The Square: International Showcase Fund (A3C)
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A3C
Event date:
7th - 11th October 2015
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Now in its 11th year, A3C in Atlanta has proven to be a barometer of success both in the States and for emerging artists worldwide, with over 500 performances set to take place throughout the festival and conference, from October 7th to 11th 2015.
This year Lewisham’s finest The Square will be in attendance, previously funded by Momentum, and now supported through the International Showcase Fund for A3C.
Biography:
Comprised of 10 members – a fluid mix of producers and emcees – Lewisham-based collective The Square represent the next generation of conscious-minded, new school grime artists. All are aged 18 or below and the crew have grown in notoriety through the success of 2014 breakthrough protege Novelist, who at just 17, was named in the BBC Sound Of 2015 list and signed his debut EP with XL Recordings.
Novelist has recently left The Square, but the remaining members combine genuine hunger and pedigree with natural lyrical ability, DeeJillz, Faultsz, Syder, Dee Cee, Streema, Elf Kid, Hilts and Blakie head up the emcee arm of the crew, whilst in-house super producer Lolingo – responsible for the majority of production work on debut mixtape The Formula, with producers-in-the-making Hilts and Streema, are tasked with providing the beats.
After first recording together as a crew in the early months of 2014, The Square have impressed from the get go. Deemed by some as an unworkable throwback to grime’s volatile formative years, their crew mentality has been a defining factor in their work that, despite their young age, makes their music feel all the more impressive. Joining the dots between more traditional vocal grime fare and that of the new, Boxed-inspired instrumental grime world, they are the first to fully utilise the bustling scene that has developed around them over the last twelve months.
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