Sonar 2011 presents the shows bye Underworld, Richie Hawtin, Magnetic Man, M.I.A., James Murphy, James Holden, Boys Noize, The Gaslamp Killer, Four Tet, Martyn, Buraka Som Sistema, Munchi and Radio Slave, among more than 250 artists.

The festival's stages, in both Barcelona and Galicia, will become enormous dancefloors where you can enjoy some of the most important artists in today's Spanish and international electronica.


For the second year running, the Sonar line-up covers two festivals, with the A Coruña venue operating at full steam as the same time as the Barcelona event. Several artists who will be present in Barcelona will also be performing at Sonar Galicia.

This is the case with projects like Underworld (respected veterans like few others in the electronica arena), Magnetic Man, (taking dubstep to a mass audience for the first time), M.I.A. (with her explosive live show), Die Antwoord (sudden impact from South Africa), Boys Noize (a specialist in making any dancefloor move with his acid techno) and Four Tet (increasingly comfortable with the danceable rhythms) as well as djs of the calibre of James Murphy (old school hard house and disco), Munchi (the king of moombathon, the new genre drinking deep from baile funk, cumbia and ghetto-tech, among other sources), James Holden (one of Europe's most respected djs), The Gaslamp Killer (a fabulous and fearless mixer of impossible styles) and Shackleton (a highly personal performer of dark techno verging on dubstep).

Particular highlights are the four exclusive international additions to Sonar Galicia, headed by Richie Hawtin, one of the world's most popular DJs, who will only be playing at Sonar Galicia; as will Hollan's Martyn (a skilled and innovative tech-step maestro), the highly respected British dj Radio Slave and the explosive French duo consisting of DJ Mehdi vs Brodinski.

And apart from them, of course, there will be several of the most interesting artists and djs from the Galician scene such as Judah, Mr.Fishman a.k.a Dr.Think, Ningunos DJs, Wasilkoski and Galis115, among others.