SÓNAR 2024 REVEALS FULL FESTIVAL TIMETABLES, BY DAY AND STAGE

Click here to see the timetables for the lineups for Sónar 2024 and Sónar+D 2024. Sónar by Day will open from 3pm to midnight and Sónar by Night from 8:30 pm to 7am. Sónar+D will open at 10am on Thursday and Friday exclusively for holders of Delegate Passes, SonarPass+D or Sónar by Day Passes (standard or VIP).
The Official Sónar 2024 app is now available for iOS and Android. You can use it to check the timetables for each day and stage, and find out more about all the artists and activities and when they’re playing at Sónar by Day, Sónar by Night and Sónar+D. You can also bookmark your favourite shows and activities, and set up alerts to make sure you don’t miss them.
Listen to the Official Sónar 2024 Audio Playlist here on Spotify. Over 7hrs of music across 108 tracks, handpicked to showcase the broad range of sounds and styles to be found at this year’s edition; taking in everything from icons of electronica to missives from micro scenes around the world.
And watch the Official Sónar 2024 Video Playlist here on YouTube. Over 90 videos that include some of the most visually arresting shows at the festival this year.
You can also listen to our SonarMix podcasts here, a series of mixes commissioned by the festival featuring artists from this year’s lineup that reflect the bold, forward-thinking, and innovative spirit of Sónar. A new episode is being published each week, with mixes by Toy Tonics (Kapote & Sam Ruffillo), Dj Fucci, Coco Em, Yosef, Drea, Swoose, Rumbler y Akazie, already setting the stage for Sónar 2024

SÓNAR 2024 LINE UP

Music & Performances
Air play ‘Moon Safari’ | Charlotte de Witte presents ‘Overdrive’ | Kaytranada | Paul Kalkbrenner | Jessie Ware | Vince Staples | Laurent Garnier | Floating Points | Kittin b2b David Vunk | Folamour A/V | Richie Hawtin | Héctor Oaks b2b Partiboi69 | Adriatique | Lee Gamble presents ‘Models’ with Candela Capitán | Jennifer Cardini b2b HAAi | Ben Böhmer live | DJ Flight & MC Chickaboo | Soto Asa | Sevdaliza | The Martinez Brothers | Yerai Cortés presents ‘Guitarra Coral’ | VTSS | CASISDEAD | Eliza Rose b2b Dan Shake b2b Sally C | Aïsha Devi + Emmanuel Biard }§{ present ‘Les Immortelles’ | Reinier Zonneveld live | ASIANDOPEBOYS present ‘PHYSIS’ | horsegiirL | Kianí Del Valle Performance Group presents ‘CORTEX’ with Tayhana & Hamill Industries | KI/KI live | Gabber Eleganza presents ‘The Hakke Show’ | Kerri Chandler presents ‘Reel-2-Reel’ live | Danny Tenaglia | Marlon Hoffstadt aka DJ Daddy Trance | JASSS | Kabeaushé | TAYHANA presents Club Latinx w/ Simona, Slim Soledad & Mare Advertencia | DJ Tennis | Surgeon & Speedy J present ‘MULTIPLES’ live | DJ Gigola | ABHIR | Adelaida presents ‘Muérdago’ | Akazie | AMORE | Anetha | Arnau Obiols | Bikôkô | Blackhaine | Blck Mamba | BLEX: Filip Custic, Virgen Maria, Naive Supreme & Hundred Tauro | C.FRIM b2b BAMBII | C.O.U. | Cinthie live | Club Cringe | Coco Em | Daniel Benza & Dømochevsky present ‘Cortical’ | Drazzit | Drea | Dyce | Ela Minus | EMPTYSET | Dj Fucci | DJ Gatasanta | GAZZI b2b DALILA | La Goony Chonga | Hadren | Huda | Iceboy Violet & Nueen present ‘You Said You’d Hold My Hand Through The Fire‘ | Jehia | Judeline | Julietta Ferrari | Kelly Moran | LaFrancesssa | LANAV | Laurel Halo presents ‘Atlas’ with Leila Bourdreuil | Loraine James | Mainline Magic Orchestra | Marie Davidson live | Marie Montexier b2b Mor Elian | Meritxell de Soto | moktar | Myriam Bleau & Nien Tzu Weng present ‘Second Self’ | Natural Wonder Beauty Concept | Octave One live | Olof Dreijer & Diva Cruz (DJ + percussion set) | pablopablo | Raxon | River Moon | Rob Clouth | Rumbler | salute | Sepehr live | SHYBOI | Skin On Skin | Slim Soledad | Spacer | Stacey Hotwaxx Hale b2b DJ Paulette | Surusinghe | Swoose | TAAHLIAH | Team Rolfes presents ‘321Rule’ live AV starring Lil Mariko | TNTC | TOMMY CASH | TORO presents: softchaos, engalanan, wicboyx | Toy Tonics Jam: Kapote & Sam Ruffillo | Toya Delazy | UTO | Valentina Magaletti & Theresa Baumgartner present ‘Lucha Libre’ | Verushka | VMO a.k.a. Violent Magic Orchestra | Yosef | ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U | yunè pinku live

