Photo Credit: Sophie Chang

GZA will be performing with Grammy-winning 8 piece Latin super band Grupo Fantasma on Saturday March 17th at the Haven Club. GZA will be headlining Babygrande Records’ showcase.

GZA’s next album, Dark Matter, (Babygrande), due in 2012, will discuss the universe and science fiction. It is informed by his longtime fascination with astronomy and quantum physics. In his own words, “I’ve been interested in many branches of science for years. RZA and I constantly exchange books and ideas. I recently met with quantum physicists who deepened my interest in the cosmos and gave me further inspiration for this next album. →

ENJOY FUTURE ROOTS RADIO AS A FREE IPHONE APP!
Yes…The free dublab iPhone App is currently available! Now the world can listen to dublab’s future roots radio on the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch!  To download this audio enlightenment tool search “dublab” in the iTunes App store or click here.  More information to follow from the dublab camp.

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Mic Tricks with Alex MacKenzie
Converse launches an online series of original short-films featuring a dynamic pool of musicians each filmed at Converse Rubber Tracks, a new recording studio in the Williamsburg neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY that allows musicians to record at no cost.

Converse Rubber Tracks is providing a new platform for musicians to overcome one of the biggest hurdles in their career — affording studio time. The new original short-film series will give music fans around the world an insider’s view of the recording experience. →

On August 8th 2011, Ray Anderson, ‘radical industrialist’ and chairman and founder of Interface Inc. passed away without the world noticing. Barely two months later, the death of Steve Jobs became an inescapable subject of discussion. Canonized by the mass media, Jobs is referenced as the doyen of visionary leadership and Apple products as the utmost examples of purity and perfection. In truth, Jobs’ legacy represents everything that’s wrong with design, manufacturing, and the global economy. Like the soap in Fight Club, our ignorance is being sold back to us; reconstituted hyperbole elaborately packaged under the auspices of good design. →

The Definitive Documentary on Design Icons Charles & Ray Eames
IFC Center – NY, NY & Laemmle Music Hall – LA, CA
11/18/11

“The Eames Era,” began in the optimistic flush of American victory during World War II, and the global impact of the Eames aesthetic continues to grow unabated today. Now, First Run Features is pleased to present the U.S. theatrical premiere of Jason Cohn and Bill Jersey’s definitive and unprecedented cinematic foray into the private world of the Renaissance-style studio that Charles and Ray Eames conceived in a cavernous warehouse on a gritty street in Venice Beach, California where design history was born. →

From INTO THE WOODS.TV, Daedelus tears it up on his custom-made monome at Ground Kontrol Arcade in Portland. The L.A.-based artist is an admitted fan of tabletop gaming, but in this video, he shows off a little bit of muscle in the 1991 arcade classic Street Fighter II. Check out his five-finger technique across multiple platforms. →

For the eighth installment of Curated by Arkitip, artist José Parlá documents his experiences in calligraphic and palimpsestic code using Incase’s signature protective cases. Available today, the José Parlá capsule collection for Curated by Arkitip features original Parlá artwork applied to the 15” MacBook Pro Sleeve and Convertible Book Jacket for iPad →

Royce Hall – Los Angeles, CA
Live Review: 11/12/10

If there can be any case made on behalf of the enduring popularity of silent films, it’s the recent spate of musicians scoring pre-talkie films for contemporary audiences. In the past year, the Magnetic Fields’ Stephen Merritt (who scored the 1916 maritime adventure 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea) and L.A. noise band No Age (who scored the almost wordless 1988 French film The Bear) have undertaken the task of reinvigorating an old tradition. This past Friday night, Los Angeles psych-rock band Dengue Fever performed a live score to 1925′s The Lost World in front of a live audience at UCLA’s Royce Hall. →

A Profile on Daniel Woodford
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Daniel Woodford is a visual artist whose designs encompass elements of spirituality, science and philosophy. His work is self-referential, bearing both meaning and emotion that stems from his background. Born in an impoverished and overcrowded capital of Indonesia and later adopted by an English couple, they moved as a new family to Scotland where Daniel “gained a sense of gratitude and a worldly perspective” early on. With his father as an entomologist and his mother as a ceramist, he developed concepts that connected art and psychology. Many are unaware, including Daniel’s family and friends, that he experiences deja vu quite frequently- actually too often. He explains that this odd synergy occurs by the minute. →

In its annual multimedia challenge, Getty Images will provide 50,000 pre-cleared original tracks and 528,000 creative and editorial footage for “creatives” around the world to edit and assemble as they please. The competition calls for a one- to three-minute long video-based narrative or art piece, half of which must be comprised of footage provided by Getty Images. Occurring across three regions (Europe/Middle East/Africa, the Americas and Asia-Pacific), first place winners from each region will win a MacBook Pro and two runner-ups will win a Sony Pistol HD camcorder. The best overall entry worldwide will win a round-trip ticket for two to the premier film festival in Salt Lake City, Utah. →