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Native New Orleans rhyme machine Jay Electronica and Queens hip-hop tour de force Miss Ko meet for the first time in the milieu that is the 7th JUE | Music + Art Festival. The two make up an undeniably compelling and exciting double bill with Iron Mic crews in support in both Beijing and Shanghai.
Jay Electronica
‘“When the man rhymes hip-hop stops the party and pays attention.” – Vibe, review of Jay Electronica.
Jay Electronica rippled the musical pool in 2007 with Act I: Eternal Sunshine (the Pledge) and has been swimming upstream ever since. Backed by iconic music mogul Jay-Z (and his label Roc Nation), Electronica has produced tracks that feature the likes of Prodigy and Mobb Deep. His honest and cutting lyrics set against the backdrop of mad rhythms and rhymes serve as a poignant voice for the oppressed in modern American society.
“Floating in the Dead Sea or better yet touching the Sphinx, standing on Mount Everest, or praying with the Monks in India, all manifested not because of what he could pay or because of who he is, but because he was seeking the answer to the most critical question that has been asked for centuries by alchemists, artists, magi, sages and wizards: ‘What is truth?’ The answer he found: ‘The truth is the best of what is in me, the best in us all.’”
Miss Ko
“A star who rhymes like no one else on earth.” – MTV
Miss Ko is a rapper/songwriter from Queens, New York who flows fluidly between English and Mandarin Chinese. Ko won “Best New Artist” at Taiwan’s 24th Golden Melody Awards with her debut album Knock Out, cementing her status as not only the first female rapper to release a solo album in Taiwan, but also the first to ever win the prestigious award.
Ko started writing lyrics back in high school and attended Five Towns College, where artists like Wyclef Jean and Maroon 5 began their musical careers. Throughout college, she performed with both local and international acts, and was chosen out of thousands to compete on Hot 97’s Night of the Rising Stars. After graduation, she independently released her first mixtape titled “Industry Makeover.” In 2010, Ko ventured to Taiwan to learn Chinese, and in less than two years – on August 15, 2012 – released her first Mandarin album, entitled “Knock Out,” under independent label Kao Inc. Records. Although Ko left Taiwan just 10 days after the release of her album to start graduate school at New York University, she returned to Taiwan three weeks later,
“The album was receiving great reviews with very little promotion… and despite having already decided to go back to school, it felt it would have been a waste not to go back to Taiwan and promote it even further,” said Ko.
Since returning, Ko has attracted the support of industry icons such as Amei, Leehom Wang, and Run DMC.
Ko now lives in Taipei, Taiwan, where she is currently working on her next album and a clothing line.
Show Details
【BEIJING】
Date: March 17, 2015 – Tuesday
Time：21:00
Door：220RMB
Presale: 150RMB
Venue: Yugong Yishan
Address: 3-2 Zhang Zhizhong Road, Dongcheng District (北京市东城区张自忠路3-2号)
Support: Iron Mic
Presale link: https://yoopay.cn/event/JayElectronicaBJ
【SHANGHAI】
Date: March 18, 2015 – Wednesday
Time：21:00
Door：220RMB
Presale: 150RMB
Venue: Arkham
Address: 1 Wulumuqi Rd (乌鲁木齐路1号)
Support: Iron Mic
Presale link: https://yoopay.cn/event/JayElectronicaSH
Links
JUE | Music + Art official website：www.juefestival.com
Jay Electronica
Official Website: http://rocnation.com/artists/jay-electronica/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jayelectronica
Miss Ko
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialMissKo
About JUE | Music + Art:
觉 / JUE – to sense (as in: an assault on all 5 senses)
JUE | Music + Art was founded in 2009 to bring the creative communities of Shanghai & Beijing closer together. Every year since then, promoters Split Works have pooled their resources with those of their favorite friends from across the artistic spectrum to present a multi-venue, multi-disciplinary romp across the middle of March. If you want a snapshot of where China is creatively, you could do worse than spending a week at JUE | Music + Art.
