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MASTHEAD INDIRA CESARINE Editor in Chief & Creative Director
The Untitled Magazine is proud to present its most anticipated issue yet, The “Music” Issue 6. The issue highlights more than 100 of the most inspirational and influential artists shaping the music industry today. From global DJs to hip-hop luminaries and indie band sensations, the “Music” issue is entirely devoted to the global music scene. Offering a one-of-a-kind personal look into the lives and careers of each musician and band with exclusive interviews, photo shoots and behind-thescenes videos, The Untitled Magazine has intimately captured some of the most talked about, cutting-edge artists on the airwaves. For this issue, we present a global perspective on the music industry’s movers and shakers such as A$AP Rocky, Big Sean, Cassie, Django Django, Icona Pop, Kreayshawn, Kate Nash, Lady Gaga, Machine Gun Kelly, Natalia Kills, Neon Trees and Taylor Momsen, to name a few. Duran Duran’s iconic Nick Rhodes provides an exclusive interview on his TV Mania release as well as reveals his magic behind-the-lens with an six-page fashion spread featuring pop star Charli XCX. Designer John Varvatos chatted with us about his legendary collaborations with music icons such as Jimmy Page, Green Day and Axl Rose. We discovered many new artists that are impacting the music scene, and caught up with quite a few legends along the way. Without a doubt this has been one of the most challenging and ambitious issues of the publication to date, and we hope you enjoy reading it as much as we did creating it. In addition to the 224-page print edition, The Untitled App and Digital Editions will include audio tracks, original productions of music videos, and behind-the-scenes videos from the photo shoots – elevating the magazine experience to an entirely new level. Stay tuned for the release of The “Music” Issue 6 App, out in May 2013.
FASHION DIRECTOR Indira Cesarine FASHION EDITORS Brendan Cannon, Erin McSherry CONTRIBUTING BEAUTY EDITORS Bernadine Bibiano, Roberto Morelli FASHION MARKET EDITOR Erin McSherry DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Denise Rossi SENIOR COPY EDITOR Marianne White CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHY EDITORS Carla Popenfus, Ron Cabellos DESIGN ASSISTANTS David Brown, Tara Ghazanfar EVENTS EDITOR AT LARGE Lady Victoria Hervey CONTRIBUTING FASHION EDITORS April Roomet, Charles Adesanya, Danny Flynn, Deborah Latouche, Jeff Kim, Kristine Kilty, Irene Manicone, Scott Newkirk, Rebekah Roy CONTRIBUTING JOURNALISTS Ben Mirza, Frederic Gille, Liz Hazzard, Marianne White, Rod Bastanmehr ASSISTANT COPY EDITORS Erika Broad, Mark Libatique
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Aaron Marcellos Alexandra Burke Alexandra McDermott Alexz Johnson Andra Day A$ap Rocky Bat for Lashes Ben Montague Biffy Clyro Big Sean Bip Ling Blondfire Carmen Electra Cassie Charlie Siem Charli Xcx Chelsea Tyler Chelsea Leyland Coleman Dan Black Delilah Dionne Bromfield Django Django Dry the River Early Morning Rebel Elle King Foxes Haim Icona Pop Imogen Heap Io Echo Jesse Wood Jewel Jihae Jjamz John Varvatos Joy Formidable Kate Nash Kerli Kreayshawn Kristian Marr Lady Gaga Laura Comfort Liza Thorn Lianne La Havas Lloyd Polite LP Machine Gun Kelly Marion Corrales Maya Jane Coles Medina Ms Mr Natalia Kills Neon Trees Nick Rhodes Noah Becker Oberhofer Purity Ring Ren Harvieu Sharon Van Etten Sky Nellor Soko Spector Ssion T Mills Tamara Kaboutchek Taylor Momsen The 1975 Wild Belle Wynter Gordon Zara Martin
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Special Thanks to K&M Camera, Milk Studios, Pier 59 Studios West, James Goldstein, Gloria Martinez
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CONTENTS CONVERSATION Nick Rhodes: TV Mania
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Prêt-à-Rocker
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Music Muses
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John Varvatos: Rock n’ Roll
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The Artists
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24 The Art of Gaga 26 Global Rhythms 30 The Rise of A$ap Rocky 32 Music in the Digital Era 34 Audio Couture 37 Sounds of 2013
MUSIC BUZZ 38 Les Filles Bat for Lashes | Imogen Heap | Wynter Gordon | Delilah Alexz Johnson | Foxes | Alexandra Burke | Sharon Van Etten Medina | Laura Comfort | Alexandra McDermott | Dionne Bromfield Tamara Kaboutchek | Soko
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T. Mills | Dan Black | Kristian Marr | Ben Montague | Jesse Wood Brad Oberhofer | Machine Gun Kelly | Charlie Siem | Lloyd
