Wooozy Offline Presents: Slackk

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“A godfather figure and a scene leader when it comes to the genre’s new wave of producers…[Slackk’s music] is careful and considered, full of slow melodies and jazzy harmonics.” – Resident Advisor

“THE instrumental grime guy.” – Dummy Mag

No rest for the Wooozy clan. Our 2x October attack with The Field, Barker and Lakker produced some epic evenings of quality electronic music, and we’re not slowing down.

Winter is coming, and we’re painting the walls dark this November with London grimemeister Slackk. He’ll be playing November 14 at the Shelter in Shanghai.

Grime has exploded in the last few years, moving from curious niche to a vast ocean of experimentation. The genre’s arsenal of instrumental weaponry has taken over clubs and festivals the world over. Legions of converts now groove to the Church of Grime, swearing by its scrambled loops, staccato rhythms and crazy hybrid mixes.

Wooozy’s been on the case right from the start, and Slackk is latest in a line of the grime scene’s leading lights who’ve come over to China, from Mumdance (who played at the Wooozy Weekender in 2014) and Logos (Jue | Music + Art 2015) to Night Slugs overlord Bok Bok (Echo Park Festival 2015).

Slackk is a grime archivist, innovator, producer and nexus for the scene. He’s a founder of London’s leading club night Boxed, a showcase for the emerging producers and DJs of this nascent sound. Dummy Magazine called it one of London’s “essential club nights”, and their second anniversary earlier this year was one of 2015’s hottest parties.

Through the night and its weekly residency on Rinse FM, Slackk’s DJ sets have come to epitomise the music at the forefront of this burgeoning scene. Alongside his DJ sets and the well-renowned Boxed night, Slackk’s productions take the core components of grime in splintered directions, and have led to him working on labels such as Local Action, UTTU, Numbers and Big Dada. Following a widely acclaimed series of releases, he signed to legendary label R&S in 2015, releasing his “Backwards Light” EP with the label.

Slackk’s parties have been described as the glue that holds London Grime together, and he’ll be bringing a slice of that to The Shelter in November. Expect a barrage of scorching loops and vividly disparate styles and influences.

On support duty, we’ve got Alta & Naaah, who run Push & Pull (arguably China’s first (and only) grime-focused monthly club night), Swimful, blurring Grime’s already blurred frontiers, and Wooozy regular Sleepless.

Show Details

Wooozy Offline Presents: Slackk

Date: Friday, 14 November 2015

Venue: The Shelter

Address: Basement of 5 Yongfu Road, near West Fuxing Xi Road (永福路5号近复兴西路)

Tickets: 60RMB

Support: Alta & Naaah + Swimful + Sleepless

Important Links

– Resident Advisor podcast & interview

http://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=436

– Boxed All Stars Boiler Room

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQH9-sIPamY

– Dazed Magazine feature & mix

http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/24045/1/grime-heads-boxed-mark-second-birthday-with-an-explosive-mix

– Pitchfork review of Posrednik (from R&S EP)

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/17492-slackk-posrednik/

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.[:zh]

“Slackk是当今正发展得方兴未艾的Grime复兴浪潮的领军人物之一，他的音乐充满了各种精巧的细节，美妙的旋律，以及爵士化的和声。 ” – Resident Advisor

“最能代表纯音乐Grime舞曲的音乐人”– Dummy Mag

无解电场的脚步永不停息！在经历了10月份The Field和Barker，以及Lakker的两连击之后，我们会继续在11月呈现另一场令人激动，而又独一无二的电音演出！

在11月14日，我们请到了对近几年英国Grime 音乐复兴起到了决定性作用的音乐人Slackk，于上海的The Shelter俱乐部献上一场精彩的演出。

Grime可以说是近两年最热门的舞曲类型之一，从十多年前兴起时的地下状态开始，经过了许多音乐人的实验和创新，在今天成为了全世界俱乐部和音乐节的热门选择，而它标志性的粗糙能量，尖锐节奏和突破常规的混音方式也成为了许多乐迷对它趋之若鹜的原因。

无解电场一直都致力于向国内乐迷推荐最为纯粹和尖端的Grime音乐，从去年的Bok Bok，Mumdance，到今年年初的Logos，我们非常高兴这次能请到另一位Grime音乐的重量级人物Slackk参加到我们的演出之中。

Slackk不仅仅是一位出色的DJ和音乐制作人，他还是一位Grime音乐历史发展的记录者，一位时刻不停发掘着新制作人的伯乐，以及一位音乐活动策划人。他参与策划的音乐活动Boxed，便是致力于挖掘Grime音乐的青年才俊和探索这种音乐的可能性，Boxed在今年早些时候的两年庆活动，也被许多乐评人认为是今年最成功的派对之一。

与此同时，通过在英国指标性舞曲电台Rinse FM上的固定节目，Slackk的DJ Set，也已经日益成为了全世界乐迷了解Grime发展现状最为直接和权威的途径之一。而他这几年在音乐制作上的表现也同样令人侧目，除了在包括Local Action，UTTU，Numbers和Big Dada等出色厂牌发表过作品之外，他还在今年签约了传奇的舞曲厂牌R&S，发表了《Backwards Light EP》。

毫无疑问，Slackk的DJ演出，会是了解Grime音乐发展的最好途径，在11月14日的The Shelter，国内乐迷就可以零距离接触Grime 的前线景观！

在11月14日的上海活动上，除了无解电场自家的Sleepless会做出开场表演之外，包括Push & Pull和Swimful这两队同样致力于在上海推广Grime音乐的团队和音乐人也会做出表演，确保当晚的演出牢牢锁定Grime频率！

演出信息

无解电场呈现伦敦舞曲前线 : Slackk

时间: 2015年11月14日周六 22:00

地点: The Shelter

地址 :永福路5号近复兴西路

门票: 60RMB

现场支持: Alta & Naaah ／ Swimful ／Sleepless

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