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King Ken. Orange variant. From Amos Toys.
Upfront.
In the middle.
Upcoming.
Introduction. Aidan Kelly. Adidas. Amos. Asbestos. D.A.D.D.Y. Festivals. Frankenstyles. Non-Format. The Redneck Manifesto. Tiger Beer. Pony.
Sites for sore eyes. Sweet sounds.
Watchlist. Competition. Submissions. Next Issue.
Introduction.
Welcome to the first edition of Candy, a (hopefully) new regular newsletter devised to showcase the best in Irish and international culture, creativity and God knows what else. Over the coming issues I’m sure this thing will evolve into something of worth so until then please bear with us. Actually, rather than wait, why not tell me what’s floating your boat at the moment or has you wet waiting and let’s put it in. If you’re up for it or have any comments or suggestions fire them through to richard.seabrooke@dynamo.ie and let’s get it on. Hope the following doesn’t bore you to death, maybe next time you’ll be on board. Richard
Roisin Murphy. Ex-Moloko lead singer who flys solo this Summer at Sonár in Barcelona.
The Legal Bit All informations and visuals contained within this document remain the copyright of the creators, they are simply being shown for the purpose of presentation. Should any credits be wrong, please contact Candy and we’ll set it right next issue. Game On. ©2005 Me&Eye www.meandeye.com
Upfront.
Aidan Kelly.
I’ve been a fan of Aidan’s work for many a year, mostly by default though as he’s a longtime collaborator of the brilliant graphic designer Peter Reddy, aka Redman. If you’ve been in Dublin for the last 10 years you can’t have escaped this guy’s work as it adorns everything from flyers (POD, Choice Cuts, Electric City, etc.) to album covers (Turn, Gemma Hayes, etc.) and a lot more besides. Everyone else bought the soundtrack it seems, Aidan has the motion picture and stills.
Anyhoo, seems about time then that he got his own site up and running so get yourself round to www.aidan-kelly.com and you won’t be disappointed. The work is beautiful and the site works perfectly to show it off. Better still, you can buy limited edition prints off if so no more excuses for the flock wallpaper looking so bare. Also, watch out for future issues of Candy coz I got exclusive unseen images which are well worth waiting for... Just form an orderly queue.
Adidas.
In 1969 Adi Dassler designed the first Superstar (The ‘Shelltoe’) for the use of basketball players to better their game through better cushioning and added comfort. 35 years on and the Superstar is worn by all kinds of people all over the world, not just ball players. So what better way to celebrate this that enlist the talents of some of the world’s most recognised designers (Disney, Andy Warhol, Project Playground, Undefeated, etc.) and musicians (Run Dmc, Ian Brown, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Missy Elliot, etc.) to have had a crack (with some varying degrees of success) on 35 limited edition versions of one of the most enduring sports shoe designs of all time.
What’s more, why not get the Adidas fanatics to run the streets of 7 cities worldwide chasing golden tickets Willy Wonka style for the ultimate Superstar set, limited to 300 pairs worldwide To read more on the phenomenal underculture of Adidas and also this celebration check www.adidas.com/originals To see how much these limited editions are changing hands for check www.ebay.com (better bring a cheque book!)
Adidas.
Superstar Anniversary Edition Number 35 Limited to 300 pairs in the world these were given to the people who found the winning tickets after completing a treasure hunt around seven cities worldwide. The winner’s then were invited to gala events where they were given their presentation boxes.
Adidas.
Superstar Anniversary Edition Beastie Boys Edition This pair which was designed in association with The Beastie Boys never got produced, the districts of New York are detailed on the the stripes while details relating the group are stitched all over. These recently went up for charity auction on Ebay and fetched over £1,000, that’s about 400,000 Euro I think. Images courtesy of www.crookedtongues.com
Amos.
King Ken Grey. The original, there has also been an orange variant and also a rarer albino version. Summer 2005 sees a flock version released.
