KNEON MAGAZINE 09 'ALIVE AND WELL'

KNEON ISSUE 09 | AW 2013/2014

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ALEXIA BELLINI PHOTOGRAPHED BY MARS PHILLIPS

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EDITOR IN CHIEF & Founder Victoria Jin

FEATURES EDITORs Miki Nathan Caitlin Beryl Warther

COPY EDITOR Sam Prance

press & PR

Tanya Richard press@kneon-magazine.com

contributing EDITORS Harry Fisher Jones Camille Bolender

INTERNs Vicky Diaz Rosie Kane

Advertising MANAGER Miles Agbanrin miles@kneon-magazine.com

DESIGN Victoria Jin

CONTACT

info@kneon-magazine.com

COVER DETAILS

front Photographed by Mars Phillips, Art direction, Barbara Rainho, Wardrobe Stylist, Arnold Milfort, Hair, Monae Everett, Makeup, Allie Smith, Model is Alexia Bellini at IMG Models

back Photographed by Coby Cobb 4

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Photo by Lucy Henshall

EDITOR’S LETTER

We could have just called this issue ‘Alive’. That’s good enough right? We’re all alive in every sense of the biological term. But how many of us are truly aware of the phenomena we are by just being alive? By existing?

By breathing?

issue. We now have a team, a family, spread across Edinburgh, New York, Paris, LA, and Vienna. We’re all students. We’re all in our 20s. And we’re not just throwing this time we have around like a sad rag doll, like those Gifs on Tumblr make you believe.

‘Well’ is such a human and mundane word. I hate it.

‘How are you?’ ‘Thanks I’m really well/good’. What the hell does that even mean?? Are you ecstatic for tonight?

Are you super tired from skyping your parents? Are you happy? Or are you just using that as another meaningless and auto-responsive placeholder word?

[End of rant]

Our mission is not to just spread the word of the magazine itself - but moments in life that we feel are important to appreciate. We’re not just a fashion magazine.

‘Alive and Well’ is to be aware that we are human, aware of our infinite and finite possibilities and potentials, and also about appreciating all of it with a big ass smile on our faces. It’s about taking a step back and saying, ‘Whoa, we exist. Therefore I’m happy.’

This ninth issue of KNEON Magazine focuses on the idea of loving life. Nature, people, individuals, stories, relationships, travelling, seeing the world, experiencing experiences, sensing sensations, witnessing miracles, seeing the everyday and appreciating that seemingly mundane cycle as absolutely precious.

Hand in hand with the idea of ‘Alive’ is also the idea of ‘Growth’ - and KNEON has grown since her last

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KNEON is about being free - and you’ll see that in the freedom of layout, of stickers spread everywhere, our spontaneous partners and advertisers, our dialogues with interesting people doing interesting things with their life, and also all the artists and creatives we work with. ‘We like group hugs with those who like to play’ that’s what we wrote on our first ever website four years ago. And it will apply now more than ever…literally and metaphorically. Ching.

I hope you enjoy this issue!

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MEET THE FAM

June J Canedo Age: 24 Nationality: Brazilian/American Current Location: Brooklyn What makes you feel Alive & Well? Vegetables, coffee, and a plane ticket somewhere.

Website: www.junejully.com

Tramaine Townsend Age: 29 Nationality: American Current Location: Texas What makes you feel Alive & Well? The people and places I surround myself make me feel alive and well. The energy I get from that around me keeps my works fresh and on my toes. It brings inspiration to me even when I least expect it. They do the one thing that I’m enjoying the most, elevating.

Website: www.tramainetownsend.com

Lucie Bremeault Age: 24 Occupation: Photographer Nationality: French Current Location: Paris What makes you feel Alive & Well? Love, my cat, beauty, fresh air and space, sweet dreams, Depeche Mode Website: www.luciebremeault.com

MEET THE SNAPPERS Alberto Moreu, Yuji Watanabe, Andi Seidl, Charlotte Rutherford, Agnieska Chabros, Nikki Krecicki, Shawn Reinoehl, Dania Masiero, Victoria Jin, Carlo William Rossi, Nina Ahn, Rumi Matsuzawa, Michael clifford, Alexander Jacob, Andrew Babarczy, Mars Phillips, Claudia Ancelotti, Collin Levin, Karla Majnaric, Denver Rodrigues, Elodie Chapuis, Lucie BrĂŠmeault, Nicole Corbett, Valerio Boncompagni, Tramaine Townsend, Sheree Porter, Erin Eve, June Canedo, Kareem Abdul 9

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Photographed by Mars Phillips Art direction, Barbara Rainho Wardrobe Stylist, Arnold Milfort Hair, Monae Everett Makeup, Allie Smith Model is Alexia Bellini at IMG Models 10

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Jacket—Helmut Lang, Leather sleeves—PRSVR, Bottom—Eres, Boots—Alexander Wang, Necklace—Michael Kors, Ring—Saks 5th Avenue

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Blazer—Versace, Boots—Saks 5th Avenue above: Jacket—Helmut Lang, Leather sleeves—PRSVR, Bottom—Eres, Boots—Alexander Wang, Necklace—Michael Kors, Ring—Saks 5th Avenue

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Denim and leather shorts—Rag & Bone, peplum top—Rag & Bone, bracelet—Saks 5th Avenue

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Leather jogging pants—PRSVR, heels—Gucci

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WHO DAT GURL? PHOTOGRAPHEd by June Canedo STYLIST, Tess Herbert MODEL, Peisin Lazo MAKE UP, Ayana Awata HAIR, Ayana Awata 20

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Scarf—Vintage Vivienne Westwood, pants—Comme des Garçons, shoes—Acne 21

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Scarf — Vintage, top — Wolford, skirt — Stylists own

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Top — H&M, skirt — Zara, shoes — Acne, necklace — Stylists own

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Top—Honor Among Thieves, shirt—Cos, cropped top—Louise Golden, coat—Acne

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Roll neck—American Apparel, dress— Osman, trainers—Le Coq Sportif

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anything but ordinary Photographed by Emma Pilkington Styling, Hollie Clark Makeup, Nicola Moores Hair, Dave Noble Model, Terri at Storm

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exploring swimsuit evolution since the 1800’s KNEON

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Technical fashion with swimsuit fabrics merges history and future in one garment. Chiara Tiso, an Italian fashion designer, student and contributor to the likes of PIG Magazine and Asos blog, reimagines and reworks the evolution of swimsuits and sportswear, all with the same fabrics.

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a monochromatic theme allows each piece to stand on its own, showcasing careful workmanship and an eye for symmetry.

‘Natatorium is a study on the evolution of sense of decency…

Natatorium mixes materials like neoprene, tulle, nylon, lycra creating silhouettes strong and defined but always feminine.’

Her pieces are blends with clean silhouettes. The contours of the fabric do not deter attention from the contours of the female form, but rather emphasize organic versus abstract shapes.

The designer also uses materials foreign to the swimsuit world, such as tulle. She reinvents shape and functionality within the fabrics she so carefully works with. Tiso introduces a tailored look with materials that interlace with textures found in swim garments. Her

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choice of a monochromatic theme allows each piece to stand on its own, showcasing careful workmanship and an eye for symmetry.

Simplicity and freedom is paralleled through her garments via white tulle and Lycra, among other materials. The sheer nature of many of her active materials targets the sense of decency and her designs juxtapose structure and softness.

An excerpt of her artist memo describes her capsule collection: ‘Natatorium must be handled with care. Natatorium is water resistant.’

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The sheer nature of many of her active materials targets the sense of—

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—decency and her designs juxtapose structure and softness.

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DANIEL GEBHART DE KOEKKOEK gives to us a calm portrait and reportage style of photography.

With a heart—wrenching list of camera that any budding photographer dreams of (such as the Mamiya 7 and Hasselblad H5d—40), Daniel’s photos portray the unusual in the usual. His documentary style nature images, bring calmness and purity of colour. Having met many new people and cultures, Daniel’s work gives us a varied and worldly snapshot of beautiful nature and humanity.

Interviewed by Victoria Jin Introduction, Miki Nathan All photos by Daniel Gebhart de Koekkoek Photograph, Ingo Pertramer

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VICTORIA JIN—Who is Daniel Gebhart de Koekkoek? Tell us a bit about yourself.