Talks & Forums +
RAIN Film Festival | ‘2 tired 2 prompt’ Tim Maughan | AI & Web3 Creative Summit | ‘AI Performance Playground’ hacklab hosted by Peter Kirn & Cibelle Cavalli Bastos | All Our Minds Workshop | AlphaTheta present ‘Euphonia’ Workshop | ‘ARTficial: Generative AI, creativity and copyright’ Micaela Mantegna | ‘Audiovisual Aesthetics’ Ela Minus & Querida, moderated by Philip Sherburne | Creating new identities through (digital) fashion | Curating the curators | Dance Dance Revolution | ‘Diving into Liquid Strata’ by Entangled Others, Daphne Xanthopoulou and Joan Llort | Future of Music with Revelator Labs & MUSIC x: Royalties on-chain and self-custody of IP Rights | ‘Generating Panic?’ | Music Tech Session | Project Area | Sasha Costanza-Chock presented by SEIDOR | SonarMies: ‘Liquid Strata’ by Entangled Others, Daphne Xanthopoulou and Joan Llort | ‘Stories from the AI Underclass’ Joanne McNeil | ‘Surprise! AI Feedback and the Unexpected’ Marta Verde | Tardes de Prompting – Music and Audio presented by Stability AI (Josiah Taylor) | Tardes de Prompting – Visual Arts presented by Krea.ai (Boldtron) | ‘Traffic: el arte de navegación’ presented by Foto Colectania and Jon Uriarte | ‘Vibrational Intelligences’ Nicole L’Huillier | We are the music makers | ‘What’s immersive anyway?’ New frontiers in art and performance

Sónar 2024 brings together pioneers of electronic music, micro scenes from around the world, experts in AI an innovators in digital and audiovisual culture.

The 31st edition of Sónar brings together dance music pioneers and hyperlocal microscenes, with a dose of radical aesthetics and groundbreaking staging. It’s also a celebration of the diversity of genres and subgenres that define the sound of electronic music in 2024: from ambient to drum’n’bass; from happy hardcore to post-punk; taking in black metal, deconstructed club, memecore, gabber, and hyperpop.

The lineup includes major artists like Air, Paul Kalkbrenner, Charlotte de Witte, Sevdaliza, Jessie Ware, Kaytranada, Laurent Garnier, Ben Böhmer, Vince Staples, Folamour, CASISDEAD, Adriatique, VTSS, Richie Hawtin, Olof Dreijer & Diva Cruz, Kerri Chandler, Floating Points, plus many more.

