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Recent News
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Curfew Cast Vol 11. – Peter Jay
This week’s Curfew Cast is brought you by the letter Peter Jay. One half of the duo, Jackson P (Bisco Smith / Peter Jay), Peter steps up to the plate with brand new banging unreleased material. For fans of only the freshest of beats. Take a listen after the jump.
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The Photography Of Philippe Ramett
No special effects. No Photoshop. Philippe Ramett, a French artist / photographer, brings the surreal to life by constructing metal support structures allowing him to lay, sit, and stand at impossible angles.
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Curfew Cast Vol. 10 – Dfalt
Dfalt has resurfaced to bring us this week’s Curfew Cast. The mix is titled The Stupid Rifle Mixtape Volume 2 and features 8 previously unreleased tracks that will be a part of his upcoming full length debut. Check out the tracklist and take a listen after the jump. Enjoy!
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Grizzly Grimace : Love Thug
Grizzly Grimace and Pig Food Records love you. This Valentine’s Day they give you ‘Love Thug’. A free 6 song collection of the ups and down in a true Love Thugs life.. Download the record, light some candles, open that box of chocolates, and relax to a story of love, loss, betrayal and revenge….
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Inside The Studio with Paul R: Peter Smith
Last month while crossing West Broadway, I came across Peter Smith. Peter’s studio is located on a curb facing the busy and fashionable streets of Soho. He transforms wire mesh from screen doors into wonderful works of art. Watching Peter’s fingers mold and kneed the wire into his next creation, I was reminded of the great sax players who use their fingers in a similar way; compressing air to create rich, musical tones.
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Artist Spotlight : K.C. Collins
From his Brooklyn, NY beginnings to the present day in Austin, TX. K.C. remains moving his art forward steadily developing his own visual language. From Inspiration to creation and concept to painting, take a closer look into the artists. Enjoy!
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Curfew Cast Vol 9. – James Lucius Gray – Valentine’s Slay (mix)
In preparation for next weeks celebration of love or the publicized reminder of having none. James Lucius Gray, comes through with the eclectic blend of a lovers highs and lows captured on record with the Valentine’s Slay mix. Enjoy the trip!
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The Public Sculptures of Mark Jenkins
I’ve always been a huge fan of non-commissioned public street sculptures. The work of Mark Jenkins caught my eye about a year ago while flipping through the Outcasts book by the Lazarides Gallery. His work includes equal parts social commentary and humor, a great equation for great street art.
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Dfalt – The Stupid Rifle Mixtape Volume 2
Dfalt, the side project of Cassettes Won’t Listen, has followed up his debut mix with a second volume featuring 8 brand new tracks from his upcoming debut album. Get the free download and tracklist via CWL’s Soundcloud page after the jump.
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Artist Spotlight: Whole Wheat (part 1 of 2)
This week we shine the Daylight Curfew spotlight on lo-fi folk maestro, Brian Austin aka Whole Wheat. Daylight Curfew’s very own Cassettes Won’t Listen talks to the artist (via text message) about his work, life, and influences. Stick around next week for the dramatic conclusion.
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Bisco Smith X Peter Jay (Jackson P) – Corner Store Elixir (video)
Bisco Smith and Peter Jay combine to form ‘Jackson P’. Today we have the brand new ‘Corner Store Elixir’ video for you. The full collection of tunes drops Feb 7th on Daylight Curfew! Stay Tuned
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Curfew Cast Vol. 8 – Dfalt, Jackson P, Grimace and more
Some new material, inspirations, and collections from the DLC team.
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Dfalt Announces New Mixtape / Offers Up Trailer
Dfalt, a side project from producer Cassettes Won’t Listen, has just announced a follow up to 2010′s Stupid Rifle Mixtape available this Friday.
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SoulClap Budapest Feat. ILLspokinn – Let’s get it together
ILLspokinn in Budapest. Something smooth for the new week.
