"A Taste of Sónar @ Design Indaba," the first of four international dates for Sónar in 2012, will take place in Cape Town this next Friday 2 March, at what will be Sónar's first event in Africa.

Sónar is pleased to announce the last minute addition of Massive Attack to the line-up of A Taste Of Sónar @ Design Indaba. The British duo, consisting of Robert Del Naja and Daddy G - undoubtedly one of the most important outfits on the electronic music scene over the past 20 years - will be giving us a four-handed dj set and will be accompanied by visuals from the prestigious London design studio UVA (United Visual Artists), who are regular collaborators with the band in the design and staging of their live shows.

The inclusion of the Bristol duo completes the line-up of A Taste Of Sónar, Sónar's first event in Africa, in collaboration with Design Indaba, one of the most important artistic events on the continent. A Taste Of Sónar presents an ambitious programme combining music and film, with several leading international artists, a healthy contingent of local talent and the screening of four films in the SonarCinema exhibition.

Red Bull Music Academy and Sónar present several of the most interesting South African producers and musicians working today: Diggin4Dodge, Terrence Pearce, Culoe De Song and Jullian Gomes (who will be performing together), Thibo Tazz, Behr, Richard The Third and Rebel Clef join the musical line-up of A Taste Of Sónar, in addition to the already announced BLK JKS, Killer Robot, Das Kapital and Fletcher In Dub, thereby providing a cross-section of the entire South African scene, from new broken dance rhythms to house with African roots, taking in contemporary soul, dub and organic electronica.

As well as all the above, the programme of A Taste Of Sónar in Cape Town also features three of the most important projects in today's international electronica, as previously announced: the Germans Modeselektor and Byetone and the French dj Brodinski.

Meanwhile, SonarCinema presents a selection of films and documentaries that are outstanding in terms of their artistic standards and original approach to the musical spectrum: "Press Pause Play" (an analysis of the digital revolution with comments from Moby, Robyn and Hot Chip, among others); "Colour Projections" (a piece that plays with shapes, colours and sound); "SYGNOK and the War for Radical Computer Music" (which focuses on the unusual philosophy of the Danish musician Goodiepal) and the film that gave Sónar 2010 its image, "Finisterrae", directed by Sergio Caballero and presented at over 40 events around the world.


Musical line-up:

Massive Attack (dj set) & United Visual Artists (UK)
Modeselektor (DE)
Byetone (DE)
Brodinski (FR)
BLK JKS (ZA)
Das Kapital (ZA)
Fletcher In Dub (ZA)
Killer Robot (ZA)

Red Bull Music Academy presents:
Culoe De Song & Jullian Gomes (ZA)
Behr (ZA)
Diggin4Dodge (ZA)
Rebel Clef (ZA)
Richard The Third (ZA)
Terrence Pearce (ZA)
Thibo Tazz (ZA)


SonarCinema:
Finisterrae
Director: Sergio Caballero
PressPausePlay
Directors: David Dworsky, Victor Köhler
Colour Projections
Director: Theo Burt
SYGNOK and the War for Radical Computer Music
Directors: Saul Albert, Nathaniel Robin Mann