DAniel gebhart de koekkoek—Daniel Gebhart de

Koekkoek is a photographer based in Vienna. 31 years old, born in Tyrol, Austria.

VJ—Where is home for you?

DGK—“Home is wherever with you”,

do you know this song? Home is more a feeling than a place. Hanging out with the ones I love is home. No matter where.

VJ—Do you mean ‘home’ by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros?

DGK—Yes.

VJ—Tell us about the moment when you decided, ‘ok I’m going

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to be a photographer’.

DGK—It was when I felt the need to create something. Something that is accessible to anybody. Something visual — work that can be understood by anybody. I was computer programmer before, that’s frustrating and you don’t want to bother your friends with boring programming stories.

VJ—And so taking up the camera felt natural to you?

DGK—It’s a lifetime learning curve in

photography. I love to look at other photographers’ work and I learn a lot by doing this.

VJ—Do you have a favourite photograph by someone else that means a lot to you?

DGK—Yes so many, but it changes all the time.

VJ—Do you remember the first photograph you took that you were proud of?

DGK—I think it was a very blurry picture in the snow with a red jacket.

Unsharp but strange somehow. It got some attention on the net and got published by Jpgmagazine.

Haha I found it: http://jpgmag.com/ photos/18739. But not sure if it was the first. Today I don’t like it anymore.

VJ—You seem to have a very critical eye for what you like and don’t in pictures. For your recently published photo book, The World We Live In, how was the process of picking images for it? The concept of the books are world. Big worlds and small worlds.

DGK—Also microcosms. There are

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Visit Daniel in Vienna: Atelier de Koekkoek Bureau & Galerie Daniel Gebhart de Koekkoek atelier@gebhart.dk www.gebhart.dk

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Home is more a feeling than a place. Hanging out with the ones I love is home. No matter where.

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ies happening in our world. But also there are zooms into small worlds/ microcosms. These are full series of tiny worlds who exists by its own.

VJ—What is the most beautiful scenery you’ve ever seen?

DGK—As a photographer seeking for

these specific moments, there are many of them, hard to limit to one.

VJ—What’s a scene you saw this past week that really took your breath away?

DGK—It’s not that easy, let me think. I

often see beauty in small and random stuff. Rather than ‘real beauty’ like a sunset or stuff. For example, if colors fit perfectly together and there is a nice play of natural sunlight and shadows. It can mean so much more than anything else for my eyes. Last week the sun hit my atelier window and came in very nicely on the floor. I kept looking at this for a few minutes and really enjoyed the shadows and lights on the floor. Am I

complicated to interview?

VJ—It’s going good! If you could take a portrait of anyone alive right now, who would it be?

VJ—What’s next for you? What are some projects you look forward to working on or you want to work on?

DGK—I don’t care so much about

celebrities. I love to get to know the people who I shoot. I prefer real characters. Faces/people who have a strong presence.

VJ—Can you elaborate on what you mean by ‘strong presence’?

What kinds of characters fascinate you?

DGK—Self—confidence. People who

are themselves. Also open—minded people who trust me.

VJ—Back to your new book. What made you want to publish it at this time?

DGK—After the book I have to exhale.

I have a list of ideas for projects I want to do. But I’m not sure which one I will decide to dig into. It’s always hard to follow personal projects along with my commercial work.

VJ—where do you see yourself in 10 years?

DGK—I’m quite happy like it is right

now, even if I’m still struggling. I’m very satisfied — so I hope it will go on like this. Maybe a little bit more relaxed and calm.

DGK—I just felt the time was right to

go for it. To close this project and to go on with another one.

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Joshua Steele, best known to his fans as Flux Pavilion, is a UK dubstep producer, DJ and co—founder of leading independent label Circus Records. He first hit the scene in 2008 with his unique brand of high energy, dance music with manic baselines. Since his music has made its way onto the Radio 1 A—List, the UK Singles Chart, been sampled for “Who Gon Stop Me” by Jay—Z and Kanye West, the film The Great Gatsby, and the 2012 video game Need for Speed.

His latest album, released in November 2013, Freeway EP, featured the dubstep anthem, Gold Love. He is best known for his 2011 hit “Base Cannon”. His Twitter avatar for @FluxPavillion states “successfully ruining silence since 1989”. Tickets for his Freeway UK Tour are available via Live Nation. We caught up with FP in Glasgow where he talked frankly about how the combination of the essence of dubstep and digital channels has allowed a normal guy from Northamptonshire, England, to take his music to millions of people on both sides of the Atlantic.

Interviewed by Victoria Jin foreword, Rosie Kane

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VICTORIA JIN—Lets start from the basics. Who is Joshua? Who is Flux Pavillion?

Joshua steele— Joshua is me. Flux Pavillion is also me, but my artist alias where I make lots of music and release it. That’s pretty much it.

VJ—You have been pretty big in the dub scene since 2008. What are some of the important things you’ve learnt over these years?

JS—I guess it’s kind of like in any creative

field: to be into what you are doing. And not try and create something because, like, ‘Oh, I need to create something because other people will like it.’ Just make something, anything. Just to create something for the sake of making it.

I think that’s pretty much what I have picked up through electronic music.

And there’s no set path. Make whatever you want and then it goes in the direction it needs to go. Which is quite cool.

VJ—That leads to my next question. How did you end up in dubstep specifically?

JS—I have always been into drum and

base and stuff. I have always been quite into electronic music. House, for example, like all dance music always seem to be for an exclusive club. Like, shirts and shoes and they all go to the right clubs and stuff like that, whereas with dubstep and this string of electronic music — I went to go see a guy called Rusko and he was wearing this paper hat with a bird on it just shouting at the mic jumping around like a lunatic and just playing awesome music. I was with all my mates and we just looked around and there was a bunch of people enjoying the music and I was like, ‘yeah, this isn’t some kind of weird, cool VIP experience. This is just a bloke playing some music,’ and I thought, “yeah, I could do that”.

It made it seem less special, which is good, because I think when something is held as being really special, it separates normal people. When you look at really big stars you’re like, ‘they must be really special — I’m nothing like them’, whereas what is happening with dubstep is it’s got rid of all of that, anyone can

do anything. It doesn’t matter who you are, I’m just writing music in my studio in my bedroom and I’m putting it up online, and loads of people are listening to it, so it’s cool.

VJ—Do you think all you have achieved would have been impossible without the Internet?

JS—It would have been possible, I

guess… A lot of musicians have had careers without the Internet, obviously up until about 5 years ago. I think the boom of this music is thanks to the Internet. In terms of accessibility and people all over the Internet being able to listen to the music that they want to listen to. Rather than just going to HMV and there’s the top 10 CD’s and being like ‘ah, that’s number 1 — that’s good music’. People are now able to listen to the music they like to listen to. Go on Spotify or Soundcloud and Google like ‘light’ ‘ambient’ ‘hip—hop’ and loads of music comes up.

You can find the music you like.

VJ—It seems like you have more opportunity to talk directly to your fans and interact. Is that important to you? Having a conversation with your fans?

JS—The most important thing to me is

being able to completely give my projects and deliver my projects completely to my fan base. Rather than writing my songs and having to go through the system. Like in an interview I guess… people getting a watered down version of the statement I’m trying to make.

Whereas when you have a Facebook you can say exactly what you think. You can upload a music video and be like ‘Here you go. Here’s all my stuff.’ Rather than going through all these streams like MTV where other people have an input on it. On YouTube you just go kind of upload it go ‘There you go, there’s my art’ which is pretty cool.

VJ—Congratulations on your recent release, Freeway. How has the reaction been?

JS—It’s been pretty good as far as I can

see. I am pretty happy. I focused on trying to make the music as good as possible and then being like I’m happy with it. It’s not that I don’t care, I am still there

checking to see if people like it but I try not to get wrapped up in that because if I see that people like it it’s probably going to stop me from writing more and taking it further. Like Freeway, the track, is quite a departure from a lot of the stuff I have done before but maybe the second one, or third or fourth one I have done in that vain will be awesome. If people don’t like the first attempt at that sound then that’s going to stop me from maybe stumbling upon something else in the future. So I try not to take pay attention to it, keep writing, and see what I come up with.

