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  • The Fashion of Henrik Vibskov – Fashion Article & Interview

    The Fashion of Henrik Vibskov – Fashion Article & Interview

    May 15, 2012 | 0 Comments | More

    Fashion Article by Jim Morrall In a world of kids that seem too cool for skool but that secretly just wanna play incestuous networking games, Henrik Vibskov’s approach is refreshing. No samples for journalists, a lot of design integrity and a frank (Danish) demeanour make for sparse but telling insights into where he’s coming from [...]

  • Joy and Loss: The Work of the Azusa Plane – Music Article

    Joy and Loss: The Work of the Azusa Plane – Music Article

    May 14, 2012 | 0 Comments | More

    Music Article by Matthew Kinlin What if you had dedicated your life to making music only to find yourself losing your hearing? It seems hard to imagine the suffering that would arise from this situation, to continue living in a world that once was a source of joy and creativity but then had exiled you [...]

  • Light Asylum – Brooklyn Dark Pop – Music Article

    Light Asylum – Brooklyn Dark Pop – Music Article

    May 10, 2012 | 0 Comments | More

    Music Article by Charlotte McManus With their unique blend of dancefloor-shaking synth-pop beats and singer Shannon Funchess’ unearthly heaven-to-hell vocals, Light Asylum are easily one of the most significant acts to emerge out of Brooklyn’s underground scene in the last ten years. Having just released their debut self-titled full-length, Flux caught up with the duo [...]

  • The Photography of Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou – Artist Feature

    The Photography of Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou – Artist Feature

    May 4, 2012 | 0 Comments | More

    Artist Feature by Claire Ramtuhul The Many Masks of the Egungun Amidst the wealth of photographs on offer at the Saatchi Gallery’s latest exhibition, ‘Out of Focus’, four modestly sized works tempt the eye more than many of the larger pieces combined: a series of masked figures clad in wildly beautiful ceremonial robes draw substantial [...]

  • Andrea Crews Collection – Tour de Force – Fashion Article

    Andrea Crews Collection – Tour de Force – Fashion Article

    May 1, 2012 | 0 Comments | More

    Fashion Article by Hannah Fleming The preceding shows at ON/OFF during Paris Fashion Week was Yang Du, Bernard Willhelm and Cunnington and Sanderson but it was Andrea Crews show that became the pièce de résistance.   Led by Maroussia Rebecq,  Andrea Crews describes not an individual but a creative persona, made up of an eclectic [...]

  • Damien Hirst – Rich but Lazy – Artist Feature

    Damien Hirst – Rich but Lazy – Artist Feature

    April 25, 2012 | 0 Comments | More

    Artist Feature by Charlotte Hopson If there was an artist that could perfectly emulate our masturbatory; that is self-gratuitous, consumerist and commercial culture, then Damien Hirst would be the perfect representative. In the near quarter century, since he provocatively and uncompromisingly burst onto the art scene back in 1988 with the now infamous first exhibition [...]

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  • Wave Machines ‘Counting Birds’ – Music Video Release
    Wave Machines ‘Counting Birds’ – Music Video Release

    This track & music video release from Wave Machines has the slightly skewed electronic pop feel that should make a reasonable assault on the charts. It has all the ingredients. It’s a touch sinister and dark in places but still has achingly catchy melodies. There is nothing stopping this hitting the pop target accept maybe [...]

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  • The Dø ‘Gonna Be Sick!’ New Single Release & Video
    The Dø ‘Gonna Be Sick!’ New Single Release & Video

    The Dø singer Olivia Merilahti leaves the city and her sweetheart behind and takes to the stormy seas in the slick new video for their single “Gonna be sick”. Cue Shakespeare references, stylized fabric waves and unnatural events (all filmed in black and white), as gorgeously windswept Olivia fights back her seasickness, and sinister figures [...]

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  • Susanne Sundfør ‘White Foxes’ – New Single Release & Video
    Susanne Sundfør ‘White Foxes’ – New Single Release & Video

    Farmers might applaud but animal lovers beware. This video for Susanne Sundfør’s new single release contains dead foxes – plus scalpels and brain surgery. So if you’re squeamish maybe give it a miss. For the rest of us though – what a majestic song  – and the video does its best to back it all [...]

