PRESS ::: LIBERATING STYLE shows love!!!

I am forever grateful for LIBERATING STYLE for giving me an opportunity to shine. Much love to Angela for making this happen and to my beautiful friend & fellow artista, Fly Lady Di, who was also featured in this issue & and huge thanks for the shout out. You are an inspiration as well, ma:) I would also like to give a shout to the one and only Sarah White for taking this photo of me, to Concep for being part of the collabo featured in this spread, and to Raye 6 for being the inspiration behind the catwoman in picture 4. ...thank you!

To read the interview & check out the whole issue online, click here.





Make sure to check out the previous issues as well!

PRESS ::: LONDON HERE I COME -- STREET TALK UK Official Teaser

Here is the official teaser for Londontown's freshest export, STREET TALK UK! The official site is about to launch- the guys just had their preview launch party last week (here are some photos from the event on VICE Magazine). The new site is going to feature a series of interviews with some of New York's dopest movers and shakers...I'm so psyched to be part of this! BIG shout out to my London fam, Kevin, Craig and Mike for doing this...you are the bomb!

Street | Talk Official Trailer from Street Talk on Vimeo.

FREE MUSIC + TONE presents: JESSE BOYKINS III part I

TONE (one of the hardest working photographers I know in the city) has started doing video features at his LOFT now. This is my favorite so far: interview with my friend, Brooklyn-based singer & songwriter Jesse Boykins III. inspirational.

JESSE BOYKINS III PART ONE from TONE on Vimeo.

Also, here is a FREE remix of Jesse's song PANTYHOSE by Hasan Insane. Grab it HERE.
as well as CHANEL -remix by Machine Drum
and CHANEL part 2 : Spirit Dilla remix by Daru

iRECOMMEND::: SATURN NEVER SLEEPS w/ RAS G, King Britt, Rucyl, Sarah White & Rico, Stef Eye, AFTA-1 and more ! in Philly and in NYC!!!

Finally SATURN NEVER SLEEPS fam is back in NYC with an impressive lineup made up of vibration gurus RAS-G, AFTA-1, King Britt, Rucyl, Sarah White, Rico, Steph Eye & Damon Bennet & Peter Kirn. What's even more exciting that it's here to stay: SNS visionaries King Britt and Rucyl are starting a monthly series in New York while continuing to bring to Philly's art & music scene a new vision & higher frequencies as well. Check out their super dope website for more info, artist features & free podcasts!
DEC 10th in Philadelphia & DEC 11th NYC!

iRECOMMEND :: SEBASTIAO SALGADO :: The Children

This post is dedicated to every child and adult whose childhood has been prematurely cut short.
One of my favorite photographers and huge inspiration, Brazilian artist SEBASTIÃO SALGADO is a true master of capturing the human spirit on film. His book, THE CHILDREN was my first reference I turned to when I started going back to drawing a few years ago. His collection of photographs of refugee children from all around the world is one of the most powerful visual documentations of the effect of war and trauma on children.

Salgado originally trained as an economist, turned to photography in 1973. He spent several years with documenting migrant workers, and from 1993 to 1999, he turned his attention to the global phenomenon of mass displacement of people, resulting in the internationally acclaimed books Migrations and The Children published in 2000.

In the introduction to Migrations, he wrote, "More than ever, I feel that the human race is one. There are differences of colour, language, culture and opportunities, but people's feelings and reactions are alike. People flee wars to escape death, they migrate to improve their fortunes, they build new lives in foreign lands, they adapt to extreme hardship…."

His images speak without words...about terror, loss of innocence, the horrors of war and the beauty of the human spirit that- even while faced with the harshest conditions- can transcend the shadows of the past and heal the presence. This piece, inspired by one of the photos from his book, THE CHILDREN, on the left was one of my first pieces I exhibited (I donated it to a fundraiser for Emergency) a few years ago...I was at an early phase of experimenting with my style and media. After buying the book, I would keep on returning to these images and stare at these children's telling eyes...many of these kids were born and spent their entire life in refugee camps. (e.g Rwanda, Lebanon, Croatia, Afghanistan, India, Mozambique, Sudan, or Kurdistan). I believe that Salgado's photographs have the power of changing someone's life (a quality I think every artist would love to own). Someone told me that at his show of THE CHILDREN, they displayed the photos as giant, larger-than-life size prints and the power of these images made many attendees burst out in tears.

