Monday, November 16, 2009

Trek to Terabithia (with little water) by WorldS.

From the origins of this journey; WorldSpectacular and his comrades MRK82 and Ras Judah embark on a lifetime journey, in which they must partake in an epic trek across the Sudan and up to the northern horn of Africa before taking a hot air balloon across the Mediterranean Sea, and into Europe. Their travels see them transport telepathically, and physically by many forms of modern transportation in order to find the truth. With few resources, they depend on one another, a keen astrological connection, and the vibrations of mother earth, herself. Although unbeknownst to them at the time of searching these lands, part of their purpose is to locate their ancient kingdom and ultimately restore Ma'at for literal, metaphorical, and the metaphysical benefit of the sun, moon, and stars.
Trek to Terabithia (with little water) by WorldS.

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Quintron: Light Generated Synth...let's just call it WICKED!!!


"Swamp Tech" pioneer Quintron is on some nuttiness to say the least. saw this over at xlr8r, its called drum buddy. the box is activated by light, has ins so you can connect other things through it. this guy hooks up a synth drum, a portable record player, and a television. Truth be told, guess real hiphop is kind of based around innovative geekiness. Yet, once you style on the rigged equipment SUPER HARD-its like- 'I'm fresh as hell, yeah, you know.' This is insane just watch.

go to www.drumbuddy.com to see more pictures of this mad scientist's lab

Monday, October 5, 2009

A:ethersphere exhibit

ethersphere8: electric moustache gallery
from summer-july-ish
some dope works by my good friend andrew fansler and myself




we hadn't spoke in months, besides an occassional email

and yet things were very cohesive for the show. i got tons more images and video, so once i stop playing around, the full visual sex effect can take place.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Luca De Rosso's master's thesis...What the fuck!!!


OTTO is a functioning prototype combining interactive hardware and computer software, the invention of Luca De Rosso. He produced the design as a thesis project for his masters’ degree in Visual and Multimedia Communications at IUAV University of Venice. It uses the Arduino open source hardware platform and Cycling ’74’s Max/MSP software, and Luca accordingly is quick to credit the assistance of those two communities. In that sense, two, I think it points to lots of new design in the field of integrated hardware and software – not just standalone hardware or standalone software or generic controllers for anything, but hardware that itself behaves like software.

OTTO ~ demo.01 from Luca De Rosso on Vimeo.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Pixelh8: the New Media Museum-home computing exhibition

more on this at this link here________>>>>. http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/digitalp

Pixelh8 is a genius!!! Treading that fine line that is very intelligent, or even geeky-in a video game programmer kind of way AND waayyyy hip, foreward thinking, audio jock; Pixelh8 is doing wonderful things in the music, design, and even historical worlds.

he approached the new media museum in london, england about a sound project. the new media museum basically houses all of the oldest computers you can ever think of. So he goes, records them, mics their hisses and buzzing, and beeping, and blirping, as well as the other atmospheric qualities of the place, like the sound of all these archaic machines on together at once. You know, like the sound of your office space at work that you never pay attention to until you're the only one there and its just you and the machines in some kind of weird harmony.

Either way, go to FutureMusic's online site to read, see, hear more about it-he's in the latest edition. Pick it up in a store near you as well.

and just so you can see the shit i'm talking about, enjoy these videos from Pixelh8's 'Obsolete' release that came out a couple of weeks ago and check my blog roll for his site.
"Math" from 'Obsolete'

Math from Pixelh8 on Vimeo.




MONSTER:

Monster from Pixelh8 on Vimeo.



"Rewind the Tape" from 'Obsolete'

Rewind The Tape from Pixelh8 on Vimeo.



and you know what else is sick...how this dude created an easy to use music software and gave it away for free so that UK schools could use it as a teaching tool. America's 'Save the Music' where you at?!

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Thursday, May 21, 2009

fast forward(up to right now) at least. 5hours ago

posted by mr.hudon.

First of all, Rihanna is very hot. like, duh, why did i even have to type that at all?

