Festival No. 0000464 · Est. 1998
Weekend of the year
No. 0002098
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The details
- Venue
- Sonar 2009
- City
- Barcelona, Spain
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For the record
About the artists
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Alva Noto was born in Chemnitz, Germany, on 18 September 1965. Plays ambient, drone, electronic, glitch, idm, minimal techno, minimalism, noise. -
Animal Collective formed in Baltimore, United States, in 2000. Plays avant-folk, avant-garde, avant-garde pop, electronic, experimental, freak folk, neo-psychedelia, noise.
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Brodinski was born in Saint-Brice-Courcelles, France, on 13 June 1987. Plays hip hop, house, instrumental hip hop.
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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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Byetone was born in Chemnitz, Germany, in 1968.
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Cardopusher plays breakcore, raggacore.
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Carl Craig was born in Detroit, United States, on 22 May 1969. Plays detroit techno, electronic, house, techno.
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Crookers formed in 2003. Plays electro hop, electro house, fidget house.
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Crystal Castles formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2006, and split up in October 2017, after 11 years. Plays alternative dance, bitpop, dance, edm, electroclash, electronic, electronica, electropop.
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dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip formed in Stanford-Le-Hope, United Kingdom, in 2007, and split up in September 2014, after 7 years. Plays electronic, spoken word.
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deadmau5 was born in Niagara Falls, Canada, on 5 January 1981. Plays ambient, bass house, breakbeat, club, complextro, dance, deep house, dubstep.
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Ebony Bones! was born in London, United Kingdom, in 1981. Plays post-punk.
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Erol Alkan was born in London, United Kingdom, on 30 May 1974.
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Fever Ray was born in Nacka, Sweden, on 7 April 1975. Plays art pop, avant-garde pop, bass house, breakbeat, breaks, club, dance, deep house.
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Grace Jones was born in Saint Catherine, United States, on 19 May 1948. Plays disco, funk, new wave, pop, soul.
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Guillamino was born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1976.
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Heartbreak formed in 1974.
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James Murphy was born in Princeton Junction, United States, on 4 February 1970. Plays dance-punk, disco, electronica, post-punk revival.
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Jeff Mills was born in Detroit, United States, on 18 June 1963. Plays detroit techno, techno.
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Joker plays dubstep, grime, uk garage.
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Konono N°1 formed in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, in 1966.
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La Roux formed in Brixton, United Kingdom, in 2006. Plays electronic, synth-pop.
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Late of the Pier formed in Castle Donington, United Kingdom, in 2004. Plays dance-punk, electropunk, glam rock, indietronica, new rave.
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LCD Soundsystem formed in New York, United States, in 2001. Plays alternative dance, dance-punk, electronic, indietronica, new wave, post-punk revival, synth-pop.
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Little Boots was born in Blackpool, United Kingdom, on 4 May 1984. Plays dance-pop, disco, electropop, house, pop, synth-pop.
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Luomo was born in Oulu, Finland, on 16 September 1976. Plays house, microhouse.
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Marcel Dettmann was born on 28 October 1977. Plays minimal techno.
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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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Micachu & The Shapes formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2008, and split up in 2020, after 12 years.
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Moderat formed in Berlin, Germany, in 2002. Plays electronic, electronica, glitch, house, idm.
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Orbital formed in Sevenoaks, United Kingdom, in 1989. Plays ambient house, ambient techno, big beat, breakbeat, electronic, electronica, house, idm.
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Richie Hawtin was born in Banbury, Canada, on 4 June 1970. Plays electronic, minimal techno, techno.
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Rob da Bank was born in Portsmouth, United Kingdom, on 24 June 1973.
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Rustie was born in Glasgow, United Kingdom, on 4 January 1983. Plays dubstep.
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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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Shed was born in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, in 1975. Plays minimal techno.
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Snd formed in Sheffield, United Kingdom, in 1998.
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