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LOGO Loves: Hood By Air - Pitti Uomo 87 video

Hood By Air have released the footage from their Pitti Uomo 87 presentation (complete with live soundtrack by Arca) for those of us who weren’t able to make the trip to Florence to see it in person.

Head designer and HBA founder Shayne Oliver was the featured designer at the respected trade show, which took place at the historic Villa di Maiano in Florence, marking Hood By Air's steady evolution into a major menswear force.

Via Complex

Featured Image New York Times

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Attending: Long Distance Gallery

"Every day thousands of flags are hoisted worldwide to display and celebrate territorial, political or religious affiliation. Flags were hoisted in the Arctic and on the moon, who ever wants to conquer should have a flag in his pocket..."

Running from 28/01 - 1/02 as part of Berlin's Transmediale festival, the Long Distance Gallery hoists 16 flags in the name of digital art. 

Flag by Aoto Oouchi [source]

Curated by Kim Asendorf and Ole Fach, the flag designs are the work of 16 visual and conceptual artists working at the intersection of digital media and physical art. 

Flag by Claudia Maté [source]

The flags will be hoisted in a ceremony in the forecourt of the Haus der Kulturen der Welt and remain there for the duration of the festival. The exhibition will be captured in panoramas and presented on the Long Distance Gallery website.

Flag by Pussykrew [source]

Flag by Mitch Posada [source]

Flag by Eva Papamargariti [source]

Flag by Nick Kosmas [source]

Flag by Rachael Archibald [source]

You can see the URL versions of the participating artists flags by clicking the collowing links: Rachael Archibald, Bea Fremderman, Gallery Fist, Scott Gelber, Nik Kosmas, Kim Laughton, Claudia Maté, Vince McKelvie, Jennifer Mehigan, Aoto Oouchi, Eva Papamargariti, Mitch Posada, Pussykrew, Sucuk und Bratwurst, Sebastian Thewes, Anne de Vries.

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Words: William E. Wright

Featured Image by Rachael Archibald.

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LOGO Loves: GFOTY - Cake Mix

PC Music’s resident chef/nightmare-pop princess @GFOTY is BACK, with the London labels first release of 2K15, Cake Mix. 

Clocking in at just under 12 mins, her trademark darkly humorous, turn of phrase lyricism is fuelled by a Ryan Trecartin-esque, hyper production soundtrack that veers between Blink 182 covers, Peter Andre references and melancholy EDM at the flutter of an eyelash.

It also comes accompanied by the following press release from GFOTY:

"Basically Cake Mix was created after I got with this really hot guy who had a GF - I mean, I thought he was hot at the time but in reality he looks like that really weird bloated face when your making a Mii character on your Wii - you know the one yeah? It’s kinda just about me stealing people’s boyfriends and being abnormally huge. This one guy on Twitter said he saw me out once and I was way smaller then he imagined and to ‘never meet your heroes’ or something like that and I mean like I’m 169cms (5’5”) and I wear high shoes all the time too so like HOW TALL DID HE WANT ME TO BE? So I guess - yeah it’s kinda inspired by that guy on Twitter primarily. So I guess cake has nothing to do with the mix apart from me making cakes and stuff".

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GFOTY on soundcloud

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LOGO Loves: Kingdom's Nasir Mazhar AW15 mix.

Whether it’s having the latest MCs performing at his shows, modelling on the runway or collaborating on designs, music (and in particular London street music/grime) is central to his work, with the runway soundtracks of his shows usually offering far more insight into his collections than a press-release could hope.

This season the soundtrack was provided by Fade To Mind boss, LA DJ/Producer Kingdom, who shares Nasir’s taste for London street sounds. His 8 minute runway mix is an articulate, bass-heavy response to Nasir’s brief of giving the audience the feeling they’re leaving a clubnight (rather than a catwalk parade) by the time the lights go went up at the end of his AW15 show.

Check out the mix, and some of our fave looks from his AW15 line, below.