BECAUSE in this new video she's even more hottTT!!!-she doesn't speak or sing(could that be it?) i think the proper word here is allure. AND Kanye (regardless of what your opinion is) 's really doing cool videos, even if that only applies to Hip-Hop( i know the bar is kind of low).so yea, "Paranoid" by Kanye West ft. Mr Hudson with an appearance by the real sex kitten Rihanna. Artistic like in classic black and white.

SoundOff TV Exclusive: Kanye West- Paranoid (Starring Rihanna) from LowKey on Vimeo.


RE(w/m)INDER #2 continued

RE(w/m)INDER #2 continued

WHAT?! still don't believe me?

RE(w/m)INDER:

TRUST ME!!! if you ever get to experience this live,
as the saying goes, "YOU ALREADY KNOW"-cliche, but oh so true. This video is only a sec but its taped by yours truly. M'Shede was working security for the Clan so i got stupid close with Ced's little camera.

i won't usually say much or anything at all in these posts titled "RE(w/mINDER" because the point of this new part of my blog is that its supposed to be nostalgic to those in the know. it goes without saying. They are rewinder reminders. so with that said, you know when that beat came on it was dumbed out silly. Millenium Center, few years back, in the name of a reunion tour(pre 8diagrams) and YES! all 9 members were present.

Thnks wes for taking me last minute, out of everybody you coulda called.

RE(w/m)INDER:


it's hard for me to miss people when i feel they're still with us

i couldn't just leave the last post alone as is, as i felt i needed to post this for my brother Gui.
Dolo you're forever living in my heart. However, do miss your cool charisma, that laugh, "what's good man?...do it then", and all around great personality.Seems like this time a year i always feel you in a breeze or smell you in a garden. thanks for teaching me how to use photoshop back when, and turning me onto to the most underground Hip-Hop. I remember your friend came to visit and all y'all did was talk Portuguese like it was nothing. it was then i said this brother fluent, didn't even grow up there like that, but true to his roots! This cat is talented. And you never would've said so yourself. No talk. Just action. 'Telephooooooone...just fly awayyyy to heaven brotha....just save a place for meee.'

FAT SHOUTS to NuFaces!!!!!

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

One of my, if not MY FAVORITE GUITARISTS...

so nice i had to post it twice. My brother in creativiy MRK82, menes rebezzar kedar, a St.Croix/Virgin Islands native, and Durham NC resident, is truely ill with it people. we met in college when i beat him in a freestyle battle(two sides to every story), only to have the crowd demand more( cause shit was truely high in entertainment value). So, in this extra ACapella round Menes won a much needed $50, and while my crew was all in my ear, 'Yo! that was that bull..., you had that!,etc'- i took it upon myself to go outside and find this kid and tell him how much i respected him as an emcee, and that i'd yet to meet someone on campus to challenge me like that. To say the least, Mrk was incredibly humble, extremely confidant, and shit was mutual. Basically, we been friends ever since, especially after he came into this head shop Buddha's Belly where i happened to be working, to find we both shared a love for visual art, amongst other things as well. ENTER, the keystone to it all, our other brother, from Brazil, via Hickory, NC- Gui/ Guilherme Tovares O'liveira (Doloveira). Together, us three(the stongest number there is) formed Konphlux(82's idea) after Gui wanted to start some kind of site. I just wanted to do some designs and have an outlet. It has become so much more since as a result of menes, his networking, and ultimately honest vibes about its growing. I could go on more about how influential he and i's mentor Kruma Kedar has been. Kruma has spent hours kicking that O.G. wisdom to us, but in a more spiritual way, and suggeste to me one of my favorite books; The Flower of Life(check it on wikipedia or something). Nonetheless, check out the flux as 82 just casually rips with ease in his bedroom cooling. Skanking. Again, you may find some technically sound guitarist/bassist out there who took suzuki in elementary school, but this dude is self-taught, begun like most w/ a lil acoustic he tuned by ear in the dorm, and now look! The rawness, or shall i say pureness in which he plays does it for me. I've never NOT felt some kind of emotion when i hear him play. Ok, check the flux.

