New Showreel : Maxim Zhestkov 2012

Fresh showreel from the Russian wonder kid of Motion Graphs Maxim Zhestkov, doesn't show any new works but its always a pleasure to revisit his stunning work.

Reel 2012 / Maxim Zhestkov from Maxim Zhestkov on Vimeo.

Vladislav Solovjov - Stellar

Magnificent motion graphics by Saint-Petersburg based Vladislav Solovjov, the short piece is a stunning view of the planet Earth and the Universe in its complete wonder that easily could be the intro to a epic sci-fi film. Vladislav Solovjov work is a serious reminder of another amazing Russian artist, the Ulyanovsk based motion graphics mega talent Maxim Zhestkov.

STELLAR from Vladislav Solovjov on Vimeo.

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Wijk aan Zee

Exciting and busy times , been totally hectic and with no time to blog in the last two weeks.
Next October Audiopleasures will be 2 years, to celebrate this date im organizing a free and open door audiovisual weekend in Amsterdam , the event will take place in the Schuim , super cool place in the heart of this awesome city.
We will be screening the works of some of our favorite video artists as well as awesome motion graphics and animation.
There will be a series of interviews to know more about the work of these fabulous people and projects.
For the opening day we have already confirmed the screening of the awesome Advanced Beauty.

At this moment im on the also on the look for the bands who are interested to play in Amsterdam , the dates will be 9/10/11 October , fell free to mail me .

Soon in Audiopleasures a interview with French critically acclaimed instrumental music and electronic musician Sylvain Chauveau.

The Future is Bright :-)
Tiago



Lot's of free and cool stuff that landed on my mailbox in the past two weeks.

Mp3 | 2020 Soundsystem - Sliding Away [ Jonny D mix ]
Mp3 | Bibio - Ambivalence
Mp3 | Bodycode - What did you say
Mp3 | Brian Thomas - The Drop [ Kid Blue mix ]
Mp3 | Clark - Totems Flare
Mp3 | Dada Live - HappyHands & HappyFeet
Mp3 | Donny Hue and the Colors - Steps
Mp3 | Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream [ Lapse mix ]
Mp3 | John Roman - Wreck the Diskotek [ Barletta Edit ]
Mp3 | Lost Valentinos - Midnights [ Emperor Machine mix ]
Mp3 | NIYI - Amelia [ DJ Wool mix ]
Mp3 | Relentless - Mono Love
Mp3 | The Glass - Wanna Be Dancin' [ Radio Edit ]
Mp3 | The Honey Brothers - Demonstration
Mp3 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads will roll [ Foulhouse mix ]
Mp3 | Zwolf - Soundtrack to imaginary film
Mp3 | 8rolek - Dogss (Metalo-Disco)



Three masters of the electronic medium; Francisco Lopez, John Wall and John Oswald will create new work in collaboration with the ensemble. Each of their work is characterised by a distinctive style, and a unique approach to sound. The fact that these composers work largely in a medium outside traditional notated music makes this project particularly interesting. The extreme techniques used by these composers in their electronic work will be transformed into the acoustic sound of the ensemble.

Whoever has experienced the concerts of Spanish composer Francisco Lopez, knows that he has a preference for blindfolding the audience in order to experience his subsonic sound world on a more primary level. Over the last twenty five years he has developed an astonishing sonic universe, absolutely personal and iconoclastic, based on a profound listening of the world.

The British sample-composer John Wall makes collages from rock, jazz and classical music, where the source of the material is barely recognisable. Rather than focusing on the frantic juxtaposition of different sources, he fuses the snippets into organic flows of real music. The starting point for the collaboration with Ensemble MAE will be the work ‘Fractuur', which will be transformed and reworked into the colours of the ensemble through use of live electronics.

John Oswald is famous for his ‘Plunderphonics’, collages made entirely from other music, such as Michael Jackson, Elvis or Bruce Springsteen. He nearly always incorporates an electroacoustic element to his productions, focusing on metamorphosis and eclecticism realised from existing materials

Date: Amsterdam Tuesday June 9, 2009
Start time: 20:30

Paradiso Ensemble MAE



Brent Arnold (Brooklyn, NY, United States) , violoncelliste , composer & singer.
My music is experimental songs using amplified cello, voice, and effects (loops, distortion, etc). I incorporate sonic exploration, American & European folksong, improvisation, rock, South Asian and Middle Eastern melody, electronics, European classical, and more. My solo show has been compared to Imogen Heap, Andrew Bird, and Final Fantasy... but very original. More information is below.

