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Hydrogen Sea
PJ on guitar also triggers the wavy synths and drops the (gentle) beats whilst Birsen complements their distinctive sound with ethereal vocals and moony lyrics. In 2014 they released their first EP: Court the Dark. 1. How did you get started? Pj and I have been a couple…
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Daniel Mullen
From Glasgow (Scotland), Daniel Mullen studied art at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. As a child he was fascinated by constructed space. His studies reignited this passion for architecture that now forms the basis of his representational paintings. 1. What would you say is…
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The Ballroom Thieves
A three piece band, utilising all three vocals – Devin Mauch, Calin Peters and Martin Earley make up the trio known as The Ballroom Thieves. Hailing from Boston they’ve recently released their début album ‘A Wolf in the Doorway’ an authentic expedition into folk, intertwined…
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James Bullough
American painter, illustrator, muralist and street-artist James Bullough currently resides in Berlin (Germany). His work leans towards photorealism and 3D working with a combination of materials including oil, acrylic, latex and spray paints! 1. What would you say is the most important theme in your…
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James Marshall [aka Dalek]
Raised in a military family, self taught painter James Marshall moved frequently throughout his childhood to numerous places along the East Coast (USA), with stints in Hawaii and Japan. He turned to punk rock, skateboarding and graffiti subcultures to find inclusion and identity in his youth.…
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Springtime Carnivore
Greta Morgan (Salpeter) is an American singer-songwriter and musician based in Los Angeles (California, USA). Flying solo for the first time, having previously been fully fledged band member in such outfits like The Hush Sound and Gold Motel, her début album was released in autumn last year…
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Ted Chin
Photo manipulator Ted Chin is a craftsmen happily caught in the cross-hairs between photographic realism and surrealist dreams. 1. What are your required components for creating the perfect shot? Ideas, concept, story or message. 2. What underlying skills or knowledge do you have that influences your photography?…
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Fernando Gómez Balbontín
Artist Fernando Gómez Balbontín lives and works in Santiago, Chile. He studied architecture for 6 years before pursuing a career as a painter. 1. What would you say is the most important theme in your work? It’s taboo topics. I think the origin comes from dogmatism…
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Michelle Armas
Living in Atlanta (Georgia, USA), Michelle Armas is an artist working in acrylics and oils. She started out her career transcribing learnings from a post graduate degree in Graphic Design and Branding into the fast-paced world of corporate branding in New York, but soon decided…
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Captain Planet
Chuck Wilder is the man behind the mask, behind the moniker! Living in Brooklyn (NYC), he’s got a refreshing blend of sounds and rhythms which borrow vibes from his hometown – Brooklyn – all the way through Brazil, Cuba, New Orleans and the Congo. 1.…
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Cassorla
Ben Cassorla is a Los Angeles resident singer-songwriter and bona-fide (probably!) hipster with a phone book of “amazing talent”… 1. How did you get started? Cassorla started because I got jaded being a sideman for other (amazingly talented) acts. What I wanted to do was write songs all…
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Sye Elaine Spence
Hailing from New York City, Sye Elaine Spence is a singer/songwriter currently residing in Atlanta (Georgia, USA). Delving first into poetry as a child, Spence married her fascination with words and melodies at the age of eight after receiving her first piano, a gift from…
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Boris ‘Delta’ Tellegen
Currently living and working in Amsterdam, Boris Tellegen, street alias ‘Delta’, originated as a graffiti artist in the 1980’s. He studied Industrial Design Engineering at TU Delft in the early 1990s and is known for creating mixed-media sculptures, collages and installations. Architecture and design is…
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Astronauts
Dan Carney, formerly of critically acclaimed East London alt-folkers Dark Captain, started Astronauts as a new solo endeavour – enlisting help from friends and on occasion former band-mate Michael Cranny. His debut single ‘Skydive’ was released in June 2014 and enjoyed instant viral success; spending a week…
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Mathew Borrett
