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Concrete & Grass混凝草音乐节 呈现：

北京联合专场

当特立独行的嘻哈教皇遇上天赋异禀的说唱新秀，会上演怎样的争奇斗艳？

一年一度于上海举办的Concrete & Grass混凝草音乐节（原回声公园音乐节）将于9月在北京，为乐迷呈现一场意义非凡的预热演出，由美国街头霸王A$AP Ferg与英国说唱奇才Little Simz联合带来的深夜嘻哈专场，届时北京跨界说唱人物大卫也将以嘉宾的身份登台献上残酷又诗意的说唱表演。

演出信息

【北京】

日期：2016年9月14日 星期三

时间：23:30

场馆：愚公移山

地址：东城区张自忠路3-2号

嘉宾：大卫

票价：300元（售完即止！！）

张扬的街头帝王A$AP FERG

“华丽丰富、活力四射.” —— The Guardian

在纽约哈林区成长的经历，使得A$AP Ferg真实而又纯粹。作为Hip Hop的发祥地，纽约孕育了诸如Notorious B.I.G、Ol' Dirty Bastard、Jay Z这样的不胜枚举的饶舌巨星，2012年，来自哈林区的A$AP Mob团队横空出世，首先由A$AP Rocky的Mixtape引起了乐迷和乐评的注意，而在同一年里，A$AP Ferg则凭借着《Work》脱颖而出，他之后发表的正式专辑《Trap Lord》，收录了饶舌功力一绝的夜场神曲《Shabba》在内的13首发自肺腑、富有远见的嘻哈佳作，进一步把他推向了说唱界的巅峰。

而在今年的第二张专辑《Always Strive and Prosper》里，A$AP Ferg贡献出了一张堪称年度最佳专辑候选的优秀作品，一问世便荣登Billboard嘻哈榜亚军席次。Ferg在其中以真实得近乎残酷的说唱和堪称豪华的音乐制作把他的音乐事业带到了顶峰。

除在说唱界如鱼得水，出身于艺术世家的A$AP Ferg更是凭借过人的设计天赋与经营头脑的时尚界玩的风风火火，自创潮牌Trap Lord和Devoni与Bape、Adidas的联名合作也令他在潮流界名扬四海。

想象力惊人的说唱新秀LITTLE SIMZ

一位记忆超群的MC。——The Guardian

凭借魅力非凡又不失锋利的作品和稳健成熟的歌词，Little Simz正步步为营，日渐成名。她得到了André 3000、Snoop Dogg、Timbaland和Kendrick Lamar等大牌认可，与Dizzee Rascal共同录音，在Mixtape中还与Jay Z进行了合作——在于2015年末发布首张个人专辑前，她就获得了这些所有的成就。 

从《Complex》、《VEVO》、《i-D》,《XX》和《Variety》这些杂志到《The Independent》、《BBC》和《The Guardian》等权威音乐媒体，每一家都称赞她为说唱界的新希望。她的专辑就像艺术品，随心所欲却内容密集，一段唱词所包含的内容胜过他人的整张专辑。她的首尾韵脚精确细致，伴以缓拍节奏和爵士元素，特色鲜明而引人入胜。

舞台上的她锋芒毕露。“演唱时的她似乎即将投身一场战役，双眼紧眯，时刻准备着征服听众。”

9月14日（周三）晚11:30，相信这两位嘻哈界翘楚同台献技的深夜嘻哈派对将为北京带来今年以来最狂躁过瘾的不眠之夜！

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关于主办方Split Works：

Split Works开功 是一家基于上海和北京的外资音乐演出公司，一直与诸多国际品牌进行合作，始终围绕音乐、品牌、创意和青年文化组织和推广各类活动。2006年成立至今，Split Works共推出了5个音乐节品牌、覆盖30座城市的400多场巡演，并一直坚信并实践着：每一次音乐都必须是独特的。从Godspeed You! Black Emperor 到Sonic Youth，从Thee Oh Sees到Mac Demarco和Shabazz Palaces，从“黑兔”到《觉》音乐+艺术节和“无解周末“。我们热爱音乐，我们热爱中国，我们爱你。

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 Concrete & Grass Presents:

A$AP Ferg + Little Simz
Live in Beijing

Concrete & Grass presents a very special Beijing sideshow for our annual Shanghai music festival. A$AP Ferg, pope of the ‘hood, lord of the wordplay, and Little Simz, the UK Hip-Hop prodigy with rapid-fire delivery and astonishing imagination. A special late night mid-week gig.

First time in China for both. What an introduction it’s going to be. Wednesday, 14 September, 11:30pm onwards at Yugong Yishan.  On support duty, Beijing’s own rogue historian / madcap rapper, the wushu shifu battle master Dawei 大卫.

