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ok, so i´m going to barcelona for a week (april 1-8) and i'd like to know about places worth visiting there...definitely going to razzmatazz and nitsa, open to nonmusic-related suggestions as well, of course

― manuel (manuel), Monday, 29 March 2004 18:20 (twenty-two years ago)

there are loads of good clubs, can't remember any names right now, but there's a great one on diagonal. be sure to check out all the cool bars, too (esp. in the old city).

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Monday, 29 March 2004 18:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Check out Gaudi's mammoth cathedral...the Sagrada Familia (sp?). It'll blow a new part in your hair. Really.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 29 March 2004 18:24 (twenty-two years ago)

club moog one of the best discotheques i have been to.

― jed_ (jed), Monday, 29 March 2004 19:19 (twenty-two years ago)

when is the best time to visit? i suppose now. i may have to wait until the Autumn tho...

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 29 March 2004 19:20 (twenty-two years ago)

more moog

― jed_ (jed), Monday, 29 March 2004 19:20 (twenty-two years ago)

more moog

― jed_ (jed), Monday, 29 March 2004 19:21 (twenty-two years ago)

We went in midsummer Steve and it was lovely.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Monday, 29 March 2004 19:34 (twenty-two years ago)

I am thinking of going this summer, funds permitting. Maybe for Sonar?

One of my favourite cities, and the only place where I have been to a club night populated entirely by men dressed as giant babies (except me).

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Monday, 29 March 2004 20:28 (twenty-two years ago)

There's a fake Tiki bar by the University that is quite superb. Martin Denny playing in the background, and seriously mental cocktails. Honestly, they put dry ice in the sides of the glass of some of them so that they fog across the table. There's one called 'Streets Of London' (or similar) which was so sour the skin pulled back across my gums.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Monday, 29 March 2004 20:36 (twenty-two years ago)

ok.....
some personal choices, just as i leave:

fonfone is a nice bar that plays good electro-ey house, disco, kompakty stuff. it is on c/ escudellers in barri gotic, just along from los caracoles restaurant.

raval bass is a night running at...i have forgotten the name, a bar on rambla du raval. ukg, d'n'b and stuff.

go to sidecar, placa real (barri gotic), on wednesday nights. this parisien guy i know who is frineds with black strobe plays similar stuff to the fon fone people, all -the rage house, kompakt, tech house etc etc etc. that is a fun night at 5 euros until 5am.

nitsa, ok so this is good obv. but check sala apolo on tuesday night (the old dance hall that nitsa is in, c/ nou de la ramble nr parallel metro) for a great film night called cineambigu. take up a chair, get a beer, sit round tables cabaret styel. films that were never distributed in spain, certinaly not it britain, from all aroujd the place. real oddities. subtitles, showings are at 8.30 and 10.30.

cube: av. parallel, 37. has d'n'b nights, invites tech house people like geoff white, sutekh (in the time i was here) sometimes. loads of posters around town with their lineup for the month.

suzet, on c/ tallers, in raval, does amazing crepes, but they are quite expensive.

city hall is horrible. dont go there.

yeah, moog is meant to be good. never made it there. address is ( ithink) arc de teatre, just off la ramblas.

look out for a night called hit battle. if it is on, (i dont know how you hear about it), take a cd with three tunes and play em to everbody else. that is wicked. although i have no info on it.

really good chai from la clandestina, on c/ lleidó in barri gotic, served in silver tepots (maybe pewter).

cafe royale, just off placa real, is ok if you are stuck down there.

dot club, c/ nou de la sant francesc (my old street), has galaxy records from gracia playing some minimal house, tech house etc, the last thursday of every month i think. that is rerally good.
galaxy is a greta shop that is on c/ torrent d'olla in gracia

also good is sci fi records in raval, not sure what street, nr c/ tallers.

mirablau - go to av tibidabo fgc stop, get the tram or bus up to the funicular, there is this bar there with a great view of barcelona, like a massive panoramic window thing. if it is open go up to the top of tibidabo. mirablau is in placa doctor andreu.

food: great pinchas bar on carrer verdi in gracia. cant remember the name though, its just up from the cinema verdi, on the other side of the road. loads of lebanese/syrian places on verdi. the best is the one on the corner below the cinema on the same side of the road.

gracia has some good places, check mond club in placa del sol up there.

er thats it for now. my brain hurts and i have to pack. *sniff*...

― ambrose (ambrose), Monday, 29 March 2004 23:14 (twenty-two years ago)

How come SF doesn't have this many good-sounding clubs?

*sniff*

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Monday, 29 March 2004 23:16 (twenty-two years ago)

START ONE

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 29 March 2004 23:26 (twenty-two years ago)

i would happily go to Barca in Midsummer although I would prefer to try and time my visit with a low key game at the Nou Camp if possible

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 29 March 2004 23:26 (twenty-two years ago)

START ONE

*moan*

I saw Rivaldo's first game for Barca. It was magnificent.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Monday, 29 March 2004 23:32 (twenty-two years ago)

two months pass...

I am going! It's all booked!

So I should go to Club Moog, Fonfone, or Sidecar?

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Monday, 28 June 2004 02:04 (twenty-one years ago)

I am there through the middle of a week. please tell me these things do not all fall on weekends. Of course not, this is Barcelona.

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Monday, 28 June 2004 02:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Apollo is good for packed sweaty techno and grimey spanish crusties/electroclash trolls...