VJ—People appreciate something new I think as well JS—Well hopefully — this is what we

have to hope for.

VJ—On the new EP there is a track featuring Rosie Oddie.

How was working with her? Did you work in the studio together? How was that collaboration?

JS—She is a friend of a friend. I have

always known of her. She’s one of those cool London characters who is always about. Always on this track, always on that. I feel like there could be a film about her. But yeah, a group of my mates from London are good friends with her so, the track that I was working on needed something and her voice was perfect for it. And so she came to the studio and just started working on it. It was pretty much two humans sitting in a room getting excited about something.

But yeah, she’s really cool and hopefully I will work with her again.

VJ—In the past there have been a lot of genres that you have put together into a cocktail.

There’s been electro + dub with Steve Aoki and Charlish Gambino with hip—hop. What’s your approach when you try and mix these different sounds together? How do you want the result to be?

JS—I don’t know. I guess and try and

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I always prefer the beats to the rapping.

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it can be quite repetitive, the style of electric music. I try and concentrate on making a loop that is so awesome that you want to listen to it for 3 minutes. I think that is what hip—hop is all about for me.

With Wu Tang the beats are so awesome.

I always prefer the beats to the rapping.

So I listen to it for the beats and then get into the rapping. That’s what hip—hop always is for me. Same with electro, same with a lot of different styles of music. It’s all based around tempo when it comes to genres. If I write something that is good at 140 beats per minute then I think to slow it down to 128. It’s still the same song but to one person that is dub—step or electro but I am just writing a piece of music and keep changing the tempo and then eventually one of them sounds better than all the others. Nothing is ever written with a genre in mind.

done since I was about 12. Stepping into this was just a progression of what I had been doing. I had been running nights, playing acoustic music and doing open mic nights. I played in bands for years and years and write electronic music in my spare time because when you have spare time there is nothing better to do than have a hobby. That’s why I got into it, because I couldn’t be bothered to do anything else. I think when all this started my mum was just like ‘Oh yeah, still doing your thing — no goal.’ I’d say, ‘look at all my fans’. She said ‘Yep cool, you’ve been doing some gigs — cool.’ I just carried on doing it. It’s still like that with my mum now. I tell my mum like ‘look at what I’ve done now’ and she says ‘cool…what do you want for dinner?’

VJ—What’s your favorite thing to eat for dinner when your mum cooks?

VJ—So kind of just abstracting the sound just for itself?

JS—I don’t know actually… just simple

JS—Yeah just kind of write a piece of

VJ—It’s always the simple dishes.

There’s a group of home cooked Chinese dishes that make me very happy.

music and then yeah change the key or tempo, It completely transforms it. I just flicker around in between — especially with keys, I’ll have 5 or 6 different versions of the track all in different keys.

Then one of them always sounds better than the others so I choose that one.

VJ—Can you name two rappers that you would love to work with?

JS—Charlie Tuna would be awesome to

work with. Oh, and Cypress Hill as well.

Rusko has literally just done a project Charlie Tuna and Cypress Hill so maybe it’s just because I like him. When it comes to collaboration, a lot of the time it’s like you meet someone, you get along, you talk about working on a piece of music together and it just happens. When writing for a person it all depends on the actual sound of the track. I could write a track for Charlie Tuna and it just wouldn’t fit him so he would be like this would be perfect of Grae and then try and find Grae.

VJ—When you first started did you have a lot of support from your family and friends?

JS—I kind of stumbled into being a DJ. I

always wanted to write music and I have

dishes actually.

JS—Oh nice!

VJ—We are going to go onto some other questions — not music related anymore. What’s the funniest video you have seen online recently?

JS—I don’t know really I tend to just

watch videos of cats doing things and dogs jumping around. So I don’t know — maybe some kind of ‘fail compilation’.

VJ—Those are just endless entertainment.

JS—It’s just mind numbing. Watching

people fall over and stuff.

VJ—What’s your favorite moment of the day?

JS—Either breakfast or when it’s time to

dinner and start drinking.

VJ—What’s your favorite drink?

JS—I am into liquor generally.

I have quite a large collection of scotch and rum and bourbon. And some gin, tequilas and some sherries. I have a big liquor cabinet.

VJ—That’s a wide variety JS— It’s like a buffet. I have a buffet of

alcohol at home. But generally you can’t beat a glass of scotch.

VJ—If you were to be a fruit what would you be?

JS—Umm, probably a pear?

VJ—Why? JS—I kind of have the shape of a pear —

generally. And they seem quite grumpy, I think — pears. And I’m a relatively grumpy guy.

VJ—I read this quote from another interview ‘I’d rather be just natural and work together because it’s going happen organically.’ This is very interesting because the next issue of the magazine is going to be about being alive and well, taking things in as they are. So what is your thought about talent in general? Do you think you were born to be doing what you are doing now?

JS—I was born to do it in a sense? I don’t

think I could do anything else — I don’t want to do anything else. Nothing would make me as happy as what I am going now. I don’t know, its all quite strange really to be honest — this idea of ‘fate’. I am quite into the idea of things happening naturally. That when something is wrong you know it is wrong and remembering that everyone has their own path. I feel like I am on my path, I guess. I don’t feel like there is much wrong with my life. I guess I could be born for this — I don’t really know.

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VJ—What time is that?

JS—After I play when I do a show or

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YUTAKA SONE Japanese born, L.A. living Yutaka Sone has an impressive gallery list under his belt. Some of these include the MOMA, the Tate and the Whitney, and now, Yutaka is showing his newest collection at David Zwirner London. Yutaka’s mediums are very diverse. Although predominantly sculpture, his work also includes painting, drawing, photography, video and performance. His almost obsessive attention to detail is evident in his original and unique marble sculptures of miniature landscapes that range from Hong Kong Island, Los Angeles highway junctions and imagines alpine scenes.

Foreword by Miki Nathan

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Yutaka Sone Tropical Composition/ Banana tree no6, 2008—2010 Rattan, metal armature, and paint 93 x 113 x 118 inches 236.2 x 287 x 299.7 cm

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Yutaka Sone Little Manhattan, 2007—2009 Marble 21 3/4 x 104 3/8 x 33 1/2 inches 55 x 265 x 85 cm

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Yutaka Sone Sky and Palm Tree Head #5, 2013 Acrylic on canvas 85 x 102 1/2 inches 215.9 x 260.4 cm

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Yutaka Sone Baby Banana Tree, 2007—2009 Rattan, fiberglass, resin, acrylic paint, and stainless steel 300 x 180 x 180 inches 762 x 457.2 x 457.2 cm

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Photographed by ANDI SEIDL interview by nina spurny www.fearlefunk.com

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Falcons has been on the list of producers and DJs to watch in 2013 & 2014 — and deservedly so. The electronic music producer has a unique and strong sense of structure. He has been constantly releasing a steady flow of bootlegs and singles, which have rapidly given Falcons the support and appreciation of Djemba Djemba, Salva and many more. The young producer from L.A. lists past shows at the Red Bull This City Belongs To Us, Boiler Room LA, Low End Theory LA & SF. During his recent and first Europe tour he did a show at the Social Club in Pairs, but before that he honored Vienna with his presence and we had the chance to have a little talk with him about his first tour in Europe, his new ‘Birdcall EP’ and how he’s doing.

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I like to have this bounce sound to my shit, yeah... something that’s easy to move to. You can’t help it, you just move to it, you know what I mean?

NINA SPURNY—I am here with Falcons from L.A. How are you? Everything’s good?

FALCONS—Everything is good, I love it

in Europe.

NS—Is it your first time in Europe?

F—Not my first time, I’ve been to spain

before, but only spain, this is my first time to see like all of Europe, it’s nice.

NS—So that’s also your first time in Vienna?

F—Definitely my first time in Vienna, I

love it, it’s a beautiful city.

NS—How do you like it so far?

F—So far it’s beautiful, I came already at

night, night time, so I couldn’t really see everything but the city itself is amazing, and everybody tells me that the city is gonna be amazing.

NS—This time yesterday, what were you up to?

F—Yesterday.. (laughs) NS—Now its quarter to one..