Amos Toys set up in 2002 with James Jarvis, Sofia Prantera and Russell Waterman. James had previously been illustrating for the likes of The Face magazine, the Holmes clothes label (from Slam City Skates) and The Idler aswell as designing toys and graphics for cult fashion brand Silas, beginning with the now legendary Martin figure, released back in 1998. Along with Bounty Hunter in Japan, Silas unwittingly became one of the pioneers of the soft vinyl designer toy revolution. Martin was unleashed on an unsuspecting world and the work of James Jarvis reached a whole new audience. For the following 5 years, Silas continued to pander to popular demand and release James' designs under both the Silas banner and as part of his World of Pain project. The Silas figures were Martin, Evil Martin and Bubba, Tattoo Me Keith and The Bearded Prophet. The WoP figures were the Policeman and Lars. All of these figures have become very collectable and some trade hands for exorbitant sums on eBay.
Because of the success of these figures, and to stop Mr. Jarvis selling his soul to The Man (he also produced the set of Juvenille Delinquents for the Sony Capsule Toy project), James and the two directors of Silas decided to create a new company. Amos was set up to independently produce and distribute James' figures; to take his work out of a "fashion" context and open up his designs to a wider audience; and to develop new projects and offer new opportunities to other artists whom they had worked with. So far Amos has released the successful In-Crowd series and King Ken, all designed by James. Future plans include a new James Jarvis project, beginning with the release of part one of a comic adventure titled 'Vortigern's Machine'. Also there are plans to release a comic and vinyl figures designed by Will Sweeney, another Silas collaborator. 'Tales from Green Fuzz' and Helmut the Hot Dog Man. Examples of all these follow on the following pages. There’s also plans for a flocked version of King Ken and the In-Crowd 10 will be an homage to wrestling but I ain’t got pics of them yet. For more informations visit www.amostoys.com http://homepage.mac.com/james.jarvis/index.htm and www.silasandmaria.com See the original Silas WoP toys at http://www.whywebshop.com/silas.htm Nokia Office Archetypes. Commissioned by Nokia USA as a corporate gift for their business clients. Unbelievably limited edition.
Top Row : Torturous Trevor the Technoholic, R.O. Ida the Chief Financial Officer, Metro Mel, Never-in-the-Office Nora Bottom Row : Mr. "I Have Security Issues", Workingfrom-Home Walter, Time Zone Tim
To buy Amos toys check out www.hanon-shop.com, www.wellgosh.com or www.magmabooks.com
Amos. New releases.
Left: Major Moulty's Amazing Magical Plastic Band.
Middle: Mr. Vortigern (2 variants)
Right: Tales from Greenfuzz presents Helmut The Hot Dog Man
MMAMPB were part of the second wave of the 1960's British Invasion. Unlike their contemporaries, Moulty's Psychedelic Pop music was in no way drug induced and they most definitely were not "Turned On". In fact, in their groundbreaking concept LP "The Thoroughly Interesting Life of Mr. Jones" they introduced the counter counter-culture phrase "Application, Concentration, Moderation"
A cutting edge study, chronicling a group of everyday kids who roam the suburban/semi-rural mean streets of a fictional town and are dramatically sucked into a psychedelic vortex of fantasy adventure. Their travels feature run-ins with a talking dog and an angry gorilla called King Ken, and they manage to answer one of life's modern philosophical conundrums in the process. All this and a slide machine. Stay tuned for the complete Vortigern's Machine comic by James Jarvis.
Will Sweeney is best-known for his work designing T-shirts for super-hip clothing line Silas as well as designs for Stussy, Gimme 5, Levi's and Beams in Japan. Now you can enjoy the travails of various food-based homunculi that dwell within the artist's distorted universe and figure out exactly what the deal is with Helmut the Hot Dog Man. Trippy.
Asbestos.
Over the last couple of years you may have noticed the emergence of a new art form on the streets of the world, including Dublin. Taking it’s sensibilities from graffiti ‘street art’ has become a valid and important form of expression of creativity. Leading the charge in Dublin are Asbestos and Frankenstyles (mentioned later). These two guys have taken the streets as their gallery space and worked within it accordingly.
Asbestos himself has gained worldwide notoriety for his Lost posters aswell as his other projects. He’s exhibited across the world, both officially and unofficially, and also is at the heart of the global community having recently devised a Christmas swap shop affair, where artists all over the world signed up to do a piece which then got sent to another artist picked at random by Asbestos. Check out the results of this project and also all the other amazing work at the deadly www.theartofasbestos.com
D.A.D.D.Y.
