“Control” / Anton Corbijn
Almost 30 years ago, Dutch photographer Anton Corbijn moved to London. His decision was inspired by the music of a new band called Joy Division, whose gloomy post-punk sound just started to conquer the nightlife of the British capital. In the following years, Corbijn became one of the most infl...
Sam Riley
“Listening to Joy Division every day for six months is pretty fun. Dancing around my living room.” Sam, you were born basically the year Ian Curtis killed himself. Did Joy Division mean anything to you when you were younger? Well, they do now but prior to this movie I knew of...
The never-ending music mash up
History has a funny way of repeating itself. Humorous, ironic, unpredictable and challenging. You can always find yourself bitten by it at the strangest times. Even when you don’t think pop culture surrounds you, it encompasses nearly every part of your life, recycling itself constantly. Fashi...
Come together - Part two
DIZEE RASCAL & ARTIC MONKEYS Dizzee Rascal broke the mould when he spat his way into the mainstream music scene and wowed the middle-class Mercury Prize judges in 2003 when he scooped the prestigious awards for his debut album ‘Boy In Da Corner’. Already a fixture on the underground c...
Come together - Part one
“Collaborations” is the buzz word of the minute. Everyone’s at it. Record labels are merging, genres are blending, worlds are colliding, club nights are joining forces, brands are fusing - strength in numbers and throwing the marketing net bigger and wider and embracing a more varied skill set...
Come together - Part three
NICK CAVE & KYLIE MINOGUE This unison of two disparate Aussie icons was a special moment in music history. Who could’ve imagined the marriage of blues-rock legend Nick Cave and pop princess Kylie, with the macabre ‘Where The Wild Roses Go’ - a truly inspired A&R moment. This was t...
Come together - Part four
STELLA MCCARTNEY & ADIDAS A merger of two sides of the fashion market (couture/sportswear) is not unusual. Alexander McQueen worked with Puma creating the ManCat brand - slick sneakers for posing, not running around the block in - but it has been Stella McCartney’s creative adventure...
David Shrigley
David Shrigley, the ever-genial 39 year old artist, illustrator, satirist and ironist, has been a figure in the international art scene for over a decade, though he’s probably known by most for his work shown beyond the confines of the paradigmatic four white walls of the gallery. For example h...
Era-defining partnerships
Fuelled by fate, luck, circumstance – whatever you want to call it – these meetings of minds created a magic that ricocheted around the world and changed the way we listen to music forever. It’s tempting to dwell on what might have happened if these people hadn’t met. Would someone better...
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