"I hope that the person who visits my exhibitions, and the person who comes out, are not quite the same," says Mr. Salgado. "I believe that the average person can help a lot, not by giving material goods but by participating, by being part of the discussion, by being truly concerned about what is going on in the world."

You can see a few more photos from the book here for instance, but I strongly recommend actually owning this book. Also check out his other massive masterpiece, Migrations. To read Salgado's bio, visit here.

TIME TO ::: IMAM FAISAL ABDUL RAUF :: Lose your ego, find your compassion & CARY FOWLER: One seed at a time, protecting the future of food

A good friend of mine who is traveling to India for this conference sent me to this site. TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, organizes conferences around different themes and hosts talks about issues affecting our future. These are just two of the talks that I found inspiring on their site
Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf: Lose your ego, find your compassion

Cary Fowler: One seed at a time, protecting the future of food

i'm feeling... BROKENFAB

I love these futuristic beaded pieces individually designed & hand-crafted in the workshop of London-based BROKEN FAB. Check out more on brokenfab.com.

PHOTO OF THE DAY :: lost and found

I'm in love with these images. Found it on flickr by artist Brandon Jan Blommaert.

FREE MUSIC :: Chico Mann ::: SAME COLOR WOLF /// ANALOG DRIFT (full album) /// THE SELECTOR (FOR NOW)

Electro-funk meets afro-Cuban rhythms to transport you back & forth in time. Chico Mann is the man!






Chico Mann is the creation of Antibalas guitarist Marcos García; a time-travelling multi-instrumentalist-producer who with drum machines, synthesizers, and guitars has singlehandedly filled the 30+ year gap between afrobeat, afrocuban, freestyle and electronic music while throwing a wrench into the cogs of musical history.

ANIMATION OF THE DAY :: Skywhales

:: The hunter becomes the hunted ::

Directed by Phil Austin & Derek W. Hayes, SKYWHALES is a 1983 animated short film that depicts a fictional society of green-skinned alien creatures dwelling in the atmosphere on a floating island, who send off hunting missions to capture skywhales. Skywhales was released at the cinema in the UK in 1984, showing before the film Nineteen Eighty-Four. Too bad that the quality of the video is so bad, as it doesn't do justice to the beauty of this film.

PHOTO OF THE DAY ::: orchidman

photo by the brilliant mi-zo duo

LOVE IS THE MESSAGE :: MGMT :: The Youth

happy halloween
MGMT ::: "The Youth"

i'm feeling ...TEMPER TRAP :: Sweet Disposition

I just discovered this Melbourne-based band, Temper Trap while blog-surfing. Much like their fellow Aussie band the Empire of the Sun, or the new US groups MGMT and Passion Pit, these guys have been putting out some quality pop music. I'm not surprised that they have been compared to U2 or Coldplay, you can definitely hear their influences, but Temper Trap got their own sound locked down. They just dropped a new album this month, called "Conditions".

SUPERCHICKEN :: Jimi Hendrix Forever

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace." (Jimi Hendrix)

My first musical experience and memories go back to my father's incessant listening sessions of Jimi Hendrix, whose music he managed to secretly record on his Telefunken mono tape recorder by tapping into one of the clandestine pirate radio stations blasting Anglo-American rock music to communist countries like Hungary (you can read a little more about that in my previous post). According to my mom, he was literally "obsessed" with Hendrix's music...he considered himself an outsider, and even though he didn't speak English, he knew the language of music intuitively. I still get really emotional when listening to Crosstown Traffic, which I feel like had a definite shaping influence on my infant brain. I believe if he was born in a different place and time, my dad would've become a guitar player himself, though he definitely passed on to me his passion for real soulful music. I remember being six years old and waiting for the radio to play a Pink Floyd record so we could record it on tape...ever since, my love for music was always up there with drawing. This post is as much as a thank-you note to my dad for introducing me to the sound vibrations of JIMI HENDRIX as an homage to the man himself whose spirit is still alive and whose spiritual message is more relevant now than ever. Also, I'd like to say Happy Birthday to my beautiful mom, who put up with both of our obsessions and who later managed to save enough money as a single mom to buy me my first stereo equipment when I was 14 (it cost her whole month worth of salary). Thank you!

