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Sonar 2009, a great line-up of performers

Get your ears in tune because this year’s Sónar is going to be full of the best names in Electronic music as some new proposals from lesser well known bands. The 16th Festival of advanced music and multimedia art of Barcelona has a date: 18th 19th and 20th June 2009. Last year’s Edition of Sonar Barcelona saw around 80,000 people enjoying the best in live music along with world famous DJ’s from the world of Dance, Trance and House music to name but a few types. This year’s festival promises a great line up along with an audience to beat last year’s figures.

With still a few months to go until the festival, tickets have gone on sale at 140€. The Sónar 2009 ticket includes the Day entrance (CCCB, MACBA) to the festival from Thursday 18th to Saturday 20th June 2009 and the evening entrance ( Fira Gran Via M2) from Friday 19th till Saturday 20th June 2009. A Sónar day ticket will cost you 30€ and a Sónar evening ticket will set you back 48€. Lastly the tickets for the Lars Horntveth + BCN216 concert cost 18€ and will take place at the L’Auditori de Barcelona.

This year, the Sónar image takes the form of a short film. The central characters are surreal majorettes from the world of dreams, who have lost their bearings in the land of the living as a result of calls from a fiendish telephone booth. Check out the short video clip below.

Sonar Barcelona 2009 has selected the best emerging bands to be heard like Ray Fever, Crystal Castles, Micachu and the Shapes, Deadmaus5 or Mujava. Many of the groups coming on stage use the internet as the only means of spreading their music the festival and see the festival as their potential springboard to fame.

But there is also space for the heavyweights of the electronic music scene. One of the most eagerly awaited is that of the U.S. band Animal Collective, who are playing their only concert in Spain at this year’s Sonar festival. They will play in the SonarClub on Saturday night, just before the stellar performance of Orbital. With Orbital at the helm, the festival has been recognized as a pioneer of electronic sounds and the group which is the father of the 90’s electronic music, returns to the stage to revive some of its big hits and to introduce some of their new stuff.

The queen of the festival will be Grace Jones, singer, model, actress and muse of the 1980’s. She will sing songs from her latest album, “Hurricane” (2008), as well as previous albums. This year there will also be a space reserved for local talent such as Joe Crepúsculo, La Orquesta del Caballo Guillamino and also space called “Mechanics” for musicians who make their own instruments.

But undoubtedly the main novelty of this edition is the SónarKids, a day dedicated to children that will take place on June 21st at the CCCB. With this new initiative intended to bring children to the forefront of music, many artists have added their names to the list of this event including: Mala Rodríguez, Beardyman, Laurent Garnier and Miqui Puig to name a few. Besides concerts, children can enjoy the hip-hop puppets of Puppetmastaz and participate in workshops such as DJ, skate, fingerskate, and beatboxing.

Once again, Barcelona will become the capital of electronic and experimental music and from 18th to 20th June the Catalan city awaits you with open arms. Rent the best apartments in Barcelona and enjoy your stay to the full while at the same time discovering one of the best music festivals in the world – Sonar Barcelona 2009!

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