September 25, 2008 // Demon Days Three-Year Anniversary in New York // Cielo, 18 Little W 12th Street, New York // doors open at 10 p.m., $15 advance, $25 at the door, 21
www.myspace.com/carlcraig
www.myspace.com/gamalldemondays
Sunday, August 31, 2008
NYC: Demon Days Three-Year Anniversary
September 25, 2008 // Demon Days Three-Year Anniversary in New York // Cielo, 18 Little W 12th Street, New York // doors open at 10 p.m., $15 advance, $25 at the door, 21
www.myspace.com/carlcraig
www.myspace.com/gamalldemondays
Ellen Allien and Modeselektor
Mighty (www.mighty119.com), 119 Utah, San Francisco // doors open @ 9 p.m., limited $20 advance tickets, 21+
www.mighty119.com
www.myspace.com/ellenallienbpc
www.myspace.com/mdslktr
Simon Harrison's Nu-World Mix #045
Gifted and Blessed - For Letting Go Of Anger [White]
Surra - Find Our Peace // White
Lizzy Parks - Prayer // Tru Thoughts
Emanative feat. Ahu - Turn Your Lights On // Brownswood
Pat D - Laisse Couler L’encere // A Bridge Too Far
Nneka - Walk The Line // Yo Mamma’s
Dizz1 - Clocks // White
BazisBeats - Ekologic // White
Hint - The Mist Lifts // Tru Thoughts
Creative Use - Sun Shadow // Creative Use
Floating Points - Esthian Three // White
Yellowtail feat. Russell Morgan - Changes // Dancing Turtle
2000 Black - Febulous // Third Ear
Mr Beatnick feat. Fatima & Emma - Green Is The Colour Of Hope // White
Gutter Snipes - Nam // Parousia
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Friday, August 29, 2008
Various Artists - Brownswood Bubblers 3
For me the bar was raised significantly last year when Gilles Peterson dropped Brownswood Bubblers 2. Now Brownswood Bubblers 1, the first compilation on Gilles new label had some tasty treats but Bubblers 2 was off the charts. I’m not certain that Bubblers 3 is on the same level but it’s not far off. Either way the Brownswood Bubblers series are the compilations that trumps all compilations. There are many excellent selections here as proof such as the soul funk club banger "Turn It Out" by Joey Negro and The Sunburst Band. "How Bout’ Us" by Katalyst is definitely one of the hottest cuts this year thanks to the voice of Steve Spacek. One of the best records I’ve heard that few know about is the ballad "Where would I Be" by Yaw who simply sounds like the second coming of Sam Cooke. Another highlight is the funky spoken word gem "Prayers for Angry Young Men" by Charlie Dark. Once again Gilles has shined the light on underground hits. Let’s hope that a larger audience will take notice. Highly recommended.
by Reg Dancy
www.brownswoodrecordings.com
Green Gym Uses Human-Powered Energy
The opening of Portland’s The Green Microgym this week seems like a perfect complement to the announcement of M2E’s kinetic charger, which can generate energy from motion. Adam Boesel, The Green Microgym’s owner, doctored up spin bikes with weed whacker motors and truck alternators so that patrons can create energy to help power the 2,800 foot space.
According to DailyTech, the Team Dynamo and Spin Bikes at the gym can each generate up to 75 watts. Next on Boesel’s list is generating power from elliptical trainers.
At first, patrons will probably generate about 25 percent of the gym’s power. But Boesel hopes that eventually they will be to generate all of it.
The Green Microgym follows in the footsteps of Hong Kong’s California Fitness gym, which uses gym-goers’ energy to power light fixture.
According to DailyTech, the Team Dynamo and Spin Bikes at the gym can each generate up to 75 watts. Next on Boesel’s list is generating power from elliptical trainers.
At first, patrons will probably generate about 25 percent of the gym’s power. But Boesel hopes that eventually they will be to generate all of it.
The Green Microgym follows in the footsteps of Hong Kong’s California Fitness gym, which uses gym-goers’ energy to power light fixture.
The Mac at 25: Andy Hertzfeld Looks Back
The podcast interview of Andy Hertzfeld by James Turner
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75 Powerful Adobe Fireworks Extensions just as good as Photoshop
Just like Photoshop the volume of extensions available are extensive, and with the correct extensions can be almost as powerful. Click here to read post.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Society Original Products: fall/winter 08
Society Original Products fitted caps, sweats, denim and more for Fall/Winter 08.
via ctothejl & strictlyfitteds
Montreal International House Music Festival
Thursday August 28, 2008
Gotsoul Sessions w/ Abicah Soul ( Objektivity, Chicago), Mike Fresco, Luke Native @ Segafredo
Friday August 29, 2008
Beats of The Barrio NYC's 70's, 80's and more @ Cherry. Buddah Morales, E.P Bergen, Casio Royale, Arcadio Marcuzzi // The Trains of Thought Art Show @ Galerie D'Art Yves Laroche (Old Montreal)
Friday August 29
Soul Nation presents Karizma (Defected) w/ Pat Boogie, Christian Pronovost @ Time Super Club
Saturday August 30, 2008
NYC vs Montreal Classic House w/ Angel Moraes and Dj jojoflores, Simon B in the back room @ Cherry
Sunday August 31, 2008
Therapy w/ Joi Cardwell live, Joe Dipadova, Mike Fresco, Misayo, Jabig & Tazz @ Cherry
info@gotsoulrecords.com // 514 849 2020
LAL performs tonight in Toronto
LAL - Brown Eyed Warrior
LAL - Corners
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Japanda
"King Me" // Acrylic & glitter on canvas 20" x 30"
"I Am the Collektor" // India ink on paper 8" x 11"
São Paulo: Alexandre Orion's Reverse graffiti
Alexandre Orion (São Paulo, Brazil)
Reverse graffiti is art that is good for the environment. Check out some of Alexandre's works of art on the streets of the concrete jungle. Via JUX'
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Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan
Vertigo's series about a gender-cide, killing all the males on earth, and the only man left standing, ran for 6 years, and is one of the greatest modern comic series available. Writer Brian K. Vaughan, and artist Pia Guerra created a vibrant series with fun, action, as well a heart. Available collected in 10 trade paperback volumes, and an upcoming hardcover version, this series will be talked about for years to come.
