The 16th edition of the international festival of electronic music and transitory art SONICA brings a diverse selection of artists who have made a significant impact on the field of electronic and experimental music in recent years.
“An artist with among the largest and most engaged followings in electronic music.”
Resident Advisor
The 16th edition of the Ljubljana festival of contemporary electronic music and transitory art SONICA brings the Slovenian debut of Nicolás Jaar!
Considered one of the biggest names in electronic music of the 21st century, Jaar is known for his multifaceted and multidisciplinary artistic output. Apart from releasing albums such as Space Is Only Noise (2011), Sirens (2016) and Cenizas (2020), and running the house project Against All Logic and the band Darkside, he is also in charge of the influential Other People label. In recent years, he has mainly focused on various art projects and education, teaching sound-editing and listening workshops to emerging musicians and non-musicians alike.
At SONICA 2024, he will host a 3-day sound workshop (more info soon!), and present his new improvised performance for processed bass clarinet and electronics under the name Jaar.
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The concert evening also includes the performance of Slovenian multiinstrumentalist Iztok Koren, a member of the critically acclaimed imaginary folk trio Širom. He will premiere his new solo project Spaces, a spatial exploration of timbres, harmonies, noises and drones.
SONICA 2024 also brings the Slovenian debut of the renowned Vietnamese experimental collective Rắn Cạp Đuôi, who are coming to Ljubljana to present their critically acclaimed album *1 (Nhạc Gãy, 2023), one of last year’s undisputed highlights in the sphere of experimental electronic music. As The Quietus stated on their best albums of 2023 list, *1 is a kaleidoscopic collage of fantastical aural events.
SONICA 2024: Glocalisation
10 ─ 22 April 2024 I Ljubljana, Slovenia
Co-produced by MoTA – Museum of Transitory Art, SONICA Festival Institute and CUK Kino Šiška. Iztok Koren is part of the SHAPE+ platform co-funded by Creative Europe.
Supported by Ministry of culture RS and Municipality of Ljubljana – Department of Culture
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