UNITED
NUTTERS
OF SONAR
When night falls, Sonar's daytime
muso chin-stroking gives way to
more traditional nocturnal raving.
And the international fl avour
becomes even tastier…
Words: PAUL CLARKE
FRANCE GERMANY
BRODINSKI Friday
A regular visitor to Sonar for four years,
this time Brodinski will be behind the
decks at the offi cial festival rather than
raving in front of them.
“I’ve only ever been to Sonar as a tourist
before, and for me it’s the best festival in
the world,” he beams. “So playing there
feels like one of the biggest steps of my
DJ life. It’s like a consecration.” MODERAT Saturday
Saying “I’m defi nitely going to do some- “After you’ve played Sonar, people all over the world tell you that they saw you
thing different than usual for Sonar, a there,” says Apparat.
real mix of all my infl uences”, and with Returning after his fi rst appearance in 2004, this year the German producer brings
his cheeky techno tracks like ‘Bad Run- his countrymen Modeselektor with him, with whom he recently produced the
ner’ and remixes of Klaxons and Buraka ‘Moderat’ album, combining the precision-tooled minimal aesthetic Apparat has
Som Sistema winning him fans including become renowned for with Modeselektor’s burly basement crunk beats.
Laurent Garnier and Annie Mac, Sonar Moderat’s live performance promises to be something of a sensory pile-up, with
should feel just as blessed as the French- Apparat saying, “It’s an audio-visual set. It’s been designed like that so one part
man himself. won’t work without the other. It’s not just a set — it’s a whole show.”
ITALY USA
CROOKERS Friday
If there’s one thing
more important than
suncream to remember
for Sonar, then it’s an
open mind.
“I’ve heard it’s one of
the best festivals,” says
Bot, as he and fellow
Crooker Phra prepare to
pop their Sonar cher-
ries this year. “The best
idea is not to expect
anything, because lots of different music is what really makes a festival.”
As well as being what makes these Milanese producers clubland’s current hottest ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Saturday
properties, with a range of infl uences Bot describes as “everything from classical Following eight albums that have ranged from acoustic folk to noisy electronics,
to metal to hip-hop” fi ltered through their fi dgety studio techniques on tracks for this year's 'Merriweather Post Pavilion' not only sees Baltimore's Animal Collec-
Mad Decent and their massive remix of Kid Cudi’s ‘Day’n’Nite’. tive assume a new guise as purveyors of psychedelic electro but is also their most
“We like to play around so it could be ghetto-ninja-kuduro-step mixed with afro- accessible to date. They've mutated into a rather groovy live band as well, shelving
house-jackin-merengue!” they say of their debut Sonar set. the guitars in favour of fl uid electronics for the time being.
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