Wes Anderson Supercuts
Symmetrical supercut from Korean filmmaker Kogonada shows just how meticulous Wes Anderson really is
A compilation of Wes Anderson´s slow motion shots from Alejandro Prullansky
Help LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy make the NYC subway into a symphony
New York, I love you, but your subway sounds are bringing me down…
LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy wants to soundtrack New York City’s subway system. Sign the petition & let’s make this happen New York!: http://www.subwaysymphony.org/
Julian Casablancas contributes a New Track to “The Unseen Beauty” documentary
Listen to Julian Casablancas“Human Sadness” at the 7:00 minute mark of The Unseen Beauty trailer, which you can watch below.
SpY’s Street Art Project in Madrid, Spain
The four Blah posters were posted over existing advertising from Scientology Church and Catholic Church.
Explosions in the Sky and Eluvium form New Duo – Inventions
On April 1st Temporary Residence Ltd. will release the debut full length from Inventions, a new band formed by longtime friends, tourmates, and labelmates Matthew Cooper of Eluvium, and Mark T. Smith of Explosions In The Sky. The group represents somewhat of a dream duo for anyone familiar with the unparalleled emotional resonance of Cooper and Smith’s respective outlets: Eluvium has long been at the vanguard of the ever-burgeoning worlds of ambient and neoclassical, while Explosions in the Sky’s towering output has garnered them the kind of critical respect and commercial success that typically eludes instrumental music.
Song Premiere – Villa Kang : Naked Trees
“Naked Trees”, Villa Kang’s latest track, is noticeably categorized as Downtempo, Post-EDM, Noir Pop. The song invites its listener into a drug-addled, pre-dawn soundscape that intros sparsely with choir, guitar and vocals but soon drops with dark, pitched vocal yelps, a thick driving bass, rich synths, and a down-tempo, dance beat.
Exclusive first listen here:
2014 Governors Ball Line-up Revealed
The 2014 lineup for New York’s Governors Ball Music Festival is here.
You can look forward to:
OutKast, Jack White, Vampire Weekend, the Strokes, Damon Albarn, Phoenix, TV on the Radio, Julian Casablancas, James Blake, Disclosure, Interpol, Foster the People, The Kills, Grimes, Spoon, Neko Case, Empire of the Sun, Tyler the Creator, Earl Sweatshirt, Childish Gambino, Janelle Monáe, Kurt Vile, Chance the Rapper, Jenny Lewis, Broken Bells, Sleigh Bells, Washed Out, AlunaGeorge, Run the Jewels (El-P and Killer Mike), Deafheaven, Banks, SKATERS, Wild Belle, Bastille, The Head and the Heart, The Naked and Famous, Fitz and the Tantrums, RJD2, Tanlines, Diarrhea Planet, La Roux, and The Glitch Mob.
June 6th-8th at Randall’s Island Park.
Three-day General Admission and VIP passes are available through the festival’s website.
New Track – Chromeo : Come Alive
Chromeo has been hard at work promoting their new album White Women. The duo unexpectedly resurrected Death From Above 1979 as their backing band to perform “Sexy Socialite” on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, they shot an epic album trailer with Parisian design firm Surface to Air to preview“Over Your Shoulder” and partnered with contemporary artists Snarkitecture, MILK Studios & Tumblr to create The White Room installation in New York. The newest edition (pun intended) in an ever growing and exciting list of collaborators is Toro y Moi, featured on their buoyant new single,“Come Alive”.
Listen here:
Why stop there:
New Track – Warm Soda : Young Reckless Hearts
Warm Soda Premieres New Track “Young Reckless Hearts” on Rolling Stone.
You can also Listen to “When Your Eyes Meet Mine” on Soundcloud:
New Track – Nicole Atkins : Girl You Look Amazing
We have a brand new track from indie/psych crooner Nicole Atkins called “Girl You Look Amazing,” off her new album Slow Phaser, coming February 4th via her own imprint Oh’ Mercy!