F—Yeah, think I was drinking yesterday this time, in Germany with some friends that I just met and yeah, drinking some german beer.

NS—What city where you at?

F—Yesterday I was in Stuttgart.

NS—Did you like Germany?

F—Yeah so far, Germany is amazing, the promoters were super nice, shout out to Eddie, shout out to Richie, good people…

NS—Your latest EP »Birdcall« just got released, tell us a little bit about it?

F—It’s my first independent release, like doing my own sound, I’ve been doing a lot of remixes, I’ve got popular from remixing old school shit, but this is the first time where I tried to do my own sound and I am really happy with it.

It’s like who I am in an album, so I am happy.

NS—What old school sound did you generally start with and is there any specific artist you tried to sound like?

F—I don’t have any artist in particular that I try to sound like, but I come from a dancing background, I was a dancer, so I like Hip Hop that’s gonna make you dance, like bounce. I like to have this bounce sound to my shit, yeah... something that’s easy to move to. You can’t help it, you just move to it, you know what I mean? So I guess my favorite, or my idol is Timbaland and Missy Elliott.

NS—And have you had any feedback on your »Birdcall« EP yet?

F—Yes, so far it’s good, like, lots of

Twitter feedback, which is really honest feedback and people like it a lot and people saying that they’re gonna play it a lot in the club, also a lot of good feedback from big DJs saying they love it, so I am happy, I feel good about it.

NS—What kind of visuals would you imagine would go well with your EP? F—My friend does my graphic design for me, like covers and stuff and I think it’s perfect for me, for my sound. That

sounds cheesy but I would describe it as a little bit sexy, but also a little bit club and also like a little bit futuristic sound, so the visuals have to match that.

NS—Let’s go back a little, when did you start with producing?

F—I started trying to produce when I was really young, I was like 15 or 13 or something like that, I had like Fruit Loops on the computer and that wasn’t serious at all, I was just chilling and dancing and doing it for fun, but maybe 3 or 4 years ago I was like »ok, maybe I can do this seriously« and I just tried to learn as much as I can quickly and it worked out.

NS—And did you originally want to do something with music or did this just come naturally on the way?

F—Yeah, I think when I was young, I was really passionate about music and it touched my like in a spiritual way, even when I was a little kid I loved it and I was like »I wanna be in a rock band, this is my favorite band, it’d be so crazy« but yeah, for a while I though maybe no, I am just gonna be a dancer but I think it was meant to be.

NS—What was the last live show you saw that you really enjoyed and what made it so special?

F—This year i played at Coachella, which is a big festival in southern Carlifornia and I saw Wu—Tang Clan live but they had this orchestra of kids playing their beats with real instruments, like young kids, and there was something there, like I almost wanted to cry (laughs), it’s like some real shit you know. The kids they love the music, and they know the music, and that’s the kind of music I loved since I was a little kid too so.

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I come from a dancing background, I was a dancer, so I like Hip Hop that’s gonna make you dance

NS—Wu-Tang Clan..

F—Yeah, Wu-Tang Clan for ever (laughs) NS—Could you name an artist or two who you would really like to collaborate with?

F—Ehm, Missy Elliot number 1, Missy

Elliott number 2 (laughs), yeah I don’t know I would just go to the studio with Timbaland and maybe not even collaborate, just like go with him and see how his mind works and have him listen to my music too maybe and in terms of new school, there is a girl form Chicago named Tink and I feel like she is kind of the new Missy, she can rap and she can sing and she has a good energy. I like a lot of female vocals, I like singers and RnB and also rappers.

NS—Concerning Missy Elliot, which you mentioned twice on your bucket list to collaborate with, you sampled a lot of songs from her…

F—Yeah one song on the »Birdcall« EP and one of my most popular songs is a remix of Missy Elliot, my first big song…

NS—What’s the most relaxing kind of day for you? What’s next? Tell us your plans for today…

F—Today I am gonna play soon, I am gonna DJ, I am gonna kill it and I don’t know… I am really enjoying Europe I wanna enjoy the culture and meet good people and so far it’s been good so, I wanna eat the local food and do the local shit.

NS—Ok cool, and when you wake up and you say to yourself ‘Today I am gonna have a super relaxing day’ — what are you up to then?

F—When I am home, in L.A. a natural day is sleeping a little bit, wake up, listen to a little bit of music, maybe work on some music but not too serious just you know, for fun, and then I like to dance a little bit still and just eat good food, drink coffee (laughs).

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NS—Coffee it is F—Yeah, iced coffee…

NS—And what are your plans for the next 5 years?

F—I don’t really think about this, like 5 year plans, but I want to just keep going, keep making and pushing my music and see where it takes me, I wanna work with vocalists more, be in the studio more, also I really like to play live, so I wanna keep touring and meeting good people.

NS—Is there an artist where you would say its like you idol, who does just everything right in your eyes and think where you would say that this is the way you wanna go as well?

F—Yeah, it’s hard because as a producer, a producer is more shy, they are more in the background, they are not like rappers, like always out loud in public, but obviously like I said, Timbaland is big for me, but I also like playing life shows and having energy and connecting with people so in that way I guess I’d idolize some rappers and stuff.

NS—KNEON Magazine is about natural talent and the beauty of the world and its people. Tell us what do you find the most beautiful about the world?

F—I guess just nice people, everywhere you go, giving people a chance and being creative and positive.

NS—If you could travel anywhere, where would you go?

F—That’s a hard question (laughs), I really like Spain, I like Barcelona a lot.

It’s somewhere where I travelled when I was young and I just fell in love with Barcelona, spanish culture its nice. I like Japan, I like japanese culture, people are really crazy there and partying everyday and there are really nice people. I like hot weather, so maybe just tropical islands, Philippines or Indonesia or something (laughs).

NS—Where could you imagine living for the rest of your life?

F—Vancouver, Canada. I lived there for 5 years but I think when I am old and I have a family or something, that’s the perfect city.

NS—Although you like tropical weather?

F—Yeah, but it’s not so cold, the summer is hot and the winter is just rain, but the scenery, like the nature there is crazy, they have beaches they have mountains they have animals in the city, a really clean and beautiful place.

NS—And whats on your top 5 bucket list for artists to see?

F—I wanna see the Rolling Stones because thats my dads favorite band, I listened to it when I was a kid and I still love it. It’s just timeless music. I wanna see The Prodigy live, because my mom likes them a lot, that’s like music i grew up with. Ehm, Missy Elliott (laughs) obviously, never seen her, that’d be crazy.

Ginuwine and maybe R. Kelly, (laughs) R. Kelly would be very good for me.

Yeah I think that’s it, maybe Daft Punk because everybody is like »Oh my god I think Daft Punk is gonna play and Coachella this year« and they never play so, I think that’d be pretty epic too.

NS—Anything to add?

F—Yeah just shout outs, I’m gonna shout out to Los Angeles, the whole crew, TeamSupreme, DJ Hoodboi, Djemba Djemba, Mister Carmack, everybody in L.A. is killing it right now, Vancouver homies, Chapel Sound Crew Vancouver, killing it in Vancouver that’s about it, the homies. Oh and of course HUH WHAT & WHERE Records, Kaytranada, Ta—ku, Sweater Beats, our manager Will, Will is killing the game, yeah that’s about it.

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by Rhyan Santos

I was recently able to catch one of my favorite all girl bands, L.A. Witch, live at the Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa a couple months back. The perpetual sound wave of Sade’s sultry voice backed by Irita’s haunting bass and Ellie’s snazzy drum beat enhanced my intoxication. After their set, I was able to speak with Sade and set up an interview with them. I met the ladies a month later at Irita’s house in Echo Park, where I was greeted with pizza and Grand Theft Auto 5. We killed some aliens and headed to a spot to start the interview.

Rhyan Santos—I wanted to start the interview off with how your day is going? irita—It’s Sunday, and we just had

pizza.

sade—And played Grand Theft Auto. irita—So... really great so far. ellie—And we looked for some

Halloween costumes.

RS—What are you going to be for Halloween? sade—We’re going to be zombie cheer-

leaders for one night, and the other we’re going to be 60’s mod girls. Going to cover some girl group songs.