Click here to watch this episode (running time 00:29:40)
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Basic-Soul Radio w/ Simon Harrison :: guest mix by Scrimshire // Wah Wah 45s
Annabel (Lee) - Move With Me // Further Out
Mark Graham & Sarah Winton - Fall Out // Rehab
Solar Apple Quarktette - London Trio & Friends Live @ Space Port Jazz Festival // Further Out
The Black Seeds - Send A Message // Sonar Kollektiv
The Astronotes - All Mine // White
Budamunky feat. Laidlaw & Coma-Chi - Some Believe // Jazzy Sport
Fujimoto Tetsuro - Into Light // White
Guest Mix by Scrimshire // Wah Wah 45s
Bjork - Vokuro // Elektra
Hear, O Israel - May The Words Of My Mouth // Jonny
Ahmed Jamal with Voices - Wild Is The Wind // Cadet
Esprit de Corps - Picture On The Wall // Jam
Helen McAbee - Come On In // E.G. Records
Spanky & Our Gang - Like To Get To Know You // Mercury
Gloria Taylor - What's Your World // Selector Sound
Angela Bofill - Love and Marriage // Expansion
Dexter Wansel feat. Terri Wells - The Sweetest Pain // Passion
Stac - Balls Bounce // Wah Wah 45s
Scrimshire - Mistaken (King Knut Remix) // CDR
Mark Pritchard & Steve Spacek - Turn It On // Sonar Kollektiv
Blue Rhythm Combo - Get Down // Sound Way
Lito Orquesta Barrientos - Push & Pull // Soul Patrol Records
Jablonski - Soul Makossa // Motion
Mellow Madness - Save the Youth (K-Dope Extended Mix) // Kay-Dee
Four Below Zero - My Baby's Got E.S.P. // P&P
// End Of Mix //
Christian Prommer’s Drumlesson - Around The World (Samon Kawamura Remix) // Sonar Kollektiv
Grooveman Spot - Neuralgia // Jazzy Sport
4hero - Look Inside (Izmabad Remix) // Raw Canvas
PPP - On A Cloud (D.Con's Old School Twist) // White
Nick Van Gelder - Game Of Love // BBE
Sonar Kollektiv Orchester - Africa // Sonar Kollektiv
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Mark Graham & Sarah Winton - Fall Out // Rehab
Solar Apple Quarktette - London Trio & Friends Live @ Space Port Jazz Festival // Further Out
The Black Seeds - Send A Message // Sonar Kollektiv
The Astronotes - All Mine // White
Budamunky feat. Laidlaw & Coma-Chi - Some Believe // Jazzy Sport
Fujimoto Tetsuro - Into Light // White
Guest Mix by Scrimshire // Wah Wah 45s
Bjork - Vokuro // Elektra
Hear, O Israel - May The Words Of My Mouth // Jonny
Ahmed Jamal with Voices - Wild Is The Wind // Cadet
Esprit de Corps - Picture On The Wall // Jam
Helen McAbee - Come On In // E.G. Records
Spanky & Our Gang - Like To Get To Know You // Mercury
Gloria Taylor - What's Your World // Selector Sound
Angela Bofill - Love and Marriage // Expansion
Dexter Wansel feat. Terri Wells - The Sweetest Pain // Passion
Stac - Balls Bounce // Wah Wah 45s
Scrimshire - Mistaken (King Knut Remix) // CDR
Mark Pritchard & Steve Spacek - Turn It On // Sonar Kollektiv
Blue Rhythm Combo - Get Down // Sound Way
Lito Orquesta Barrientos - Push & Pull // Soul Patrol Records
Jablonski - Soul Makossa // Motion
Mellow Madness - Save the Youth (K-Dope Extended Mix) // Kay-Dee
Four Below Zero - My Baby's Got E.S.P. // P&P
// End Of Mix //
Christian Prommer’s Drumlesson - Around The World (Samon Kawamura Remix) // Sonar Kollektiv
Grooveman Spot - Neuralgia // Jazzy Sport
4hero - Look Inside (Izmabad Remix) // Raw Canvas
PPP - On A Cloud (D.Con's Old School Twist) // White
Nick Van Gelder - Game Of Love // BBE
Sonar Kollektiv Orchester - Africa // Sonar Kollektiv
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http://www.basic-soul.co.uk/
Call for Artists: Art:Raw gallery New York Inaugural Exhibit
2008-08-25 until 2008-10-01
Art:Raw Gallery New York, NY
Call for Artist Submissions- Art:Raw Gallery New York Inaugural Exhibit.
Artists are invited to submit work for our inaugural exhibit. Art Raw Gallery will feature a special show for its inaugural exhibit in New York. On view will be the original artworks of 100's of emerging artists. Opening night will stream live on several websites. The event is scheduled to coincide with many art fairs in NYC. Artwork by all participating artists will be made available for collectors to view/purchase online. Guidelines: Entries must be ORIGINALS by a living artist and produced within the past 2 years. There is a strict stipulation that the work must fit within the parameters of twelve inches in any direction and be ready to hang. The overall size of the artwork cannot exceed 12" in height, width and/or depth.
submit ::
The gallery will display works from all media that conform to the criteria above. Email up to 4 images of actual work to be exhibited in the following format: JPEG's only, less than 500kb each. Include title, date, medium, dimensions, and asking price. Contact information in the body of the email: artist name, email address, phone number, city, state/province and country. Websites will not be reviewed. Call is open to all domestic and international artists.
NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.
submission policy :: www.artrawgallery.com/submissions/inaugural.html
event info :: www.artrawgallery.com/exhibits/20090219.html
email :: inaugural@artrawgallery.com
deadline for submission :: October 1, 2008
Selection process: Artists will be selected on the basis of creativity and work professionalism.
Notification: Artists juried into the show will be contacted with further details via email.
fees ::
There are no entry fees. If work is selected, exhibition fees are $50 per artwork (maximum of 4 works may be submitted by any artist). Gallery commission is 50% of sale.
Dates: Exhibit will take place from February 19 to March 21, 2009.
Join us for the reception Thursday, February 19, 2009.
http://www.artrawprojects.com/
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Chicago :: Minus Records 10 yr Anniversary :: 08.30.08
Metro :: 3730 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL // Saturday August 30, 2008 // Doors: 10 p.m // 30$ advance :: 35$ @ the door // 18+
www.metrochicago.com
South Rakkas Puts a Dancehall Twist on Trouble & Bass
August 29, 2008
Love, 179 Macdougal, New York
Doors open at 10 p.m., $10, 21+
Trouble & Bass. Brooklyn's Dre Skull will be joining South Rakkas behind the decks along with T&B residents Math Head, Drop the Lime, Star Eyes, and The Captain.
