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We’re proud to be hosting the long expected jazzy-reggae LP Blue and White official release by New York-based gang Super Hi-Fi. A virtuous blend of reggae, with rock and ska influences in right amounts of each, is probably what your ears (and soul) need to regenerate. I’ve taken a close, chill listen of […]
Karina Fomin is a photographer based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Her analog portraits are bits of a journey of self-discovery and liberty. Her models are caught in the privacy of their bedrooms, ivertebrate and libertine. Sealed in a pompous package of idealistic appearance, Karina’s artworks are merely attempts of bringing […]
Feeding Fingers is the missing piece of today’s dark punk puzzle we were looking for. Founded in 2006 by composer Justin Curfman, the illustrious trio that musical critics have a really hard time to classify is currently on a tour of promoting a new album – Do Owe Harm. The band […]
Sara Pongrac, Romanian self-taught photographer based in Cluj-Napoca, made a new series of photographs depicting the intimate routine of her close friends. Characterized by the same blue flavour she previously caught our eyes with, Sara proceeds to continue her ongoing project – Blue Project / Kenopsia. Her new series delivers […]
The double-troublemaker Young Valentine finally releases his debut album. Besides the fact that the whole project is a badass manifesto of limits pushing and bursts in free-speech expression, the electronic pop, boundaries-crushing project is a killer itself. Young Valentine uses Trouble-Trouble to stick it to the man, to prove himself […]
It requires a considerable amount of ambivalence to capture both violence and tenderness in the same vessel. Photoptarmosis is definitely one of these containers. Inquiringly, intriguing portraits and Baroque, Caravaggio-like silhouettes, unexpectedly intertwine with a vanilla gore atmosphere, a gentle approach on shibari and the beautiful art of restraining. Photoptarmosis […]
Manuel Cojocaru, Romanian young author and philosopher, has found a new way to express his ideas and disquietudes – stop motion short-films. His first experiment in this area was quite a success. Idol, his first stop-motion video tells a metaphorical story about “absurd, primitive and archetypal realm”. In the meantime, […]
[:en]Poland has its own dark conspiracy thriller show, and it’s called The Pact (or Pakt). Released in 2015, the series has up to this date two seasons of six episodes each. Produced by HBO Europe, Pakt is actually a remake of an older series called Mammon (2014). To be honest, […]
The trailer for Lemonade, the first feature independent drama of director Ioana Uricaru (The Witness, short-film, 2012) has just been released. The leading role is played by Malina Manovici (Graduation, 2016). The movie is produced by Cristian Mungiu, winner of Palme d’Or in 2007. About the film: “While working in the […]
Bad Galaxy, the latest album of New-York-based musician Alexis Pastuhov, is a soft, mind-clearing set of 10 tracks written and performed with only one apparent purpose in mind – to detoxify your spirit. After a first listen, the experimental, alternative album, gave me a good, optimistic vibe, suitable for a […]