SonarSound Tokyo::
2nd and 3rd April 2011

The fourth festival in the Japanese capital was attended by 5,000 people last weekend, in a sellout event.

The festival featured all-star shows by Underworld Djs (with a special set), Flying Lotus, Battles, DJ Krush, Y. Sunahara and Galicia's BFlecha and Mwëslee, as well as today's leading Japanese artists.

High artistic calibre

SonarSound Tokyo featured thirty shows, including the session by Underworld djs (Karl Hyde and Darren Price), who unselfishly gave up their time for the festival at the last minute to perform a set full of emotional electronica; the show by Flying Lotus, performing in a new trio format for the first time, with Dorian Concept on keyboards, and a live show featuring marvellous futuristic jazz; Battles, performing for the first time new tracks from their forthcoming and much awaited album "Gloss Drop"; Y. Sunahara, with a vibrant live show of organic electronica, with the band members ironically dressed in white overalls in imitations of the workers at the Fukushima nuclear power station; and Dj Kentaro, an established star in Japan, from the Sendai region, which was the area most heavily affected by the earthquake.

Other high spots were the shows by the Spanishs artist at the festival: BFlecha (showing the elegance and appeal of his new compositions) and Mwëslee (presenting his inexhaustible supply of complex beats). Also worthy of special mention were the installation by Japan's Daito Manabe (who will also be at Sonar Barcelona in June), the sonic art by Ryoji Ikeda, the show by Dorian Concept and the magnificent set by the true veteran Dj Krush, among many others.


A humanitarian event in support of the Japanese people

SonarSound Tokyo was the first major cultural event to take place in the Japanese capital after the tragic events of 11 March. Sonar will allocate to the Japanese Red Cross the profits from the box office and merchandising income and 25% of the sales of tickets for Sonar Barcelona and Sonar Galicia between 23th March and 1st April.

Sonar would sincerely like to thank everyone who made this special SonarSound Tokyo possible. Thank you very much to everyone.

SonarSound Tokyo 2011 take place in ageHa / Studio Coast on 2nd and 3rd April, as initially scheduled, with a line-up of the highest level which features several of the most important artists on the international scene, a strong contingent of Japanese musicians. SonarSound Tokyo is organised in collaboration with Red Bull Music Academy, which will stage its line-up in the smaller space at ageHa-Studio Coast.

Pls find more information of SonarSound Tokyo here.


UPDATED LINE UP:

Saturday the 2nd of April, 2011

SonarClub
Karl Hyde & Darren Price (Underworld DJs)
Flying Lotus
Y. Sunahara
DJ Krush
Ryoji Ikeda

SonarLab
Altz
Azzxsss
DJ Scotch Egg
Hiroshi Kawanabe

Red Bull Music Academy presents SonarDôme
Axel Boman
Daisuke Tanabe
Patrice Bäumel

SonarComplex
Masato TSUTSUI (Live visual) x Ametsub (Sound support)
Reiko Imanishi + Ken Furudate
Yousuke Fuyama
Qetic presents 'The Pineal Gland'


Sunday the 3rd of April, 2011

SonarClub
Battles
Rovo
Kode9
Takagi Masakatsu
DJ Baku
Seefeel
Open Reel Ensemble

SonarLab
dot i/o
De De Mouse
DJ Yogurt
Sabi
Bflecha

Red Bull Music Academy presents SonarDôme
Dorian Concept
DJ Kentaro
sauce81
Mwëslee
Hiroaki Oba
Kaito

SonarComplex
Shinro Ohtake x Minoru Hatanaka (ICC) talk session
Hideki Matsutake (Logic System/ Motion±) x Minoru Hatanaka (ICC) talk session
Shuta Hasunuma produced by Kenichi Aono (Beams)
Itaru Yasuda