The Everybody Loves The Sunshine Issue by OPEN Magazine

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EDITOR’S LETTER JUNE - JULY 2014

Sweaty public transport, patriotic sporting events, and a continuous stream of festivals can only mean it’s the summer time. Welcome to the Everybody Loves the Sunshine Issue. It’s all about getting outdoors and mixing with people up close and personal (not quite in the dogging sense – page 13). That’s why we love festivals. If you are one of the many who lost out in the Glastonbury Seetickets lottery, then the closest you get to Worthy Farm might be sat on the sofa covered in Doritos crumbs, flicking between the Red Button highlights and Babestation – and that’s OK. But if you did manage to get a golden ticket, don’t let yourself down by being that person who leaves your faecal ingrained wristband on until August, just so everybody knows you were there, that’s not OK. Attend any major festival across the UK this year and the chances are Foxes will be on the line-up. It’s only natural then, that we arranged an interview with the UK’s hottest new female artist, just so we could discuss the state of festival portaloos (page 40). Liverpool is absolutely crawling with its own medley of festivals and carnivals throughout the coming months. They might not be topping your summer ’14 to-do list, probably because you’re a sheep blinded by commercialisation and attracted to anything covered in the sticky fingerprints of Radio One. Grow up. So we have listed ten of the best taking over our city streets, parks, and spaces so you can get outside into a crowd to share in the human expression of art and creativity (and hopefully a bit of sunshine). You won’t need wellies, you won’t need a tent, and you won’t need to take a baby-wipe bath each morning (page 68).

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Robbie Muldoon editor@open-mag.co.uk

David Crighton Rebecca Frankland Josh Ray Emma Seery Zoe Yvonne Delaney

ART DIRECTOR Robert May rob@open-mag.co.uk

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We have also teamed up with V Festival to giveaway a pair of weekend tickets to this year’s event (page 77).

Robbie Muldoon editor@open-mag.co.uk

Kelly Irvine

SPECIAL THANKS

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We also have the scoop on why Pharrell wears a hat that makes him look like Woody from Toy Story. Liverpool born singer-songwriter, Jetta, is set to release her debut album with help from arguably the biggest music producer in the world, and she tells us all about it (page 44).

Have a happy lanyard season!

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CONTENTS

CLUB LIFE

changes within Liverpool’s Chinatown.

18 / 20 Years of Cream in Ibiza …And other things that first happened in 1994.

OUT AND ABOUT

22 / Get On It Get your tickets for the biggest upcoming nights before they sell out. STYLE 25 / The Style List Shopping in Liverpool – the hidden gems. 27 / Authentic Throwback Puma venture back through the archives. 36 / Sole Selection A selection of some of the latest and best looking sneakers. MUSIC 44 / Jetta The Toxteth girl rising to a crescendo – with a little help from Pharrell. 49 / Open Your Ears And Hear…Circa Waves: Taking over Glastonbury and the rest of the world. ART & DESIGN 58 / Citygrams People, places, parties. 60 / Ebb and Flow A visual chronicle of the

75 / OPEN Offers Special deals at places around town, just for you. STUFF 11 / Everybody Loves the Sunshine? It looks like science and common-sense disagree. 13 / The European Lifestyle Awards Is Just For Swingers Celebrating swingers, libertines and ‘curious’ couples in Lanzarote. 15 / Viral Vidz Don’t be a dick at a festival this year. 16 / What’s Happening Some of the main events this June and July. 77 / Win V Festival Tickets We’ve got two weekend tickets to giveaway. 78 / Werner Herzog’s Summer Fun Page Illustration by Will Daw.

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FEATURES

20 / Behind The Decks: Dusky They don’t like the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle or Avicii. 40 / Foxes The hot new talent tells us all about her favourite festival things.

50 / Katie Craven The wonderful world of Katie’s comics and illustrations. 68 / A Guide to Liverpool’s Summer Festivals A medley of events that proves this city is flying when it comes to all things culture, music, and art.

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EVERYBODY LOVES THE SUNSHINE? By Robbie Muldoon

Roy Ayers said it in 1976 with ‘Everybody Loves the Sunshine’, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince captured the same sentiment in 1991 with ‘Summertime’, and it can even be witnessed on the faces of lizards sprawled out in a dusty suntrap. A bit of sunshine makes everybody happy. Everybody knows that. I am no psychologist but I would 100% agree with any statement that good weather has a positive psychological impact on people and flimsy support can be found on the internet. But the internet will also have you believe that the world is actually run by shape-shifting lizards inside a giant hologram. The internet can’t be trusted. So I spoke to Dr. Theo Klimstra from Tilburg University, Netherlands, who recently published a paper titled, Come rain or come shine: Individual differences in how weather affects mood. Are you going to tell me that science doesn’t back up the common sense belief that sunshine makes us happy? Exactly! A couple of years ago, all studies on this topic were summarised in a review. From that review, it was very clear that the effect of weather on mood is minimal if not non-existent for the average individual. So how can psychology explain the widespread belief that the summer months bring not just longer days, BBQs, and visits to beer gardens - but also increased happiness? I’ve got no scientific research backing this up, but it could be that people tend to believe that they’re happier in summer because they more often engage in fun outdoor activities. As a result, they may believe they should be happier, but if you simply ask them to rate their mood by the end of the day they, on average, don’t report being happier than they were on less sunny days. Why does there seem to be a contradiction amongst some psychologists about the links between

weather and mood? The problem is that many studies tend to focus on how the average individual’s mood changes because of the weather. However, we all know that very few people are average. We’re all different! This also goes for how we react to the weather. Some people like a sunny hot day, others like a cold snowy winter day. There are probably even people who enjoy a bit of rain (farmers, for example). So, individual differences in the link between weather and mood should be accounted for and that’s what we did in our study. That pretty much resolved the whole contradiction, as we showed that both sides are right. Many peoples’ moods are hardly, or not at all, affected by the weather, while there is a substantial subgroup of people (about 20%) who do get happier when the sun is shining. Where does Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) sit in all of this? SAD is a clinical condition, so it concerns way more serious fluctuations in mood due to seasonal variation than we tend to capture in the typical weather and mood

study. Still, it could be that the individuals who do get a lot happier when the sun shines (and therefore relatively sad when the sun shines less) are the ones who are more at risk of developing a winter depression. Another important thing to mention here is that there is also a small group of individuals suffering from something called summer depression. So, they tend to suffer from depression in summer! This illustrates that even with mood disorders there are large individual differences regarding the season in which they tend to occur. If I am 100% convinced that the sunshine improves my mood, is there a psychological typology that I fit? Yes, there is! In our study on weather and mood, we captured individual differences with a typology. We used the label “summer lovers” for one of the types, because this type was comprised of the 20 to 25% of people who got happier when the sun was shining. Our typology also included a group of individuals who actually became less happy when the sun was shining, so there’s something for everyone in our typology.

