Sonar 2005 programme

MARC HOULE (CA)
MATHEW JONSON (CA)
RICHIE HAWTIN (CA)
TROY PIERCE vs MAGDA (US-CA)

unmissable. add vitalic and i might go

this is about the only board on the web I've seen positive reactions so far.

all that said... still plenty enough goodness to go round.

the people who organise this are the weirdest people ever.

i wish they would cancel the chemical bros and use their performance fees to book a zillion much better people. shitloads of people go to sonar anyway, they dont need to book lame-o stdium tours to bump up the numbers, shurely?

you can either rent an apartment for those 3 days or check into a hostel...i hooked up with a couple who rented out a room in their flat for the sonar weekend, and i think i paid like 70 euros for the 3 nights, got to use their kitchen so i saved a bundle by cooking there and had a key to myself (no curfews, which some hostels do have) so check whatever barcelona classifieds you can find, apparently lots of people do this sort of thing because sonar -is- a big tourist draw for the city...do this as soon as possible, rates for all accomodation go up statospherically because of this as june approaches

don't bother buying 3 euro beer cups while at sonar at day...go into any convenience store and drink up in the MACBA sidewalks or sneak in the stuff, security isn't that tight...but it is at sonar by night, no contraband there

sonar at night is held at a hangar-like venue not too close to the heart of the city, so you either have to get a cab (perfectly shareable with other people going there too) or pay 3 euros a trip for the sónar bus

drugs are cheap, if you're into that...don't buy from the crusty punks outside sonar by night though, overpriced and dodgy

get 5-10 trip metro passes, they're like 6 euros (i think), and you can go to the beach in the morn and then drop by sonar by day when you feel like it

will post more info when i remember it!

"General Pass
(3 Days + 2 Nights Ticket)
105€
CCCB-MACBA-Centre d'art Santa Mònica-Fira Gran Via (M2)
The easiest way of attending Sónar. Permits entrance to Sónar by Day and Sónar by Night, the three days and the two nights (Friday, Saturday) of the festival"

and accomodation., well people sometimes charge more for sonar time for flats etc. there is a camping site outside of barcleona that was 9 euros a night last time i checked, its a 30 min bus ride into town, but would be nearer than that for sonar by night. you pay a supplement for a car. its in castelldefells, or thereabouts.

i think we paid about 25 pound a night. or maybe thatr was euros. thats was for an apartment for 5 people or so. sorrry i cant be more precise. s for costs within barcelona, its not as cheap a town as you might expect.

that is totally useless, sorry.

I am asking for it, for a birthday present.

eg one beginning with a k?
anything liek that?

A Taste Of Sonar 2005: Francois K (LIVE), Miss Kittin (DJ Set), Durutti Column (LIVE), MU (LIVE), The Beautiful People (LIVE), Chris Coco (DJ Set), Jamie Lidell (LIVE), Hot Chip (LIVE), Mark One & Virus Syndicate (LIVE), Solo Los Solo (LIVE), Simon Russell plays Rough Trade (DJ Set), Mental Overdrive (LIVE), Undo & Vicknoise (Four Decks), Circus Company presents: Sety DJ & Noze (LIVE), Russell Haswell (DJ Set).

It's a bloody Thursday night though (26th May). A snip at a tenner, even is just for Russell Haswell over the Fabric soundsystem.

I'm attempting to get a few people over to Sonar, they were set on Benicassim, but I'm working on them...

i need to get a fuckinh schengen visa again though

Sónar anuncia nuevas incorporaciones al cartel de este año: Martin L. Gore, Luke Vibert, Matt Elliott, Diplo, Guillamino, Professor Angel Dust, Tim Goldsworthy repasando el catálogo de DFA y un showcase del sello finlandés Fonal, entre otras novedades.

from the Sónar newsletter

dave, my guess is that reggae has never resonated w/ hipster communities in spain the way it does in the US or UK. i could be wrong. also, last year was sonar's big hip-hop extravaganza, which reflected barcelona's (and maybe spain's) infatuation with it at the time. from what i've heard, though, it's not as big there as it was last year. i could of course be way off on all these cod-sociological assessments.

(and they did have francois k spin a dub set once!)

accommodation worries start here. is it possible to do this by tent?!

adam: my body HATES me right now, but yes, in a heartbeat!

XP

I feel fine.