But Sónar 2024 goes beyond household names, with a diverse selection of international and Spanish acts. Live performances from Aïsha Devi, Marie Davidson, Soto Asa, Yerai Cortés, Judeline, Loraine James, Kabeaushé, Iceboy Violet & Nueen, pablopablo, Lee Gamble & Candela Capitán, Toya Delazy, and La Goony Chonga are joined by singular DJs like JASSS, Eliza Rose b2b Dan Shake b2b Sally C, DJ Gigola, Blck Mamba, horsegiirL, Verushka, and ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U; plus radical collectives including ASIANDOPEBOYS, BLEX, Club Cringe, and TORO.

Sónar+D, the festival’s meeting of digital innovation and creativity – integrated into Sónar by Day – addresses the mass-adoption of Artificial Intelligence, examining how it’s shaping the present and future of the creative industries. Kicking off with an inaugural conference entitled ‚Generating Panic?’, the implications – dangers, opportunities, and questions – of the use of AI in the arts and creative industries will take centre stage. There’ll be further analysis throughout the weekend with a series of debates, forums, talks and performances, featuring artists Marta Verde and Nicole L’Huillier, researcher Sasha Costanza-Chock (presented by SEIDOR), legal expert Micaela Mantegna, plus representatives from creative agencies Superblue and Moment Factory, plus curators from TED, The Conference, OFFF, and A MAZE, and many others.

During Sónar Week, Barcelona once again transforms into the global capital of electronic music and digital culture. Alongside Sónar by Day, Sónar by Night, and Sónar+D; OFFSónar, THE CUBE, +RAIN Film Festival, and SonarMies bring over 350 different activities, and more than 150,000 attendees, to the city. This year’s programme is made possible through various collaborations. Among them are AI & Music, powered by S+T+ARTS; the TIMES(The Independent Movement for the Electronic Scenes) project in collaboration with nine other European festivals; the +RAIN Film Festival dedicated to cinema made with AI, organised together with the Universitat Pompeu Fabra; THE CUBE in collaboration with Casa Batlló; a new immersive visual arts space dedicated to Catalan talent promoted by the Direcció General d’Innovació i Cultura Digital; and Project Area, the Sónar+D exhibition area supported by Fundació Banc Sabadell. Plus there’s a new collaboration at Sónar by Night, with an updated SonarLab x Printworks stage that brings the essence of the much-missed London venue to Spain for the first time.

Sónar by Night

At Sónar by Night, you’ll find pioneers old and new, from electronic music and beyond. Air will perform their acclaimed debut album ‘Moon Safari’ in full for the very first time. They’re joined by disco revivalist Jessie Ware, creative Californian rapper Vince Staples, and multi-talented artist and performer Kaytranada, who’s currently preparing brand-new music.

Techno and house, dance music’s most established genres, will be well represented across both nights. Expect emotional techno from Paul Kalkbrenner, Ben Böhmer, and Adriatique; pure power from Charlotte de Witte’s new show ‘Overdrive’; and Richie Hawtin’s brand-new concept show. House fans won’t want to miss Kerri Chandler’s ‘Reel-2-Reel’ live, during which the New Jersey legend mixes live on stage with reel-to-reel tapes for an unparalleled audiophile experience. There are also appearances from New York house royalty Danny Tenaglia and The Martinez Brothers.

New at Sónar by Night this year is the SonarLab x Printworks stage, which brings the audiovisual experience of the famed London club to Spain for the first time. Featuring a 10 x 6 metre vertical screen and a redesigned lighting rig, it’s where a carefully curated and forward-thinking lineup of artists – CASISDEAD, KI/KI live, JASSS, Eliza Rose b2b Dan Shake b2b Sally C, salute, DJ Flight & MC Chickaboo, and more – will appear across both nights of Sónar by Night.

SonarCar will once again host the movers and shakers from hyperlocal scenes around the world. From the Latin diaspora comes Tayhana’s itinerant party Club Latinx and Cuban-American rapper La Goony Chonga, and from Barcelona and Madrid, respectively, Verushka of Me Siento Extraña and Antidoto Club’s Yosef. It’s also a showcase for a pair of collectives who bring radical performance aesthetics to the dancefloor: Barcelona’s BLEX and New York’s Club Cringe.