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Is that what you’re going to do for your next shows? sade—Yes, for the October 21st Spirit

Vine residency at the Satellite, and the OCtober 30th at Harvard & Stone with Death Valley Girls and Magic Wands.

If the readers were to walk into your room, what would they find interesting in your room? sade—Records, a lot of original, rare

cool records. Books on music, DVDs, a lot of documentaries on music... a lot of music related stuff. And a whole wardrobe of a lot of black stuff. (all laugh)

What about you Ellie?

ellie—A lot of clothes all over the place. I can never really find anything in that place. Records, record player... a big boombox. I have a cool boombox.

Very sentimental? ellie—Yeah, I’ve had it for a long time.

It plays cassettes and CDs. Where did you ladies grow up as kids? ellie—I grew up in Burbank. sade—The Valley. irita—All over the place, but I was

born in LA.

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MTV. We were all kids before they became all about reality shows.

There were music videos. For kids with short attention spans, it was very capturing had any impact on your music? What kind of impact? sade—Well, the Valley is a very

suburban place. There’s not very much to do, there isn’t very much to explore so it kind of closets you growing up. You’re kind forced to be at home and be creative. My parents were into music and stuff, so that was good.

There wasn’t really anything going on outside, so I was just at home playing guitar a lot. It kind of forced me to pick something up and do something interesting I guess.

That was actually going to be my next question, if you had any musical influence, or artistic influence at home? ellie—My dad’s a bass player, and he

was playing in bands. He’s actually still playing in bands, so I kind of just grew up with that, and I’ll go to his shows all the time. I’ve played shows with him too.

So your family is pretty open to you being in a band? ellie—Yeah. sade—My parents support it 100%. irita—All of our parents have came

out to see us at one point or another.

Really supportive parents, that’s awesome. You mentioned that you came about music through your family, was there any other influence that got you into music? sade—MTV. We were all kids before

they became all about reality shows.

There were music videos. For kids with short attention spans, it was very capturing. My dad would record MTV onto tape so I have a bunch of tapes of MTV going into the 90’s.

So if I wanted see something from then, I’d go to you? sade—Or you can go on YouTube.

Oh yeah YouTube. sade—Yeah, MTV was a huge

influence. My parents, who were always playing music, and would listen to cool music when I was growing up. They›ve always been really open to all sorts of stuff. Movies, music, art... food. Everything. My parents are from Mexico, so it’s very cool that they’re open to so much. I›m a first generation Mexican American. It›s important to have an open mind if you don›t have deep roots where you are.

With that being said, do you miss how music videos used to be compared to now? ellie—Yeah. sade—Totally. I wish MTV would have

stayed MTV and not put on all those weird reality TV shows.

You’re right, I can’t watch MTV for music videos anymore. I have to go to Youtube if I want to see any. sade—All the videos that are out

now are all the same thing; you got a fancy car and there’s girls not wearing anything, money being thrown around and some weird shit like that, where as before there was a concept to the video — there was a little story, like movie you know?

As a kid, what did you want to be growing up? Did you think that you would be playing in a band? sade—I have always wanted to be

playing music. In elementary school, when you graduate and you say what you want to be on stage, I said I wanted

to be a singer. And that was before I started to play the guitar. As I got older, I thought, ‘ I want to play music, I want to be in a band, I want to travel’.

This is always what I’ve wanted, to play music. ellie—Honestly, when I was a kid I really wanted to be an astronaut cause I loved space and I loved planets. irita—Me too! I’ve always wanted to

be an astronaut. I still do.

ellie—I always thought that stuff was really cool, I always thought that I would have gone to the moon by the time I was thirty. That was my goal.

(all laugh) You can still make it to the moon! sade—You can probably still do that,

you can even go to Mars too, I think.

irita—Mars is so far though! It’s four

years, travel time. Don’t you have to have perfect vision? And take all these psychological tests? I’m not sure if I›d pass those.

Maybe. ellie—Yeah, I don’t think I’d pass them

either.

irita—People flip out in space though,

it’s kinda nuts out there.

ellie—Yeah, I don’t think I’d wanna be away from people for that long, and be stuck. I’d probably get claustrophobic after awhile. But I guess after you get outside the spaceship, you’d get all the space you need.

I read in another interview that you wanted the name of the band to be called The Gemineyes?

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irita/ellie—(point to Sade) She did!

What’s the story behind the name? sade—I just thought it sounded cool, I’m really into

astrology. I’m not a Gemini and I’m actually not supposed to even be compatible with Geminis.

irita—You are a Gemini though! sade—Ok, I have Gemini Rising sign. Anyway I like

how it sounded, the picture I get from that — it’s kind of mirror—like, and the eyes, you know? It’s kind of psychic, and I thought it sounded psychedelic.

What about Wet Dream? I thought it was really funny. irita—Me and Crystal came up with that one. sade—We thought it might be too vulgar. irita—Maybe too sexual. sade—I was thinking, ‘If I can’t say that to my dad, I

don’t think that could be the band name.’ At the time the name didn’t feel right, but now I’m actually really glad we went with L.A. Witch. We came up with some pretty good ones.

I think L.A. Witch fits too, I mean if you were from San Diego it would sound kind of weird... SD Witch, or NY Witch. There’s something about L.A. Witch. irita—NY Warlock.

That actually kind of works out. irita—They’re an all—guy band that covers our songs.

Would you agree that it can be difficult to keep a consistent drummer? sade—Based off of experience, yeah.

I see that it can be difficult for a band to have to have a consistent drummer because so many of them drum for different bands. sade—Drummers are tough to come up on, I guess

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connect with that person, that they listen to the right music, and that they’re not fucked up on drugs or crazy. It’s actually much harder to find someone to work with than you would imagine. And we’re living in LA too.

Is L.A. Witch a full time thing for you ladies? Do you have other jobs, go to school? irita—We have jobs, Ellie she goes to school. We have

full time jobs and full time school.

sade—And then this is like this is like another full time

thing.

irita—We’re really busy, actually. sade—All of our free time goes into the band What do you do together outside of L.A. Witch? sade—Go to shows, if there’s any thing good. We

make shit like pins and crafts. Movie nights. Video games. Cook. Travel, if possible.

irita—Try to sell stuff on Etsy so we have money to

buy gear and gas money to play shows.

I feel like being in a band is a perfect excuse to travel. all—Oh yeah. sade—We’re down to drop everything and go.

What are your upcoming projects for L.A. Witch? sade—I’ve started working on a lot of new material,

so I think the goal for all of us right now is, get our new songs recorded. And eventually we’re going to do another EP release.

irita—Or single. sade—Or single. Maybe a 7” or a tape. We want to do

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THESE THREE CHINESE MEN KNEON

Interviewed by Miki Nathan Foreword by Sam Prance

Intelligent and diverse, Zé Mateo, SLY and High Ku make up one of France’s greatest trip—hop exports: Chinese Man. The collective formed in 2004 and has gone from strength to strength ever since. Under its own independent record label, Chinese Man Records, the band’s music has not only developed some sort of a cult following but it’s been used in promotion for Mercedes and French film festivals alike. Their infusion of the likes of funk and reggae with dub and jazz has garnered them critical acclaim and has become something of a signature sound. Ten years since their debut, KNEON sits Chinese Man down for a chat on genres, their future and their ever—expanding discography.

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MIKI NATHAN—Who is the mastermind behind your artwork and videos?

CHINESE MAN—A lot of talented people!

Julien “Ouikid” Loîs is in charge of the printing part (album covers, posters, t—shirts etc...), Fred & Annabelle create most of the video contents (live videos, video clips), VJ Tot is our visual jockey on stage. We have to mention Malek O’Grady, Tapage Graphik, Christian Volckman and Colin Levêque who create some visual material for us too.

MN—What are some of the advantages of being a collective and how do you think you have developed since your beginning in 2004?

CM—Number is strength! Being a collective means more energy, more ideas and

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more bad jokes! As an independent band and label it wouldn’t be possible for us to do everything we do without the help of the other Chinese Man records artists and crew. Big up to all of them!

When we started in 2004 we had no idea that Chinese Man would still exist in 2014!

In the beginning it was just about three friends making music as a passion for a very small local audience and we now have the opportunity to perform all around the world and live because of our music, it’s fucking awesome.

