2013《觉》音乐+艺术节：

英国传奇后朋乐队Gang of Four和AV大久保联合专场

音乐历史上最有分量且最具影响力的乐队之一Gang of Four, 即将和他们在国内的后辈AV大久保一起出现在三月《觉》音乐+艺术节的舞台上。Split Works很荣幸地宣布：英国后朋传奇乐队Gang of Four首次来华参加《觉》音乐+艺术节，和其同台演出的乐队是我们的老朋友AV大久保。他们在前不久刚录制完第二张全长专辑，而制作人恰好就是Gang of Four的创始人和吉他手Andy Gill本人。本次演出也会进行AV大久保新专辑的试听。

说起Gang of Four在当今乐坛的地位，实在不是只言片语就可以概括。他们影响了大量八十年代和九十年代的乐队，还被网友亲昵地称作“后朋他爹”。从摇滚史上鼎鼎大名的R.E.M、Red Hot Chili Peppers，Nirvana到后朋复兴时期的领军乐队Clinic, Liars, The Rapture，到更为年轻的英美大牌Franz Ferdinand, We Are Scientists 和Bloc Party，均表示受到过Gang of Four的极大启发和影响。在后朋克的历史上，Gang of Four是与Joy Division, The Cure, Echo & the Bunnymen并驾齐驱的名字，他们音乐的破坏力和歌词的爆发力足以抗住三十多年的岁月洗礼，在乐队多次解散和重组后依然历久弥新。从1977年成立以来，创作出了1978年至1983年间英国后朋克时期最激动人心、生命力最持久的作品。乐队目前阵容为Andy Gill（吉他），John Sterry（主唱），Mark Heaney（鼓手）和Thomas McNeice（贝司）。

AV大久保，是来自中国的工业之心武汉的一支新浪潮、实验噪音乐队，签约于中国最具风格的独立厂牌兵马司唱片（Maybe Mars）。由一群80后的年轻人所组成的AV大久保，以另类多样，不拘泥于形式却又形式感十足的音乐早已在国内独立乐迷圈中聚集了大量拥护者。他们独具一格的舞台表现力，说是国内最佳摇滚现场也毫不为过。将自己的音乐定义为Break Wave, AV大久保的每一次表演都有令人印象深刻的“破”桥段，每次上演时都让在场乐迷沸腾，疯狂不已。乐队曾在国内为Ratatat, These Are Powers和Battles等国际知名乐队做演出嘉宾，也经历过欧洲巡演、美国的SXSW音乐艺术节和新加坡Music Matters音乐论坛等。

在邀请到英国著名制作人Martin Atkins打造他们的首张专辑后，第二张专辑请到了Gang of Four的吉他手Andy Gill进行制作。在机缘巧合之下，AV大久保将在上海和北京的新专辑预售试听会上与他们的偶像Gang of Four同台切磋技艺。这或许会成为国内后朋乐迷们永生难忘的回忆，相信你和我们一样已经能想象到时舞台被这两支乐队的热力所点燃的场景了。

**我们由衷钦佩并赞赏兵马司唱片（Maybe Mars http://maybemars.org/） 能将Andy Gill带来中国为AV大久保制作新专辑，并在本次演出中起到了不可忽视的推动作用。特此表示感谢。**

Gang of Four和AV大久保联合专场

演出详情：

北京

日期：2013年3月20日

时间：8PM

场地：愚公移山

地址：东城区张自忠路3-2号段祺瑞执政府旧址西侧

票价：180元（预售）/220元（现场）

上海

日期：2013年3月21日

时间：8PM

场地：MAO Livehouse

地址：重庆南路308号，近建国中路

票价：180元（预售）/220元（现场）

票务详情：www.juefestival.com

《觉》音乐+艺术节简介：

觉/ JUE, 动词：感知，觉醒。《觉》音乐+艺术节是一年一度由Split Works在上海和北京两地举办的开源艺术音乐节。今年即将五岁的《觉》，一直致力于彰显这两座城市中最了不起的本土创意团体，并热情邀请来自于世界的优秀艺术家来到中国展示自己的才华。在为期两周的节日里，《觉》活动将在北京和上海的一系列不同场馆中举行。表演艺术、电影、诵读音乐、街头艺术、工作室、摄影展、现场音乐会、还有些许疯狂… 所有这些都被容纳在《觉》宽容的怀抱中。《觉》的发展每年都在登上一个新的台阶。2012年我们总共举办了88场活动，吸引了39,000位观众！相信今年的《觉》会更加精彩，活动详细请见官网