Forget your Dom&Nic’s, Spike Jonze’s and Shynola’s for a moment, it’s time to give some props to the Dublin based production powerhouse that is D.A.D.D.Y. (Design Animation Design Design Yay!) who do some of the best videos anywhere at the moment. Their attention to detail, original concepts and execution have to be seen and heard to be believed.
With amazing work for Bell X1, Autamata, David Kitt, Halite and their own music / performance project Warlords Of Pez already in the can aswell some amazing commercials you really shouldn’t be reading this but rather should be over at www.teamdaddy.com with some popcorn, M&Ms awaiting the feast of film sitting their waiting for your perusal. Also, watch out for the short films series on TV3 which they did the titles for aswell as featuring work, check www.tv3.ie for info. Roll on the DVD, the petition starts here.
Festivals.
Woohoo! Summer’s coming so grab the lotion, the ham sandwiches and the blanket, we’re going out into the countryside for lots of six packs, rugs and rock’n’rolling hills. Yep, the big gigs and festivals are acoming so best we plan in advance... With more choice than you can shake a big stick at, all aiming for your wallet, best you get organised, get down the Credit Union and get begging. Not only are U2 bringing the noise to Croker for 3, yes 3, nights but Coldplay come to Marlay Park, The Black Eyed Peas, Faithless and (ahem) Paddy Casey play Dublin Castle (Heineken Green Energy Festival) and Eminem and his Detroit crew roll in to rise some hassle at the castle at Slane. Add to these the 3 big festivals that roll into town over the coming months, all with line-ups to die for, it’s time to sell a kidney and get stuck in... Here’s to 5-0 for why we should go... Oh yeah, speaking of sun lotion, just thought I’d include Sonar in Barcelona and rub it in.
Budrising. Dublin. June 1st - 7th. www.budrising.ie
Pumping up the volume across Dublin City Centre the Budrising festival brings an unrivalled line-up to the streets (literally!) and venues of Dublin for the second year running. Going live from the 1st - 7th June in just about any venue they could find (going for a widdle in your own home could even be a hassle i reckon), Budrising boasts the best in new and established acts, including Beck, Echo and the Bunnymen, Weezer, Dizzee Rascal, The La's, Buck 65, The Hives, The Matthew Herbert Big Band and Roots Manuva aswell as local talent including Joe Chester, Mainline, Nylon DJs and “the next best thing’ local band The Chalets. Also, aswell as the ticketed affairs, there are a number of other free events organised to take place across Dublin during the week of the festival - outdoor gigs, buskers and some special surprises! Tickets are now on sale from Ticketmaster. For more information best you grab a six pack and get yourself over to www.budrising.ie
Line-Up : Afronova / Art Brut / Arveene / Ashley Beedle / Beck / Black Twang / British Sea Power / Buck 65 / Bugge Wesseltoft Trio / Chromeo / Conor G / D1 / Daddy G (Massive Attack) / Dizzee Rascal / DJ Ease (Nightmares On Wax) / DJ Marky / DJ Scratch (The Roots) / DJ Wool / DJ Yoda / Dominique / Echo + The Bunnymen / Electric City Presents / Husky Rescue / Jacques Lu Cont / Jesse N Layla / Jimmy Cliff / Joe Chester / Jose Gonzalez / Justin Robertson / Magic Numbers / Mainline / Marlena Shaw / Masters At Work / Medicine 8 / Nikki Hayes / Nylon DJs / Paddy Sheridan / Patrick Wolf / Psychotic Reaction / Rahzel / Richard Dorfmeister / Roots Manuva / Sean Harley / Sons And Daughters / Stephen Fretwell / The Chalets / The Departure / The Duke Spirit / The Editors / The Engineers / The Glimmers / The Glass (NYC) / The Heavenly States / The Hives / The Kills / The La's / The Matthew Herbert Big Band / The Mighty Stef / The Rakes / The Things / Tom Vek / VHS Or BETA / Weezer / Whitey / Phew!
Oxegen. Punchestown. July 9th & 10th. www.oxegen.ie
Oxegen is the mother of all Irish festivals with a huge crowd, loads of stages, millions of bands and a whole ton of other stuff to do all being crammed into the Punchestown site for your enjoyment. It really doesn’t get bigger than this. And while size matters, style does too so rather than rest on their laurels this year sees an incredibly diverse line-up hit Kildare on the two days. A veritable feast of full-on festival frivolities, a buffet of brilliance, a menagerie of madness... okay, I’ll stop now. Get down there and, eh, get down!
