Festival No. 0000464 · Est. 1998
Weekend of the year
No. 0013618
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Somewhere in Barcelona
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The details
- Venue
- Fira Montjuic
- City
- Barcelona, Spain
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For the record
About the artists
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AJ Tracey was born on 4 March 1994. Plays cloud rap, dancehall, grime, hip hop, uk drill. -
Amnesia Scanner plays avant-garde, electronic, experimental, experimental electronic, grime, idm.
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Anderson Paak was born in Oxnard, United States, on 8 February 1986. Plays alternative hip hop, alternative r&b, contemporary r&b, hip hop, r&b, soul.
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Andy Stott plays electronic, techno.
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Arca was born in Caracas, Spain, on 14 October 1989. Plays ambient, art pop, avant-garde, club, dance, deconstructed club, electronic, electronica.
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Avalon Emerson was born in San Francisco, United States, on 10 November 1988. Plays downtempo, electronic, indietronica, melodic techno, tech house, techno.
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Bad Gyal was born on 7 March 1997. Plays dancehall, neoperreo, reggaeton, trap latino.
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Bejo was born in Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Spain, on 14 March 1994. Plays pop rap.
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Benji B was born in London, United Kingdom.
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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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Cerrone was born in Vitry-Sur-Seine, France, on 24 May 1952. Plays disco, electro-disco, electronic, euro-disco, vocal house.
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Clams Casino was born in Nutley, United States, on 12 May 1987. Plays alternative r&b, cloud rap, experimental hip hop, instrumental hip hop, trap.
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Clark was born in City of St Albans, United Kingdom, on 29 August 1979. Plays electronic, experimental, idm, techno.
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Craig Richards was born in 1965.
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Damian Lazarus was born in London, United Kingdom. Plays electronic, house, tech house.
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Daphni was born on 29 March 1978. Plays electronic, house.
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De La Soul formed in Amityville, United States, in 1987. Plays abstract hip hop, alternative hip hop, boom bap, conscious hip hop, east coast hip hop, hip hop, jazz rap, pop rap.
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DEENA ABDELWAHED was born in Ad Dawḩah, Tunisia, in 1989. Plays edm, electronic, experimental electronic.
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Dellafuente plays flamenco, trap latino.
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Derrick Carter was born on 21 October 1969. Plays house.
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DJ Shadow was born in San Jose, United States, on 29 June 1972. Plays downtempo, electronic, electronica, experimental, experimental hip hop, hip hop, instrumental hip hop, trip hop.
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Dubfire was born in Mashhad, United States, on 19 April 1971.
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Earl Sweatshirt was born on 24 February 1994. Plays abstract hip hop, alternative hip hop, cloud rap, drumless hip hop, experimental, experimental hip hop, hardcore hip hop, hip hop.
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Eric Prydz was born in Täby municipality, Sweden, on 19 July 1976. Plays edm, electronic, house, progressive, progressive house, trance.
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Evian Christ was born in Ellesmere Port, United Kingdom, on 11 June 1989.
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Fat Freddy's Drop formed in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1999. Plays acid jazz, downtempo, dub, electronic, reggae, soul.
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Flava D plays bassline, uk garage.
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Forest Swords plays ambient, deconstructed club, electronic, experimental, instrumental, post-industrial.
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Gaika plays club, dancehall, electronic, experimental, grime.
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Giggs was born on 24 November 1983. Plays hip hop, trap.
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Heidi formed in Tokyo, Japan, in February 2006. Plays rock, visual kei.
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HVOB formed in Vienna, Austria, in 2012. Plays electronica, techno.
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Jacques Greene was born on 24 September 1989. Plays acid house, club, electronic, future garage, house, techno, uk funky.
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Jlin was born in Gary, United States, on 30 July 1987. Plays electronic.
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Joe Goddard was born in London, United Kingdom, in 1973. Plays electronic.