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  • Grimes – Being Inhuman – New Album Review
    Grimes – Being Inhuman – New Album Review

    New Album Review – Grimes ‘Visions’ Man has always had a fraught relationship with machines. The middle of the twentieth century must have been a peculiar moment in human history as beeping robots started to invade the home. Suddenly, there was a metal box in your kitchen that could make food hot in a matter [...]

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  • Shrag ‘Tendons in the Night’ Underground Music Video
    Shrag ‘Tendons in the Night’ Underground Music Video

    This energy ball of a song from the band Shrag spits and snarls and flares its nostrils as it heads towards you to bite you on the neck. ‘Tendons on the Night’ has all the style, swagger and attitude you need and expect for that much needed kick up the pants in these oh so [...]

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  • Transformitiva – Smells Like Teen Spirit (Remix)
    Transformitiva – Smells Like Teen Spirit (Remix)

    We love a sense of mystery and intrigue here at Flux and Transformativa delivers (or refuses to deliver) that in spades. All we know about Transformitva is in that fact he is just one man, born in Brazil, now lives in London and that this is his first public release. None of the usual hype [...]

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Fashion

The Fashion of Henrik Vibskov – Fashion Article & Interview

The Fashion of Henrik Vibskov – Fashion Article & Interview

Fashion Article by Jim Morrall In a world of kids that seem too cool for skool but that secretly just wanna play incestuous networking games, Henrik Vibskov’s approach is refreshing. No samples for journalists, a lot of design integrity and a frank (Danish) demeanour make for sparse but telling insights into where he’s coming from [...]

May 15, 2012 | 0 Comments More
ellesse x Surface to Air in the blue in Madrid

ellesse x Surface to Air in the blue in Madrid

Madrid’s Caja Magica is in the midst of hosting the new blue courts of the Mutua Madrid Open, and Italian sportswear maestros ellesse are in the thick of it along with French fashion house Surface to Air. ellesse is continuing its reign this year as official clothing partner to the tennis tournament, dressing the ball [...]

May 9, 2012 | 0 Comments More
farfetch.com supports Independent Music with Singtank video

farfetch.com supports Independent Music with Singtank video

If you like us love both innovative independent fashion and the best emerging music, this is a collaboration for you. Boutique fashion marketplace, farfetch.com, is working with six of the world’s most prominent independent music stores and two emerging bands to bring you ‘The Playlist’, a music and fashion crossover that celebrates the ever-evolving relationship [...]

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Berlin Fashion Film Festival launches with an Open Call

Berlin Fashion Film Festival launches with an Open Call

Fashion film is one of those genres that is evolving so quickly, it’s just getting hotter and hotter, fuelled by the ability to showcase films so much more easily on fashion websites and blogs. To help facilitate that, some exciting news today is that the first edition of Berlin Fashion Film Festival will be launched [...]

May 4, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Andrea Crews Collection – Tour de Force – Fashion Article

Andrea Crews Collection – Tour de Force – Fashion Article

Fashion Article by Hannah Fleming The preceding shows at ON/OFF during Paris Fashion Week was Yang Du, Bernard Willhelm and Cunnington and Sanderson but it was Andrea Crews show that became the pièce de résistance.   Led by Maroussia Rebecq,  Andrea Crews describes not an individual but a creative persona, made up of an eclectic [...]

May 1, 2012 | 0 Comments More

Music

Inside Courtney Love’s Head – Artist Feature

Inside Courtney Love’s Head – Artist Feature

Artist Feature by Thomas Browne Courtney Love ‘And She’s Not Even Pretty’ Ever wondered what goes on inside Courtney Love’s head? Well now you can find out from Courtney herself. The first exhibition of her drawings featuring 45 works is going on show in a new exhibition at Fred Torres Collaborations in New York.   [...]

May 16, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Joy and Loss: The Work of the Azusa Plane – Music Article

Joy and Loss: The Work of the Azusa Plane – Music Article

Music Article by Matthew Kinlin What if you had dedicated your life to making music only to find yourself losing your hearing? It seems hard to imagine the suffering that would arise from this situation, to continue living in a world that once was a source of joy and creativity but then had exiled you [...]