Growing up in rural Ontario, Canada, Mathew Borrett is an artist/illustrator working in different mediums including, print, pen and digital. In his youth he was fortunate enough to have a big ancient barn to play in, despite an unfortunate acute allergy to hay, he would build…
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Josephine Cardin
Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Josephine Cardin is a fine arts photographer who grew up in South Florida, and is now living and working in Rochester, NY. Presently, Cardin is developing her contemporary figurative work, inspired by music, dance and the human themes of loneliness,…
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Secret Sun
Based out of Montreal, Canada Secret Sun is the collective effort of Simon Landry and Anne-Marie Campbell. After almost a year of writing together they teamed up with producers François Lafontaine and Sebastien Blais-Montpetit to release a debut EP. This was followed up with the album,…
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Telemetry Orchestra
Out of Sydney, Australia, Telemetry Orchestra formed in the early ’90s as an electronic 3-piece. Part of the original Clan Analogue Collective, they have evolved into their current form through the exploration of organic and electronic sounds, fusing them with influences of psychedelia, folk and pop sensibilities.…
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Island Boy
Island Boy is the ongoing project of San Diego-based, Puerto Rican musician/producer Richard Hunter-Rivera. Incorporating elements of French house, reggaeton, latin freestyle, and new wave with crooning vocals, his music pays clear homage to pop and the art of modern songwriting. In late 2012 Island…
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Martijn Hesseling
Martijn Hesseling was born in Ede, Holland in 1971. He studied at the Academy of Art in Enschede and graduated at the Dutch Art Institute. His work – varnish treated newspaper or book sheets which he applies on transparent plexiglass plates – produces a visually…
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Matthew Shlian
Matthew Shlian is an artist, paper engineer, teacher and collaborator. After graduating from Alfred University in 2002, Matthew spent three years working as a paper engineer in the field of commercial design. There he made movable paper contraptions, from popup books to greeting cards to…
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Randy P. Martin
Photographer Randy P. Martin is from Austin, Texas and describes his work as “Travel documentation”. 1. What are your required components for creating the perfect shot? Yashica T5. Expired 35mm film. Decent lighting. 2. What underlying skills or knowledge do you have that influences your…
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Hell’o Monsters
Hell’o Monsters is collective emerging in the late 1990s and made of Jerôme Meynen, François Dieltiens and Antoine Detaille. They left behind the wall art, graffiti letters and spray paint in favour of paper, characters, ink drawings and paint, later moving on to sculpture, installations…
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Caroline Selmes
Caroline Selmes is an illustrator from Toulouse, France, currently residing in Barcelona, Spain. Her work focuses on press, publishing, advertising and personal projects. When not drawing she states “I’m traveling the world, dancing salsa, doing scuba-diving, making ceramics and drinking wine”. 1. What would you say…
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Kyle Hughes-Odgers
Kyle Hughes-Odgers is an Australian painter and installation artist. He has exhibited artwork and created public art extensively throughout Australia and internationally: New York, Los Angeles, Singapore, Tokyo, Berlin, Cambodia, Sydney, Paris and Melbourne. 1. What would you say is the most important theme in…
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Arian Behzadi
Arian Behzadi has traversed the fields of neuro-biology to graphic designer. Doing both personal & commissioned work his artistic collection of mixed media collages provide evidence of his scientific background, as he explains “I have always found parallels between art and the sciences so a…
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Jaakko Mattila
Jaakko Mattila is a Finnish painter who graduated from The Surrey Institute of Art & Design University College, in 2001. Since then his works have been displayed in Finland, the United Kingdom, Italy and France. Mattila’s abstract paintings are a reflection of his interest in…
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Gonçalo Campos
Portuguese born product designer Gonçalo Campos graduated back in 2008. Not long after he joined the design studio of Fabrica, Benetton’s Communications Research Centre. This gave him the chance to work with brands SecondoMe, Seletti and Zanotta. Since 2010 he has been developing a series…
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Jonathan Dorthe
