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Life is but thought: so think I will
that Youth and I are housemates still
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

This picture embodies attitude.
This picture sticks its middle finger up to all labels, trends and beauty ideals.
No matter how hideous I think those colours normally are, the colour that would have suited her better hasn’t been invented yet.
It’s honest and individual, perhaps it’s fashion at its core?

Our streetfashion photoshoots that do not take themselves, but individuality very seriously, are hereby now officially an item on Neon Enlightenment.

[sunglasses: Marlies Dekkers, Sundressed 2007]

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It’s time for some dance floor action with these dance moves that’ll sweep the tecktonikers of the floor: the Melbourne Shuffle and the Kuduro.

Despite common thought, the Melbourne shuffle isn’t a new variation that results from jump style or tecktonik. It had been invented in the underground scene of indeed Merlbourne somewhere in the late 80s. It certaintly is more interesting to watch than jump style: it involves more sliding movements and it can be danced on various genres of electronic music.

The late 80s seemed to be very inspiring for kids with itchy legs. Kuduro, to name just one of those other dance styles that have sprung up. It’s a bubbly dance from Angola that via the suburbs of Lisbon found its way to Europe. It incorporates the foot movements that can be seen in The Melbourne Shuffle and the 90s jump styles, but the more R’nB/Hip-hop inspired freestyle dancing gives it its fluency.

Don’t be shy and get shaking!

If there’s a part 1, then there’s gotta be a part 2. So here you’ve got it: customizing for dummies part 2!

This time we decided to take it a level higher and made different hoodies or t-shirts.

We present to you, the Neon Enlightenment collection:

1. Hermine

3. Phara

4. Anse (not part of the NE team but she’s cool too)

(never mind the silly face)

5. Gerlin

Tell us what you think, we’re curious to find out about other people’s thoughts.
And get going people, this is the exact same principle as the skirt! A piece of cake indeed. You just gotta be willing to spend some time on it. Or a LOT of time, like Hermine.

The More Assured are in need of a drummer:

“We need one to stand in for us for the moment as our drummer is currently unwell… but the job is really important as it involves some great gigs and also some recording as we’ve been asked for some new demos from some major labels!

Thanks again

Alex”

To all you fame seekers who have read the words ‘recording’ and ‘major labels’, easy now, are you really sure you can handle this?

Competences.

a) Can you stand the sight of a bass player in a silver thong or naked (see picture below) running through the streets?

b) Can handle the pressure of having a drunken lead singer waving a loaded gun at you?

c) Can you truly enjoy bad James Bond jokes?

Slinky from the More Assured exhibiting his goods for Peaches Geldof

Skills.

Understanding the mind of a delinquent is required (being one is even better): The desire to be a sex offender isn’t strange to you and you have a nice collection of ASBOs.

Does your personality match the described profile?

Get your application form, throw away the rilatine & go to Trafalgar Square.

“Born in Paris in 2000 Surface to air is a creative studio/boutique operating in art, fashion and communication”

That is what the introduction on their site says, they truly are a bit of everything.

The first aspect is their fashion collection, both women and men, plus an accessories collection. For women you’ll find coats, dresses, jeans, jackets, tops,…. and as well for men coats, shirts, polos, jackets and jeans. I’m in love with this dress:

But what surprised me the most is that they had a little collaboration with Justice, which resulted in the making of Gaspard and Xavier’s dream jackets. The whole collection consists of 3 leather jackets and 2 skinny jeans. It is limited though and only available at select locations. It is a ‘bit’ expensive, so I’ll never get my hands on one, but my favourite jacket is this:

The second aspect is studio, containing a group of art directors. They’ve worked with Marc jacobs, Tsumori Chisato, Chromeo, Midnight Juggernauts,…and many more. So they cover a lot of grounds: fashion, art and music!

The third aspect is film. The cousins Jeremie Rozan & Martial Schmeltz teamed up, which resulted in the making of commercials and music videos. They’ve done clips for Black Kids, Midnight juggernauts, Justice and Goose! You can watch the vid for Bring it on, by Goose here. And hey! don’t we all just love Goose.

