Prix Pictet Growth

American photographer Mitch Epstein was awared this years Prix Pictet two weeks ago at the Passage de Retz in Paris, for his series 'American Power'. The prize was awarded by the honorary president of the Prix Pictet, Kofi Annan.


The American photographer Chris Jordan was awarded the Prix Pictet Growth commission, which will see him visit Africa, under the guidance of Tusk Trust and gather a series of photos of one of Tusk's many projects in sustainability.

The Prix Pictet recieved submissions from over 400 artists, from which a shortlist of 12 artists were selected. Below are a few of the works from a variety of the shortlisted artists.


Michael Wolf

Vera Lutter

Stéphane Couturier

Edward Burtynsky

The complete submission from each of the 12 shortlisted artists, as well as a selection of some of the work submitted by non-shortlisted artists, is compiled in the Prix Pictet Growth book which is now on sale at Colette in Paris - HERE.

Prix Pictet Facebook.
Prix Pictet Website.

Tune of the day

Revolution Anthems by 158 Project

158 - Revolution Anthems by 158 Project

Was meant to post this ahead of Saturdays festivities, but the weekend got in the way. Hang tight Nurk and all 158 man, except those allergic to cats.

Wooda - Resistance Vol 4

T/L:
01) Kryptic Minds - Hybrid [Osiris Music]
02) >> Cyrus - Minimal [Random Trio Productions]
03) SP:MC & LX-One - Down [Tempa]
04) Wooda - Exciting Times [Dub]
05) Calibre - Tenopause [Deep Medi]
06) Cyrus - Underworld [Random Trio Productions]
07) >> Breakage - Darhma [Free]
08) Goth Trad - Sunbeam [Deep Medi]
09) >> Cyrus - Beatwise [Random Trio Productions]
10) Kryptic Minds - Wasteland [Osiris Music]
11) >> Mala - Eyez [DMZ]
12) Distance - Jungle Fears [Chestplate]
13) >> Mala - Level 9 [Hyperdub]
14) Cyrus - Decisions [Deep Medi]
15) >> Icicle - Xylophobia [Shogun Audio]
16) Boddika - Electron [Swamp81]
17) Addison Groove - Dumbshit [Swamp81]
18) Instra:mental - Hot, Raw, Sex [Free]
19) >> Addison Groove - Footcrab VIP [Free]
20) Pearson Sound - Blanked [Hessle Audio]
21) Loefah - The Goat Stare [DMZ]
22) SP:MC & Youngsta - Unidentified [Osiris Music]
23) >> Loefah - Just a Beat [Free]
24) Lurka - Tempted [Black Box Ltd]
25) >> Krytikal - Emptiness [Dub]
26) Kryptic Minds - Surge [Osiris Music]
27) Goth Trad - Cut End [Deep Medi]
28) Distance - Beyond [Chestplate]
29) Kryptic Minds - Rubberman [Osiris Music]
30) Cyrus - Manhatten Blues [Deep Medi]
31) >> Mala - Return II Space [DMZ]

Download: http://soundcloud.com/wooda/wooda-resistance-vol-4/download

Scratcha DVA Bricks Promo Mix

T/L:
KODE 9 - BLACK SUN
CORNELIA – AQUARIUS (DVA’s HI:EMOTIONS REMIX)
PHOTEK – RINGS AROUND SATURN (BREACH)
HYETAL – DIAMOND ISLANDS (BODDIKA REMIX)
GRAPHICS – WIPING THE EYE
T WILLIAMS – IN THE DEEP (DVA’s HI:EMOTIONS REMIX)
SHOX – 10 BELOW
J BEVIN – ZULU
REDLIGHT – SOURCE 16
DVA – THE FLUTE TUNE
FUNKYSTEPZ – FULLER
GRAHAM BOND – 31 SECONDS REMIX
LIL SILVA - CHEEZ AND BUN
DVA – THE END
DVA – NEW WORLD ORDER (VIP)
SHY ONE – UNTITLED 9
GUGU – AC RIDDIM (VIP MIX)
DVA – NASTY NASTY NASTY (ROSKA REMIX)
AFRICA HITECH – HOW DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL? (DVA’s HI:EMOTIONS REMIX)

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?2t4f8z57ndei8xw

Catch Scratcha at Bricks on Friday..

BODDIKA AKA INSTRA:MENTAL (Swamp 81)
SCRATCHA DVA (Rinse FM)
JAM CITY (Night Slugs)
T.WILLIAMS (Deep Teknologi)
LIXO (Get Me!)
BUCKONE DOZY (S.O.M.E)

20K Sound system
10 pm – 4 am

*ONLY £5 BEFORE 11pm!*
(£7 thereafter)

C.A.M.P (City Arts & Music Project)
70 – 74 City road
Old St (next to tube)
EC1Y 2BJ

FACEBOOK

Lost Angle C's

Out to the Parrot and Brayden.
Louie Jenkins.

Bat Country

It's okay. He's just admiring the shape of your skull.
Louie Jenkins.

Tune of the day

I introduce to you . . . Moruf

His flo is too buttery, his attitude is pure and he spits on them good beats. Nothing else is needed just watch the videos...

Profile: Moruf from TONE on Vimeo.

ready to live - part 1 from adam on Vimeo.

A Day With Moruf from Tokz A. Gabriel on Vimeo.

Down load his mixtape, Ready To Live / Garden State of mind by just a (click)





Check out his (tumblr) to keep up to date with his music.

