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The XX

(Young Turks, XL Recordings, UK)

Headphone Highlights

Making themselves comfortable right between Young Marble Giants, early The Cure, and modern R&B. One of the hottest young British bands in ages.

Go To Show - More Pop

Flying Lotus

(Brainfeeder, Warp, Los Angeles)

Fireside Chat - Brainfeeder Special

This is the man like Fly Lo with a handpicked selection of inner and outer circle Brainfeeder specials. The lotus has landed!

Go To Show - More Hip Hop

Modeselektor

(Monkeytown, Berlin)

Headphone Highlights - London Session

Get Top of the Pops with Gernot and Szary. With them, Ramadanman is only a stone's throw away from Charlotte Gainsbourg - highly amusing announcements and chit chat included.

Go To Show - More Electronic

Jay Electronica

(Decon, The Dogon Society, New York, USA)

Fireside Chat - London Session

Hip hop's most recent lyrical wonder telling the tales that made him tall. To paraphrase his collaboration with Talib Kweli und Hi-Tek: he's only just begun.

Go To Show - More Hip Hop

Vince Clarke

(Erasure, Yazoo, UK)

Fireside Chat

Synth Pop? Vince Clarke! The groundbreaking Depeche Mode, Erasure, Yazoo man with his inside out.

Go To Show - More Pop

Picks Of The Day

Moodymann

(KDJ, Mahogani Music, Detroit)

Live from London - RBMA Rollerskating Jam - Pt 1

You can't kick this feeling when it hits! Rollerball enigma and silhouetted man-on-the-mic Kenny Dixon Jr. with the jams that make the jam. Vinyl only, please! Bounce, skate, roll!

Go To Show - More House/Disco

RBMA Culture Clash

(London 2010)

Live from London feat. Metalheadz, DMZ, Trojan, Soul II Soul - Final Round - The Decider

No ice cream sound allowed! Check four of London's baddest sounds playing nuff big tunes from four generations of bass culture.

Go To Show - More Reggae/Dub

Aeroplane

(Eskimo, Belgium)

On The Floor! - Live at Making Time, Philadelphia

Aeroplane isn't a new Belgian airline, but the hottest disco duo the country has to offer. Live and direct at Philly's Making Time party!

Go To Show - More House/Disco

Carl Craig, Francesco Tristano & Moritz von Oswald

(Detroit, Barcelona, Berlin)

Live from London - Royal Festival Hall

An electronic music super group? Von Oswald's rhythm and Craig's sound complemented by Tristano's piano at London's Royal Festival Hall.

Go To Show - More Electronic

Appleblim & Ramadanman

(Applepips, Hessle Audio, Bristol, London)

Live from London - Sin City, Plan B

Two masterminds in the world of free-spirited bass music team up with their dubstep-to-techno-to-funky alchemy.

Go To Show - More Dubstep/Breaks

Picks Of The Day

Soundstream

(Soundhack, Smith n Hack, Berlin)

Live from London - Secretsundaze - Pt 1

Berlin's irresistible Soundstream with a heavy dose of his trademark jack tracks, dubby disco loops and hypnotic house grooves. Live at Secretsundaze!

Go To Show - More House/Disco

Hudson Mohawke

(Warp Records, Glasgow)

On The Floor! - WARP/ED Session

The one any only Hud Mo with another cone-wobbling mix full of 8-bit crunch, digi soul, wonky beats and synth encounters of the third kind.

Go To Show - More

?uestlove

(The Roots, Philadelphia)

These Are The Breaks

Drums, please! Questlove still eats, drinks and releases Hip Hop in all colours, shapes and sizes.

Go To Show - More Funk/Soul

Morgan Geist

(Metro Area, Environ, Brooklyn)

Personal - Vol 20 - Happy Birthday Patrick!

The Geist inside the special fx machine: Environ's boss man and super producer glues yesterday's and tomorrow's Disco together.

Go To Show - More House/Disco

Pepe Bradock

(Atavisme, Paris)

Train Wreck Mix - Volume 1

The enfant mystérieux of the French (house) music scene with a very special selection. Inspiration information!

Go To Show - More House/Disco

Picks Of The Day

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Red Bull Music Academy presents SónarDôme 2009

After hosting its infamous Sónar Lounge for three years straight, the Red Bull Music Academy this year took over a full stage at the ‘Sónar By Day’ part of the festival, bringing a unique cast of inspired, inspiring music makers to the heart of Barcelona.

In the heart of Barcelona, the Sónar festival has not only taken the crown for must-attend festivals in Spain and Europe – it takes the pulse of electronic music and digital art from across the globe and presents its diagnosis to leagues of revellers every year over three hot sunny days in June. It's the festival that any fan of the 'soul in the machines' has to go to, and not just to see the big names, or their favourite artists, but to get turned on to box fresh acts of the unheard variety. There's none of those backstage VIP vibes, and you're more than likely to bump into your number one DJ wandering through the tangled alleyways of the city while looking for your friends.

This year, from June 18 to June 20, the SónarDôme right next to the Museum of Contemporary Arts saw performances by Academy youngbloods and legends alike, ranging from Jamie Woon’s folky futuristic soul to punching bass waves from hip hop producer legend turned dubstep maverick Hank Shocklee of Bomb Squad. Another highlight was Mulatu Astatke’s collaboration with Malcolm Catto’s Heliocentrics who presented their mutual Inspiration Information project for Strut (that was first developed during a Red Bull Music Academy session at London’s Cargo).

More beats, grime and life came courtesy of la Lafourcade, Muhsinah, Innervisions’ new arrival Culoe de Song, Viennese microKORG wizard Dorian Concept, Brooklyn-via-Baltimore blogrocker Xxxchange, Glasgow’s wonkmaster Mike Slott, Internasjonal’s Mano LeTough, French sample slaughterers Débruit and Onra, Santa Cecilia’s electro-punk warrior Cécile, El Santo, Rory D, Lukid, Mweslee vs. Chelis, MiDee, Sonicbrat and Taras 3000, as well as matadores locales Cardopusher, d’J’w, Guillamino, and Miaau.

Was great seeing y’all in Barcelona – now check out the first Sónar 2009 sessions, as well as our selection of previous Sónar gigs plus shows by some of the key artist from this year’s line-up.