Sonar-festival in Barcelona - Electronic Beats under Spanish sun

Barcelona, Spain, 6-15-2007 — from 14 to 16 June - The Sonar Festival under the sun in Barcelona starts the 14th June and ends on the 16th. It is one of the main festivals of the year for lovers of electronic music and this years line up is an impressive array of talent.

The biggest names of electronic music are under the sun of Spain again. Over the years the Sonar-festival developed in Barcelona to be one of the most important festivals for electronic music and Multimedia art in Europe. It started in the year 1995 with approximately 6,000 visitors. In recent years the record attendance has been over 50.000 people. The popularity of the Electro-festival grows and grows and ever more people comes in these days to Barcelona, in order to be there. For the sun-tanned visitor the current state of the electronic music and Multimedia art will be experienced. For this alone the attendance is worthwhile.

Sonar introduces more than 300 events which includes djsets, multimedial concerts, projections, arts, design and facilities for the most complete panorama of the electronic contemporary culture. The festival also pays attention to the countries of the east: this year, Japan, China will be present also. Cornelius and Japoneses Kazumasa Hashimoto and Juanji Kubo return, but there are great expectations on Chinese the White, 718 and coverall FM3. The main part of the “Sonar by Day” will show the most intriguing aspects of modern electronic music, vanguard rock, electro, hip-hop, electronic pop, electronic folk and experimental jazz.

Famous artists of the electrical scene like the Beastie Boys, Justice, Mogwai, Timo Maas, DJ Mehdi, DJ Nu-Mark and radio Slave will enter the stage this year. But the festival is always including different sounds. Additionally, apart from the concerts there are other arts that are displayed at the Sonar-festival. There is the center for contemporary art and the CCCB for example.

There is more detailed information available on the event at http://www.sonar.es and last minute Barcelona apartments and hotels available for this years festival at http://www.oh-barcelona.com