BLOCKS – SEANCE EP

Posted on 2014-05-16

The Séance EP fleets between ethereal vocals, forlorn strings and analogue bursts of glassy synths, while drum machines dance with live kits that would be fitting of 90s Mowax records. Bass lines loom heavy throughout, simple and driving rhythms that bed the delicate keys and story telling harmonics above. As immersive as it is succinct, Blocks has created an extended player awash with feeling and juxtaposition; again displaying why Narratives Music has been lauded across electronic music from the likes of Goldie and Com Truise to Zomby and Rob da Bank.

Forming the veritable gem of the collection, is the vocal laden ‘Haven’, a collaborative piece between Blocks and the hugely talented Jennifer Hall. Live instrumentation of bowed strings and bass provide canvas for the heart wrenching tones of Hall. Doc Scott describes the track as “Deep, deep blues”.
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ABSOLUT RIO

Posted on 2014-05-14

In celebration of an exciting summer of football, Absolut vodka introduces a new limited edition bottle – Absolut Rio.

To celebrate the very best of Rio de Janeiro, Absolut collaborated with the visionary Brazilian designer Oskar Metsavaht to transform the bottle by paying tribute to the essence and exceptional nature of the people of Rio de Janeiro, the ‘cariocas’.

When creating the art for the special edition bottle, Metsavaht drew his inspiration from his own photos of Ipanema and brought the essence of the city’s universe of image and iconography to the world of Absolut. These typically carioca elements sum up Rio de Janeiro: sand, the sidewalk of Ipanema and the Dois Irmãos Mountain.

With a flavor mixture that goes way beyond exceptional, the taste of Absolut Rio includes a combination of tropical fruits – orange, mango and passion fruit.

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HARMONY KORINE X AGNÈS B

Posted on 2014-05-14

Artist, writer and film director Harmony Korine helped design a carpenter’s bag for agnès b.‘s ongoing Artist’s Series. The cotton drill bag is two-sided, with one plain navy side and another nude with Korine’s original drawing. The Spring Breakers director sketched a rather obscure and childlike snowman-and-scissorhands hybrid.

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NATHAN MABRY: GOODGOD

Posted on 2014-05-13

GOODGOD is a formal exploration of ancient signs and symbols combined with references to current universal gestures, elements of popular culture, spiritual and mythological belief systems and art historical innuendo. Mabry’s long term interest in creation myths comes to the fore in this exhibition as one moves from the double-handed gesture of two tectonic minimalist Cor-ten steel hands that are locked in an unending embrace, to the ritualistically weeping fecund figurative fountain to polished bronze dinosaur skulls installed as silent mnemonic instruments.

Opposite – The Bathers (Sun), 2014

Exhibition runs through to June 28th, 2014

Cherry and Martin
2712 S. La Cienega Blvd
Los Angeles
CA 90034

www.cherryandmartin.com

  

GODZILLA

Posted on 2014-05-12

The world’s most revered monster is reborn as Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures unleash the epic action adventure “Godzilla.” From visionary new director Gareth Edwards (“Monsters”) comes a powerful story of human courage and reconciliation in the face of titanic forces of nature, when the awe-inspiring Godzilla rises to restore balance as humanity stands defenseless.

In theatres May 16th, 2014

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NAT KING COLE – AFRAID OF THE DARK

Posted on 2014-05-12

Imagine what it would feel like to be the only black television star in Hollywood at a time when the Klu Klux Klan acted out violently against black persons, when America groaned under the weight of segregation and prejudice. Imagine being in possession of a natural talent so great, unique and disarming that these issues were seemingly swept to one side to allow you to perform and be acknowledged for this gift, yet behind closed doors they were trying to think of a way to package you as something you were not: white.

This candid account of the actual happenings in and around the “fairytale” life of fame and fortune of Nat King Cole are taken from the private journals of Nat King Cole and a series of exclusive interviews. Subjects include Nat’s widow Maria Cole and a host of family, contemporaries and friends. With unparalleled access, Jon Brewer’s film explores the life of a true cultural and musical icon. Some of these shocking stories have never been told before, speaking a wider truth of the national climate at the time, and beg the question “how far have we come?”.

In theatres May 13th, 2014

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