I agree with everyone that says Sonar Barcelona is not worth the trip. Not only is the lineup lackluster and the city not at it's best at that time of year, but also Sonar doesn't take care of the majority of artists that play at the festival.
According to a trusted Germany producer friend (who has been booked at Sonar), only the main acts like Richie Hawtin, Jeff Mills and a couple of really big English acts with strong management get paid to play. They pay very few of the German acts (Villalobos now probably) - they all have to pay their own flights, no wage and only receive a hotel room for one day! So, many of the artists that we would consider paying to see, never get paid themselves. How does that support the music subculture??? On Thursday, March 31, 2005, at 08:41AM, matt kane's brain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >At 09:37 AM 3/31/2005, Johannes Gronvall wrote: >>But if you're going there you should book the accommodation *right now*! >>Getting some decent and cheap rooms to sleep in is getting difficult..it >>may be too >>late already? > >well, i can't find a flight from the US for less than a grand, and hotels >appear to be in the US$800 range on orbitz. no sonar for me :( >-- >unsigned short int to_yer_mama; >matt kane's brain >http://www.hydrogenproject.com >[EMAIL PROTECTED] || AIM: mkbatwerk > > > ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` kate simko site* http://www.katesimko.com downloads/ links* http://homepage.mac.com/ksimko/File_Sharing out soon: Remix of Philip Glass "Houston Skyline" (OMM - June 05) Remix of Rebecca Gates "In A Star Orbit" (Badman - Fall 05) ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
