melancholic people, MADNESS leaded off the dance in the huge area of Sonar Club with their already famous pop wave ska sound, but they didn’t call our attention so much. MARY ANNE HOBBS, the popular queen of British nights with her program “Xperimental” on BBC radio 1, thrilled with dubstep sounds the Sonar Lab dance floor, repeating the same show of last edition.
. .
Photo by: Valentina Besegher We came back to Sonar Hall to see what Tara de Long organized and she impressed us with her skills : she dominated the stage and rapped with incredible energy and style. The result was a fascinating and amusing show: you have to see it. We went to Sonar Complex where we found the encounter between two key-bands in experimental scene of Catalonia, NISEI vs ZA . We felt fascinated by the rhythmic energy of this live show, performed exclusively for Sonar, where two drummers, three guitars and two basses created an explosion that literally caught us: unmissable.
.
And then, the first disappointment of the night: DIPLO . We were expecting a more eclectic set with a combination of hip-hop, house and break beats, but his producer (who’s also M.I.A. ‘s producer) chose a small set; anyway, the audience seemed to appreciate it.
After a quick shower we plunged into the crowd of Fiera Gran Via for the first date with Sonar by night 2008. The agenda was full and we ran from one stage to another to see the most interesting things. For the most
We went again to Sonar Lab where we attended the excellent set of SHACKLETON, the co-founder of the famous label Skull Disco and the author of dubstep sound with gloomy atmosphere, deep basslines, African 58