Sonar, one of Europe’s premier electronic music and art festivals, will take place this year from June 17 – 19. The Chemical Brothers, LCD Soundsystem, Air and Dizzee Rascal have aleady been announced. Now many more names have been made public.

This morning we told you that the festival’s Radio 1 Experimental Show showcase, which takes place on the Friday night and is hosted by Mary Anne Hobbs, will number UK funky trailblazer Roska, the ever-hyped – and deservedly so – Joy Orbison, and Flying Lotus, who played live at the Radio 1 stage two years ago and was one of the festival’s highlights. Hobbs, as ever, will be supporting with a DJ set herself.

Techno fans will be pleased to hear that Richie Hawtin will be bringing his Plastikman live show to Barcelona, and that there will be a showcase from Sandwell District (AKA Regis and Function). The mighty Zomby [above] is on board, as too are hip-hop legends The Sugarhill Gang and jukebox gene-splicers 2ManyDJs.

Ed Banger is represented by DJ Mehdi, Riton and Uffie, and an extensive LuckyMe showcase gives stage-time to American Men, Eclair Fifi & John Computer, Mike Slott, Machinedrum and The Blessings. Other highlights include Berlin tech-housers Booka Shade, Warp-signed pop-hauntologists Broadcast, disco gushers Aeroplane, Kevin Martin’s dreader-than-dread King Midas Sound and the reliably anthemic Hot Chip.

The full line-up, as it stands, is as follows:

•    Aeroplane (Eskimo,BE)
•    Air (Virgin,FR)
•    American Men (LuckyMe,UK)
•    BCN 216 + Tristan Perich (ES-US)
•    BCN216 + Cristian Vogel (ES-UK)
•    Bflecha (Arkestra,ES)
•    Bomba Estéreo (Nacional Records,CO)
•    Booka Shade (Get Physical,DE)
•    Bradien (spa.RK,ES)
•    Broadcast (Warp,UK)
•    bRUNA (spa.RK,ES)
•    Carte Blanche (DJ Mehdi & Riton) (Ed Banger,FR-UK)
•    Cluster (Klangbad,AT-DE)
•    Cora Novoa (Natura Sonoris,ES)
•    David M (BreakThatBeat,ES)
•    Delorean (Fool House,ES)
•    Dizzee Rascal (Dirtee Stank,UK)
•    dp-S (BigBeak,AT)
•    Eclair Fifi & John Computer (LuckyMe,UK)
•    Elektro Guzzi (Macro,AT)
•    Emilio José (Foehn,ES)
•    Flying Lotus (Warp,US)
•    Fuck Buttons (ATP Recordings,UK)
•    Goldielocks (Puregroove,UK)
•    Hot Chip (Parlophone,UK)
•    Hudson Mohawke (Warp-LuckyMe,UK)
•    Jimi Tenor & Kabu Kabu (Strut,FI)
•    John Talabot (Permanent Vacation,ES)
•    Jónsi (XL,IS)
•    Joy Orbison (Doldrums,UK)
•    King Midas Sound (Hyperdub,UK)
•    Larytta (Creaked Records,CH)
•    LCD Soundsystem (DFA Records,US)
•    Lesley Flanigan (US)
•    Machinedrum (LuckyMe,US)
•    Mary Anne Hobbs (UK)
•    Matthew Herbert’s One Club (Accidental,UK)
•    Mike Slott (LuckyMe,UK)
•    Necro Deathmort (Distraction,UK)
•    Noaipre (ES)
•    Nosaj Thing Visual Show (Alpha Pup,US)
•    Pete Tong (BBC Radio1,UK)
•    Phill Niblock + Carlos Casas (US-ES)
•    Plastikman live (Minus,CA)
•    Pursuit Grooves (What Rules Records,US)
•    Robot Koch (Robots Don’t Sleep,DE)
•    Roska (Roska Kicks & Snares,UK)
•    Round Table Knights (Deadfish-Made To Play,CH)
•    Sandwell District (Sandwell District,UK)
•    Speech Debelle (Big Dada,UK)
•    The Blessings (LuckyMe,UK)
•    The Chemical Brothers (Virgin,UK)
•    The Pinker Tones (Pinkerland,ES)
•    The Slew featuring Kid Koala (Puget Sound Recordings,US)
•    The Sugarhill Gang (Sugar Hill,US)
•    Tim and Puma Mimi (Stattmusik,CH-JP)
•    Tristan Perich’s Loud Objects (US)
•    Zigmat (Ultra Records-Actua Musica,US)
•    Zomby (Zomby Productions,UK)

More names are scheduled to be announced for Sonar this week; keep it FACT for the latest. Until then, you can enter our competition to win tickets here.