Anyone who knows my musical history knows my own music as well as what influenced was DEEPLY entrenched in Madchester and the baggy sounds of the early 90s. Jagwar Ma have recently brought back some of that bagginess with their debut album “Howlin”. Well worth a listen and a purchase, in my opinion.
Jagwar Ma play Glasslands in Brooklyn on October 2nd. I will be there. Come say hello.
“The Throw”
“Come Save Me”
For the past few years—my favourite bands have all come from Sweden. This week i’ve been listening to a lot of Holograms. Their new record, “Forever”, was released this week. Their 1st album was sort of a simple, straight forward affair—while the new album is darker, more complex, and dare i say Broder Daniel-influenced? (Broder Daniel is one of my favourite bands of all time). They even titled the album “Forever”, just like Broder Daniel titled one of their records “Forever”. Hmm.
Holograms are playing 285 Kent Ave. on December 6th in Brooklyn. you will find me there, lurking in a dark corner.
I watched this a while ago, but was for some reason reminded of it today when i saw an article about Banksy. Most people have seen Banksy’s work somewhere at some time either in person or online or on a record cover…and didn’t even know it. Whatever you think of him, he is definitely iconic! This documentary is less about Banksy, and more about the scene around him and prominently the french guy who tried to make a documentary about Banksy! ha.
90 minutes well spent watching this though! HIGHLY recommended!
This is beautiful and fascinating.
by Daniel Franke and Cedric Kiefer:
The basic idea of the project is built upon the consideration of creating
a moving sculpture from the recorded motion data of a real person. For
our work we asked a dancer to visualize a musical piece (Kreukeltape by
Machinenfabriek) as closely as possible by movements of her body. She was
recorded by three depth cameras (Kinect), in which the intersection of the
images was later put together to a three-dimensional volume (3d point cloud),
so we were able to use the collected data throughout the further process.
The three-dimensional image allowed us a completely free handling of the
digital camera, without limitations of the perspective. The camera also reacts
to the sound and supports the physical imitation of the musical piece by the
performer. She moves to a noise field, where a simple modification of the
random seed can consistently create new versions of the video, each offering
a different composition of the recorded performance. The multi-dimensionality
of the sound sculpture is already contained in every movement of the dancer,
as the camera footage allows any imaginable perspective.
These days i’ve been really appreciating installations. As I enter my 2nd wave of minimalism (my original minimalism phase was back in 2000-2002 where i literally lived with nearly no possessions), the idea of specific isolation seems more important than absolute reduction. These installations by Studio Zimoun are fascinating for the detail they transfer when a specific object is placed in an organized manner in a limited space.
src: minimalissimo
I am in love with fonts. In a different life, i would sit in a studio all day designing fonts. I am perpetually looking at fonts: on signs, on websites, in films, on cars, on badging, on artwork, in books, in magazines, old, new, ugly, beautiful—they just fascinate me!
Here’s a wicked and creative video flashing the history of typography in 5 minutes, by Ben Barrett-Forest:
src: huh
This is SUCH a cool video!
I saw The Datsuns live several years ago in Chicago and they absolutely blew my mind. Easily one of the finest live bands i’ve ever seen…..fierce and full of raw power. If you have a chance to see The Datsuns play live…GO.
This past week….”Gods Are Bored” has been looping around my headphones.
In session:
here’s a clip of them playing “Gods are Bored” LIVE:
as a bonus, “Sittin Pretty” from the same show LIVE:
I am loving the idea of this…movement in silence. There is something very epic about the sounds of silence….if one can appreciate sounds extensively, one increases their appreciation of silence.
This installation was done by BMW in relation to their “i” sub-brand.
video explaining the installation:
src: intersection (fr)
The NSFW (sorry, that’s a late warning innit?) album cover to the new Beady Eye album:
It’s no secret i’ve been a massive Oasis fan since I was a kid. I’ve never cared much to meet heroes or mingle with celebrities…..BUT meeting Liam Gallagher when I was 18 was quite literally a life-changing experience. He was friendly, real, and most of all— super nice to a kid who was finding his identity. Fast-forward many years…and Beady Eye have released their first single from their new album “BE” and it is one hell of a single. The new album comes out in June.
Sulk have (finally) released their debut album, “Graceless”, out now. go and buy it. a hell of an album.
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