∆AIMON - Flatliner

Aimon are probably one of my favourite groups at the moment and a couple of weeks a go I got myself a copy of the Flatliner EP on Ltd edition red vinyl with hand printed dust cover and a hand printed t-shirt.

If you are not familiar with them; their style is dark, heavy and brooding. It is the audio equivalent of molasses, with Brandt Showers's rasping almost whispered vocals offset by the sweet crystalline structures of Nancy Lutz. The music is itself is very cinematic almost ambient drawing heavily from Goth industrial and hip-hop influences, laden with distorted bass and mournful piano melodies.
Be sure to check them out on:
https://www.facebook.com/aaaimon
http://soundcloud.com/aaimon
http://flavors.me/aaimon

If you've ordered a deluxe copy there seems to be an issue with the ink used to print the tshirts. Just contact the band with your order detail and they will help gladly you out.

APOCALYPSE IS COMING

The Great Day of His Wrath, c. 1853.

The Tate Britain will be immanently launching an exhibition of a selection works of J O H N  - M A R T I N who created pieces of awe inspiring chaos that can be best described as cinematic. Martin is often classified as a Romantic painter, but to me his works are similar to those adorning fantasy, science fiction book jackets and Heavy Metal  Album Covers by the likes of artists like M I C H A E L - W H E L A N. I feel this exhibition is particularly relevant with the sentiments currently abound with the economic depression hanging over our heads as well as the whole 2012 thing (which to be honest is probably on a par with the meltdown that was expected with the year 2000)...well at least I hope so.

I'm hoping that all 80 works that have been on show at the Laing gallery in Newcastle are going on display it will be great to see these works in the flesh as it were to truly appreciate their opressive proportions. Works are on display at the Tate Britain from 21 September 2011 – 15 January 2012

This Weekend Coming

Got another busy weekend ahead of us since it's the start of Spring Summer  L O N D O N - F A S H I O N - W E E K as well as the annual L O N D O N - D E S I G N - F E S T I V A L .
I plan to be heading along to the quite brilliant and eclectic electronic night B R A I N • W A V Σ S // B O L $ H I E • A F T E R P A R T Y on Friday and to the V&A Illustration Awards 2011 at The V&A probably on Saturday. There's also a screening of Robert Wiene's silent master piece
T H E - C A B I N E T - O F - D R - C A L G A R I   accompanied by a performance from I N - T H E - N U R S E R Y  who recently composed the sound track for Game of Thrones.