Barcelona’s Sonar Festival has finally arrived with XLR8R on the grounds, look forward to recap stories from the festival itself as well as from the city’s many Off-week events in the coming weeks. On Friday, the Klockworks showcase looks particularly interesting to us with Ben Klock, Sterac, and Jeroen Search; and so does the Stroboscopic Artefacts Showcase with Lucy and James Ruskin among others.
On Saturday in XLR8R hq Los Angeles, Sunblock returns to The Standard hotel in downtown for an afternoon-into-evening rooftop fest with Joakim and a special secret guest from Detroit, while Dialogue holds down the LA fort at night with XLR8R alumni and recent podcast artist John Tejada.
Sunday is not at all a rest day for Brooklyn’s Output with this weeks’ on The Roof guests Chaim, Mikey Khoury, plus Ataxia, Jimmy P and Andrew Vogt in The Panther Room all night. Montreal’s Piknic Electronik continues under Calder with Jacques Greene, and Vilify.

FRIDAY JUNE 19

Sonar Festival 2015, Barcelona, Spain | June 18 – 20

Today during Sonar By Day some hi-lights include Kiasmos and Squarepusher at SonarHall, Teengirl Fantasy and Floating Points at SonarDome, and Voices From The Lake at SonarComplex.
Among the guests Sonar By Night offers are Totally Enourmour Extinct Dinosaurs, Daniel Avery, Seth Troxler at SonarPub, Maya Jane Coles at SonarLab, and Paranoid London, DJ Tennis and Roman Flugel at SonarCar.

Klockworks Showcase – Ben Klock, Sterac, Jeroen Search, Barcelona, Spain
Ben Klock, Sterac, Jeroen Search…

Stroboscopic Artefacts Showcase, Barcelona, Spain
Lucy, James Ruskin, Rrose, Kangding Ray…

Noise Manifesto presents Decon/Recon with Aquarian Jugs, Jaguar Woman, Oni Ayhun and Rroxymore at Arena Club, Berlin, Germany
Aquarian Jugs, Jaguar Woman, Oni Ayhun, Rroxymore…

Finest Friday, Berlin, Germany
Dasha Rush, Diamond Version, Kyoka, DJ Dustin…

Have a Killer Time | Justin Miller/John Barera & Will Martin/Kellam Matthews on The Roof, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Justin Miller, John Barera & Will Martin…

Parties4Peace | Gemini Birthday Celebration at Stilton House, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Carlos Chiesa, Michael Christopher b2b Francisco Ruiz-Tagle…

James Murphy b2b Eric Duncan at Output and Punch Drunk Love with Frank & Tony in the Panther Room, Brooklyn, NY, USA
James Murphy, Eric Duncan, Frank & Tony…

What The Festival 2015, Dufur, OR, USA | June 19 – 22
Nordic Soul, Griz, Keys N Krates…

Francesca Lombardo, Washington, DC, USA
Francesca Lombardo, Jimmy B…

SATURDAY JUNE 20

Sunblock 002 w/ Joakim, Secret Guest (Detroit), Los Angeles, CA, USA

The Standard hotel in downtown Los Angeles probably has the most popular rooftop for house music parties in town. This Saturday, Paris’ Joakim, alongside Lovefingers and Masha, and with a secret guest from Detroit, will take over the recently renovated space which boasts a new Function One sound system.

Dialogue feat. John Tejada, David Scuba, Jeniluv & MD, Los Angeles, CA, USA
John Tejada, David Scuba, Jeniluv…

Sonar Festival 2015, Barcelona, Spain | June 18 – 20
Henrik Schwarz, Holly Herndon, FKA Twigs, Flying Lotus…

Argumento Night with Echoplex, Steven Tang, Stojche, Mechaniker, Berlin, Germany
Echoplex, Steven Tang, Mechaniker, Stojche…

KLUBNACHT, Berlin, Germany
Answer Code Request, Dinky, Len Faki, Ben Klock…

Forever Michael | DJ Spinna on The Roof, Brooklyn, NY, USA

Thesis at Stilton House, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Francisco Figeroa, Gil K, Jessie & Emre…

What The Festival 2015, Dufur, OR, USA | June 19 – 22
Big Gigantic, Tokimonsta, Rob Garza…

Alex Niggemann, Washington, DC, USA
Alex Niggemann, Jus Nowhere, Jackson Ryland…

SUNDAY JUNE 21

What The Festival 2015, Dufur, OR, USA | June 19 – 22

Oregon’s ‘What The Festival’ offers a lot more than just music including interactive sculpture art, wood installations, glowing colossal puppets, movement classes, a hookah lounge and other fun things. This Sunday we can explore all this along side sets by Odesza and Slow Magic on the main stage; Eats Everything on the Effen stage; and a pool party set by Justin Jay.

Sundays on The Roof | Chaim/Mike Khoury/Nico Kass, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Chaim, Mike Khoury, Nico Kass…

Sundays in The Panther Room | Ataxia/Jimmy P/Andrew Vogt, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Ataxia, Jimmy P, Andrew Vogt…

Piknic Electronik, Montreal, Canada
Jacques Greene, Vilify…