All Artists Announced For Sónar Istanbul 2025
Explore the complete Sónar Istanbul 2025 lineup, featuring Jamie xx, The Chemical Brothers, Richie Hawtin, and top Turkish acts on 9 – 10 May at Zorlu PSM.
Last Updated: May 2, 2025 (02.05.2025)
Sónar Istanbul 2025 has finally lifted the veil, and the full artist roster reads like a manifesto for the future of electronic music. On 9 – 10 May, Zorlu Performing Arts Center will pulse with boundary-pushing sounds, spearheaded by Mercury-Prize winner and double-Grammy nominee Jamie xx. Think of the festival as an electrical storm; every flash illuminates a different corner of the global scene, yet all the bolts converge over Istanbul.
Alongside Jamie xx, Sónar Istanbul 2025 welcomes big-beat pioneers The Chemical Brothers (DJ set) and Richie Hawtin’s spectacular DEX EFX X0X project — fresh from its buzz-heavy Barcelona premiere. Berlin’s restless duo Modeselektor (DJ set) crash the party with crate-raiding flair, while Kettama b2b Special Request promise a rave revival sharpened for modern floors. Marie Davidson’s live hardware hypnotism, DJ Gigola’s adrenaline-laced selections, and Actress’s avant-garde deep dive stretch the spectrum even further. Add ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U’s experimental whirlwinds, Kilimanjaro’s afro-electronic uplift, Grand River & Abul Mogard’s meditative textures, Lorenzo Senni’s ‘Canone Infinito Xtended’, plus44Kaligula’s art-pop disruption, the exploratory pairing of Sara Persico & Mika Oki, and Jersey’s melodic techno live set, and the international bill alone feels like a semester of sound design compressed into two nights.
Yet Sónar Istanbul 2025 doesn’t stop at imports. Turkey’s own innovators — BASHKKA, Serenay Alkan, Venus Exotica, Manthem, Timuçin Coşkun, Marc Gonen, Gaia Ekho, the Evrim de Evrim b2b Ece Özel tag-team, Just D, audio polymath Bussi, and genre-shifting Jamie S — inject local spirit into the mix. Their sets will bridge hometown grit with global gloss, proving the festival’s mantra that creativity knows no borders.
Beyond the stages, the Sónar+D program transforms Zorlu into a playground of workshops, talks, and interactive tech — ideal for curious minds hungry to peek behind the sonic curtain. Tickets are already moving fast; if your pulse quickens at the mere thought of oscillators and sub-bass, make Sónar Istanbul 2025 the highlight of your spring.
It’s more than a lineup announcement, it’s an invitation to witness electronic culture rewriting itself in real time, right in the heart of Istanbul.