Line-Up: Green Day / The Frames / The Prodigy / Snoop Dogg / Queens Of The Stone Age / Kaiser Chiefs / Ian Brown / Kasabian / Razorlight / Bloc Party / The Bravery / Foo Fighters / Keane / The Killers / Doves / New Order / The Streets / Jimmy Eat World / Audioslave / James Brown / The Beautiful South / Josh Ritter / Rodrigo y Gabriela / Erick Morillo / Mylo / 2 Lone Swordsmen / Slam / Black Strobe / Fish Go Deep & Tracey K / Brother J / Frank Jez / Hugh Scully / Deep Dish / LCD Sound System / Jacques Le Cont / Death in Vegas / Silicone Soul / Infadels / Nic Fanciulli / Brother J / Paul Taylor / Scott McNaughton / Al Gibbs / The Tears / Super Furry Animals / And millions more TBC
Electric Picnic. Stradbally House, Laois. September 3rd & 4th. www.electricpicnic.ie
Billed as ‘the boutique festival’ last year’s sell out saw 15,000 people descend on Stradbally House for a big day out filled with fun and frolics. Despite a few teething problems the gig was amazing. From the sun-drenched performances of Arrested Development, Super Furry Animals and Soulwax to the full-on frenzy that was Mylo, Eric Morillo and the local crews of Backlash and Bodytonic it was a big day out with a big headache the next morning. Oh, and Groove Armada were brilliant to ease you into the night! This year promises even more of the same with the site extended to hold 25,000 punters over two days, there’s even camping this year for those inclined. This year also sees the inclusion of a cinema, a larger food market and the premier of the ‘silent disco’, a concept launching at this year’s Glastonbury, where the festivalgoers get a pair of wireless headphones each which get sent live mixed music throughout the night. A brilliant concept considering the rules that concerts generally have to shutdown their soundsystems to reduce public noise pollution in the wee hours.
Line-Up: Kraftwerk / Fatboy Slim / Flaming Lips / Damien Dempsey / Arcade fire / Royskopp / Laurent Garnier / Stereo MC's / Mixmaster Mike / Toots & the Maytals / Amp Fiddler / Asian Dub Foundation / Backlash DJs / Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds / Mercury Rev / 2 Many DJ's / De La Soul / Kruder & Dorfmeister / Human League / Nouvelle Vague / Mr Scruff / Bodytonic DJs / Plus many more TBC For more on the silent disco check http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/29/glastonbury.silentdisco.reut/
Sonรกr 2005. Barcelona, Spain. June 16th - 18th.
Miss Kittin. Playing for the third year in a row so the claws will be well and truly out. Meeeeeeeeoooowwww!!!
Picture a music festival held in a venue not unlike the National Museum by day and in a venue the size of 3 Point Depot’s by night (1/3 outdoors). Add to this blistering Summer sun, a relaxed knowledgable crowd and the World’s finest djs, musicians and image makers and you’re getting close to the annual spectacle that is the Sonár festival held in Barcelona. Add to this cheap beer and cava and looks like we’ve got a fun-in-the-sun party on your hands!! Now in it’s twelfth year this year’s festival sees a huge move away from the electronica and hiphop bias that have been quite prevalent over the last few years towards what they term ‘organic’ music (see below). Whatever they call it, you can be assured that this festival is going to rock with Soulwax, LCD Soundsystem, Le Tigre, The Battles and many more letting rip over the 3 days in June. More information at www.sonar.es Ellen Allien
Sonar 2005 : Press Release
The founder of Berlin label B-Pitch Control whose approach is corrosive electro bass and highly imaginative techno. If it’s too loud, you really should get yourself down The Late Late.
Over the last few years, many acts involving the experimental sound discourse of electronic music have made use of more or less conventional instruments to realize their aims. Portable computers, or laptops, which predominated in the past, have in numerous cases been replaced by guitars, basses, drums and traditional instruments on the stage. In this edition of Sónar, one finds a notable return to the organic and physical in the creation of live music. An impressive cluster of bands with a focus on electronic music, be it a means or an end, will perform on the different stages of the festival. Such unorthodox acts as LCD Soundsystem, Le Tigre, Soulwax, Hood, Radian, Mouse On Mars, Efterklang, The Battles and To Rococo Rot seek to diminish the space between acoustic, electronic and popular music. Traditional instrumentation is also evident in the alliance between the Brazilian group Hurtmold and American cornet player Rob Mazurek, as well as in the sound of two very different bands that revive, in their own special way, a kind of avant-garde pop of the 1980s: the veteran and respected Durutti Column and Norwegian newcomer The Beautiful People.