i'd have to make an entirely different blog about his design stuff. crazy space age vector art, it gets reall nuts!!

myspace.com/mrk82
waysnmenes.com
kfxmusic.com


fff

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Gordon Voidwell with another one here: "Ivy League Circus"

of of his 'Ivy League Circus EP' on Latchkey Recordings. Yes, these are the same cats who put out Team Blackout (Rev. Run's son's group off of MTV Reality show Run's House) ACCEPT this actually sounds decent and is not gimmicky. Really, Kether Gallu-Badat and his team are pretty good and also did the Joell Ortiz stuff and other solid releases. Voidwell did the video too for this one.

Ivy league Circus from Gordon Voidwell on Vimeo.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Muhsinah in London (footage and interview)


Sad to hear 'Triangle' release won't be for a while but this will hold me over (for like a week)

new song Muhsinah made for the 7" single that was release as part of Arale's series of producer showcases. Enjoy!

Read the recap of the show on pinboard along with an exclusive interview.

ARALE 01 Launch - Muhsinah Live (PinBoardBlog.com) from Speeakz on Vimeo.

FUCK YOHr RIMS!!!

LATER FOR YOUR BOX CHEVY ON 60inch rims-THIS IS AN OLD SCHOOL, how it 'Posed to be done.
(i love it when they break these out downtown when it gets warm) Truely classic style, none of this let me put someone else's logo on my shit FOR FREE and be the Oreo Cookie Box Caprice shit.




photo by jaeson pitt

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

WWW.HEROES ON CANVAS.COM

This is a really good thing here so please go check it.
I couldn't get any of the images off because its a Flash site and i'm not techy or computer savvy nuff to do so. Regardless, i ran across this during my monthly periodical binge. I can't begin to tell you what zine put me up on this. Its one of the best Flash websites i've seen since the Stylewars.com( by Mare 139) joint back when it was released on DVD, which won stupid Flash site awards back when.

ANYWAYS... this project couples some graphic designers from all over with dj's from all over. The dj gets immortalized in a graphic, which is then transferred via Giclee(too dumb to find accents on here too)Printing to 18x40inch canvas. They are done in limited quantities and at relatively reasonable costs. LARGER THAN THAT though is THE BIG PICTURE (R.I.P. Big L)- all of the funds, and I mean ALL (minus some costs for printing and artist's commission) goes to help kids infected with HIV/AIDS. There is a dance program that is dedicated to, which helps lift the spirits, at least, of these youngsters. SO, for more info definitely go check and if nothing else witness some people usint their gifts for good and not JUST profit for once. ANd if thats not enough, all my web design heads, get a little inspiration for your own Flash site.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Virtual Reality at Duke










Last friday i went to Duke University with some students, visited the John Hope Franklin center and kicked it with Fatimah Tuggar, the international visual artist from West Africa. She showed us her latest exhibit as part of her Fellowship there and we went into this virtual reality studio where she made this incredible environment. check out the crazy pics below, the virtual glasses are that next level ish for true. other highlights included there amazing international library, incredible student union burritos, and the historic smell of their Rare book room.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

"Frank N Dank that's whatsup, Dilla Dawg...thats wassupp"

Courtesy of On-Point.be- Jay Dee's best friends Frank'N Dank talk about their beloved homie at Kid Sublime's studio in Amsterdam. THink this was posted late last month, but it brings a smile to my face to hear their enthusiasm about a really genuine relationship.


