Jue | Music + Art 2011 presents: Maybe Mars Shanghai Showcase: Snapline + AV Okubo
[:en]Split Works’ inaugural JUE festival in 2009 included a Maybe Mars Shanghai Showcase featuring Snapline and AV Okubo. We are very excited to be teaming up with our friends at Maybe Mars to bring these two bands back to Shanghai for JUE 2011 to share a bill with two fresh Shanghai acts: Duck Fight Goose and Pairs.[:zh]作为中国摇滚乐当家厂牌之一的兵马司，以其独一无二的先锋气质受到了国内外的高度瞩目。兵马司唱片致力于让中国最富有创造性的艺术家得到世界性的认可，并让这些鲜活的时代声音得到共鸣。此次“芷江梦工场”的专场演出是兵马司唱片与“《觉》音乐+艺术节”的第二次合作，我们希望能够继续将最优秀的声音传递到更多人的心中。[:]
JUE | Music + Art 2011 presents：Spellbinding electro orchestra –World's End Girlfriend & Black Hole Carnival Concerts
[:en]World’s End Girlfriend is the solo project of Nagasaki-native Katsuhiko Maeda, which fuses elements of post-rock, classical, and electronica. The reclusive Maeda rarely speaks to the press or poses for photographs.[:zh]World's End Girlfriend(世界末日女朋友)本名前田胜彦（Katsuhiko Maeda），是一个单人乐队。从小他就深受父亲所收集的古典乐的影响，12岁时便开始创作音乐,至今已经创作出了多余600首的曲子。他的作品将古典音乐与现代电子器乐结合，编曲华丽变化多端，展现出一幅幅黑暗却绚烂的声色场景，“悲情”、“壮丽”、“唯美”是人们常用来形容他音乐的词。[:]
Jue | Music + Art 2011 presents：Vitalic China Tour
[:en]Pascal Arbez-Nicolas aka Vitalic is one of the world’s leading electronic producers. Like Daft Punk or Aphex Twin, the Frenchman is a disco visionary responsible for shaping the sound of modern-day electronic music, whose name alone arouses intense emotion in his countless admirers. [:zh]Vitalic是法国电子音乐人Pascal Arbez-Nicolas的艺名。他将电子、古典和意大利式迪斯科等元素混合在了自己的音乐中。在地下音乐圈磨练了几年之后，2001年发行的《Poney EP》让他一举成名，其中的音乐均成了当年舞池中的经典之作，而《La Rock 01》更被视为当年的“Club国歌”。四年后，Vitalic发行了他的第一张正式专辑《OK Cowboy》，并因此收获了评论界的一致赞誉。[:]
JUE | Music + Art 2011 presents：The Whitest Boy Alive China Tour
[:en]TBWA’s songs are unique juxtapositions of subdued, Xanaxed-out lyrical narrative and seductive-as-a-shag-carpet funk rhythms, a sound that Dusted magazine described as equally apt to “get the bookish kids to get up and dance, or to get the club kids to curl up and brood.” [:zh]The Whitest Boy Alive的成员来自挪威和德国，他们发迹于柏林，主唱兼吉他手 Erlend Øye也是挪威著名独立民谣乐队Kings of Convenience的核心成员，其他成员分别是Marcin Öz, Sebastian Maschat,以及Daniel Nentwig。[:]
Jue | Music + Art 2011 presents：Bewitching orchestral dream-pop “The Black Atlantic”
[:en]Mysterious Orchestal Dream-Pop: for fans of Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, Beach Boys The Black Atlantic released their debut album “Reverence for Fallen Trees ” digitally for free (worldwide) on August 21st, 2009. It has since been downloaded over 100,000 times via various torrent websites , the band’s own website and it’s label Beep! Beep! Back up the Truck. [:zh]The Black Atlantic的音乐有着大量器乐的排布，散发着淡淡的，恬静的氛围。他们也受到了Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes以及Beach Boys等乐队的影响。The Black Atlantic的音乐简约而流畅，有时落地中鼓，节奏钹，和一个小军鼓就组成了他们的现场。[:]
Jue | Music + Art 2011 presents：Eerie pop catharsis The Besnard Lakes China Tour
[:en]"The Besnard Lakes make music to get lost in, a rapturous sound that invites comparison to the dense studio recordings of Phil Spector and the Beach Boys." "The dark heart of Canada has landed, burning within the psychedelic dirge-pop of this husband and wife-led Montreal Collective." - Uncut [:zh]“加拿大的黑暗之花绽放了，在这对蒙特利尔夫妻组合带来的迷幻火光中徐徐燃烧着，伴随着阵阵挽歌。”-《Uncut》杂志 “一种无形的温暖…一种来自其他世界的奇妙感觉…就像那些被投射出来的光束抓住的滴滴尘埃…四颗星。”-《MOJO》杂志 [:]
Archie talks to Creative Hunt about his experiences running Split Works
[:en]Archie talks to Creative Hunt about his experiences running a concert promotion agency (Split Works) in China[:]