The Love Movement is growing again...here is some inspiration



Well I travel at the speed of a reborn man // I've got a lot of love to give // from the mirrors of my hand // I sent a message of love // don't you run away look at your heart, baby // come on along with me today // well I am what I am, thank god // some people just don't understand // well help them god // find yourself first // don't you be no fool // here comes a woman // wrapped up in chains // messin' with that fool baby // your life is pain // if you wanna be free // come on along with me // don't mess with the man // he'll never understand // I said find yourself first // and then your talent // work hard in your mind // so you can come alive // you better prove to the man // you're as strong as him // cause in the eyes of god // you're both children to him //
everybody come alive
everybody live alive
everybody love alive
everybody hear my message

HUNGARIAN MEMORIES :: with a pure heart

Syrius, Hungarian progressive rock band from the 70s performing an English version of "Tiszta Szivvel" or "With a Pure Heart", a poem by one of my favorite Hungarian poets, Attila József. The poet, who was born into a poor working-class family and spent most of his childhood in foster families and orphanages, is a shining but melancholy star of the post-WWI generation of artists. This poem earned him his expulsion from Szeged University. Struggling with a life-long depression, war trauma and spiritual isolation, he committed suicide at a young age 0f 32. [A sad fact about my old country is that suicide rate has been among the highest in the world...partly, because many of our cultural heroes, like Attila, have committed suicide.] You can find out more about Attila József and read some of his poems in translation here.

†Miklós Orszáczky - Bass, Vocals * * †Zsolt Baronits - Winds * * László Pataki - Organ * Mihály Ráduly - Winds * * †András Veszelinov - Percussion *

The band's lead singer & bass guitarist Miklos Orszaczky immigrated to Australia and became a famous musician known under the name of Jackie Orszacky. You can get an idea about how the American/Western music of the 60s and 70s -mostly illegally transmitted via a few pirate radio stations such as Radio Luxembourg (a pirate station run and broadcast from a boat somewhere in the channel),Radio Free Europe and Voice of America shaped the music and the youth of Communist Hungary, by reading an interview with Orszacky from 1996 about the music scene he grew up immersed in Budapest, Hungary. Despite the fact that Hungary's communist government-a self-declared dictatorship- tried to maintain isolation from the "decadent culture of the West", there was no way to stop the music secretly infiltrating and transforming the youth culture of the 70s. Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones and many UK and US rock and funk bands were the inspirations and catalysts for the exploding underground culture that no Iron Curtain could stop from getting their sense of liberation through music.

ELECTRIC VISION:: video of painting the RE:GENERATION mural

A little window into the process...I'm painting the RE:GENERATION :: Earth Spirit Rise mural on the rooftop of the New Design High School (check my earlier post for location & more photos). The footage that I took was edited by my good friend, video artist Vanguard Bot. Also big shout out to my fellow artist, Borish of the Trust Your Struggle crew for inviting me to do this (his murals & studio work are dope.you can check them here). Thank you!
The Rise of the Earth Spirit, GEA, avatar of Re:Generation
GEA launches <3thunderbolt> to release magic power to heal and awaken earthlings

Lichiban :: "RE:GENERATION: Earth Spirit Rise" mural-LES, NYC from Lichiban EV [Electric Vision] on Vimeo.

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earthlings realize the need to protect COSMIC ARK ::
feel the vibration ::: we open gates :::

iRECOMMEND::: DÂM-FUNK release party at BROOKLYN BOWL

"Funk is not a fad, it's a way of life" insists LA fam, DAM-FUNK, who has been responsible for keeping funk alive and bringing back the good vibrations with his trademark galactic/boogie touch--giving birth to a kind of sexy cosmic music that makes you feel free and elevated. His debut album Toeachizown has finally come out in a double cd-version last week. The album was released in 5 parts on Stonesthrow (check below for the individual release links) and is going to drop as a delux 5LP set early next year. This Tuesday, FADER will present the album release party at BROOKLYN BOWL, BK, which is expected to be a blowout...not to mention that it's a free event...don't miss it! Check out a video of him spinning in BK back in August and my interview with him from earlier that also includes some freebies.
Also, for a week you can listen to a special 3 hrs Dam-Funk set on one of UK's top BBC radio hosts & DJs, the homie Benji B here. Shout out to Benji who actually put me on Dam Funk over a year ago. If you want to stay up on fresh music, tune into Benji's program on BBC here.

