Festival No. 0000464 · Est. 1998
Weekend of the year
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Somewhere in Barcelona
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The details
- Venue
- Sónar - MACBA
- Address
- Montalegre, 5 08001
- City
- Barcelona, Spain
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About the artists
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A-Trak was born in Montreal, Canada, on 30 March 1982. Plays electro house, hip hop, house, turntablism. -
Anti-Pop Consortium formed in New York, United States, in 1997, and split up in 2002, after 5 years. Plays abstract hip hop, alternative hip hop, experimental hip hop, hip hop, underground hip hop.
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Basquiat Strings formed in London, United Kingdom.
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Ben Watt was born in Marylebone, United Kingdom, on 6 December 1962. Plays dance, electronic.
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Boys Noize was born in Hamburg, Germany, on 22 August 1982. Plays acid techno, ebm, electro, electro house, electronic, electronica, french electro, midtempo bass.
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Buraka Som Sistema formed in Amadora, Portugal, in 2006. Plays kuduro.
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Busy P was born in Paris, France, on 21 April 1975. Plays electro house, electronic, french electro, hip hop, hip house.
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Camille was born in Paris, France, on 10 March 1978. Plays chanson française, folk.
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Daedelus was born in Santa Monica, United States, on 31 October 1977. Plays electronic, electronica, experimental electronic, idm.
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Diplo was born in Tupelo, United States, on 10 November 1978. Plays afro house, bass house, club, country, dance, disco, edm, electronic.
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Discodeine formed in 2007.
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DJ Mehdi was born in Asnières-sur-Seine, France, on 20 January 1977, and died on 14 September 2011, aged 34. Plays hip hop.
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DJ Scotch Egg was born in Tokyo, United Kingdom. Plays experimental, future bass.
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DJ Yoda was born in London, United Kingdom, in 1977. Plays hip hop, turntablism.
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Dubfire was born in Mashhad, United States, on 19 April 1971.
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Efdemin was born in Kassel, Germany, in 1974. Plays electronic, techno.
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El Guincho was born in Las Palmas De Gran Canaria, Spain.
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Erol Alkan was born in London, United Kingdom, on 30 May 1974.
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Ewan Pearson was born on 1 April 1972. Plays downtempo, electronic.
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Flying Lotus was born in Los Angeles, United States, on 7 October 1983. Plays alternative hip hop, avant-garde jazz, downtempo, electronic, experimental, experimental hip hop, hip hop, instrumental.
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Frankie Knuckles was born on 18 January 1955, and died on 31 March 2014, aged 59. Plays chicago house, dance, house, soul.
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Goldfrapp formed in Bath, United Kingdom, in 1999. Plays alternative pop, alternative rock, ambient pop, art pop, chamber pop, dance, downtempo, dream pop.
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Hercules & Love Affair formed in New York, United States, in 2004.
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Jimpster was born in Braintree, United Kingdom.
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Justice formed in Paris, France, in 2003. Plays dance, electro, electro house, electro-disco, electronic, french electro, french house, house.
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Kalabrese plays dance, deep house, deep tech, disco, downtempo, edm, electronic, electronica.
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Kid Acne was born in Lilongwe, United Kingdom, in 1978.
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Kid Sister was born in Markham, United States, on 3 July 1980. Plays hip hop, neo soul.
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Konono N°1 formed in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, in 1966.
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Krazy Baldhead was born in Marseille, France, on 29 January 1974.
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Little Dragon formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1996. Plays downtempo, electronic, electropop, indietronica, synth-pop.
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Madness formed in Camden Town, United Kingdom, in 1976, and split up in 1988, after 12 years. Plays 2 tone, new age, new wave, pop, pop rock, psychedelic pop, punk, rock.
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Mala plays crunk, hip hop.
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Mary Anne Hobbs was born in City of Preston, United Kingdom, on 16 May 1964. Plays dubstep, electronic, experimental, uk garage.
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Matmos formed in 1995. Plays ambient techno, avant-garde, electroacoustic, electronic, electronica, experimental, folktronica, glitch.
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Milton Jackson was born in Glasgow, United Kingdom.
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Miss Kittin was born in Grenoble, France, on 15 July 1973. Plays electroclash, electronica.
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Neon Neon formed in Cardiff, United Kingdom, in March 2008. Plays electronic, indie folk, indie pop.
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Northern State formed in Dix Hills, United States, in 2003. Plays hip hop, indie rock.
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Oscar Mulero was born in 1971.
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Pan sonic formed in Turku, Finland, in 1993, and split up in December 2010, after 17 years. Plays electronic, glitch, minimal techno.
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Pantha du Prince was born in Bad Wildungen, Germany, on 15 January 1975. Plays dark ambient, electronic, microhouse, minimal techno.
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Ricardo Villalobos was born in Santiago, Germany, on 6 August 1970. Plays dub techno, electronic, electronica, microhouse, minimal techno, techno.
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Rob da Bank was born in Portsmouth, United Kingdom, on 24 June 1973.
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Róisín Murphy was born in Arklow, Ireland, on 5 July 1973. Plays dance-pop, electronic, electropop, pop.
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SebastiAn was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, on 3 February 1981. Plays electro house, electropop, french electro, progressive electronic, synthwave.
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Shackleton was born in Lancashire, United Kingdom. Plays dubstep, post-dubstep, tribal ambient.
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Soulwax formed in Ghent, Belgium, in 1993. Plays alternative rock, dance, dance-punk, electro house, electroclash, electronic, indie rock, new rave.
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Spank Rock formed in Baltimore, United States, and split up in 2007.
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Tender Forever was born in 1977.
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The Black Dog formed in London, United Kingdom, on 23 May 1989. Plays ambient, ambient techno, breakbeat, dark ambient, downtempo, electronic, electronica, experimental.
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The Duloks formed on 12 February 2006.
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The Field plays ambient techno, electronic, minimal techno.
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The Heavy formed in Bath, United Kingdom, in 2007. Plays blues, funk, rock, soul.
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The Long Lost formed in California, United States, in 1998. Plays electronic, folk.
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The Pinker Tones formed in Barcelona, Spain, in 2001.
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Theo Parrish was born in 1972. Plays deep house, electronic, house.
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Yazoo formed in Basildon, United Kingdom, in 1982, and split up in 1983, after 1 year. Plays dance, electronic, new wave, synth-pop.
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Yelle formed in 2005. Plays electropop, pop.
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Yellow Swans formed in Portland, United States, in 2001, and split up in April 2008, after 7 years. Plays ambient, drone, noise.
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Yo Majesty formed in Tampa, United States, in 2000. Plays electronic, hip hop, jazz rap, pop.
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Za! plays eurobeat.