Sónar by day

Sónar by Day repeats last year’s formula, with international headliners soundtracking all three evenings under the new canopy at SonarVillage by Estrella Damm. This year, there’s a clear French touch to the lineup, with Folamour’s new AV show on Thursday, Laurent Garnier’s eagerly awaited return to the festival on Friday, and Kittin back-to-back David Vunk on Saturday.

Spanish electronic music’s embrace of pop, rap, and R&B is felt in live shows from rising local stars Judeline, ABHIR, AMORE, pablopablo, Bikôkô, and Dyce. They’re joined by a host of international artists with a reputation for electric live sets, including Kabeaushé, HorsegiirL, TOMMY CASH, and Toya Delazy. The full diversity of local and global club culture is celebrated across the Sónar by Day lineup, with Marie Davidson live, Skin On Skin, DJ Gigola, Blck Mamba, Akazie, Slim Soledad, Jehia, ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U, and many more.

A touch of flamenco comes to Sónar with Yerai Cortés. The young guitarist presents his new show ‚Guitarra Coral‘, joined on stage by a choir of six ‘palmeras’ and surrounded by microphones and cables for a hypnotic collective ritual that pushes the boundaries of flamenco. Sónar, Little Spain (the audiovisual production company of Antón Álvarez, better known as C. Tangana) and Blur Films have also teamed up to present the video for „Sonar por Bulerías“ (from Yerai’s forthcoming album), which is released today.

As always at Sónar, expect experimentation – musical, scenographic, and performative – on every stage. Analogue hardware is the foundation for EMPTYSET’s abstract, rugged sound, as well as for Surgeon & Speedy J’s expansion of the classic techno blueprint. Loraine James, Natural Wonder Beauty Concept (DJ Python and Ana Roxanne), and Ela Minus craft intimate soundscapes live on stage, and there’s a Spanish exclusive performance of ‘Les Immortelles’, Aïsha Devi’s powerful new show with visionary stage designer Emanuel Biard.

Elsewhere, dance takes centre stage in a series of hybrid performances: cult producer Lee Gamble with choreographer Candela Capitán (in a show co-produced with Unsound); choreographer and dancer Kianí del Valle (in a new show with Hamill Industries and Tayhana); drill and noise artist Blackhaine; and Gabber Eleganza’s ‚The Hakke Show‘, featuring high-speed hakke dancing at 180bpm and rising. And the grand finale takes place on Saturday with ‚PHYSIS‘, a radical 6-hour multidisciplinary performance by ASIANDOPEBOYS. Founder Tianzhao Chen will be joined by 17 different artists throughout the afternoon, from musicians to dancers and performers, including the aforementioned ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U.

Sónar+D

At the 12th edition of Sónar+D, listen, watch, and learn how actors throughout the creative industries are adapting to today’s new reality. With the widespread use of Artificial Intelligence, the economic imperative of platform capitalism, and the new frontiers being opened up by immersive entertainment and augmented reality, the present and future of these industries has rarely felt so uncertain.

On Thursday 13th June, get familiar with the questions and risks surrounding the use of AI with the inaugural conference ‚Generating Panic?‘,and discover how AI is altering the very nature of art with Nicole L’Huillier. Sasha Costanza-Chock invites us to examine how we could make technology more inclusive in a talk presented by SEIDOR. Finally, explore the world of digital identities on stage, with a pair of performances from Myriam Bleau & Nien Tzu Weng and Team Rolfes with Lil Mariko.

On Friday 14th June, Sónar+D opens with a debate on the growing industry for immersive experiences ‚What’s Immersive Anyway?‘, before legal expert and gamer Micaela Mantegna delves into the complex world of generative AI and copyright. AI is also at the centre of talks by writers Tim Maughan and Joanne McNeil, who explore the subject through the lens of fiction and critical thinking. Finally explore the fascinating and growing world of digital fashion, in a panel presented by Vogue Business, featuring renowned creative director Isabelita Virtual and the Institute of Digital Fashion’s Leanne Young.