I have worked with indie rockers Modest Mouse, Sleater-Kinney and Built to Spill, to electronicists Dj/rupture and Filastine, to pop artists like Lenny Kravitz, to experimentalists like Project W and Eyvind Kang and Degenerate Art Ensemble.

Occii Amsterdam 09 Jun -



Music video for Two Door Cinema Club. Director: Brian Philip Davis, Director of Photography / Grading: Ryan Kernaghan, Art Director: Anna McCaughtry

Watch | Two Door Cinema Club - Something Good Can Work



New fantastic work from Maxim Zhestkov

Watch Modul



new video for Yeah Yeah Yeah's off their new album "It's Blitz!"

Watch | Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads will roll


Ane Brun @ Daytrotter

In the entire canon of popular music’s many different forms of love songs, the best ones tend to come from the point of view of someone who just can’t make any fucking sense about why it went wrong. But, to be clear, this doesn’t include the songs that can sound ill-tempered or by someone holding a major gripe, someone unable to not feel completely and hopelessly wronged to a disturbing end. It’s the category that is filled by songs that still feel like the love that came before the fallout, of the time and the place where it all began, without malice and sullenness ever being a glimmer in either party’s flaming eyes. These remain as the tender declarations that they could have been in the middle of all the new romance, when time seemed to stand still and rush by like a dragster all at once. It’s the kind of spell that the blood gets put on it during this swooning process, where it’s hot and flooded with all of these odd new endorphins that take over the senses, start running the show and before anyone knows it, the plug’s been pulled and the comedown has already begun – and it’s in that moment of ill-configuration when these songs of loss and unabashed reflection are at their apex, when they are able to just get it all out there in an unprocessed, unedited plume.

Read more and download free Ane Brun session Here



The new music video for Fischerspooner's album Entertainment. Directed / Edited by Jason Cacioppo & Adam Dugas through Subvoyant. Director of photography Jason Cacioppo, imaged with RED ONE in New York City at the historic Performing Garage. DI color correction and RED services by Offhollywood, colorist Robbie Renfrow.

Watch | Fischerspooner - We Are Electric



After successful beta testing of NI Maschine CLP and New York rapper Kovas build a track from the scratch just using NI Urban Arsenal 2 - Kore Sound Pack. Watch the video and enjoy their global interaction.

Watch | Clp feat Kovas



The Auteurs is the fastest growing online destination for lovers of independent, foreign and classic film; an online cinema, anytime, anywhere. The Auteurs will give you the latest buzz from the Cannes Film Festival or a restored masterpiece personally chosen by Martin Scorsese (he's a member, too!). A social network that can let you find a visual gem that will definitely not be released in the local multiplex and allows you to find a girl in Tokyo who loves Kubrick (she actually exists, her name is Yuko and she’s into Wong Kar-Wai too…). The Auteurs invites you to watch, discover and discuss distinctive visionary films from all over the world.

Founded in 2007 by Efe Cakarel, The Auteurs is backed by Celluloid Dreams, The Criterion Collection and Costa Films, supported by the MEDIA Programme of the European Union, and is the exclusive partner of The World Cinema Foundation. The Auteurs is based in Palo Alto, New York, Paris, and London.



Sounds like a great fun , i so wanna be there.

Audiopleasures Mixtape,Yeah Yeah Yeahs,Dj Hell, Metronomy, Algeronics, Poom,Animal Collective,Maxim Zhestkov, Bomb The Bass,Justice

Audiopleasures Mixtape

Mp3 | Arcade Fire - coldwind
Mp3 | Innocence Mission - time go
Mp3 | My Brightest Diamond - Lucky [ Radiohead Cover ]
Mp3 | Pony Hoax - cheerleader in my dreams
Mp3 | Red House Painters - Dragonflies [ Rollercoaster Outtake ]
Mp3 | Rosie Thomas feat. Sufjan Stevens - The One I Love [ REM Cover ]
Mp3 | The Honeymoon Killers - Wait and see
Mp3 | The Twilight Sad - Mapped
Mp3 | The Veils - Advice For Young Mothers To Be
Mp3 | Tussle - Here It Comes
Mp3 | Tv on the radio - dreams
Mp3 | Young Galaxie - Swing Your Heartache