Sonár Line-up 2005. You’ll find more information on Sonár 2005 which is being held in Barcelona June 16th - 18th at www.sonar.es Best to book your flights (www.aerlingus.com fly direct, Ryanair drop you in Gerona) and accommodation soon as it gets more expensive closer to the date.
LIVE & DJS : 2 MANY DJ'S // 2020 SOUNDSYSTEM // BATTLES // CUT CHEMIST // DE LA SOUL // DJ RUPTURE // DJ YODA // DJ99 // GUTTORM ANDREASEN plays WASABI // DOSEONE // DUPLEX aka EDAN & INSIGHT // ELLEN ALLIEN // FERGIE // GOODIEPAL // HOT CHIP // JAMES MURPHY // JAMIE LIDELL // JEFF MILLS // JOE ENGLISH plays NOISE FACTORY RECORDS // JORIS VOORN // LAURENT GARNIER // LCD SOUNDSYSTEM // LE TIGRE // M.I.A. // MARK ONE + VIRUS SYNDICATE // MISS KITTIN // MOCKY // MOUSE ON MARS // MU // NOAH23 // PARAL-LEL plays BEE RECORDS // PELLARIN & MYLLEAGER play STATLER & WALDORF // PETER GEBERT plays LUX NIGRA // RADIAN // RICHIE HAWTIN // ROISIN MURPHY // SIMON RUSSELL plays ROUGH TRADE SHOPS // SÓLO LOS SOLO // SOULWAX // SOUND-INK // SUBTLE // THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE // THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS // THE DURUTTI COLUMN // THE SOFT PINK TRUTH // TOWATOM: ATOM TM vs TOWA TEI ||
SHOWCASES : AREAL presenta ADA // BASTEROID : AUTOPILOT PUBLISHING presenta FS BLUMM // GUIDO MÖBIUS // VERT : BARCELONA, ALIMENTACIÓ, CUINA I GASTRONOMIA 2005-2006 presenta CUISINE CONCRÈTE + JORDI VILÀ // MATTHEW HERBERT - PLAT DU JOUR : CIRCUS COMPANY presenta NÔZE // SETY : COMPOST presenta ALEX ATTIAS // BEN MONO // GENERAL ELECTRICS : DOMINO with EAT YOUR OWN EARS presenta HOOD // TO ROCOCO ROT : ELETRONIKA presenta BRASIL UNDERGROUND // ARTIFICIAL // HURTMOLD + ROB MAZUREK // M. TAKARA : GET PHYSICAL presenta BOOKA SHADE // DJ T : GOMMA presenta HILTMEYER INC & TOMBOY // MUNK // WHOMADEWHO : HÄPNA presenta TAPE // MINUS // MARC HOULE // MATHEW JONSON // RICHIE HAWTIN // TROY PIERCE vs MAGDA : PLATFORM MUSIC presenta DJSOS KROST // EFTERKLANG // PHARFAR & NED FLANDERS : REGULAR presenta IÑAQUI MARÍN // JAUMËTIC : STUDIO RAREKWAI presenta NOROSHI-BEATS FROM THE EAST // AFRA // DJ BAKU+MSC // DJ JIFROCK // TATSUKI : SUBTERFUGE presenta CYCLE : THIRD EAR presenta MADe IN JAPAN // REI HARAKAMI & SHIRO TAKATANI // WORLD'S END GIRLFRIEND // YAMAUCHI : TYPE REC. presenta KHONNOR // MIDAIRCONDO // XELA & AEIOU (GB) ||
That’s sleep out the window then I reckon.
Frankenstyles.
As mentioned earlier the street art scene is thriving here in Dublin and this is helped in no small way by the efforts of Frankenstyles. Whether it’s his sticker based graphics which find their homes in strategically placed areas round town or his wooden sculptures this guy’s work is both conceptual and clever. While you’re probably aware of his work you might as well pop down to www.frankenstyles.com and see what else he’s been up...
