Reading Time: 3 minutes The objects we use in the present, collect and curate from the past, and ponder potentials for the future are fractured; yet they bring us so much wonder, even if they’re falling apart. This post is a personal exploration of three museum artefacts that have stimulated my curiosity; an Executioner’s Mask, a Water Pipe and a Bird Cage.
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Melt Yourself Down’s musical style transcends solitary genres. The band incorporate elements of punk, funk and jazz, culminating in avant-garde sounds full of North African musical influence.
Reading Time: < 1 minutes The duo’s psychedelic experimentation and subsequent journey led to the creation of ‘Runaway Folklore’, and it continues to inspire; with a music video in the making and the release of one more single before releasing their concept album in early 2021.
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Soothed into a soundscape that is so calming yet so powerful, ‘Pour In The Blue’ is a minimalistic piece that offers listeners a chance of musical escapism and portrays the creativity of South London multi-instrumentalist, Plumm.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Australian psychedelic rockers King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard release new single ‘Automation’ in anticipation of 16th studio album ‘K.G.’
Reading Time: 3 minutes A review of one of my favourite albums. Hot Rats is a culmination of absurdity. If Alice had been placed in the world of ‘Hot Rats’, I imagine her experience compared to in Wonderland would not have been too dissimilar.
Reading Time: 5 minutes Our intrinsic connection to nature, are we aware of it? This post will explore our natural desire to be close to living forms, uncovering how biophilia influences aspects of everyday life, such as its effect on our well-being, or recognising its incorporation into design around us.
Reading Time: 4 minutes Despite a natural inclination towards the chaos of colours and shapes more commonly observed in modern abstractionism and slices of Bauhaus, I found myself drawn to a more calm piece titled “Dancing Mutants” by Filipino artist, Hernando R Ocampo, in 1965.