Images via style.com

Words @williamewright

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Attending: Ryder Ripps - Ho

Ryder Ripps’ first solo exhibition 'Ho' opens on January 24th at Postmasters Gallery in New York. The exhibition features large scale oil paintings based on his manipulations of streetwear model Adrianne Ho's Instagram photos, which are digitally processed before being painted.

The exhibition is the culmination of a series which gained popularity (and a temporary Insta-ban) on Ryder's Instagram page over the last year. Inverting the culture of fashion industry image manipulation, the portraits set out to 'become a dissection of, and a subjugated homage to, his empowered subject as he updates the conversation about the place of painting in contemporary culture'.

See below for the exhibition trailer and some of Ryder's Adrianne Ho portraits that have appeared on his Insta over the last year.

The exhibition will be on view at Postmasters Gallery in New York from January 24 to February 28, 2015.

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Images via Ryder Ripps Instagram page

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LOGO Loves: New Scenario's 'Crash'

For its launch presentation, New Scenario is hosting an online group show called C R A S H that features the work of eleven different artists (Paul Barsch, Burkhard Beschow, Adam Cruces, Zack Davis, Anne Fellner, Tilman Hornig, Aoto Oouchi, Thomas Payne, Clemence de La Tour du Pin, Camilla Steinum, Ronny Szillo) placed inside a Hummer stretch limo alongside written contributions from Joseph Hernandez and d3signbur3au.

Paul Barsch

Burkhard Beschow

Aoto Oouchi

Adam Cruces

Camilla Steinum

Anne Felner

Clemence de La Tour du Pin

Thomas Payne

Tilman Hornig

Zack Davis

All photos by Stefan Haehnel

Concept and curation: Paul Barsch, Burkhard Beschow and Tilman Hornig.

All images via: newscenario.net

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LOGO Loves: Gosha Rubchinskiy A/W 15

Multitalented Muscovite fashion designer and subcultural catalyst Gosha Rubchinky brought his eponymous fashion label back to Paris to show his A/W 15 collection. 

Modelled by the latest crop of Gosha’s streetcast muses, the collection makes subtle nods to (recent collaborator) Supreme and, less subtly, Tommy Hilfiger, all styled with his statement socks tucked into track bottoms and stonewash jeans held up by shoelace belts.

Photos via Now Fashion

Words William E. Wright

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Cottweiler launch SS15 'Timeshares' campaign

The collection features fresh takes on the design duos staple luxury tracksuit pieces in white, rust and grey tones, while the jelly slip-ons, and pool aesthetics offer a welcome reminder of holiday heat and summer sun. 

  The campaign is backed by Daniel Swan's 'Timeshares' video, which is soundtracked by South London producer Palmistry

Photography - CG Watkins

Stylist: Niklas Bildstein Zaar

Hair: Ben Talbott

Make Up: Thom Walker

Model: Leo

Assistants: Joely Walford, Jonathon Stokes

Post: Kit Mason

Casting: Mischa Notcutt

  Video: Daniel Swan

Soundtrack: Palmistry

  Images via 032c

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Arca drops 11 new tracks for Hood By Air

Fresh from being announced as one of the producers behind the new Bjork record and hot off the heels of last years XEN album, Venezuelan producer Arca drops ‘Sheep’, a 17 minute musical score featuring 11 tracks of new material.

The set was specially composed for the runway show of Shayne Oliver’s Hood By Air brand at their Pitti Uomo 87 fashion event in Florence, and like all of Arca’s releases, comes accompanied by artwork from longtime collaborator Jesse Kanda.

Arca on Soundcloud

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Jerome LOL Interview

One of our long-time fave artists/producers/DJs, Jerome LOL has created a pretty impressive rep both online and off for his chill+  electronic sound. Having been half of LOL Boys a few years back, Jerome then decided to go it alone - and has also started a new joint act with Samo Sound Boy in the form of DJ Dodger Stadium, along with co-founding the Body High record label. Somehow finding time in his insane schedule, Jerome called in from his LA studio to chat with us about six-hour sets, Boyz II Men and the challenges of working solo vs. duo. 