Saturday, April 11, 2009

Del the Funky Homosapien is B'aaack

<a href="http://delthefunkyhomosapien.bandcamp.com/album/funk-man-the-stimulus-package">Get it right now! by Del The Funky Homosapien</a>

Thursday, April 2, 2009

DAM FUNK interview and playlist

Go listen to some good Boogie music. Dam Funk is interviewed and by future-vintage radio. Preetyy dope stuff from Stones Throw's Funk man.

check: www.futurevintage.radio6.nl/2009/04/02future-vintage-playlist-dam-funk-interview/

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Team Teamwork Presents The Ocarina of Rhyme



Ocarina of Rhyme features ten tracks, including pairings like Aesop Rock & Goron Village, MF Doom & Horse Race at Lon Lon Ranch and Dre/Snoop over the Zelda treasure theme.

myspace.com/teamteamwork

Warriors of Radness-i'm loving this brand name




Some new clothiers- that i assume love surfing, and are gearing their gear towards surfer dudes everywhere. Garments look cool, nothing extremely ground-breaking. Going with the street wear tides, red.blck plaid, etc. but i did see some cool board shorts and some other items that could help them carve out their niche. Basically, I had to post about them on the name alone. Good shit WOR


WarriorsofRadness.com-go check

IT"S NOT A GAME


ADVENTURE "Poison Diamonds" (dublab VisionVersion) from dublab on Vimeo.

Friday, March 20, 2009

Little Boots in her bedroom

This is stupendous material here. After a shitty friday( weak paychek from the j.o.), but sunny and feeling good, otherwise, this really boosted my spirits. The reason, i posted a while back how i want a Yamaha Tenori-On (won't be copping it anytime soon with measley checks like this though) . Anyway, i can afford the Japanese synth from Gakken or Gekken, which you build yourself with included parts, and operate via stylus. So... Little Boots must've been in my brain b/c i stumbled on this video and she's killing both the Tenori and Gekken, while playing piano and dusts it off with some hand claps (this white girl has great rhythm and hand/eye coordination). But yeah, check the video. And....later on, if you see me out playing with a similar setup, i'm not a biter, i was just too broke to make things reality sooner...Maybe i treat myself to some dollar bin records to make me happy this weekend. About all i can do.


Sunday, March 15, 2009

Joedilla.podomatic.com

Viberian Rhythms
March 04, 2009 10:05 AM PST
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This mix is going to grab you by your ear drums and slap you over the head with them...There are a lot of bangers on here... Hope you enjoy.


Space INTRO

01.SA-RA - Unreleased
02.KenLo Craqnuques - Oiseau (Bleu)
03.Cromagnon - Galactic Mellow (Grooveman Spot re-mix)
04.Dwight Trible & The Life Force Trio - Otherworldly Instr.
05.FLYamSAM - Unreleased
06.Sir OJ - LaLa
07.Shafiq Husayn - Unreleased
08.00Genesis - Lost But Safe
09.Karriem Riggins - Unreleased
10.Elaquent - Graffiti High
11.Dwele - Beep me, Find me
12.J Dilla - Ma' Dukes Instr/Thank You Jay Dee #7
13.Madlib - Unreleased
14.Dibiase - Brazilian Lady Buddah Lounge
15.Moonlite - unreleased
16.Sir OJ - Constant
17.KenLo Craqnuques - Abstracteur (Bleu)
18.Leneko - Akedam
19.Knxwledge - Rite
20.Quasimoto - The Exclusive Instr.
21.D'angelo - Brown Sugar (Alt Vesion)
22.Ceaser Frazier - Sweet Children
23.J Dilla - Reminsce Instr.
24.RLP - Tea Leaf Dancers re-mix (live@exposure)
25.Count Bass D - Dro Grown
26.Madlib - King Chop (Top Line)
27.Bahamadia - True Honey Buns (Dat Freak Shit)
28.Flying Lotus - eTHnics
29.00Genesis - Unreleased
30.Elaquent - Sleep Walking
31.Dakim - The Slop
32.Oddisee - Newtimers
33.Flying Lotus - Slow It Down
34.?? - ??
35.Madlib - Unreleased
36.Arthur Verocai - Na Boca Do Sol
37.Jay Electronica - My World (Nas Salute)
38.SA-RA - Unreleased
39.Muhsinah - Jet Boat (Boozina)

The Influence

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Gordon Voidwell: Close as it gets to sounding like Prince(but not sounding like Prince)


Gordon Voidwell (pictured),Gordon Voidwell: The alter-ego of multi-instrumentalist Will Johnson, Gordon Voidwell's doughy, glitchy pop calls to mind a Prince-fronted Passion Pit.