Jonathan Dorthe has a Master’s in architecture, and works part time in an architecture firm in Montreal. He spends the other half of his time in the industrial design on his own projects. 1. If you made headline news what would the title be? Atelier-D Defines Contemporary Craftsmanship!…
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Autumn Owls
This Dublin three-piece of Gary McFarlane (guitar, vocals), Adam Browne (bass) and Will Purtill (drums) were formed in 2007, having converted a shed into a recording space where they began writing and recording. Their debut album ‘Between Buildings, Toward The Sea’ was recorded in April 2012…
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James Roper
James Roper works in various mediums including painting, drawing, graphic design, sculpture and film. His work explores a variety of subjects, from the heightened realities depicted in modern media to the perceptual effects of semi-abstraction. Roper has exhibited widely throughout the world including both group…
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Michael C Hsiung
Born in Chinatown, Los Angeles, Michael C. Hsiung is known for his black-and-white pen and ink drawings. His work features a range of “strangely rotund characters from fantastical creatures, such as centaurs and mermen to somewhat contemporary and/or old fashion bearded males”. Currently living with…
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Anne Boenisch
Berlin based product designer Anne Boenisch creates home furnishings inspired by kinetic art. A background in carpentry her functional pieces are constructed from lightweight materials and contain a strong geometric quality. 1. If you made headline news what would the title be? a² + b²…
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Markus Hartel
Markus Hartel began a career as a street-photographer coincidentally upon moving to New York City. Previously he’d worked for almost two decades in graphic design. He now lives and works predominately out of NY, his work both internationally published and awarded. 1. What are your required…
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Deams
Deams work reflects a “graphic tapestry” of graffiti art, graphic design and abstract impressionism. Inspiration for which is sourced by his observations of architecture, textiles and repetition in nature. Currently residing in Melbourne, Australia – he works as a graphic designer, art director and painter.…
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Bruce Munro
Bruce Munro is a lighting designer and installation artist. Born in Salcombe, Devon he studied fine art at Bristol Polytechnic. Working with a small team of lighting designers at his studio he creates architectural lighting schemes for private residences, hotels, restaurants and other commercial spaces.…
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Ryan Schude
Ryan Schude is an imaginative photographer originally from the greater Chicago area. Currently based in Los Angeles he’s won several awards for his editorial & advertising work. Starting out at around aged 18, experimenting with portraiture photography, he followed up the interest by exploring painting,…
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Megan Tipps
Megan Tipps is a former model turned photographer from Houston, Texas. 1. What are your required components for creating the perfect shot? For me since I work mostly with models I really need good energy and personality. I think overall good styling, makeup, the whole…
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Dana Oldfather
Dana Oldfather is a self taught painter from and currently living in Cleveland, Ohio. Seeking emotive abstraction she examines the transitory nature of comfort, power and security. Her biggest art influences are found in artists; Willem DeKooning, Richard Diebenkorn, Jackie Tileston, Reed Danziger, and Kristine…
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Sun Glitters
Sun Glitters is Luxembourg’s Victor Ferreira. Starting out in rock bands playing bass guitar, Victor was soon to become hooked on an electronic sound through the discovery of bands like Portishead, Third Eye Foundation and Boards of Canada. He’s now fine tuned his own electronic…
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Thais Beltrame
Thais Beltrame, was born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil. Drawing since she was a child she unsuccessfully rebelled against the possibility of an artistic profession, eventually giving in and enrolling in art classes at City College in San Francisco. Her artwork is inspired by…
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Jason Phillips
Jason Phillips grew up around the family business of furniture manufacturing and decorative accessories. This gave him the unique privilege of seeing and appreciating the world – globetrotting the continents of Asia, Europe and home United States and learning about foreign affairs, trade and commerce.…
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Marnix Postma