84 Double Trouble Io Echo | BadBad | Wild Belle | MS MR | Starred | Blondfire | Purity Ring | Icona Pop
94 Bandslam Joy Formidable | Neon Trees | Django Django | Haim | The 1975 SSION | JJamz | Dry The River | Spector | Early Morning Rebel
116 On The Decks Chelsea Leyland | Angie Wu Ha | Maya Jane Coles Noah Becker | Bip Ling | Sky Nellor | Zara Martin | Coleman
BEAUTY 126 Kerli 130 Jewel 132 Jihae
FASHION Taylor Momsen Kreayshawn Turn It Up Natalia Kills Big Sean Cassie Charli XCX Carmen Electra Chelsea Tyler Marion Corrales Kate Nash Ren Harvieu
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EVENTS Bob Gruen Cinema Issue Global Launch Stockists
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Anouska Beckwith - portraitS of mARION CORRALES Anouska Beckwith, 25, is the founder and CEO of World Wide Women, a photography collective of female artists. The photographer, film producer, actress and writer lives in Paris and has taken photographs around the world all of her life. She studied at the Spéos Institute in Paris and has already had two exhibitions in Paris and one in New York in 2012. She is currently working on her new series for World Wide Women’s London exhibition in September and São Paulo in November. CARTER B SMITH - PORTRAITS OF STARRED, Foxes, DJ Coleman, Blondfire, Joy Formidable and Purity Ring www.metroflix.com
Carter B Smith lives, works, and breathes in New York City. The photographer has directed music videos for many of today’s leading artists, two feature length films, and is the creator and director for the TV series Skate Maps and Aperture. His renowned photography has been exhibited in galleries internationally. He has published two books, It Takes a Nation with a forward by Barack Obama, and Phonebook. JEFF FORNEY - PORTRAITS OF T. Mills, JJAMZ and Early Morning Rebel www.jeffforney.com
Raised in the East Bay of Northern California, Jeff Forney’s influences were the characters he encountered in the wide array of music that permeated the Bay’s airwaves. After completing a degree in sociology at the “sedate” campus of CSU Chico, he landed in New York City. Jeff spent a bit of post-graduate time in front of the camera doing ad campaigns for Giorgio Armani, Guess, and Jil Sander, as well as commercials with directors such as David Lynch. With a camera in hand, Jeff grew to love its ability to tell a good story and the composition that harnessed it. jordan doner - portraits of Chelsea Tyler AND badbad www.jordandoner.com
Jordan Doner is a NYC-based photographer who has photographed pop stars, designers and Hollywood darlings. His conceptual photography has been featured at the P.S. 1 Museum and auctioned at Christie’s. Jordan’s design work has been featured at the Whitney Museum Store, is part of the permanent collection of both the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, the Met Costume Institute and the Louvre, and will be featured in next year’s Multiple Exposures exhibit at the Museum of Art and Design in New York. NICK RHODES - portraits of charli xcx Legendary Duran Duran founder Nick Rhodes’s creativity doesn’t stop in the recording studio. The English rockstar, set to record another album with his band, also has a flare for photography, saying that he is never far from his camera. This year, he plans on showcasing the massive collection of photographs he’s accrued over the decades, which enjoy a cinematic and personal quality. In this issue, he photographed pop star Charli XCX and gave an intimite insight to his latest music project, TV Mania. Roberto Aguilar - portraits of Dionne Bromfield and Ren Harvieu www.photoaguilar.com
Roberto Aguilar’s curiosity led him to the darkroom at age 10. Born in El Salvador but raised in the United States, he became a commercial photographer for many multi-national clients in the Central American region. A decade ago, he started teaching photography at Parsons in Paris. Roberto moved to London in 2004 and is now known for his romantic and provocative imagery. JOEY FALSETTA - portraits of SSION, Wild Belle AND Oberhofer www.falsetta.mew
Manhattan-born, self-taught renaissance man Joey Falsetta is a model, rock ‘n’ roll drummer and self-taught photographer who has broken into the industry in style. Having covered musical artists such as the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Motorhead and Jane’s Addiction, the fashion and entertainment artist does not shy away from challenging himself with learning more about the craft. He currently is working on a slew of projects focusing on old portrait styles, beauty, vintage magazines, fragrance, lingerie and jewelry.