Gordon Voidwell - White Friends

Gordon Voidwell - Ivy League (Circus Remix)

Gordon Voidwell's RCRD LBL Page

Sunday, March 1, 2009

dendenmushi- MARCH VJ OF THE MONTH

dendenmushi is the dopest vj out of Paris, France-collaboration in the works.

HD//////videomusic for moabi/////ddm from dendenmushi on Vimeo.


dendenmushi@no-log.org

myspace.com/vjdendenmushi

Friday, February 27, 2009

Jana Mashonee

CORRECTION: New Moon Born is the proper title...Uh, duuhhhh. guess its obvious what i'm most interested in. But seriously, she has good music( ahem- grammy nominee) and represents for all American Indians across the map.

Jana covers Sam Cooke



Click below(AT THE VERY BOTTOM) and watch Jana Mashonee's Youtube video( i'm not smart enough to have the video actually up already, basically, i don't have a Youtube account-seriously). Either way, like many others have attempted, she sings the Sam Cooke original 'A Change is Gonna Come'. It's actually rather decent/good/better than the others, although it seems to take a minute for her to get her momentum ( guess she studied the original too closely or something).


A bit of background. Jana is from North Carolina, now lives in Connecticut, is a member of the Lumbee tribe (same as my grandfather). Note: Somewhere between Lumberton and Virginia, Lumbee and Cherokee distinguish themselves differently, but they are basically from the same lineage. And... she has a new album out called 'New Born Moon'. She's been around for a minute, I first checked her in Raleigh, NC for a free show she did some years ago.


I used to have a crush on Jana, and still kind of do. Her video doesn't even show how hot she really is. Oh! and it features guitar by Derek Miller. She's such a 'Pocahontas'. SO FLYYYYY...
so beautiful, so sexy. But enough. Good, soulful, spiritual, music.



janamashonee.com or myspace.com/janamashonee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI3fci4T8kA

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Kaws Show Review + Photo Gallery

KAWS - The Long Way Home - Show Review

mardi 24 février 2009, par Michael Dupouy
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Retour sur le show majeur de l’artiste américain KAWS à la galerie Honor Fraser de Los Angeles.


Il y a des signes qui ne trompent pas. Près de 10 ans après la légendaire exposition Street Market organisée à la galerie Deitch de New York, la street culture vient de vivre un nouveau tournant important dans la reconnaissance de ses artistes par le club fermé de l’art contemporain. En quelques mois, le natif du New Jersey Brian Donnelly - plus connu sous le nom de KAWS - vient en effet de donner une suite majeure à l’oeuvre que Barry McGee, Steve Powers et Todd James avaient entamé en octobre 2000 chez le célèbre galeriste New Yorkais.

Bien entendu, il ne s’agit pas d’atténuer la portée d’autres expositions tout aussi légendaires - Beautiful Losers en tête - mais d’ouvrir les yeux sur le caractère exceptionnel du dernier show de KAWS, The Long Way Home, en terme d’attente suscitée, d’engouement et de plébiscite généralisés, mais aussi en terme de diversité des visiteurs et des heureux acquéreurs.

Si vous suivez de près ou de loin les différentes "cotes" des artistes que l’on aime défendre ici, vous n’êtes pas sans savoir que l’effervescence exponentielle autour de KAWS depuis de nombreuses années est assez incroyable. Pour autant, celle-ci n’avait qu’une influence limitée au delà des frontières dites street. Car depuis 2002, l’artiste a pris beaucoup de temps, avant d’enfin revenir exposer son travail en galerie. Après tout, rien ne l’obligeait à se précipiter. Et aujourd’hui, tout tend à donner raison à cette patience maitrisée.