Marnix Postma discovered his passion for photography at the not-so-tender age of 26. Studying Interior Design at the Art Academy in Rotterdam he took a supplementary course in photographer during his second year, discovered a talent and switched to the full-time course a year later.…
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Sophie Madeleine
Brighton based musician Sophie Madeline is ‘bringing the Ukulele back’! She’s got two albums under her belt and has a synonymous reputation on the internet as the ‘Queen of the Ukulele’, practically starting a movement that’s given the stunted guitar back its street cred! This…
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Sea of Bees
Sea of Bees is the musical project of Julie Ann Bee (Baenziger). From Sacramento, California she’s a singer who writes her own songs and is also a instrumentalist, playing many different instruments. She was picked up by producer John Baccigaluppi after he’d heard her singing…
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The Pattern Theory
Forming in 2007 in Leeds (UK), having met at university, The Pattern Theory are triplet; Carl Schilde, Lukas Creswell-Rost & James Yates. In 2008 the band relocated to Berlin and gigged across much of northern Europe. They played alongside bands such as Epic45, Russian Circles,…
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Joe Fenton
After studying at the Wimbledon School of Art in the UK, Jo Fenton went on to work several years in the film industry. He worked as a film concept designer and sculptor with companies such as Disney and Miramax and worked with directors such as…
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Sam Chivers
Based in East Sussex, UK, Sam Chivers is an illustrator, screen printer and graphic artist. His work themes generally explore the universal nature of ‘things’ – mostly in bright coloured prints. From a young age he was inspired by mountainous landscape found during trips to France and…
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Alberto Cerriteño
Mexican illustrator & designer Alberto Cerriteño currently resides in Seattle, America. Inspired by vinyl toys, alternative cartoons and pop surrealism Alberto also likes to introduce little hints from his traditional Mexican roots. He takes the rich textures and decorative patterns and makes contrasts by blending…
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Norman Palm
Originally from northern Germany, Norman Palm currently spends most his time between Berlin and Mexico City. He had an early talent in the arts alongside singing and playing instruments so Norman was encouraged by his family to go to art school – despite a desire…
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Dan Stiles
Based in Portland, Oregon, Dan Stiles is an iconic designer/illustrator. He’s probably best known for his poster work. Collaborations have included music artists from the likes of Hot Chip, St Vincent, Arcade Fire and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs – to name just a few! He…
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Munk One
Contemporary illustrator and fine artist Munk One is based in California, US. He’s particularly well known for work produced with major label music acts and has also worked with a number of the world’s best recognised brands. Formally trained his expressive visual dialogue may at first…
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Marthas & Arthurs
Brought together by a mutual love of singing harmonies, the voices of Marthas & Arthurs (Mary Douglas, Esther Ball, Tom Ball & Matt Hart) were forged around a campfire in the Herefordshire woods. Their first few months were tucked away singing and playing just to…
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Katina Huston
Katina Huston was born in San Francisco, California. She has had stints working as everything from a bicycle messenger to a university professor. Starting out as a sculptor she has now included elegant ink drawings and mixed media works to her repertoire. She studied in both Oakland, California…
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Kevin Tong
Kevin Tong is an LA based artist working in comics, designing toys and creating some of the most sought after screen prints on the net. Anyone who’s been to my gaff will know that ‘A Linch Pin Droid’ is one of my pride and joys.…
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Banco de Gaia
Formed by Toby Marks in 1989, Banco de Gaia is an electronic music band from the UK. The band swelled in 1997 to 5 members with Ted Duggan (drums), Ashley Hopkins (bass), Larry Whelan (Wind Synth, Sax and Ethnic Flutes), and Gary Spacey-Foot (Percussion and…
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Mr Beam – Mo Assem & Ruben van Esterik
Mr Beam are Mo Assem & Ruben van Esterik a light mapping projection duo based in the Netherlands. INDIGITS invited them to respond to the D7 after being wowed by the work done for the H&M Flagship store in Amsterdam… The work is technically astounding…
