/US)
Kenny Dope (Kay-Dee Records/US)
Kimmo Pohjonen / Samuli Kosminen Kluster (Westpark Music/FI)
Laurent Garnier & Bugge Wesseltoft feat. Philippe Nadaud (FCom/FR)
Liars (Mute/US)
Linton Kwesi Johnson & Dennis Bovell Dub Band
Marc Richter plays Dekorder (Dekorder/DE)
Miguel Carvalhais & Return Cruz play Cronica Electronica (Cronica Electronica/PT)
Miss Kittin (NOBODY'S BIZZNESS/FR)
Modeselektor (B-Pitch Control/DE)
Mondii aka Nao Sugimoto plays Spekk (Spekk/JP)
Nightmares on Wax (Warp/UK)
Nobukazu Takemura (Thrill Jockey/JP)
One Self (Ninja Tune/UK)
Optrum (JP)
Rahzel & DJ JS-One (MCA/US)
Richard Chartier plays LINE (12k/US)
Richie Hawtin vs Ricardo Villalobos (Minus/CA-CL)
Sasha (Global Underground/UK)
Satoshi Tomiie (SAW/JP)
Señor Coconut and his Orchestra feat. Argenis Brito (Essay/CL)
Shit & Shine (Riot Season/UK)
Softpad (JP)
Superthriller (Mint/UK)
The MFA (B-Pitch Control/UK)
Tiga (Pias/CA)
Tucker (Oddjob/JP)
Ugly Duckling (All City/US)
Yanagisawa Marina (JP)


Showcases

CAPSULE presenta
Modified Toy Orchestra (UK)
Seeland (UK)
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COMBINATION presenta
Frank D’Arpino (DE)
Jake (US)
The Considerate Builders Scheme (ZA)
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HEFTY presenta
Eliot Lipp (US)
Ray Rodriguez (US)
Retina.it (IT)
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INTR-VERSION presenta
aMute (BE)
Mitchell Akiyama (CA)
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KINDRED SPIRITS presenta
I.N.T. featuring Melodee: La Melodia (NL)
Kindred Spirits Soundsystem feat. Rich Medina & Antal (US/NL)
MwësLee (ES)
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MOSZ presenta
Gustav (AT)
Jade (AT)
Kapital Band 1 (AT)
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MUSICXPORT presenta
Aardvarck (Rush Hour/NL)
C-mon & Kypski (Supertracks/NL)
Pete Philly & Perquisite (Epitaph/NL)
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PLOP presenta
Masami Shimomura (JP)
Sora (JP)
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SCHEMATIC presenta
Otto Von Schirach (US)
Phoenecia (US)
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SPECTRAL SOUND presenta
Audion (US)
Body Code (SA)
Ryan Elliott (US)
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STATIC CARAVAN presenta
Inch Time (AU)
Static Caravan DJ (UK)
Tunng (UK)
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~SCAPE presenta
Barbara Preisinger (DE)
Bus Feat. MC Soom-T (DE-UK)
Pole & Band (DE)

[Winston]

i was thinking of going this year but the line up isn't good enough, for seeing 5 names of that list i'm not going to spend so much euro's on it

this weekend timewarp, now that's a party that i like

[Eikman]

actually, i love the fact that i don't know everyone who is playing. the first day is almost entirely dedicated to the local and unknown artists, and it is often among the best. but i suppose you would rather go and see Richie Yawnin for the 87th time

[Drix]

I'll probably be going this year. I've been thinking about it for years now, but never gotten my head around it. This year i have dedicated the summer to festivals, and this is in my top 3 list, so I guess it's a sureshot.

[Jason Roth]

I'm in like flynn.

edit: Richie Yawnin lol

[vacant]

I'll probably be going. Last year was ace!
I'd say personally that line-up doesn't look as strong 'big-name' wise as last year, but no doubt there'll be a few surprises (Kanye with De La Soul, Prefuse 73 with Battles) somewhere.
Bring it on!!

[Eikman]

alright, flights are booked. i found an awesome 108€ offer by Lufthansa from Frankfurt to Barcelona and back. i still can't believe it...

[Winston]

Originally Posted by Eikman

actually, i love the fact that i don't know everyone who is playing. the first day is almost entirely dedicated to the local and unknown artists, and it is often among the best. but i suppose you would rather go and see Richie Yawnin for the 87th time

yeah yeah whatever

[Tyler]

Chic feat Nile Rodgers !!!!!!!

[stimpee]

I dont get it. They get rid of all the big names and give the ticket prices a massive hike. cnuts.