Dam-Funk - Toeachizown (Double-CD Version) 2/CD with 6p. folder, $16.98

Dam-Funk's debut album Toeachizown (2/CD) is here and will be released worldwide on Tues, October 20th. The double-disc CD contains over 2 hours of music.

The vinyl will be released as 5LP box set. Note: the 5LP box is delayed due to manufacturing issues – we hope to have it in late Dec. 2009-Jan. 2010, and will announce as soon as a release date is secured.

In anticipation of the 5LP set Stonesthrow have released the five distinct parts digitally:
Toeachizown Vol. 1: LAtrik $6.93 // Toeachizown Vol. 2: Fly $5.94 // Toeachizown Vol. 3: Life $5.99// Toeachizown Vol. 4: Hood $5.49 //Toeachizown Vol. 5: Sky $5.99

hRo moves like water

Wow...my boy, artist/dancer and the best popper I know, Heat Rock One, showing off his brilliant skills

iRECOMMEND ...L.E.S Captured ::: exhibition & documentary by CLAYTON PATTERSON

EXHIBITION:: Alife presents

CLAYTON PATTERSON
L.E.S CAPTURED
SEPTEMBER 25 - NOVEMBER 8

“For me, taking the front door photos was magic. It was like touching someone’s soul. We were sharing a moment in time together, in a very intimate and deep way. I always felt a union, a deep connection and respect for my subjects. We were one. We were exploring our inner selves to each other. I was saving a presence, a spirit, the image of a person from the moment, the here and now, for the future. All of us were the Lower East Side.”

ALIFE PRESENTS and KINZ + TILLOU FINE ART are proud to announce CLAYTON PATTERSON, L.E.S. CAPTURED, a co-produced exhibition that focuses on Patterson’s 30-year documentation of the dramatically transitioned Lower East Side neighborhood of New York City. The exhibition features select photographs; a digital showcase of Patterson’s Front Door portraits; “The Documentarian”, a short from the widely acclaimed recent feature-length documentary, Captured, a film by Ben Solomon, Dan Levin, Jenner Furst. A documentarian by choice and community activist by circumstance, Patterson’s career spans 30 years of dedicated and compulsive photographic capture of the neighborhood and its community. From documenting the 1988 Tompkins Square Park Police Riot—which earned him both jail-time and Oprah airtime—to photographing individuals posed in front of his gallery door on Essex Street, Patterson is the eyes of the Lower East Side.

For more info about the exhibit, visit Alife.

YOU CAN WATCH THE FILM ONLINE for free here

PRESS ::: STREET TALK UK interview :: behind the scenes teaser

London fam, Kevin (also editor of the upcoming site thewhorington.com), Craig and Mike of STREET TALK UK came through my studio last month for an interview for their new New York City interview project sponsored by UK streetwear brand, BOXFRESH (their community site will be hot!). These guys are some of the coolest cats I know! They also got to interview the gorgeous songstress N'neka and Chelsea gallery owner, Jonathan Levine among others. I just got the behind the scenes teaser trailer for their project.

Street Talk NY - Behind The Scenes... from Mike Osaer on Vimeo.

Site is coming soon www.streettalktv.co.uk. Follow StreetTalkUK on twitter here

ARTIST TO WATCH ::: Johnny Voltik

Here are some footage of my friend, JOHNNY VOLTIK aka the Alphalove's show from last week at the Littlefield, BK. Whew...Woodstock is gone, but the love movement is ever so alive and so is the psychedelic rock/funk sound. Straight from the heart of Brooklyn Johnny Voltik is on the path toward taking sound and soul vibration to the next level. On the mic were also my two lovely girlfriends, Kira Michell and Enki Alien (who by the way are cosmic twins from different continents, and the two people who recognized it even before the girls met were Johnny and myself...long but amazing story). For bookings, please contact johnnyvoltik@gmail.com

JOHNNY VOLTIK "Higher" live from Lichiban EV [Electric Vision] on Vimeo.