MN—Your discography is impressive. A personal favourite of mine is Groove Sessions Vol. 1 (I’m addicted to Bunni Groove.) Do you have a particular favourite album or song?

CM—Hong Kong Dragon Speaking our 4th EP. MN—Your music spans a few genres such as Hip Hop, Funk and Raggae, but is there one you identify yourself with most?

CM—We’d say Hip Hop because the way we compose music is really based on Hip Hop composition. First of all we use samples in a very similar way as 90’s Hip Hop producers (DJ Premier, Large Professor and so on...). The beat and bass are the core of our music just like in Hip Hop. The fact that we use samples from a lot of different music genres with a large variety of bpm doesn’t necessarily generate Hip Hop tracks though.

MN—How do you see the French Hip Hop scene?

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so Hip Hop is visible on many medias and we have a lot of french Hip Hop bands, dancers and writers. Like in a lot of countries in the world France has a mainstream scene which is not very interesting and a more underground scene which is more relevant and original (at least from our point of view). But it’s fine: people need both commercial and alternative music, everybody’s happy.

MN—When and where are you happiest?

CM—Chilling in the green room after a

good performance.

MN—What is the process of making music like for you?

CM—It’s something very instinctive. We listen a lot of old records to choose what we call the main sample that will be the central melodic element then we build the beat and the bass around it. When this part is done we add some arrangements, scratches, cool fx and voices and that’s it! Of course it takes time, it’s not that simple but it’s like a construction game... We now have the chance to know many MCs and musicians and if the track needs it we can call them to add some melodic parts or some vocals on it. Basically that’s the way we work.

MN—Your live performances have been described as ‘breathtaking’. From what we’ve seen they seem really fun and interactive too. Can we expect something similar for your 2014 tour?

much... But we really like to be on stage and perform live and work on interactivity with the audience and new ways to interpret our tracks. In 2014 we’re gonna propose a new live set that we actually start creating these days: with new tracks and remixes, new MCs on stage, live musicians, all new video installation and more MN—What do you see in the future of Chinese Man? CM—‘We never think of the future — it comes soon enough’ (quote from Albert Einstein). Sounds smart, right?

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Interviewed by Miki Nathan Foreword written by Sam Prance all photos by ysa perez

Bold and diligent, Ysa Perez is fast proving herself to be one of photography’s freshest talents. Ever since her career blew up via the means of some press shots for A$AP Rocky, her work schedule has gone into overdrive.

Debbie Harry, Cassie, Solange — Perez has photographed them all. Having paid her dues as an intern for the likes of Nylon, she is now reaping the benefits of her hard work and whether she is shooting editorials for GQ or on the look out for new artists about to hit the big time, Perez is the photographer in everyone’s demand. KNEON catches up with her, in a rare moment of downtime, to discuss her style, her influences and, perhaps most importantly, her love of Drake 89

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MIKI NATHAN—First of all, can you tell us a bit about yourself?

YSA PEREZ—Hi, my name is Ysanya Perez. Ysa started becoming easier for everyone when I first moved to New York and the spelling errors were out of control. I am a portrait photographer, but I enjoy shooting mostly everything — lifestyle, interiors, everyday moments most people might over look. The majority of my work is based on my personal life and the in-between moments that occur during shoots.

MN—Who has been the most inspirational person to you that you’ve photographed?

YP—I would say Debbie Harry, that’s just

a legacy you can’t really fuck with.

MN—Where are you as you answer these questions?

YP—Kid you not, home in upstate New

York painting my nails about to drive to the Drake show in Buffalo, NY.

MN—We know you love Drake (so do we). If you were to shoot him what would you chat about?

YP—Man, I don’t even know.

I almost shot him when I was an intern at Nylon five or six years ago. It was just when he came out, they had to tell me who Drake even was. I said “Jimmy, from Degrassi?”

Not to discredit him, but at that time that was honestly what I knew him from.

Publicist kept flaking out and think it was right at the moment ‘it’ was happening for him, so it fell through. I would most likely tell him that he was the one that got away.

MN—How would you describe your style — both shooting and for fashion?

YP—I’d say they are similar, pretty natural

and relaxed. It’s funny that they do go hand in hand. Of course in my teens I wore a lot of makeup, went through different phases with clothing, wanted to be “pretty.” Then I became older, more comfortable with myself and all that experimentation started to shed and I realized I couldn’t be bothered. I prefer being comfortable for the most part, although I can appreciate a nice pair of heels like the next girl. I like to dress well when warranted. Just on a daily, I hardly make a lot of effort with my own styling, and I treat my photographs the same way.

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film. Because of that, I don’t really alter my photographs besides some minor changes, color adjustments, etc. I enjoy the way they are, as they are.

MN—What are your daily essentials?

YP—My engagement ring. My glasses/

contacts because I am near—sighted.

And Kiehls, morning and at night.

MN—Are there any bands at the moment you’d love to see live?

YP—I’m not sure the last time I looked up

a band was... I can tell you who I’d like to see DJ though.

MN—We know you mostly shoot in film. Do you enjoy the process of taking the picture as much as the result?

YP—Yes and yes. I think digital these days

can pretty much emulate a nice film shot, but that’s not why I don’t use like to use it. I truly enjoy the process of not being concerned with what’s being shown to me on a screen, and focusing on what’s actually in front of me. I love using my medium format camera, as heavy as it is, because I like the type of interaction it creates with the subject. We can have a conversation, and the photographs are a product of that dialogue. Digital is always like, “Oh can I see that, can I see.” No you can’t. Just wait.

MN—So, do you think the age of Instagram has/will change photography for photographers?

YP—Yes it’s changed the way we promote

ourselves — it’s become the biggest marketing tool. “Look at me shooting right now.” “Look who I’m meeting with right now.” “Look what I just shot that just came out.” Remember when it actually was just photos straight off the iPhone? Now every upload is strategic. I try not to give a fuck about that

MN—What really excites you?

YP—Honestly, when I get a bunch of film

back and see it for the first time. It’s real special to me. It’s also my time to reflect on everything that happened in those weeks or months because I see it much later.

MN—Most interesting project you’ve worked on?

YP—I’d say the photographs I’ve taken of

my fiancé since the day we met, because

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it will always be a long-term project. I’ll be taking his photograph for the rest of our lives, so it will always be developing. We’ll go to new places, we will get older, we’ll start to look different, the years will pass and different milestones will arise. It documents not only our relationship, but our own individual growth. It’s nice to have photographic evidence of that. I am an extremely nostalgic person. Next year I will be releasing a zine dedicated to that body of work.

MN—Who would you like to shoot in the future?

YP—I probably can’t keep saying Drake, but I’ve yet to see a really

outstanding portrait of him.

MN—What do you think is the biggest influence on your photography?

YP—Where I’m at in my life. As I said, majority of my work is based

on my own personal life, so as I become older, change, or move to new surroundings and experience new people, new cultures, so do my photographs.

MN—Could you imagine yourself living and documenting any other cities the way in which you’ve documented NYC? YP—NYC really cemented my style photographically. It’s where I have

lived the longest while being a photographer. I was wishy-washy in college because I was emulating people I looked up to and fulfilling assignments that required different aesthetics at times. I had the technical background, but I learned how I liked to take photographs in NYC. When I began freelancing fully and travelling to new places, I realized my style translated well in other cities and countries. When I finally get to move back to my fiance in London, I hope to explore the city the same way and develop my work further.

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HEY ARI

Adorable and savvy, Ari is fast becoming one of Japan’s most—loved vintage shop owners. In the past decade she has gone from being an aspiring actress to someone who owns her own clothing store. No longer is she a teenager with distant hopes and dreams but a cultured young woman and entrepreneur who has achieved more than she could have ever imagined. Ari launched The Virgin Mary in 2010 with an aim to source and sell treasured fashions of the past. The store is now so well—known that it has it’s own fan page and distinct style: cult party kei. In fact such is the popularity of Ari that she has now styled a number of fashion shows, including one at Shibuya PARCO in 2012 and most recently the SS 2013 show for Tokyo fashion label writtenafterwards. In her various guises in the entertainment world Ari said that she felt like a ‘puppet’, now, at last, she is in full control.

Can you introduce yourself to our readers?