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THE EUROPEAN LIFESTYLE AWARDS IS JUST FOR SWINGERS By Robbie Muldoon

Warm weather plus hot couples, equals scorching action. That’s the promise from Spice Lanzarote, the resort behind the first ever European awards for swingers, libertines and ‘curious’ couples. The European Lifestyle Awards (where Lifestyle stands for swinging) is geared towards the rapidly growing ‘Lifestyle’ sector. With swinger specialists not represented by the wider porn and adult industries, these awards cover popular categories such as Best Social Network; Best Lifestyle Travel Agent; and Best Lifestyle Club. But even with recent rumours that Hollywood royalty Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith are partial to a bit of car-key swapping, I can’t shake the whole seedy notion of dingy basements, and masked orgies – just dogging indoors. So I spoke to Jules Spice, the man behind the awards who is also hoping to change these kinds of perceptions. OPEN: Why is the term ‘Lifestylers’ being used instead of swingers? JULES: People would talk about the ‘swinging lifestyle’, it evolved from that I believe, people would just then ask ‘are you in the lifestyle?’ Swingers’ are seen as people who swap partners for full sex, whereas the ‘lifestyle’ is a broader term for a liberated environment more about freedom of sexual expression. Think about it, if someone invites you to a swinger event your first reaction is that there will be an obligation to swap partners. At Spice, as a lifestyle resort there is no pressure, no obligation, some couples come here just because they wish to be in a sexually charged environment, some will experiment in an

open way whilst others will be focused on their own partners and often do not participate openly in the first visits. Why do you think the ‘Lifestyle’ sector is growing so rapidly? I think there is more acceptability now, if a society is to be truly civilized then it must allow for freedom of ALL expression providing it is within the law and between respectful and consenting adults. There have always been millions of people who have liked the idea of open relationships and sexual freedom, now the UK is catching up with other European markets such as Scandinavia and Germany where there are far less hang ups about sex in general. What walks of life do most Lifestylers come from? All walks of life no doubt! That said the Lifestyle market that Spice appeals to and the European Lifestyle Awards most represents is the couples market. They are successful, professionals from the public & private sector, many own very successful businesses. What would you say is the best thing about the world of a Lifestyler? It is a very honest environment, it allows couples to discuss their fantasies openly and if they are both happy to do so it provides an atmosphere that is conducive to living them. Most

relationships and marriages break down due to one or both partners lying and cheating. This is not to say that the ‘Lifestyle’ is the answer for all relationships, of course not, but certainly for those where it is right, it strengthens the love. Also what is surprising to people is that it is a far more respectful environment, there are rules on how to conduct oneself that so called ‘normal’ society could do well to follow, people often say they are surprised that it is a far less intimidating environment than a normal club full of drunk people! What is the biggest misunderstanding about the Lifestyle? That it is all about having as much sex as possible with anyone and everyone who is willing to oblige! This is not the case, more it is about people strengthening their own relationships whilst they make new ones, for sure sex is at the forefront of this, as it is in all walks of life. Thoughts of sexual freedom, fantasies and desire are not exclusive to ‘Lifestylers’ everyone has them, the difference is that people in the ‘Lifestyle’ are secure enough that when they are in the right atmosphere and with like-minded people they are attracted to, then they make fantasy a reality.

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VIRAL VIDZ: DON’T BE A DICK AT A FESTIVAL THIS YEAR We love festivals as much as the next person, but nobody wants to be that person who ends up with more cameras pointed at them than the main stage, like these people...

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TOOTHPASTE MAN

GIRL SEDUCES A TREE

This cavity creep was spotted at Ultra Music Festival, and that’s one great reason to never go there. For some people, festivals and costumes go hand-in-hand. Fair enough. But if you’re going to turn up wearing a toothpaste tube outfit, at least look like the type of guy that has actually brushed his teeth in the last twelve months. But hey, as we’re sat here laughing at toothpaste man, he’s out there, getting massive kicks.

Everybody knows that tree huggers love Glastonbury, but moan about all the commercialisation. Well it could be worse, imagine putting drugs into your body and then pulling a tree. Somebody somewhere has been friendzoned for this tree right here. Good job somebody stepped in before she embarrassed herself…

LEGENDARY FESTIVAL GUY

GLASTO MAGIC MUSH HEAD

Maybe all this time the rest of the world have been doing it wrong? Ballet, jazz, even traditional African dance – all wrong. You’re suppose to stand perfectly still and watch as you rotate your hand over and over again. Just imagine what he could actually see, though. A momentary break from his parallel universe as he realises everybody has joined in is priceless. Actually, legendary festival guy, you aren’t a dick!

Hey it’s Simon’s Birthday, and he has consumed a copious amount of magic mushrooms at Glastonbury! Now he is to spend the rest of his big day crumpled up in a mud covered heap trying to decipher the strange language emanating from his iPhone screen, as a posse of postpubescents take the piss out of him all afternoon.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING: JUNE-JULY 2014 Some of the main events taking place in the city over the next couple of months.

AFRICA OYE FESTIVAL

HOLI ONE COLOUR FESTIVAL

JUN 21-22 / Sefton Park Embrace afrobeats and Caribbean music as thousands of people flock to Sefton Park for the 23rd annual Africa Oye

JUN 28 / Stanley Park Let your inner-hippy out and spend a day in Stanley Park lashing coloured powder over everybody in sight, don’t be so cynical!

LIV-BCN FESTIVAL

LIVERPOOL BIENNIAL

JUN 21 / The Kazimier A brand new festival that invites the cities of Liverpool and Barcelona to meet at The Kaz, for a fusion of music, art, and food (Spanish weather not guaranteed).

JUL 5 / Venues across the city A programme of contemporary art exhibitions taking place from July until 26 October, a great chance to top up your culture-o-metre.

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BRAZILICA INTERNATIONAL SAMBA CARNIVAL JUL 11-19 / Liverpool City Centre The World Cup is in Brazil this year so expect an extra special samba spectacular as Bold Street morphs into a mini Rio de Janeiro.

BROUHAHA INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL JUL 11-20 / Princes Park Another explosion of colour, culture, and carnival as Brouhaha brings together a wide range of traditions in what is truly a global City.

GHOSTFACEKILLAH JUL 14 / The Kazimier, Liverpool Wu-Tang fans will be swarming over the Kaz as arguably the most prolific member of the legendary New York rap group comes to Liverpool.

JOOLS HOLLAND JUL 19 / The Audotorium, Echo Arena This isn’t going to be Jools presenting an eclectic range of musicians interspersed with sit-down interviews as he tries to stay relevant, it’s just Jools.

MONTY PYTHON LIVE (MOSTLY) JUL 20 / FACT Cinema Broadcast from London’s O2 Arena, Monty Python Live (mostly) will play in cinemas around the globe, together for the first time in over 30 years.

MEMORIES OF AUGUST 1914 JUL 23-27 / Newsham Park and other city locations Remember that time a giant girl and dog wandered around town? Well it’s going to happen again because it’s 100 years since WW1, so there.

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20 YEARS OF CREAM IN IBIZA … AND OTHER THINGS THAT FIRST HAPPENED IN 1994

Ok, so you probably have to be at least 40 years old to be struck with pangs of nostalgia when thinking about the very first summer Cream hopped on a flight and took its famous night from a dreary Wolstenholme Square to the sun kissed clubs of Ibiza. As a testament to the longevity and success of Cream in Ibiza, compare it to the following list of things that started in 1994, it might make you feel old!

By OPEN Staff

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THESE CLASSIC FILMS WERE RELEASED… Can you think of any other films that are as guaranteed to stand the test of time as Forrest Gump, The Lion King, and Pulp Fiction?

THIS LITTLE BOX LAUNCHED… The first Playstation was released with a huge marketing campaign. The console cost £299 and eventually sold 103 million units worldwide. Cream Ibiza 2014 every Thursday @ Amnesia from 12th June to closing out on 25th September. With appearances from Calvin Harris, Steve Angello and Deadmau5.

THESE INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS DEBUTED… Oasis released Definitely Maybe as the year launched the Britpop era with Blur’s Parklife and Pulp’s His ‘n’

Hers taking over. Stateside, Nine Inch Nails, Notorious B.I.G., Nas, and Outkast all released their first albums.

EARLY MOBILE PHONES WERE BEING USED… It is estimated just 67 people in every 1000 in the UK had a mobile phone in ’94. By 2004 there were more mobiles than people.

THE CHANNEL TUNNEL OPENED…. It seemed you couldn’t watch the news or Blue Peter without a story detailing the construction of the great tunnel beneath the English

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Channel - the stuff of Nigel Farage’s nightmares.

THIS TV SERIES STARTED… Friends aired for the first time before ending in 2004 after ten seasons, so it’s now been finished for ten years!