What's your lasting memory your first show?

Well, I DJ'd parties in college, but I wouldn't consider those shows - the first real show I ever played was a b2b set with Greg from Acid Girls as Glass Actor, in the back room of what was then Freak City. The line-up in the front room was LIL B and Samo Sound Boy. It was the night before Independence Day and there was an open bar, so it was pretty wild - we played six hours back to back.  

How do you keep your energy up when you have to play for long periods of time like that?! I'd be like, dead x_x

I really enjoy playing music live, whether it's DJing or performing. The interaction between the music and the people gives me a lot of energy, so I don't get tired. I had a late-night radio show in college, and you could see the number of listeners streaming it online. Even if it was just two or three people, I loved the idea that I was communicating certain feelings to them through sound. Like, you and I are here on Skype and it's a cool two-way communication, but with playing music for people, there's such an interesting one-way broadcast happening.

What's been your biggest industry break so far? 

I don't know if there's necessarily been one break. That definitely happens with some artists, but I've just been doing my own thing, surrounding myself with people who believe in me. I definitely haven't 'made it' in my mind, but playing in Tokyo last December really made me proud of myself. To know that music I made - here in my studio or my apartment with headphones on - had lead me to a fantasy vacation was a nice feeling.

Which is better, working solo or in a duo:

In a duo, you're 50% of something that is bigger than you... there's a kind of facade to hide behind in a way, like if someone doesn't like your duo/group, they aren't taking a shot at you personally or anything. When you're releasing music alone, it's much more personal. There's a risk of putting too much of yourself in your work and leaving yourself vulnerable. I enjoy both though.

The most fun city you've played in:

At our DJ Dodger Stadium album release party at The Echo [Los Angeles] this July, there was some of the best energy I've ever felt performing. There's just that feeling of playing in your hometown and feeling that support - obviously cities like Osaka and Perth and Prague have all been really amazing, but playing a great show at home feels so lovely.

Dream vocalist collab:

JEROME: Astrud Gilberto probably has my favourite voice, I would just hope to be able to write something that deserved it.  She's in her 70's now though, so I'm not sure that would ever work out.

Kit essentials for the studio:

JEROME: My Novation MiniNova, Ableton Push and a Yamaha DJX-2. Water is the real essential in the studio, though.

The last three tracks you downloaded:

JEROME: A friend of mine sent me a leak of the Caribou album (sorry). I also finally downloaded 'Attachment' by Hannah Diamond instead of just streaming it, and before that was Groundislava's album which comes out this fall and is really wonderful.

Best thing you've seen on the Internet recently:

While we were doing this interview, I clicked this link to a Boyz II Men video which I haven't seen in a very long time. 

Rider requests:

I keep it pretty simple. I don't like inconveniencing promoters to get something odd... but I do love to get hand towels.

Like for the bathroom, or do you mean the hot ones you get at Chinese restaurants?

Haha more like to wipe off sweat while DJing or playing. The hot ones would be amazing though, I don't even know how they do that.

LOGO: Lil B or Soulja Boy?

JEROME: Ugh. I refuse to choose. 

LOGO: What's the best Instagram filter?

JEROME: Rise.

LOGO: Fave pizza topping?

JEROME: Artichoke hearts. Though the sauce is the most important part.

LOGO: Take a selfie!

  Interview: Char McManus

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JACK댄스 WORLD TOUR 2K14

JACK댄스 is the scene-birthing London club night that's played host to producers & DJ's such as SOPHIE, A. G. Cook, Tielsie, DJ Paypal, Palmistry, Why Be and more. Taking the most trailblazing music from soundcloud and reposting it squarely onto the dancefloor, the JACK댄스 experience is now branching out into new territories, with dates in New York, Canada (Edmonton & Vancouver) & Paris. We txt club founder Simon Whybray on the opening night of the tour in NY to find out what JACK댄스 is all about, and why attendance is mandatory.

