Jakarta-based brand Ageless Galaxy (AGLXY) teams up with North Carolina-based artist James Marshall, aka Dalek, for a capsule collection that features the American artist’s signature Spacemonkey motif. The capsule collection includes three T-shirts, one coach jacket, and one tote bag.
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BILLY’s conceptualized the colorway based on the art of crafting the traditional Japanese sword. Dominated by a mix of sleek black suede and nylon, much of the uppers are constructed with an understated texture, setting the foundation for a sharp silver side-stripe panel that cuts across the sidewalls. “PUMA” branding is embroidered at the top of the tongue over a smooth batted nylon base, also showing up along the toebox.
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Havaianas’ new Tradi Zori silhouette takes inspiration from the traditional Japanese Zori sandal, fusing its oversized, rectangular form with a cushioned flip flop-like footbed. The team-up with mastermind JAPAN marks the model’s debut and sees the Japanese brand print their signature skull and crossbones motif on the footbed, alongside co-branded logos.
TweetThe first ever international album from Djibouti and Ostinato’s first studio recorded album.
A stunning collision of Indian Bollywood, Jamaican dub and reggae, sleek horns inspired by Harlem’s jazz era, Somali funk, and the haunting and joyous synthesizer melodies of the Red Sea by Groupe RTD, one of East Africa’s best kept secrets.
TweetMuzz, the new project of Paul Banks (Interpol), Josh Kaufman (producer/multi-instrumentalist and one third of Bonny Light Horseman), and Matt Barrick (drummer of Jonathan Fire*Eater, The Walkmen, and Fleet Foxes’ touring band), have announced their self-titled, debut album, out June 8th on Matador.
TweetDerek’s music instantly takes the listener on a midnight drive, cruising the Grand River Avenue through Detroit. Derek Carr’s ability to create soulful melodies that effortlessly wrap themselves around bouncy basslines and elegant beats is not only classy – it’s classical. Derek Carr is not from the Detroit though.. he’s an Irishman through and through, born and bred in Westmeath, about 3400 miles from The State of Michigan. Yet he absolutely nails it! After two decades of crafting his own sound with analogue synths and samplers with the music culture of Motor City as an inspiration, Derek Carr doesn’t sound like anyone else. All the archetypical Detroit sounds are there – from the robotic bleeps in Binary Systems to the moody strings of Metro City – but Derek Carr uses them to create a primarily club oriented vibe, uplifting and positive.
The Artwork for this album is made by Abdul Haqq, the legendary visual artist responsible for a great number of classic covers for artists and labels such as Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Transmat, Drexciya, Carl Craig, Planet E and Underground Resistance…
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