New acts for international Sónar festivals
Festival brand announces debut in South Africa in March
Photographer:Shirlaine Forrest
Chris Swindells - 08 February 2012
The Roots, Deadmau5,
Hot Chip, Modeselektor,
James Blake DJ Set, Fatboy Slim, Richie Hawtin, Amon Tobin’s
ISAM, Squarepusher and Friendly Fires are the first acts confirmed for Sónar
Barcelona 2012.
The festival travels to Africa for the first time with "A Taste of Sónar"
on March the 2nd, in Cape Town (South Africa), in collaboration with the large multidisciplinary event Design
Indaba. Among those performing will be Modeselektor, Byetone, Brodinski and some of the most prominent South African
artists working today.
Sónar São Paulo takes place on 11 - 12 May
and will feature, amongst others, Mogwai, Jeff Mills, Squarepusher, Za!
and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs.
Sónar returns to Japan - for the
fifth time - on 21 - 22 April for SonarSound Tokyo, with a line-up combining major international
artists such as Squarepusher, The Cinematic Orchestra, Vincent Gallo, Clark,
Rustie and some of the most outstanding representatives of today's Japanese scene.
This year for the first
time, Sónar is introducing the new payment system in two instalments for purchasing the 3-day pass
for the festival in Barcelona, with an initial payment of 80€ when the booking is made (before 31 March)
and a second payment of 75€ before 5 May.
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