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Grizzly Grimace : Love Thug Promo
Grimace’s “Love Thug”, available Valentine’s Day 2012 at www.pigfoodrecords.com
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Artist Spotlight : Brandon Reevey
This week we chopped it up with musician, painter, designer, and all around creative soul, Brandon Reevey. In late 2011 Brandon released ‘Bright Grey Friday’ a mix of Jazz, hip hop, soul, and electronics. A refreshing mixture of genres and emotions. The record, a collection of experiences, future sounds, and current inspiration was a starter for this conversation, the rest is in the writing. Take a read, take a listen, and enjoy!
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Curfew Cast Vol. 7 – Steyels Waer – The Bakery (mix)
This week on the Curfew Cast we bring you, Steyels Waer – The Bakery (mix) We have been rocking Waer mixes for a long time now, and we are proud to send this one through the airwaves and internets to you all out there. Enjoy and definitely check Wear out at CultureSystem.org for more info and a serious stack of fresh tunes.
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The Birth Of The Apocalypse?
Behold Ladies and Gentleman, a peak into the not-so-distant future. Once this baby grows up I am positive it will accept a position as a high ranking officer in the robot army where it will oversee the Infiltration And Abduction Division, kidnapping you and your family, holding you indefinitely in one of their industrial camps, mining for metals to help build more robots.
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Real Life Beavis And Butt-Head
Special effects makeup artist Kevin Kirkpatrick made these amazing, realistic prosthetic models of Beavis and Butt-Head. We’d like these for the Daylight Curfew office. Great work, Kevin.
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Artist Spotlight : Monstrinho
This week with sat with San Diego artist, Monstrinho, (Get Vicious) and talked; painting, inspiration, process, and the future. If your in the San Diego area his work is hanging at the Hellion Gallery. Check the work, and check the spotlight. Enjoy!
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Daylight Curfew Cast Vol. 6 – Covers by Cassettes Won’t Listen
Cassettes Won’t Listen compiles all of his covers in this week’s Curfew Cast and releases a limited edition poster print to accompany the collection. Tracklist after the jump….
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Daylight Curfew X John Felix Arnold III : Feb 4th S.F.C. (Trailer)
Daylight Curfew and John Felix Arnold III are combing forces for a show in San Francisco February 4th. Check the trailer and all info right here. Tell a friend to tell a friend and bring all your friends with you!
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Artist Spotlight: John Felix Arnold III
San Francisco based artist John Felix Arnold III is with us this week to shine light on his work, inspiration, events, audio and all things good. Check the DLC team in S.F. with him Feb 4th for the “The Love of All Things Above”
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Daylight Curfew Cast – Volume 5
This week we chop it up with Bay Area-based mixed media visual artist John Felix Arnold III.
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Cassettes Won’t Listen at The Echo
Cassettes Won’t Listen will be performing at The Echo in Los Angeles this Friday night. Penguin Prison and American Royalty are also on the bill so put on your dancing shoes, it’s time to get fucking crazy. Doors are a 8:30 $10 adv / $12 door.
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Inside The Studio with Paul R: Tobias Batz
Last week I took the A train uptown to Washington Heights to meet with NYC artist and photographer, Tobias Batz. I was originally drawn to his works because of his unique blend between street art and fashion photography.
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Artist Spotlight: Devang Shah
This week we spotlight fashion designer, producer, and architecture student, Devang Shah. Devang recently launched his self-titled fashion line, built and designed a solar powered table with designer Mike Low (profiled in the New York Times) and has worked closely with Cassettes Won’t Listen’s Jason Drake and singer Thimali Kodikara on their music collaboration, Eka.
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Curfew Cast Vol.4 – Bisco Smith – ThirtyThree / FortyFive
This week we have a special original mix of beats by Bisco Smith. The sound is reminiscent of the dusty 90′s era where samples and chops reigned supreme. All tracks were produced in Brooklyn and the tape fully crafted in California.
