The God of music that resides in Barcelona
Fans, and non-fans of Sonar, thank you for waiting. Starting from today, I will spend a couple of sessions introduce Sonar 2006. And don't worry, all video footage streamed on this website is free.

Now, how many of you have been to Sonar? I went for the first time this year, and I was able to experience "music" and "sounds" that I had never before encountered, during the course of 3 days. As loud music filled the old town of Barcelona, young, lively girls and boys came in droves and danced like crazy, chilled, drank and smoked and showed off their tattoos to one another, then drank some more. Architecture by Richard Meier, as well as the beautiful white contemporary art museum MACBA that Barcelona boasts, were swallowed up in the confusion. People enjoyed the advanced music and multimedia art here in the capital of Catalonia, a unique cultural city.

Affection for travel, music, architecture, art, and sometimes desire (which occasionally turns to love)... All of this is spread throughout Barcelona, and Sonar lets you experience it all.

Firstly, an especially cool, stoic performance.

Clickety-clack it goes. The sound makes me shiver, as if I'm being made to listen to the sound of a "phenomenon" occurring then and there. Wondering what it could be and eyeing the stage, I see a laptop on a board, and above that, a wooden board with a small iron rod dancing on it like crazy. The sound of this iron-rod dance is captured not by a normal microphone that only picks up aerial vibrations, but instead a contact-microphone that records solid vibrations.

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This isn't really my thing, and I don't even think it's very cool, but they're a local DJ unit from Barcelona. I was amused by the photograph of the three of them in their sunglasses and decided to go (much like buying an album just for its cover), but I was disappointed to find that they were mediocre, even from a DJ-ing perspective. Then again, I guess it was interesting to see such a large percentage of the audience wearing shades.

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The artists I unearthed at Sonar. Donning suits, they make music using toys. Very experimental. But the nostalgia of it all makes me feel an affinity towards the sounds and the artists themselves.

The real thrill of music festivals are those fateful encounters with artists that you don't know. Such moments are exhilarating.

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They were so good that I ended up interviewing the leader of Modified TOY ORCHESTRA, Brian Duffy, about his group.

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