IT COULD BE YOU FOR THE FIRST TIME… The New UK Lottery Introduced with an estimated jackpot of £7m

7 DAY A WEEK SHOPPING New Sunday Trading Laws allowed shops in Britain to open legally on Sundays

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BEHIND THE DECKS: DUSKY THEY DON'T LIKE THE ROCK 'N' ROLL LIFESTYLE OR AVICII By Zoe Yvonne Delaney

Over the past few years, London based producers Nick Harriman and Alfie Granger-Howell, better known as Dusky, have become synonymous with the UK House and Techno scene. With a production career spanning over ten years and their critically acclaimed sound being lauded by contemporaries such as Jamie Jones and Sasha, to current commercial royalty Calvin Harris, school friends Nick & Alfie have successfully established themselves as leaders in the industry. Here we attempt to get behind the decks and into the mysterious minds responsible for tunes like Flo Jam and spreading their sound around the world with shows from Melbourne to Miami. Hey guys, first things first - how did the name ‘Dusky’ come about? N: It took us quite a while to create it! We had a project before, ‘Solarity’ and when we started working on tracks we were unsure whether to release stuff under that name or not. We spent months working it out. We wanted a word that wasn’t being used by anyone else, a word that was catchy, and we came up with ‘Dusky’. It relates back to ‘Solarity’ as it’s to do with light, so there is a slight connection, but it was just because it sounded catchy! You’re on the line up for this year’s Parklife Weekender. Snoop Dogg is the headline act - thoughts? N: It’s Snoop! Snoop’s a legend. I haven’t seen him perform in quite a few years actually, it will be interesting to see what he sounds like at the moment.

A: I’ve never seen him before. Hopefully it will be plenty of old Snoop and not too much of his new project; Snoop Lion and all the reggae stuff.

left. Not particularly fond memories but luckily I don’t think we’ve had a bad gig for a long time. Touch wood.

Yeah, nobody is feeling that. While we’re on the subject of festivals - do you prefer playing festivals or clubs? N: It depends - each have their own merits. It’s nice to play both really, each kind of balances it out. Sometimes at the festivals you don’t get to play as much as you normally would in a small club. Equally, in small clubs you can’t get away with certain music that you’d play to big audiences at festivals so it’s nice to be able to have that balance.

Yeah, I’m usually one of the two people left. Any pre set rituals?

A: It was really fun playing Glastonbury last year because it’s a festival we’ve been going to for years and it’s cool that we’ve finally played there, as opposed to being there as punters.

A: We’re not divaish and we don’t have the right to act like that - those that do, that’s their prerogative. We’re in quite a well-paid job and we’re very fortunate.

“ We’ve both paid our dues and played a lot of parties where we’ve ended up playing the graveyard when there’s about two people left.” It must have been great having a clean toilet for a change. You appear to have mastered both performing and producing, but which do you prefer? N: Both. We’ve been producing, as well as performing, for about the same amount of time and they go hand in hand, I can’t imagine doing one without the other. They’ve both got an enjoyable side. The balance we’ve got at the moment is good we’re able to perform at the weekends and keep our heads down during the week and focus on writing stuff. Well that was a cop out. You’re playing some amazing venues at the moment but would you say you’ve ever had a nightmare of a set? A: We haven’t had a bad one for years. We’ve both paid our dues and played a lot of parties where we’ve ended up playing the graveyard shift at five or six in the morning when there’s about two people

A: It depends on the gig - sometimes, if we have no delays, we get there early and drink and dance or if it’s a late set, sometimes even have a nap before we go on! A nap!? In light of Alex Turner’s recent speech about Rock and Roll at the Brits - what’s the most Rock and Roll thing you’ve ever done?

Rock and Roll is dead. You’ve received some pretty big plaudits over the years. Are there any up and coming acts you want to back for this year? N: Someone we always say is Paleman, from Manchester, who releases stuff on 81. Excited to hear what he’s got to offer this year. Who would you class as your influences? N: We always get asked this question and it’s a difficult one as our influences are constantly changing. Anyone I really admire at the moment, I might not in six months, or even in a week. It’s difficult to pin point one artist. A: It’s easier to say that we’re fans of all forms of music and try to listen to as much stuff as possible. You two are very non-committal. Anyone you find over rated? N: Yeah, a lot of the EDM guys. Yes! Fed up of hearing them? N: No, because I don’t listen to commercial music really. Oh, actually in a taxi for a few hours on the way to the airport, the driver had a commercial EDM station on and I must have heard that Avicii song about 12 times. I was almost in tears, it was horrible. I’ll be happy never to hear that again.

Dusky will be at The Parklife Weekender 2014 which takes place at Heaton Park, Manchester from June 7-8. For ticket information visit parklifeuk.com

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GET ON IT GET YOUR TICKETS FOR THE BIGGEST UPCOMING NIGHTS BEFORE THEY SELL OUT

CRESCENDO Saturday 14th June Boutique, Stanley Street, Liverpool Tickets £10 Doors 10pm – 5am Fresh and funky deep tech-sounds will be pumping all night in the shape of Redondo, who will be making their UK debut at Crescendo. Their latest track ‘Love Too Deep’ has been killing dance floors with massive support across radio stations around the world. Redondo stand for just about everything in between house and techno and will be performing a 3 hour set with support from Witty Tunes and others.

Garage pulsated to the grooves of Detroit stalwart Stacey Pullen. This time round, Berlin music dynamo Martin Buttrich will be picking things up as RUBIX relocates to the legendary Nation club. Support comes in the shape of Mark Fanciuilli with his signature heavy house sound. The relocation to Nation sees the start of a new chapter in RUBIX history.

CIRCUS Saturday 28th June East Village Arts Club, Seel Street, Liverpool Tickets £10 Doors 10pm – 4am Circus is now an institution, it was the first to bring the likes of Loco Dice and Davide Squillace to the UK and among the first to champion now global stars like Seth Troxler and Jamie Jones, when they were unknown years ago. This June the man who started it all, Yousef, will be on the decks for five straight hours.

MOTION Saturday 5th July Fall Out Factory, Dale Street, Liverpool Tickets £10 Doors 10pm – 5am

RUBIX Tickets to all events available from

3B Records & Tickets, 5 Slater Street, Liverpool www.3brecords.co.uk Email: info@3brecords.co.uk Tel: 0151 353 7027 @3brecordsLTD

Saturday 21st June Nation, Wolstenholme Square, Liverpool Tickets £12 Doors 10pm- 4am with an afterparty from 3am-8am RUBIX’s last event at Easter raised the bar again, when a packed out The

DJ, producer, and liver performer from Merseyside, UK, John Heckle returns for the first time in 2014. Motion will be at the Fallout Factory Art Gallery, an intimate, unique venue providing a change in scene. The Funktion One sound system will be in place so the sound is guaranteed to be epic.

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MUMU SESSIONS #004 Saturday 5th July Kitchen Street, Baltic Triangle, Liverpool Tickets £17 Doors 10pm – 5am Anja Schneider needs no introduction, the first lady of mUmU returns for a sessions party so she can play a long set and show the full spectrum of her musical talents.

THE STATE Saturday 5th July The State, Dale Street, Liverpool Tickets £20 Doors 9pm – 3am One of the most iconic nightclubs in Liverpool, The State brings ‘Mid Summer Nights Madness’ to the city. Expect the likes of Echo & The Bunnymen, The Cult and New Order till 1am and then acid house till 3am. With a secret aftershow party till 10am - location revealed on the night.

FREEZE PRESENTS THE BOMBED OUT CHURCH Saturday 12th July St Lukes Church, Leece Street, Liverpool Tickets £13 Doors 2pm – 8pm Freeze are back at Liverpool landmark The Bombed Out. Last year’s event sold out and the same will happen again this year so you have been warned. Guest TBA.

LEWIS BOARDMAN (5HR SET) Saturday 12th July The Shipping Forecast, Slater Street, Liverpool Tickets £6 Doors 10pm – 3am Lewis Boardman is one of the hottest rising talents in house music. The rising star of the UK’s underground house scene has made his name DJing alongside some of the biggest names in the business. Over the last year his DJing exploits have taken him far and wide, and is a regular at Fabric, London.

MUMU SESSIONS #005: PAN-POT Sunday 24th August Kitchen Street, Liverpool Tickets £19.50 Doors 4pm – 4am mUmU sessions day and night with Pan-Pot headlining and more to be announced August bank holiday. Pan-Pot are a brilliant multidimensional Berlin duo currently twisting house and techno fans into rapturous fits.