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4 ways to make your Mac more efficient
"Mac users love their machines for the "ease of use" and "simplicity." We agree, but completing a few simple steps (free and built-in, mind you), will make things even better".
by Dave Caolo
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Monday, August 25, 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008
XLR8R: Hercules, Love Affair & Teenage Nostalgia
Andy Butler went from being a bedroom disco-house producer to leading Hercules & Love Affair, an eight-piece band featuring three vocalists (Antony Hegarty, Nomi Ruiz, and Kim Ann Foxman) a two-man horn section, and Shayne Oliver, a legendary dancer in the New York voguing scene. Here, Butler talks about his path from being a teenage fanboy DJing in Denver gay bars to his current role as a rising New York art disco superstar.
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Click here to watch this episode "Hercules, Love Affair & Teenage Nostalgia" on mondomedeusah (running time 00:07:37)
Recloose - Perfect Timing
Sonar Kollektiv
Folks outside of Detroit and New Zealand may not be familiar with Matt Chicone aka Recloose but ever since his debut "This Is The Dining Room" on Carl Craig’s Planet E records, his talents as a DJ and producer have been in much demand. That was followed up with two outstanding records, "Cardiology" and "Hiatus On The Horizon”" His fourth lp, "Perfect Timing" is a lot more funkier than some of his previous releases but in many ways it is an extension of Matt Chicone’s burgeoning talents. It’s apparent that the objective of this record is to make you dance and there are several selections worthy of that goal. There is also the usual assortment of talented vocalists here as well. "Catch A Leaf" is a nice piece of broken soul that features newcomer Rachel Frasier. "Can It Be" is a rousing electronic funk stomper that should find it’s way to many dance floors. Joe Dukie has worked with Recloose before and on “Deeper Waters” he is in top form. This is easily one of the best dub tracks I’ve heard in a while and should become a big hit. Recloose may have caught us by surprise when he first came on the scene but we’re well aware of his skills now. This is another fine release and a great signing for Sonar Kollektiv.
by Reg Dancy, Catchagroove
Basic-Soul Radio (UK)
Various Artists - Elaste Vol 2: Space Disco Compiled By Tom Wieland
Compost Records
This is a collection of spaced out post disco rarities hand picked by Tom Wieland, best known for his work as one half of 7 Samurai and Panoptikum, Tom has uncovered some cool electronic European gems. Some of the highlights are "Rebel On The Run" by Selection, a funk injected disco track, fueled by lively guitar work and a tight bass line. A nice boogie tune, "Take Time" by Jagg, that would easily fit into the Prelude catalogue. This was one of my favorites because of the soulful vocals, funky rhythm guitar and clever synths. "Feeling Love" by LEB Harmony has that electronic disco sound reminiscent of Cerrone from the late seventies. Not all the tracks measure up however, "Blow You Out Tonight" was just average and the vocals don’t do the track any justice. Out of place here is "Nepa Dance Dub." but it’s still a nice dub tune that provides a change of pace. All in all this is a nice foray into a collection of forgotten dance tracks that get a second life with new fans.
by Reg Dancy
Basic-Soul Radio
EMan's Birthday Bash :: parts 1, 2 & 3
HOUSE ARREST 9/12 @ APT. // RUNNIN' UP IN BROOKLYN 9/13 @ FRANK'S LOUNGE // DEEP SEE 9/16 @ SAPPHIRE
Part 1:
Friday, September 12, 2008 HOUSE ARREST @ APT. EMan celebrates along with fellow Virgo, Amu (ABHJ) at their new monthly event, House Arrest. Residents - EMan, DJ Spider and Courage spin. 10pm, $10. APT; 419 West 13th Street, btwn 9th Ave/Washington St., NYC.
www.myspace.com/housearestnyc
Part 2:
Saturday, September 13, 2008 FRANK'S LOUNGE. We'll be back in Brooklyn to celebrate EMan and Amu's birthdays, once again with Frank and the fam! Good friends like Cordell Johnson and Elbert Phillips fly in from Chi-Town to spin along with BAX, DJ Spider and Mike Sarkus. Folks are sure to be coming out of the woodwork for this one. 10pm, $5/$10. Frank's Lounge: 660 Fulton Street, corner of South Elliott, Fort Greene, Bklyn.
www.frankscocktaillounge.com
Part 3:
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 DEEP SEE @ Sapphire. Continue the celebration for EMan's birthday bash at his long-running weekly event DEEP SEE. It's gonna be a big night as guest DJ Rick Wilhite (Three Chairs) comes in from Detroit to play with residents DJ Spider, Lola and the b-day boy himself, EMan. Opening set by Frankyhows. 10pm, $5/$10. Sapphire: 249 Eldridge Street, btwn Houston and Stanton, NYC.
www.myspace.com/deepseenyc
ZOSO @ Munkyking, LA
Thursday, August 28 2008
ZOSO :: NO REST FOR THE WEARY
New paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints by Los Angeles artist ZOSO. opening reception Thursday, August 28th, 7-11 pm.
Munky King 7308 Melrose Ave Los Angeles, CA. 90046 this is ZOSO's second solo show to date, and his first in his hometown of Los Angeles.
www.zoso1.com
www.munkyking.com
HVW8 :: Live at the BBQ: Season 2, Vol. 5 - The Political Party with Jeremy Sole
Ty G's simple pleasures:
Give It To Me (RIP)
You've Made Me So Very Happy
Mandre - Third World Calling (Opus ll)
Spirit Level - Everybody
Black Spade - La La (Ced's edit) HVW8
secret track surprised
Jeremy Sole's world:
Timmy McNealy - What's Going On
Leo's Sunshipp - I'm Back For More (instrumental edit)
Can't You See (You Doin' Me Wrong)
You Belong To Me
Natural Self - In The Morning
African Connection - Tiembelema (12" Long Version)
Dutch Rhythm Combo - Cartagenera
Future Loop Foundation - What's Your Name (Quantic remix)
Plunky & The Oneness of Juju - Every Way But Loose (12" Version)
Wganda Kenya - Tifit Hayed
Moon, Turn the Tides, Gently, Gently Away
Rabbits & Carrots - Romeo y Julieta
Cross Country - Just a Thought
The Ansley Dunbar Retaliation - Watch'n Chain
Drifting
The Polyversal Souls - Sad Nile
Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Followed Path
The Apples - Killing Dub
Bobby Lyle - Night Breeze
Max's House Full of Girls:
Billy Mersey Band - Soul Kick
The Black Seeds - Good People (Get Together)
Everything
Madrid de los Austrias - Para Don Alonso (Yam Who? Rework)
Miles Bonny - Closer Love
Darling Dear (Muro remix)
House Full Of Girls
Click here to listen & download this podcast via HVW8
www.hvw8.com
Colonel Red by Marc Kets
Colonel Red is a singer, song-writer and performer with a clear understanding of his roots and the heritage of his ancestors on both sides of the Atlantic that result in a spiritual and learned take on modern soul music. His debut album “Blue Eye Blak” was released on People back in 2005 and since then while a lot of contemporaries have fallen away due to the close of Goya he has continued to rise above the presipice and release music that has found favour with tastemakers as renowned as Gilles Peterson who included a track of his on a Brownswood Bubblers compilation. His work fuses an original interplay between soul, acoustic and percussion all in a way that leads me to believe that Colonel Red is the real deal and someone who we will be hearing a lot more of in the years to come.
