kindda miss the lighters section
but this is the shocking reality for sure

[via digital notes]

Pocket Vinyl is a piano/painter duo
they’re in the middle of putting together a series of videos
for each track off of their 2010 release Protagonist
sweet ‘n lovely project

Lee Perry feat. Adrian Sherwood, Hanggai, Joker, Mount Kimbie, Darkstar, James Blake, Girl Unit, Hauschka and Rangda are among the artists performing at the seventh edition of the State-X New Forms Festival in The Hague, The Netherlands. The festival for avant-rock, cutting-edge electronics and nu-art will take place on December 10th and 11th.

Other acts confirmed for this editon are: Filastine feat. Amelie Bouard, New Earth Group feat. Rotterdam Symphonic Wind Orchestra, Thomas Ankersmit, Borbetomagus, Datacore, Arnold Dreyblatt Ensemble, The Pyramids, Warsaw Village Band, Huoratron, N!euwe Supersolden, Gate (Michael Morley) and Volcano The Bear.

Info on the festival and ticketsales can be found at their site.

BE THERE!

Overwhelmed by the stunning response to the remix contest for Kavinsky’s Nightcall, Record Makers have decided to take things one step further and allow graphic designers and illustrators to contribute their interpretations of Kavinsky’s zombie universe. Kavinsky is currently putting the finishing touches to his album, due to see the light in 2011. The visuals hold as much weight as the music, an aesthetic commitment that has been in place since he announced his arrival, back from the dead, with Testarossa Autodrive. Inspirational for many of his contemporaries, whether that be hot-shot electro producers or superstars like Madonna and Kanye West, who enlisted directors Jonas & Francois for their music videos after the explosive impact of Testarossa.

The Kavinsky Fan Art contest will run from October 29th to December 31st. 50 illustrations will be chosen from the entrants and included in a limited edition book. The winning design will take pride of place on the front cover. The first 20 illustrations will get a copy of the book, whilst every winning illustrator will receive music digitally.

back in the good old days everything was beautiful
even decks and mixers were unique pieces of art ;)

[via szanalmas]

Sruli Recht modified Joey Roth’s ceramic speakers and amplifier as he completely stripped them, and redeveloped them into cardboard speaker boxes and an amplifier. This was made for a Roth curated an offsite show called Sounds Like during this year’s ICFF New York Design Week.

[via yatzer]

KIWI&POM’s Disco Chair is a supertrippy furniture concept
constructed from 200 linear metres of electroluminescent wire
the chair transforms into a neon rainbow when powered
a pulse setting enables the chair to flash on and off
instant disco feelin’ everywhere ;)

Renowned for his adventurous sculptural light works and installations, Bruce Munro with the kind support of UK press and BBC Wiltshire radio, urged readers and listeners to send unwanted CDs to his workshop some weeks ago. The reason? Munro visualized an inland sea made of unwanted CDs. The public response was massive and hundreds of CDs arrived from all over the UK and as far afield as California and Brazil. Over the past weekend (19-20 June) 140 friends of Murno and colleagues, including Kevin McCloud and other celebrities from the design-art world, helped to lay the installation. The grass was mowed at Long Knoll field near Kilmington to prepare the ‘canvas’, and on Saturday each CD was laid with a stone on it, to prevent wind damage. This proved to be time-consuming and so the stone laying was abandoned on Sunday. The result? A stunning inland sea made of 600.000 CDs which are dazzling like mirrors reflecting sunlight and moonlight.

[via Yatzer]

British-born artist Ivan Lovatt is making sculptures
but he is using galvanised chicken wire
and these creatures look more than cool
you can find Jacko, Dylan and Grace Jones are above, more in his gallery