Stay locked to the JACK댄스 website for tour dates

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GFOTY & Ryan Hemsworth's ShhSecret date

Beating both Reddit and 4Chan to the post, LOGO Magazine has acquired what appears to be the latest in a series of celebrity iCloud leaks: A Shhsecret iMessage transcript of an apparent online date between PC Music's GFOTY, and producer Ryan Hemsworth. The chat covers everything from Mario Kart, Slush Puppies to news of a hot new GFOTY track on Ryan's Secret Songs label...

RYAN:  you're in school? what are you doing (this is the "interview" right) GFOTY: yehhh im at chef skool so i have to kill lobsters :( and make furious cakes RYAN:  wowow i had no clue, OK what would your dinner dish be if i were come over for a mario kart date and u needed to impress   GFOTY:  it dependz wot character u r?? u cant be toad, im always toad. but like if you were yoshi id make you an egg laid by yoshi himself and cover it in ranch dressing if you were princess like maybe id make you a perfect mille feuille with layers of marios love letters in each layer RYAN:  sorry but... i'm toad, i'm really not aMAZING at mario kart though. i thought i was good but i've been having friends over lately to play n64 and i keep getting my ass Whooped in kart ;(   GFOTY:  hear his scream! nah you cant b toad though  ;_;

RYAN:  ugh i love the sounds and music of all these games.

GFOTY: nintendo music is deff the best i think but then like crash bandi n street fighter have some greaatt tunes

RYAN:  for sure. nintendo was just so in tune with our generation for a while though i think, as much as i liked sony and sega GFOTY:  i guess i need to ask you about shhsecret songs so LOGO doesnt get angry at mee RYAN:  hahha oh yes :) GFOTY:  what woz da concept behind shhsecret in the first place? RYAN:  just literally... 1. these artists are awesome and why aren't more people fucking with them? 2. almost everyone finds music through soundcloud now, but people don't really know htese artists' story. so i'm slowly trying to build it so there can start to be some Secret Songs 'zines' and dumb shit like that's full of art, drawings, quotes and stuff from the artists that people usually only know through soundcloud that's still on its way though, for now i just get quotes from the artist and let them make their artwork and stuff.. it's about SHOWING LOVE and not relying on COOL BLOG PREMIERES GFOTY:  awwwwwwwwwwww <3<3<3 RYAN:  cause i reached a point where every time i made a song it would then be "so who's premiering this track" like UGH it's weird i don't like the music relying on blogs it should be the other way around. so a combo of those things. that's all! can i ask now GFOTY:  yeh! omg we are the best interviews ever by the way

RYAN:  right what's going on in london and why are you guys making weird internet pop strange sound music stuff? GFOTY:  BASICALLY WE'RE ALL TRAPPED IN ONE ROOM UNDERGROUND WITH NO WINDOWS AND THE PC RULER SELECTS US WHEN WE R RIPE N READY AND BLINDFOLDZ US AND SHOVES A HORRIBLE CARROTS OOPS. I SENT WAY TOO SOON... RYAN:  go on... GFOTY:  *AND SHOVES A HORRIBLE CARROT CUT IN HALF IN BOTH OF OUR EARS. and makes us shriek spinnee the talented dog literally snores SOOO loud and dribbles on me and liploss twins when we're trying to cook **help** london though... is basically like a huge version of habbo hotel without the glitches RYAN:  i've been picking up little SOS messages from your tracks for a while, i assumed they were just kind of  cheeky jokes or whatever. GFOTY:  my name on habbo was i_luv_the_ev1l666 ive been trying to send you the signal for ages ryan im literally trapped RYAN:  i forget mine but i used to steal peoples' furniture. my favourite albums to listen to while playing was American Bleed by Jimmy Eat World and Gravity by Our Lady Peace GFOTY:  omg that happened to me! i invested like £60 in to my habbos room and some vandal stole my room and habbo i was a guy RYAN:  it was probably me GFOTY:  and i went out with this habbo girl and we swapped irl numbers and i had to put on a boy voice and pretend i was 18 but i was actually 12 and a lady i feel like it was you all along. its always been you.. RYAN:  12 yo girl pretending to be 18 yo guy seems like a rarer breed of catfish but i may be wrong? GFOTY:  it got q dark though

