Young Folks by Valentina Moncayo

young folks the independent style magazine

James Quaintance In "rebel with cause" shot by Olga Rodrgues

NO. 06 APRIL 2015

Alt-J Metronomy Die Antwoord Disclosure Matty Haley

afropunk Rick Genest

ALT-STYLE EDITION

INDEX Music................8 What's new.....20 Fashion........... 24 BANDS

*Afropunk - New Tendence

Models

*Alt-J - Discover their new album

*Rick Genest - Zombie boy

*Die Antwoord - New video

*James Quaintance -

*Metronomy - Love letters

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*Disclosure - Biggest records *Matthy Haley - Interview disc..................................19

April 2015

editorial It is good to look ahead and think about the future. But there are times when it is worth stopping and looking back to see how much progress has been made. The idea of making Young folks emerged from the union of many elements and ideas. Often I thought to how to get a hundred, a thousand or ten thousand young, to do so more effective information sharing trends.

Valentina Moncayo

It’s been a few months and we are at number 6 on young folks. Satisfaction is achieving what is great and reflects the constant effort and teamwork. He sought to give young folks a solid foundation and a definite line, while the flexibility to develop, grow and evolve in the best way possible. With joy we see that progress continues, always with the aim of sharing information. Importantly, all this could be done through the efforts of an entire team dedicated to the production of the magazine, including sections Design and Printing, editing and proofreading distribution and administration and, in particular, with the support of hundreds of collaborators involved in the preparation of articles and information. We must also recognize and acknowledge the support of all companies and agencies that their ads have helped finance the magazine, which thus can no cost to all our readers.And finally, we owe special thanks to all our readers, who are the raison d’etre of this publication. Your comments are always an incentive to continue on this path and always help us improve. Thank you all for allowing us to offer a grain of sand or plant this little seed, which we will continue with the aim of sharing to progress.

Valentina Moncayo Valentina Sicilia Moncayo Ochoa, Editor.

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Music

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ALT-J

This is all yours. New album

K quartet Alt-J doesn’t want us to define them. In fact, at first it seemed as if they didn’t want us to find them or figure them out, thanks to what seemed an unsearchable band name—a triangle or delta sign, ∆, pronounced alt-j (after the keyboard shortcut which creates a triangle on a Mac)—along with a curious aversion to the camera and an unself-conscious desire to color outside the lines of genre, all of which shaded them mysterious and perhaps a tad pretentious. Despite the building buzz surrounding their title and genre name games (which they reluctantly once tagged “trip-folk”), the band has quickly risen above the hype as a genuine bands to watch in 2012. The former fine art students met and formed the band (originally named FILMS until a case of mistaken identity with US band The Films) at Leeds University in 2007 and have since succeeded in earning comparisons to Radiohead (a noted influence), nabbing tour time with Ghostpoet and Wild Beasts, and basking in glowing reviews for their debut album, An Awesome Wave.

heir debut intricately entangles multiple musical genres—folk verses, trip-hop atmosphere, pop catchiness, indie rock quirk, rock rattling bass, hip-hop beats, electronic heavy synth riffs—and interweaves it

with heartbreakingly intimate lyrics, peppered with film and literary references including shout-outs to Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are and Luc Besson’s Léon. The tale is told with an unexpected urgent sensuality, poetic vulnerability, and an accessible eccentricity that ultimately proves to be the fruitful listening experience music critics have so fervently promised. We talked to frontman Joe Newman, as his train chugged along through England, about sinister love song “Breezeblocks,” having a crush on Baby Spice, and whether or not their interest in triangles could result in an unwanted Illuminati conspiracy theory (à la Jay-Z’s Roc Nation triangle symbol).

Songwritting progress Part of the reason [the album] is accessible is because we don’t try to go out of the box or be innovative. We just try to play music we like to hear and we’re kind of absentmindedly sounding like no other band at the moment. It’s not something we’re aware of, just something we’re told. We work very hard, and in some cases we spend years on songs trying to get it right—refining it, picking things out and changing things around. I think because we were all friends before we were musicians, we naturally understand one another. We’re on the same wavelength which is why we end up sounding okay.. My dad is a singer, and I always grew up listening to him. I was probably mimicking my dad’s voice, because it’s the only thing I had to go on, but then I started doing it more and more on my own. There was no time that I can remember where it was like “Okay, this is my voice;” it was more trial and error for a long, long period of time.. Open your mind before your mouth.

