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Sónar festival ready for Copenhagen debut

Allan Mutuku-Kortbæk
Allan Mutuku-Kortbæk - [email protected]
Sónar festival ready for Copenhagen debut
Danish DJ supreme Trentemøller is one of Sonar Copenhagen's must-see acts.

For the first time ever, Barcelona's famed Sónar festival comes to the Danish capital. Here are our picks for the weekend's can't-miss performances.

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Barcelona's renowned Sónar festival has thrilled millions over the years since its inception in 1994. Billed as an international festival of advanced music and new media art, the brand has grown to become synonymous with Spain's second city, showcasing acts as diverse as experimentalist Four Tet to more well-known musicians such as electronic deity Richie Hawtin.
 
Sónar veers towards the avant-garde and the experimental, as the varied palette of international musicians it hosts reflects. The Sónar brand has also held events in cities such as London, New York and Buenos Aires, exporting its philosophies to various unique venues in these locations.
 
The latest installment on a growing portfolio of international Sónar venues is none other than Sónar Copenhagen, which will take place at DR's hallowed concert house this weekend. A two-day ticket pass will set you back a cool 850kroner whilst one day tickets go for 475 DKK.
 
The Local will be on hand to cover the first installment of the event, which features over 30 different artists on three state-of-the art scenes. Here are our picks for who to see:
 
Trentemøller: This is a no brainer as Andreas Trentemøller is probably the best Danish DJ alive. As a live act, he has played in venues as diverse as Roskilde Festival's expansive and revered Orange Stage to small house parties in his Vesterbro neighbourhood.
 
Djuna Barnes: The founder of Vesterbro's epic Jolene bar and a woman with so much passion for music and life, Maria Gerhardt is also a writer and activist. Her music is heavily autobiographical and anchored in a plethora of influences.
 
Jon Hopkins: Jon Hopkins rocketed to popularity with his 2013 album Immunity, one of the seminal works of this generation of electronic music. Hopkins' sound veers towards the more progressive echelons of the spectrum; a luring lull of centrifugal genius at the outer confines of space.
 
Metronomy: Now somewhat an erstwhile fixture in electronic circles, Britain's Metronomy are at the crossroads of good indie and quirky electronica that's heavy on the instrumentation (they are a class live act).
 
Âme: Kristian Beyer and Frank Wiedemann are a pair of the more seasoned acts on the billing this weekend. Together, they constitute some of the old guard of electronic music and are known for having re-interpreted countless pieces of music from house and techno over the years.
 
Kvame Liv: An upcoming musician in the Lana Del Rey meets Santigold mould, Kwame Liv's EP Lost The Girl is a passport to what is undoubtedly a destiny riddled with fortune for this aspiring talent.
 
Sekuoia: Another upcoming local talent, Patrick Alexander Bech Madsen's music is a blend of the ethereal and the evanescent; dream-weaving in technicolour that'll leave you spellbound with its smatterings of ambient, dubstep and other textured influences.

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