Project Area, Sónar+D’s interactive exhibition area, supported by Fundación Banco Sabadell, returns to Sónar by Day this year with over 60 exhibitors from around the world. Divided into eight distinct sections, it’s where you can test, ask about, experiment with, and discover future creative tech. At AI & Music powered by S+T+ARTS, explore Intelligent Instruments Lab’s innovative new instrument designs; get familiar with AI tools like Krea.ai at Creative AI; and discover the latest modular synthesisers and musical tools – or find out how Nina Protocol are revolutionising music distribution – at Music Tech. Over at Weird Science, engage with innovative and novel scientific research, including work by the Barcelona Computing Centre’s artists-in-residence; and meet artistic and technological institutions from around the world at Global Lab, including ArtsKorea Lab and The Generative Art Museum. At Realities+D, dive into virtual reality with a selection of experiences curated by Fabbula, or play experimental games from the likes of Team Rolfes and Rhett TSAI (蔡宇潇) in the Gaming section. Finally, Digital Identities explores digital selves and avatars, including Harriet Davey and snake_case’s “queer LAN party”. These are just a sample of what’s on display

This year, Sónar+D also hosts a special showcase of immersive visual and digital art from Catalonia, organised in collaboration with the Generalitat de Catalunya and Landscapes, the digital art agency of MIRA festival. In a specially designed closed cube, Onionlab, Desilence, Eyesberg, Claudia Maté, Sevi Iko Dømochevsky, and Jordi Mass will showcase their work across the three days of Sónar by Day. The same artists will also take part in an accompanying panel at SonarÀgora on Friday 14th June.

The AI & Music powered by S+T+ARTS programme debuts at Sónar by Day this year, with a series of performances and talks that explore how AI is changing how music is made and performed. On stage, as well as Lee Gamble’s ‘Models’ with Candela Capitán and Myriam Bleau & Nien Tzu Weng’s ‘Second Self’ , experience a powerful, transversal show by alternative pop icon Sevdaliza and a live AV set by Rob Clouth. The programme also features an ‚AI Performance Playground Hacklab‘, led by Peter Kirn and Cibelle Cavalli Bastos. All 12 participants have been previously selected via an open call, but there’ll be an open showcase on Saturday 15th June. The aforementioned Nicole L’Huillier is also part of the programme, as is Marta Verde’s AV conference ‚Surprise! AI Feedback and the Unexpected‘. The programme is rounded off with the debate forum ‚We Are the Music Makers‘ and a pair of ‚Tardes de Prompting’ sessions: one on Visual Arts hosted by Krea.ai and Boldtron and another on Music and Audio with Stability AI’s Josiah Taylor.

Sónar is part of TIMES (The Independent Movement for Electronic Scenes), a cooperative project that brings together 10 European festivals and an audiovisual partner to create and curate original shows that combine music and visual arts. In addition to the project’s shared programming of artists and original creations, TIMES aims to support, promote and enhance diversity and sustainability within the music sector.

At Sónar 2024, TIMES presents ‚Curating the Curators‚, revealing the minds who are taking conferences to the next level, featuring representatives from TED, The Conference, Katapult, OFFF, A MAZE. This year also features a series of co-curated performances. Co-curated by Berlin Atonal, Iceboy Violet & Nueen premiere their new album ‚You Said You’d Hold My Hand Through The Fire‘ – forthcoming on Hyperdub – and Valentina Magaletti & Theresa Baumgartner perform ‚Lucha Libre‘. Greek festival Reworks have co-curated Olof Dreijer & Diva Cruz’s hybrid set and Coco Em, while Nuits Sonores are co-curating sets by Blck Mamba and TORO Collective.

