Mo’ Horizons
Mo’ Horizons — producers Ralf Droesemeyer and Mark Foh Wetzler — blend a subtle mix of influences into a sound that takes in everything from soul, to funk and triphop. We interviewed Ralf Droesemeyer recently: Last FM says that you guys combine ‘nujazz, soul, afro, Latin, funk, downbeat, dub, triphop and bigbeat with great skill’. That’s a lot of different sounds to get your heads around. Where do you find time to sleep? ‘Right man! Sleeping is very important to re-organize all the impressions we have stored in our minds during our lifetime. What would music be without a dream? So we take the chance to close our eyes whenever the angels are calling us — in the aeroplane, the tour bus, on the beach, and sometime you’ll also find us in a nice big bed’. Many people listen to Mo’ Horizons for inspiration, but who do you turn to when you need a creative kick along? ‘It’s a great honor to bring inspirations to the people. Music evolution is a game of give and take, and we have been inspired by so many musicians during our years of enjoying music. I think there is nothing really new in this world. Everything comes from something and has already been somehow. We just do a new mixture in times of globalisation. And we try to make it sounding fresh as possible’. It seems that a lot of modern electro strips the soul out of music. You guys work with a different approach in mind. What does soul mean to you and how can it translate into a musical form? ‘Soul is to say something you feel with a open heart and try to be as truthful as possible. First of all you need to really feel and understand the soul of the past to translate it into the present-form. Soulful addiction and experience help to find the right words of music, but it can’t be written to a recipe’.
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Banksy has struck again, this time offending the Catholic Church with a bold artwork that critiques their stance on ongoing child abuse scandals. Banksy has taken a replica of a bust of an eighteenth century member of the Catholic hierarchy and added multi-coloured tiles to the face — pixelating it — as a comment on what he considers to be the Church’s cover-up. ‘I’m never sure who deserves to be put on a pedestal or crushed under one’, Banksy noted. And who are we to disagree? Read more
Tattoo artist sued by ex-girlfriend for obscene design
Oh boy, this is so bizarre it could only be true. Apparently a Dayton, Ohio, tattoo artist has been slapped with a $100,000 lawsuit by his ex-girlfriend for tattooing an image of, erm, excrement with flies on her back rather than the scene from Narnia that she had requested. The reason? He’d recently found out that she had been cheating on him with one of his buddies. Damn! And here we were thinking this was the hot new look for trailer park trash crowd.
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I seriously love American Psycho, both the novel by Bret Easton Ellis and the film starring Christian Bale. This awesome post on Scouting NY follows up on the fate of the various pretentious bars, downtown clubs, and elitist restaurants that Patrick Bateman frequented.
It’s a really good thing I don’t have any money, otherwise I’d spend it all on ridiculous things like historically accurate Viking swords by MAD Dwarf Workshop.
Sufjan Stevens creates autistic music for introverts — soft, shy, naive, full of shadows, windows, and insecurities. Yet it all sounds slightly forced, his enigmatic songwriting as comforting as it is unsettling.
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Music isn’t necessarily a serious venture. It’s almost funny when you find some you know will grate to dust the stiff upper lipped critics of the world. Every now and then I like the type of sound that hops around the edge of your ears without working its way into your brain and messing up the seratonin levels. And Californian 16-piece tropical-ska-pop group, Still Flyin’, do just that for me. It’s a good laugh, quite catchy, and an awesome live experience so I’m told: especially with the sun out, a can of cider in your hand and a bunch of grinning faces skanking around you.
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Australian designer Ruby Smallbone takes us into the chill of Winter with clockwork pieces and sharp cuts. This Sydney-based label is fast becoming an international hit with its distinct mix of European tailoring and street-inspired style. Ruby Smallbone’s Winter 09 collection proves there is a fine line between art and fashion, creating the perfect fusion of luxury fabrics within a creative and unexpected aesthetic.
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Pitched as ‘Ulterior Motives in Contemporary Art’, Disorder Disorder is running until November 14 at Penrith Regional Gallery. It’ll be well worth the trip out west of Sydney: the Australian, Japanese, American and European cast reads like a warriors of street art roundup and includes Mike Giant, Ed Templeton, Anthony Lister [artwork above], Ozzie Wright, and Jonathan Zawada. Read more
Here are a couple awesome pieces by Matt Leines that were recently on display in the Doubting Thomases exhibit at Nudashank gallery in Baltimore. Gives me ideas for Halloween. Read more
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Inside this sea urchin shell is an organic perfume made from grapefruit and basil essential oils. This bottle, designed by Stephanie Simek, is refillable and is packaged in a wooden box decorated with a satin photograph and padded with slices of exfoliating loofah sea sponges. The Honeymoon-themed fragrance is all natural: made from plant-based oils and contains no alcohol or chemicals. We like. Read more
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