Is the debut studio album by English indie rock band alt-J (∆), released on 25 May 2012 by Infectious Records. The album includes the singles “Matilda”/”Fitzpleasure”, “Breezeblocks” and “Tessellate”. It peaked at number thirteen on the UK Albums Chart, and also charted in Belgium, France, Netherlands and Switzerland. An Awesome Wave won the 2012 British Barclaycard Mercury Prize, and in 2013 was named Album of the Year at the Ivor Novello Awards.

BREEZEBLOCKS T

he song is about liking someone who you want so much that you want to hurt yourself and them, as well. We related that idea to Where the Wild Things Are, which we all grew up reading, where in the end the beasts say “Oh, please don’t go! We’ll eat you whole! We love you so!,” that they would threaten cannibalism to have that person—it’s a powerful image. Our video for this track has a really different message, and yet it worked really well with the song. It’s quite a weird one; people aren’t sure what’s going on. We liked that you might have to go back and watch it a second time to figure out what is happening.

what's next W

e’re touring and playing festivals. We actually are coming to America at the end of the summer. I don’t know if it’s official, but we’re definitely coming to America. Definitely New York. I should stop saying ‘definitely’ because I don’t know for sure. [laughs] We’re looking forward to just playing a lot. We haven’t played that many festivals. We just want to play in the sun.

April 2015

Music

die antwoord donker mag D

ie Antwoord have shared the video for “Ugly Boy”, from this year’s Donker Mag. Directed by Ninja and produced by Yo-Landi Vi$$er, it features the duo doing their usual thing of rapping and singing while looking real, real weird. Only this time, they enlisted a bunch of famous friends to do the same. Jack Black, Marilyn Manson, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, the ATL Twins, Dita Von Teese, and model Cara Delevingne all show up wearing makeup and/or scar tissue to mug with Ninja and Yo-Landi. (Except for Manson and Von Teese, who basically came as is.)

track listing 1. “Don’t Fuck Me” - 0:28 2. “Ugly Boy” - 3:33 3. “Happy Go Sucky Fucky” - 4:11 4. “Zars” - 1:05 5.. “Ranging Zef Boner” - 3:19 6.. “Cookie Thumper” - 3:20 7.. “Grl I want 2 Eat U” - 4:02 8.. “Pitbull Terrier” - 3:40 9. “Stunk” - 4:30 10. “Do Not Fuk wif da Kid” - 1:03 11. “Rat Trap 666” - 5:44 12. “I Don’t Drwank” - 2:17 13. “Sex” - 4:36 14. “Moon Love” -2:17 15. “Donker Mag” -3:20

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Metronomy T

here are reasons to be really, really excited about the release of this record. Since Metronomy’s inception, their consistently great albums have always had a quintessentially English feel – a characteristic that’s all the more desirable in a time when, let’s face it, British indie music isn’t exactly at its zenith. 2011’s almost-flawless The English Riviera hinted that Metronomy were ready for bigger stages, and after the band first teased a 10-second looping sample of infectiously catchy ‘shoop-doop-doop-ah’ vocals from recent single I’m Aquarius, you’d be forgiven for assuming they were about to take the leap.

ut Love Letters isn’t that record. And if you’re waiting for a Radio Ladio, a Heartbreaker or an Everything Goes My Way to punctuate your first listen, you might be disappointed. However, there’s also the feeling Joe Mount would shrug off such a criticism, that he makes whatever record he wants. After all, Metronomy’s discography has seen them gradually evolve from a digital project to an increasingly physical incarnation, something of an anti-careerist logic according to thinkpieces declaring the Death of Guitar Music by

referring to the fact that AlunaGeorge and Disclosure are simultaneously dominating both pop radio and ‘alternative’ festival bills. from the acoustic strums and syrupy guitar solo of tender opener The Upsetter, the epic and love-struck Motown backing vocals of the title track and Month Of Sundays, to The Most Immaculate Haircut – which is essentially an ode to Forever Changes – the finest moments of Love Letters have an overtly 60s feel. But rather than slip into contrived retrogression, Mount has maintained his studio prowess and Metronomy’s seaside tweeness, and so the songs feel written from the perspective of a present day crate-digger, flicking through dog-eared Stax records at a market stall while inhaling the coast’s salty air. It couldn’t be further from ironic light-up costumes and indie-dance anthems, and it’s due to Joe Mount’s refusal to stay still that Metronomy have outlived his late noughties peers.

ove Letters has received mostly positive reviews from music critics. According to critic review aggregator Metacritic, the album has received a score of 73/100, based on 21 reviews, indicating

“generally favorable”. Heather Phares of AllMusic.com writes that “Musically and emotionally, Love Letters is rawer than what came before it, trading breezysynth pop for insistent psych-rock and soul influences. Confessional and insular, Love Letters is the work of a band willing to take pop success on their own terms and reveal a different -- but just as appealing -- side of their artistry in the process”.

