Today’s confirmations bring the total number of live shows, DJ sets and multidisciplinary performances to 117, taking place on 10 stages across Sónar by Day and Sónar by Night; including the brand new Boiler Room stage and the return of SonarLab X Printworks London.
These new additions reflect the breadth of creativity of the global scene with live shows from PA SALIEU, SEGA BODEGA, DENGUE DENGUE DENGUE and HERBERT & MOMOKO, DJ sets from DIXON, ACTRESS B2B SKEE MASK, DEE DIGGS and 90s legend ULTRA NATÉ and a moving tribute to the much-missed Ryuichi Sakamoto by close collaborators and electronic music icons ALVA NOTO and FENNEZ. Elsewhere, the lineup continues to blur boundaries, with NATHY PELUSO presenting her remix album Club Grasa and genre-breaking artists such as SAFETY TRANCE, WOST, EMMA DJ, SICARIA, DJ SOSA RD, ANIMISTIC BELIEFS & JEISSON DRENTH, LUA DE SANTANA, plus many more.
The 32nd edition of Barcelona’s Festival of Music, Innovation and Creativity celebrates the originality and diversity of the global scene with a unique lineup that crosses genres and borders. From PA SALIEU’S afrobeat and amapiano-inspired take on UK rap and drill, to SEGA BODEGA’S unique blend of club and pop music, via DENGUE DENGUE DENGUE’S dive into Andean polyrhythms, or triple Latin Grammy winner NATHY PELUSO presenting her Club Grasa remix album; Sónar 2025 is a place for fans of all styles and scenes.
Artists from the house and techno continuum are also well represented on the lineup, from DIXON’S dance floor mastery and JOSH CAFFÉ’S sublime house, to a number of b2b sets and collaborations that connect eras, styles and scenes: SKEE MASK B2B ACTRESS, ALINKA B2B SHAUN J. WRIGHT and, for the first time, Brooklyn selectress DEE DIGGS performing with 90s house legend ULTRA NATÉ.
The festival will also see the return of old friends (as well as celebrating those who are dearly missed), with a new collaboration between Matthew Herbert and multi-instrumentalist Momoko Gil as HERBERT & MOMOKO, and what promises to be a moving tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto by ALVA NOTO and FENNESZ with their new show Continuum.
From old friends to new ones, as Boiler Room makes its debut at the festival with a stage at Sónar by Night on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th June. Full details of the lineup will be announced very soon.
Sónar by Night also sees the return of Sónar’s collaboration with Printworks London, with the co-curated SonarLab x Printworks stage keeping the spirit of the iconic UK venue alive during its current re-development. Once again, a 6 x 10m vertical screen, horizontal lighting across the dance floor, and on-point programming come together for a 2-night celebration of the best in international clubbing.
Sónar also announces the artists who will play the coveted sunset slots on each day of Sónar by Day. Starting on Thursday 12th June with Brazilian star MOCHAKK, followed on Friday 13th with the inimitable house evangelist HONEY DIJON, and culminating on Saturday 14th with the standard-bearers for the UK sound OVERMONO.
Sónar+D announces the content pillars that will form the backbone of Sónar’s congress on creative technologies and digital culture, whose full programme of conferences, presentations, workshops and projects will be announced in a few weeks’ time. ‘AI + Creativity’ showcases the most innovative tools and less conventional creative approaches to artificial intelligence, as well as exploring alternative perspectives on this technology in constant evolution. Under the theme ‘Futuring the creative industries’, new perspectives on both the creation and curation of the creative industries of 2030 will be explored. And under ‘Worlds to come’, new worlds of the future will be imagined, ranging from quantum computing and non-binary futurism to terraforming and interstellar travel.
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