Download Full Audiopleasures Mixtape



Yeah Yeah Yeah's third album " Its a Blitz " will be out 14 April


The first single " Zero " is available for listening and streaming Here

European tour will starts right here in Amsterdam

Apr 29 2009 8:00P
Paradiso Amsterdam
Apr 30 2009 8:00P
Bataclan Paris
May 2 2009 8:00P
Polsslag Festival Hasselt
May 3 2009 8:00P
Live Music Hall Cologne
May 4 2009 8:00P
Magazzini Generali Milan
May 6 2009 8:00P
Columbiahalle Berlin
May 8 2009 8:00P
Debaser Medis Stockholm
May 23 2009 8:00P
Sasquatch Festival QUINCY, Washington
Jun 12 2009 8:00P
Bonnaroo Manchester, Tennessee
Jul 10 2009 8:00P
T In The Park Kinross, Scotland
Jul 11 2009 8:00P
Oxegen Festival Punchestown, Dublin



On April 27, visionary artist DJ Hell will release his masterpiece Teufelswerk (German for “Devil’s Work.”) Across 16 exquisite tracks divided into two themes, “Night” and “Day”, Hell weaves an intoxicating spell. The nocturnal side offers a contemporary interpretation of Chicago house and Detroit techno. Its sunnier sister disc finds Hell embracing the rich cosmic groove of his roots. A lush, narcotic odyssey, the album sounds unlike anything he’s produced in the past. But at the same time, Hell has drawn on his wealth of experience and put everything he knows into Teufelswerk.

Mp3 | Dj Hell - The Angst Pt. 1

Watch | Dj Hell - The Angst Pt. 1



Saima from Theo PR London based PR firm , was very nice to send me a brand new temposhark remixed by Metronomy

Mp3 | Temposhark ft. Imogen Heap - Not That Big [ Metronomy mix ]



This week also got on my mail some stuff from Algeronics , his remix for the Aphex Twin track Windowlicker is cool and wicked

Mp3 | Aphex Twin - Windowlicker [ Algeronics mix ]



Already founded in 2000 Helsinki based Pooma is one of the best kept secrets of finnish music. Their mesmerizing mixture of shoegaze-pop, electronica and majestic strings has evoked comparisons to the likes of Sigur Rós, Múm and Mew, but as they come from Finland they take the scandinavian melancholy even a step further.

Mp3 | Pooma - Snow



Watch | Animal Collective - My Girls



New Art film for Nokia by Maxim Zhestkov

Watch | Nokia by Maxim Zhestkov



Video to Butterfingers , taken from the new Bomb The Bass album

Watch | Bomb The Bass - Butterfingers



This video was entirely shot on spec. yet to be seen. We put so much time and heart into this project that we couldn't resist not showing it to the word. ENJOY!!!! A+F

Watch | Justice - The Party

Lcd Soundsystem, Pixeltan, Our Sleepless Forest, Sonic Youth, Maxim Zhestkov, Denis Darzacq, Zune Journey, Blu,

" Confuse the Marketplace " - DFA - 2007
Dance Punk / Electro / Disco House

Following the success of the smash sophomore album, Sound of Silver, Lcd Soundsystem gives us the Confuse the Marketplace vinyl-only EP, right on the heels of the commercial release of his disco-epic 45:33. The EP consists of three tracks, all previously unavailable in North America and all aimed directly at the dancefloor. The sensational "Freak Out/Starry Eyes" is a soulful two-part jam laced with heavy congas and soothing vocals that continues in the same cosmic disco vein as 45:33. Also included is "North American Scum," subtitled "Onanistic Dub" and remixed by James Murphy and longtime DFA studio engineer Erick Broucek. Percussion-heavy track "Hippie Priest Bum-Out" completes the trio, emphasizing Murphy's long-apparent love of all things drum-related. Insound

Mp3 | Lcd Soundsystem - Freakout Starry Eyes
Mp3 | Lcd Soundsystem - North American Scum [ Onanistic Dub ]



Now that we are talking about the DFA , its about time to take out of the pocket one of the best kept secrets. One of my favorites out of the James Murphy & Company Label DFA , ive been rocking "Thats the Way i Like it" for a long time , just can't get enought of it.
The good news are , they are back in studio and maybe new stuff will come out this year. Cant Wait ...