En quelques mois, son talent s’est enfin exprimé au déla de son studio de Brooklyn, pour s’afficher sur les murs des galeries d’Emmanuel Perrotin à Miami, de Gering & Lopez à New York, et surtout sur ceux d’Honor Fraser à Los Angeles le week end dernier, pour ce qui est à ce jour, son solo show le plus abouti, le plus complet et le plus impressionnant.

Enfin offert aux yeux de tous, et non plus uniquement à ceux de son cercle privé de collectionneurs (Nigo, Masamichi Katayama, Mark Parker, Pharrell Williams pour ne citer qu’eux), son travail peut enfin être reconnu, jugé, apprécié ou critiqué par une autre sphère d’influence, qui ne lui est pas forcément familiaire à la base.

Pari risqué, mais quasi obligatoire, pour franchir l’éternelle barrière qui sépare un "street artist" d’un "fine art artist" comme aiment le dire les américains. Ainsi, KAWS s’est offert un show complet, proposant dans un premier temps un lien majeur avec ce qui a fait sa gloire chez ses premiers fans. Ses personnages légendaires sont donc là, mais ils sont emportés par une certaine démesure : son Chum est ainsi présenté à la fois en statue géante en fibre de verre, mais aussi dans une série de bronzes tout en couleurs exécutés avec une finesse à faire pleurer ceux qui collectionnent ses oeuvres en vynil !

Dans une pièce entière dédiée au Kurfs - sa réinterpréation des Smurfs (schtroumpfs) - on prend un plaisir fou à observer le retour de ses mythiques Products Paintings, ses fameux canvas peints et packagés comme des toys sous blisters, devenus inoubliables depuis les précédents Kimpsons exposés à la Parco Gallery de Tokyo en 2001.

Pour autant, si les références au passé de l’artiste sont bel et bien là, elles laissent aussi la place à de nouvelles peintures, plus abstraites, plus riches en détails, moins faciles d’accès mais toujours aussi maitrisées techniquement, comme en témoigne son canvas Ruled Out, et son subtil travail des noirs.

On prend facilement goût à ce nouveau style, rempli de références obligeant à poser le regard de nombreuses fois sur chacune des pièces, ou à ses nouveaux personnages, qui pour une fois, n’ont ni croix sur les yeux, ni crossbones sur la tête, rappelant ainsi que Brian Donnelly est avant tout un formidable cartoonist.

Quelques jours après la folie provoquée par le vernissage (campements sauvages organisés plusieurs heures avant l’ouverture, centaines de personnes qui n’ont pas pu accéder à la galerie faute de capacité d’acceuil, bureau de la galeriste littéralement envahi de demandes pour acquérir les oeuvres alors que celles-ci étaient déjà pré-vendues), on peut légitimement se dire que quelque chose de majeur s’est produit à Los Angeles ce 21 Février 2009.

Selons les dires d’Honor Fraser qui exposait KAWS pour la première fois, jamais aucun de ses jeunes artites n’avait suscité une telle ferveur : elle avoue avoir reçu près de 600 demandes d’achat de pièces les jours précedents l’ouverture, sans que personne n’ait pu voir à quoi allaient ressembler les oeuvres exposées ! Plus déroutant encore, ces hordes de fans, venus avec des toys, des tshirts, des posters à faire signer, se mélangeant à la presse, aux happy fews et autres collectionneurs réguliers de la galerie. Du jamais vu, une nouvelle fois, et probablement plus distrayant qu’effrayant pour les habitués à la finale.

À l’image de son public très varié, le travail de KAWS s’est toujours situé au croisement de multiples univers, avec un fil rouge tissé dans l’imaginaire collectif. Pierre angulaire de la cuture street, artiste et entrepeneur à la fois, beaucoup sont ceux qui pensent qu’à l’image d’un Keith Haring ou autre Jeff Koons, il sera l’artiste majeur qui incarnera l’évolution du Pop Art dans les années à venir.

Un conseil, gardez précieusement vos Companions, Chums et autres Accomplices. Nous ne sommes qu’au début d’une longue histoire...

KAWS - The long way home
February 21, 2009 — April 04, 2009

Photos : Honor Fraser Gallery, La MJC.