RYAN:  hmm you said you made a song for this compilation can we talk about that or No GFOTY:  yeahh! RYAN:  under what conditions was it made -- were you tied up the entire time with carrots in your ears? GFOTY:  no this occasion was special i got to the club bout 2 am stumbled in yeah.. in some daisy dukes and some cute brown ankle socks had my note pad and a cool laptop at the ready.. and then i just thought about everything and threw it in to like 8 lines i have a rap battle in it and speak about how i dont need hair and how i dont like pink and how like without my friends im better!!! because like im obsessed with ants and theres way more ants about then friends so who needs friends so thats what i thought about was that answer okay? RYAN:  are some of the things you say in your music an exaggeration of girly stuff or is it really what you're concerned with. cause i've seen people write stuff about that. To me, as just a fan/listener, i always see pcmusic as a bit of a.. reaction. but i think there's genuine our-generation-right-now thoughts that aren't really as tongue-in-cheek as people might make them out to be? (or i'm dumb which is likely too) GFOTY:  its hard to explain myself but everything i write about and sing about / tweet /etc is basically exactly what i really want to say at the exact minute i come up with it with out the time to censor or actually think whether its the right or wrong thing to say/do

  RYAN:  i love that. It makes me feel like when i'm kind of drunk at 1am and i text someone and i immediately regret it but then i think back to 5 mins before and thought it was the best idea ever

GFOTY:  EXACTLY RYAN:  ok good GFOTY:  like that is my life and then i wake up and write a fb status saying i lost my phone RYAN:  hahaha GFOTY:  and dont look at my texts all day because im so cringed out that the guy i texted didnt reply to me and then i check like 2 days later and he didn’t.

R U SINGLE  (interview question) RYAN:  these are all going into the interview lol don't act like the stuff you just said isn't GFOTY:  LOL RYAN:  i'm in a monogamous relationship with the rap game. i'm on the road almost always and it makes it difficult, sometimes i drunk text it at 1am and it doesn't text me back and i don't feel good but in the end i know we're one does that count GFOTY:  you text the rap game? the RAPPER (the) game? RYAN:  ugh, are you a cancer* GFOTY:  yehh cancerlust

RYAN:  do you guys have pop slushes in UK GFOTY:  we have slush pupies puppys i like dat coke slushy RYAN:  at most of our movie theatres we have those machines but it's like, coke, mountain dew, root beer, cherry coke, etc as slushies    i've just been getting back into those recently u have jelly tots too omg those are my fav candy in the world GFOTY:  i was staying in the west village and there was this store in greenwich called "little britain" or sumfing and they were sellling jelly tots for like $4,50 and there like 25p here! it was so crazy ill send you a box of jelly tots RYAN:  :') GFOTY:  :') RYAN:  <33333 nice talking ! byeee GFOTY:  <3

GFOTY on Soundcloud Ryan Hemsworth on Soundcloud Secret Songs on Soundcloud

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BALMUNG interview

If you're not familiar with the BALMUNG brand, it's time to get acquainted - this Tokyo-based label creates contemporary, stripped-back garms inspired by the relationship between cities and the people who live in them. Having kitted out everyone from Mademoiselle Yulia to Lady Gaga, we caught up with founder and designer Hachi to find out more. 

I first got into fashion... I got my interest in fashion when I was in junior high school, with my favourite Converse shoes. I really wanted those shoes.

I've been designing for... Seven years. I also studied fashion for three years at fashion school in Tokyo. 

The thing I remember about my first show... That I made all grey clothes (at my first presentation in Tokyo). Then, I wore all-grey fashion every day – grey was my favourite colour to wear. I remade lots of deep V-Neck tees to wear, out of normal Uniqlo tees.  

My big break in the industry so far... My A/W13 collection ‘Tokyo Trash Utopia,’ (see below) I guess. It covered clothes in garbage bags, collaged with garbage graphics, combined with gold leather and solid high-tech sporty fabrics. I wanted to make ‘Tokyo hybrid’ products.