Sónar Week

In 2024, Sónar Week will once again transform Barcelona into the global epicentre of electronic music and cultural innovation. In addition to the full programme of Sónar by Day, Sónar by Night, and Sónar+D, OFFSónar will be held at Poble Espanyol de Montjuïc, just a 5-minute walk from Fira Montjuïc. This year OFFSónar features a series of parties organised with leading labels and promoters from Thursday to Sunday: Brunch Electronik, “X” by Adriatique, Solid Grooves, Keinemusik, FUSE London, and elrow,

This year Sónar and Casa Batlló announce the debut of THE CUBE, combining electronic music and digital art, in a one-of-its-kind 360 degree space located in the iconic Gaudí building. THE CUBE launches on the 24th May with the world premiere of ‘Music:Response’ by The Chemical Brothers and Smith and Lyall. This thrilling new audiovisual experience brings together remixed classics from the UK electronic duo combined with the kaleidoscopic visuals of Smith & Lyall for this 3-dimensional artwork. ‘Music:Response’ will run until the end of July.

Sónar+D extends beyond Sónar by Day once again in 2024. This year, Sónar kicks off with the 2nd edition of +RAIN Film Festival on Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th June. Co-organised with the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, this international film festival for cinema made entirely using AI explores how this technology is coexisting with current cinematic narratives. This year, the festival received over 230 submissions, consolidating its position as an international showcase for cinema made with generative AI, and showing how this art form is growing exponentially.

The Sónar Week programme is completed with a new edition of SonarMies at Mies van der Rohe Pavilion. This year the oceanographer Joan Llort and the artists Entangled Others and Daphne X have created ‘Liquid Strata’, an installation presented in collaboration with TBA21 that explores the unknown depths of the ocean.

LINEUP BY DAY AND BY NIGHT

Thursday 13th June – Sónar by Day

Music & Performances | 3pm to midnight
Aïsha Devi + Emmanuel Biard }§{ present ‘Les Immortelles’ | Bikôkô | Blackhaine | C.O.U. | Dyce | Folamour A/V | Huda | Judeline | Meritxell de Soto | Myriam Bleau & Nien Tzu Weng present ‘Second Self’ | Olof Dreijer & Diva Cruz (DJ + percussion set) | pablopablo | Rumbler | Sevdaliza | SHYBOI | Skin On Skin | Surusinghe | Team Rolfes presents ‘321Rule’ live AV starring Lil Mariko | Toya Delazy | Valentina Magaletti & Theresa Baumgartner present ‘Lucha Libre’ | ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U | yunè pinku live

Friday 14th June – Sónar by Day

Talks & Forums | 10am to 9pm
+RAIN Film Festival | ‘2 tired 2 prompt’ Tim Maughan | AI & Web3 Creative Summit | AlphaTheta present ‘Euphonia’ Workshop | ‘ARTficial: Generative AI, creativity and copyright’ Micaela Mantegna | Creating new identities through (digital) fashion | Curating the curators | ‘Diving into Liquid Strata’ by Entangled Others, Daphne Xanthopoulou and Joan Llort | Future of Music with Revelator Labs & MUSIC x: Royalties on-chain and self-custody of IP Rights | Project Area | SonarMies: ‘Liquid Strata’ by Entangled Others, Daphne Xanthopoulou and Joan Llort | ‘Stories from the AI Underclass’ Joanne McNeil | Tardes de Prompting – Music and Audio presented by Stability AI (Josiah Taylor) | ‘Traffic: el arte de navegación’ presented by Foto Colectania and Jon Uriarte | ‘What’s immersive anyway?’ New frontiers in art and performance

Saturday 15th June – Sónar by Day

Talks & Forums | 3pm to 9pm
+RAIN Film Festival | ‘AI Performance Playground’ hacklab hosted by Peter Kirn & Cibelle Cavalli Bastos | Project Area | SonarMies: ‘Liquid Strata’ by Entangled Others, Daphne Xanthopoulou and Joan Llort

Sónar and Casa Batlló present the world premiere of Music:Response, a new experimental audiovisual installation from The Chemical Brothers and Smith & Lyall.

