With an ever-impressive line-up on four escenarios over four days, a beautiful location on the Costa del Azahar near Valencia, and its extended, short-holiday-like camping sessions, the Festival Internacional de Benicàssim has grown to become a true staple on the European festival circuit since its inception in 1995. This year, Red Bull Music Academy Radio partnered with FIB for the first time, bringing you selected live recordings from the festival’s Main and Club Stage.

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While going against the trend is something that we applaud here in the Video Distraction office, there's occasions when swimming with the tide can be just as subversive. So in the midst of Sónar runnings, the most downright appropriate thing to do is whet the appetite for some of the acts that will be playing at the SonarDome tonight and tomorrow... Let's get inside that sound!

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The Primavera Sound festival exceeded even its own high standards this year, as record numbers of more than 100,000 festival-goers (across three days) took an early summer holiday and descended on the Barna coastline in late May.

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As Barna gets hotter and Sónar creeps closer, SónarRadio shifts into top gear with a packed schedule previewing plenty of RBMA family. Getting us in the mood for next week's musical blow out and commandeering the airwaves at 1pm and 8pm will be a whole host of artists who will be performing at Red Bull Music Academy presents SónarDôme over the three days, such as Moodymann, Caribou, Space Dimension Controller, Jackmaster and TOKiMONSTA. Check the schedule after the jump.

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Here’s the full line-up and running order for the Red Bull Music Academy’s three-day showcase at this year’s Sónar festival. Looking forward to seeing y’all there!

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