Deus Ex Machina MADE IN USA DENIM
S L I M F I T, L O W R I S E J E A N W I T H T A P E R E D L E G AVA I L A B L E A S R AW I N D I G O W I T H S U B T L E R I N S E WA S H & V I N TAG E INDIGO WITH LOCAL HAND SANDING, GRINDING AND STONE WASH
13.5Oz Raw Japanese Indigo Denim
R E G U L A R F I T, R E G U L A R R I S E , S T R A I G H T L E G AVAILABLE AS RAW INDIGO WITH SUBTLE R I N S E WA S H & V I N TAG E INDIGO WITH LOCAL HAND SANDING, GRINDING & STONE WASH
13.5Oz Raw Japanese Indigo Denim
Fa l l I N D I G O
This beautiful blue natural dye is extracted from a the tropical shrub Indigofera Sumatrana and is one of the oldest pigments used in textiles.
The rich blue colour will take to any natural fabric and will wash out slowly over time. With wear indigo dyed fabric will soften investing the garment with a narrative of use, a patina. These qualities resonate with the Deus DNA as we create all our products improve with time.
ATHLETIC
“Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons” Stevie James
THE BARNES ARMY JACKET
R E G U L A R F I T P A D D E D J A C K E T. O N E H U N D R E D P E R C E N T C O T T O N , B R O K E N T W I L L FA B R I C AT I O N W I T H WAT E R R E S I S TA N T C OAT I N G. C O N C E A L E D P A C K A B L E H O O D , V E L C R O A D J U S T M E N T S T O R M C U F F S . 4 P O C K E T, 2 W A Y Z I P F R O N T. M I L I T A R Y S T Y L E E P A U L E T T E A N D E M B R O I D E R Y D E T A I L .
FALL JERSEYS ONE GLANCE BEHIND THE TILES OF A TWO TONE CHECKERBOARD PAT T E R N U N C OV E R S A N A R R AY O F B AC K S TO R I E S. A N C I E N T T E M P L E S I N E G Y P T, M A S O N S , M A T H E M A T I C S , M O N E Y A N D A N E A T P E R P E N D I C U L A R ACCOUNTING SURFACE - NOT TO MENTION A HEALTHY SERVE OF GASOLINE A N D G A M E S M A N S H I P. T O D AY S U B I Q U I T O U S S T R I P E W A S O N C E E XC L U S I V E LY
CONDEMNED TO
T H E L I K E S O F P R I S O N E R S , H E R E T I C S A N D A D U LT E R O U S W I V E S , V I S U A L LY B A R R E D A S M A R G I N S O F S O C I E T Y. Y E T T H E P E J O R A T I V E M A R K O F M E D I E V A L SCOURGE WOULD GO ON TO BE BY REVOLUTIONARIES,
RECONTEXTUALISED AND EMBRACED
SEAFARERS ON THE SHORES OF MARSEILLE AND
T H E B AC K S O F C O U N T E R C U LT U R E S FAVO U R I T E B E AT N I K S A N D B I K E C L U B S T O N A M E A F E W. W I T H N O B AC K G R O U N D A N D N O F O R E G R O U N D M O N O C H R O M AT I C PAT T E R N S A N D S H A P E S H AV E A N I N E F FA B L E E N E R GY A S G E O M E T R I C R E N E G A D E S . T H E Y A R E T H E O P P O S I T E O F I N E R T, A D Y N A M I C V I S U A L VO R T I C I S M T H AT I N R E C R E AT I O N O R R AC E K E E P S U S M OV I N G W H E N E V E R YO N E E L S E S E E M S TO B E S TA N D I N G
STILL. WEAR WITH
C A U T I O N A N D D E L I G H T.
TRUCKSTEPH
ENKENNDEUS
In August of 2014 LA based designer Stephen Kenn was commissioned by Deus Creative Director Carby Tuckwell on a new project; building sofas for the soon to be open Deus Tokyo flagship store.
T H E I D E A S U R FAC E D TO E X T E N D A N I N V I TAT I O N TO M U T UA L F R I E N D A N D F U R N I T U R E M A K E R TO K U H I KO ‘ TO K’ K I S E O F T R U C K F U R N I T U R E I N J A PA N T O J O I N T H E P R O J E C T. P H O N E C A L L S W E R E M A D E A N D S O O N E N O U G H S T E P H E N A N D TO K W E R E W O R K I N G I N C O L L A B O R AT I O N. T W O L I K E M I N D E D CRAFTSMEN GUIDED BY THEIR OWN UNIQUE DESIGN PHILOSOPHIES SHARING THEIR WARES AND KNOWLEDGE, THEIR DESIGNS SOON TO G R A C E T H E D E U S T O K Y O S T O R E A F F E C T I O N AT E LY K N O W N A S T H E RESIDENCE OF IMPERMANENCE. A F T E R M A N Y D I S C U S S I O N S OV E R M AT E R I A L S A N D D E S I G N O P T I O N S, A T R A D I N G O F S K I N S W O U L D B E I N I T I AT E D. T R U C K F U R N I T U R E B O O M E R A N G C H A I R S W O U L D B E C OV E R E D I N S T E P H E N ’ S S I G N AT U R E R E C L A I M E D M I L I TA R Y FA B R I C .