Click here to read the interview by Marc Kets via Basic-Soul
www.myspace.com/colonelred
www.myspace.com/rufflanguage
LAL live in Toronto
LAL - "Deportation"
August 28, 2008 @ Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
7:30pm-2am, part of Tallulah's Cabaret
Request the Deporatation album at your local record store or pick it up @ the PTR shop
www.ptrmusic.com
Stephanie McKay: Tell It Like It Is
Finally! We’ve been waiting over a year since the original release date but the sophomore project by Stephanie McKay is here. “Tell It Like It Is” is gritty no holds barred soul with a 70’s vibe. Not to mention the passion and intensity that we heard on her debut “McKay” in 2003. The disc starts with the title track in which she laments on the problems that surrounds her community in particular and in the world in general. She advises a young girl to avoid some of the mistakes she made at her age. The wah wah guitar is a perfect compliment to this funky track. “Jackson Avenue” is the perfect summertime jam.. It evokes images of kids playing in the street and relying on the fire hydrants sprouting cool water for relief from the heat. The compostion has a classic Holland-Dozier-Holland sound and would’ve fit in perfectly in the Motown catalogue sans the Eric B & Rakim samples that add spice to the track. “Where Did Our Love Go” is a sweet ballad that features soul crooner Anthony Hamilton. With just twelve tracks, this disc sticks to the strong material and lays off the filler. One year after the EP of the same name, Stephanie McKay delivers with a disc full of soulful tasty treats that touches on social issues and everyday life experiences. This certainly emerges as one of best records of 2008 and an much needed voice to breathe life into soul music.
- Reg Dancy
Simon Harrison (Basic Soul), Andy Allen (ukvibe), Tom Breslin (Stars & Rockets), Marcia Carr (Talking Music) , Reg Dancy (Catchagroove ), Graham Radley (World Unlimited), Tim Stenhouse (ukvibe) and Steve Williams (ukvibe)
www.basic-soul.co.uk
The Basic Soul Show with Simon Harrison
inc RLP Guest Mix (Exposure/JP)
TM Juke And The Jack Baker Trio - Heads Higher // Tru Thoughts
Ken Morimura - Descarga Pa' Ti // Mukatsuku
Bob Azzam - Batucada Por Favor // EMI
Chalo Eduardo - Beija-Flor Suite // Mr Bongo
Cesar Mariano & CIA - Futebol De Bar // RCA
Russell Morgan - Fall Down // White
Guest mix by RLP // Exposure/JP
RLP - Atom // CDR
D'Angelo - Pete Rock
Invisible Corners feat. No Bus - Where Is The Place // CDR
diyTokion - Round Trip // CDR
Slum Village - S.O.U.L. (Instrumental) // Capitol
RLP - Beat21 // CDR
Budastyles - Cute Hoes Remix // CDR
Budamunky - Atmospheric Vibe // CDR
Super Smoky Soul - 282 // CDR
Two Four - Sakura // CDR
Reggie B - Prophetic Youth (Morgan Zarate Remix) // Circulations
RLP - Beat22 // CDR
The Astronotes - Spacewaterbabies // CDR
JohnsMyName - Beep Me, Find Me // CDR
Replife - Away (So Far) // Futuristica Music/Refine
Quango - Frantic Moment // Deeper Soul
Super Smoky Soul - 243 // CDR
diyTokion - Soul Serenade // CDR
Eddie Kendricks - My People...Hold On // Motown
// end of guest mix //
Amana Melome - Caterpillar (Atjazz 7am Dub) // Irma
Bunny Mac - Let Me Love You (Bugz In The Attic Dub) // Defected
Scrimshire feat. Inga-Lill Aker - Warm Sound // Wah Wah 45s
Delgui feat. Xantone Blacq - Keep On Clapping // Sunshine Enterprises
Hint - The Tremmuh // Tru Thoughts
Bakura feat. Darien - Mistaken // Especial
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TM Juke And The Jack Baker Trio - Heads Higher // Tru Thoughts
Ken Morimura - Descarga Pa' Ti // Mukatsuku
Bob Azzam - Batucada Por Favor // EMI
Chalo Eduardo - Beija-Flor Suite // Mr Bongo
Cesar Mariano & CIA - Futebol De Bar // RCA
Russell Morgan - Fall Down // White
Guest mix by RLP // Exposure/JP
RLP - Atom // CDR
D'Angelo - Pete Rock
Invisible Corners feat. No Bus - Where Is The Place // CDR
diyTokion - Round Trip // CDR
Slum Village - S.O.U.L. (Instrumental) // Capitol
RLP - Beat21 // CDR
Budastyles - Cute Hoes Remix // CDR
Budamunky - Atmospheric Vibe // CDR
Super Smoky Soul - 282 // CDR
Two Four - Sakura // CDR
Reggie B - Prophetic Youth (Morgan Zarate Remix) // Circulations
RLP - Beat22 // CDR
The Astronotes - Spacewaterbabies // CDR
JohnsMyName - Beep Me, Find Me // CDR
Replife - Away (So Far) // Futuristica Music/Refine
Quango - Frantic Moment // Deeper Soul
Super Smoky Soul - 243 // CDR
diyTokion - Soul Serenade // CDR
Eddie Kendricks - My People...Hold On // Motown
// end of guest mix //
Amana Melome - Caterpillar (Atjazz 7am Dub) // Irma
Bunny Mac - Let Me Love You (Bugz In The Attic Dub) // Defected
Scrimshire feat. Inga-Lill Aker - Warm Sound // Wah Wah 45s
Delgui feat. Xantone Blacq - Keep On Clapping // Sunshine Enterprises
Hint - The Tremmuh // Tru Thoughts
Bakura feat. Darien - Mistaken // Especial
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Simon Harrison's Nu-World Mix #044
Jazz Liberatorz - Interlude // Kif
Joey Negro & The Sunburst Band - Turn It Out // Z Records
Tensnake - Show Me [Radius]
Inverse Cinematics - The Rise & Fall (Sam Irl Remix) // Pulver
John Arnold & Jeremy Ellis - Nightlife // Future Soul
The Rongetz Foundation - East (Patchworks Remix) // Heavenly Sweetness
Ceramic feat. Aisling Stephenson - Broken Dreams // Unique Uncut
Simbad feat. Melo - After The Dance (Bugz In The Attic Remix) // Raw Fusion
Scrimshire feat. Inga Lill Aker - Warm Sound (Aaron Jerome Remix) // Wah Wah 45s
Mark de Clive-Lowe - Voices Whisper // Freedom School
Duke Spook - Crosswaves // 3 Bar Fire
Linkwood - RIP // Prime Numbers
Kraak and Smaak - Cornered // Jalapeno
Black Joy - Metal Bossa (Restless Soul Remix) // Project
Quarion - Karasu (Deetron Remix) // Drumpoet Community
www.basic-soul.co.uk/nu-world
