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SONAR, 9th Festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Art of Barcelona JUNE 13.14.15. 2002 SONAR 2002 PROGRAMME PREVIEW For the ninth consecutive year, SÓNAR is once again an essential venue for those wishing to discover the latest trends in electronic music. A meeting point, highly receptive to the pulse of the avant-garde, that offers to a varied public the formats of a sound laboratory, a leisure area, a museum, a conference and professional convention hall. Music, audiovisual arts, digital creation and thought converge in this absolutely essential event. As in previous editions, SÓNAR once again anticipates and offers a detailed scan of avant-garde creation of our times and opens the way to proposals that have a specific and seminal impact on electronic culture. The programme is open, rich in nuances and for another consecutive year embraces different artistic manifestations (music, film and electronic art), patent testimony to the ever increasing promiscuity amongst disciplines. Sound manipulation and rhythm research, the new forms of landscaping and a spirit for experimentation are the defining characteristics of a new generation of artists whom SÓNAR BY DAY has opted for. The repertoire of artists -Cex, Dntel, Lali Puna, Donna Regina, Static, Isan, Wobbly, Balago- come from fields such as indie, pop, experimentation or contemporary music, and coincide in their use of digital tools with which they produce pieces beyond classification by means of microscopic sounds, glitches and abstract, highly emotive melodies. Within the music programme of SÓNAR2002, the showcases and SONARLAB standout once again as presentation formats for the work of record labels and artistic collectives. In this editions SÓNAR will offer an overview of the productions and latest releases of renowned international labels -Morr Music, City Centre Offices, Staalplaat, Karaoke Kalk- with special emphasis on the Californian electronic scene represented by Musork, Tigerbeat6 and Plug Research. Special mention must be given to the participation of record labels from countries that normally have limited resources for promoting their national production such as Escuadrón Sudaca (Venezuela). Convinced that leisure and experimentation are not necessarily antagonistic, SÓNAR BY NIGHT once again opts for a programme full of stylistic nuances that go beyond the usual club context. Its three stages -SONARCLUB, SONARPARK Y SONARPUB- will offer very adventurous proposals such as Andy Votel or Sirconical as well as great names of dance music such as Richie Hawtin, Carl Cox or Óscar Mulero. Other highlights are the appearance of the kings of techno-pop Pet Shop Boys, the live soundtrack from the film by Jean Painlevé "The Sounds of Science" which will be interpreted by Yo La Tengo, and the dj set performed by the British Alison Goldfrapp. Although SÓNAR dedicates most of its programme to concerts and Dj's, the rest of its activities are directly linked to musical creation either through their implicit subject matter or because various artistic disciplines coexist in the same support. All the activities combined in their diversity, and especially SonarMatica, the multimedia area, are fundamental ingredients that endow the festival with character, variety and a differentiated personality. After having previously presented the creative realities of Barcelona, Berlin and London, SONARMÁTICA2002 now turns its eye to Helsinki. A guided tour through the most breakaway and original activities that take place in the Scandinavian capital, with a special emphasis on the area of digital creation and new