I N R E S P O N S E S T E P H E N ’ S I N H E R I TA N C E
C O L L E C T I O N S O FA S C OV E R E D I N T R U C K’ S S I G N AT U R E “ D I R T ” S U E D E A N D O V E R S I Z E D C O R D U R O Y. TOK TOUCHED DOWN IN EAST LOS ANGELES TO RECONNECT WITH STEPHEN I N H I S H O M E TO W N. H E R E T H E Y W O U L D OV E R S E E T H E F I N A L C R E AT I O N O F EACH PIECE IN BETWEEN EXPLORING THE CALIFORNIAN COASTLINE ON TWO V I N TAG E T R I U M P H M OTO R C YC L E S LOA N E D F R O M T H E D E U S V E N I C E S TO R E . T H I S P R O J E C T WA S A R E M I N D E R TO B OT H S T E P H E N A N D TO K T H AT D E S I G N IS ABOUT MORE THAN MAKING THINGS, IT’S ALSO ABOUT WHO MEET AND L E A R N F R O M A L O N G T H E W A Y.
T R U C K S I G N AT U R E K H A K I CORDUROY FABRIC OVER STEPHEN KENN FRAME 1300x2321x2300 $6500 RRP
T R U C K D I R T L E AT H E R FABRIC OVER STEPHEN KENN FRAME 1300x2321x2300 $7500 RRP
Justin Miller is an Orange County native who fresh faced from high school began cutting his teeth behind the well worn counter of his favourite LA record store.
BEFORE LONG HE COULD BE FOUND MOONLIGHTING AS RESIDENT DJ AT L A’ S F I N E S T D I V E B A R S A N O I N T I N G N O C T U R N A L PAT R O N S W I T H T H E OOZE LIFTING
FROM HIS EVER GROWING COLLECTION OF OBSCURE PUNK
45’S. HOWEVER, JUST AS THE CONGO LINE BEGAN TO SNAKE AROUND T H E B L O C K H E S O F T LY D R O P P E D T H E N E E D L E I N T H E L O C K G R O O V E A N D Q U I E T LY H E A D E D E A S T T O N E W Y O R K . I T WA S H E R E T H E R E A L E D U C AT I O N S TA R T E D. L I K E A C AT J U M P I N G FROM A COMFORT CHAIR MILLER LANDED ON HIS FEET FINDING A NEW HOME IN THE OFFICE OF ICONIC RECORD LABEL DFA. HOME OF GENRE BENDING GIANTS LCD SOUNDSYSTEM, THE RAPTURE, THE JUAN MACLEAN AND MANY MORE. AS THE SOLE EMPLOYEE FOR SEVEN YEARS MILLER WAS THE BLUE IN THE LABELS PURPLE PERIOD OF PRODUCTIVITY A N D I N T E R N AT I O N A L AC C L A I M . T H E S E DAY S H O W E V E R M I L L E R W R I T E S H I S O W N PAY C H E Q U E , D I V I D I N G H I S TIME BETWEEN THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF RUNNING HIS OWN PERSONAL I M P R I N T H A K T ( H AV E A K I L L E R T I M E ) , O N G O I N G I N T E R N AT I O N A L D J C O M M I T M E N T S A N D N O W A S T H E A R C H I T E C T O F D E U S R E C O R D S T H E L AT E S T FACET SHAPING THE DEUS EX MACHINA STONE. JUSTIN MILLER: “ T H E S TAT E O F T H E M U S I C L A N D S C A P E H A S C H A N G E D D R A M AT I C A L LY D U R I N G M Y I N V O LV E M E N T I N T H E L A S T 1 0 Y E A R S . I T S E E M S T H E P L A N E TA R Y CYCLES OF VINYL, CASSETTE,
C D ’ S T H R O U G H TO D I G I TA L A R E A L L
R E T U N I N G B A C K T O T H E I R F I R S T I N C E P T I O N. W A X S A L E S A R E U P G L O B A L LY AC R O S S T H E B OA R D, P E O P L E WA N T T H E D I G I TA L C O N V E N I E N C E B U T T H E L E G I T I M AC Y O F V I N Y L A S T H E P E R F E C T TA N G I B L E K E E P S A K E . N OT H I N G SOUNDS BETTER THAN DROPPING A NEEDLE AND HEARING THE WARMTH R E V E R B E R AT E O U T O F YO U R S P E A K E R S. U P O N I N C E P T I O N W E D E C I D E D T H E 7 INCH RECORD WAS THE PREFERRED MEDIUM, IT SIGNIFIES PUNK AND PA C K A G E S N I C E LY A S A N A R T C O N T R I B U T I O N T