Frankenstyles ‘Clouds’.
‘Pipe’, ‘Woodhead 1’ & ‘Woodhead 2’. All by Frankenstyles.
Non-Format.
If you buy rather than nick music (good work fella!) and if you’re into the alternative (weirdy beardy some would say) scene chances are you’ve come across and probably bought some of the work of the these two UK based designers. Famed for their work for the alternative music bible The Wire, which they’ve recently given up designing after 5 years, their creative output is consistently second to none. To see what all the fuss is about check www.non-format.com To subscribe to The Wire hit www.thewire.co.uk It’s worth checking out anyhow as they do limited edition guest designer tees. Yum!
Red Snapper ‘Redone’. CD Cover by Non-Format. Lo Editions. Design by Non-Format.
The Wire. Cover & Spread. Design by Non-Format.
The Redneck Manifesto / Johnny Kelly.
I must admit I only bought the Redneck’s latest album ‘I Am Brazil’ relatively recently but this purchase was sealed once I saw the amazing animation made to promote the ‘We still got it’ track. Done by designer Johnny Kelly as a college project this piece is simply sublime. It seems I’m not the only person who thinks so either as it went on to be exhibited at the world renowned DOTMOV festival which is held in association with the mighty Shift magazine.
Here’s what the people (Diesel Virtual Department) who selected it had to say about it: “The motivation for selecting this as our choice was for a combination of reasons. The piece benefits from a strong and simple concept and well thought out story. Putting the viewer in the shoes of a designer charged with designing the album cover for a band. The chosen visual style is interesting and relevant. Reinterpreting the style of cut out paper collage techniques using digital animation, employed in such a way that the techniques and technology used remains transparent, aiding the design, rather than overpowering it. The design is strong, bold and confident, with excellent use of colour and composition. The animation related well to the music and was full of fun elements and a twisted sense of humour which is something that the Diesel creative team really appreciate. The piece both captures and maintains the viewers attention until the end of the animation, and succeeds in clearly communicating the intended story.” To see the video get along to http://www.trustmeimathief.com/press_packs/rednecks_002/video/redh.mov
and make sure to buy the album too. To see more about the DOTMOV festival check http://www.shift.jp.org/mov/2004/en.shtml And finally, to see more of Johnny’s work, check http://www.mickeyandjohnny.com/ The calendar design is a must-see.
Tiger Beer wall.
Every been sitting / hovering in a pub toilet feeling the urge to leave your mark, and not just in the bowl? Ever wanted to get stuck in and rather than do a ‘Micko 4 ‘Tasha 4ever’-esque scrawl actually design a wall which others would see and go “Wow-weeeee!!!!” to? Well now’s your chance... Tiger Beer, Mongrel Magazine and Hogan’s bar have come up with a great competition offering you the chance to design and paint our own wall in Hogan’s. ‘The Writer’s Block” is a monthly competition open to artists of all types to submit their designs and, if they win, produce. The resulting masterpiece will then be left on display for a month until another lucky winner is picked. Nice.
To ease the hurt of the redecoration every winner will win an opening night’s drinks party courtesy of Tiger Beer and the overall winner bags themselves a brand spankin’ new iMac. Nice Arís. To be in with a chance submit your designs to thewritersblock@mongrel.ie by the 30th of each month and who knows? Right, where’s me markers, crayons and pipe cleaners, me’s feeling a Blue Peter moment coming on!
A wall. Image courtesy of Tiger Beer.
Pony.
One of Ireland’s most prolific creative exports, Niall Sweeney left Ireland (and a lecturer stint in Dun Laoghaire) a couple of years ago to further his education in London Town. Since then he has graduated and also set up his own company, Pony. But that wasn’t before he had left an indelible mark on the capital and the visual culture of this island.
Whether it was his involvement in the legendary Elevator, H.A.M. or Powderbubble club nights or his design work for D1 recording and it’s Dublin Electronic Arts Festival (D/E/A/F/), the now defunct Suffolk Street clothing emporium Makullas, CODE magazine, Alternative Miss Ireland, Emigre magazine, The George and much more besides, you cannot have been touched in some way by his vast portfolio of work... If you’re not sure, visit www.ponybox.co.uk where many sweet treats await your perusal.
