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Full Sónar line-up revealed ft. Janelle Monae, The Human League and Toro Y Moi
JoeDiddly by Luke Slater March 14th, 2011

Spain's Sónar festival may be a little while away yet but the organisers have just confirmed the full line-up for Barcelona-based section and also for the event in A Coruña. Some of the juciest line-up additions include Janelle Monae, The Human League, Toro Y Moi as well as showcases from Ninja Tune, Big Dada, Tri Angle.

Anyway, the entire thing is unbelievably vast, so we thought we'd list everything (almost...) that's going on over the course of the festival including Sonar by Day and Sonar by Night. Have a peek below, although it might take you a while to get through all of it.

Sónar by Day:

Thursday June 16:
Nicolas Jaar, Toro Y Moi, Tyondai Braxton, Little Dragon, Floating Points, Raime, Denseland, Open Reel Ensemble, Daito Manabe

Ninja Tune & Big Dada Present:
Shuttle
Dels
Offshore
Eskmo

Friday June 17:
Astrud + Colálectiu Brossa, Agoria, Hauschka, Atmosphere, Dominique Young Unique, Oy, Xesœs Valle, Facto y los Amigos del Norte

Tri Angle present:
How To Dress Well
Holy Other

Saturday June 18:
Actress, Apparat, Global Communication, Hype Williams, Gilles Peterson Shangaan Electro, No Surrender, Filewile, EVOL, Edred—n, Judah, DJ Sith & David M

Disboot present Downliners Sekt
C156

Sónar by Night:

Thursday June 16:

Steve Reich + bcn216 + Synergy Vocals

Friday June 17:
M.I.A., Aphex Twin, The Human League, Cut Copy, Boys Noize, Die Antwoord, Trentemoller, A-Trak, Scuba, Steve Aoki, Munchi, Djedjotronic, Schlachthofbronx

BBC Radio 1 presents:
Annie Mac + Katy B
Benji B + Pearson Sound
Toddla T + Redlight feat. Ms Dynamite & Dread MC

Russian Beats presents: Mujuice, DZA, Smalltown Supersound, Diskjokke, Annie, Bjørn Torske

Saturday June 18:
Underworld, Magnetic Man, Janelle Monae, Chris Cunningham Shackleton, James Holden, The Gaslamp Killer, Surgeon, Buraka Som Sistema, Africa Hitech, Paul Kalkbrenner, Mary Anne Hobbs, Yelle Silent Servant, Noaipre

Night Slugs presents:
L-Vis 1990 b2b Bok Bok
Egyptrixx

Numbers presents: Deadboy, Jackmaster, Lory D, Redinho, Spencer, Jessie Ware

Visuals by Remote Location (UK), Thomas Traum (DE) & Novak (UK)

Infiné presents: Rone
Arandel
Clara Moto

Sunday June 19:
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto

SONAR GALICIA

A Coruña 17-18 June

Friday June 17:
Underworld , Magnetic Man, Shackleton, James Holden, The Gaslamp Killer, Buraka Som Sistema, HHY & The Macumbas, Judah, Colectivo Oruga, Galis 115, DJ Sith, Caino & Zinqin, Wasilkoski, DJ Ino & La Keise Band

Saturday June 18:
M.I.A., Die Antwoord, Cut Copy, Boys Noize, Munchi, Ningunos Djs Lasers, Dr. Think

More information on the festival can be found here on SonarRadio.



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