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“Dunning deserves to be commended for successfully pushing his sound in a fresh direction.” – Pitchfork
After the jam-packed music festival season in October, take a step away from the advertisements, the brands, the in-your-face throngs of festival goers, and get back to your roots with Wooozy Offline.
From London’s apocalyptical world of dubstep, techno & industrial beats, Jack Dunning as Untold takes crowds to the dark side of clubbing with some of the heaviest sonics to ever rattle China’s cage. If you’re keen on The XX, José James, Ke$ha, Boys Noize, and Moderat, then you might just like Untold, as he’s worked with them all and many more. Untold will throw down his beats with help from ShadowPlay crew at Beijing Post Mountain on October 17th. He’ll be backed by Wooozy Offline residents and special guest Tzu Sing at Shanghai’s Shelter on October 18th.
Jack Dunning’s production work as Untold has reinvigorated the climate of dance floors around the globe. First releasing music on Hessle Audio, where his ‘Kingdom’ single housed two slices of unsettlingly brilliant atmospheric bass weight, the North-Londoner has gone on to release numerous scene-stealing EPs as well as form two labels: Pennyroyal and Hemlock Recordings. He now stands proudly as a tastemaker in his own right. Tracks like his freewheeling ‘Anaconda,’ also released on Hessle Audio, and ‘Stop What You’re Doing’ still possess as much impact today as they did the day they were premiered; harbouring the power to stop a dance floor dead in inquisitiveness, they are two glowing examples of Untold’s monstrously weighted approach to club music. Supple yet rough, and relentlessly inventive.
This consistent want to test himself and push forward into unknown territories continues with his A&R philosophy. Since its inception Hemlock became a home to work by Mount Kimbie, Fantastic Mr Fox, CosminTRG, Ramadanman and a certain producer called James Blake. Not content to rest on this legacy Dunning created a new imprint ‘Pennyroyal’ in 2013, a home for “rough and ready” techno that has already seen stand out releases from J Tijn and Boner M.
Brought up a junglist, it was a trip to Third Base in Brixton that inspired Dunning to start producing music again, something he admits he previously let slip after a music degree drained his creativity. Since then he’s released a steady tirade of impeccable productions. Appearing on labels such as Soul Jazz, Scuba’s Hotflush and Hessle Audio, Dunning soon began to drift from dubstep and started applying his unique approach to Techno. Through releases on R&S and Clone’s Basement Series this newfound love of techno culminated in his most comprehensive release to date – a three-part EP on Hemlock named “Change in a Dynamic Environment”. The release gained critical acclaim and left no doubt that Dunning can turn his hand to any variant – something he’s continuing to explore on his new Pennyroyal label.
After a further experiment into techno on Modeselektor’s 50 Weapons label, in early 2014 Dunning finally released his debut album on his own Hemlock Recordings entitled ‘Black Light Spiral.’ Drawing on his past experiences in Jungle and Hardcore, his ground breaking work in bass music and his more recent forays into 4×4, the album marks a seminal point in the career of Untold – delivering on his mission to break new ground with each step. March on: Wooozy Offline presents Untold.
Wooozy Offline: Untold Show Information
【SHANGHAI】
Date: 2014.10.18 Saturday
Time: 10pm
Venue: The Shelter
Address: 5 Yongfu Road, near West Fuxing Road (永福路5号,近复兴西路)
Support: Tzu Sing / Jackie / dj sleepless / microlab
Price: 60RMB
【BEIJING】
ShadowPlay x Wooozy Presents: Untold
Date: 2014.10.17 Friday
Time: 10pm
Venue: Post Mountain
Address: #1 Xiangheyuan Lu Dangdai MOMA, Building T8 Dongcheng District
北京东城区东直门外香河园路1号 当代MOMA园区T8楼北(百老汇电影中心北侧）
Price: 60RMB (In Advance) / 80RMB (At The Door)
Support Djs: Shackup (Swim)、Donkey Tonk (Syndicate)、Pei（ByeBye Disco)
ARTIST LINKS
Untold Official Website: www.untold-official.com
About Wooozy:
As an online music hub, Wooozy.cn has been covering the best and the freshest music from all around the world since 2009. Wooozy Offline started in 2014 and is more than a party, a workshop, or an event – it’s a bridge connecting China’s local electronic music scene with the world.
About Shanghai Wooozy Offline Special Guest:
Tzu Sing: Deep and dark Tzu Sing spins underground Techno/House influenced by his Malaysian roots and stints in places like Taiwan, Chicago, and Shanghai. In 2013, he gained recognition by collaborating with underground record label Clan Destine Records and is slated for a release with tastemaker kings L.I.E.S. later this year.
About Shanghai Wooozy Offline Residents:
dj sleepless: a sleepless set can be defined as indefinable, shifting sleeplessly between genres, but never forgetting the dance floor, keeping things fresh with the odd curveball.
