Have you heard about the big music fete “Barcelona Sonar 2010” ? This festival was celebrated last weekend in several zones of the city . Every year Sonar is one of the biggest and superlative music festivals of Catalonia . The Sonar lasted 3 consecutive days and emphasized techno music. If you are looking for techno, house, hip-hop, electro or drum & base , Sonar 2010 in Barcelona is the festival to check out !

Sonar has been splitted into Sonar by Day and Sonar by Night. During the day plan there were exhibitions, concerts and alternative showcases. The program of Sonar by night was a big party with a massive assistance in several night clubs . I truly enjoyed the performance of Michael Mayer, Superpitcher, Gui Boratto, DJ Koze, DJ Fra and VJ Okinawa 69 at Apolo Club on Friday June 19 ! The atmosphere was great ! Did you miss it? Let me walk you through with(p) the shows at the Sonar festival .

Sonar by Day

Specially the end day of Barcelona Sonar 2010 had many highlights. During the Sonar by Day you could enjoy beautiful concerts of The Slew, Marco Mass, the Canadian duo La Chambre, Funkforword, Wooky and more artists. I highly liked the outdoor areas and halls taking in the visual artworks, as well as the audiovisual mixing and technology showcases when one required to get away from the sounds and out of the sun. Artificiel (Canadian) has given his last electrical POWER show during this year’s Barcelona Sonar .

SonarPub

One of the biggest highlights was Jónsi. He conferred the singer’s new disc with a great show, which was designed by the British Team 59 Productions. subsequently Jónsi, Matthew Herbert was up for some action . He presented his new project called One Club but also oldtimers such as Mooken, Dixon, Undo and DJ Hell showed their music.

Sonar Club

One of the greatest happenings at the Sonar festival was surely the Chemical Brothers concert . They sang their new album called “Further”. At Sonar Barcelona 2010 , we were able to listen to the magnificant Roxy Music. Roxy Music gave a bright concert. The start of Roxy Music concert began with a special beginning set held by DJ Hell. They did not play in Barcelona since 1980 , but also Dizz Racal (who won the Brit Awards for the best British singer) delighted the public with a wonderful song “Tongue N Cheek” to hear. Apart from these artists, you could enjoy many more artists during the nights of the Sonar Club . All musci lovers could see Angel Molina, DJ’s in the Sandwell District label and Caspa rocking Barcelona.

SonarLab

SonarLab blasted her speaker with the hip-hop music by Lucky Me followed by Pinker Tones, who presented a new disc . The evening concluded with an unforgettable session from Friffie and DJ2D.

Do not forget to write Sonar 2011 in your schedule for next year’s edition or for the summer edition in Galicia (North of Spain). In case you need accommodation , I can recommend you some great Barcelona apartments that are up for rent at decent prices (especially coming with a group).