Danish designer Trine Lindegaard specializes in avant-garde menswear fashion. Trine is a graduate of the Instituto Carlo Secoli in Milan, the Middlessex University in London and the Royal College of Art, while her graduate collection was voted among the ones to watch by Vogue.com
A Palazzo Gallery in Brescia
A Palazzo Gallery in Brescia is currently hosting Make-Up, a new hot exhibition dealing with aesthetic beauty and its transformations
The S/S 2012 collection
The S/S 2012 collection of fashion designer and visual artist Sylvio Giardina is titled Nuptus and is inspired by clouds and their ever-changing forms
Diego Gravinese
Argentinian artist Diego Gravinese is a gifted painter, whose work equilibrates between reality and dream. In a world of Photoshop and absolute digital retouching, he uses oil paints to create the parallel world of our lives
Kathleen Dustin
Kathleen Dustin 's accessories remind artistic objects more than fashion pieces. Inspired by nature, biblical portraits or female figures Kathleen 's sculptural designs could be the perfect items for all updated wardrobes
"Mircalla Glass is the Wet Princess of Lost angeles. Born from a sea of tears of children her voice grew a landscape to be seen through out the universe. A vampire that cannot drink blood. Only dreams. Building an army to turn zombies into flowers blooming violets out of violence. The kingdom of sand castles and broken dreams awaits . Listen to her voice and grow an empire inside yourself. Invite someone you love and close your eyes what do you see? Dream of me*** this is your fairytale".
This is how artist, musician and blogger Annakim Violette describes her new upcoming album coming out on January 1st 2012. Annakim grew up travelling and has a really good taste not only in music but in style, as well (you should see her wardrobe).
Enjoy below an amazing video from one of the album's tracks, directed by genious Marie Kristiansen:
The new track from English electronic band Nero is called Reaching Out and it's a fresh adaptation of the classic homonymous song by Hall & Oates. With a trippy Miami Vice - style, the video and its more than fabulous sound are the best way to get over our winter - and not only - blues.
MTA Records Production Co: Nexus Director: Johanna Andersson Codirector/ Compositing & Animation: Per Helin Compositing & Animation: Christian Paulsson
Check out this gorgeous music video produced by Culttastic a.k.a Alisa Nizhniy, a powerful witch-house sound, with great direction and styling, featuring the most amazing pieces from Burberry, Marni, Damir Doma and Dsquared2. A real gem worth to be watched.
There is a new hot band from London that has lately come to my attention and finally become my new obsession. Neurotic Mass Movement create a fresh, passionate and emotional sound that makes them stand out from crowd and quickly climb to the top of the European underground scene. Formed by songwriting partners Yin Neurotic, singer and David Neurotic, guitarist, with the recent presence of bassist Rummy Keshet, the band has already been the talk of the alternative music world with their captivating live performances. During their stay in Berlin and in between live shows and recordings, Neurotic Mass Movement found the time to give me an online interview, making me feel extremely happy to host them in my blog and impatient to meet them in Athens, as well. Read below and find out more about this amazing band:
How would you describe your music style and where is it mostly influenced by?
We create sound bites for a post- modern generation. We are influenced by Tristan Tzara, Jean Paul Gaultier, Gaspar Noé and Noblesse Oblige.
How does your writing process work exactly? How is your collaboration?
For our EP “ TYRANNY OF GRAVITY” we used found images to inspire and dictate the mood of the songs and we used the cut up method for the lyrics. The creative drive and force of the band comprises of David and Yin Neurotic. We conceive, visualize and execute all things NEUROTIC MASS MOVEMENT related.
You recently played at the Viertel Fest in Bremen. Tell me about your experience at this big event.
It was a great opportunity for us. We’ve played in front of thousands of people and the crowd was with us every step, move and utterance we made. It was a deeply overwhelming experience. We’ve worked consistantly as a live band to reach this point in our career where we can execute from small intimate club spaces to festivals.
We see lately all artistic areas and fashion also are very much inspired by the dark music scene. Do you believe that this is the vindication of the dark scene or is it just a mainstream trend that may last too little?
That’s really interesting, we actually don’t view what we do as dark per se, but we have always been attracted to poets, film makers, artists etc etc who reveal the hidden and explore the cracks and crevices within society. We adore Francis Bacon, Poe, Bataille, Diamanda Galas, Baudelaire etc etc. If the mainstream media picks up on “dark“ influences, then that’s absolutely fine by us. In the immortal words of Anaïs Nin “We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are”.