Joey Negro & The Sunburst Band - Turn It Out // Z Records
Tensnake - Show Me [Radius]
Inverse Cinematics - The Rise & Fall (Sam Irl Remix) // Pulver
John Arnold & Jeremy Ellis - Nightlife // Future Soul
The Rongetz Foundation - East (Patchworks Remix) // Heavenly Sweetness
Ceramic feat. Aisling Stephenson - Broken Dreams // Unique Uncut
Simbad feat. Melo - After The Dance (Bugz In The Attic Remix) // Raw Fusion
Scrimshire feat. Inga Lill Aker - Warm Sound (Aaron Jerome Remix) // Wah Wah 45s
Mark de Clive-Lowe - Voices Whisper // Freedom School
Duke Spook - Crosswaves // 3 Bar Fire
Linkwood - RIP // Prime Numbers
Kraak and Smaak - Cornered // Jalapeno
Black Joy - Metal Bossa (Restless Soul Remix) // Project
Quarion - Karasu (Deetron Remix) // Drumpoet Community
www.basic-soul.co.uk/nu-world
The Days of Their Lives: Photographs by Seifollah Samadian
2008-08-19 until 2008-09-12
Xerxes Fine Arts
London, UK
A series of extraordinary images documenting the lives of ordinary Iranians goes on show at Xerxes Fine Arts from August 19 through September 12, 2008. Seifollah Samadian's The Days of Their Lives explores the everyday existence of the Iranian populace, photographed as they participate in organised events and parades. At once haunting and provocative, the series of eighteen images reveals another face of Iran and offers a subtle socio-economic commentary on a world seldom seen by outsiders. Highly-regarded internationally as a cinematographer and art director as well as a photographer, who has worked with directors such as Martin Scorsese and Abbas Kiarostami, Samadian came to the forefront of critical attention in the wave of Iranian photography that gained momentum in the arts scene following the end of the Iran-Iraq war. In the drive to document events that followed, Samadian became Professor of Photojournalism at the University of Tehran and is today Publisher and Editor-in-chief of the Iranian cultural magazine, Tassvir.
Pascal Rousson: The House of Pain
2008-08-21 until 2008-09-14
Vegas Gallery
London, UK
For his first solo show, Swiss/French artist Pascal Rousson presents work which elaborates upon Museum of the Dispossessed, an installation previously exhibited at Vegas Gallery as part of the Loose Booty exhibition. Rousson's work ironically debunks the ideologies and values embedded in Modernist art. His current installation scavenges elements and themes from his own work, including flea market and charity shop paintings reworked with satirical references to canonical Western artists, an interest in the metaphorical potential of American pulp and amateur D.I.Y. craft-making manuals, and a preoccupation with the constricting myth of The Great Artist as Rock Star, destined to burn out and leave a trail of beautiful, history-altering corpses.
Museum of the Dispossessed incorporated paintings, which appropriated covers of the late 1960s D.I.Y. magazine Practical Householder. The paintings presented comical narratives that cast American modernist artists as self-obsessed bricoleurs with nameless and compliant female sidekicks, whose great works echo by the "low" aesthetics of amateur home improvement projects. Through juxtapositions of imagery and text within the canvas frames, and through their status as components of an installation rather than singular art objects, the paintings challenged the concept of art and artists as self-contained entities by foregrounding plural presences, influences and voices inhabiting the installation.
In his latest work Rousson extends the D.I.Y metaphor into darker territory. In the centre of the gallery stands a structure resembling a garden shed, constructed from a skin of closely packed paintings that mix references to canonical artists with American pulp novel cover art, teenage bedroom aesthetics and trippy pop surrealist-inflected imagery.
Traces of the artist as sinister loner, blazing comet and petty criminal reverberate through the structure. Rousson rams textual references to famous artists (Andy Warhol, Christopher Wool, Dan Flavin, and Sigmar Polke) against snippets of kitschy science-fiction landscapes that mock the hallowed inner-space model of artistic imagination, and lurid Russ Meyer style mannequins disrobing for virile men wielding palettes and paintbrushes in place of guns.
Ignite What's Next
Sparks // Upper Playground // Juxtapoz
Sam Flores, Alex Pardee & N8 Van Dyke // Dates: Atlanta :: Saturday, September 13, 2008 @ 10pm at Lenny’s Bar // Boston :: Saturday September 20, 2008 @ 2pm at Underground Snowboards in Boston // Phoenix :: Friday, October 3, 2008 & Saturday, October 4, 2008 @ 10pm at The Marquee Theatre.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Nike Air Force 1 :: Closing Ceremonies
Nike comes to the rescue just in time for the closing ceremonies of the Beijing 2008 Olympics and releases the The Nike Air Force 1 :: Closing Ceremonies in gold featuring a laser etched graphic over the upper. These kicks will come in a special 080808 box. Release date August 25, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
Buff Monster @ Corey Helford Gallery, LA
Corey Helford Gallery presents BUFF MONSTER “The Sweetest Thing”
Opening Reception Saturday, August 23, 2008 from 7 to 10pm
On View August 23 until September 2, 2008
Corey Helford Gallery 8522 Washington Boulevard Culver City, CA 90232 T: 310-287-2340 www.coreyhelfordgallery.com
Corey Helford Gallery is proud to present “The Sweetest Thing”, a solo exhibition of new works by Los Angeles street artist Buff Monster. Returning to the Gallery for his second solo show, Buff Monster’s “Pepto-pink” palette bursts into action with a kaleidoscope of geometric patterns, kaiju-inspired characters, and kanji translations of Buff Monsterism’s such as Lick It Up and Extra Creamy.