Music on the studio stereo... Many kinds, from electro pop to Otaku sounds and Vocaloid music, from Japanese underground youth culture.

Dream capsule collection collab... Maybe Dover Street Market, because they have a very strong vision and concept – very contemporary and pop, I love that style.

If my house was on fire, the piece of clothing I'd save would be... None, because I would run away with my wallet, iPhone and PC! I can always make clothes again.

My secret fashion muse is... Hatsune Miku, the one of top Vocaloids in Japan. Normally most fashion people hate Otaku culture like that, but she gives me so much inspiration.

The extent my style has changed since I was 15... Everything is changing, even now. I'm changing everything all the time, ever since I started fashion.

My favourite person to dress... My favourite icon is Terence Koh, the pop artist in NYC. I dressed him with my white clothes around four years ago, so my wish was completed haha. Now I'm thinking about more futuristic people to dress in Balmung. 

Your favourite Instagram filter: None, I don’t like to use Instagram filters! 

As told to: Char McManus

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ANAMANAGUCHI Interview

If you like your music fast and loud with the kind of glitchy electronic sound that feels like you're getting five sugar rushes at once, you're going to be all over ANAMANAGUCHI. Based in NYC, this four-piece is made up of Pete Berkman, James DeVito, Luke Silas and Ary Warnaar - we caught up with Pete and Ary for a fun Skype chat about Haribo, fashion camp and making it in Japan. 

LOGO: So where did the name ANAMANAGUCHI come from?

ARY: We all went to fashion school in Halifax, and to graduate you had to do a major fashion line summer camp getaway. We couldn’t all get in to Armani, so I applied to Prada camp and Pete applied to camp Gucci – the other two guys got into Armani (way better students). We ended up being in competing shows in the same building for #NYFW and just kinda hit it off from there, so we started doing music.

PETE: When we had to do our final project, it was actually music and we called it Armanipradagucci – someone else had the www, so we had to switch it to graduate.

ARY: Someone else already had VRMVNIPRVDVGUCCI.

LOGO: Tbh I think you got the better name.

PETE: Lucked outtt!!!

LOGO: So what was Prada camp like?

ARY: It was nice... it was my first time leaving the country (Canada) so getting to chill in Monaco and meet cool peepz was sick. Learned Italian!

PETE: Camp Gucci was pretty much all jogging all the time, so I got pretty fast.

ARY: Diet was all proscuitto and canteloupe!!!!! Yum!

LOGO: So after you guys started working together, what made you wanna start going down that hyped-up 8-bit vibe in your music?

PETE: Sometimes we'd sneak into the other camps and play Katamari, eat Haribo and trade eurobeat and morning musume mp3s, so we wanted to start making music that had that kinda energy.

LOGO: And what's the one thing you remember about ANAMANAGUCHI’S first show?

PETE: I was 16... brought my entire desktop computer to the show. I tried playing some of the synth lines on my PC keyboard and the latency was really, really rough so I mostly just stood there sweating nervous and then harmonised everything on guitar. It was an all-screamo show and we left immediately after because we were embarrassed about our set u__u. It was just me and James then – we stopped for a while after that until we practiced really hard @__@

LOGO: What would you say has been your biggest break in music so far?

ARY: We played with Metro Station at a women's health centre in LA one time, that was cool. Trace Cyrus [aka Miley’s half bro] was the one that gave us the cash at the end lol.

PETE: We just got back from Japan, which was amazing. Getting to meet and DJ next to artists whose music we'd only heard online was really mind-blowing… hope we can go back soon.

PETE: The funnest night was in a basement in Shibuya called Shibu House with Carpainter from Maltine records. The fog was so thick you couldn't see an inch in front of you until the insane strobe light came on. The room was like 10x10 feet lol but the sound quality wasn’t spared… so fun.

LOGO: So how do you guys typically put a song together?