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Cassettes Won’t Listen covers the Pixies
A new cover surfaced on CWL’s soundcloud page this evening. This time around it was “Hey” from the Pixies Doolittle album. Enjoy.
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Bq:Ram Winter Mix 2k11
Direct from Italy, Bq and Ram have once again dropped their winter mix. Tune and and enjoy.
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Artist Spotlight: Douglas C. Keith
This week we spotlight New Jersey-based illustrator and silkscreen/stencil artist, Keith Cheek. His latest work translates his views and opinions of this insane world by way of the classic bumper sticker medium. A 180 degree departure from his earlier subconscious, self-described “thoughtless” prints.
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Curfew Cast Vol. 3
This week we chopped it up with DLC’s Dubstep aficionado Savager. Talking influences, directions and played a couple of his new tunes.
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Artist Spotlight: Derek Allen
For this week’s Artist Spotlight we have Derek ‘DJA’ Allen. The man is a music producer, sound designer & DJ currently based in Los Angeles.
Derek Allen has been making music since a teenager, eventually relocating to Philadelphia to work with Diplo and Mad Decent as a producer and engineer.
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Cassettes Won’t Listen Christmas Spectacular
Cassettes Won’t Listen plus a few very special guests (hint: Bisco Smith) will be performing at Spike Hill in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The show is this Wednesday, December 21st at 10pm.
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Curfew Cast Vol. 2
This week we have new music from Jump Clubb, Turnbull Green and Bisco Smith, Peter Jay, and Cassettes Won’t Listen. We also talk about posts from the site and upcoming shows..
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NY 77 The Coolest Year in Hell
The year was 1977, the city New York. The culture was booming. Hip Hop, Disco, Clubbing, Djing, Blackout, Chaos and Beauty. Check this amazing documentary out we found on the webs.
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QR Code Restores Mural
We love this use of a QR code on a mural in Vancouver, BC that was recently vandalized with an amateur anarchy tag. The code returns the mural back to it’s original state. If it were only as easy as pasting a QR code on everything that is wrong with this world.
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Turnbull Green – Soundwaves KPFK radio mix
Turnbull Green spread the Daylight Curfew sounds across the LA radio waves this past Friday night.. Here is the set, in full.. Enjoy!
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Artist Spotlight: Turnbull Green
Super hyped to have one of DLC’s long time collaborators and contributors in the spotlight this week. We threw some questions at Turnbull Green and got the drop on his newest latest. We also wanted to let you know that tonight he is on the radio and in the airwaves over L.A. check the words and tune into the radio!
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Curfew Cast Vol.1
The first in a series of ongoing weekly podcast. The first volume brings listeners a primer on who and what Daylight Curfew is. New tracks by Bisco Smith, Savager, Eka, Echoes Alike, Turnbull Green, Grimace, Cassettes Won’t Listen, Dfalt and Jump Clubb.
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Jump Clubb: Angeles (Elliott Smith Cover)
Anonymous LA group gave us The Deitch Project last week. This week they’re back with their video for “Angeles”, a cover of an Elliot Smith classic. Enjoy.
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Inside The Studio with Paul R: Jennifer Hamilton
Daylight Curfew is proud to announce Paul J’s ‘In The Studio’. A collection of artist interviews and imagery brought direct from their studio and brought to us on a monthly basis. To start Paul met with Jennifer Hamilton and visited her work space in Montreal. take a look.
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Artist Spotlight: Jeremy Fish
It’s Friday so you know what that means. Our weekly artist spotlight is back and this time we bring you famed illustrator/painter/screenprinter from San Francisco, Jeremy Fish.
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Artist Spotlight: BrokeMC
BrokeMC has been an innovator of the Indie NYC rap scene for ten years. Releasing three solo albums, collaborating on three albums with the famous MINDSpray Crew, and countless other cameos and contributions, he is a prolific creative force and active supporter of the NYC music community. As he prepares to release the ‘Brokenphono’ record with U.K producer Billy Phono. We are excited to share some of his insight, process, and directions with you.
