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North-American subcultures like punk/hardcore, hip hop, graffiti and skateboarding were exported to various countries via movies, magazines and other Medias. Brazilian kids first tried to emulate the music, art and tricks from those subcultures, but soon realized that was impossible due to economic and material difficulties and cultural differences. It didn’t stop them to adapt everything, from materials to attitude, creating new branches for this American-turned-global new urban culture. Now Brazilian artists with urban roots and skateboarders are getting international recognition, mostly by the new flavor they’re adding →

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Cassettes Won’t Listen and RCRD LBL bring you “Freeze and Explode,” and The Philadelphyinz remix, as well as a clip of the forthcoming “Freeze and Explode” video all in anticipation for Small Time Machine, his first ever physical full-length release!  Cassettes Won’t Listen began in 2004 as a solo project of New Yorker, Jason Drake. He started it off as a bedroom project when he picked up the microphone for the first time in years →

What you are watching is a delightfully charming episode starring Shaun the Sheep, an award-winning series from Aardman animations.  Christopher Sadler, the U.K. director, employed meticulously detailed and colorful claymation reminiscent of Wallace & Gromit.  For those who are as big of a fan of Nick Park as I am, it should interest you to know that Still Life was originally conceived by the talented animator. Sadler uses an interesting technique of replacing the spoken language with goofy facial expressions, onomatopoeic rigmarole, and hilarious barnyard antics to drive the story to new comedic heights.  A rollicking good time that will leave you in stiches!

Please enjoy this psychedelic gem from MGMT (formerly known as Management) directed by Ray Tintori. The space-psych duo hailing from Brooklyn, New York are shown here playing their hit track, “Electric Feel,” off their latest album, Oracular Spectacular (Columbia Records.) The video captures all the synth-pop allure and psychotropic magic of a rainbow-prismed swamp on acid including an animatronic band from Chuck E. Cheese.  And although this music video has been circulating the rounds since its early summer release, we wanted to bring back this fantasy dance video for another spin at the EM office.
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For more on their tour dates and band news, visit: http://www.whoismgmt.com/

RVCA is an example of how a sport brand fuses culture in a very organic method. Founded by the love of surf, the brand began within the action sports category and now is involved from anything ranging from track bikes, to UFC fighting, to the arts, and to of course surf and skate. I recently came across their recent release of ANP Quarterly, RVCA’s very own printed publication discussing the arts in a candid yet informative manner. →

Chinoiseries (2008)
Bo Bun Records

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Check out this Vietnamese hip hop track, titled: “I Wanna Go Back” from off the album, Chinoiseries on Bo Bun Records (2008). Onra, a French Vietnamese DJ, beatmaker and world traveler visited Vietnam, the land of his grandparents, and collected around 30 vinyls. He took these records to his house, made some cool beats that eventually became this compilation of Vietnamese hip hop. He donates a portion of the money made from this record to “La Goutte d’ Eau” association which helps underprivileged families and children in the orphanages of Vietnam.

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For more info on this DJ and his upcoming projects visit his myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/onra

Apnée is about the chilling few seconds of a paparazzi who tried to catch an embarrassing snapshot of a public figure. A momentary decision that unwittingly leads to certain dire consequences. This uber-sleek animated short by director, Claude Chabot, recounts this split-second disaster utilizing CG images to create grand, sweeping camera angles and smooth transitions.

The Silver Apples
Geffen Records
(1997 reissue)
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Silver Apples - “A Pox on You”
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Named after their favorite W.B. Yeats poem, the Silver Apples were a groundbreaking subgenre rock duo that electrified the New York art rock scene in 1967. Their electronically generated rhythms emanate a mesmerizing drone that fast propels you into an intergalactic wormhole until the final seconds of the song bring you back home in a daze. Such electronic abstractions explored in their brief works →

David and Greg are “The Linguists,” who document languages on the verge of extinction. In the rugged landscapes of Siberia, India, and Bolivia, their resolve is tested by institutionalized racism and violent economic unrest.