Richard Phillips makes gorgeous things.

Richard Phillips, Fundraiser, 2009, oil on canvas, 72 x 108". Image courtey Gagosian Gallery

Richard phillip`s work stradles the line of pornography, but with realistic and effective artistic intent. Art as a vessel often times exists not only to express the creators feelings and emotion, but more often to instigate certain feelings in the viewer. To push the boundries of what ones brain accepts as art. Richards message (for me) is that Art, and advertising and the expression of human beings through things such as pornography or even human form for that matter are married together. The messages do not have to be misinterpreted just because there is no sense of uniformity. Art is art is advertising is human.
Richard does most of the cover art for the DIRTY VEGAS albums and his work is riddled through the internet...

I think he puts out rad things and have always been enamored with his use of really soft curves and lines to make his subjects possess a great cartoon characteristic whilst still holding their true to human form.

Check out some of his works at the gagosian gallery in New York at the moment:

http://www.gagosian.com/

Wednesday.

I`m going to go ahead and say "goodie goodie gumdrops"

I wish text purveyed absolute sarcasm.

Hey, atleast we`ll have funny website articles:

http://www.hayibo.com/articles/view/1013

thank-you Hayibo:)

Jades Trades - A Jack of all...

If you know Jade Rabie, you will know that his brain is beautifully ordered chaos. With his photographic moniker - Jaded Rabies, he accomplishes the task that most photographers mostly try to fulfill - produce wonderful pictures full of life and mood.
His compositions are always very well thought out, and he puts a helluva lot of time and effort into every shoot - something that can only breed success.
Jade lives and breathes creativity, and it oozes through his work, which let me tell you is copious, constantly improving and eclectic.
From paint to photo to beats to stickers, Jade is a jack of all trades and has been surreptitiously ingrained in the minds of all in cape town...whether you know it or not:)
Jade is always doing something creative and is known by many names and logos through which he has made his mark on this country, far reaching from coast to coast, and we can all expect to carry on seeing many huge things from this man in the future!


check out his feature in the One Small Seed Online this month here:

http://www.onesmallseed.net/profiles/blogs/member-showcase-jaded-rabies

For a full protfolio of work see Jades site:

http://www.jadedmedia.co.za

R.I.P. Shawn Mortensen

Incredibly talented and plugged in photographer Shawn Mortensen past away last night.
Shawn has been actively changing ideas and perceptions of humans and situation through his beautiful photography, lending to skills to brand such as FUCT and always portraying the beauty that is the human race.
Featured in One Small Seed (south african culture magazine) a couple months ago with Xander Ferreira and Spoek Mathambo for their Nike Campaign, every blog ive read for many many years has nothing but great things to say about Shawn Mortensen - his nature and friendliness.
This is a HUGE loss for the culture!

Check out Shawns works in his exhibition and book "out of mind"
Rest in Peace Shawn Mortensen!

Force.Fuck.Feel

I dropped a mix a couple months back and have been getting hella downloads and lots of people mailing me for tracklisting information.
well here you go then kids.

An all over the place, Ass-about-face sample playlist of fucked up rad tunes:

ForceFuckFeel Mix
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?drymmkhzwcz

1. Dimlite - sun sized twinkles
2. Battles - sz2
3. Bitt meddler - delos
4. Cadence Weapon - Julie will jump the broom
5. Max Normal - Sleepy Head
6. Radiohead - everything in its right place (baltimore club remix)
7. Hatiras & MC Flipsyde - Autograph
8. Busy P - Chop suey
9. MuzikJunki - true or false feat. todd jordan
10. Reverend beat man - I belong to you
11. Daedelus - aplomb
12. the wisemen outro

Black Drum

This is a Black Butterfly Drum fish or "Black Drum"
The Black Drum is so named because of the low, loud, rhythmic beat that emminates from it during mating season. The bigger and rounder the drum beat the more females are attracted to it.
The black drum beats usually from about 8 pm till 4 am in the morning.

I can relate:)

Moleke motherfuckin` Mbembe

To say that Moleke Mbembe is "the new shit" is an understatement.
It`s an insult infact...it groups Moleke Mbembe into this packet of "same same" bullshit that comes out of this town all the time.
Now theres place for "average" or "copycat" in today`s ever-changing/ever-stagnant land-scape...but the truth is...those projects are only around because of groups like Moleke Mbembe and the sound they come with!

Firstly let it be said that these two guys are making what seems to me to be something really natural and sincere, whilst at the same time being impossible to pigeon-hole! (is it rap? is it kwaito? is it house?)
It is what it is...refreshing, pounding, conscious and listener friendly!

Moleke Mbembe is made up of Spoek Mathambo and Richard the Third.

With influences ranging from dubstep to conscious hip-hop to house to kwaito, Both Richard and Spoek`s roles are still clear and powerful.

Richards beats are always incredibly on point and refreshing - bright ideas and gorgeous layers. Heaving with taste and unique style, bordering on obscure at times...bouncing from ass shakingly syncopated to powerful and gritty, Richard the III has oodles of skill and quality!

Spoek seemlessly treads the line of conscious/meaningful lyrics infused with whitty tongue in cheek hooks and amazingly thought out words, he knits it all together so well like ONLY Spoek can!!
Spoek is one of todays most poignient and prolific urban prophets!
Genius raps for days and wonderfully woven, playfully serious deliverance and subject matter.

Things havent even begun to get where they`re going to get to for these cats...
watch and see:)

Check these guys out here for a taste:

http://www.myspace.com/molekembembe

watch this space for exclusives and hard to find material from these audible juggernauts!

Jump and Shout Mix : JakobSnake

Now this ones a little different from the mix` that come before it...

a mix of nice dry, sometimes heavy, but altogether "get off your ass" pounding sounds...

check it:

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jygjmjjr2iz

Tracklisting:

1. Radiohead - the eraser (slow to speak remix)
2. Alex Smoke - Lost in sound
3. Mossa - Cheap therapy
4. DJ Koze - mariposa
5. Boyz Noize feat I-Robots - Frau (puzique remix)
6. Geoph Serge - crypt trooper (QiK remix)
7. Mihalis Safras & mark broom - Crabsticks (district one remix)
8. Pig and Dan - onto the beat
9. Osborne - In Gear
10. Lucian feat Richie Hawtin - I want to fuck (luciano mix)
11. Ricardo villalobos - MDMA
12. Cassetteboy outro

Other very different mixes are here:

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mmq2mzmyzvo

and

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?drymmkhzwcz

enjoi

So now say something...

This is how it goes...
These are the freestyles.
The hi/low lights package
Snippets that choose to wangle their way onto the internet.
Pieces of the time I spend on the planet.
Pieces of everyone`s time.
Things that get seen/heard/painted/written/shouted/made/vandalised/beautified/collapsed/played/baked/recorded and distorted.
Enjoy, Indulge, interpret - whatever