If you like electronic music, Barcelona is your city. No, I don't want to compare it with London, Ibiza, Amsterdam, Brussels or Berlin, but I do want to claim that it is the city with the best electronic lineup on the Iberian Peninsula. Without a doubt, it is among the top 10 in Europe. If you are from Barcelona, you may not have stopped to think about it because you have normalized it. But, my friend, yes. When the best international DJs want to play in Spain, they think directly of Ibiza and Barcelona.
On any given Saturday, you can find Dixon, The Blessed Madonna, John Talabot, Charlotte de Witte or Ben Ufo playing at Apolo. If you ask me, a fantasy. And no, this doesn't usually happen in other cities in the country. As you know, Apolo is not the only club where there is good electronic music. At Human, in Razzmatazz, you can find less mainstream and quality electronic music. And if you like to go out to not-so-big places, you'll always have Macarena, Moog, Laut or Input.
Good electronic music is not exclusive to clubs. During the year (not only in summer), you can also find afternoon electronic parties like Sound It, where DJs like Avalon Emerson, 2manydjs, Todd Terje or Jennifer Cardini have played. Brunch Electronik —formerly Piknic Electronik— also features very cutting-edge names worldwide. In case you don't remember, Barcelona was one of the first cities in the world where this now consecrated festival triumphed.
We are not only talking about festivals and parties; the Barcelona brand is also powerful in music productionAnd the icing on the cake. For 30 years we have had one of the best major electronic music festivals in the world: Sónar.This catapults us as one of the leading cities worldwide for electronic music lovers. Sónar also generates all of OFFSónar. If you haven't been, I highly recommend it. It often features DJs as good as the festival itself and fills the city with electronic music.
Days before, Primavera Sound is also celebrated. It cannot be said to be an electronic festival as such, but it always features cutting-edge electronic proposals.
Much of the internationally recognized electronic music is made with production companies from our cityWe are not only talking about festivals and parties. The Barcelona brand is also powerful in musical production. Much of the internationally recognized electronic music is made through production companies in our city. A clear example is the production company Hivern Discs, by John Talabot. If you are from Barcelona and you like electronics, it's time for you to puff out your chest and show off your city. Barcelona is a benchmark.
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