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Jimmy Page and Gary Clark Jr. Photographed by Danny Clinch, London 2013 S H O P T H E N E W J O H N VA RVAT O S . C O M
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Alexandra Burke Alexandra McDermott Alexz Johnson A$ap Rocky Bat for Lashes Ben Montague Big Sean Bip Ling Blondfire Bob Gruen Carmen Electra Cassie Charlie Siem Charli XCX Chelsea Tyler Chelsea Leyland DJ Coleman
Dan Black Delilah Dionne Bromfield Django Django Dry the River Early Morning Rebel Foxes Haim Icona Pop Imogen Heap Io Echo Jesse Wood Jewel Jihae Jjamz John Varvatos
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Joy Formidable Kate Nash Kerli Kreayshawn Kristian Marr Lady Gaga Laura Comfort Liza Thorn Lloyd Polite Machine Gun Kelly Marion Corrales Maya Jane Coles Medina Ms Mr Natalia Kills Neon Trees Nick Rhodes
Noah Becker Oberhofer Purity Ring Ren Harvieu Sharon Van Etten Sky Nellor Soko Spector Ssion T Mills Tamara Kaboutchek Taylor Momsen The 1975 Wild Belle Wynter Gordon Zara Martin
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Prêt-à-Rocker
Music in the Digital Era
Global Rhythms
Music Muses
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the artists
Audio Couture
The Rise of A$AP Rocky
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The Art of Gaga
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165+ MUSICIANS HEATING UP THE AIRWAVES
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to In the Music Issue No. 6 Aaron Marcellos . Alexandra Burke . Alexandra McDermott . Alexz Johnson . Andra Day A$ap Rocky . Bat for Lashes . Ben Montague . Biffy Clyro . Big Sean . Bip Ling . Blondfire Carmen Electra . Cassie . Charlie Siem . Charli Xcx . Chelsea Tyler . Chelsea Leyland Coleman . Dan Black . Delilah . Dionne Bromfield . Django Django . Dry the River .Early Morning Rebel . Elle King . Foxes . Haim . Icona Pop . Imogen Heap . Io Echo . Jesse Wood Jewel . Jihae . Jjamz . John Varvatos . Joy Formidable . Kate Nash . Kerli . Kreayshawn Kristian Marr . Lady Gaga . Laura Comfort . Liza Thorn . Lianne La Havas . Lloyd Polite . LP . Machine Gun Kelly . Marion Corrales . Maya Jane Coles . Medina . Ms Mr Natalia Kills . Neon Trees . Nick Rhodes . Noah Becker . Oberhofer . Purity Ring Ren Harvieu . Sharon Van Etten . Sky Nellor . Soko . Spector . Ssion . T Mills . Tamara Kaboutchek . Taylor Momsen . The 1975 . Wild Belle . Wynter Gordon . Zara Martin
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