“JUE sneaks into the city streets and lights the creative torch ablaze. The freshest international artist and locally rooted creative join forces to switch on the creative pulse of the cities. When JUE is happening, the whole city seems alive” – Jetty @ Sina Weibo Music
We look forward to welcoming you…[:zh]2015年3月，两位来自不同地区、不同民族的男女Hip Hop音乐人Jay Electronica和Miss Ko，将会在《觉》音乐+艺术节的全新舞台上，展现“不破不立”的声音。
Jay Electronica
“当这个男生唱起Hip-hop，派对上的人们立刻就被他吸引住了。” ——Vibe
由Timothy Thedford化名的Jay Electronica 无疑是当今Hip-Hop艺人中最为特别的一个，在其他说唱音乐人贯穿“贵多不贵精”的宣传轰炸策略下，他却是少有的“大音希声”典型。早在2007年，他就凭借着首张EP《Act 1: Eternal Sunshine》，获得了来自包括Gilles Peterson、Just Blaze和Erykah Badu等音乐界知名人士的肯定和推崇，并凭借独特的风格获得了“说唱界的凯鲁亚克”的称号。
即便在2010年签约了Jay Z的Roc Nation公司之后，Jay Electronica依然保持着自己“大音希声”的风格，几年里只发表过几张EP和单曲，但每次他的出招对全世界的说唱界来说，都算得上是一次震撼，并引起评论界持续的思考和讨论。而他精打细磨之下的首张专辑《Act II: Patents of Nobility (The Turn)》，究竟会在何时面世，也早就成了说唱界的最大迷思之一，这一切无疑都增加了Jay Electronica音乐里独特的魅力。
神秘、稀有而又精彩，能够亲眼见证Jay Electronica的演出，无疑是每个Hip Hop乐迷应该珍惜的盛事，因为这位“大音希声”的音乐人究竟会带来怎样的音乐魔力，只有现场才能真正领会到！
Miss Ko
“当这位明星唱起Rap，这个世界仿佛只为她一个人而存在。”
—— MTV
Miss KO是葛仲珊的化名，名字里的KO，是英语“Knock Out”的缩写，代表着一击致命，也代表着Miss KO对自己音乐的自信。
在纽约长大，听着Lauryn Hill和Tupac的音乐长大的葛仲珊，从小就耳濡目染着真正的Hip Hop文化，并在2009年做出决定，开始真正追求音乐道路。正和名字所传递的那样，Miss KO在音乐里的表达传递着自信而纯粹的信息，仅仅凭借着第一张专辑《Knock Out 葛屁》，就获得了第24届金曲奖新人奖项的提名，并被赞誉为“台湾从未有过的嘻哈女歌手，嘻哈技巧道地到位，表现比男性嘻哈歌手强，国语歌坛无人能出其右。”
在去年发表了第二张专辑之后，Miss KO无疑已经成了目前华语世界最受关注的说唱女歌手之一，方大同，张惠妹，卢广仲等当红歌手争相邀请她合作，可以说她代表华语说唱音乐最新鲜的声音，而这一切，也令我们对她的现场更加期待！
演出信息
【北京站】
日期：2015年3月17日 星期二
时间：21:00
场馆：愚公移山
东城区张自忠路3-2号
票价：220元（现场）/150元（预售）
现场支持：Iron Mic
预售链接：https://yoopay.cn/event/JayElectronicaBJ
【上海站】
日期：2015年3月18日 星期三
时间：21:00
场馆：Arkham
地址：乌鲁木齐路1号，近衡山路
票价：220元（现场）/150元（预售）
现场支持：Iron Mic
预售链接：https://yoopay.cn/event/JayElectronicaSH
相关链接：
《觉》音乐+艺术节 官方网站：www.juefestival.com
《觉》官方微博：@觉音乐艺术节
Jay Electronica
官网：http://rocnation.com/artists/jay-electronica/
Miss Ko
微博：http://weibo.com/abcmissko?sudaref=www.google.co.uk
关于《觉》音乐+艺术节
觉 / JUE – 去感知 (接受5种感官的洗礼)
2009年诞生的《觉》音乐+艺术节，始终致力于帮助增强创意社团之间的交流。每年三月中旬的上海和北京，主办方Split Works“开功”将自己丰富的音乐资源与朋友们的艺术资源整合起来，呈现出一场多场馆多类型的音乐艺术盛筵。想亲身体验中国最有趣的创意景致？请来《觉》感受一整个星期吧！
“《觉》潜入城市的街头巷尾，发起了关于创意的火炬接力。全球最新锐的音乐人和艺术家，与扎根在本地的创意工作者走到一起，用创造力接通城市的脉搏，让整个城市，在有《觉》的日子里，实实在在地鲜活起来。”——Jetty | 新浪微博音乐高级策划经理
我们期待你的到来！[:]