Archive for the ‘inspiration’ Category

desire to inspire…

Monday, August 31st, 2009

loungeletlovein

LISTENStanding On The Shore [Dirty Disco Youth Mix]
by Empire of the Sun [2009 | Thanks to Disco Demons]

IMAGESTrevor Tondro & Le Love


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i’ll be your mirror…

Friday, August 28th, 2009

love
velvet

Listen I’ll Be Your Mirror
by The Velvet Underground & Nico [1967]

Images Chris Craymer


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go after her.

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

lovecatloveletter

Listen :: The Shins – Spilt Needles [Wincing the Night Away, 2007]

Words :: Helena Kvanstrom | Image :: WeHeartIt.com


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Grammy Typography

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

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As I prepare for going back to school and choosing a new focusing major of Graphic Design, studying various forms of fonts used to create typography artwork has become increasingly intriguing.

For the 51st Grammy Awards, the Recording Academy hired TBWA\Chiat\Day to produce a series of typographic illustrations of different musicians to promote the February 8, 2009 event.  The artists that were selected for the Grammy typography were Stevie Wonder, Rihanna, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Coldplay, Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Lenny Kravitz.  Each of them were asked to provide a list of at least 15 songs that inspired their own creativity.  In return, each song title provided was colorfully incorporated into the graphic design, swirling around portraits of the individual musicians’ profiles.

Please enjoy a few favorites from the typography collection below, along with a choice track of each musicians’ originals and one song of inspiration from the personal list that was chosen.

thom-yorke

THOM YORKE

Original: Radiohead – Down Is the New Up (In Rainbows, 2008)

Inspiration: Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony (Urban Hymns, 2005)

rihanna

RIHANNA

Original: Rihanna – Unfaithful (A Girl Like Me, 2006)

Inspiration: Destiny’s Child – Survivor (Survivor, 2001)

stevie wonder

STEVIE WONDER

Original: Stevie Wonder – Superstition (Song Review, 1972)

Inspiration: Ray Charles – Georgia on my Mind (Best of, 1960)

lilwayne

LIL WAYNE

Original: Lil Wayne – Mrs. Officer (Tha Carter III, 2008)

Inspiration: JayZ – Big Pimpin’ (Vol III Life and Times, 1999)

kanye

KANYE WEST

Original: Kanye West – Homecoming (Graduation, 2007)

Inspiration: Thom Yorke – The Eraser (The Eraser, 2006)

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bonobo :: the keeper

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

anais nin

I am an excitable person who only understands life lyrically, musically, in whom feelings are much stronger as reason.

I am so thirsty for the marvelous, that only the marvelous has power over me. Anything I can not transform into something marvelous, I let go.

Reality doesn’t impress me. I only believe in intoxication, in ecstasy, and when ordinary life shackles me, I escape, one way or another. No more walls.

Anais Nin

The Keeper is the new single from Bonobo‘s forthcoming album due September 14th 2009 on Ninja Tune Records.  Created with simplicity under the visual direction of  Steve Glashier, the elegant video  for the new track plays off the smooth tones of the music, soft lighting of each setting and careful signatures of backgrounds that segue so effortlessly.  The Keeper features the appearance and sultry r&b vocals of the recently added and talented future Ninja Tune label mate, Andreya Triana.   Over the summer, Bonobo and Andreya have been collaborating together as members of a complete full touring band.  After each of their expected album releases this fall,  both will be back on tour and performing once again all across the world.

LISTEN Bonobo – Recurring [Days to Come, 2006]

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conversations with yourself

Sunday, July 12th, 2009

neilgaiman

i get weak.   i get weary.    i miss sleep.
i get moody.   i’m in thoughts.    i write songs.
i’m in love.    i walk on.

fingers crossed, my time is coming now

listen: time flies by lykke li [youth novel, 2007]

images: from the brooklyn fashion label, bodkin

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If this is paradise, I wish I had a lawnmower

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

years ago, i was an angry young man
and i’d pretend that i was a
billboard
standing tall by the side of the road
- i fell in love with a beautiful highway

David Byrne once listed the things he appreciated in art:

1. Lots of work put into it
2. Bright colours
3. Straight lines
4. Brush strokes
5. Words, letters, and numbers
6. Things that make me laugh
7. Things that remind me of pleasant experiences
8. Common things put together in a new way

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9. Something I haven’t seen before
10. Glimpses of the artist’s personality
11. A good reason for the existence of each part
12. Symmetry
13. Things done in a formal manner
14. Things done to a personal scale
15. The interpretation left up to the viewer
16. Things that can be taken for their face value

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17. Things that the Bourgeois would not like
18. Something that improves with continued viewing
19. Things that relate to the collective subconcious
20. Things that play little tricks on the senses
21. Gadgets and gimmicks
22. Elegant shapes
23. A fantasy world
24. A skillful use of the medium

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LISTEN: Talking Heads - (Nothing But) Flowers


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the mia mixtape club

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

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music is art wants to start trading mix cd’s with the community. simply, if you would like to send one, you’ll receive one in return. sound good? ♥

this exchange is open to anyone all over the world. please feel free to choose your own theme and of course, don’t forget to add your own artwork. to sign up, send your mixtape to:

danielle langley
c/o music is art
160 fairfield woods rd, suite 52
fairfield, ct 06825
usa


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moving on…

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

dianearbus

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“The thing that’s important to know is that you never know. You’re always sort of feeling your way.”

ART: Diane Arbus
LISTEN: ANNE by Santogold [2008]

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