DJ Shadow, Ellen Allien, Dave Clarke – Sónar announces stellar line-up for Hong Kong debut
As well as a broad spectrum of pioneering electronic music artists and acts from the cutting edge, the inaugural Hong Kong date of the Barcelona-based event will also celebrate digital culture and visual art in all its variety
The debut Hong Kong edition of Sónar – the pioneering electronic music and digital culture festival, first launched in Barcelona in 1994 – will present the biggest line-up of electronic music artists and DJs ever seen in the city.
The main acts announced today for the festival at Hong Kong Science Park near Tai Po on April 1 include US hip-hop DJ/producer DJ Shadow, British jazz/funk/world music DJ and radio host Gilles Peterson, UK grime star Lady Leshurr, British techno pioneer Dave Clarke and German electronic music icon Ellen Allien.
Since it was founded in Barcelona, Sónar has grown into the world’s foremost celebration of electronic music. Over the course of three days every June, Sónar Barcelona showcases the world’s leading electronic music acts – previous headliners have included the likes of The Chemical Brothers, Pet Shop Boys and LCD Soundsystem – and promotes digital culture and visual arts through the Sónar+D programme of daytime conferences and workshops.
Sónar made its first international foray to London in 2002 and has since travelled to cities such as New York, Seoul, Chicago, Hamburg, Buenos Aires and São Paulo. Sónar is now seen as one of Barcelona's greatest cultural exports and in a sign of its importance to the Catalonian capital, the city's deputy mayor, Jaume Collboni, will be flying out for the Hong Kong event.
Sónar Hong Kong is being organised by Magnetic Asia, the same team behind the annual Clockenflap Music and Arts Festival. Tickets will be HK$180 for the Sónar+D programme only, and HK$780 for all music performances and the Sónar+D programme.