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Sonus 2023 Report

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The 10th running of Sonus Festival took place on the shore of Pag Island, Croatia, assembling a showcase of the big names in techno, tech-house and deep electronic music including Adriatique, Joseph Capriati, Claptone and Deborah De Luca. Ann McManus was there to check it out. The first impression  After a day warming up for the evening, enjoying tanning with a side of cocktails and dancing on the nearby Novalja beach, we embarked upon Zćre beach. The scene we encountered was quite unlike anything I’d seen. Imagine Verona Beach in Baz Luhrman’s Romeo + Juliette on speed. The expansive beach was an eruption of sound: many variations of electronic music all playing loudly at once, screams and shouts from crowds of people having fun, arcade game noises; and, distantly, the sea. The beach set up with bright neon entertainment everywhere – pop up food stalls, arcade games of all sorts, restaurants, bars, fairground rides and people dressed in netted outfits in all colours revelling everywhe

Decibel Open-Air Festival celebrates successful relocation
Earlier this month, Florence's Decibel Open Air celebrated a successful relocation to a new space of more than 100,000 square metres.  Aimed at making the event easier to get …

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Michael Bibi plays surprise Ibiza set after discharge from cancer treatment.
Michael Bibi played a surprise closing set at his DC-10 Casino Motel after being discharged from his cancer treatment. Last night, he got behind the decks of the Ibiza venue, mark…

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RAYE, Avelino, Shygirl & Ezra Collective winners at AIM Awards 2023
Avelino bagged ‘Best Independent Album’ while Björk collected the publicly-voted award for ‘Best Live Performer’ at this year's AIM Independent Music Awards at London's Ro…

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Sónar to soundtrack Barcelona's La Mercè firework display
Sónar will lcelebrate three decades of electronic music culture when it soundtracks the firework display at La Mercè on Monday, September 25th. This year, both Barcelona and the e…

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Floating Points, Deena Abdelwahed, and Olof Dreijer to play free event at London's Roundhouse
Italy's C2C Festival and Stone Island will bring Floating Points, Deena Abdelwahed, and Olof Dreijer to London's The Roundhouse for a free evening of avant-pop. The organi…

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London's The Cross reveals 30th anniversary events
Danny Rampling, David Piccioni, Judge Jules, and Sister Bliss are among the DJs who will help resurected London venue The Cross celebrate its 30th anniversary. On Saturday, Novemb…

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Aspiring artists in London to benefit from day of empowering sessions from Roundhouse Rising Festival and BBC Introducing Live
Sam Ryder, Maisie Peters, and Piers from Rudimental will be special guests at a day of discussion, panels, and showcases to empower asipiring artists. Roundhouse Rising Festival x…

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