― Jacob (Jacob), Monday, 28 June 2004 03:30 (twenty-one years ago)

well sidecar used to do a great night on wednesdays, but this weas 2/3 months ago so dont qoutem on that....
not sure baout moog midweek. there is loads of stuff on in the week, i just can't think what it is. fonfone is really just an example of a good bar which plays good music. you should check it out if you are in the area for example. i dont know whether its something to go out of you way to go to. dot club is just down the road but only opens on thursday, i think. anyway i guarantee you that you will not be lacking in things to do, even if these suggestions dont materialise. there is stuff on everywhere and the best thing to do is to wander around areas like born, raval (hmm maybe keep north of rambla de raval) and of course barri gotic.

― ambrose (ambrose), Monday, 28 June 2004 08:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Fon Fone has really gone downhill. I was there the other night and heard one of the worst DJs in my life -- went from Sugarhill Gang into progressive house in about three records. Not 2ManyDJs fare, just no sense of direction whatsoever. Plus it's become a real sort of frat-boy type crowd over the last few years.

Moog has great sound, immersive lighting, and when it's packed, goes OFF.

Loft's main room is usually devoted to bangin' hard techno, but I've seen some dope folks in the side room -- Matias Aguayo of Closer Musick, Krikor, Damian Lazarus.

Nitsa @ Apolo has sort of problematic sound, but is a fun night out regardless. The Output party after Sonar was a freaking sweatbox. Get there early for big-ticket events, or you won't get in. Of course, "early" means, like, 2 a.m. I went the other night for Marco Passarani at 1:30 and I was about the fifth person in the club.

I'm not a huge fan of the City Hall club, but they do have some good events, like an electro night on Wednesdays, I think. It's near Plaza Catalunya.

A bit outside the city, Lasal is supposed to be a great beachside venue; check the site for lineup.

Finally, Salir En Barcelona is a great clubbing reference across the boards.

― philip sherburne (philip sherburne), Monday, 28 June 2004 08:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Thanks, guys!

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 03:15 (twenty-one years ago)

look out for a night called hit battle. if it is on, (i dont know how you hear about it), take a cd with three tunes and play em to everbody else. that is wicked. although i have no info on it.

what is this? sounds interesting...

― OCP (OCP), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 04:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Moog is great -saw Ellen Allien there on Wednesday -sigh. She was brilliant, she has a really musical mixing technique, and there were a lot of "whoa! here we go!" moments as she brought new records in. She even played my girlfriend's request for her mix of Barbara Morgenstern's Aus Heiterem Himmel (mixed in like she'd been leading up to it for the last hour, and with a big smile). She also has shot to number one in my best-dj-dancers league table.
-philip -the output thing in Apollo was ridiculously sweaty. We had to leave eventually because it was just too ridiculous, which was a shame. Although whoever that was after Black Strobe didn't do a lot for me anyway.

― Conor (Conor), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 11:16 (twenty-one years ago)

hit battle maybe an extremelty occasionaly thing. in fatc maybe it wont happen again. there was one in the pool hall above the theatre at the bottom of la ramblas but i couldnt get in. the one i went to was ina pakistani restaurant.

― ambrose (ambrose), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 13:23 (twenty-one years ago)

conor, that's great. fucking kudos to your girlfriend for requesting one of the tracks of the night. i was there too, funny coincidence. and you're damn straight, watching ellen dance was enormously gratifying. moog is the kind of place that's totally made for her... way better than the cavernous mezzanine, a 1200 person space, where i saw her in SF.

― philip sherburne (philip sherburne), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 13:49 (twenty-one years ago)

...there was I thinking that the mezzanine was pretty small...

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 14:49 (twenty-one years ago)

"fucking kudos to your girlfriend for requesting one of the tracks of the night" -damn right! It was exactly the right song at that moment -and our sort of theme song that week too -we had driven back from the pyrenees that day with it cranked in the car.
Sounds like we shared a lot of moments last week Philip...

― Conor (Conor), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 22:57 (twenty-one years ago)

two months pass...

I wnt to thank everyone for recommending moog, even though I only got to the door in the end. long and sad story :(.

also props to ambrose for repping suzet

― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 16 September 2004 00:08 (twenty-one years ago)

four years pass...

Hello,

I've just moved to Barcelona (to take a job as a translator). And I have very little idea of what is going on concertwise (apart from the Peter Brötzmann show I saw about two weeks ago at 'Be Cool', which must be a jazz venue)

Is Barcelona good for any music in particular, are there any venues/promoters in particular that regularly put on good gigs? What about record shops? How about music lessons even?

I have lived in London, Oxford, Lyon, and Paris, I've always been able to find good experimental/improvised music, good free classical music (esp. avant garde/ contemporary classical) and some decent rock concerts and jazz. Something tells me that in Barcelona this stuff will be harder to come by. It's not easy to classify my interests, I always say I'll listen to anything that's good, but the last few concerts i've seen shd give an idea...

Peter Brotzmann and Paal Nilssen Love
Gravetemple
Christian Marclay and ... oh crap, i've forgotten his name- guitarist, based in new york...
bilt to spill (actually, i saw them a year ago)
animal collective (that was a year ago too)
electrelane

put more simply, I'm a Wire reader ( not a dogmatic one, but if i want to survive Spain I may even have to take out a subscription)...

also, if anyone is reading this from Barcelona, do you know anyone in need of a flatmate?

― mes, Sunday, 28 September 2008 20:53 (seventeen years ago)

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