Premiere: Shy One – Other Side
Resident Advisor’s ‘label of the month‘ Diskotopia, is launching into 2016 with Other Side EP, a four tracker – laden in ruff-attitude, from one of the most promising young female producers of current times. With her residency on Radar Radio, and both a debut EP and LP which released on DVA Music, and then later found […]
Interview & Premiere: Holymachines
Berlin-based musician and sound designer Holymachines and motion designer and video artist Aquiet have collaborated on ‘Image Version’ LP, an audio-visual project. Releasing 1st April on Average Negative, Image Version LP is a product of what Holymachines refers to as ‘genre observation’, a technique he defines as taking fragmentary influences as opposed to drawing upon them “wholesale”. When I […]
Biro illustrations on maps and letters by Mark Powell tell two stories
Yorkshire-born artist Mark Powell has produced a new series of ballpoint pen-drawn illustrations using old maps and vintage letters and envelopes as canvases. The intricate drawings of birds and humans take between 4 hours and a month depending on the scale and ambition of the work. Powell was quoted as saying: “I have chosen to use a […]
The Pasty Connection | Turning pasties into people
Once a method of transporting the honest Cornish pasty across the UK, is rapidly growing into a trusted car sharing platform. For anyone unaware, say hello to the new eco-friendly way of travelling – as well as a platform for making new mates on the move: The Pasty Connection, a car share keeping the South […]
The real O J Simpson trial to be aired as a 12 hour TV show
Following the success of American Crime Story: The People v O J Simpson, a whole 12 hours of original footage from his trial will be aired on TV. Esquire’s cable network will broadcast the marathon viewing on April 3rd, drawing upon archive footage from 1994 including the infamous glove test footage (see above). A finale […]
A bizarre photography series on nuns who grow weed
These sisters are really throwing caution into the wind, growing high grade cannabis on an industrial level. “Sisters of the Valley” is a photography series by Shaughn Crawford and John DuBois. The nuns, who grow the cheeba as an alternative painkiller are elegantly presented in this eye opening photography series. Shaughn & John’s Instagram
Soundcloud’s agreement with Sony highlights a forthcoming paid service
Streaming platform Souncloud is an artist community built off of free streaming. But with losses growing far greater than its income, its business model has become a primary focus. Following a reached agreement between Soundcloud and Sony, a devolution of control will be handed over to large labels. Streaming has become a dominant form of […]
Review & Watch: Gidge – Lulin LP/Film
Swedish duo Gidge return from their 2014 debut record ‘Autumn Bells‘ with a collaborative project that combines both film and music. Ludvig Stolterman and Jonathan Nilsson aka Gidge, released last week their two track LP ‘Lulin’ on Atomnation records, a conceptual project, that draws influence from their home near the Scandanavian forest of Umeå. Notably to this […]
Interview & Premiere: Vohkinne – Bathed In Dust
Melbourne based Vohkinne has been providing the Australian culture capital with thwarting techno explorations for some years now. And this latest release reminds us why he’s certainly one to watch. This month Craig (Vohkinne) released his ‘Bathed in Dust’ EP on his own label Atrophic Society (marking its fifth release). With Patrik Skoog on remix duty, the […]
Speaker Cone | Watch: The role of a booking agent
For our latest episode of Speaker Cone, Cone TV caught up Matthew Johnson from The Pool DJ booking agency, to talk about the role of a booking agency in the music industry. These past few months have been a rocky period for Elastic Artists booking agency, and with technology enabling startups easier than ever, it’s become all […]