PETE: Usually either Ary or I will start an idea separately – we won’t work together until it's time to focus on arrangement and production. I like to write and finish things very quickly. Releasing things has always been the slow part, but we're gonna fix that soon. A lot more music (from us & others) will be coming soon on our net label DREAM.HAX.

LOGO: Cool, who else is part of that?

PETE: As of now Anamana is the only artist with releases through Dreamhax, but we've been building up music from some artists based in NYC (as well as some Internet friends).

LOGO: If you could pick anyone to do vox for a track, who would it be? 

ARY: We reached out to Eiffel 65 and they were interested but very very busy... you can just email them on their website.

PETE: Michael Jackson #RIP – also Hayley Williams from Paramore and Mariah Carey.

LOGO: If money were no object, what would you want do for your next music video?

PETE: Maybe a jello pool and a helicopter and Vespas and a mansion… but in the fine print with the production company, it says we get to keep it because we worked so hard.

ARY: I’d drive a white Lamborghini into a pink jello pool and spend the rest of the $ on really good catering for the cast and crew. Also a cold press juice bar. 

PETE: Would be cool to see how many ice cubes we could buy and then melt… but actually… it would probably look a lot like [LINK]. 

LOGO: Make it happen!

PETE: Dragons are expensive :(

LOGO: What were the last three tracks you downloaded?

PETE: ‘They Don’t Speak Our Language’ by Lindsay Lowend, ‘Flicker’ by Porter Robinson and ‘Tenor Sax Symphony’ by Renegade Magicians.

ARY: ‘Palette’ by Tielsie, Spinee's LOGO mix (awkward lol) and Miley Cyrus’ ‘Adore You (Studio Acapella).’

LOGO: What’s your favourite pizza topping?

PETE: Basil, buffala mozzarella cheese, hand-grated parmagiano reggiano, freshly grated grana padana, san marzano tomato sauce and homegrown seasoning made of thyme oregano basil hot peppers and rosemary. When I ate it for the first time I cried.

ARY: Fresh garlic, mustard n ketchup.

LOGO: Who's your current kawaii crush?

PETE: GFOTY.

ARY: IKEA monkey. 

LOGO: Take a selfie!

LOGO: Give us some lyrics... in emojis. 

Interview: Char McManus

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#TBT Giles Moberly: Notting Hill Carnival 1990 - 2010

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Europe's largest street festival, aka Notting Hill Carnival is BACK this weekend - make sure you're looking well turned out while you get turned up and take outfit inspiration from this collection of photos by Giles Moberly, taken across 20 years of carnival attendance.

Compiled by William E. Wright

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K Rizz Interview

Unless you’ve spent the last few months living under a rock you’ll know the DIS-launched anthem Salbahe and follow up Salbahe Season (‘the cowgirl hat… with the matching chaps’) by K Rizz (aka #TheGhettoAnimeGirl) have been THE anthems of the summer. We hit up the NY based club queen to find out more about her and her #pinayreggaeton sound. YES Bitch!

The best time to hit the studio: Anytime is great for me because K Rizz is ALWAYS READY!

What you did the first time you heard one of your songs in the club: I said to myself “YASSSSSSSSSSSSSS’”! It’s amazing to see people dance to your music. Whether they know the lyrics or not, watching people have a good time is a Good time for me!

The first time you ever performed in public: Well, My first public performance was for this beauty pagent I enrolled in called ” Diwa ng kalayaan” (Spirit Of Independence in Tagalog). I performed a tagalog ballad for the talent portion of the pagent. And i gave sooo Much DRAMA in my performance! I couldn’t believe it was my first live performance ever. I was not nervous at all. I knew I would nail it! Your biggest career breakthrough so far: It hasn’t happened yet. But I am ready for it to happen. Very, very soon ;) Your biggest supporter: My LEEK92 family and My best friend Destiny and my big sis De Se!

The song that makes you feel most powerful: Honeslty SALBAHE makes me feel the most powerful! It’s the song I always wished existed while i was growing up. It is my anthem! I feel like a Pinay superwoman when i perform salbahe! The song that changed your life: It is between Barney’s “I Love You” & “Kiss from a Rose” By Seal. Your most secret/unexpected musical influence: System Of A Down!!!!!!! But I wouldn’t consider it to be a secret.