Inspired by Japanese fine art, pop culture, and anime, Buff Monster paints his trademark imagery in Superflat style, blending pink, black, and metallic silver shapes into an array of squirting scenes. Moving in a more technical direction, the series of paintings will be executed on custom birch panels in an assortment of sizes. A new limited-edition signed and numbered serigraph will be released on opening night.
Open to the public, the reception for “The Sweetest Thing” will take place on Saturday, August 23 from 7 to 10pm and will be on view until September 2, 2008. Influenced by heavy metal, porn, Japanese kawai culture, and ice cream, Buff Monster is known for changing the landscapes of Los Angeles, Tokyo, and Barcelona with his iconic Buff Monster character.
Born and raised in Hawaii, Buff Monster moved to Los Angeles and attended the University of Southern California where he earned degrees in Fine Art and Business Administration by day and postered the streets with his hand-screened posters by night. He has worked on projects with Nike, Vans, Hurley, The Standard Hotel, Vivid, and Hustler and collaborates with toy manufacturer Mindstyle to produce a series of collectible vinyl figures, which are released annually during Buff Fest.
Buff Monster has been featured in Juxtapoz, Artweek, The New York Times, Angeleno, LA Weekly, YRB, Vapors, XLR8R, mondomedeusah creative and many other publications. He has exhibited in numerous galleries nationally including Giant Robot (New York), Gallery 1988, New Image Art, OX-OP, and Andenken Gallery, and his work can be seen in Room 303 of San Francisco’s Hotel des Arts.
www.buffmonster.com
Synaesthesia: Alkistis Wechsler
2008-08-26 until 2008-09-02
Camaver Kunsthaus. Lake Como
Varenna,Italy
Synaesthesia is the title of the international contemporary art exhibition which will be presented by Camaver Kunsthaus International starting August 26 and continuing through September 2, 2008, in tow parts. Some of the newest creation of the best known contemporary artists will be showed. The exhibition title refers to a typical figure of speech, a sort of metaphor used in poetry and literature, that put together two different sensory spheres. For psychology it also means a mingling of the five senses during the reality perceiving.
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Ilya Volykhine: All That's Left and Then Some
2008-08-06 until 2008-08-30
Groundfloor Gallery
Balmain,Australia
Groundfloor Gallery features Balmain local resident artist, Ilya Volykhine's latest exhbition of figurative oils in, All That's Left & Then Some on now through the 30th of August 2008. In All That's Left & Then Some, Volykhine uses a combination of oils and paper (archival copies of personal letters from his mother still in Russiain Cyrillic) on panel. The artistʼs versatile use of different expressive media is directly connected to the kaleidoscope of cultures that coexist in his personality: born in the Soviet Union, he has led a mobile existence in Russia, USA and most recently Australia; between the polymorphic vitality of Russian culture and the New York “melting pot” he delves into the idea of the accidental nature of the world as creative force, maintaining a detachment with respect to subjects and materials that allows him to freely explore and express his experience of the world in painting.
His works often evoke his own physical presence, his body seen as an instrument through which a relationship of osmosis is established between the creative Self and the rest of the world: the artist is his own body through which, in a constant interplay of inner and outer, physical and psychic, relations are created among different cultures, histories, people and thoughts. They are characterised by luminous vivid colours, or streaky browns set over bright backgrounds and the artistsʼ unique iconography infused with both memories of Russian literature and popular culture.
The exhibition title All That's Left & Then Some refers to the his constant use and re-use of historically significant and also mundane iconography and highlights many of the works, including portraits and the human figure, rural landscapes and urban cityscapes, and conceptual approaches to the figurative – that speak to the continuing power of painting.
www.groundfloorgallery.com
Oliver Rodriguez-Kroll: Zirkus Stalin Zirkus Hollywood
2008-08-15 until 2008-09-13
Pool Gallery
Berlin,Germany
Oliver Rodriguez-Kroll is primarily concerned with the darker sides of human existence - with both individual, relatively innocuous pain as well as with the limitless frenzy pervading the history of humanity. Stories of perpetrators, victims, followers... looking to artistically de-demonise the day-to-day madness, Oliver Rodriguez-Kroll constantly uncovers new findings: ranging from storm troopers out of the Star Wars saga (of which he had, as a child, gathered up to 300 plastic figurines in his room) to antique tin soldiers, disused lifestyle magazines and faded posters. All of these are a source of inspiration, templates or material for collages; they prompt him to counter the pervading contemporary banalisation of social issues with irony.
www.pool-gallery.com
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Speedy's Audio Repair #54 with Dom Servini (mouseorgan, wah wah 45, uk)
Landslide feat. J'Nay - Dreams & Visions // Black Acre Test
Alicia - Untitled // White
Part-Time Heroes feat. Liane Carroll - What's The Noise? Part II / What It Could Be // Wah Wah 45s *Exclusive
Shima & Shikou Duo - Road To The Deep North // DMR
Avram Fefer Trio - Loss (For Flo) // PTR
Cassandra Wilson - Caravan // Blue Note
Elizabeth Shepherd - Parkdale // Do Right!
Setenta - Funky Tumbao // Hot Casa
Onra & Quetzal - Give Something // Favourite
Bill Withers - Lonely Town, Lonely Street // Sussex
Ashley Thomas - Merry-Go-Round // Wah Wah 45s Test
Les Edits Du Golem - Shaking // Les Edits Du Golem
Nomo - Round The Way // Ubiquity
Recloose - Solomon's Alive // Sonar Kollektiv
Part-Time Heroes feat. Laura Vane - In My Soul // Wah Wah 45s *Exclusive
Corky McClerkin - Searching For The Soul // WinCor
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Alicia - Untitled // White
Part-Time Heroes feat. Liane Carroll - What's The Noise? Part II / What It Could Be // Wah Wah 45s *Exclusive
Shima & Shikou Duo - Road To The Deep North // DMR
Avram Fefer Trio - Loss (For Flo) // PTR
Cassandra Wilson - Caravan // Blue Note
Elizabeth Shepherd - Parkdale // Do Right!
