Wednesday 26 May 2010
Monday 24 May 2010
Tuesday 18 May 2010
Monday 17 May 2010
Favela Painting
After an assignment filming a hip-hop documentary in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn (better known as Haas & Hahn) decided to add their own flair to the neighborhood and help the community at the same time.
That's when their rainbow hued Favela Painting project started, turning the once drab shanty town into something that is like Dorothy's Technicolor Oz fantasy world. And they employ the youth who live in the homes to do the painting, which brings extra jobs to the area.
There is rarely anything sexy about charity work, but Haas & Haan have succeeded in "bringing art to unexpected places" and creating some hope in an otherwise drab atmosphere. And you thought no good could ever possibly come out of an MTV hip-hop documentary.
Monday 10 May 2010
Alessi's Ark - Notes From The Treehouse
An album with a gorgeous tone, not too dissimilar from Laura Marling but with a bit more of a country twang.
Lyrically gorgeous, and with just enough vocal rasp to cut through any sugar-coating the production may give at points.
Lovely.
Sunday 9 May 2010
Portishead - Dummy
Only got this about a week ago, and am astonished at how much of it I knew already.
They must have SO MUCH royalty money from advertising!
Corker, though.
Sunday 2 May 2010
Saturday 1 May 2010
Natalia Kills
This is what the Rated R campaign should have been.
Far more focused. Kills has taken elements from gothic horror, burlesque, and 60's exploitation films and merged them into a melting point from which to launch her album. Music is at yet pretty minimal and under wraps, but I'm interested from the graphics and media that the campaign has provided already. Watch this space, I guess.
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