Dream video director: OMG David Lachapelle! Instagram or Twitter: Instagram! Instagram! Instagram! I mean Cmon! An interactive virtual photo book you can share with the world with VIDEO?!? Its so poppin! The thing you want people to remember about you: I want people to remember this……..If they ever need someone to tell them a story, be their best Friend, give them advice , make them feel good & save the world MUSICALLY….. they can count on K Rizz to deliver it to them!

Photos: Nicky Ottav

As told to: William E. Wright

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Maria Ke Fisherman Interview

Founded by Victor Alonso and Maria Lemus, Spanish label Maria ke Fisherman creates clothing for women who are inspired by the future and aren't afraid to look sexy, with pieces fusing experimental and innovative elements of streetwear, sportswear and ’90s culture. LOGO caught up with Maria to discuss the concept of contemporary femininity, and why Naomi Campbell would look great in the label's next lookbook...

MKF: Our girls are strong, and really feminine, They can be self-sufficient or not, but they always have control; they can be whatever they want. They like themselves – some of them are girly thug girls, others are adult women with their personality marked in their figures. They’re always so sexy, so girly.

LOGO: What does ‘sexy’ mean to you, when it comes to a woman's dress and/or attitude?

MKF: Its always in the attitude. You have to feel sexy to wear something sexy and consequently appear sexy – clothes only work as a catalyst to get that sexy attitude. That's what we try to do with our brand; we sell sexy vehicles.

LOGO: How do you see what it means to be a woman changing (for the better) over the next 10 years?

MKF: Women are getting more transparent by the minute; their personalities more explosive, more out of control – and we love it!! I don't think there will be a big change in the next 10 years though, as women already have that power.

LOGO: You look very comfortable wearing your own designs, Maria! Do you find that you often design clothes for yourself?

MKF: The clothing I make is always like a reflection of myself; the image of my personality projected over the people I would like to dress it with. I never design anything I wouldn't wear! Each collection comes about as the result of a change in me, and I like to dress it – and the quality of the product is just as important as the design. There are lots of messy clothes out there!

LOGO: If you could cast any five famous celebrities to star in the next Maria Ke Fisherman lookbook, who would you choose and why?

MKF: Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Kim Basinger and Valeria Lukyanova and Dominika 777. They are all big women, full of curves too! I would give one flat colour to each.

LOGO: If you had to choose one other designer you'd have to wear for an entire year, who would you pick?

MKF: I would sweat MEAT night and day!

LOGO: How did you and Victor Alonso start working together, and what was he doing for work before that? It seems like you’re a perfect fit!

MKF: We met partying on the streets of Madrid – we always happened to meet on the streets – we saw our worlds were so similar, they were rising together. Even though we barely knew each other, we went to Greece for a year together, by ourselves – and that’s where Maria ke Fisherman was born! I studied fashion, Victor studied science.

LOGO: What roles/jobs within the company do you and Victor both prefer or stick to?

MKF: I am more artsy, and Victor more tech, and he works more with prints, while I determine more of the aesthetics. Both of us treat the inspiration and shapes – but we do EVERYTHING together!

LOGO: Being based in Madrid, how does the city influence your designs? And what are two or three of your favourite spots to go there?

MKF: We have been living in Madrid for 10 intense years, but a month ago we moved to a big studio in a small town in the south. Madrid influenced our designs a lot – there, at eighteen, I was born again! Leaving home young and leading an independent life made me learn faster. I love Madrid, and I absorbed each stimulus I came across there, although I always needed more, as if something was missing… That drove me crazy, and forced me to mess up more doing new stuff all the time. My fave spots are all around Malasaña’s hood – I like the street corners, where you can go out and speak with the vagabonds and the Chinese beer dealers. That always was our favourite hobby.

www.mariakefisherman.com

Interview: LIL GOVERNMENT