I took the afternoon off today for some much required down time, work being pretty hectic as usual. The weather’s surprisingly nice and I couldn’t have asked for a better sofa soundtrack than this as the sun poured in.
Le Sac De Sonido (or ‘The Bag Of Sound’) is the work of Desmond Hollins, you can download the entire release for free at Portuguese net-label Test Tube. This is finding it’s place in my mind somewhere between titles like Gramm’s Personal Rock and Dan Abrams various releases as Shuttle358. If you’re looking to power down for a while and do a little mental housekeeping, this may well sort you out.
Hollins continues to impress. With his three S&S collections of hip hop makeovers (as Katrah Quey) alongside a handful of other releases including the Ceptual project debuted by Miasmah in 2006, this guy is definitely worth keeping an eye on.
Appreciation goes out to Orville for passing me the link, thank you sir.
On first inspection, the work of Joe Nishizawa looks a lot like a combination of computer graphics and Hollywood scale set design. Instead, every image is an entirely untreated photograph of a real location he has visited and captured as he found it, often without the use of even a flashlight.
His work centers around some of Japans most impressive industrial design, much of which is found hidden deep underground in various facilities that seldom grant any kind of public access. Taking pride in documenting just how technologically advanced a nation Japan has become, he’s created a collection of books that consistently render sublime imagery from objects and environments created primarily for function rather than any aethetic value.
If recent rumors about a live action Akira are true, I hope that whoever’s heading up the production design dept. has some of Joe’s books on their shelf.
Little-D returns with the most recent addition to his series of mix shows, available to download from the new improved website.
Show #14 starts with a tidy 50 minute mix from Estro (pictured above), regularly switching up the mood but keeping things locked in a tastefully deep house direction. The mix is followed by an interesting 20 minute interview with Peel Seamus of Delsin Records about the labels history and his thoughts on future directions.
Machine Molle is the Paris based motion and graphic design agency responsible for the crazy good ‘DVNO’ video doing the rounds at the moment. Make sure you check it in the Music Videos section of their site and see how many of the visuals you recognise from the last 30 years.
Along with the various other motion graphics work (check the air one too), there’s some real tasteful Design and Illustration.
Berkeley-based artist Brendan Monroe answers a few question for Gestalten Verlag in this short video. If you’re unfamiliar with his painting and sculpture work, you should peep his site too. Seriously organic business…