《觉》音乐+艺术节官网：http://www.juefestival.com

Gang of Four 官网：http://gangoffour.co.uk/

AV大久保豆瓣音乐人http://site.douban.com/avokubo

Split Works官网：http://www.spli-t.com

JUE | Music + Art Proudly Presents: 

Gang of Four China Tour & AV Okubo

One of the music world’s most important and radical bands shares the stage with the inheritors of their extraordinary spirit: This March, Split Works is honored to present seminal post-punk outfit Gang of Four’s first-ever shows in Mainland China. At the same time, we welcome back JUE | Music + Art Festival veterans AV Okubo, who will take the stage with their heroes for a listening party before the official release of their second album, produced by none other than Gang of Four’s founder and legendary guitarist Andy Gill.

Since Gang of Four first shockingly original and shockingly brilliant 1978 debut single Damaged Goods and 1979 debut album Entertainment!—ranked by Rolling Stone magazine as recently as 2003 among its best albums of all time—the band has  continued to produce incendiary, exhilarating and influential music. You can hear Gang of Four’s impact in bands as established as REM and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, both early associates of Gang of Four, U2 and INXS, and in successive waves of post-punk revivals across the world. Franz Ferdinand, the Kaiser Chiefs, the Futureheads, Bloc Party and more all owe a huge and acknowledged debt to Gang of Four.

AV Okubo are the sons and daughters of steel factory works in the belching industrial Central Chinese city of Wuhan. Colloquially known as one of the country’s “Three Furnaces,” Wuhan lies in the manufacturing heart of China. All members of AV Okubo were born of the post-1980s generation and play music that is post-punk dragged through a pop culture paper shredder of Hong Kong kung-fu flicks, performance art, and syrupy Taiwanese pop. Hailed as one of the Mainland’s best live rock acts ever since their formation in 2006 a typical AV Okubo show will include frontman Lu Di shouting invectives through a loudspeaker to the wildly gyrating audience whilst bassist Zuo Yi, guitarist Tan Chao and drummer Hu Juan keep the beat without batting a collective eyelash. Antics aside, they’ve attracted a considerable amount of talent around them as well: their first album was produced by Martin Atkins, their second by Andy Gill and in between the band has played with the likes of Ratatat, These Are Powers and Battles, toured Australia and Southeast Asia, and terrorized South by Southwest.

This spring Gang of Four, with a line-up of Andy Gill (guitar), Gaoler (vocals), Mark Heaney (drums) and Thomas McNeice (bass), takes the stage in Beijing and Shanghai with AV Okubo for an extraordinary night of music. Special thanks to Chinese record label Maybe Mars, who played an essential role in putting together these very special shows.

 About JUE | Music + Art Festival:

觉 / JUE (pronounced joo-eh) –verb: to sense; to awaken. JUE | Music + Art is an annual open-source arts and music festival in both Shanghai and Beijing, presented by Split Works. Now in its fifth year, JUE is all about celebrating the best of the local creative communities in these two great cities and inviting artists from around the world to showcase their talent in China. JUE is a collaborative, open-source affair. Each individual event organizer is entitled to set their own entrance fee and to keep 100% of the proceeds. JUE is growing tremendously year-on-year. The 2012 festival drew over 39,000 attendees to 88 events! But we always strive to maintain a strong sense of community, an intimate vibe, and a top-tier selection of artists and events.

Show Information:

Beijing:

Date: Wednesday March 20, 2013

Time: 8PM

Location: Yugong Yishan

Address: 3-2 Zhangzizhong Lu

Tickets: 180 RMB (Presale) / 220 RMB (Door)

Shanghai:

Date: Thursday March 21, 2013

Time: 8PM

Location: MAO Livehouse

Address: 308 Chongqing Nan Lu, nr. Jianguo Zhong Lu

Tickets: 180 RMB (Presale) / 220 RMB (Door)

Links:

http://www.juefestival.com

http://gangoffour.co.uk/

http://site.douban.com/avokubo

http://www.spli-t.com