Gary Girard wrote:
> I'd be surprised if Hawtin & Mills aren't there on the last night!
I wouldn't be. Last time I talked to Rich, he wasn't keen on doing
another (short) set at Sonar Noche now that they've moved it to the
big mausoleum in L'Hospitalet.
(He did mention he had something up his sleeve, however, which I'm going
to keep my beeg fat mouth shut about)
Cyhl wrote:
> I was there in 2001, and it was insanely good; despite the fact that
> everybody who was there complained that the "sonar by night" events were
> held in a big warehouse, rather than outside on the beach like the years
> before !
It was never "outside" on the beach. The Pavella De La Mar Bella is
located adjacent to the beach, and it's an auditorium (holds about 8000)
and they have (erm ... "had") outside stages on the patio overlooking
the beach, and (in 2000) in a parking lot adjacent to the auditorium as well.
MEK wrote:
> So what about the multimedia part - clearly the music is great but this
> trip might hinge on this other factor.
The Multimedia area is, obviously, a lot smaller part of Sonar as an
experience, but I've seen some interesting stuff in years' past. Rough
Trade (the record store/label) had a neat exhibit there in 2001, for
example. Some other more immersive exhibits such as stuff from the Touch
folks and a few others were interesting, too ...
Ryan Snowden wrote:
> I don't mind big name DJs as SUCH, but is anyone rather less interested in
> the usual Hawtin Mills Rush etc. names on flyers? It seems they sell out for
> big festivals... I'd much rather be seeing Denham, Vogel, D.Diggler and
> Villalobos (and many others) on a flyer than the others... I'm not
> convinced on Sonar untill I see a lineup, as it is meant to be a music gig,
> the principle of of seeing what's being played seems a priority :)
Vogel DJ'ed (as well as played with Super_Collider) at Sonar a couple of
years ago. One of the best hard Techno sets I've ever heard.
People that think Sonar is merely "a music gig" are Unclear On The Concept.
- Greg (Sonar attendee 1999/2000/2001 ... and you better bet 2003)