Setenta - Funky Tumbao // Hot Casa
Onra & Quetzal - Give Something // Favourite
Bill Withers - Lonely Town, Lonely Street // Sussex
Ashley Thomas - Merry-Go-Round // Wah Wah 45s Test
Les Edits Du Golem - Shaking // Les Edits Du Golem
Nomo - Round The Way // Ubiquity
Recloose - Solomon's Alive // Sonar Kollektiv
Part-Time Heroes feat. Laura Vane - In My Soul // Wah Wah 45s *Exclusive
Corky McClerkin - Searching For The Soul // WinCor
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Soul Searching #549 with Michael Ruetten (Frankfurt)
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo - Dis Moi La Verité // Analog Africa
Conjunto Son San - Cumbia San Pablera // Felito Records
Alemaheyu Eshete - Kenoru Lebitcha // Philips
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo - Malim Kpon O // Analog Africa
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo - Gberti Madjro // Analog Africa
Les Ya-Toupas Du Zaire - Je Ne Suis Pas Votre Ememi // Editions Bowane
Orchestre Vevé - Unknown // N/A
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Beautiful Dancer // EMI Nigeria 7inch
Abafana Basegibixhegu - Ngiyafunga // Ingqungqulu
Conjunto Ana N'gola - Kidingo // Ngola
Os Bongos - Kazucuta // Rebita
Abel Lima - Unknown // N/A
Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu // Worthy
N/A - N/A // Analog Africa 5
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo - Mi Ni Non Kpo // Analog Africa
El Rego - Vimado Wingnan // Aux Ecoutes
Quinson Corneille & Black Santiago - Vinon So Minsou // Analog Africa
Los Electronicos - Mi Gran Noche // Analog Africa
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Conjunto Son San - Cumbia San Pablera // Felito Records
Alemaheyu Eshete - Kenoru Lebitcha // Philips
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo - Malim Kpon O // Analog Africa
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo - Gberti Madjro // Analog Africa
Les Ya-Toupas Du Zaire - Je Ne Suis Pas Votre Ememi // Editions Bowane
Orchestre Vevé - Unknown // N/A
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Beautiful Dancer // EMI Nigeria 7inch
Abafana Basegibixhegu - Ngiyafunga // Ingqungqulu
Conjunto Ana N'gola - Kidingo // Ngola
Os Bongos - Kazucuta // Rebita
Abel Lima - Unknown // N/A
Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu // Worthy
N/A - N/A // Analog Africa 5
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo - Mi Ni Non Kpo // Analog Africa
El Rego - Vimado Wingnan // Aux Ecoutes
Quinson Corneille & Black Santiago - Vinon So Minsou // Analog Africa
Los Electronicos - Mi Gran Noche // Analog Africa
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Dead woman walking
"Artists suffer enough indignities at the hands of gallerists, they don't need to take shit from their assistants as well".
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Saturday, August 16, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Simon Harrison: Basic-Soul Radio
Basic-Soul Radio
Rise - Message To The Architects Part 1 [Futuristica Music]
Lone - Banyan Drive [Dealmaker]
Recloose feat. Joe Dukie - Deeper Waters (Yes King Remix) [Sonar Kollektiv]
Bennson - Can't Get Enough [Raw Fusion]
Clyde feat. Jane Hammilton - Read My Mind [Mantis]
Elizabeth Shepherd - Parkdale (London Session) feat. Nostalgia 77 Quartet // Do Right Music
Sleep Walker - Brotherhood // Jazzmin
The Bamboos feat. Megan Washington - King Of The Rodeo // Tru Thoughts
Sauce81 feat. Karen Gibson Roc - Some Other Place // White
Flyt - Higher (Aroop Roy Remix) // Futuristica Music
Nick van Gelder - Choose Music // BBE
Cole Medina - Love You Inside Out (The Pinches mix) // White
Ticker & Christoidz - Mucky Business // Lunar Jam
Sauce81 - Keepin' Time // White
Kay Suzuki - Don't B Afraid Of Da Future (Burntprogress Mix) // White
Two Banks Of Four - Shadowlands (Season & Sygaire Remix) // Sonar Kollektiv
Prof. Delacroix - Cupid // Deepblak
TM Juke And The Jack Baker Trio - Echoes From The Surface // Tru Thoughts
Recloose - Solomon's Alive // Sonar Kollektiv
Patron & Patron - Finding Home Problem // Nonine
Human Factor feat. Emma Brammer - This Way // Dreamsound
Drumagick - Goran // Bios
2tall feat. Kashmere - The Most High // Abstract Beats
Zed Bias & Joshua Black - Hotter White
Roots Manuva - Again and Again (Matt Helders Remix) // Ninja Tune
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Inevitable Injury - Pixeljunk Eden, Soul Calibur IV, Pineapple Express
This week in Movies:
Can Judd Apatow and his post-Freaks & Geeks Ap-Pack continue their run of comedy hits? Alex, Dan, and Jeff spark up Pineapple Express to find out if it is da kine.
David Fincher and Brad Pitt are teaming up once again for the high-concept film, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. The guys go gaga for the artful trailer.
This week in Video Games:
The Soul Calibur fighting game series has always been one of the deepest, and most visually impressive. The newest addition, Soul Calibur IV is the first for the current generation of consoles, and includes characters from the Star Wars universe. Can it revitalize the waning fighter genre?
The third Pixeljunk release on PSN is a genre-bending puzzler that just might be one of the most original, engaging, addicting, and well-designed games ever made. Alex, Dan, and Jeff get their grimp on and fall for Pixeljunk Eden.
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XLR8R: Bikes n' Beer at the Quake City Rumble
For three days each summer, couriers from around the world descend upon the streets of San Francisco to drink beer, outrun the SFPD and generally raise hell in a series of unsanctioned bike messenger street races. Click here to watch this episode of XLR8R TV.
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Ludus: Curated by Basak Malone
2008-08-04 until 2008-08-31
NY Arts Beijing
Beijing, China
Ludus is a combination of Western psychology and thought within an Eastern setting. Investigating how representations of "the other" are not fixed or anchored in any single meaning, but invented and re-contextualized across a diverse signifying field that is indecipherable. Through semantic play participating artists are invited to address the space between themselves and others, sites that include, but are not limited to the concept of "the borderline," the "in-between," "the similacrum," and other "liminal spaces". Each of the artist's work spans a dynamic scope of inspirations and influences.
Call for Artists: European Media Artists in Residence Exchange 2009
2008-08-12 until 2008-10-20
European Media Art Network
Halle, Germany
The European Media Art Network provides residencies in England, Germany, Bulgaria and the Netherlands for European artists. With support of the European Union - Culture 2007-2013 program the newly established European Media Art Network will host 16 European Media Artists in Residence Exchanges within 2008 and 2009 and organize a final exhibition in 2009 in Halle (Saale) additional to individual presentations. Europe based Media Artists in the fields of digital media including internet and computer based art, filmmakers, sound and video artists are invited to apply for a two months artist residency at IMPAKT, Utrecht, Netherlands; Interspace, Sofia, Bulgaria; VIVID, Birmingham England or at Werkleitz Center for Media Arts in Halle, Germany. Students are not permitted, but young artists encouraged.
