Always one for the amalgamation of music and visual arts, James Lavelle has endeavored to blur these boundaries since the early 1990s… from bringing Futura’s work to a wider audience in the early days of Mo Wax, through Jonathan Glazer’s iconic video for Rabbit In Your Headlights, right up to John Hillcoat’s Ray Winstone starring promo for UNKLE’s latest. It’s no surprise then, that Lavelle is taking his dual passions into an exhibition space, and from Friday 27 to Monday 30 August London’s Haunch of Venison will play host to a unique exhibition where an inspired selection of contemporary artists will create a brand new artwork inspired by new music composed for the project by UNKLE. Innovative, challenging and multi-sensory… it’s all Lavelle knows.
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Daydreaming with… James Lavelle
UNKLE inspired, unique multi-sensory exhibition...
August 19th, 2010
Egyptian Hip Hop by Hedi Slimane
the UK's hottest new band by fashion's most rock n' roll son.....
August 11th, 2010
Former Dior Homme creative director, and responsible for the famous skinny black suit / white shirt / black tie silhouette that became synonymous with the brand and of those in the UK indie scene who so regularly sported the look – most famously including friend and muse, Peter Doherty – Frenchman Hedi Slimane also has a keen ear for upcoming talent. And, there’s no hotter an upcoming talent in the UK right now than Manc kids – and we quite literally mean kids – Egyptian Hip Hop…..
Aeroplane Late July Mix
suitably dirty disco whets our appetite for forthcoming album....
August 10th, 2010
Famed for their much-loved mixes, chock full of wonderfully sleazy disco house and an abundance of first rate remixes, Belgian duo Aeroplane were riding high when invited by “a panel of industry experts” – or perhaps just Pete Tong – to be Radio One’s 500th Essential Mix DJs. Strange then that at this stage they should choose to split…. or maybe not. For since then, Vito DeLuca – who retained the name – has been doing his best to make it look like he’s simply shed some excess baggage. Claiming that he “wrote and played every instrument” on the forthcoming album – of which the brilliant ‘We Can’t Fly’ is an enticing taster of – and continuing their trend for regular, and brilliant, mixes, it sounds like Vito is set to become one of dance music’s biggest names. Expect to hear lots of music journalists bandying around names like Giorgio Moroder and Studio 54. Expect to don some rather big shades and wig out…..
Late July Mix
We Can’t Fly
How To Make a Daft Punk Helmet
with a bit of skill, dedication, oh, and seventeen months....
July 28th, 2010
27 year old Atlanta resident, Harrison Krix, is a rather skilled prop maker. At least he seems to know his way around “sculpting, resin casting, chroming and vacuum forming” – and that’s an awful lot more than we even understand. So, when commissioned to produce an exact replica of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo’s famous Daft Punk helmet, Krix didn’t baulk at the idea – or perhaps he did at first – but set about spending the next 17 months (yes, 17) doing so, with of course, many trials and tribulations along the way. Happily, for us, he’s documented the process on his blog, and, with the help of photographer Jennifer Barclay, has produced some rather amusing pics of himself enjoying the helmet around Atlanta…..
Robyn: Hang With Me Video
beautiful tour video for Swedish postrel's massive new tune....
July 26th, 2010
We’re in love with Sweden’s finest cred-pop superstar, but then who isn’t? Nobody delivers a more potent mix of infectious hooks, effortless cool and utterly perfect pop masterpieces, and the lead single from the second of her trio of album releases this year – the full version of the utterly magnificent ‘Hang With Me’ – is no different. Just released is this hugely charming tour video that laughs in the face of those commercial pop hand puppets and their glossy, big-budget promos by elegantly weaving together tour footage to deliver three and a half minutes of video that’s as infectious and effortlessly cool as the lady herself…..
The Doors ‘When You’re Strange’
London photography exhibition coincides with new film release...
July 22nd, 2010
Coinciding with the theatrical release of the highly lauded “When you’re Strange” documentary, Shoreditch’s brilliant Idea Generation Gallery, in conjunction with Morrison Hotel Gallery, is currently playing host to a mesmerising collection of photographs – iconic shots alongside more personal reflections – by Henry Diltz, Joel Brodsky, Bobby Klein and Ken Regan, who all documented the sensationally controversial, and quite brilliant, band at the height of their popularity – and notoriety. Showing until 27th August at 11 Chance Street, this is a must for anyone with even the slightest interest in rock history…..
Skream: Listenin’ To The Records On My Wall
rare animation technique used in Garden of Eden based promo....
July 14th, 2010
Anyone with the remotest interest in electronic music will be eagerly anticipating the forthcoming release of Skream’s long-awaited second album, Outside The Box. This, the lead single, firmly stamps a mark on his new, more epic sound, an intriguing progression from the dubstep that he more or less single-handedly brought overground – first into the dance music arena with his 2005 classic ‘Midnight Request Line’ then into the mainstream last year with his iconic La Roux remix. If this along with some of the other snippets we’ve heard of the album so far are anything to go by, then lazy TV producers will be filing the record alongside DJ Shadow and The xx for all those moody montages and drama series trailers.
Continue reading for the full uncut video (semi nsfw) and making of documentary…..
For anyone with more than a passing interest in electronic music, the sound of your summer may, again, be dominated by one man. With the forthcoming release of his second album, Outside The Box, Skream is getting ready for imminent festival appearances with ‘dubstep’ cohorts Benga and Artwork as the electronic supergroup, Magnetic Man. If this absolutely stonking 7 minutes of ‘insert-inevitable-new-genre-here’ is anything to go by then it’s clear that 3 of the biggest names in dubstep are intent on shaking off the shackles that wobble-addicts like Rusko have placed on the genre and, in the process, create a moment-defining new club sound that – along with their Sunday night headline slot at Glastonbury – could well see the boys from Croydon become dance music’s most influential force.
Magnetic Man: MAD
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