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Jon Hopkins was born in Kingston Upon Thames, United Kingdom, on 15 August 1979. Plays ambient, contemporary classical, downtempo, electronic, electronica, idm, instrumental, microhouse.
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Juan Ingaramo was born in Cordoba, Argentina, on 10 January 1991.
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Juana Molina was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 1 October 1962. Plays ambient pop, experimental rock, folktronica, freak folk, indie pop, latin.
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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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Keys N Krates formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2008. Plays electronica, grime, hip hop, trap.
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Kiddy Smile was born on 10 April 1983. Plays electronic, house.
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Little Dragon formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1996. Plays downtempo, electronic, electropop, indietronica, synth-pop.
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Lunice was born in 1988. Plays aquacrunk, electronic, glitch hop, hip hop, hyphy, trap, wonky.
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Marcel Dettmann was born on 28 October 1977. Plays minimal techno.
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Marco Carola was born in Naples, Italy, on 7 February 1975. Plays minimal techno, tech house, techno.
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Marie Davidson was born in Montreal, Canada, in 1987. Plays electro, electronic, pop.
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Masters At Work formed in New York, United States, in 1990.
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Matmos formed in 1995. Plays ambient techno, avant-garde, electroacoustic, electronic, electronica, experimental, folktronica, glitch.
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Moderat formed in Berlin, Germany, in 2002. Plays electronic, electronica, glitch, house, idm.
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Nadia Rose was born in London, United Kingdom.
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Nico Muhly was born in Randolph, United States, on 26 August 1981. Plays avant-garde, classical, concerto, contemporary classical, minimalism, opera, orchestral, pop.
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Nicolas Jaar was born on 10 January 1990. Plays electronic.
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Nina Kraviz was born in Irkutsk, Russian Federation, on 15 September 1989.
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Nosaj Thing was born in Los Angeles, United States, on 27 January 1985. Plays ambient, ambient pop, chillwave, dance, deep house, downtempo, edm, electro.
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Optimo formed in 2003, and split up in 2010, after 7 years.
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Overmono formed in 2015. Plays ambient, breakbeat, edm, electronic, uk garage.
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Pan Daijing was born in Guiyang, Germany, in 1991.
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Princess Nokia was born on 14 June 1992. Plays hip hop, r&b, trap.
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Prins Thomas was born on 17 February 1975. Plays electronic, nu disco, space disco.
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Roosevelt was born in Viersen, Germany, on 29 September 1990.
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Royal-T plays bassline, uk garage.
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RP Boo was born in Chicago, United States, on 11 March 1972.
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Seth Troxler was born in Lake Orion, United States, in 1986. Plays deep house, house, tech house, techno.
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SOHN was born in London, United Kingdom. Plays electronic, indie pop, singer-songwriter.
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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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Stooki Sound formed in London, United Kingdom. Plays trap edm.
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Suicideyear was born on 15 February 1995.
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Suzanne Ciani was born in Indiana, United States, on 4 June 1946. Plays electronic, instrumental, new age, new wave.
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Thundercat was born in Los Angeles, United States, on 19 October 1984. Plays acid jazz, alternative r&b, contemporary jazz, crossover thrash, dance, disco, electronic, electronica.
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Tiga was born in Montreal, Canada, on 18 September 1974. Plays edm, electro, electroclash, electronic, house, techno, uk garage.
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Tommy Cash was born in Dyess, United States, on 5 April 1940, and died on 13 September 2024, aged 84. Plays country.
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Valgeir Sigurðsson was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 1971.
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Veronica Vasicka was born in New York, United States, in 1975.
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Vitalic was born in Dijon, France, on 18 May 1976. Plays electro house, electroclash, electronic, french electro, house, progressive house, synth-pop, techno.
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Yves Tumor was born in Miami, Italy, on 19 November 1990. Plays experimental, glam rock, hypnagogic pop, neo-psychedelia, noise pop, post-industrial.