May 14, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Dance Your Way to Euro 2012 – Dubstep Competition

Dance Your Way to Euro 2012 – Dubstep Competition

Fancy yourself as a bit of a mover on the dance floor? Well if you do you should enter this rather fabulous competition from the carmaker Kia. The 8 finalists will get flown out to watch the opening game of Euro 2012 and the grand prizewinner gets a new Kia Picanto. You can see the [...]

May 11, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Light Asylum – Brooklyn Dark Pop – Music Article

Light Asylum – Brooklyn Dark Pop – Music Article

Music Article by Charlotte McManus With their unique blend of dancefloor-shaking synth-pop beats and singer Shannon Funchess’ unearthly heaven-to-hell vocals, Light Asylum are easily one of the most significant acts to emerge out of Brooklyn’s underground scene in the last ten years. Having just released their debut self-titled full-length, Flux caught up with the duo [...]

May 10, 2012 | 0 Comments More
farfetch.com supports Independent Music with Singtank video

farfetch.com supports Independent Music with Singtank video

If you like us love both innovative independent fashion and the best emerging music, this is a collaboration for you. Boutique fashion marketplace, farfetch.com, is working with six of the world’s most prominent independent music stores and two emerging bands to bring you ‘The Playlist’, a music and fashion crossover that celebrates the ever-evolving relationship [...]

May 9, 2012 | 0 Comments More

Art

Inside Courtney Love’s Head – Artist Feature

Inside Courtney Love’s Head – Artist Feature

Artist Feature by Thomas Browne Courtney Love ‘And She’s Not Even Pretty’ Ever wondered what goes on inside Courtney Love’s head? Well now you can find out from Courtney herself. The first exhibition of her drawings featuring 45 works is going on show in a new exhibition at Fred Torres Collaborations in New York.   [...]

May 16, 2012 | 0 Comments More
The Photography of Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou – Artist Feature

The Photography of Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou – Artist Feature

Artist Feature by Claire Ramtuhul The Many Masks of the Egungun Amidst the wealth of photographs on offer at the Saatchi Gallery’s latest exhibition, ‘Out of Focus’, four modestly sized works tempt the eye more than many of the larger pieces combined: a series of masked figures clad in wildly beautiful ceremonial robes draw substantial [...]

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Manchester’s Town Hall turned into 80′s Arcade Game – Urban Art Feature

Manchester’s Town Hall turned into 80′s Arcade Game – Urban Art Feature

Imagine you’re walking the streets of Manchester of an evening, one eye on where you’re going and your mind on your destination. You turn a corner into the vast, cobbled Albert Square dominated by the imposing Town Hall only to be hit by an incredible sight. The façade of the iconic structure has been lit [...]

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Damien Hirst – Rich but Lazy – Artist Feature

Damien Hirst – Rich but Lazy – Artist Feature

Artist Feature by Charlotte Hopson If there was an artist that could perfectly emulate our masturbatory; that is self-gratuitous, consumerist and commercial culture, then Damien Hirst would be the perfect representative. In the near quarter century, since he provocatively and uncompromisingly burst onto the art scene back in 1988 with the now infamous first exhibition [...]

April 25, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Parellel Systems: Gego / Maziarska / Trockel – Exhibition Review

Parellel Systems: Gego / Maziarska / Trockel – Exhibition Review

Exhibition Review by Richard Unwin Taking in the full height of the cutting-edge Art Stations Foundation in Poznan, ‘Parellel Systems’ showcases three 20th Century female artists, Gertrude Goldschmidt (a.k.a Gego), Jadwiga Maziarska and Rosemarie Trockel, with the work of each displayed on separate floors of the foundation’s dedicated gallery building. The most established of the [...]

April 11, 2012 | 0 Comments More

Film

Berlin Fashion Film Festival launches with an Open Call

Berlin Fashion Film Festival launches with an Open Call

Fashion film is one of those genres that is evolving so quickly, it’s just getting hotter and hotter, fuelled by the ability to showcase films so much more easily on fashion websites and blogs. To help facilitate that, some exciting news today is that the first edition of Berlin Fashion Film Festival will be launched [...]