(xp haha im wearing it right now. uncannesy)

did you have a better night on saturday, mark?

a few more things dribbling into memory:

-dancing in the amazing sunbeam-lit basilica which is SonarLab to the unexpectedly astounding Iñaqui Marín, by myself right in front of the big fuck-off fan at the back
-Marianna and I striding past SonarPark while DJ Yoda was playing on our way to somewhere else, hearing the opening bars of 'Lose Control', looking at each other and as one diving into the room to dance
-Paris Hilton sex tape used as visuals for Mu
-'Requiem For A Hit' is such an anthem
-2ManyDJs dropping 'Poney Pt 1' at 7am just when I noticed that the sun had risen and all these flagging dancers having their batteries totally recharged by its opening bars

hmm:

-MIA was a little disappointing. she was very good, but she wasn't GREAT especially compared to Róisín Murphy. her homegirl kind of had better moves and more presence. but it was still fun to dance to.
-OK I love 'NY Excuse' and 'E Talking' as much as the next hipster but enough already, they're becoming dancefloor clichés

xp

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Ambrose you are great.

If my connection dies now I can only hope it's still there in the morning. Firefox 'resume' needs either fixing or, removing as a feature. It doesn't work, ever! I can't be bothered to install Opera (resume works) or some such workaround right now. Bet it stalls at 99%. Gah, why do people ZIP mp3 files?? It doesn't compress them any more does it? Am I misinformed about that?

(thats a lot of whines for a single post).

next year....

I'm blown away

!!!

sorry to be a pest folx

if any of you have the sets downloaded and know the tunes &c.

Secret of Mana was a very influential game.

mark, the song I was singing was hakan libdo's "perverz polizei"

I miss barcelona

i'm glad a few songs stuck, memory-wise, esp. "dexter".

http://isohunt.com/btDetails.php?id=5172890

Files:
Ada - Sonar 2005 - Barcelona - 17-06-2005.mp3
Afra + The Incredible Beatbox Band - Sonar 2005 - Barcelona - 16-06-2005.mp3
Alex Under - Sonar 2005 - Barcelona - 18-6-2005 part I.mp3
Alex Under - Sonar 2005 - Barcelona - 18-6-2005 part II.mp3
Artificial - Sonar 2005 - Barcelona - 16-6-2005.mp3
Basteroid - Sonar 2005 - Barcelona - 17-6-2005.mp3
Cycle - Sonar 2005 - Barcelona - 16-6-2005.mp3
Ellen Allien - Sonar 2005 - Barcelona - 18-6-2005.mp3
F S Blumm - Sonar 2005 - Barcelona - 17-6-2005.mp3
Hurtmold - Sonar 2005 - Barcelona - 16-6-2005.mp3
Jamie Lidell - Sonar 2005 - Barcelona - 17-6-2005.mp3
Jeff Mills - Sonar 2005 - Barcelona - 17-6-2005 part I.mp3
Jeff Mills - Sonar 2005 - Barcelona - 17-6-2005 part II.mp3
Joris Voorn - Sonar 2005 - Barcelona - 17-6-2005.mp3
Khonnor - Sonar 2005 - Barcelona - 16-6-2005.mp3
Luke Vibert - Sonar 2005 - Barcelona - 16-06-2005.mp3
Marc Houle - Sonar 2005 - Barcelona - 18-6-2005.mp3
Matthew Herbert - Plat Du Jou - Sonar 2005 - Barcelona - 16-06-2005.mp3
Miss Kittin - Sonar 2005 - Barcelona - 18-6-2005 part I.mp3
Miss Kittin - Sonar 2005 - Barcelona - 18-6-2005 part II.mp3
Mouse on Mars - Sonar 2005 - Barcelona - 17-6-2005.mp3
Mu - Sonar 2005 - Barcelona - 18-6-2005.mp3
Roisin Murphy - Sonar 2005 - Barcelona - 17-6-2005.mp3
Soft Pink Truth - Sonar 2005 - Barcelona - 17-6-2005.mp3
Soulwax - Sonar 2005 - Barcelona - 18-6-2005.mp3
Tatsuki - Sonar 2005 - Barcelona - 16-06-2005.mp3
TowAtom aka Dj Towa Tei & Atom Heart - Sonar 2005 - Barcelona - 16-06-2005.mp3
Troy Pierce vs Magda - Sonar 2005 - Barcelona - 18-6-2005 - part I.mp3
Troy Pierce vs Magda - Sonar 2005 - Barcelona - 18-6-2005 - part II.mp3
Vert - Sonar 2005 - Barcelona - 18-6-2005.mp3