Cool Hunting just did a write-up on the Ace Hotel / Palm Springs, where WMIG just helped curate the music for the Levi’s / Ace Coachella party. Check eeeeeeet.
I’m not the one to speak authoritatively on NYC gay culture, but any movement that throws vogueing, 90’s vocal house, men’s leggings, Gucci Mane, happy hardcore & 2-step into a homo-thug blender AND makes sense out of it, is kinda-sorta killing it in every aspect of creativity. Our friend, Patrik North of Acéphale Recs, has been putting me up on what’s been brewing in this scene and I gotta say— I’m pretty gay for it.
If there was to be a unifying aesthetic in this “scene”, it would probably be fashion house, Hood By Air. You might be topically familiar with their designs via H & LA’s “Banjee” tank:
Their S/S ‘09 Lookbook has been up for a minute now, so go check it out.
On the music front, there’s Kingdom:
As per the description listed above, I don’t really know how to describe Kingdom’s music other than actually being a literal shit-mix of 90’s vocal house, Gucci Mane, happy hardcore & 2-step. All I do really know is that he likes fractals… a lot. Fader describes House of Ladosha as being “the long lost northern kin of Crime Mob”. I’m pretty confident that doesn’t even begin to sum it up… but take a look and see if you can figure it out for yourself.
-M.O.
The best clanging, post-punkish, dirge with Ian Curtis style vocals over real-deal-Martin -Hannett-apocalypse-always-style production ever. This is definitely what Interpol would have looked like at the other end of their Joy Division makeover if they had any taste to begin with. But this is actually way beyond any of that garbage. These dudes are absolutely amazing in their own right. So, check out their myspace HERE.
The video proves once and for all that CGI and Radiohead are two great tastes that taste great together. The basic idea is this, screw the cameras 86 the lights scan everything and make the whole piece out of realtime streaming data. The result is imagery so deep in the uncanny valley that it’s cool. This behind the scenes gives a great overview of the technical and creative issues involved. I love the image of Lidar scanner on a dolly. The only problem, “Ready, and, SCAN!” just doesn’t have the right ring to it.
LINK to the full video
thanks to JC for the link
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