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Keep Shelly in Athens
Despite having acquired a top ten spot on the Hype Machine’s most blogged artist information on Keep Shelly in Athens is surprisingly scarce at the moment. What we do know is there is nobody called Shelly, the name actually being a pun on a Greek suburb…
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Exit Man vs Alesko
Exit Man vs Alesko is originally from Maisons Laffitte, Yvelines. A classical education and a love for the graphic arts lead him to some formal learning at the l’Ecole Supérieure des Arts Appliqués Dupperet in Paris. This lead to work in the advertising industry producing packaging, logos…
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Nick Morris
Australian Nick Morris decided early on for a career in art – at around the age of 6 to be exact. Somewhat deterred by the possibility of not making it into the 2% of artists who make a living off ‘it’, he opted for a…
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Frightened Rabbit
Glasgow based Frightened Rabbit, originally from Selkirk, formed in 2003 under the lead of Scott Hutchison the bands lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and lyricist. Other members include brother Grant Hutchison on drums, guitarist and bassist Billy Kennedy, guitarist Andy Monaghan and keyboardist Gordon Skene. Originally…
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James ‘JIMBOT’ Demski
Living in Milwaukee (USA) with his wife, daughter, 2 dogs, and rumours of a captive robot in his basement, James ‘JIMBOT’ Demski has ambitions to build a robot army. A freelance artist who graduated from art school James claims a reprogramming took place after education…
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Nick Gentry
British artist Nick Gentry is a graduate of Central St Martins in London. Growing up as part of a generation surrounded by floppy disks, VHS tapes, Polaroid’s and cassettes he is inspired by the sociological impact of the new internet culture. In his work you…
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Claudine Muno & the Luna Boots
Multi talented Claudine Muno grew up in the southern Luxembourg town of Pétange. She completed her education with a diploma in languages, literature and Latin and followed up with a degree in History from the University of Strasbourg, France. Alongside music she’s a well respected…
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Aram Bartholl
“The Internet: transforming society and shaping the future through chat.” (Dave Barry writer and humorist) Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit! It’s a ‘buzz’ word for the moment – ‘social networking’. Millions of us are currently, yes right now, cosied up in front of a computer screen…
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Greg Gossel
Greg Gossel was born in 1982 in western Wisconsin, he currently resides in Minneapolis. He studied Graphic Design at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and has since exhibited in; Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Copenhagen, Milan and London. In 2009 he was invited to…
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Owen Pallett
Composer, violinist, keyboardist and vocalist Michael James Owen Pallett is from Toronto, Canada. Best known as a solo performer under the name Owen Pallett he previously worked under the alias ‘Final Fantasy’, which he retired in 2009. Pallett, who’s noted for his inventive live performances,…
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Brian Despain
Born in Upper Michigan State, Brian Despain was drawing as soon as he could hold a pencil. Having held a number of creative jobs from graphic designer to 3D modeller, photo-retoucher to illustrator he now concentrates predominately on his fine art career. An all round…
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Faithless
You gotta have faith a faith a faith…. Principal members Maxi Jazz, Sister Bliss and Rollo have been concocting a combination of politically infused electronica/trip-hop for more then a decade. 6 albums and more then a few compilations later and despite previous speculations of a…
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Chris Silva
Christopher Tavares Silva is a multi-medium artist currently residing in Chicago. Artistically speaking he “seeks opportunities in accidents, enjoys unusual combinations of materials, the unpredictable outcomes of collaboration and the general adventure of the creative process”. Educated at the American Academy of Art, where he…
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Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble are a band of brothers from south side Chicago. Born into a musical heritage which started with well known jazz musician, father Phil Cohran whose roots run back to 1920s Mississippi. Many of the family work in the industry with sisters, brothers…
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Allison Sommers