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THE STYLE LIST SHOPPING IN LIVERPOOL â&#x20AC;&#x201C; THE HIDDEN GEMS

JOOLZERY Joolzery was set up in July 2013, combining my two passions unique sterling silver jewellery and semi precious gemstones and their properties. All my pieces are handmade by me and my favourite piece, The Abundance choker, is a sterling silver wired crocheted with abundance and protection gemstones Amethyst, Citrine and Peridot. My full handmade semi precious gemstone jewellery collection can be found at www.joolzery.co.uk

LIFEWEAR Liverpool based, honest and humble LifeWear clothing mixing western art with a small hint of the far east, a clothes label born from poverty and ambition love and hate, using subliminal and symbolic Art. LifeWear represents the trials and tribulations in life, positive or negative LifeWear never forgets the human journey we take as spiritual beings/ We are at our best at full expression of our chosen craft mixing art and emotion with thought and wisdom. www.lifewearclothing.co.uk facebook: lifewearclothing twitter: @lancewear

ALISON APPLETON Alison Appleton ceramic design studio specializes in luxury teapots with infusers for making loose leaf tea easily. This is our Golden Carp Set, otherwise known as the pot of good fortune thanks to the carp, lotus leaf and gold that adorn the teapot and cups (ÂŁ70). Visit us at 46B Jamaica Street, Baltic Creative, for teapots, tea tastings and more. www.alisonappleton.com

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AUTHENTIC THROWBACK PUMA VENTURE THROUGH THE ARCHIVES

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CHLOBO

Rose gold tiny decorated Hamsa hand earrings - £50

Designed by Chester girl Chloe Moss, this irresistibly collectable jewellery brand is inspired by Chloe’s Indonesian adventures. The ChloBo collections features bracelets, necklaces, earrings and pendants in sterling silver, rose gold plate and 24 carat gold plate. The latest collection in the ChloBo range, Let’s Dance, is inspired by the colourful vibrance of summer. All ChloBo charms within the Let’s Dance collection have been carefully picked and designed for their meaning. The popular Hamsa hand charm is said to bring happiness, health, good luck and good fortune. The lucky Dream Ball charm is said to be able to capture dreams with butterflies, tree of life and elephants all featuring in the Let’s Dance collection. Whether worn alone or layered for a ‘stacked’ look, ChloBo bracelets are a hot pick amongst fashionable celebrities with Ellie Goulding, The Saturdays and Elle Macpherson firm fans of the British brand.

PANDORA A firm favourite for collectable jewellery for many years, Pandora jewellery continues to evolve and update. The Pandora summer 2014 collection has seen a move towards vibrant colours including bright orange and deep teal. Charms featuring light catching diamond designs have proved popular alongside butterfly and floral inspired jewellery. Featured (Below): Teal and orange Pandora string bracelets

Featured (Above): Let’s Dance Ultimate stack £325 Five sterling silver bracelets featuring semi precious gemstones with amethyst for protection and healing, pink coral for restoring harmony to the heart and turquoise as a symbol of friendship. Turquoise Hamsa hand and heart necklace - £125 (Left) Turquoise represents friendship and sits alongside the Hamsa hand charm said to bring happiness, health, good luck and fortune. The orange tassel adds a splash of vibrant colour for summer.

Carnelian beaded ring – featuring semi precious carnelian stone, the sterling silver Pandora ring can be worn alone or stacked with others.

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Swarovski crystal always turns heads with the iridescent striking designs and colours of this iconic jewellery collection. The Adorn ring is three palladium plated rings that join together in an intense pink and neon light crystal design for a fresh fashion edge. Inspired by an exotic flower, it combines perfectly with other colourful creations.

London Fun and fashionable, Daisy adorns many a celebrity arm with their effortlessly stylish and quintessentially British designs. The popular Daisy chakra jewellery range captures the essence of the seven key chakras; base, sacral, solar plexus, heart, throat, brow and crown.

(Left) Adorn stackable ring £69

Featured (Below): Daisy throat chakra bracelet £58 Signifies creativity, communication and resonance. Daisy’s iconic 20mm blue chord Throat Chakra bracelet is extendable and features sterling silver chakra and sterling silver tips.

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Seen adorned on Katy Perry, TV presenter Laura Whitmore and model Georgia May Jagger, Thomas Sabo has launched the intriguing Karma collection for 2014. Featuring intricate Karma beads in a variety of metals and stones, one of the stand out pieces of the collection is the oxidized silver hand jewellery.

Finish off your summer jewellery and accessorise with an eye catching watch from DKNY. Featured (Left): Coral leather jitney watch £125 Boasting sporty styling and chic summery colours, the coral leather DKNY jitney watch is both robust and refined. Features stainless steel casing and a white mother of pearl dial with coral leather strap. Water resistant to 5m.

Connecting Thomas Sabo ring to bracelet, this ‘hand thong’ is striking and unique in design. Featured (Above): Wheel of Karma Oxidised Hand Jewellery Ring - £179 35

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FOXES GLORIOUSLY TAKING OVER OUR FESTIVALS By Robbie Muldoon

My perception of foxes has been challenged in the last year or so. The image of a wiley majestic species scrapping for survival in a hostile environment has been shattered like the public opinion of washed-up TV stars roped in by Operation Yewtree. Terrifying stories like the one that happened in London in early 2013 when a one-month-old-baby was attacked in his cot by an urban fox, horrifically losing a finger to the home-invading animal, has made the species a public enemy. They never showed you that bit in The Animals of Farthing Wood. So it is with good timing that somebody has come along to take the heat off the misunderstood bindipping canines, sharing the same name is singer songwriter, 23-yearold Louisa Rose Allen (aka Foxes) – and she’s been making headlines for all the right reasons. Foxes (a name inspired by her mum who would dream of foxes performing the most beautiful music she’d ever heard) has gone from singing at open mic nights to performing rapturously received shows at SXSW, being name-checked as one-to-watch by Katy Perry, and winning a Grammy Award – all before even releasing a debut album.

Foxes will be performing at festivals throughout the summer including; Glastonbury June 25; Wireless Festival July 4; and V Festival August 16/17. Her debut album Glorious is out now.

Her collaboration with electronic music producer Zedd, 'Clarity', for which she landed the Grammy in the dance category at the start of the year, sound tracked the summer of 2013 over in America. After features on other artists’ tracks including a Rudimental link-up, it’s now time for Foxes to go it alone and for the bubbly Southampton born girl to take the title from Craig David as the city’s music messiah, attacking the summer with the release of her debut album Glorious and a schedule performing at pretty much all the major UK festivals from Glastonbury to V Festival. OPEN: First of all, congratulations on becoming the number one search result for foxes on Google Images. FOXES: Ah, yes! That’s an

achievement isn’t it? That’s when you know it’s good, when you’ve overtaken actual foxes. OPEN: You’re bigger than nature! FOXES: [laughs] That’s a wicked line! OPEN: How excited are you to release your debut album Glorious? FOXES: I am very excited. I feel like I have waited a very long time to release an album. I can’t quite believe I am. When I got the copy, like the actual CD and held it in my hands it just didn’t feel real - it’s weird. OPEN: Well, it’s just weird to hold a CD in your hand these days anyway isn’t it? FOXES: I know, exactly, so true. It really is getting to that point where everything just seems to be online. You can’t actually hold anything you’ve bought. OPEN: I miss that… FOXES: I know! I miss books, CDs, vinyl and everything - it’s so sad! It was amazing to actually have a CD. Basically when I signed my record deal they were like, ‘if it gets to it you might not actually ever have a CD. It will all be on iTunes.’ And I was like, no in the contract it has to say that there’s a CD! So I ended up getting that. So I think I’m just on the cusp of it being like that but luckily I got a CD. OPEN: So have you got a personal favourite track from the album? FOXES: I definitely really love Glorious. Glorious is the title track off of the album but it’s also the last track that I wrote for the album. It’s very personal and means a lot to me. OPEN: When was it that you knew you wanted to be a singer? FOXES: I don’t remember, I think I started singing before I started talking, really really, early on. I kind of feel like everyone else knew before I knew. But yeah, when I sort of realised I actually wanted to do it I

