“This was originally going to come out on Shogun as the B-Side to Inner Disbelief. I decided against the 12″ as I felt I kept giving away my best tunes, much to Frictions annoyance understandably (we’ve made up now though). I still owe him a release; which is now in writing so I’ll have to commit.”
Jakes has been busy in the studio producing and recording his latest mix entitled HENCH Mixtape Vol. 1. The release will contain new exclusive tracks from Hench’s headman alongside those from Komonazmuk, Chasing Shadows, Lost and Giant, as well as providing a platform for debut Hench releases from Minus, Tek-One and Mensah. Read more »
London Miles will be screening New Brow, a feature film presented by Humble Pictures in association with the Shooting Gallery. First hand accounts from the artists, galleries and collectors who started and continue the Pop Surrealism and Low Brow populist art movement.
North/South/East/West is a new project from photographer Shaun Bloodworth, designer Stuart Hammersley and Bleep.com. A photographic and musical document focusing on the music of four different regions of the world — North and South UK and East and West coast USA.
Uniqlo has just updated their digital calendar (also downloads as a screensaver). Vol. 4 uses time-lapse tilt-shift photography to turn some of Japan’s most scenic spots into captivating miniature scenes.
Here’s a short which spends one day at Cordy House. Featured is 2008’s urban artist of the year, Matty Small, who talks about the term “street artist” and his work. Best Ever and Part2ism take their talents to the iconic wall above the Cordy House to create something special for the cameras. Recognise it?
Banksy’s Exit Through The Gift Shop is the street artist’s first film and captioned in the trailer as being “The world’s first street art disaster movie”. The Banksy film which did not make the film festival’s catalogue was secretly screened at Sundance earlier this month.
David Choe talks through how he came up with the idea for an eight-legged horse and painting at the speed of thought.
![hyetal & shortstuff ice cream/dont sleep [punch drunk]](http://www.nerdbanite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/hyetal-shortstuff-ice-cream-dont-sleep.jpg "hyetal & shortstuff ice cream/dont sleep [punch drunk]")
Hyetal and Shortstuff come together to kick off an exciting year of releases coming from Bristol’s Punch Drunk record label. This 12″ is the label’s first collaborative release, whilst it also welcomes an out of town producer, Shortstuff from Hertforshire. Ice Cream (no it isn’t buffering, let it play) and Don’t Sleep are well worth adding to the crate for 2010.