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Reel Syria 2012 – Arts & Film Festival London

Reel Syria 2012 – Arts & Film Festival London

Anyone watching events unfolding in Syria will no doubt share the same sense of frustration and helplessness that I myself feel as the images are beamed into our living rooms. The brutality of the regime is truly breathtaking.  The situation is grave and changing on a daily basis. Pity then the organisers of Reel Syria [...]

March 9, 2012 | 0 Comments More
This Must Be the Place – New Film Review & Trailer

This Must Be the Place – New Film Review & Trailer

New Film Review by Sophia Satchell Baeza In This Must Be the Place, Paolo Sorrentino has managed to make the premise – a Nazi-hunting road movie through the American desert with Robert Smith – infinitely more exciting than the reality. Cheyenne (Sean Penn) is an ageing rock star dressed up like Robert Smith from The [...]

March 9, 2012 | 0 Comments More
10th KINOTEKA Polish Film Festival, London – Penderecki and Greenwood

10th KINOTEKA Polish Film Festival, London – Penderecki and Greenwood

Closing Night Gala: Penderecki and Greenwood Providing a crashing crescendo to the end of the UKs 10th Kinoteka Polish Film Festival, London legendary composer Krzysztof Penderecki will come together with Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood for a special concert at London’s Barbican Hall. The collaboration revises a musical meeting first staged in Poland in 2011, with a [...]

March 6, 2012 | 0 Comments More
iViva! – Spanish Arts & Film Festival

iViva! – Spanish Arts & Film Festival

The close of this week marks just the beginning of a 16-day, Spanish and Latin American film festival brought to you by Manchester’s international centre for contemporary, visual arts and independent film, better known as Cornerhouse. The festival will be dragging a little of those southerly rays, kicking and screaming, to blustery Blighty for the [...]

February 29, 2012 | 0 Comments More

Beauty

Tom Ford Neroli Portofino Eau Fraiche Body Splash – Beauty Article

Tom Ford Neroli Portofino Eau Fraiche Body Splash – Beauty Article

Beauty Article by Fiona Shaw This is a wonderfully invigorating blast of Spring from the Tom Ford Private Blend collection. They never seem to put a foot wrong and this fragrance is another hit, with us. Neroli Portofino Eau Fraiche Body Splash is a lighter version of the best selling fragrance from Tom Ford’s Private [...]

April 26, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Origins Age-defence Moisturiser with White Tea – Beauty Article

Origins Age-defence Moisturiser with White Tea – Beauty Article

Beauty Article by Fiona Shaw As a tea lover and believer in the benefits of tea be it black, green or white and a user of Origins products I was very keen to try out this new tinted moisturiser, part of their ‘A Perfect World’ range. It contains antioxidant-rich Silver Tip White Tea – purported to [...]

April 24, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Estée Lauder – Two Tone Eye-Opening Mascara – Beauty Article

Estée Lauder – Two Tone Eye-Opening Mascara – Beauty Article

Beauty Article by Fiona Shaw Influential makeup artist and Estée Lauder Creative Director Tom Pecheux inspires a groundbreaking new mascara based on his own backstage techniques and own personal philosophy. To put it in his own words: “My Favourite woman is a woman who looks like herself at her best. I love eyes that are made [...]

April 19, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Chanel Make Up Collection Spring Harmony – Beauty Article

Chanel Make Up Collection Spring Harmony – Beauty Article

Beauty Article by Fiona Shaw ‘In the freshness of dawn and the softness of sunset.’ Spring skies can take your breath away especially at daybreak and nightfall. Those dramatic sunrises and sunsets are the inspiration for Chanel’s latest collection, Spring Harmony. Peter Philip, Creative Director of Chanel Make-Up has transformed these colours into make-up form [...]

April 17, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Perfume Launch – Very Irrésistible Givenchy Electric Rose with Liv Tyler

Perfume Launch – Very Irrésistible Givenchy Electric Rose with Liv Tyler

Perfume Launch Feature A rock n roll attitude is infused within this latest perfume launch from Givenchy. Very Irrésistible Electric Rose, orchestrated by Parfums Givenchy, walks a fine line between the heady world of high fashion and the wilder side of rock fuelled abandon. To celebrate the launch Liv Tyler, the fragrance’s muse, takes to [...]

