posted on May 7th, 2010 by Tobias in Article, Photography
© Peter Dean Rickards
Just when I thought FIRST Magazine was taking another creative break, Peter Dean Rickards hits back hard with an amazing piece about David Marchand.
He went to see the St. Ann-based artist in his house, a place »cluttered with papers, paintings, sculptures and cat shit«, to have a look at his work and chat with him about his experiences as an art-school student in New York:
They kept bringing out all sorts of girls and they would take their clothes off. All kinds of girls; skinny girls, brown girls, white girls and one time even a big fat Chinese one! They wanted us to draw them and to concentrate on making perfect lines but all I kept thinking was if I could make one of them squirt! I just couldn’t sit there and draw girls, it was driving me crazy. And the streets were calling me. This was New York City in the sixties so I didn’t give a shit about lines.
Read the full story here. It connects nicely to the footage of Rickards’ journey to Port-au-Prince where he visited a group of Haitan sculpturists seeking for Jamaican visas a couple of weeks ago.
posted on May 6th, 2010 by Tobias in Audio, Tropical Heat
Yes! It’s Thursday again. Time for another episode of the Tropical Heat podcast.
This week’s mix comes from Oliver Schrader of Silly Walks Discotheque fame who is reppin it right for his project »Bongo Disco«. Enjoy his one hour selection of High Tech Tropical Ayobaness:
01. Busy Signal »Jafrican Ting«
02. Busy Signal »Picante« (Bongo Disco RMX)
03. Novalima »Machete«
04. Cerrone vs Louie Vega »Dance Ritual«
05. Vandal »Ayeye Palolo«
06. Big Nuz »Uyoyisholo Wena«
07. DJ Tira »Uyabhacaza«
08. DJ Cleo feat. Baba Mthetwa »Mzimba Shaker«
09. DJ Cleo »More Ruthless«
10. Schlachthofbronx feat Marina »Vem Que Tem« (Beware + Motorpitch RMX)
11. Schlachthofbronx feat. Spoek + Gnucci Banana »Ayoba«
12. Schlachthofbronx feat Ete Kelly »Farafina«
13. DJ Mujava »Mugwanti / Swgejegweje«
14. Mgo »Yes« (Bongo Disco Mix)
15. Pastor Mbhobho »?«
16. Pastor Mbhobho »Ayobaness«
17. DJ Sumthyn feat. Ntsiki Mazwai »Wena«
18. Survivor »Stjwetla«
19. Shana »Iyo’Londaba«
20. DJ Bongz feat. Mampinsha »Bayakhuluma«
21. Brenda Fassie »?«
22. ? »Soweto«
23. Bleksem feat Bongo + Krazy Boy »Mabebeza How Low«
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posted on May 5th, 2010 by Tobias in Event
Paul Snowden, art director of Man Recordings and the man behind the mighty »Wasted German Youth« movement, opened up a WGY retail store in Berlin recently. And it wouldn’t be Berlin if there was no appropriate rave for that occasion:
The long awaited Wasted German Youth euro-tour continues in the Hauptstadt at Ritter Butzke with a bunch of insane specials from your hosts Paul Snowden, Conny & Bonnie including a very special Maibowle that’s guaranteed to get you wasted.
The line-up includes seen. Spezls Tim Turbo and Schlachthof Bronx alongside Schowi, Palina Power and Coop on the »Wasted Riot« Floor.
Things will go down on Friday, May 7th. RSVP on Facebook.
posted on May 4th, 2010 by Tobias in Audio
Rusko‘s »O.M.G.!« album dropped on Mad Decent today. While there are obviously still some issues with EU download stores, the digital version of the album is available worldwide directly on the official Rusko website. Stream and preview the whole thing from Spinner. This is the tracklist:
01. Woo Boost
02. Hold On feat Amber Coffman
03. Rubadub Shakedown feat Rod Azlan
04. Dial My Number
05. I Love You
06. Kumon Kumon
07. Scarewear feat Redlight
08. Raver’s Spesh
09. Feels So Real featuring Ben Westbeech
10. You’re On My Mind Baby
11. Got Da Groove feat Gucci Mane
12. Oy
13. My Mouth
14. District Line
My very personal favourite definitely is track number three: »Rubadub Shakedown« featuring Rod Azlan.
posted on May 3rd, 2010 by Tobias in Design, SEEN
Gabe, the graphical mind behind seen., launched his new portfolio website today. It’s an overview of the work he has done in the fields of graphic design, illustration, and photography recently.
Besides his designs for our latest Spring/Summer 2010 T-shirt collection, I especially like the layouts and illustrations he did for GQ magazine, and the brandnew Ward 21 tour artwork.
Check www.gabedesigns.com for more and don’t hesitate to link him in case you need anything to look really good.
