October 28, 2007 | New Music | by Neil - Soft Tigers |
I’m in the midst of a Brian Eno period right now and I’ve just discovered the self-titled record Eno did with the new age kraut group, Cluster. You can put it on in the background, or if you’re really up for it, you can grab some headphones and bliss out in the forest to it by yourself. I think a lot of ambient music becomes redundant because it’s simply so easy to make and has become synonymous with shampoo ads and ‘chillout compilations’. But their collaboration has something more to it. I think it’s the vintage keyboards they use and the intense tremolo that occasionally pops up. [hear also the music of Japanese producer, Susumu Yokota]
Bulgarian artist Adriana Gerasimova is the founder of Addminimal Creative Studio. We were lucky enough to have Gerasimova on as the art director and make-up artist on our video, Play House. Here’s some of our faves from her shoot, The Explorer. Read more
Israeli computer scientists recently created a computer program that changes photographs of people’s faces into more attractive images based on an algorithm that determines ideal distances between lips and chins, foreheads and eyes, and distances between eyes.
I remember the first time I saw a Mark Rothko piece at the Art Institute in Chicago. I’d only seen reproductions until that point, and I never understood why people considered the late painter so important. Read more
Designer Karl Lagerfeld has created a chocolate hotel room complete with a chocolate model eating chocolate ice-cream. It required around ten tons of Belgian chocolate to make this unique environment. Read more
Yes, Cuteoverload has been doing it for years, but can there really be too many sites devoted to cute animals? Fuck Yeah Puppies may not be original, but they have puppies. Lots and lots of puppies.
Describing their sound as ‘nihilist suicide pop’, Rome-based quartet Spiritual Front draws immediate comparisons to Nick Cave, but their approach to dark themes have a hint of irreverence — they inject unexpected doo-wop flares and new wave bombast to their atmospheric neofolk. Their latest album, Armageddon Gigalo, is a beautiful and catchy masterpiece for fans of Death In June, Sol Invictus, and even latter-day Duran Duran.
‘NaCo was created in 1999 by Tijuana’s Edoardo Chavarín and Mazatlan’s Robby Vient, schoolmates at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Read more
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Communication prosthesis by Sascha Nordmeyer
This ‘communication prosthesis’ by designer Sascha Nordmeyer is hilarious and awesome. I want to wear one to a job interview.
Honest Food Preparation Instructions
Yes, we’ve all been there: the chinese food from last week that still looks edible amongst the bare surrounds of an empty fridge. But really, we shouldn’t. Just let it be. Or College Humor will expose you! Read more
Michelle Blade’s psychedelic artwork
Michelle Blade’s washed out paintings are deceptively simple, her washy acrylics creating psychedelic textures and conjuring ghostly figures from the past. Read more
Get lost in a daydream or a craving for something sweet while gazing at these cool sculptures by Brooklyn-based WiNK WiNK PONY. Made using clay, tree bark, wood, and mossy moss.
Nerd-attack! Man, this TARDIS zipper robe is so much cooler than any Star Wars crap people are hawking this days. This is for the true gangsta nerd.
This Powder Necklace features a pearlized Turbo Cinereus shell with tiny holes drilled into the bottom, filled with a sparkling silver-colored powder that when gently tapped, sprinkles a light dusting on the wearer’s chest. Designed by Stephanie Simek. Read more
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