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Savager remixes Turnbull Green!
Savager remixes Turnbull Green’s “The Wolf In You”! He takes it from the lo-fi glitchy feel to a dark electronica / dance / dubstep type of feel. Check it out!
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Bisco Smith X Peter Jay (Jackson P) – Trailer.
Set to release the ep title ‘Jackson P’ early 2012. Emcee Bisco Smith and Producer Peter Jay have teamed up to drop The classic Mc and Producer combination. Jackson P is fully produced by Peter Jay, and solely written by Bisco Smith. The product is heavy sample based production, complimented by sharp, smart, and introspective lyrics. Turn it up and fly. Here is the trailer.. get ready!
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Louis Vuitton Brown Paper Bag
Created by Chicago-based Black Market Caviar. We’d like a package of these for the office to drink our iced coffees in the morning and our 40s at night.
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Jump Clubb presents: The Deitch Project
Anonymous LA group, Jump Clubb, decided to explore a few ideas that arose when Jeffrey Deitch was announced the new curator of LA’s Museum of Contemporary Art.
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Artist spotlight: Bishop203
Today we are proud to spotlight long time DLC compadre Bishop203. As a teen without train yards, Bishop203 turned to the concrete canvases of abandoned factory buildings of Connecticut. On an artists journey that led him south to the train yards of Virginia he further developed his craft. Eventually landing back east in Brooklyn, New York City, where you will find pieces of him all over the city. We sat down with Bishop203 for a few to catch up ask a few questions. Enjoy!
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Wired Premieres New Cassettes Won’t Listen Video
Wired has just premiered the video for CWL’s latest single, “Stuck”. Shot on a Xbox Kinect and iPhone.
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Savager releases a wave of new free remixes!
Now for free download on Savager’s facebook page, is a few new remixes of various artists that are up for the grabbing. One of them is for Daylight Curfew’s Cassette’s Wont Listen‘s track “Perfect Day”. Check them out!
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Eastern Welles – Believing I’ll be Leaving
Our friend CSX sent this over today. For all you train enthusiasts out there. Enjoy
“our little hobo rides the rails only wanting to return to his love.” -
SixthSense Technology amazes us.
What a find – Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology
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Artist Spotlight: Amy Guidry
We’re proud to present our brand new weekly artist spotlight series. The series will focus on painters, sculpters, musicians, designers, and all around creative individuals who we feel are pushing the boundaries of their respective fields. This week we bring you the artwork of Amy Guidry.
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Turnbull Green rmxs Peter Jays Roller Coaster
New remix from Turnbull Green. Listen to his psychedelic, “just home from Nam”, version of Peter Jay’s single, “Roller Coaster”.
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Cassettes Won’t Listen remixes Panda Bear
CWL is back again with a brand new remix for Panda Bear’s “You Can Count On Me”
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Cassettes Won’t Listen has his way with Nicki Minaj
A brand new remix of Nicki Minaj’s “Super Bass” has just bubbled to the surface from the studios of Cassettes Won’t Listen.
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Japanther w/Grimace this Friday
Roxy Cottontail presents the Bunny Jawn CMJ showcase Japanther w/Grimace Friday at Drom on Ave. A between 5th n 6th.
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BqRam – Reworked.
Here is a smooth collection of remixes from their last LP ‘Blue Sand City‘. Production by Mananua(jp), Jazzypidjay(fr), and Sorri(Ita) featuring El Da Sensei and Bisco Smith. Check it out.
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Alexa Meade – Figure painting on a whole new level.
We’ve all seen figure painting with live models. It’s been done since the beginning of time, but have we ever seen the live model being painted as the live model? I know, sounds a bit confusing but take a look at the art of Alexa Meade.
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LG Optimus Hyper Facade in Berlin
Amazing visual projection! Here at DLC we can only dream of stages that implement this sort of art.