O T H E M U S I C . M Y P E R S O N A L I M P R I N T H A V E A K I L L E R T I M E / H A K T I S P R I M A R I LY H O U S E , D I S C O A N D E L E C T R O N I C , T H O U G H M Y D E E P- S E E D E D A F F E C T I O N S W I L L ALWAYS LIE WITH ROCK , PUNK AND EVERYTHING THE DEUS L I F E S T Y L E E N C A P S U L AT E S. O V E R A C O M M O D O R E B U R G E R I N B R O O K LY N A N D A S TA C K O F ‘ R YA N G O S L I N G S ’ ( P I N A C O L A D A’ S W I T H G O S L I N G S D A R K R U M S U B B E D F O R W H I T E ) , I WA S R I F F I N G W I T H O M A R OV E R T H E I M P O R TA N C E O F P R O C E S S DRIVEN ACTIVITIES AND HOW THEY SEEMED MORE RELEVANT THAN EVER. P E O P L E A R E C O M I N G B A C K T O T H E C R A F T, T I N K E R I N G O N A M O T O R B I K E , HAND SHAPING SURFBOARDS AND PRESSING VINYL . KIDS AND ADULTS A L I K E W A N T T O U N D E R S T A N D T H E A R T O F T H E A C T I V I T Y, R A T H E R T H A N J U S T T H E E A S E O F B U Y I N G T H E P R O D U C T. W I T H M Y B AC K G R O U N D AT D FA R E C O R D S I ’ V E A LWAY S B E E N O B S E S S E D W I T H T H E P R O C E S S , O M A R S H A R E D T H I S B R I G H T- E Y E D E N T H U S I A S M S O W E D E C I D E D D E U S R E C O R D S WA S A L E G I T I M AT E E X T E N S I O N O F T H E C R A F T F O C U S E D N AT U R E O F D E U S. M OTO R B I K E S, S U R F B OA R D S, C LOT H I N G, R E S TAU R A N T S, W H AT A B O U T T H E F U C K I N G S O U N D T R AC K ! ?
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F LOAT E D T H E I D E A TO DA R E W H E N H E WA S N E X T I N N E W YO R K W H O M I KNEW SHARED AN AFFINITY FOR VINYL RECORDS AND MUSIC. I WAS ALSO AWARE IN A PREVIOUS LIFE DARE WAS A FOUNDER OF AN ICONIC SYDNEY INDEPENDENT RECORD
SHOP AND SOON AFTER LABEL PHANTOM RECORDS
T H AT M A D E O B S C U R E R E L E A S E S AVA I L A B L E I N L AT E 7 0 ’ S AU S T R A L I A . I ’ V E A LWAY S S AW M Y T I M E AT D FA A S T H E M O D E R N E Q U I VA L E N T ( A L B E I T S L I G H T LY B I G G E R ) A N D A S I T T U R N E D O U T D A R E A N D I W E R E A B L E T O C O N N E C T M U S I C A L L Y S T R A I G H T A W A Y. N E X T T H I N G I K N E W I F L E W O U T T O BALI TO SEAL THE DEAL AND DEUS RECORDS WAS BORN.”
GREE NBUZ ZA R D DEUS RECORDS PRESSING - DXM 001
Growing up in Sydney together, Patrick Harrowsmith, James West, and Huw Farrell discovered a mutual love for the sound of early 90’s ‘Americana’ bands such as Guided by Voices, Smashing Pumpkins, and The Replacements. After stinting with a number of local groups, developing their sound and vision, the trio finally came together as Green Buzzard.
Patrick on guitar and vocals, James on drums, and Huw on bass. Their sound is one rooted in a respect for the past, but only rooted. After that, they branch off in new directions, pushing noise to the fore and creating washes of heavy groove that drive far from nostalgia. For their upcoming debut album, Green Buzzard worked at a quick pace to maintain that raw, ‘warts and all’ sensibility which sets their sound apart and imbues their tracks with an unmistakable one-take-jam sort of energy. Keep an ear on these dudes: a set of fresh minds bringing something new to a tried-and-true style.
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