London’s WALL (aka Lyla Foy) built her own studio using rudimentary recording equipment and creates these hyper-detailed, minimal backdrops behind her fragile vocals. There’s a real haunting warmth in her sound, deliberate in its intimacy and simplicity…think muted basslines, analog synth patterns, muffled snares. What’s interesting and impressive to me is her clear knowledge and [...]
With the athletics events starting today, otherwise known as track and field, the true heat of the summer Olympics starts to shine. Athletics is the perfect expression of the Olympic motto ‘Citius, Altius, Fortius’ (‘Faster, Higher, Stronger’) – the competition requires athletes to run faster, throw further, jump higher and leap longer than their rivals. With [...]
Flikli is a New York based company that in a way, takes video and motion graphics back to their roots. And in a time where the majority of content is viewed on a mobile device, this might not be a bad idea. The company creates high-quality animated videos affordably and quickly (what business doesn’t like [...]
This might be one of the best albums of 2009 in my opinion. It snuck into my playlist about two days ago via the wonderful internet and I can’t get past it. As soon as the album is over, it plays again, and I love it. Bombay Bicycle Club, based out of South East London [...]