Jackie: Backed by skills honed through years of practice and a whole lotta club time, Jackie always brings it, transforming crowds into a mass of sentient beings whenever he plays.
microlab: With constant exposures of high quality electronic music in Tokyo, HIRO quickly found a home in the realm of House and Techno. He has since grown a strong attraction to the deeper, hypnotic side of techno with inspiration directly stemmed from the illustrious set by Donato Dozzy in 2008 at the Labyrinth Festival in Japan.[:zh]
Jack Dunning（Untold）不断在音乐创作时尝试多种风格和突破，值得赞扬。 ——Pitchfork
来自伦敦的Jack Dunning不仅英国低音厂牌Hemlock 的老板，亦是新兴厂牌Pennyroyal的创始人，同时他还化名Untold从事Dubstep和Techno等多类电子音乐的创作。如果你是The XX、José James或Ke$ha的粉丝，Untold将同样俘获你的心，因为他曾为他们制作音乐；Post-Dubstep 界领袖James Blake 当初亦是在他的Hemlock厂牌下发表了首支单曲。秋风送爽的十月，Untold将受无解电场的邀请，在上海和北京两地，上演酷炫激荡的电子之音。
从2008年起，Untold便开始在Hessle Audio厂牌发布单曲和EP，并逐步尝试将他的音乐风格从Dubstep向Techno延伸。《Change in a Dynamic Environment》就是通过他自己的Hemlock厂牌发行的三部曲EP，在这部内容丰富的作品，充分展现了Untold对Techno音乐的热爱。单曲《Motion The Dance》中渐渐响亮的钢琴旋律温暖人心，而紧接而来机械感十足的Bass Line则营造出诡异的黑暗氛围，与前半段形成鲜明对比，极具画面感，又催人想象。而另一首《Luminous》里高压的强劲鼓点伴随忧伤浪漫的旋律，令人晕眩。这张EP绝对称得上是近期英国Techno圈内的超高甚至满分作品！
创作音乐数年来，Untold直到今年2月才通过自己的Hemlock厂牌发行了他的第一张专辑《Black Light Spiral》。这是一张神奇的唱片，与之前发布的单曲EP风格略有不同，它更具神秘科技感和实验性。专辑几乎没有旋律性，强劲的鼓点重拍，高亢的鸣笛，以及充满立体感的冥冥之音，在耳边环绕回响挥之不去。凭借对Jungle和Hardcore的丰富经验，在Bass Music上的开创性探索，以及近期对4×4节奏的涉猎，这张专辑会是Untold音乐生涯中浓墨重彩的一笔。
近期Untold也非常忙碌，他在刚刚过去的8月发表了限量100张的新作《Echo in the Valley》，这张专辑会以木刻皮装的USB的独特形式发行。他亦会在10月赴日本加入2014东京红牛音乐学院的演出阵容。当然，上海和北京的乐迷也可以在无解电场看到他的演出！
演出信息
【上海站】
无解电场第五期：Untold上海专场
日期：2014年10月18日 星期六
时间：22:00
场地：The Shelter
地址：永福路5号，近复兴西路
现场支持：Tzu Sing / Jackie / dj sleepless / microlab
票价：60元
【北京站】
Shadowplay X Wooozy：Untold北京专场
日期：2014年10月17日 星期五
时间：22:00
场地：后山艺术空间
地址：北京东城区东直门外香河园路1号当代MOMA园区T8楼北（百老汇电影中心北侧）
票价：60元（预售） / 80元（现场）
嘉宾阵容：Shackup (Swim)、Donkey Tonk (Syndicate)、Pei（ByeBye Disco)
相关链接
无解音乐网：http://wooozy.cn
Untold Official 官网：www.untold-official.com
现场支持音乐人连接：
Jackie：
http://site.douban.com/jackie/
Tzu Sing：
http://www.juno.co.uk/artists/Tzu+Sing/
dj sleepless：
https://soundcloud.com/djsleeplesssh
microlab：
http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/hiroikematsu
关于无解音乐网:
从2009年开始，无解音乐网就以报道国内外最令人激动的音乐为己任.而作为无解音乐网旗下的活动——“无解电场”绝不仅仅只包括一个派对，一次工作坊经历，或者一次活动而已。它会成为链接国内外电音交流的一座桥梁。
上海站现场支持:
Jackie:
来自江苏，但先后在上海和北京都居住过的Jackie是国内少见的硬派DJ，有着海量的唱片收藏，以及丰富的音乐知识。尽管作风低调，但他的每次演出都极受业内人士的肯定。
Tzu Sing:
现居上海的Tzu Sing出生于马来西亚，先后在台湾，上海，芝加哥等地居住。他的风格偏向于黑暗和地下的Techno/House音乐。2013年，Tzu Sing在地下厂牌Clan Destine Records的知名合辑《Dark Acid III》中发表了作品《Teeth》，并即将在著名地下Techno厂牌LIES下发表作品。
dj sleepless:
dj sleepless对音乐有着庞杂的胃口，可他真正想要寻找的却是不同种类音乐中的Groove核心，并想在DJ时候通过对不同种类音乐的编排，让更多人体会到音乐里这种超越身体和灵魂的强大能量。
microlab:
化名microlab的Hiro因为东京浓烈的电音文化，而对House和Techno萌发了浓烈的兴趣。在东京著名的Labyrinth音乐节目睹了Donato Dozzy的演出之后，他意识到了Techno音乐里深不可测的一面，而在移居上海之后，他也依然继续着对Techno音乐的探索。[:]