ditc... golden art...

 Wow Bobby Brown! I’ll bet you and New Edition caused some controversy in Germany!

 Giant shades and Christmas jumpers never get old!

 Just gangsta walk...

 Epic madness...

 I never knew Andre 3000 (far right) was part of the Furious Five?!

 Somewhere between Reg Mombassa and Ed Templeton...

Awesome simplicity... And loving the Allalahs right now...

angie porter - shine...

I had the opportunity, not too long back, to work with DOP Charlie Herranz on a music video for artist Angie Porter called "Shine". I was a long day on set, but it was a good crew and I really enjoyed the chance to be in full control of gripping. Below are a few pics from the day and the final product...

Frame check...

Setting up the track...

Jibbing up...

Soooo windy...

High five!

lovebox 2011...

Ah the joys of getting an ancient disposable camera processed!
Almost two years on...

Lovebox 2011 was nothing short of incredible... Snoop Dogg and DPG performed Doggystyle, Hospital records dominated the afternoon and there was sunshine, storms and everything in between... And then we found a toy horse in a bin and rode him all the way home... Thanks Snicker, Kes and Francesca for an ace day! x

Who doesn't love a giant wheel?!

What up Snoop?

Hello whatever you are...

Mr David Rodigan...

Here comes fun...

Puddle jumpers...

spectrasoul...

Anyone who knows me is well aware that I love a good bit of dnb... One of my most recent, and favourite, purchases of recent time has been the first full length album from two of Brighton's finest, Spectrasoul entitled "Delay No More"... Stripped back and moody covering a range of bpms, it's been on high rotation for me since it's release earlier this year... Below is one of my favourite tunes from the album... Check out their podcast from a couple of months back here if it floats your boat too...

Vibes...

party non stop...

Though not really up my alley musically, I had the opportunity not long ago to work my second gig as a full grip alongside Charlie Herranz (DOP) and Emile Rafael (Director) in creating a music video for the Pirupa tune "Party Non Stop"...

It was a long, challenging day for everyone involved but  I think the end result is pretty awesome; sensual and creepy at the same time... Thanks to Charlie for having me on the team, to Drew for keeping me laughing through the day and everyone involved for putting in the hard yards...

Below are a few pics i managed to snap off in between takes on my beloved OM1, with the link to Emiles directors cut at the bottom... Enjoy!

Girls on film...

Styling set styling...

Party non stop yall...

mix o music...

Had a bit of a charity shop field day last week...

Some golden Billie Holiday, electro beats care of Mantronix and some Bananarama to top it off, cause that was my 80s childhood... All for the outrageous price of £1.50... Dreamy...

Cause everyone needs more Billie in their life...

80's beatz yo!

Rage days...

copenhagen detour... part one

So presented with a week off and relatively expensive tickets direct to London, I decided to make a detour on my way home via Copenhagen to visit friends Scott and Sophia, who've been living there for more than a year now... You know how sometimes, for whatever reason, things just fall in to place? This was definitely one of those times, one of those decisions, and one of those trips...

For one, Scotty had just signed off work for a month so was free as a bird to play tour guide and generally cruise both day and night... Good times...

After a relaxing train ride down to Malmo and across the bridge into Denmark, I arrived at CPH central and swiftly made my way to Nyhavn for a beer beside the canal. No sooner had I met up with Scott and his mate Kim, than we had a call from Sophia... Do we want to go and see Madonna's MDNA tour? Hell yes we do! Twas a freaking amazing concert, pure performance and a blast from way in the past... That definitely set the tone for the trip...

 Five of about 30,000 people apparently... Photo: Sofia Burger

Looks about right by my count... Photo: Sofia Burger

vinyl voyage... pm dawn

So a couple o months back, I decided that I'd like to have a record player with which to enjoy my regularly increasing vinyl collection... Enter this lovely pair of Numark direct drives with a 2 channel mixer and speakers for under £100... I'll take it! 

Though both my brother and I used to be junkies for hip hop and dnb back at the start of the century, (we've still got a stack o crates down under, and i still buy bits of dnb from time to time...) my enjoyment for buying vinyl has shifted more towards digging through charity shops and small record stores in search of interesting cover art... My goodness there's some gold out there...

What's even more awesome about buying vinyl with this impetus is that you come across some epic tunes from time to time. At times it's a musical lucky dip that can end in tears (or bleeding ears) but i love it nonetheless...

Anyway, I thought I'd share some of this music and art on the regs from now on... I'll try and post online links to tunes, if they're available... Hope yall enjoy! x

Todays selection is an absolute classic and one I know my brother's going to fan out on... 

PM Dawn - Set adrift on memory bliss

down the danube part 10... the home stretch

Today was like a perfectly written book, from beginning, through middle, right to the end.
We began rising early at our campsite where a mobile cafe/bakery had posted up right next to us, incredibly convenient as it was an infamous hungry Sunday. After our morning fill (and a few games of pong for Jack and myself) we made our way to Aubad, a large lake near our campsite with all manner of recreational activities including water slides! The weather really turned it on and it was truly tough to drag ourselves away from the life of leisure to get back in the saddle...
With the best part of the holiday having been ridden at a leisurely pace, Jack and I decided to up the ante for the home stretch into Vienna breaking away from the peleton for a dnb fuelled 20km sprint. It was an awesome feeling and before we knew it, we were posted up on the outskirts of Vienna, Radlers in hand, awaiting the arrival of the rest of the group...
And so onwards into the city we ventured, finding ourselves both delighted and despondent that our journey was coming to an end. Still there wasn't much time for thought as we were all too soon due at Viennas Arena to watch the magnificence of M83. An appropriately amazing finale to a week of wonder...

The picturesque (though overexposed) Aubad...

Slippery Jig...

Splashdown in three, two, one...

So rad right now...

We did it! The end of the line...

The gloriousness of M83... Tick!

And the crowd goes wild...

records rock...

For a while now, one of my guilty pleasures has been sifting through the old vinyl section of charity shops in search of both good tunes and interesting art. While visiting my good friend Mr Francis Jones in Berlin last year I noticed he had a bunch of classic covers (including Herbie Hancock's Headhunters and any number of incredible Rick James albums) up on show...

I'd been meaning to get my hands on some of these picture pockets for a while now so Deborah, Lionel and John could all hang out together, like brothers in arms... Yesterday they arrived and our living room has never looked so good!

the nextmen...

If you haven't heard of The Nextmen, then my goodness you are in for a treat. They've been a top 5 of mine for a long while now, their "Child's Introduction to Jazz" and "Personal Golf Instructions" mixes having been part of the soundtrack to my life for more than a couple of years. 

Mixing and mashing up everything from funk to hip hop, dancehall to drum and bass, they've also produced tracks with some of the UK (and the world's) finest including Alice Russell, Niney the Observer and Commix, among others.

Anyway, while searching for their summer tour dates I came across their series of podcasts which have been running since late last year. Awesomeness! 

The below photos are from August 2008; my first live Nextmen experience while working at the Boardmasters surf contest in Newquay. A soulful live performance from UK soulstress Zarif and an introduction to the High Contrast remix of Pjanoo will be forever burned into my brain!

 

Brad and Dom behind the decks... 

 

Zarif bringing vibes...