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SONARSOUND

Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 4, 2013
Sonar festival sounds out Japanese hopefuls
For two decades, it's entertained, educated and — on more than a few occasions — polarized electronic music fans. As Barcelona's Sonar festival enters its 20th year, it's still as contrary as when it first started: an event with equal space in its heart for abstract electronica and the Pet Shop Boys, and whose lofty subtitle — International Festival of Advanced Music and New Media Art — doesn't preclude it from booking Deadmau5 and Skrillex.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 4, 2013
Nicolas Jaar: My job is to make music that hasn't been heard
Nicolas Jaar, the precociously talented American-Chilean underground electronic artist, makes music that defies conventional description. Of course, that is exactly what the 23-year-old Ivy League graduate aspires to. "For me, it would be boring if you could say to me 'you make this type of music'. I would feel like I'm not doing my job. My job is to, and this is my own goal, without an audience in mind, try to make a type of music that hasn't been heard before. Obviously, that is the hardest thing in the world. I'm not saying I do that, I don't think that I do. But I try really hard to do that."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 28, 2013
April: Karl Hyde to headline SonarSound
The next month features a great mix of concerts for all sorts of live-music fans. Several long-running bands visit Japan in April, as do some of the most hyped-up young outfits in the world today. Whether you like apocalyptic postrock or Swedish indie rock, the next 30 days have you covered.

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