track listing 1. “The Upsetters” - 4:17 2. “I’m Aquarius” - 4:01 3. “Monstrous” - 3:53 4. “Love letters” - 5:15 6. “Month of Sundays” - 3:36 7. “Boy Racers” - 4:18 8. “Call me” - 3:51 9. “The Most Immaculate Haircut” - 4:30 10. “Reservoir” - 3:14 11. “Never Wanted” - 4:36

METRONOMY Love Letters Joseph Mount Oscar Cash Anna Prior Olugbenga Adelekan

April 2015

Music

DISCLOSURE G

uy and Howard Lawrence, the brothers behind Disclosure, are 22 and 19 years old (respectively), were born and raised in suburban Surrey, England, and self-identify very strongly as deep house artists. Since their debut album, Settle, dropped at the beginning of the summer, a lot of debate has centered on whether or not they really should. It’s a genre with roots in the esoteric 1980s Chicago club scene, and it’s having a very big, mainstream moment on international radio, much to the chagrin of its old-school devotees. Disclosure, with four charting singles in the last year, is either house music’s contemporary champion or the nail in its coffin.

There’s a strong argument to be made that they’re the former, but that has everything to do with their breaking from the genre’s conventions. For one, they don’t deny their inclination for pop. “At the end of the day, we wanted to write pop songs for this album,” says Guy “They’re not necessarily pop music, but they are pop-structured.” It’s an important distinction. The verse-chorus-verse-chorus flow of their album makes an acquired taste for house sounds—i.e., drum machines, synth-y basslines, and pulsing cymbals—very quick to acquire.

dd to that mix a list of singer-songwriter collaborators like Lianne La Havas, Eliza Doolittle, Jessie Ware, AlunaGeorge, and London Grammar (all of whom have been just as successful on British radio), and the sound of something new in club music comes together on Settle. More minimal, more soulful, and much less shrill than Skrillex or David Guetta, Disclosure still pack the brain-cell-bashing beats that turn a DJ set into a full-body experience, but they leave enough white space on each track for some emotional subtlety. It’s good dance music that’s also just good listening. Usually, well-established acts are the ones who hit this sweet spot at the intersection of critical approval and mass fandom so squarely. But the Lawrence brothers are making very good time,

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ALBUMS

and when we connected with Guy during a short break from their European tour, he seemed to know it.

settle 1. “Intro” - 1:00 2. “When a fire Starts to Burn” - 4:43 3. “Latch” - 4:16 4. “F For Your” - 4:29 5. “White Noise” - 4:38 6. “Defeated No More” - 6:06 7. “Stimulation” - 5:22 8. “Voices” - 4:05 9. “Second Chance” - 2:22 10. “Grab Her!” - 5:15 11. “You & Me” - 4:29 12. “January” - 5:55 13. “Confess to Me” - 4:11 14. “Help Me Lose My Mind” - 4:96

The face 1. “Boiling” - 3:45 2. “What’s in Your Head” - 5:32 3. “Lividup” - 3:50 4. “Control” - 2:30

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DISC Matthew Timothy Haley April 8-1989 1975’s singer.

Mathew Haley Beginning

omance—along with sex and drugs— has driven The 1975 and its music. At 19, lead singer Matthew Healy gave a girl a book as a romantic gesture and was intrigued by the way “1975” was handwritten inside, with a “The” next to it. The Manchester-based band, comprised of Healy, Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel, had found its moniker.

Inspiration A

lthough all this transpired when the band members were in their late teens, their musical influences came much earlier. The 1975 found inspiration in ‘80s pop music and R&B, which can be heard in their songs—which call to mind artists as diverse as Roberta Flack, Michael Jackson.

THE SONG T

he song we’re pleased to premiere here, “fallingforyou,” comes from The 1975’s upcoming EP, IV, and is the band’s take on a modern slow jam. The band will release IV on May 20, before starting a US tour with The Neighbourhood (a band that complements them quite nicely) in June

next album I

n September our full-length album will come out. We just finished recording it. We’ve been working over the past six months, really. We’re very excited about it. It’s actually going to be self-titled. April 2015

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DISC

Listen to Arctic monkeys "am" A

M is the fifth studio album by the English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys. It was produced by James Ford and co-produced by Ross Orton at Sage & Sound Recording in Los Angeles and Rancho De La Luna in Joshua Tree, California, and released in September 2013 through Domino. The album was promoted by the singles “R U Mine?”, “Do I Wanna Know?”, “Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?”, “One for the Road”, “Arabella”, and “Snap Out of It”. It features guest appearances by Josh Homme, Bill Ryder-Jones, and Pete Thomas. The album received critical acclaim from music critics and featured in many end of year lists as one of the best of 2013.It was nominated for the 2013 Mercury Prize for best album,hailed the Best Album of 2013 by NME magazine, and featured at number 449 on NME‍ ‘s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Commercially, AM has become one of Arctic Monkeys’ most successful albums to date, topping charts in several countries, and reaching top ten positions in many more. In the United Kingdom, Arctic Monkeys broke a record with AM, becoming the first independent-label band to debut at number one in the UK with their first five albums.