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worked really hard. I was probably 19 when I started taking it seriously. I started doing loads of open mic nights and doing everything I could to get somewhere, wherever it was, so probably like 19. OPEN: Female artists have been dominating the charts for some time now – who has stood out for you recently? FOXES: I really love BANKS she’s absolutely incredible. I think Ella Eyre is amazing, I think her voice is incredible. Who else… I think Lorde is brilliant, yea there is so much great British music out at the moment I think it’s a really exciting time. OPEN: It was interesting to read that to find inspiration you like to project movies onto your room walls as you write. FOXES: Yes, I do yes. It sounds quite mental… OPEN: No it sounds great, what movies would they be? FOXES: Well there’s all sorts, I love really iconic movies. I love Leon, and I love Forrest Gump and I love Donnie Darko. I really like 70s horror as well - randomly. I think they’ve got really good soundtracks like Freddie Kruger. I guess anything really. It’s just I like to have the visuals to look at. The idea of projecting something on the wall is quite inspiring. OPEN: So what would be your favourite music video? FOXES: Ooh that’s a tricky one. Music videos? There are so many! I love Björk’s music videos, I think she does really great ones. OPEN: We heard you almost missed collecting your Grammy Award because of your mates Disclosure, what happened? FOXES: It is pretty funny, we were at the Grammy’s and it sounds a bit like Brits abroad. At the Grammy’s it’s actually a dry event, and no one has any alcohol, it’s not like the Brits where everyone just gets pissed, everyone’s just really British and it’s

just really fun. It was a really long category and we were like do you reckon we’ve got time to sneak out and grab a pint from across the road? So we did and we ran across the road, I was in my Vivienne Westwood gown queuing up in this diner and we’d all managed to get a pint and my manager called me saying, “they’re just about to call your category, get back in now!” And so I was like shit! And we ran back and sat down and I just thought Calvin Harris was going to get it, I had no idea we were going to get it let alone be up for a Grammy - it was mad in my eyes! So yeah, I very nearly missed it but luckily I didn’t… that would have been horrific!

“ I’ve seen a lot of dark, dark things happen at festivals that I just don’t want in my mind anymore! ”

FOXES: I don’t know why, because we’ve got shit weather! And you would think we wouldn’t want to do a big event outside and like to create mudslides and all that but I think there is something that’s quite nice about the fact that festivals are very free and I think we love celebrating the weekend you know, British people love going out at the weekend and having fun and I think that it’s really nice to be in one place with loads of people and just let go and just to have fun. I guess because it’s quite free. I don’t really know why but we do love them more than anyone else don’t we! It’s so true, I’ve never thought about that. We don’t get sun that much, so it is quite nice when it is summer to just go and do something mental, I guess. OPEN: There’s lots of talk about a Beatles hologram performing at Glastonbury this year. What are your thoughts on that? FOXES: I think it’s amazing, I mean I can’t quite believe it - didn’t they do a Tupac and Snoop Dogg thing at Coachella? OPEN: That’s the one. Thug Life

OPEN: That would have been horrific, and giving us Brits a bad name! FOXES: For a pint. A pint or a Grammy? OPEN: You’re playing loads of festivals this summer, but what is your best memory from a festival you have been to? FOXES: So many good memories from festivals. The Rolling Stones were really amazing at Glastonbury; Bjork, Beyoncé was quite incredible, that was quite a mad year. But usually I’m quite pissed so I can never remember what’s going on at festivals but this year I’m gona’ have to obviously be good because I’m playing, but it’s going to be very different. OPEN: In the summer you can’t move for festivals in the UK, why do you think us Brits love our festivals so much? 42

FOXES: I mean, just mental. It would be quite mad to see something like that but it’s always nice as well to celebrate new artists and new music you know, rather than I guess using technology to create something that isn’t actually there. It’s almost not really fair on new acts that are there that want their time to sort of be on stage. But it is amazing; it’s something I’d like to see definitely. OPEN: Is it a bit of an insult to actual living breathing musicians that they are getting bumped down the queue by technology? FOXES: I think it is, it’s something I’d definitely like to see but you shouldn’t let technology take over live music, it’s a shame. OPEN: But if you had to support a headline hologram, who would you want it to be? FOXES: Oooh my god that’s a great one. Ooh that’s so difficult! Can you

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imagine Michael Jackson? I think Michael Jackson.

that’s got to stop, surely? So annoying, actually what would you ban?

OPEN: Legal Highs have just been banned from sale in UK music festivals this year. If you could ban one thing that happens in festivals, what would it be?

OPEN: Oh, definitely the people who do that joke, standing around shouting Alan.

FOXES: If I could ban one thing in festivals what would it be… I feel like portaloos should be banned and we should have something nicer. I feel like everyone should just chip in and we should create a nice all round cleanliness at festivals, because I’ve seen a lot of dark, dark things happen at festivals that I just don’t want in my mind anymore, so yeah something like that. Or free hugs from smelly people 43

FOXES: Alaaan! Alaaan! Yea. Dude… Alan! I know. I love that. I’m that person, though. So you would be banning me. Literally I knew someone called Alan and they just wanted to pound me because it’s awful, like I just shout their name constantly like Alan! Alan! Alan! But yeah, you would be banning me. OPEN: Oh, I’m sorry. But we just don’t allow that in here anymore, you’re going to have to leave.

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JETTA: RISING TO A CRESCENDO – WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM PHARRELL By Robbie Muldoon

“Well it is literally a crescendo isn’t it?” replies 24-year-old singer-songwriter Jetta John-Hartley when asked to describe the feeling of her fast approaching debut album release, titled Crescendo. Leading with the title track, Jetta’s first single is produced by none other than the Mr. Happy, humongoushat-wearing, Skateboard P, a.k.a. Pharrell Williams (who has never before produced a British artist’s debut release). “It was last summer I was in Miami with Pharrell and I think that obviously being a year on it’s very reminiscent of the feeling of summer just around the corner and the memories that it brought about are the same now. It’s just really nice and probably my happiest song as well, I feel like everyone should have one happy song!” Growing up in Toxteth in a musical family – her mum was a singer in an acapella quartet and her father a sound engineer – for Jetta, music was her destiny. “I think I was always going to be involved in music in some way,” she says. “I’ve always had other interests too but I realised that nothing makes me feel as driven and as happy as music.” The songstress got her first break singing backing vocals for Paloma Faith and Cee Lo Green and a move down to The Big Smoke to pursue her dreams followed.

The ‘Crescendo EP’ will be released by Polydor Records on June 24th and will feature remixes by Icarus and Infinity Ink.

Jetta is now a jet-setter splitting her time on either side of the Atlantic and in cities all across the US. While her rise has certainly been noted on this side of the pond, and certainly in Liverpool where she was up for a GIT Award in 2013, her first splashes have come beneath the Star-Spangled Banner with her music featuring on the trailer for Coiln Farrell’s latest film, used to soundtrack last year’s “Google Zeitgeist” video, which was an emotional round-up of world events in 2013 from the royal baby to Nelson Mandela, and has been viewed over 31 million times on YouTube, and also performing live on the Jimmy Kimmel show. Not a bad way to make an entrance. Drawing

comparisons with the sound of London Grammar and Florence + the Machine, we spoke directly to the scouse soul star who is set to make summer 2014 her own. OPEN: How would you describe the Jetta sound? JETTA: Oh it’s so hard when somebody asks me to describe myself, because I don’t look at it like that. When I’m making the songs I’m just making them with feeling. I definitely think it’s come from all of the music that was played when I was young and definitely by my parents. Like my dad really loved his 80s and 90s bands like Police and The Beatles obviously - David Bowie. And then my mum loved blues female storytellers like Joni Mitchell, Tracy Chapman, and Annie Lenox. So, I think those things put together were definitely the foundations for my sound and then obviously as a teenager you start discovering your own taste of music with powerful role-models like Destiny’s Child and Coldplay. For me they were just real voices of my generation, just really inspiring. OPEN: How did you go about making a career in music happen? JETTA: It all started in Liverpool and having parents who were involved very heavily in the music scene. I just naturally got myself into singing and the choir and just been interested in all aspects of music. My dad was a sound engineer, I really got into the production side of things around 16 and because my mum was a singer I obviously just dragged the two things together and I started producing and writing my own songs. I put my first show on in La’go in Liverpool. I was 16, after like hiding away all summer creating all music I decided to invite all my friends along to the show and everybody came to support me. I had my mum doing backing vocals as well, which was good. And then I think it was just seeing everyone’s reactions and how much support I had that made me realise I could do it properly and made me feel like I wanted to punch

