For the 14th consecutive year, Red Bull Music teams up with Sónar Festival in Barcelona to present some of the world’s most exciting new voices in music alongside artists that helped pave the way on the SonarDôme stage. Taking place from June 14 to 16, Sónar celebrates its 25th anniversary this year – coinciding with the 20th anniversary of Red Bull Music Academy.

Over the course of three sun-soaked days at Plaça d’ Espanya, this year’s program features a number of high-caliber showcases, including specially-commissioned projects featuring RBMA alumni and friends. Legendary drummer and Fela Kuti collaborator Tony Allen will perform with the peerless funk backing of Detroit mainstay and musical polyglot Amp Fiddler; legendary selector Tony Humphries will present a tribute to the golden era of New York radio. Urban Tribe founder and Detroit techno originator DJ Stingray will pair up with UK heavyweight Mumdance for a B2B set, and multifaceted Michigan artist Dabrye will debut his new album live. RBMA’s Diggin’ in the Carts showcases two of Japan’s leading composers of video game music – Yuzo Koshiro and Motohiro Kawashima of Streets of Rage fame – alongside Hyperdub boss Kode9 and D.I.T.C 音 AKA Nick Dwyer, with visuals by Planet Mu’s Konx-om-Pax and legendary Japanese animator Kōji Morimoto. In addition, Dominick Fernow performs his experimental techno project Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement live with Silent Servant and Philippe Hallais; boundary-pushing producer and DJ SOPHIE presents a genre-bending A/V experience; Parisian DJ, producer and composer Chloe performs her latest work live; and Spanish power trio Big Menu present their take on hip-hop.

They will be joined by a great number of accomplished Academy alumni such as Sweden’s Studio Barnhus trio of Kornél Kovács, Axel Boman and Pedrodollar; a B2B set from powerhouse Portuguese DJs Violet and Photonz; as well as the collaborative project Decisive Pink from art-pop icon Angel Deradoorian and Moscow’s fast-rising talent Kate NV. The stage will also see Teklife titan DJ Earl and producer extraordinaire Nick Hook blending footwork sensibilities with synth wizardry; a mind-bending live set from Scottish experimental electronic artist and Planet Mu associate Claude Speeed; a unique fusion of brass, beats and vocals from Emma-Jean Thackray’s four-piece ensemble WALRUS; and effervescent dance music from Greek tag team Larry Gus and Mr. Statik. Also performing will be Malaysian electronic experimentalist The Venopian Solitude; French producer, vocalist and composer OKlou; Amsterdam-based ethereal ambient maestros and accomplished crate diggers Suzanne Kraft and Jonny Nash; as well as Spanish artists including Academy alumnus Clip, Cora Novoa, Museless and Alex Silva.

Throughout the weekend, this year’s Sónar Festival will also host the likes of Thom Yorke, LCD Soundsystem, Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto, Wiley, Black Coffee, Francisco López, John Talabot, Daedelus, Lorenzo Senni and DJ Harvey, among many others.

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