Pony promotional posters.
Dublin Electronic Arts Festival 2002 promotional media. Designed by Niall Sweeney www.ponybox.co.uk
In the middle.
Sweet sounds. While I typed I listened to...
Halfset ‘dramanalog’ Was given a copy of this by a friend and what a friend they turned out to be... It’s a beautifully put together album, dreamy in places and intense in others. Well worth a trip to Tower for. More at http://www.halfset.com/ LCD Soundsystem ‘LCD Soundsystem’ (2 disk set) New York’s finest prove they’re more than a flash in the pan with this brilliant album and bonus disk. Yes, ‘Daft Punk is playing at my house’ and ‘Losing my edge’ are brilliant but you just try stand still for the rest... Go on, try... See, you can’t! The Redneck Manifesto ‘I am Brazil’ As mentioned earlier I got into this only recently but man, this album’s brilliant. I’m not usually a man for music with no lyrics but with this you don’t miss them a bit. Supposedly amazing live so that’s on the things to do... Buy yours now at http://www.trustmeimathief.com/ and while you’re at it, check http://www.theredneckmanifesto.com/ Erlend Oye ‘DJ Kicks’ This has been in constant rotation with me now for over a year and despite the since-released Daddy G and The Glimmers attempts this really does reign supreme. Easily the best mix CD you could do yourself a favour of and buy. Exceptional.
Backlash mix numero 4 If you’re ever around South William Street in Dublin on a Thursday night you could do a whole lot worse than get yourself along to Backlash, held in the intimate surroundings of Wax, under Spy. Now running for around 18 months this gig is run by a more than passionate crew with the record boxes to prove it... A prove it they do if the following is to be believed, it’s episode 4 in their mix sets so kick back, crank it up and Jesus man, have some fun. Download the future from here... http://www.backlash.ie/audio/backlash_mixtape_04.mp3
DJ Format Just found this video link for DJ Format’s new single and reckon on the basis of this it may be worth buying the album, regardless of that though you just gotta check out the video... Cool. http://www.keithschofield.com/djformat-video/11-02-final.mov
Sites for sore eyes.
http://www.2ktshirts.com/ The best place on the web to get designer tees for less than some Dublin emporiums would have you believe they cost. New designs from Experimental Jetset, Etsu Meusy, Rinzen and Co. will have you looking dapper in no time. http://www.fakecake.com The personal site of brilliant illustrator Etsu Meusy. http://www.scrollingbuckle.com/ Endless Daft Punk fashion antics guaranteed. http://www.marcusjames.co.uk/ Regular Silas collaborator launches his own site. http://www.maxalot.com/ If ever you need anything to cover over the flock wallpaper, here’s the place to find something. They’re about to launch designer wallpaper designed by, eh, designers like Eboy, Phunkstudio and Build. It’s a long way from Heatons. http://www.picturesonwalls.com/ Limited edition prints by the likes of Banksy, Jamie Hewlett, Pete Fowler and many more.
Pete Fowler illustration.
www.monsterism.net The site of illustrator Pete Fowler and his Monsterism project (see across) made famous by his work for the brilliant Super Furry Animals. If you like what you see get along to www.playbeast.com and invest in some of the great bits and pieces. Hey, tell them I sent ya. Check out the Cardboy’s if you’re there. http://www.daftpunk.com/ Well worth a visit just to see the ‘Human after all’ video from their new album. Better still, the next single is rumoured to be ‘Technologic’ so looks like we’ll be back too.
http://www.showstudio.com/ This fashion site was set up by Peter Saville and friends and 2 years on is still innovating with world class collaborators lining up to be involved. http://www.pepsi.co.jp/campaign/nintendo/cap.html Can’t imagine Club Orange doing anything like this. http://psyop.tv/main.php Amazing motion graphics company worth giving a lunchtime to. http://www.thedirectorsbureau.com/ And if that’s your lunch gone, here’s the whole afternoon as what we got here is a fair aul slice of the spoils of Shynola, Geoff McFetridge and a whole load more’s hardworked hours. http://www.dimension7.ch/ Order one-off tees unique to you. www.nikeid.com/ And sure while you’re at it, get some trainers too. http://80.237.207.52/funcup As Billy Ocean says, get out of my dreams and into my car. Unbelievably addictive. http://www.typedifferent.com/ Loads of free and cheap fonts from the brilliant Buro Destruct design agency. Check them in action at www.burodestruct.net http://www.gorillaz.com/ Back with a new album which, from what I’ve heard, is well worth the wait. A great site to boot. http://www.fabriclondon.com/ The London club releasing some of the best mixes available. Better still, become a subscriber and they’re about as expensive as a Xtravision video. http://www.netbabyworld.com/ Finally, some more games to get stuck into. Enjoy.
