Modern music with ancient roots

The scenic grassland in Fengning county, Hebei province, is where the festival will be held. [Photo provided to China Daily]

Three stages of techno music, psytrance music and chill-out music will be set up on the grassland of 40,000 square meters. Some 42 electronic artists, including DJs, live performers and multimedia artists from around the world, will offer nonstop music for 28 hours.

As for the location, the location of Bashang grassland, renowned for its scenic beauty and clean pleasant climate, is a four-hour drive from downtown Beijing.

The lineup also includes DJ Weng Weng, the founder of the Beijing-based electronic-music Intro Festival, Guo Jian, the vocalist of the Chinese reggae band Long Sheng Dao, and DJ Ou Yang, also founder of Beijing-based live house venue, Yugong Yishan.

Albanese Trigona is a party designer who started a music party project called Black Sheep, in Rome in 2012.

The idea of the festival took shape after she moved to Beijing in 2012, and decided to revive her concept of music parties with the help of her three team members, DJ Diego Funkyto, DJ Jia Li and party organizer Shizi.