I am Ari Tamura. I am the owner of the vintage store Virgin Mary. I go to U.S. to get clothes and other items a couple of times a year. I like pale tones, especially pale pink. I feel comfortable when I wear pink stuff. It makes me feel confident. I feel like pink is my personal color. My customers sometimes call me a ‘forever girl’.

What was your first attraction to used clothes?

I came to Tokyo after I graduated from high school, and I knew of a couple of vintage stores there. I was attracted to second—hand clothes because I thought it was like a treasure

trove full of cheap and cute stuff. Since I have a strong identity, I like clothes that are original and different from others.

When I was shopping, I loved to go various vintage shops all day long. I experienced rock style, animation characteristic style and so on. After I opened my shop, I finally made my own style.

You were in a band, how do you look back upon that experience?

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Japanese people get easily bored, so we are always looking for something new to offer them, and not only in the world of fashion.

working in the fashion world. However, I still want to play music again in the future, when I’ll have more free time.

How did you come up with the name for your previous shop ‘Cult Party’?

It literally came up with the idea of ‘Party of those have some cult ideas’.

Actually, I was just writing down lots of words randomly. I put those two words together, and it fit well together to me.

After that, I remember a fortuneteller told me that a destiny was starting going that way. Eventually, the shop got its reputation from young fashion people, who started calling themselves ‘cult believers’. I was treated like the founder of some religion [she laughs] What is the ‘Japanese Identity’?

We are good at taking and mixing different cultures. I think that’s because we had an original culture, but we got influenced by the Western culture so quickly.

So, we tried to put everything in its right place. However, we are kind of afraid of being different from others. It might be because our country is an isolated country. We think that we are creating an original style, but that we call —kei (means —style), and that we have created a certain category of fashion group.

Compared to other countries, we have a more subdivided fashion style, and this is contradictory, but the power of people who have ‘originality’ and ‘similarities’ makes movements in the fashion world in Tokyo.

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What is the vibe of Downtown Tokyo?

Downtown Tokyo is my second home. I was born in the countryside (Yamaguchi prefecture). Tokyo gave me a lot of inspiration, and led me to a fashion world.

So, it’s time for me to repay obligations. I want stay someone who gives something to Japanese girls through fashion. A few years ago, forever 21 and H&M opened their stores in Harajyuku, and Harajyuku lost the identity of Downtown Tokyo. I want Downtown Tokyo to be a special city. I think we need to keep creating something we feel good about to keep this culture alive.

What do you wear to work?

I mainly wear vintage clothes (sometimes I mix some brands together). I’m not good at wearing classic and elegant style. I like a rough silhouette, I like cheap childness. I mix strange elements on purpose. I feel and enjoy the sense of fashion to break good balance slightly.

Recently, I took more Japanese elements in my styling than U.S. or western clothes. Now, my style is 90s Tokyo revival.

How do you choose the hand— made items from young creators?

Basically, most of them were originally my customers. I choose creators who share our vision of world. Even if their clothes are good, I am not attracted to them without feeling attracted first to

the creators’ personalities. There are a lot of things at the same time, so it is important for me to see how creators have ideas, and how their lifestyle also affects their creativity.

What are some of the best outfits you’ve seen come in to your shop?

It was six or seven years ago. People in some areas people used to wear really second—hand clothes with holes and spottings. Some of them used to trample on their clothes with their shoes, in order to make them dirty. This style was very popular in this era. I even saw a person burning her clothes with a lighter. She was wearing a doll collar as a necklace, and had stitched wigs on clothes. There used to be more freedom around fashion. It changed progressively, but of course I still like today’s fashion. There are so many cute girls!

Tell us about styling for ‘writtenafterwards’ 2013SS and the items from Virgin Mary that were used in the show.

They used twenty to thirty pieces from my shop for the show. In the show, models who had big decoration were called god, and god wore my vintage dress or pannier under decorations.

There was a funeral scene, and my black vintage one—pieces were used to refer to mourning clothing. Pants like pyjama bottoms were used for the girls carrying dolls. There were some more used in the show.

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The 90s R&B charged DJ, Le Youth transforms sounds, lending old—school hip—hop a fresh spin. Le Youth is producer Wes James’ brainchild, branching out from the dance music scene in Los Angeles, CA. Le Youth piqued the interest of BBC DJs and his debut single ‘C O O L’ was dubbed Record of the Week by Radio 1. His second signature single, ‘Dance with Me,’ is a cool sampling of TLC featuring female rapper ‘Dominique Young Unique.’ Le Youth has been invited to rework material by Disclosure Sam Smith. His first European tour spread his smooth blends of California dance and 90s R&B to XOYO in London, Button Factory in Dublin and The Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam, making his mark across the globe and creating a string of dedicated fans. ‘Dance with Me’ is set for release February 2014, which could very well establish Wes as one of the main ‘Ones to Watch’ in 2014.

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Firstly, tell us a bit about yourself? Who is Le Youth? And who is Wes James?

something I’m still getting used to, but it feels good.

Le Youth is an artist from Los Angeles, CA, who makes R&B—inspired dance music and plays shows around the world. Wes James is a homebody, who enjoys the LA weather, spending time with his dog, writing sappy love songs and days at the beach.

Do you have any pets? If not, what weird and wonderful animal might you choose for a pet?

You’ve played in some very cool venues like XOYO in London and The Deaf Institute. Has there been one that particularly stood out for you?

Do you have a particular favourite song that you’ve produced?

It was my first European tour so everywhere I played was pretty amazing… I played a show in Paris at Espace Pierre Cardin that went off…

Some of my best friends were there and made it extra special. One of the best nights of the tour for me.

What is the link between the visual and the auditory in your work?

For everything I put out, I want something that matches visually.

I’m really influenced by the music I grew up listening to, so the imagery attached to the 90s just fit really well with the music I make. I feel like I have the opportunity to influence or create a visual for the listener, so I take full advantage.

What inspires you when producing a song?

Making people feel good is a huge inspiration. A song that makes someone want to dance, or makes them feel sexy is a great feeling for me. I’m also hugely inspired by other artists making amazing music.

When traveling, what are your essentials?

iPhone, laptop, headphones, bottle of water, ibuprofen Do you find it difficult to produce music with your busy schedule?

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Yeah, I have a dog named Owen. He’s my best friend. He skateboards actually, so he’s kind of weird and wonderful anyway. I miss him terribly.

Dance With Me is my favourite right now. I’ve never been as excited by a track as I am about this one.

How important is social media to you in promoting your work?

Very important. It’s changed everything. The days of taping show—flyers to light poles are over, thankfully.

Though sometimes I miss them, weirdly enough..

If you could play anywhere in the world where would it be?

Back to Paris. I had so much fun there. I’ll be touring next Spring, just after ‘Dance With Me’ comes out, so I’m sure I’ll be back.

Where are you right now as you answer these questions?

In an overpriced hotel in London.

I have a dog named Owen. He’s my best friend.

He skateboards actually, so he’s kind of weird and wonderful

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AFTER THE EMD Photographed by Nikki Krecicki Stylist, Claire Buyens Hair & Makeup, Lady Katherine Taylor

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song & SONG Photographed by Nina Ahn Makeup, Lee Daseul Models, Song Heejun & Song Bokyung

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WE’re just parttime fairies Photographed by Michael Clifford Styling, Nicoletta Cianci & Sasha Gold Hair, Tom Pollock & Natalie Garza Makeup, Nicole Garza models, Katharine Mickey & Sabine Hallauer at Next LA Madison at Ford LA, Maggie Mizner at Vision Los Angeles

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Jacket-Ekaterina Kukhareva Bottoms-Ekaterina Kukhareva Top-Ekaterina Kukhareva Earrings-Kesha Rose by Charles Albert Floral Crown-Sasha Gold, Sabine Bangles-Tiffany Kunz

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Katherine: Jacket-Ekaterina Kukhareva Earrings-Kesha Rose by Charles Albert Floral Crown-Sasha Gold - Sabine: Top-American Apparel Bottoms-Ekaterina Kukhareva Floral Crown-Sasha Gold Bangles-Tiffany Kunz, Basal Ring-Tiffany Kunz Druzy Ring-Stone Rush

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Katherine: Jacket-Ekaterina Kukhareva Earrings-Kesha Rose by Charles Albert Floral Crown-Sasha Gold - Sabine: Top-American Apparel Bottoms-Ekaterina Kukhareva, Floral Crown-Sasha Gold Bangles-Tiffany Kunz Basal Ring-Tiffany Kunz Druzy Ring-Stone Rush

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Dress-Ekaterina Kukhareva Bracelet-Tiffany Kunz

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HEY CAILIN Meet the 19 year-old Californian Cailin Russo.