April 12, 2012 | 0 Comments More

Culture

Inside Courtney Love’s Head – Artist Feature

Inside Courtney Love’s Head – Artist Feature

Artist Feature by Thomas Browne Courtney Love ‘And She’s Not Even Pretty’ Ever wondered what goes on inside Courtney Love’s head? Well now you can find out from Courtney herself. The first exhibition of her drawings featuring 45 works is going on show in a new exhibition at Fred Torres Collaborations in New York.   [...]

May 16, 2012 | 0 Comments More
The Fashion of Henrik Vibskov – Fashion Article & Interview

The Fashion of Henrik Vibskov – Fashion Article & Interview

Fashion Article by Jim Morrall In a world of kids that seem too cool for skool but that secretly just wanna play incestuous networking games, Henrik Vibskov’s approach is refreshing. No samples for journalists, a lot of design integrity and a frank (Danish) demeanour make for sparse but telling insights into where he’s coming from [...]

May 15, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Joy and Loss: The Work of the Azusa Plane – Music Article

Joy and Loss: The Work of the Azusa Plane – Music Article

Music Article by Matthew Kinlin What if you had dedicated your life to making music only to find yourself losing your hearing? It seems hard to imagine the suffering that would arise from this situation, to continue living in a world that once was a source of joy and creativity but then had exiled you [...]

May 14, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Dance Your Way to Euro 2012 – Dubstep Competition

Dance Your Way to Euro 2012 – Dubstep Competition

Fancy yourself as a bit of a mover on the dance floor? Well if you do you should enter this rather fabulous competition from the carmaker Kia. The 8 finalists will get flown out to watch the opening game of Euro 2012 and the grand prizewinner gets a new Kia Picanto. You can see the [...]

May 11, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Capture the Sound of Summer – Exclusive Tracks and Competition – Music Article

Capture the Sound of Summer – Exclusive Tracks and Competition – Music Article

Music Article by Tom Hesketh Carling Zest captures the Sound of Summer with DJ Food, Jaguar Skills and DJ Yoda plus win a rather special fully paid trip to this year’s V Festival How do you capture the sound of a British Summer? The sound of bumble bees a buzzing, lapping seaside waves, the chime [...]

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Fort Romeau – Kingdoms – New Album Review & Feature

Fort Romeau – Kingdoms – New Album Review & Feature

New Album Review by Matthew Kinlin There was likely to be a few raised eyebrows when it was announced that the new release for underground Los Angeles label 100% Silk would be from Fort Romeau – the alias of UK producer Mike Norris, who is best known as the keyboardist for pop group La Roux. [...]

May 8, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Hennessy Blues Passions Music Festival – Win & Vote!

Hennessy Blues Passions Music Festival – Win & Vote!

For all you grown ups out there, there is a music festival going on in Cognac, France in July this year that you might just be interested in. The Blues Passions festival, that takes place in the famous French town each year, will be supported by the most famous French Cognac, Hennessy, for an amazing [...]

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Romain Lienhardt – Creative Photography Showcase

Romain Lienhardt – Creative Photography Showcase

Creative Photography Showcase on Romain Lienhardt Born in St-Tropez in 1972 Romain Lienhardt was drawn to photography from an early age. This journey continued during his high-school years when he interned as a set electrician at the ‘Société Française de Production’ in Paris. After achieving an associate degree in Arts, he started his career as [...]

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Sponsored Video – Feel the Force with Free Kinect Star Wars App

Sponsored Video – Feel the Force with Free Kinect Star Wars App

We all have fond memories of watching Star Wars for the first time. Everything about the film seemed new and exciting. Even the opening credits broke with convention as the words slowly disappeared off into space. Well to celebrate the launch of a rather special new Kinect Star Wars game, an app has been created [...]

April 27, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Paris, Henri Cartier-Bresson & Me – Culture Article

Paris, Henri Cartier-Bresson & Me – Culture Article

Culture Article by Freddie Reynolds Much of what I knew about Paris came from friends and family. They told me it was lovely; ‘Paris in the springtime’, they’d say, ‘how lovely’. They also told me it was expensive – it was – and that I must get a Vélib’ – I didn’t – and that I [...]

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