Sonar 2007: First round line-up announced

Barcelona’s Sonar Festival, the essential meeting point for an alert public, cutting-edge artists and professionals from the sectors of music and modern arts will be held this year on 14, 15 and 16 of June.

Once again this year, the festival returns to the Fira Gran Via (M2) area. Sonar by Day will have its normal stages, SonarVillage, SonarComplex, SonarDome and the Hall stage, and its other classic exhibition and disclosure areas, SonarCinema, Conferences and Debates, Sonarama, SonarMatica and SonarExtra.

Confirmed acts ad DJ's so far include names such as hip-hop legends Beastie Boys, Dave Clarke, Junior Boys, Radio Slave, Jeff Mills, Timo Maas, Clark, Mogwai, Simian Mobile Disco, and others.

Beastie Boys will perform two very different concerts - an instrumental one, "A Gala Event - Exclusive Instrumental Show" on Thursday in SonarPark on the opening night accompanied by the minimalist techno project, Narod Niki, and another one featuring all their classics in the Friday session of Sonar by Night.

Confirmed showcases include BBC Radio 1 dubstep armada with Skream, Kode 9 & Spaceape, Berlin-based Innervisions outfit with Ame, Dixon and Chateau Flight, as well as presentations from Ed Banger, Lo Recordings, Station 55, and more.

Concerts and DJ's: (Confirmed)

Altern8 (UK)
Beastie Boys (Capitol/US)
Clark (Warp/UK)
Cornelius (JP)
Dave Clarke (Skint/UK)
Devo (Rhino Records/US)
Dizzee Rascal (XL Recordings/UK)
DJ Nu-Mark (US)
Dorian (PIAS/ES)
Emanon (Shaman Work Records/US)
Facto Delafé y Las Flores Azules (Musicbus/ES)
Fangoria (Subterfuge/ES)
Fiblanda (spa.RK/ES)
Haswell & Hecker (Editions Mego/UK-DE)
Jeff Mills (Axis/US)
Junior Boys (Domino/CA)
Khan of Finland (Tomlab/FI)
KTL (Editions Mego/US-AT)
Mala Rodriguez (Universal/ES)
Mogwai (Rock Action-PIAS/UK)
Narod Niki
Nettle (Soot/ES)
New Young Ponyclub (Modular/UK)
Planningtorock (Chicks On Speed Records/UK)
Radio Slave (Rekids/UK)
Rahzel & Dj Js-One (MCA/US)
Simian Mobile Disco (Wichita Recordings/UK)
Timo Maas (DE)
Various Production (XL/UK)
Wolf Eyes (American Tapes/US)

Showcases: (Confirmed)

BBC RADIO 1 presents presents
Kode 9 & The Spaceape (Hyperdub/UK)
Mary Anne Hobbs (BBC1/UK)
Oris Jay (Texture/UK)
Skream (Tempa/UK)

Beijing Waves presents
White (Beijing Waves/CN)

Ed Banger Records presents
DJ Mehdi (Ed Banger Records/FR)
Justice (Ed Banger Records/FR)
Uffie feat. Feadz (Ed Banger Records/US-FR)

Hot as HEL presents
Accu (Exogenic Breaks Records/FI)
Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators (Pony Canyon/FI)
Tuomas Toivonen (Stupido Records/FI)

Innervisions presents
Ame (Innervisions/DE)
Chateau Flight (Innervisions/FR)
Dixon (Innervisions/DE)

Lo Recordings presents
Black Devil Disco Club (Lo Recordings/FR)
Cursor Miner (Lo Recordings/UK)
Jon Tye (Lo Recordings/UK)

Noble Label presents
Junji Kubo (Noble Label/JP)
Kazumasa Hashimoto (Noble Label/JP)
Piana (Noble Label/JP)

On&On Records presents
C2C (On & On Records/FR)
Hocus Pocus (On & On Records/FR)

Station 55 presents
Burbuja (Station 55/ES)
Joe Robinson (Station 55/UK)
Night of the Brain (Station 55/ES)