She is signed to No Ties Management by whom she was discovered when she was 16. She has become quite famous recently on the internet, especially through Tony Kelly’s photo-shoots for American Apparel and Justin Bieber’s last music video “All That Matters”, which was released at the beginning of this month and where she’s playing the leading female role. She has already posed for numerous brands such as Abercrombie or Reef. For our new issue, photographer Alexander Jacob went to shoot her on a fashion walk PhotogRAPHED BY Alexander Jacob Model, Cailin Russo Stylist, Dara Schafer makeup, Madeline North

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T-Shirt—Han Bikini Top—Kato Swim Necklace—From St Xavier Skirt—Joyce & Jade Bracelets—Love Obsessed Slides—Sol Sana Socks—Stylist’s Own

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A MARK OF BEAUTY Sortie d’un sommeil qu’elle pensait éternel, elle voulut goûter la vie et ses merveilles. Son existence n’était qu’un rêve habité par des ombres de velours, des chimères volatiles et des nuances encore jamais inventées. Elle a alors visité le monde, semant sur sa route les couleurs de ses songes. De sa voix étincelante, elle a chanté les océans, les montagnes et les plantes. Il faut admirer le chatoiement d’une fleur au soleil, sentir la douceur de l’eau sur sa peau ou bien caresser le vent pour déceler sa présence. Son souffle s’est transformé en nuages et ses lèvres ont changé la pierre en cristal. D’un baiser elle a scellé son destin et, cachée derrière une vague, elle contemple à jamais son art. Parfois la pluie chuchote des mots doux et les roses offrent des étreintes parfumés. C’est qu’elle est toujours là, prisonnière de la beauté qu’elle a créée. Perdue dans un monde pressé et tourmenté, elle soupire de n’être pas toujours remarquée mais quelques fois, lorsqu’une main effleure ses pétales, qu’un oeil s’émerveille devant son éclat, quelques fois, elle sourit.

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Set in the abandoned town of Canale Monterano, ‘Vesta’ is a modern ode to the beauty of spring. The city, deserted in 1799, is the backdrop of an array of Hollywood films, including William Wyler’s ‘Ben Hur’, and it’s not hard to see why. From its old Roman aqueduct to the ducal palace, its historical features make quite the visual setting. Lose yourself in the magic of the ancient settlement as Carlo William Rossi and his muse, Jenna Hansen, guide you through it.

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DYSPNEA www.dyspnea.com.au

HOFMANN COPENHAGEN www.hofmanncopenhagen.com

ABIGAIL STEWART www.abigailstewart.com

BRANDMAIR www.brandmair.net

ECHO + AIR www.factoryla.com/designer-list/echo-air

HOLT RENFREW www.holtrenfrew.com

ACNE www.acnestudios.com

BRONX & BANCO www.bronxandbanco.com.au

EKATERINA KUKHAREVA www.kukhareva.com

HOUSE OF HARLOW 1960 www.houseofharlow1960.com

AFTER THE APPLE www.aftertheapple.com

CALVIN KLEIN www.calvinklein.com

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CALZEDONIA www.calzedonia.it/en

ELLIOT LABEL www.elliottlabel.com

IN MY AIR www.inmyair.com

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ERES www.eresparis.com

INTIMISSIMI www.intimissimi.com

ALHPA 60 www.alpha60.com.au

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EQUIPMENT www.equipmentfr.com

ISABEL BENENATO www.isabelbenenato.com

AMERICAN APPAREL www.americanapparel.net

CHANEL www.chanel.com

ETRO www.etro.com

IVANA PILJA www.ivanapilja.com

ANDREW MAJTENYI www.andrewmajtenyi.com

CHARISMA BY RITU www.charismaindia.com

FAME AGENDA www.fameagenda.com.au

JACOB BIRGE www.jacobbirge.eu

ANNA & BOY www.annaandboy.com

CHEAP MONDAY www.cheapmonday.com

FILIPPA K www.filippa-k.com

JAMES HOCK www.jameshock.co.uk

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FINDERS KEEPERS www.finderskeepersthelabel.com.au

JANE BOWLER www.janebowler.co.uk

ASOS www.asos.com

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BERSHKA www.bershka.com

CRUMPLER www.crumpler.com/au

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CULIETTA www.culietta.com

H&M www.hm.com

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DEAR CREATURES www.dearcreatures.com

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BLACK KAVIAR www.black-kaviar.com

DESERT DESIGNS www.desertdesigns.com.au

HANDSOM www.handsom-store.com

BLANK NYC www.blanknyc.com

DOPE www.dope.com

HELMUT LANG www.helmutlang.com

JEFFREY CAMPBELL www.jeffreycampbellshoes.com

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KINGS OF CARNABY www.kingsofcarnaby.com

METTLE www.mettleonline.com

PUSHBUTTON www.pushbutton.co.kr PRSVR www.prsvr.com

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LA MAISON SIMONS www.simons.ca

MICHAEL KORS www.michaelkors.com

PYRRHA www.pyrrha.com

THE RAGGED PRIEST www.theraggedpriest.com

LA SENZA www.lasenza.co.uk

MILLY www.millyny.com

RAG & BONE www.rag-bone.com

THE VIRGIN MARY www.the-virgin-mary.com

LABEL2 www.label2.blogspot.co.uk

MILOH www.milohclothing.com

RICHARD CHAI LOVE www.facebook.com/richardchainy

TIFFANY KUNZ www.tiffanykunz.com

LE COQ SPORTIF www.lecoqsportif.com

MLM www.mlmlabel.com

RIVER ISLAND www.au.riverisland.com

TITANIA INGLIS www.titaniainglis.com

LES VALENTINES www.les-valentines.com

MONKI www.monki.com

RODEBJER www.rodebjer.com

TOPSHOP www.topshop.com

LIMEDROP www.limedrop.com.au

MOTHER OF PEARL www.motherofpearl.co.uk

RVS www.rvsbyv.com

UMBRO www.umbro.com

LIVIA ARENA www.liviaarena.com

SADIE CLAYTON www.sadieclayton.co.uk

UNDERGROUND www.underground-england.co.uk

LOUBOUTIN www.christianlouboutin.com

NANETTE LEPORE www.nanettelepore.com  NAPSUGAR www.napsugarvonbittera.com

SALVATORE FERRAGAMO www.ferragamo.com

LOVE OBSESSED www.loveobsessedjewelry.com

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SASHA GOLD www.etsy.com/shop/SashaGold

UNITED NUDE www.unitednude.com

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NOVIS www.novisnyc.com

SASS & BIDE www.sassandbide.com

MAH SOYOUNG www.facebook.com/artchivestudio

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SENSO www.senso.com.au

URBAN OUTFITTERS www.urbanoutfitters.co.uk VERSACE www.versace.com

MAISON SCOTCH www.scotch-soda.com/au

OSMAN www.osmanstudio.com

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PAPER LONDON www.paperlondon.com

SHOE ZONE www.shoezone.com

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MARTIN GRANT www.martingrantparis.com

PAS POUR TOI www.paspourtoi.com

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MARTINA SPETLOVA www.martinaspetlova.com

PAUL & JOE www.paulandjoe.com/en

SOL SANA www.sol-sana.com

MAUI & SONS www.mauiandsons.com

PAUL SMITH www.paulsmith.co.uk

SOLES www.solesfuturetold.com

MAXIME LLORENS www.maximellorens.com

PENCEY www.pencey.com

SORIAL www.shopsorial.com

MCGINN mcginncollection.com

PIPER www.shoppiper.com

STELLA MCCARTNEY www.stellamccartney.com

MÊHLÊ www.mehle.co.uk

POLYMORPHE www.polymorphe.com

STONE RUSH www.stonerushjewelry.com

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