Allison Sommers’ art draws on her interest in renaissance and baroque art. She studied early modern history at the University of Virginia where she was able to explore her love of historical narratives and themes of the old world. Currently residing in Brooklyn, New York, her…
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Dj Spooky
Plugged in…All the time…and surfing the wave of cultural diffusion A little background information… Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky was born in 1970 in Washington DC, to academic parents. Following his college years spent amidst the ‘whispering pines’ of Bowdoin College, Main, and having…
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Martijn Westphal
Martijn Westphal is from Assen in the Neatherlands. A product designer, his work is a combination of cut & paste metholodgy utilising well known materials. He works to achieve answers on questions about essence, functionality and the social-artistic role of a designer within design itself.…
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Jon Burgerman
Jon Burgerman resides currently in New York but he’s originally an export from Nottingham, England. Highly respected he has exhibited internationally and has had work shown alongside contemporary artists from the likes of Banksy through to satirical illustrator Gerald Scarfe and fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. He…
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Graphic Surgery
Artists Erris Huigens and Gysbert Zijlstra make up the Amsterdam based Graphic Surgery. During their educative years at an art academy, they discovered a mutual source of inspiration in contemporary cities. They were utilising photographs to capture abstract compositions: construction sites, details of eroded rusty surfaces…
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Otto Björnik
Otto Björnik sees himself a storyteller, producing a rich mixture of precious childhood memories and fairy tales. An architect by training he creates works in pen and ink with intricate detail. The elements he uses often hold symbolic meaning and he takes care in their…
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Hugh D’Andrade
Hugh D’Andrade is famously indiscriminate about the uses of his art. It has appeared on book covers, magazine spreads, rock posters, Burning Man paraphernalia, board games, as well as the occasional t-shirt and skateboard. He says his greatest ambition in life is to project his…
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Max Tundra
“Time signatures, musical genres and instrumentation have been given the thorough shake-up they have long needed!” Thanks to Max Tundra A.K.A Ben Jacobs who turned his hand to musical invention on discovering a piano and a penchant for replaying the theme songs and music from…
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R Nicholas Kuszyk
Normally I take it upon myself to write the introduction but on this occassion the words are best put by the artist himself… As R Nicholas Kuszyk says “Born and raised in complete isolation in southern west North Dakota. R Nicholas Kuszyk didn’t see a…
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Mugison
Örn Elías Guðmundsson is Mugison a ‘much easier for me to pronounce’ name for Icelandic born musician and singer. The name in itself has an interesting story. According to Wikipedia, ‘Mugison got his nickname Mugison while on holiday visiting his father Muggi (Muggur) in Malaysia.…
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Yoskay Yamamoto
Yoskay Yamamoto lives and is inspired by his current place of residence – west coast America. Originally from Toba, Japan Yamamoto’s moved to the United States when he was 15. A self taught artists/illustrator Yamamoto utilises a number of different mediums and techniques to produce his work.…
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Great Lake Swimmers
Great Lake Swimmers led by singer-songwriter Tony Dekker are based in Toronto, Canada. Steeped in the whimsical sounds of ‘melodic folk rock’ the band released their debut self titled album back in 2003. They have over the years seen a few changes in the line-up, but are…
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Ghostpatrol
Ghostpatrol professes to being a self taught artist. Starting out with stencils and street art his current fancies focus on ambitious installations and painting projects. He states his work often references childhood nostalgia alongside pop culture with sometimes sinister, sometimes playful undertones. He’s explored a…
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Lyndsey Cockwell
Songwriter and musician Lyndsey Cockwell, from Britain is currently residing in Germany’s ‘hotspot capital’ Berlin. Classical trained, by 16 she’d abandoned the piano and switched to producing pop melodies on a guitar. Musical progression followed with experiments in deconstructing sound and toying with ‘Musique concrète’;…
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Greg ‘Craola’ Simkins