Pixeltan are a band consisting of Devin Flynn, Mika Yoneta (both also of Plate Tectonics, along with Adam drummer from Olneyville Sound System) and drummer Hisham Bharoocha (ex-Black Dice). The Pixeltan project was actually begun with DFA in 2001 and the DFA produced track Itchy Cable was completed for inclusion on the Troubleman compilation Mix Tape. But things got sidetracked, for both Pixeltan and DFA. They released a self-produced EP on Troubleman, Devin and Mika formed the free-form hip hop band Plate Tectonics and Hisham got busy with dual careers in Black Dice and as a artist and designer. In April of 2004, after Hisham left Black Dice and DFA reconnected with Devin and Mika, the never-finished tracks were revisited and work commenced once again, as the rediscovered tunes now sounded more relevant than ever. The results include the A Side "Get up / Say What," a DFA remix of 2 Pixeltan tracks that contain some of the subbiest, dubbed out death-disco ever to emerge from the DFA studios.

Mp3 | Pixeltan - Thats The way i like it
Mp3 | Pixeltan - Get Up Say What


" Our Sleepless Forest " - Resonant - 2008
Experimental / Ambient / Psychedelic

Absolutely stunning debut album of ambient electronic space rock from a Frighteningly young three-piece from South London .

Our Sleepless Forest music is multi-layered, complex and dense, yet dedication and attention are rewarded as the intricate slow-build melodies are revealed beneath the feedback, crackle and hiss. Reminiscent at times of the likes of Loscil or even Radiohead's more out-there moments but on the whole avoiding the predictable comparisons associated with music of this genre, this is an album that simply has to be heard.

One of the best albums of the year . A must Have .

Mp3 | Our Sleepless Forest - The Clarion
Mp3 | Our Sleepless Forest - White Bird


" J'accuse Ted Hughes / Agnès B Musique " - SYR - 2008
Post- Rock / Experimental

Another great instalment in Sonic Youth SYR series, this one features two engrossing, lengthy pieces : 'J'Accuse Ted Hughes' and 'Agnes B Musique'. The former was recorded at All Tomorrow's Parties 2001, when the band were premiering material from their NYC Ghosts & Flowers album, and takes the form of a ragged twenty-two minute noise jam featuring free association lyrics by Kim Gordon ("I sent my poem to Good Housekeeping. They paid me ten dollars" she imparts). Meanwhile, the more composed, studio based experiments of 'Agnes B Musique' were originally intended as a soundtrack work as part of a collaboration with the French designer of the title. Sadly, the project never saw completion, instead surfacing some five years later as this incredible eighteen minute B-side, featuring the production and performance of then-bandmember Jim O'Rourke, who helps sculpt the piece into something more dynamic and more fully formed than the anything-goes droner it might have otherwise been. Awesome stuff - Highly recommended. Boomkat

Mp3 | Sonic Youth - Agnes B Musique



New awesome video instalacion by Maxim Zhestkov

Watch | Maxim Zhestkov Advanced Beauty



New short film by Blu , an ambiguous animation painted on public walls. Made in Buenos Aires and in Baden (fantoche)

Watch | Muto



The French riots of 2005 inspired the photographer Denis Darzacq to head for the housing estates on the outskirts of the capital. But he wasn't after gritty shots of urban deprivation, he tells Angelique Chrisafis. He wanted something more - to capture an entire generation in freefall and with no one to catch them.



This an incredible website ... enter , Zune Journey , choose Videos , click old with your mouse and enjoy the tryp.