Loving bntl like a fat kid loves cake.

Sweet Exhibition - Private View Thursday 7th April

SWEET is a collaborative group exhibition fusing moving image and hand drawn illustration focusing on the playful nature of illustration, animation and the interaction of space. Driven by hand rendered and tangible image making, the artists involved are all greatly influenced and inspired by bold, bright colours and pattern. SWEET brings these individual techniques together in a vibrant and interactive way.

Oliver Dunn is a Leeds based artist specialising in hand drawn illustration. His bold line and patterns creep up canvases and wrap around trainers making ordinary everyday objects more fun.

Lynnie Zulu, a recent graduate from Kingston University, specialises in illustration. Lynnie’s use of bright colours and free flowing paint strokes bring her illustrations to life with a psychedelic tribal twist.

Sam Szulc also based in Leeds, focuses on the hand drawn. Sam is influenced by folk art and low-tech style with a use of bold line drawing and bright paint strokes.

Matt Lloyd is a London based illustrator and animator who focuses on hand drawn illustration and will be creating a hand drawn 2D animation especially for the exhibition.

John Malcolm Moore, Tom Bunker & Ben Brown join forces to create mind blowing 3D animations and will be exhibiting their collaborative work as well as some individual pieces.

Stephany Pollard is a Leeds born, London based prop maker and artist driven by vivid colour, geometric shapes and shiny objects who will be creating a window installation for the exhibition.

Guests will be presented with limited edition goody bags on the night.

Thursday 7th April 2011 6.00pm – 1.00am
DJS from 9.00pm
The CAMP (City Arts and Music Project)
70-74 City Road, EC1Y 2BJ
Tube station: Old Street exit 5

Thereafter the exhibition will be open Friday 8th April to Tuesday 19th April. Opening times may varywww.thecamplondon.com

Loving bntl like a fat kid loves cake.

Big K.R.I.T - 'Return of 4eva'

Long before the Stanky Leg, D4L and snap music, Southern Rap has had a tradition of real lyricism - from UGK, 8Ball and MJG to Goodie Mob and Outkast. As with most scenes, a time comes when the wave of the current is too much and the antithesis is a new generation going against the grain. Just as Gucci, Flocka, Young Dro and Yo Gotti all deserve props in their own right southern rappers such as Pill, Yelawolf and Big K.R.I.T are returning to snappin on beats with lyrical integrity over dance moves and chain swinging.

Big K.R.I.T dropped 'Return of 4eva' yesterday and it's been on heavy rotation since, this free album of 21 tracks have all been produced by K.R.I.T and features the likes of David Banner, Bun B and Raheem DeVaughn.

Big K.R.I.T. – Returnof4eva (Album) by Roy Thomas

DOWNLOAD HERE

"History of Macabre Unit" Mix // Forthcoming 'Education EP'

Slowly but surely it seems as though the ever increasing demand and request for old grime instrumentals and vocals, that only ever came out on vinyl, to be re-released is finally being taken notice of.

Fairly recently there has been the Avalanche Music series that so far has featured 3 instrumental compilations featuring early and more recent productions from JME, Wiley & Crayzee Banditt.

In a similar way the Macabre Unit have put together an EP of their classic productions, VIP's and unreleased dubplates right from the beginning of their career up to their more recent material as well.

In order to celebrate this fantastic release, DJ T_! has put together a 65 minute "History of Macabre Unit" mix on 3 decks which showcases a whole load of instrumentals and vocal tracks from the crew from 2002 - 2011.

Tracklisting LINK

Download the mix HERE

Demon - Macabre Unit - Twitter

T_! - Macabre Unit - Twitter

ICUAUDIO - To download other Macabre Unit material

Tune of the day

The Hundreds is Huge!

Big up The Hundreds for this...

Graphotsim Nov/Dec 2000

Having dug through the archives a couple of weeks back I came across this copy of Graphotism from 2000.

For those that remember pre-large book issues, Graphotism's monthly publication was a must cop. Featuring great images from across Europe and pieces and interviews with those involved in the culture as a whole. This issue comprised of a Londonnewyorkpunkrockhiphop feature, interviews with Afria Islam, DonLetts, Dennis Morris and Anita Sarko. An interview with James Lavelle pre-drop of the Futura2000 book on Mo' Wax and a piece on the Sprite Urban Games in Clapham (remember that!?). Mo' Wax were pretty legendary on the design front. Futura's characters for Unkle are as memorable as the music and Ben Dury has gone on to do some pretty decent work for Dizzee Rascal in recent years, culminating in the Dirtee Stank Air Max 90 in 09.

The Futura obsessives will be pretty jealous of Bothan Spynet's collection.

Gangbanging at Ground Zero

New video from the Palace crew will be the best thing you'll see on the world wide web all week...

Click HERE to view it.

Tune of the day

Holy Ghost - The Collection

Holdtight my boys Joe and Matt doing there thing, pushing the southeast London art movement forward.

Untitled from Matt Ritson on Vimeo.

For further information on submitting art work for there latest up and coming exhibition just (click)

Loving bntl like a fat kid loves cake.

Umshini Wam - Harmony Korine

Latest from Harmony Korine. Interesting...

Hi-Tek never fails on the beats.

Slam City Warehouse Sale TODAY!

Grranndd Canyon

Wet your shirt, hat & wear a wet bandana around your neck.
Louie Jenkins.