I'm Raving

Well...im raving about this video! Directed by Daniel Wolfe for the track Blind Faith by Chase & Status, this video portrays the rave scene towards the end of the 80's in almost documentary-style detail. I am a big fan of british film, particularly set in this decade by directors such as Danny Boyle, Nick Love and Shane Meadows.

The XX

I am loving Islands by the XX at the moment. Coincidentally on wednesday, ex Trent student Phil from XL Recordings came to give a talk about the work they did for the XX. This involved the guerrilla campaign and record artwork.

Record artwork

My brother purchased some decks at the weekend and was given some 90s house records with it, i quite liked some of the cover art and prompted me to dig out some of my dads old records when we were sorting out for a carboot sale... have to say the old stuff was more impressive, particularly the more abstract stuff (before the Photoshop days!) and i really liked the book inside the Hawkwind cover.

ETIENNE DE CRECY CUBE

created by the French collective Exyzt, If you look closely the stage is a 3x3x3 cube built of scaffolding covered by a translucent fabric. The 3D visuals are projected from the front giving the illusion of the moving/ transforming cubes... amazing!