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Cassettes Won’t Listen covers Duran Duran
Daylight Curfew is proud to present a brand new cover by Cassettes Won’t Listen.
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Balance your check book B!
This came through a few days ago, some good words to really put the current state of things in perspective.
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RIP Steve Jobs
This past week Steve Jobs passed away. We here at Daylight Curfew would like to say thank you to the genius who carried us all into the future and changed the way we live, work, and interact with each other.
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iMaschine for iPhone.
Oh snap! The first ever Native Instruments iPhone, iPod touch and iPad App is an intuitive beat sketchpad based on MASCHINE’s groove production studio concept.
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Ron English art opening at Post No Bills
Last night was the opening of the new Ron English show at Post No Bills, the new Venice, CA gallery owned by legenday art dealer Steve Lazarides (Banksy, Blu, Conor Harrington, etc.).
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CWL at CMJ 2011
CMJ Music Festival in NYC is right around the corner and Cassettes Won’t Listen will be there.
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Exile’s 4trk Mind release party
Last night we took a stroll to Exile’s release celebrating his new record “4trk mind” at The Airliner in L.A..
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Dfalt – Crimes Trailer (part 1)
Part one from a series of Dfalt trailers for his upcoming debut record, Crimes.
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English 101
Daylight Curfew favorite, Post No Bills, and Ron English have teamed up to present a month-long show of new prints, toys, sculptures, and drawings.
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The Sagan Series
this is an awesome mash up of Carl Sagan’s words, and amazing imagery from Nasa, BBC, Braka and so on..
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Dfalt – Crimes (episode 5)
Dfalt’s debut full-length record is coming soon. For now he’s been dropping teaser episodes to help give a sneak peak of what’s to come.
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Do You Dream Of Electric Sheep?
Just a few weeks ago, we posted about how brain patterns can reveal almost exactly what you’re thinking.
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Post No Bills Presents: Reality Bites
Post No Bills, a brand new gallery in Venice, CA focusing on groundbreaking artists from around the globe, has recently launched a new show titled, Reality Bites.
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Video Premiere: Cassettes Won’t Listen “Runtime”
Highly respected music site, Some Kind Of Awesome, has just premiered Cassettes Won’t Listen’s latest video for “Runtime” from his recently released album EVINSPACEY.
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Stefan Sagmeister: The Power Of Time Off
Famed graphic designer, Stefan Sagmeister, gives one of our favorite Ted Talks to date.
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Deglon’s Meeting Knife Set
Using the Fibonacci sequence as the basis for her design, this collection, designed by Mia Schmallenbach, reminds us more of modern sculpture than your basic kitchen tools.
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James Blake on BBC’s Radio 1
The networks have been screaming James Blake for a while now. BBC had him through the other night to share some tunes, new, old, and inspirational.. stream it, download it, get inspired…
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Vhils’ Deconstruction
Wooster Collective, one of our favorite sites documenting the ever-changing landscape of street art, recently turned us on to a short film about the process of Portuguese-born artist Vhils.
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How-To: Make A RGB Combination Door Lock
The fine folks over at Hack A Day posted a how-to on making your own RGB combination door lock. Not for the tech faint of heart, this lock is based on a chopped down version of the Arduino Monome clone.
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New Prints By Rock That Horse
Brand new minimal geometric prints by the Amsterdam-based husband and wife from Rock That Horse.
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Dfalt releases self-titled EP
LA-based producer, Dfalt, has recently released his debut self-titled EP via Daylight Curfew.
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The Walrus Chair by Maximo Riera
The sea meets the land of chilling in Maximo Riera’s latest creation….
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Gallery 1988 – Videogame Art Show
The Old School Video Game Art Show at Gallery1988 in Venice, California had over 90 artists create original works inspired by classic video games like Super Mario Bros. and Pac-Man.
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Double Dragon Woodblock
Artist Aled Lewis recently hooked up this laser etched Double Dragon woodblock. Made from plywood with a classy bamboo frame, this nod to an 80′s classic was made for Gallery 1988′s “Old School Video Game Show” opening Sept 16th in Santa Monica, CA.
