The fifth SonarSound to be held in the Japanese capital took place last weekend, and was attended by 5,300 people over the two days of the festival (21 and 22 April).

Visit the SonarSound Tokyo image gallery here.

The event space ageHa / Studio Coast once again hosted the programme, which this year featured several of the most important artists in today's electronica, on both the international scene and the Japanese scene.  

Some of them will be back in May at Sónar Sao Paulo and in June at Sónar Barcelona. Among them are Squarepusher, who will be present at both events. The British artist presented the tracks from his new and forthcoming "Ufabulum," with a spectacular show in which the sound could be visualized by means of the LED display on the screen and Sqaurepusher's helmet. 

Others who will be present at Sónar Barcelona re Japan's Masaki Batoh, with his unusual Brain Pulse Music (a machine using brain impulses to generate sounds) and Yosi Horikawa, whose electronica constructed using field recordings captivated the audience; and the young American soulman Jesse Boykins III, who showed us his remarkable charisma and vocal power on stage. 

Jesse Boykins III was accompanied by the dj and producer from Glasgow Hudson Mohawke, who is also part of the line-up of Sonar São Paulo, as is his compatriot Rustie, who was one of the highlights of this fifth edition of the festival.

As well as all the above, the audience at SonarSound Tokyo enjoyed the intimacy of Vincent Gallo, the impressive performance paying homage to The Residents by Japan's Ukawanimation!, the perfect symbiosis between music and images of The Cinematic Orchestra, the great talent of Dorian Concept on the keyboards and the new visual show by Ryoichi Kurokawa, among many other shows.