Yep, 11:30pm. We’re calling it: it’s going to be the craziest hip-hop party to roll through Beijing this year. Ticketing info is coming soon – just follow our Wechat channel for updates!

A$AP FERG

“Splendidly diverse and dynamic.” – The Guardian

Harlem born and raised. It doesn't get much realer than A$AP Ferg.

New York has nurtured the rise of an almost endless list of big players in the rap game (Notorious B.I.G., Ol' Dirty Bastard , Jay Z). Harlem's A$AP Mob only doubled-down on the city's dominance in 2012 when A$AP Rocky's mixtapes garnered widespread critical acclaim. Ferg's own big break came in the same year; his track 'Work' an absolute standout in the Mob's Lord$ Never Worry mixtape.

His debut solo effort Trap Lord gained universal plaudits, drawing comparisons to legends of the genre. 2016 follow up Always Strive and Prosper is already a contender for album of the year. It's brutally honest. Deep in both content and production. It's Ferg at the top of his game.

Vice asked in an interview, “Can Ferg be his generation's next great visionary?”
All things considered, we think he already is.

LITTLE SIMZ

“A technically astonishing MC.” – The Guardian

“She’s phenomenal” – Pitchfork

"I'm a King. Yeah I said it. Who can tell me different?"

At the moment, no-one can.

Charismatic, fierce and lyrically mature, Little Simz’s ascent has been nothing short of spectacular.   She’s been endorsed by André 3000, Snoop Dogg, Timbaland and Kendrick Lamar, clocked studio hours with Dizzee Rascal and had her mixtape featured by Jay-Z. All before her debut album dropped in late 2015.

She’s tipped to become rap’s next great hope by everyone from Complex, VEVO, i-D, XXL and Variety to  The Independent, the BBC and The Guardian. On record, her verses are works of art – freewheeling and breathless, containing more in a verse than other rappers do in entire albums. Her signature stop-start rhymes are laser-focused, supported by jazzy, downtempo instrumentation.

On stage, she’s just as sharp, “going into songs as she might go into battle, eyes narrowed, ready to conquer.” It’s scintillating. All “Red-hot ambition and technical flair.”

DAWEI

Rogue historian, madcap rapper; wushu shifu, battle master. Dawei is a major paradox in a small package, a true poet provocateur. He began training himself in the art of battle rapping while still a high school freshman, inspired by online videos of MC duels. He gained instant underground credibility when he won his first ever battle at now-defunct Lucky Street club White Rabbit, destroying opponents who direly underestimated the short kid in the Beijing public school uniform. Like his most famous fan, Cui Jian, he's a staunch critic of the story being told, and one of the most respected voices spitting an alternative.

Dawei released his first major work, Lust, Scars, The Insulted Man, in early 2016. A psycho-libidinal, alt-historical parable comprising the young artist’s worldview in sound (CD), image (DVD), and word (poetry book). With his lyrically complex, often openly political songs and poems, Dawei remains a witting pariah on the outskirts of the Beijing hip hop underground, rejecting mainstream fame, wealth, and stability in an unflinching commitment to truth and purity in his art. Self-deprecating while self-aggrandizing, he’s the epitome of and antithesis to any MC stereotype. 

A$AP Ferg + Little Simz Show Information

Date: September 14, Wednesday | 11:30pm
Venue: 愚公移山Yugong Yishan
Address: 3-2 Zhangzizhong Lu, Dongcheng district (北京市东城区张自忠路3-2号)
Doors: 11:30pm
Tickets: 300RMB
Support: Dawei 大卫

Tickets once sold cannot be refunded!

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Concrete & Grass 2016 (Shanghai)

Date: 16-17th September (Fri & Sat)
Venue: Shanghai Community Sports Club (上海滩运动公社)
Address: 2700 ZhangyangBei Road, near Wuzhou Avenue
(浦东新区张杨北路2700号，近五洲大道)
Metro station: Wuzhou Avenue五洲大道 (Line 6, Exit 1)

Advance Tickets: 230 RMB/day, 360 RMB for both days
Door Tickets: 300 RMB/day, 440 RMB for both days
Students: 180 RMB/day

Buy online: http://en.damai.cn/event/tickets_106550
http://www.smartshanghai.com/smartticket/concrete_grass_2016

About Split Works:

Split Works has been rocking in the free (ish) world since 2006. Working with inspirational artists from across the globe, the good people at Split Works HQ have been a key contributor to the continued rise of China’s music scene. Split Works has launched five music festivals and promoted over 400 tours to 30 Chinese cities, always striving to stay true to a familiar refrain: the music has to be special, every single time. From Godspeed You! Black Emperor to Sonic Youth, from Thee Oh Sees to Mac Demarco and Shabazz Palaces, from Black Rabbit to JUE and Wooozy to More Music, we love music, we love China and we love you.