JOHNNY VOLTIK "Sunshine" live from Lichiban EV [Electric Vision] on Vimeo.

PRESS::: VONY at RISE UP RADIO!

The Voices of New York (VONY) movement is evolving beautifully. VONY's founder, Suzie and I have been given an opportunity to talk about our work at Rise Up Radio - WBAI-FM, New York a couple of months ago (This was actually my second time at the radio. Back in December, I had a chance to talk about my solo show the Secret Lives of Samurais on this dope program). The show this time focused on education and on some of the flaws inherent in the public educational system, and it touched on some less serious tabloid stories. We came in at the second half of the show discussing the alarming phenomenon of the reduction of funds from art education and how VONY tries to counteract the negative effects of this by creating and implementing mentoring workshops that encourage creativity at an early stage of child development. I believe that art, among other things, is the foundation of culture, and it is the voice of a community; hence it has a powerful political potential. So if you take away the arts, you practically undermine a community's (and of course the individual's) creative power for self-determination and expression. This is why I think as artists it is very important for us to give back and nurture the next generation of visionaries to create, dream and believe in their vision...to have a VOICE! Big shout out to our lovely hosts TastyKeish & the boys Digo and Divino for having us on the show and doing a great job with the program. Thank you!
You can listen to the show on RiseUp Radio HERE (we come in on the second half of the show.)

You can see some of the video footage from our first youth media arts conference & fundraiser concert with BILAL, 88-Keys, Jesse Boykins & Honey LaRochelle from this past summer here. Check the VONY blog for more info and become a fan of Voices of New York on facebook. New website coming soon.

ANIMATION OF THE DAY: The Point - The Rock Man

"It's the here and now that I'm talking about"
Rock Man lays it out... -clip from Harry Nilsson's The Point - 1971. Thanks to Doze Green for putting me on this..lol! To find out Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?), visit here.

DOOM - Unexpected Guests is here

Preview of DOOM's Unexpected Guests forthcoming release on Gold Dust recordings.The album contains previously released, but hard to find material by DOOM, featuring guest appearances from Masta Killa, Talib Kweli, Ghostface, De La Soul, Jake One and J Dilla to name a few.

CMJ 09 :: Can I Get You High? w/ BILAL, EXILE IN BLU, JROCC, SHAFIQ HUSAYN, SPINNA

This show is going to be a blowout...the line-up is crazy. I've been waiting for BILAL's much-anticipated album to drop..Expect the unexpected, his new album is completely AMAZING! Also check the EPK for Shafiq Husayn of Sa-Ra to get a feel for his new project.

Last week the exciting news surfaced that Bilal is joining Plug Research for his highly anticipated next project. Now, Plug Research and VTech are announcing a celebratory event in New York City during CMJ week to commemorate the occasion with an amazing line up.

Bilal will headline with a six piece band, Shafiq Husayn of the mighty Sa-Ra collective will be perform material off Shafiq En' A-Free-Ka with musical collaborators from the album Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. Exile will be showcasing his wizadry on the MPC with a guest spot by Blu, one of the best new MC's around. DJ sets will be provided by Blu Jemz, the legendary Large Professor and mind-blowing combination of Spinna and J Rocc. The nights festivities will be hosted by the one and only Pharoahe Monch and you never know who might also stop by...

This has the makings of a classic show, take advantage of presale tickets, do not miss out!

Shafiq En' A-Free-Ka EPK I from Plug Research on Vimeo.

FREE DOWNLOAD ::: The Motherfucking GASLAMP KILLER

This is sooo good...an oldie and probably my favorite mixtape from West-coast sound wizard, Gaslamp Killer (check an earlier mix I posted here). A part of the Brainfeeder family housing artists such as Ras G, Flying Lotus, Samiyam, Gaslamp Killer is known for his trippy concoctions made of experimental hip-hop -jazz- psychedelic kraut rock-soul sound bites that draw inspiration on anything from Turkish funk, Jimi Hendrix, Lonnie Liston Smith , Thunder Cat, Beth Gibbons, Kraftwerk to Pharoah Sanders... GK is a breath of fresh air.

LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD HERE.

i heART NYC ::: YOUNITY Fresher! show flicks

Here are some of the flicks from YOUNITY's hugely successful third annual group art show. This year, we focused on creating art that raises awareness about environmental issues and inspires folks to be ecologically conscious. Here are some of TONE's dope pics...check out more on his site. Also, KIDROBOT posted some event photos, you can peep them here.

The crew. I totally missed this shot...Check out more pics on the Younity blog.


My two pieces are part of a series making references to the seven stages of the alchemical process

POLLUTION (Separatio) ::: BLOSSOM (Coagulatio)
Nature Spirit dismembered & choked by machines and factories ::: Nature Spirit pregnant with lifeforce
vision of war ::: vision of love
watchers ::: lovers

CHECK OUT MORE OF MY PHOTOS of the opening on Wronglips,
and write-ups on Highsnobette, Trendcetera Magazine, and on MISS CREW.

Big shout out to the YOUNITY crew-Toofly, Alice Mizrachi, Shana Louallen, Diana Mc Clure, Yvette Devito, Samia Grand Pierre for doing such an amazing job with the show.
GALLERY HOURS

Wednesday, October 14th
( Shana Louallen at gallery come visit! )
4:30-7:30PM

Friday, October 16th
( Toofly at Gallery Come visit! )
6-10PM

Saturday, October 17th
( Toofly, Yvette Devito, and Stephanie Land at gallery come visit! )
4:30-10PM

Wednesday, October 21st
( Shana Louallen at gallery Come visit! )
4:30-7:30PM

Friday, October 23rd
( AM at gallery last chance to view! 4:30-6pm )

iRECOMMEND... 100% recycled drawing pad made with hydro power

iRECOMMEND ...CMJ Kickoff party w/ Cubic Zirconia, Free The Robots, MeLo-X & Stimulus

The 3rd Annual CMJ Kickoff Party
Sunday, October 18th, 2009
Above Allen // 190 Allen Street between Stanton & Houston

featuring Cubic Zirconia, one of Taste's West Coast favorites, Free The Robots, the multi-talented Melo-X and the Soundcloud king Stimulus will be providing tunes for the night.

7pm - Midnight // __$Free // by RSVP only.

how to kill a hot dog

1960s anti-LSD Propaganda Film

EXCLUSIVE MIX::: Aromadozeski Therapy :: Rubicon Sun

I am very pleased to present for the first time online this exclusive mixtape RUBICON SUN by AROMADOZESKI THERAPY, the joint project of close friend and one of my all-time favorite painters Doze Green and DJ Romanowski. This experimental sonic journey is a multi-layered social and spiritual commentary on the state of the world at the time of its creation in 2007, echoing timeless cosmic truths and alarming references to this-worldly realities. These amazing paintings were created by Doze Green at around the time of this mix was born, and they mirror the same sentiments...there is a lot to discover in there.

Aromadozeski Theraphy - Rubicon Sun mixtape by zenith01
[cover art:: Doze Green x Fefe : Omega Bridge ]


Doze Green is the Bruce Lee of the visual art born out of New York's early hip-hop culture. For Lee art was an expression of one's inner truth and he believed that "To express yourself in freedom, you must die to everything of yesterday. From the "old" you derive security; from the "new", you gain the flow." Traditional methods and established forms give a structure to expression but by nature they are limiting, true artists use them as guiding disciplines but find freedom in self-expression beyond styles, allowing the soul to be like free-flowing water, the vehicle for one's creative energy. Much like Lee, for whom true self-expression is the manifestation of one's flow, Doze have created a unique vision that simultaneously references and transcends its roots in esoteric lore, apocalyptic prophecies, and hip-hop (a movement he was shaping as an original member of the Rock Steady Crew). As he described in an interview about his freestyle approach "I believe that graff, b.boying and djing are kinetic language that in turn are related with each other. Motion, style and expression (or intent) are relayed information to the viewer participant audience. It’s a sonic and visual form of hieroglyphics stemming from 21st century living and technosymbolic sigils created by sentinels and a sort of unique and personal magic is released. This is called ka. The creative force of the universe. This is why it appeals to so many people. This only comes naturally when you release your graff purist letter formats and regulations or when you toss out strict b.boy power moves for a more diverse portfolio."