Music:Response opens at THE CUBE, a collaboration between Casa Batlló and Sónar that brings together electronic music and digital art in a 360° audiovisual space in the iconic Gaudi building.

THE CUBE launches on 24 May with the world premiere of Music:Response, an experimental audiovisual installation by The Chemical Brothers and Smith & Lyall (creators of The Chemical Brothers‘ live visuals).

Music:Response brings a new dimension to the creative universe that has evolved from the collaboration between The Chemical Brothers and artists Smith & Lyall. It features an exclusive soundtrack of re-worked music with specially-commissioned 360º kaleidoscopic visuals.

Casa Batlló and Sónar, two of Barcelona’s leading cultural institutions, are teaming up to offer groundbreaking music and visual art experiences by internationally renowned artists with THE CUBE.

THE CUBE, a world-leading audiovisual space located in the basement of the iconic Gaudí building in Barcelona, kicks off on 24 May with the world premiere of Music:Response, a thrilling audiovisual installation featuring re-worked music by The Chemical Brothers, and kaleidoscopic visuals by Smith & Lyall.

With THE CUBE, Sónar and Casa Batlló offer a new narrative for audiovisual experiences, one that is built with pixels, high-end audio and input from leading artists, creators and engineers. More than a venue: it is a blank canvas for creativity that allows the participants to be transported into the heart of the music.

Gary Gautier, CEO of Casa Batlló, adds: „We have the perfect setting to make any artist’s universe shine. A world-leading audiovisual space where artists can intervene with total creative freedom. It’s the perfect canvas for any creator and, in it, The Chemical Brothers and Smith & Lyall have designed an audiovisual experience that will enchant more than just their fans“.

Visual arts and music come together in this collaboration that combines the musical curatorship of Sónar and the living museum of Casa Batlló, a monument that in recent years has reached a whole new audience through its commitment to innovation and digital art.

On the collaboration, Enric Palau, Co-founder and Artistic Director of Sónar adds: “The creative universe The Chemical Brothers and Smith & Lyall present for live performances, many of which have been performed at Sónar over the years, is second to none, and Sónar is thrilled to be able to help bring their mould-breaking vision to a whole new audience with this collaboration.”

This artwork features iconic characters and abstract visuals made in reaction to THE CUBE space that play on feelings of tension and release. Inspired by the tradition of ‘Visual Music’, it offers a visceral, synaesthetic experience that allows visitors to feel the transformative and liberating power of music.

Smith & Lyall add: „We are delighted to premiere Music:Response at Casa Batlló because Gaudí illustrates the freedom of expression to which we aspire. Gaudí created fantasy worlds with his buildings, with their own rules and logic. They are immersive environments in which you have the feeling of being outside the normal world, an escape from reality into the sublime. The Chemical Brothers‘ universe shares this same spirit and has also become a self-contained world“.

Smith & Lyall, in conversation at Sónar+D On Friday 14 June, the artists will be discussing their work on Music:Response, and the thrilling visuals created for the Chemical Brothers live show over the years at the SonarAgora stage at Sónar by Day. More information on the talk and the wider Sónar 2024 program can be found here.

Title: Music:Response
Artists: The Chemical Brothers and Smith & Lyall
Duration: 13 min.
Format: 6-channel video installation with stereo audio
Dates: From May 24 to July 31
Times: Every day, starting at 9 p.m.
Prices: From 15 €.
Tickets: On sale at casabatllo.cat. Limited capacity.

More information

CREDITS
Sound by The Chemical Brothers (Tom Rowlands & Ed Simons)
Vision by Smith & Lyall (Adam Smith & Marcus Lyall)

SÓNAR 2024 REVEALS FULL FESTIVAL TIMETABLES, BY DAY AND STAGE