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Wacom does it again!
For the artist who blends the hand and the computer. Once again Wacom opens new levels.
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Calling All Producers: Remix CWL’s Perfect Day
Cassettes Won’t Listen has just offered up the stems (vocals, drums, synth, etc) to the first single off his latest album, EVINSPACEY. He’s been known to remix a band or two but now wants to turn the tables and see what all you budding producers out there can do.
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Is Nike Finally Releasing the Shoes Marty McFly Wore in Back to the Future?
OH MY GOD. I’ve waited my entire life for this. The guys over at NiceKicks think Nike will announce the Nike Air Mag tomorrow. The Nike Air Mag, as you may know, is the shoe that Marty McFly wore in Back to the Future II.
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Spotify Gets Pandora-Style Web Interface Called ‘Echofi’
Millions of prayers have just been answered. Spotify has been granted a Pandora-esque web radio interface called Echofi.
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Devang – Collection One
Inspired by the structural patterns of flowers and sea creatures and the architecture of India and the Middle East, the latest designs by DEVANG are an elegant collection of bags and scarves.
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Thimali Kodikara – Apathy Suck Eggs
Thimali Kodikara hails from Brooklyn, NY by way of London. She is a conceptual artist and brand strategist who has shown work at the Brooklyn Collective and numerous galleries across New York City.
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Dfalt – Everything (Anna Wintour Theme)
Dfalt releases a brand new video for “Everything” off of his upcoming record, Crimes.
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Grimace releases Whole Lies and Half Truths
Grimace aka J. Vegus aka Belly Savalas has recently released his album Whole Lies and Half Truths via Pig Food Records / Daylight Cufew.
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Echoes Alike remixes Foster The People “Helena Beat”
Echoes Alike is back with a banging remix of Foster The People’s “Helena Beat”. In our opinion, it blows the original out of the water. That’s right Foster The People. Out. Of. The. Water.
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Cassettes Won’t Listen – Perfect Day
From Cassettes Won’t Listen’s new album, EVINSPACEY. Perfect Day is the lead single and is directed by Jason Drake and Vedette Lim.
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Dfalt’s manager visits a blog.
To kick off a series of promotional videos for his upcoming record, Dfalt has decided to show you a behind the scenes look of the music business.
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Cassettes Won’t Listen – The Echoes
Cassettes Won’t Listen is back and is running from crazy ass masked men in the streets of New York.
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Grimace – Human Nature
Grimace’s first offering from “Whole Lies and Half Truths”, coming soon on Pig Food Records / Daylight Curfew.
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Dfalt – “That Smarts” in new Quicksilver Ad
Jason Drake aka Cassettes Won’t Listen aka Dfalt has been busy lately. Apart from the recent release of his latest record, EVINSPACEY, as Cassettes Won’t Listen, he’s been hard at work on the debut Dfalt record.
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THE HUSTLE from Michael Vidoli on Vimeo.
The Freeze Tag – The Hustle
The Freeze Tag is an animated project by MC Bisco Smith, producer Cassettes Won’t Listen, street artist Bishop 203, and director Vidoli.
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Turnbull Green – Live at The Rock Shop
Turnbull Green performing part of “Leap Frog Jump Gun” live at Daylight Curfew’s debut showcase @ The Rock Shop in Brooklyn, NY 5/17/11.
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Echoes Alike – Bi-Coastal
Official video for “Bi-Coastal’ by Echoes Alike. From the Debut EP Moon Monster.
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Dfalt remixes Bon Iver / James Blake
Dfalt (aka Jason Drake) acted fast in remixing the new joint Bon Iver / James Blake track “Fall Creek Choir Boys”.
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Bisco Smith – Vibrations
Daylight Curfew collaborators: Bisco Smith, J.Vegas, and Vidoli combined to make this mixed media video.
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