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out of the city where I’m from and experience the world and make new friends. So I’ve been travelling ever since. OPEN: Can we expect lots of summer vibes from the album? JETTA: Actually no, it’s definitely built like a rollercoaster in that way because I’ve been writing this album for two years with mostly the same producer, Jim Eliot. With him I’ve gone through so many emotions writing the album and I just wanted to project that so it’s definitely got ups and downs and all other things in between so expect everything and anything for the mood that you’re in - love, loss, hope, all those feelings. That’s what makes me write music and it’s to do with all the things I’ve experienced in my life and all the people I meet.

“ I realised that nothing makes me feel as driven and happy as music.” OPEN: Did you get a bit homesick whilst you were living in America recording the album? JETTA: This year in particular I was there for about three months and I think it was just because of solid travelling, I went New York to LA, to Austin, to Chicago, to Detroit… back to New York. I love travelling as much a anyone who travels but it’s the first time I just felt like I just want to go home after this and let my mum bring me food! Just be where I feel I can just literally sit there [laughs] literally just sit. I think everyone just needs to recharge their batteries. OPEN: How did working with Pharrell come about? JETTA: Basically he was just played some of my music and he said he just really wanted to work with me.

I was straight on the plane when I heard that! He’s just so diverse in what he does and I couldn’t wait to work with him. We got those jams and we spent a few days talking about music and it was just great. OPEN: I also know you used to work at All Saints in the Metquarter… JETTA: Oh yeah? Summer job! OPEN: Well obviously you’re very stylish and you know your stuff, so what’s your honest opinion on Pharrell’s hat? JETTA: You know what, I think he loves Dr. Seuss. OPEN: [Editor’s note: I laughed as in, ‘that’s a good one’] JETTA: No, he does. He loves Dr. Seuss, he actually quotes him quite a lot. You know those books? And so I feel maybe he was inspired by that. It reminds me of Dr. Seuss. OPEN: Is it fair to say that up to now, you have received more exposure in the States than over here? JETTA: Yeah, I’ve been on the radio in the States and I’ve just started to reach the radio with Crescendo over here. I had my first play on Zane Lowe’s show last week and so I’m just really excited to be bringing things this side of the pond. OPEN: Obviously you’ve got a busy summer ahead of you, but what are you looking forward to most? JETTA: I think everything’s going so fast right now, I’ll find out so much in the next few weeks.

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OPEN YOUR EARS AND HEAR… CIRCA WAVES: TAKING ON LIVERPOOL, GLASTONBURY AND THE REST OF THE WORLD By David Crighton

It’s been a massive twelve months for Circa Waves and things just look set to get bigger and better over the rest of 2014. Having been tipped as ‘the next big thing’ by NME the band are looking to take the festival circuit by storm this Summer with a slot on the Other Stage at Glastonbury already penned in. The meteoric rise is not something that’s been lost on lead singer Kieran Shuddall: “It’s a bit mad really! Getting told you’re doing two weeks in Europe, two weeks in Australia and then two weeks in America is full on but great. I think we’ve really appreciated taking it all in.

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“Getting to play at Glastonbury is going to be the highlight of the Summer. I’ve never actually been before, so playing on one of the biggest stages on the first visit is going to be special.” Those who caught the Circa Waves packed out gig at Sound City will testify to their high-energy indie sound and it’s something the band is replicating in the studio.

“We’re getting to the stage were people are coming to the gigs and singing our songs back to us which is a massive highlight. Standing in front of hundreds of kids singing at us is pretty nuts! “The album is pretty raucous too! Loads of pop songs played in a rock style. It’s our first album so capturing the energy from our stage performance hasn’t been too difficult. It’s new to us so we’re just getting in there smashing the songs out!” Their debut album is set to be released soon but with a couple singles due out before the end of the year and a headline tour starting in the Autumn there’s plenty of opportunity to get stuck into Liverpool’s hottest new talent. Circa Wave's new single 'Young Chasers' is released 21st July.

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THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF KATIE CRAVEN'S COMICS AND ILLUSTRATIONS View more of Katie Craven's work at: flameforkatie.tumblr.com @flameforkatie

Katie Craven is an up and coming comic book artist whose intricate and playful style of illustration is steadily gaining her a dedicated following both at home and afar. Having exhibited her first solo exhibition at the much loved (and missed) Drop The Dumbells on Slater St last year she also published her own comic Angus & Felix. A sombre exploration of our species and current situation as viewed from the perspective of a pair of strange beings from a magical land. The first of many no doubt.

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CITY GRAMS PEOPLE, PLACES, PARTIES A round up of Instagrams taken between April - May at some of the best events listed in the last issue of OPEN.

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EBB AND FLOW: A VISUAL CHRONICLE OF THE CHANGES WITHIN LIVERPOOL’S CHINATOWN Words by Emma Seery (@MidtownMocha) Photos by Bert Hardy, Martin Parr, Jamie Lau, and The Sound Agents

Ebb and Flow: A Visual Chronicle of the Changes within Liverpool’s Chinatown curated by Jill Carruthers will be exhibited at Open Eye Gallery until 22 June 2014, Tuesday-Sunday 10.30am-5.30pm. www.openeye.org. uk for more information.

Europe’s oldest Chinatown tells a slightly different story to that of its vibrant counterparts around the world; those alive and bustling with a supplanted Chinese way of life. Amble beneath its soaring gateway and you’ll find the Chinese street signs and restaurants set against an unexpectedly quiet road. Open Eye Gallery’s current exhibition Ebb and Flow recounts the stories of Liverpool’s Chinese community, tracing the area’s shifting landscape and demographic from the 1940s to the present day, as it oscillated back and forth between cultural vigour and decline. Liverpool’s Chinatown is home to a forgotten vein of the city’s history; the largely untold stories of the Chinese seamen that inhabited the city briefly before being forced to embark on one way voyages back to China. Bert Hardy’s images, commissioned in 1942 by Picture Post, captured the daily lives of these early inhabitants, recruited to support Britain’s war effort from the ports of the booming maritime city. Not only does his work document the living conditions of these individuals, it also reveals the initial transiency of their presence as they set up temporary lives in lodging houses and makeshift clubs, waiting for their next ship to arrive. Many however, chose to settle down with local, working-class girls and started families, attempting to establish a more permanent presence within the city despite their alien status. Their increasing demands for wages equal to those of local workers quickly posited the Chinese community as an undesirable, troublesome element amongst British authorities. With the end of the conflict in 1945, their work was no longer required and, needing to cut costs in face of increasing shipping competition, their pay was cut to a third of that of British seamen. The government’s eventual policy of repatriation saw the men returned to China, leaving behind a fatherless generation and mothers to contend singlehandedly with poverty and destitution.