Upcoming.
Watchlist. The stuff we didn’t have time to put in properly, next time though, promise, swear, etc.
Angry go global. Seems there’s no stopping the Dublin based ‘Crew-Of-Cool’ in their evil (not really!) campaign for world domination as they plan to sell their wares and a whole load else on the virtual boutique that is the world wide web. Due to go online in the near future keep checking by www.angryretail.com to ensure you’re sorted for Summer. Better still, it ensures you don’t look like you been dressed by your other half. I don’t care if you couldn’t give a FCUK, get stuck in and support these guys. The Chalets’ new site is online. There’s definitely something in the water as it seems the world can’t get enough of the brilliant Irish talent emerging at the moment. Be it Hal, Bell X1, Snow Patrol, Damian Rice or Donna & Joesph McCall (Yeah, the Eurovisioners!) Irish music is giving the world plenty to rock too. None more so than The Chalets who are, as we speak, busily working on the first single off their new album ‘Check In’. The single’s called ‘Feel the machine’ and it’s due out real soon on CD and good aul vinyl. If it’s anything like the last two releases best you get your folks out of the house because these bright young things rock hard. It’s not wonder everyone from Elton John to MTV are calling them the next big thing. More at the wonderful www.thechalets.com Semi-Permanent hits London. The Design is Kinky crew have really outdone themselves this year as not only have they held two ultra successful conferences in Sydney and Auckland but plans are afoot to bring SemiPermanent to both London and New York in the coming months. The London version is on the 10th and 11th of June with the NY one to be announced but if the speaker list is anything like previous SP’s down under there’ll be something for everyone. More at www.semipermanent.com or www.designiskinky.net
DP-MHI revamp their site. If you’re not familiar with the name Hardy Blechman you’re okay but you would aware of his clothes. Designed under the name Maharishi, Hardy’s designs have adorned every major celebrity star (Jennifer Aniston is a famous fan of his embroidered pants) aswell as the street smart since setting up in the mid 90’s. Taking their influence mostly from camoflage (Hardy has the largest collection of camoflage patterns and related items in the world) his clothing empire now brings in millions every year and has diversified into bespoke clothing, streetwear, toys and also art... Anyhoo, Maharishi have recently revamped their streetwear eTail site so grab your wallet and get yourself down www.dp-mhi.com and get buying. Budrising returns in August. Just as I’m about to put this puppy to bed word comes from the East that Budrising is coming right back at us this August with more killer line-ups. Get your laughing gear around these... The Pixies & Kings of Leon Lansdowne Road, 23rd August / Scissor Sisters, Franz Ferdinand & Maroon 5 Lansdowne Road, 24th August / Chemical Brothers Marley Park 19th August / Basement Jaxx, Underworld & Mylo Marley Park 20th August
Competition.
As mentioned earlier Amos are due to release set 10 of the In Crowd series. One of the earlier series was called Ages of Rock (pictured below) which took it’s inspiration from famous icons of rock and roll. We have some of these little guys up for grabs if you can answer the following question: Q: Name the 6 real life rock gods that the Ages of Rock In Crowd are based on? Answers should be sent before the end of May to richard.seabrooke@dynamo.ie who will pull the winners at random from the correct entries received. Turn it up to eleven and get it on! Just so you know these are extremely rare but for some unknown reason there’s still some full sets available at www.hanon-shop.com Go figure! (literally)
Submissions.
Over the coming issues of Candy I hope to bring you more and more cool things including bigger competitions, actual interviews, indepth profiles, guides to this or that and lots more in-between. If you’re into it though, why not get involved yourself? “Why?” you say. Well, you get to spread your word, you get your work credited and hey, if there’s any money to be made, you’re right up the top of that line too... If you are interested fire an email my way and let’s get it on and get you in.
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