FOSTER THE PEOPLE "SUPERMODEL" S

upermodel is the second studio album by American indie rock band Foster the People. The album was co-produced by their frontman Mark Foster and British musician Paul Epworth, and was released by Columbia Records on March 14, 2014 in Friday-release countries and March 18, 2014 in the United States. It is the follow-up to the band’s 2011 debut album, Torches. A concept album, Supermodel features common and heavy themes of negativity towards modern popular culture and consumer ideology throughout the record and its related artworks. Conceived mostly by Foster, the album deals primarily with social issues and “the ugly side of capitalism”, and is described by Foster as “a conversation with God. Trying to explore who God is.” [1] Recorded and produced throughout 2012 and 2013, the album also features a minor departure from the sound of Torches, importing instruments and various sounds of different cultures of the world while retaining the “perfect pop record” sound.

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AFROPUNK A

fro-punk (sometimes spelled AfroPunk, Afropunk or AfroPunk) refers to the participation of African Americans and other black people in the punk and alternative music cultures. Afro-punks make up a minority in the North American punk scene. However, they represent a majority in the punk culture in predominantly black regions of the world that have burgeoning punk communities, such as in parts of Africa. There are many punk rock bands with black members, and several with lineups that are all black. Notable bands that can be linked to the Afro-punk community include: Death, Pure Hell, Bad Brains, Suicidal Tendencies, Dead Kennedys, Fishbone, Wesley Willis Fiasco, Suffrajett, The Templars, and Rough Francis. Afro-punk has become a movement, comparable to the grassroots punk-related movements of the gay community in queercore, and of women in the riot grrrl scene.

The new style D.I.Y

he Afropunk Music Festival was founded in 2002 and occurs in Brooklyn. AFROPUNK became a touchstone of a cultural movement strongly reminiscent of the early days of Hip-Hop. Alternative urban kids across the nation (and across the globe) who felt like outsiders discovered they were actually the core of a boldly innovative, fast-growing community. The online members have been the driving force behind the exploding AFROPUNK (AP) culture, creating an authentic virtual home in www.afropunk.com, and nurturing the music’s best and brightest via expansion of the Liberation Sessions, a live performance series hosted by Spooner. As the AP movement continued to gain momentum and influence, everyone began to notice. The Liberation Sessions went front-and-center at CMJ and SXSW, press coverage ranged from Pitchfork, URB, Vibe, and Nylon to The New York Times, Variety, Entertainment Weekly, and The Los Angeles Times.

afropunk fest I

n 2005, the very first annual AFROPUNK Festival debuted to wildly enthusiastic crowds at the iconic Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). Co-curated by Morgan and Spooner, the festival celebrated and unified the cultural cornerstones of AFROPUNK: music, film, skate, and most importantly, the fiercely independent and influential individuals that are the lifeblood of the AP community. Since 2008, the AFROPUNK Festival is spearheaded by Morgan and partner Jocelyn Cooper. Described by the New York Times as “the most multicultural festival in the US,” the word AFROPUNK itself has become synonymous with open-minded, non-conforming and unconventional, placing the institution at the epicenter of urban culture inspired by alternative music.

April 2015

fashion

rick genest In his words, this is an interview with a zombie; a fashionable one at that

who is he? R

ico aka “Zombie Boy” was born Rick Genest from La Salle, Quebec, and grew up in Chateauguay. His first appearance as Zombie Boy was in Lady Gaga’s video Born This Way. Over 80 percent of his body is covered in tattoos, including his face. Rick’s tattoos are what he calls his “project.” So, what does one do when one nearly escapes death, obsesses over horror films, and lives for fashion? He covers nearly every inch of his body with tattooed images of bones, rotting flesh, death symbols, and bugs. And this unusual supermodel has been busy appearing in films, recording music, and walking the runways from Paris to Prague. As a teenager, Rick Genest was diagnosed with a brain tumor. At the age of 15, he underwent a complicated, high-risk surgery with an extremely low chance of survival. Because of the tumor’s position, his options were bleak. He was faced with the choices of possibly dying, blindness, or life on a respirator as a vegetable for the rest of his life. Rick beat the odds and survived surgery unscathed, alive, and ready to begin his new life .