What is you opinion about the burst of social media and how do you think this has affected your career and your contact with your fans?
We are futurists and have nothing but positives about the proliferation of social media. We are completely aware of how the internet has changed the music industry and everyday life. We believe in the demystification of “ the artists” and actively encourage open access and free content where possible. It’s great to be able to reach people all around the world and develop relationships with them. The virtual is as real to us as watching TV.
What are you working on right now?
At the moment we are working on our EP “TYRANNY OF GRAVITY” which should be released in March 2012. We will have launch parties in London, Berlin, Paris and Brussels. We have recorded the main body of work with Sebastian Lee Philipp of Noblesse Oblige who has been very instrumental and sympathetic to our approach to music and life. We will also work with Benn McGregor from the band Ulterior. In the past we have recorded with Boris Wilsdorf who has worked with Einstürzende Neubauten amongst many other artists.
What are your future plans?
Well apart from creating great music and being around for many years to come, we are on a crusade to identify and destroy
mediocrity. Much love to the world. “SPREAD THE NEUROSIS”.
For more info and updates about Neurotic Mass Movement you can visit the following links:
"PonPonPon" single performed by Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, the high-school girl and blogger that's rocking the japanese fashion world lately with her really special style, from the debut mini album "Moshi Moshi Harajuku".An uplifting, addictive electronic tune and an unbelievable video.
A rather different classical music video for Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No 3 in F Major, Op. 73, IV Adagio "In Memory of a Dead", performed by Nightingale String Quartet. The short video features strong scenes worthy to the divine music, with superb direction, amazing costumes and extravagant set design. One of the best films i've seen lately.
I really can't stop watching over and over again this new gorgeous video for Oh Land's new single. I don't know if it's for the great optimistic tune, the hundreds of fabulous costumes, the brilliant set designs or the beautiful locations, but i think it's a masterpiece and i'm sure you'll love it, too.
The new album by Kanye West and Jay-Z is already out with amazing artwork signed by Ricardo Tisci. After designing the album's first outing "H.A.M" in 2010, Ricardo Tisci chose to create this new artwork to celebrate this big music effort. The album's cover and inner sleeve pictures are a beautiful combination of bold colours, angular lines, religious images, animal faces and american symbols in the aesthetics of the House of Givenchytranslated to the music world.
A great music promo for Black Black Hills' debut single The Celebration directed by brilliant Film Directing trio Blac Ionica. Inspired by British folklore and pagan-esque ceremonies, the film tells the story of an illegal metal detectorist waking up the dark forces in his attempt to discover a hidden treasure. Beautiful music, fantastic british landscape and a thrilling story.
New Villager is an art collective from Brooklyn that blends music, painting, animation, photography and installations in its special projects. Their following video titled Lighthouse is a representative sample of their work, with a very creative concept, as it features the most astonishing costumes made by multicoloured recycled materials, like ribbon strips, dusters, bottles or plastic bags. Reminds me a lot of Buddhist epic heroes images.
Mater Suspiria Vision's Seduction of Armageddon Witches is coming out on early June and is accompanied by this awsome video, directed by Spanish video artist Diego Barrera. Inspired by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Matthew Barney in combination with Catholic Church elements, this conceptual film is featuring all those magical spanish and mexican, with a gothic twist characteristics that make us almost hypnotized.
Kayvon Zand is an Electro-Pop singer known for his controversial performances. Born in the USA from Iranian parents, Kayvon started playing music at the age of six. His work is much inspired by the London underground scene where he lived for a couple of years before returning to America to start his career. His gothic style is characterized by fetish gear, grotesque details, exaggerated make-up and the most impressive headpieces you may have seen lately. In 2010 he caused a real media frenzy when banned from the Highline Ballroom in New York due to his orgy-like performance, very similar to his provocative video So Gone.
An older, but still so fresh music video by DJ Silencefiction, called Lipstique. Part drag queen make up tutorial and part drag performance, i'm sure it's going to be a great inspiration for all creative friends out there.
Onnacodomo is a visual unit from Tokyo. Its members, Dj Codomo, Yasuko Seki and Ruka Noguchi experiment with DIY sounds, without using recorded material. They perform in real time using two video cameras and a video mixture, capturing their spontaneous creations.