From the late 1950s, men from the rural villages of Hong Kong’s New Territories arrived in Liverpool, bringing with them their wives and children. The previously waning Chinatown of a bi-cultural, mixed marriage community gave way to a new population of Chinese families. Martin Parr’s work, commissioned by Open Eye Gallery in the mid-1980s, captured this succeeding stream of Chinese families entering the city. His images, depicting moments from their everyday lives, reveal a negotiation of cultures taking place throughout the community as they sought to make the city around them their permanent home. Today’s Chinese community has come a long way from the transitory sailors of its early days. With the opening of Xi’an Jianotong-Liverpool University in 2006 in Suzhou, China, the city has seen a new influx of professionals and students, contributing further diversity to the modern Chinese community. Jamie Lau has been commissioned by Open Eye Gallery to document the Chinese community as it is today, seven decades after Bert Hardy’s seamen. Never before having visited Liverpool prior to the project, Lau’s depiction of the city is constructed from the perspective of an outsider; an approach reflected in the detached, observant style of his work. His images slice through the darkness, cutting out the city surroundings and brining only a single piece of architecture into focus. What emerges is a strange feeling of solitariness, despite the adjoining urban bustle. The city is depicted merely through fragments; ambiguous shop fronts and restaurants that are recognisable as part of the city only to those who have visited, or the discerning few that pass by and notice their presence among the dark cityscape.

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Liverpoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chinatown is home to the oldest Chinese community in Europe.

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(Above) Berry Street, Chinatown, Liverpool, 1985. (Right) A Sunday afternoon in Chinatown, 1984.

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(Above) Shanghai Restaurant, Nelson Street, May 1942. (Right) Kitchen on Dade which is docked in Gladstone Dock. 1984

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San’s Café, Dock Road, 2013

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WIN A NIGHT STAY AT THE NADLER, LIVERPOOL

With so many events taking place in Liverpool this summer there is no better time to make a day of a visit to the city, and The Nadler Liverpool are giving one lucky reader the chance to win a night stay, for two guests. So you can simply turn up, drop your bags and drive straight into the action. The stay includes a one night stay at one of the finest city centre located hotels in Liverpool, plus a delicious meal at the newly opened What’s At Sixty Two? Restaurant on Castle Street. The Nadler Hotel was previously a printers, cork warehouse and engineering works, the building underwent a £14m renovation in 2010 but retains many of its heritage features, blended with  a contemporary vibe that fits its surroundings. The 106 room boutique hotel is central to all of Liverpool’s major attractions.

You can choose to stay at The Nadler during one of the many festivals coming to Liverpool this summer, or at a date of your preference before December 2014. HOW TO ENTER: To be in with a chance of winning all you have to do is answer the following question by tweeting to @ OPEN_MAGAZINE WHAT EXACTLY IS A SAMBA? IS IT A… Lion cub Brazilan dance Musical instrument Tweet: @OPEN_MAGAZINE your answer here #NadlerStay The winner will be randomly selected from the correct tweets on Monday July7th 2014.

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A GUIDE TO LIVERPOOL’S SUMMER FESTIVALS: A MEDLEY OF EVENTS TO PROVE THE CITY IS FLYING WHEN IT COMES TO ALL THINGS CULTURE, MUSIC, AND ART Words by Rebecca Frankland, Josh Ray, and Zoe Yvonne Delaney

We’re only half way through 2014 but Liverpool seems to have already cemented its status as ‘City of the Year’. The national press can’t seem to stop reviewing our nightlife, restaurants and generally gushing over the atmosphere of the city. It seems everyone has caught up with what we’ve known for years - Liverpool is pretty amazing right now. Since being named European Capital of Culture for 2008 (Yes, Hull winning the 2017 title does take the shine off it a little bit but lets not dwell on that), we’ve not stopped when it comes to all things ‘artsy’. This summer looks set to prove, once again, why Liverpool is one of the greatest cities in the world when it comes to arts and culture. There’s plenty of festivals going on across the UK this summer (people who go to Glastonbury don’t tend to keep quiet about it so be prepared for a clogged Twitter feed that weekend) but there’s an abundance going on across the city that guarantees you don’t have to substitute showers for baby wipes and sleep in a soggy tent.

13 – 15 JUNE MERSEY RIVER FESTIVAL PIER HEAD With such a scenic waterfront, it makes sense that we have a maritime festival. Sailing into Liverpool (sorry) for the weekend June 13 - 15, the musical festival remains free and looks set to be bigger than ever this year. Last year saw Katie Melua, KT Tunstall (she’s cooler than Melua, she ditched the vowels from her names and all that), Russell Watson and others on stage and this year organisers promise to have even bigger headliners. Alongside the musical entertainment, visitors are welcome to actually

get on board some of the ships, participate in water sports sessions, experience street theatre - as well as a whole host of events and activities. The Mersey River Festival is a fantastic tourist attraction for visitors but also a great opportunity for residents to experience one of the many sides of our maritime mercantile city. Plus, if the weather is half decent, it’s the perfect excuse to get down to the Docks for a drink, which is reason enough in itself.

21-22 JUNE AFRICA OYÉ FESTIVAL SEFTON PARK Entering its 22nd year, the Africa Oyé Festival looks to maintain its reputation as being one of the gems in the crown of Liverpool’s evergrowing repertoire of live music events. Having come from modest beginnings as a series of small gigs dotted around Liverpool’s city centre, the family-friendly event attracts between 30,000 to 50,000 visitors. Looking to redress the balance with the all too prevalent negative representations of the continent, Africa Oyé shines a light on the vibrant and diverse cultures of Africa. After Fela Kuti laid the blueprint for the afrobeat sound in the late 60s, his legacy spread out of Nigeria and across the continent resulting in somewhat of a cultural renaissance. Since then Africa’s music has continued to thrive yet, for the most part, western audiences overlook it. With a focus on multiculturalism, the festival offers a diverse insight into the continent’s fashion, food and crafts through the Oyé village, which usually houses around 80 stalls as well as the fantastic range of live music. Headlining this year’s festival, the BRIT Award winning Finley Quaye, will be bringing his downtempo, electronic-tinged reggae to the Sefton Park stage. Quaye notes that

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“it’s an honour to be headlining Africa Oyé in Liverpool: Songwriter City as I often refer to it.” Southall roots reggae veterans Misty in Roots will be joining Quaye on this year’s line up so you best dig out their John Peel session. They will be joined by Jupiter & Okwess International, a Congolese band you may be familiar with due to their work with Damon Albarn of Blur fame, as well as the Havana-London soundclash of Wara, who blend hip hop and reggae with timba and songo rhythms.

28 JUNE HOLI ONE COLOUR FESTIVAL STANLEY PARK Liverpool’s Stanley Park is the venue of choice for one of the world’s most exciting and fun festival series - The HOLI ONE Colour festival. Saturday 28th June will see music, dance, performance art (I’m still unsure exactly what that phrase means) and a load of people chucking bright powders in the air! With the powder colours ranging from ‘Violet Secret’ to ‘Pink Bikini’ and the aim of it to ‘create an explosion

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great pictures to remember it all by.” That sentiment alone is enough to make you want to don some white clothing and get down there to fling a load of paint around with some strangers. Last year, HOLI ONE Colour festivals were attended by 100,000 people worldwide and it’s pretty amazing that this unique event is taking place in Liverpool. So if you’re not in a position to travel to India and participate in their Paint Festival any time soon, getting on a bus to Stanley Park for this one isn’t a bad substitute.

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The Liverpool Biennial 2014 - this one’s a big one, it takes place from July 5th and continues all the way into the Autumn, October 26th. It’s the largest international contemporary art festival in the UK (yet another win for us, there) and is certainly one of the more highbrow events the city has to offer this year.

“The festival is all about making friends, coming together and having an unforgettable experience,” HOLI ONE founder, Stephan Dau states. “Everyone is equal at HOLI ONE and everyone leaves looking the same, with a smile on their face and some

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of colour and excitement aimed at celebrating togetherness and the colour of everyday life’ it does seem to have a ‘Wanky Student on a Gap Year’ vibe, yes. However, I’m a cynical and miserable soul and even I must admit this looks one of those events I’d be dragged along to but end up absolutely loving.

forget to get round to visiting some of these fantastic venues that we have on our doorstop. This is the perfect opportunity to get down to Tate Liverpool, for example, with the tourists and experience some breathtaking art. Both on display now until 5th October, don’t miss the chance to see Claude Parent’s work in the Wolfson Gallery and the entire second floor hosting works from the collection, from an array of different artists.