Greg Simkins, or ‘Craola’ from his early graffiti days, confesses to having an over active imagination. As he states, “it has always made sense to me that any artwork I develop should be composed of these vivid thoughts”. Inspirationally driven by childhood obsessions, nestled in…
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Yarah Bravo
“Follow your heart. Don’t do shit if it don’t feel right!” Yarah Bravo probably has best been discovered in recent years as member of One Self alongside Dj Vadim and Mc Blu Rum. She also works as the sometimes front woman for ‘The Soundcatcher Soundsystem’…
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Port O’Brien
Port O’Brien comprise of folk-ish duo Van Pierszalowski and Cambria Goodwin. Collaborating on songs since 2005 they were later joined by a “rhythm section”; featuring Caleb Nichols, Zebedee Zaitz and Joshua Barnhart. Since receiving a thumbs up from the Pitchfork crowd all they could do…
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Eat Static
Merv Pepler and Joie Hinton formed Eat Static in 1989 as a creative outlet for the diverse range of electronic music they were producing. Having met in ‘space rock outfit’ Ozric Tentacles both Merv and Joie were drawn to the electronic sounds of the then…
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Fieldhead
Tape hiss, geography, bleak landscapes and decaying analogue loops are the ingredients that make up Fieldhead’s ambient/electronic music. Fieldhead is the project of current Vancouver resident Paul Elam who is often accompanied by violinists Sarah Kemp & Elaine Reynolds [esker]. Paul is also a full-time…
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The Wedding Present
The Wedding Present have at times been accused of nearly slipping into a parody of themselves. Sensitive indie’ites from circa. 1990 will no doubt take great grievance to such a statement and staunchly defend the Presents corner. David Gedge and the ever changing ensemble do…
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Modeselektor
Modeselektor are a “wildly diverse, infused with exuberance and inspired by a slap of the absurd” music duo from Berlin. They’re considered a band that gets music journalists grammatically salivating and waxing ‘choice word’ lyrical. In addition, they’ve got Thom Yorke’s vocal admission as a…
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The Wooden Birds
The Wooden Birds are a US outfit concocted of native Texan Andrew Kenny, best known as singer/songwriter with American Analog Set, David Wingo, songwriter with Olda Podrida, singer-guitarist Leslie Sisson and Michael Bell, Lymbyc Systym drummer. One part mellow folk and one part indie-pop and…
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FUJIYA & MIYAGI
Would you believe me if I told you that FUJIYA & MIYAGI are closet R Kelly fans? If nothing else we ‘outed’ them during our interview with the trio who continue to fill dance floors around the globe either in person or by means of…
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Brandi Milne
Artist Brandi Milne, from Southern California says she grew up surrounded by a wealth of inspiration – classic cartoons, crayons and colouring books, Sid and Marty Kroft creations, toys, candies and the kitschy fabrics and notions of the times. Her work speaks predominately of love,…
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Thieves Like Us
Thieves Like Us came together in Berlin in 2002. A concoction of a couple of a Swedes and a Yank who found solace with each other as they struggled with foreign languages and culture. Starting out dj’ing, playing old krautrock, italo disco, Bowie, Iggy and…
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Kevin Blechdom
Kevin Blechdom is from Florida and equipped with a laptop, self-made computer music programs, piano chops and a 5-string banjo she “sings from the heart”. Trained as a classical pianist and composer Kevin (originally named Kristin Erickson) always sought out new musical structures and patterns.…
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Collin van der Sluijs
Collin van der Sluijs currently resides in Maastricht, where he works as an illustrator/painter and runs a gallery, ‘Galerie Groen lLicht’ for contemporary art. He spend 8 years at degree level studying various art disciplines, in various institutions, in different schools across the Netherlands. Currently…
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Rue Royale
Rue Royale (US/UK) have been on the road, quite literally! It’s a timeless quest from the acoustic duo, who’s melodic tunes induce pure auditory pleasure with seemly little effort! Seems like they’re always on an extensive tour schedule which, they are well advised to bring…
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Grand Archives
Grand Archives hail from Seattle, the city synonymously twinned with rain and Tom Hanks-Meg Ryan rom com’s. Early on, Pitchfork added track ‘Sleepdriving’ to a playlist and the band in return received considerable exposure. This was closely followed up by a support gig with Modest…