Q + A – Elodie Chapuis
After a few years modelling, native French photographer Elodie Chapuis reshaped her fashion career from posing in front of the camera to shooting behind it. Currently based in Paris, Elodie splits her time between her two main passions – music and photography . When not contributing to international fashion magazines and designer portfolios, she is shooting live music festival performances and off stage portraits, capturing an intimate collection of images from bands like The Temper Trap, Phoenix and The XX. We caught up with Elodie to learn more about what drives her passion.
DISCOSALT: Can you tell us a little about yourself and your photographic background?
ELODIE CHAPUIS: I am native from the French Alps and I grew up in the suburbs of Paris. These are my roots. I don’t refer to any others particular photographic background because I’m self-taught. However, the study of the surrealist movement was a real revelation to me, particularly through the works of André Gide et Jean Cocteau. All of it still influence me today.
D: How did you make the career shift from fashion model to getting behind the camera? And at what point did you realize that photography is what you wanted to do as a career?
EC: The transition happened quite naturally. I was already evolving in the field of fashion for a while both as model and artistic consultant.
I think the photography at first daunted me, although it clearly seems that it would be through the image that I would get the better expression of myself.
It was just a matter of time. I had to feel the moment was right. I started out taking some test shots for models agency, and I had the chance to be spotted out by brands who ask me to realize their look book & campaign visuals. This spontaneous confidence pushes me to plunge and start it as a career.
D: What is the most important skill for a photographer to have?
EC: Imagination and in a way the ability to share it with a wider audience.
D: What camera and lenses do you typically use? How much equipment do you typically bring to a photo-shoot?
EC: I mainly use my canon 5 D mark II, and regarding lenses, I am quite faithful to prime lenses such as 85 & 135mm. For equipment, it depends..when it is a commissioned work, I bring slightly more equipment. When I do personal work and reporting, I love to feel free, so I am very minimalistic and this is a good thing as I love natural light.
D: What makes a great photograph?
EC: A photograph that provides you a true emotion, even if it last only for a very short time.
D: You capture such incredible images in Black and White. Are you drawn to Black and White over color for an any particular reason?
EC: Thanks. It’s really all very spontaneous. It’s my imagination that tells me color or black & white. For the stage, my eyes very often turn it in black and white as there are too many colors that parasitize the image. In this case, I found in “black and white” some rigour that is important to me.
D: What are some of the challenges of working in Fashion?
EC: In fact, whatever field in which you works, the most beautiful challenge for a photographer will be with himself, I mean to be driven by passion as long as possible.
D: What are some of the challenges working within the music scene?
EC: You don’t plan and prepare the set, you make it yours ! you try create a kind of instantaneous magic with unpredictable elements . I’d say the music scene photography, requires a lot of physical endurance and ability to concentrate. Two abilities that are all equally important sum in fashion!
D: How did [STAGE ME OUT] begin?
EC: Feet in the mud! For my first music festival I chose the Roskilde festival in Denmark and I was not disappointed! The experience was so rewarding. First, it led me to other festivals, and then to meet the opportunity to share this personal work through exhibitions.
D: What projects are you working on now? Any upcoming projects in New York City?
EC: Various ones right now, I usually follow the flow of things as each day brings new project in some way, and I keep them multiple because I don’t want to lock me up in particular a field.
New York City? I will love to ..people often generate projects, who knows? Perhaps you’ll see me there pretty soon!
New Track – Pompeya : 90 (Fred Falke Remix)
Prolific French house phenomenon Fred Falke has been hard at work in the studio and following a big remix for Pompeya he is playing selective shows across the country. You can catch him in New York this Thursday – December 12th at Le Poisson Rouge. Doors open at 11:00pm.
Get Tickets HERE.
Listen – Nicoloas Jaar’s Hour-Long John Lennon Tribute Mix
With the passing of the 33rd anniversary of John Lennon’s assassination, Nicolas Jaar made an hour-long experimental tribute mix to John Lennon, titled “Our World.” Listen to the minimalist spaced out mix below:
New Track – Haim : Forever (Giorgio Moroder Remix)
Ital-Synth Disco guru Giorgio Moroder gives Haim’s “Days Are Gone” a club stomp remix complete with robot voices.