EMARE includes a grant of 2.000 Euro, free accomodation, up to 250 Euro travel expenses, access to the technical facilities and media labs and a professional presentation.
Entries should include the application form (downloadable from the website), a CV, (audio)visual reference projects documentation (no originals) and a proposal sketch for the project which should be developed within EMARE. Artists with residence in or identity card within Europe should contact one of the following institutions for further details and application form or click here to visit the homepage.
Deadline: October, 20th, 2008
Germany:
Werkleitz Gesellschaft e.V. // MEARE / Peter Zorn // Schleifweg 6 // 06114 Halle (Saale) //
f: 49 68246-0 fax: -29 // emare@werkleitz.de // www.werkleitz.de/emare
The Netherlands:
Impakt Festival // Arjon Dunnewind // P.O. Box 735 // NL-3500 AS Utrecht // The Netherlands
f: +31 30 2944-493 fax: -163 // info@impakt.nl // www.impakt.nl
Bulgaria:
InterSpace // Margarita Dorovska // 27 Benkovski Str. Ent. 2 fl. 1 ap. 18 // Sofia 1000 // Bulgaria
f: +359 (2) 983 48 43 // mdorovska@i-space.org // www.i-space.org
England:
VIVID // Yasmeen Baig Clifford // 140 Heath Mill Lane // Birmingham . B9 // 4AR . UK
f: +44 (0) 121 766 7876f . fax: +44 (0) 871 251 0747 // info@vivid.org.uk // www.vivid.org.uk
www.werkleitz.de/emare
Sofia Talvik: "Jonestown" album release party 08.21.08
Sofia Talvik's third album release "Jonestown".
Thursday, August 21, 2008 // 7:00pm - 9:00pm Location: F-12 Terassen Street: Fredsgatan 12Stockholm, Sweden
Sofia Talvik - As summers pass
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Monday, August 11, 2008
Giant Robot, LA: Susie Ghahremani (08.16 - 09.17)
THE WILD LIFE the artist's fifth solo show will feature an extensive collection of over 100 never-before-seen miniature paintings surrounded by a hand-crafted aerial installation. The three-dimensional aspect of the gallery installation will allow visitors to physically experience the world she creates in her paintings for the first time. In this show the subjects of Ghahremani's animal world take on human qualities finding visible comfort in the homes they have built.
The "home life" of a variety of species will be depicted in the collection, including a wide range of dogs, birds and her renowned owls. The theme of this exhibit is heavily inspired by Ghahremani's personal experience volunteering as a wildlife rehabilitator in San Diego, CA. The exhibition is largely composed of gouache paintings on wood tile and wood blocks. Her work reflects her signature craft-inspired sensibility with dotted lines that mimic stitching and backgrounds that evoke textiles and quilting.
About Susie Ghahremani
Susie Ghahremani is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. Her artwork has appeared in The New York Times, Nickelodeon Magazine, Martha Stewart Kids, and has most recently been featured in work for Chronicle Books, Bank of America, Target Corporation and the highly acclaimed nature book I LOVE DIRT. She has received art awards from American Illustration, the Alternative Pick, and Giant Robot.
August 16 - Sept 17, 2008 // Reception: Saturday August 16, 2008 // 6:30-10pm
Location: GIANT ROBOT 2062 Sawtelle Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025
tel: 310.445.9276
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Thursday, August 07, 2008
My Favorite Rapper Wears a Skirt
Canadian female emcee, Eternia, tours Mexico, Canada and Europe, and challenges the “where have all the female rappers gone?!” media hype with her new T-shirt Design: “My Favorite Rapper Wears a Skirt”.Female rap sensation, Eternia, is preparing to tour nine countries this August and September in conjunction with the launch of her “My Favorite Rapper Wears a Skirt” Tee, designed by Giancarlo “GianGFX” Vargas. Eternia is scheduled to perform in Canada, Mexico and Europe over the next six weeks. Recently nominated for ‘Best Rap Artist’ at the Toronto Independent Music Awards, Canada’s leading lady will be traveling to Mexico City with The 411 Initiative for Change to perform at the 2008 International AIDS Conference. After two scheduled appearances in Toronto Canada Eternia will head on over to Europe for 11+ dates alongside Roxanne Shante, Bahamadia, Yarah Bravo, Invincible, Stacy Epps and more. The European tour starts August 22, 2008 in Prague at the internationally-recognized three-day festival Hip Hop Kemp (with The Roots, Pharoahe Monch, Zion I, Mr. Lif & many more).
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Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Shawn Hewitt: new album - 'Spare Hearts' :: One on One FREE download
Shawn Hewitt - photo by Anna Keenan
Shawn Hewitt- "One on One" is the single from the forthcoming album Spare Hearts by Shawn Hewitt. Read more via Sound Verite'.
Click here to download the FREE single (mp3) via mondomedeusah.
Shawn Hewitt: Aug.04th // Osheaga // Montreal,Quebec
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PixelPerfect: Add Magic to Photoshop
In a two part episode, Bert shows us how to create an enchanted dagger and cover. This week, Bert begins by making the enchanted dagger's majestic handle.
Bert creates the shape of the dagger by using the pen tool as a mask. Bert adds texture to the main body of the handle (to create a pearl effect) by using various filters, such as Filter-Render-Fibers (adjusting variance and strength), Filter-Blur-Gaussian Blue, Filter-Blur-Motion Blur, inner shadow layer style and dodge tool for a lightened edge.
To create the golden tip of the handle, Bert creates a new layer and makes the shape using the elliptical tool, filling it with a golden color. To add various tones to the tip, Bert uses the dodge and burn tool.
For the side handles, Bert creates the shape using the pen tool as a mask, filling it with a golden color and implementing various effects. Bert duplicates the layer to add dimension and uses the Satin layer style, dodge and burn tool and filter-blur-gaussian blur (to remove the hard edge of the top layer)
To make a gem for the dagger, Bert creates a small red circle, adds noise (filter-noise) and adds a crystal effect (filter-pixilate-cystalize) and drop shadow layer style.
FInally, Bert adds a symbol for the handle using an image previously made in Illustrator and adjusting the opacity, and adding a bevel/emboss and inner shadow layer style.
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