The Biennial was founded in 1999 and since then has funded 231 new artworks from 364 artists across the world. The Liverpool Biennial acts as a platform for research, commissioning and the presentation of international art, education and debate. This year, Mai Abu EIDahab and Anthony Huberman curate the 8th Biennial Exhibition ‘A Needle Walks into a Haystack’. It aims to be an exhibition that disrupts the way we assume our habits and experience our habitats. All of the shining stars in Liverpool’s crown (please excuse that cringe worthy phrase) when it comes to arts and cultures are the venues of choice for the 2014 event; The Bluecoat, FACT, Tate Liverpool and The Old Blind School amongst many others. It can be easy to simply 71

Brazilian bands, street food stalls, Caipirinha bars and Carnival Queens - Liverpool’s annual Brazilica festival is back and the samba celebrations will be extra fitting given Brazil’s World Cup year. By the time the nine-day samba spectacular kicks off (11-19 July) England’s hopes of winning the World Cup will be over. Yes the final is 13th July but let’s face it, Steven Gerrard and co will probably be able to be back well in time to be entertained, Rio style) Now into its sixth year, Brazilica remains the UK’s only Brazilian Festival & Samba Carnival - yet again, we’re one step ahead of the rest of the country. Anyone who was at Sound City (another Liverpool success story - the largest metropolitan music and arts festival in the UK, thank you very much) in early May will have seen Wolstenholme Square transformed into a carnival area with samba and football going on (Apparently Brazil aren’t bad at the whole football thing.) If that sneak preview was anything to go by, we’re in for a breathtaking colourful, cultural treat this July. After a week of food, dance, film,

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exhibitions and music, 19th July will see a grand finale with the Carnival and Parade day. Williamson Square will host the main stage and Brazilian market place and the streets will be lit up until 8pm with a magical nighttime carnival parade. Brazilica is just one of many examples of how Liverpool does culture like no other city across England and better still, it’s free! There’s no excuse for not getting into town over the week and treating your eyes and ears to the fantastic work of the Liverpool Carnival Company.

11 – 20 JULY BROUHAHA INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL PRINCES PARK Brouhhaha International are renowned for putting together spectacular carnivals, arts engagement projects, festivals and community events. They have triumphantly promoted the idea that diversity is linked with creativity. They have previously brought over 300 incredible international companies to Liverpool. During the festival there will be a number of spectacles taking place in different parts of the city on various dates in July, all of which are completely free. The 2014 Liverpool International Carnival will wind through Toxteth and will finish in Princes Park.

Themed ‘Our Commonwealth’, the carnival will feature over 1000 dazzling costumes and new largescale carnival structures. At the World in Princes Park Festival, attendees can join in with performance work, get stuck into global foods and spend the day at family arts workshops. The park will be bursting with exciting new productions, home grown talent, cultural food and activities suitable for the little ones and for Gran! For one day only the Beautiful North Festival will make its way through Stanley Park all the way to the Isla of Gladstone gardens and Victorian glass house which both host stunning international performances. The International Brunch will take place at Williamson Square. Expect to see street dancers, acrobats, drummers and an incredible circus. Bring your sandwiches along! The festival will close with the commemorative Mandela Day ceremony. Performers will pay tribute to one of history’s greatest leaders. Mandela Day will see over two hundred international performers collaborate in an outdoor large-scale performance and will signal the end of the festival.

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23 – 27 JULY MEMORIES OF AUGUST 1914 NEWSHAM PARK AND ROUTING THROUGH OTHER CITY LOCATIONS The Little Girl Giant and her pet dog Xolo will be returning to Liverpool

this July for a unique World War One commemoration event, Memories of August 1914. When the giants last came to Liverpool it was a breathtaking, memorable spectacle that brought the whole city to a standstill and this year they’re off to explore Kensington!

July. It is expected to be the largest ever-cultural event to take place in Newsham Park. It is a glorious Grade II Victorian Park and will no doubt suit the event perfectly. Some of the action will also take place in the Clarence Dock area which is part of a world heritage site.

The event will mark the outbreak of the war and the main action will be taking place from the 25th – 27th

Similarly to the 2012 event, Memories of August 1914 hopes to shine a light on areas outside of the

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city centre and aims to connect with those communities. The event is brought to the city by street theatre tour de force Royal de Luxe, who captivated crowds of 800,000 last time. The two marionettes will be exploring the city, telling in their own unique way the tale of how Britain prepared for war. The full story and route will be announced at a later date, but during the event the King’s Regiment and the Liverpool PALS will play an important role. This will only be the third time Royal De Luxe have performed in the UK, making the event very, very special indeed. This isn’t one to be missed!

2 AUGUST LIVERPOOL PRIDE STANLEY STREET AND PIER HEAD This year promises to be the biggest Pride so far as 40,000 people takeover the city centre from the Stanley Street area right up to the Waterfront for a full day of partying like only LGBT people can. The 5th annual Liverpool Pride will be fit for kings and queens as the chosen theme for revellers to embrace at this event is Glam Fairy Tales with those attending encouraged to come dressed in their most wild and wonderful interpretations of the theme. For the first time since 2010, when the event was established to coincide with the date gay teenager Michael Causer was murdered two years previously, Liverpool Pride will be a part ticketed event at the Waterfront Stage at the

Pier Head, where attendees can soak up the music and atmosphere of the main stage area, alongside a number of bars, food outlets and market stalls, the Stanley Street Stage in Liverpool’s thriving Gay Quarter, which will showcase up and coming talent alongside entertainment provided by the bars and venues of Stanley Street and Dale Street and finally the Garlands & Gbar Stage in the Eberle Street area with guest DJ’s and a huge open area to dance the day and night away. There is also plenty of free family friendly activity too with the Liverpool Pride March through the city centre streets which kicks off the day in celebratory style at 12pm from the Plateau at St George’s Hall in what will become (and another bragging right for the city) the largest single-day Pride event in the UK.

22 – 26 AUGUST LIVERPOOL INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL (LIMF SUMMER JAM) SEFTON PARK AND ACROSS THE CITY When it was announced in early 2013 that the city council was to axe the Mathew Street Festival, it was met in some quarters with groans. ‘They’re killing the culture’, some people claimed. Its replacement, the formal and stiff sounding Liverpool International Music Festival, promised to make everybody forget about the

annual street piss-up built around the bars and clubs of Mathew Street. And it certainly did. A glorious bank holiday weekend in August witnessed the people of a sun-soaked Liverpool flock to locations around the city with the main crowd getting down to the free Sefton Park performances to watch a diverse range of over 250 artists. It felt like the birth of a real new cultural marker for the city and the Liverpool International Music Festival is back this August following its unprecedented success with a programme of events running from Friday 15 to Saturday 31 August. Once again LIMF will bring together the best in musical entertainment – local talent, big names and never before seen collaborations. With the August bank holiday weekend Sefton Park will act as the epicentre of activities with LIMF Summer Jam. It kicks off with Ian Broudie and The Lightning Seeds joining the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in a special concert hosted by Classic FM which takes place on Friday 22 August. From Saturday to Monday, the Central Stage will have different themes: Saturday – British Invasion; Sunday – World Music; Monday – Summer Sessions with Juice FM. Other events that make up the programme include International Beatle Week, Summer Camp, Above The Beaten Track and BOILER ROOM: CIRCUS x Liverpool International Music Festival.

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went with the chicken livers (an Italian delicacy). The presentation of both starters were beautiful and tasted just as good as they looked, and we were delighted with the generous portions. I was recommended to try Il Forno’s seafood risotto, it consisted of mussels, clams, king prawns, and calamari; it was bursting with Italian flavours - basil, chilli, garlic, and tomatoes. Although disappointed I couldn't finish the huge portion, I was left feeling more than satisfied and given a glass of Gavi di Gavi, a charming recommended

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Tinie Tempah, CeeLo Green, Childish Gambino and many more to play at what is set to be the most exciting weekend of the summer. V Festival is now in its 19th year and is renowned for bringing the very best eclectic music together for one mind-blowing weekend. Last year saw incredible sets from headliners Beyoncé and Kings of Leon. HOW TO WIN

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