These divinities represent sentinels, the guardians of universal truths. Immortal warriors warning mankind of dangers society has manifested, looming on the horizon and threatening to destroy us.

Doze Green ::: Dustmite Nephilim Series

These painting-silkscreen collage pieces were part of his solo show last October at the Jonathan Levine Gallery entitled, N.O.O.N. (No One Observes Nibiru). The show's title referenced the planet X prophecy of a cataclysmic cosmic shift occurring in the year 2012, causing dramatic effects to life on earth. Also a prominent year in the Mayan and Hopi calendars, 2012 marks the end of our current solar cycle, signifying transition into a new age. Inspired by these theories, there is a transitional quality to the artwork. Movement, migration and transformation of form combine to form enigmatically kinetic narratives. Portals and beams of energy, layered over collaged media clippings, surround Green’s figures which echo social diaspora of the past, yet also seem to be preparing for a futuristic voyage of sorts—a survivalist evacuation plan for the great escape from doomsday.
UPPER PLAYGROUND presents :: DOZE GREEN :: Talking to one's self

i'm feeling ...K'NAAN ::: TIA

PHOTOS OF THE DAY ::: Eikoh Hosoe x Yukio Mishima :: ORDEAL BY ROSES

Ba-ra-kei :: Ordeal by Roses
One of my favorite Japanese photographers Eikoh Hosoe's photos of the late writer Yukio Mishima. Visit link to read Eikoh Hosoe's tribute talk to Mishima where he recalls his experience working with the writer.

FREE DOWNLOAD & GIG dates :: THEOPHILUS LONDON :: Enjoy The Sun

Here is a dope new freebie from BK artist fam, this charming THEOPHILUS LONDON.

ENJOY THE SUN
DOWNLOAD it here

Also if you're in NYC during CMJ or in UK at the end of October, don't miss his live performance...Theo is a phenomenal performer, channeling good energy right from the source.

FREE DOWNLOAD: YES YES Y'ALL x FS GREEN exlusive podcast

My buddy, Jelsen put me on this dope music site, YES YES Y'ALL a few months ago...YYY not only has their design aesthetic locked down, but they also have lots of goodies, such as free podcasts and exclusive tracks from a ton of new artists. I am reposting their first podcast collabo with FS Green which features FS' remix of Youtube phenomenon, singer Tay Zonday's Chocolate Rain (his video got over 42 million hits!), which takes the original track to the next level.
Jaylib – Raw Addict [Stones Throw] /// Quasimoto – MHB’s (Instrumental) [Stones Throw] /// Blu – Local Legends (Prod. Flying Lotus) [White] /// Hezekiah – Looking Up Ft. Bilal (Prod. Theo Bark) [Soulspazm/Rawkus] /// 88 Keys & Bilal – M.I.L.F [White] /// Flyherro – You Know What [White] /// Hudson Mohawke – Polkadot Blues [White]
Flying Lotus – LTWX REMIX [White] /// Tay Zonday – Chocolate Rain (FS Green remix) [White] /// James the Red Engine – Brain [White] /// FS Green – Happy Holly [White] /// Jay-z – Ignorant Shit Ft. Beanie Sigel (Prod. Just Blaze) [Def Jam] /// Pharoahe Monch – Desire Ft. Showtime (Prod. Alchemist) [Universal Motown] /// Talib Kweli – More or Less Ft. Dion (Prod. Hi-Tek) [Blacksmith/WBR] /// Up Hygh – Love Dat [Jugglin’] /// ZO! – Time Table [White]
Little Brother – When Everything Is New (Prod. ZO!) [ABB] /// Rapper Big Pooh – Live Life Ft. Spectac & O-dash (Prod. Khrysis) [6 Hole] /// Median – Powershift (Prod. Nicolay) [Halftooth] /// Louis Bordeaux – 1st session [Appletree]

DOWNLOAD or LISTEN HERE
Check the original post for more details.