29/05 Opening Maxalot Art Gallery Amsterdam with Kozyndan
01/06 Gabriel Rios - Bloemendaal Openluchttheater Caprera
02/06 Cat Power - Paradiso
12/06 Fuck Buttons - Patronaat / Haarlem
15/06 Joan as Police Women - Melkweg
23/06 Vladislav Delay w/ Moritz von Oswald Crew - Bimhuis
30/06 Battles - Patronaat / Haarlem
06/07 Cansei de Ser Sexy / Midnight Juggernauts / The Presets - Paradiso

The Whip, Booka Shade, Sun Kil Moon, Maxim Zhestkov, Mark Schoening, The Black Ghosts, Shinique Smith, Raz Ohara & The Odd Orchestra, Apparat

" X Marks Destination " - Southern Fried - 2008
Alternative / Punk / Electronic

Manchester's The Whip finally release their long awaited debut album. Last year filled under nu-rave and now happily filled under the electro banner, The Whip certainly wear their influences not just on their sleeves, but on their entire neon wardrobe.

If New Order had a penny from every band who stole from them, they'd be able to build at least two new Haciendas. Unfortunately for them everyone seems to prefer rip-off bands than the real deal and New Order seem to be on the skids. So it's down to acts like The Whip to prove that they can step up to the plate and judging by 'X Marks Destination' they fall way below the mark. Even with stand out tracks as good as 'Divebomb' and 'Blackout', the album feels somehow lacking. Even with production by Jim Abbiss they find it hard to sound like a real rock band and more like a band not sure which clique to hang on to - electro, indie, new wave? Though on the up side, at least the album is less one dimensional as say a Fray album. Francis Jolley - Click Music

Mp3 | The Whip - Trash
Mp3 | The Whip - Throw It In The Fire


" The Sun And The Neon Light " - Get Physical - 2008
Electronic

Though they've spent the last couple years mixing, remixing, being remixed, and, uh, being sampled by will.i.am, it's been a little while since Booka Shade's Movements, their last full-length of twitchy, funky Berlin microhouse, came out in 2006.

But Booka Shade are back and as luminescent as ever, if Get Physical's May 27 release of their third LP The Sun & The Neon Light is any indication. The album will be released as a regular CD and as a limited edition double CD, which will contain an extra disc of "club versions" of the album's tracks. The added tracks will also be available digitally. Pitchforkmedia

Mp3 | Booka Shade - Control Me
Mp3 | Booka Shade - Psychameleon


" April " - Caldo Verde - 2008
Indie / Folk / Alternative / Slow Core

Mark Kozelek has been turning over the same obsessions – for so long, and with such rigor, that on his new record he creates a kind of nostalgic feedback loop. Lyrics about “growing up Ohio mornings, sleeping in late” (“Lucky Man”) and the ghosts of departed lovers following him down halls (“Unlit Hallway”) reach evocatively back, both to specific moments in his catalog as well as to the memories signified. There’s never been an especial breadth to Kozelek’s music, nor has there needed to be, but an unmistakable break did occur when the Red House Painters left 4AD. The gauzy reverb, crisp snare rolls, and claustrophobic dissonance of the first records receded in favor of supple acoustic arrangements, cycling harmonies, and foregrounded vocals – accompanied in places by flannel-clad electric guitar. April, the second proper Sun Kil Moon record, is very much a product of this late phase. But in the same way that Kozelek’s songwriting compulsively works through the raw pain and ecstatic joys of youth, April pulls from the places where those memories first found expression. Nathan Hogan - Dustedmagazine

Mp3 | Sun Kil Moon - Moorestown



New Video from Raz Ohara & The Odd Orchestra

Watch | Raz Ohara & The Odd Orchestra - Where He At [ Apparat Remix ]



video installation by Maxim Zhestkov
22 years old, director and designer based in russia, ulyanovsk.

Watch | Video by Maxim Zhestkov




inFLUX is an evolving “fusion” experiment that took place over the course two months at the Laconia Gallery. Artists Mark Schoening and Linda Price-Sneddon will brought their respective materials and tools together to create an installation that would pulse with the energy of both the individual and the collaboration. Mark and Linda worked together in the space for the week prior to the first opening. The results of that exchange was on view during the month of March. Prior to the final opening event in April, the artists reentered the space to continue the conversation.



The exhibition of recent bundled sculptures of clothing, fabric, accessories and household items is inspired by the overt use and disposal of materials that line streets in machine compacted bundles; the surplus value of used clothing being exported to Third world countries in 1,000 lb bales and recent world events which have displaced people and caused them to lose their belongings. Shinique Smith




The Black Ghosts Kick Ass video

Watch | The Black Ghosts - I Want Nothing