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Fashion mirrors trends, and so do the fashion runaways when it comes to the underground Punk scene. People and Rick had become obsessed with body modification. Slowly and methodically, Rick’s body was changed from an average 5’9” man into a decomposing, “zombie-like” corpse with exposed cadaver-inspired parts revealing the skeletal, muscular, and circulatory systems, filled with crawling, carnivorous insects that devour the dead. The final result landed Rick twice in the Guinness Book of World Records: one for the most bones (134) tattooed on the body; and one for the most insects (176) tattooed on the body. “My tattoos symbolize life through death, or death through life,” Rick states.

"everybody has their own opinion of what beauty is"

Body art M

y body art depicts anarchy. As an anarchist, there is a call for revolution. The first stage of a revolution is defiance. Appearing to be dead while alive defies the very laws of nature itself.

what makes you happiest? W

hat makes me happiest in life is love. When one fights for good things, freedom and other sincerities follow.

goals I

would love to excel in acting, as well as perform in carnivals and freak shows. I always loved horror, and one day wish to make a living in this domain.

ombie Boy had a cameo and was the celebrity pitchman in Universal Studio’s 47 Ronin, starring Keanu Reeves. He appeared in Aquario and Love at Last Sight, and he acted in a major role in a short film, In Faust. Also a lover of music, Zombie Boy has recorded five music tracks with KAV Blaggers of London, including “Dirty Rejects” and “Monsters VS the World.” While appearing as a celebrity DJ in Germany, Austria, Belarus, and Russia, he pours his soul into his upcoming EP with Riggs. April 2015

fashion Rebel with cause Phtographer: Olga Rodrigues Model: James Quaintance

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James Quaientance T

he industry’s current obsession with beautiful tattooed boys has only been fuelled further with the arrival of Venice Beach native Jimmy Q from Select, a pro skateboarder and tattoo artist who also models for some of the coolest brands around.

who is he? J

ames Edward Quaintance III or Jimmy Q (even his name is great) is a pro skater, model, tattoo artist and rock star born in Los Angeles. A bit of an over-achiever, aren’t we?. Originally a very appreciated pro-skater with mad skills in that area, Jimmy Q started modeling (2011) and immediately made an impression with his very particular look. Being born in Venice (also known as Dog Town), the center of all things skateboarding, paid off for James in more ways than one.. He was signed by Select models and walked the runway in major shows (Oliver Spencer, Pringle of Scotland) while also appearing in numerous magazines (Nylon, Huge, Wylder, lookbook for Beautiful Fül). Not to mention he’s a God on Tumblr and Pinterest which, let’s face it, it’s all that really matters. James obviously loves tattoos and he is a walking talking piece of art and a promoter of the FreshTrends culture that’s so big in LA. He doesn’t only proudly showcase his tattoos, but he also practices he’s a professional tattoo artist himself. James Edward Quaintance III is also the vocalist of a punk rock band called Former Lovers.

any have questioned our reasons for selecting the style icons we do, some ask nicer than others; but what it ultimately comes down to is style. It sounds simple enough but you would be surprised at how many people don’t understand this concept. Style is something you either have or you don’t, and it stems from so much more than how you were clothes. Confidence is key, and so is walking to whatever beat you bang out on your own drum. Jimmy Q is most certainly one of these gents who carries himself with the bad boy swagger of a sophisticated and ready to rock gentleman. Many of you may be unsure of whom this bloke is yet you may recall his face and how familiar he is. He is a very successful male model and has been making waves in the industry for has alternative style and rock and roll tattooed look.

urrently signed with Select models, he’s been the object of discussion of many fashion blogs and websites around the world. JQ has graced the runway for Oliver Spencer for Fall/Winter 2012 as

well as Pringle of Scotland at London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2013. Additionally, the tattooed model was featured in a presentation for Superdry’s collaboration with Timothy Everest. He’s also been on the pages of Huge, Wylder and Nylon.

REBEL with a cause

s he title of this editorial by Sylvain Justum featuring James Quaintance groomed by Daniel Larcerda and photographed by Yuri Sardenberg for the latest issue of GQ Style Brasil.

April 2015

fashion Rebel with cause Phtographer: Olga Rodrigues Model: James Quaintance

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Rebel with cause Phtographer: Olga Rodrigues Model: James Quaintance

April 2015

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Rebel with cause Phtographer: Olga Rodrigues Model: James Quaintance

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