technologies. In this section, some of the highlights are the installations of Tommi Grönlund and Petteri Nisunen as well as the works of the Katastro.fi collective, one of the most influential and innovative multimedia art platforms on the European scene. SÓNAR 2002 PRE-LINE UP (14.03.02): CONCIERTOS PET SHOP BOYS (UK) YO LA TENGO (USA) TUXEDOMOON (MEX) LAMB (UK) RADIOBOY (UK) ANTI-POP CONSORTIUM (USA) S.I. FUTURES(UK) JANEK SCHAEFER (UK) YASUNAO TONE (USA) CRISTIAN MARCLAY (USA) WAGON COOKIN' (E) TITO + ZBIGNIEW KARKOWSKI (E) PANSONIC + PEACHES (FIN/GER) COLOMA (GER) TIGA (CAN) CROSSOVER (USA) AGUSTÍ FERNÁNDEZ + AXEL DÖRNER (E) G:EL (FR) BALAGO (E) M83 (FR) DOCTOR L (FR) CONGOSOUND (E) DJ SETS JEFF MILLS (USA) CARL COX (UK) RICHIE HAWTIN (USA) ARTHUR BAKER (UK) ROGER SANCHEZ (USA) FUNK D'VOID (UK) OSCAR MULERO (E) ALISON GOLDFRAPP (UK) MR SCRUFF (UK) MR. LEN (USA) NACHO MARCO (E) SIDERAL (E) BROOKS (UK) SOUL OF MAN (UK) D' WACHMAN (E) SHOWCASES MUSORK (USA) presents AGF (GER) (live) TIMEBLIND (live) FULL SWING (Dj) GOLD CHAINS (live) PLUG RESEARCH (USA) presents CHESSIE (live) SAFETY SCISSORS (live) DNTEL (live) MORR MUSIC (GER) presents ISAN (live) MANUAL (live) LALI PUNA (live) THOMAS MORR (Dj) NINJA TUNE (UK) presents BONOBO (live) DK (SOLID STEEL) (Dj) CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA (live) ESCUADRÓN SUDACA (VE) presents BMH (live) JUNZ & LOPEZ (Dj) WYZ (live) KARAOKE KALK (GER) presents THORSTEN LÜTZ (Dj) DONNA REGINA (live) JÖRG FOLLERT (Dj) LEAF (UK) presents MURCOF (MEX) (live) MANITOBA (live) TONY MORLEY (Dj) WMF (GER) presents HIGHFISH (Dj) NIKAKOI (live) KOTAI (live) HELSINKI (FI) presents AAVIKO (live) O:PL BASTARDS (live) DIDIER & ANOMALOUS (Dj) STAALPLAAT (NL) presents MASSIMO (IT) (live) GOEM (HL) (live) 386 DX (RUS) (live) KEEP DIGGIN' (UK) presents KIRK DIGEORGIO (Dj) IAN O'BRIEN (Dj) MARK SHADE (Dj) STRAIGHT AHEAD (CH) presents SEQUEL (Dj) DOMENICO FERRARI (live) EARTHBOUND (Dj) TIGERBEAT6 (USA) presents KID606 (live) CEX (live) WOBBLY (live) DJ RUPTURE (Dj) BPITCH CONTROL (GER) presents ELLEN ALLIEN (Dj) MODESELEKTOR (live) FEADZ (Dj) SONARLABS DAMIAN LAZARUS plays CITY ROCKERS (UK) DJ ANIMA & DJ TRIPLE R play TRAUM (GER) PRETO & TYPE play NYLON (PT) CITY CENTRE OFFICES presents STATIC (GER) and SHLOMIE SVIRI (UK) FRANÇOIS K. plays WAVE MUSIC and CLICKTRACKS (USA) MARCUS MAEDER & TELEFORM play DOMIZIL (live) (CH) WATCH TV & DAVID LAPOF play HITOP (E) SONAR 2001 in figures TOTAL ATTENDANCE: 80,251 The total number of people attending our different activities. Daytime activities, CCCB + MACBA: 36,142. Night time activities, Montjüic 2, Polígon Pedrosa: 44,109 Hits www.sonar.es: 207,788 Hits registered between January and June. June visitors: 81,844 Hits www.sonaronline.ya.com: 89,251 Hits registered between January and June. Broadcasted concerts:155. Video connections: 64,924 Artistic proposals presented: 353 Concerts: 59. Dj sessions: 92. Vj sessions: 6. Titles in SonarCinema: 90. Multimedia works: 62. 'À la carte' interactive titles: 38. 'À la carte' music menus: 6 Participating artists: 411 Total number of artists present at the Festival: 294. Countries: 28 Accredited participants: 3,060 Artists: 294. Professionals: 1,729. Journalists: 713. Other: 324 National accredited participants: 1,570. International accredited participants: 1,490 SonarPro: Accredited companies: 529 Record and technology industry companies: 507. Collaborating bodies: 22 National concerns: 185. International concerns: 344 Accredited journalists: 713 National journalists: 400. International journalists: 313. National media: 165. International media: 189 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