I think we’re gonna hear a lot more of Surface 2 air in the near future and wish them all the best.

Luv,

P.

Yes it’s true, I confess: I’ve got a thing for Metronomy.

This ‘thing’ has just developed a couple of days ago. But let’s start with the beginning: I heard about them months and months ago but for one reason or another I wasn’t particularly interested in them at that time. It changed a couple of months later when I was listening to the radio on a very late hour. It’s something I normally never do but I suppose it was faith because they just started playing ‘A Thing For Me’ by Metronomy. I didn’t realise it was them until they said so.

I obsessively started searching for the song but unfortunately enough couldn’t find it anywhere. And then finally a couple of days ago I thought of the song (I have no idea why) and searched for them on HypeM. And they had lots and lots of it so I immediately downloaded it and I have been listening to it for days and days now.

What they do with keyboards is just amazing. Even those instrumental songs make me dance till I fall down. ‘A Thing For Me’ has kind of become my anthem I think, I play it at least one time a day and try to sing along as loud as I can. Try it sometime! It makes you feel goooooooood.

Oh and write down in your diary on 8 september: release of ‘Nights Out’, their debutalbum.

And if the message hasn’t been obvious enough, here it is loud and clear:

LISTEN TO METRONOMY! NOW!

And it’s easy breezy if you just click this link: A Thing For Me
Or this one: Black Eye Burnt Thumb
Or even this one: Toxic (Britney cover)

I noticed recently that only good music videos seem to be coming from Partizan. Really. I haven’t found a bad one, and they have loads. For the ones that have never heard of Partizan before: Partizan is an international community of directors with offices in London, Los Angeles, New York and Paris.
Partizan began by making music videos, then grew and expanded in to commercials, short films, feature films, and more recently TV content and branded content.

Personal favorites:
Saam Farahmand: He is a really talented director. He directed Soulwax‘ tour documentary ‘Part Of The Weekend Never Dies‘ (out on september 8 – go buy it, it’s good). He did all the klaxons videos, the provoking video for Simian Mobile Disco – Hustler, and he did the video for The Bears Are Coming by Late Of The Pier.

Michel Gondry: Director of ‘Eternal Sunshine Of A Spotless Mind’, ‘The Science Of Sleep’ and ‘Be Kind Rewind’. Awesome movies, all of them. Michel Gondry also loves youtube, as a way of viral marketing.
Videos you should check out:
Will it deblend
Sweded trailer of Be Kind Rewind (with Michel Gondry playing all the parts).
Michel Gondry Solves a Rubiks Cube with his Nose
Jack Black beats Michel Gondry with his rubiks cubes

Last friday I was standing in the club at the Pukkelpop festival, waiting for Lightspeed champion. And I found myself thinking: “how did I encounter upon this music? and how come I forgot all about it the last few months.”

I know it all started with Test Icicles and not so long after it already ended, but I really liked their music and found it sad they were no more. At the beginning of 2008 I suddenly wanted to know what happened to Dev. So google and myspace (the good friends that they are.) searched for him and send me a youtube video.

Galaxy of the lost by Lightspeed Champion.

I soon fell in love with the music. I can relate to much of his lyrics. It’s about things that people face everyday, all over the world. I absolutely love the ’stay the fuck away from me’ lyrics. A lot of people know what it feels like when you’re in love with someone and they made you think they loved you back and suddenly drop the bomb on you that it’s all not so true, or people who make you feel less then you are. This song is perfect for it:

Finally, I’ve given up all hope.
stay indoors and mope.
tightening that rope.

I’m getting burnt more times than I have before.
I’ve realised once more
that everyone’s a whore.

My faggot hair.
and my stupid clothes.
look good inside closed doors.
can’t take this anymore..

Fall in love, every other day.
then out of love into space.
worlds that i create.

I’m learning my lesson all the time.
learnt from all the crimes.
and from all your lies.

Immy varmer you’re a stupid bitch.
how could you do this to me…

Oh girl,
stay the fuck away from me…
stay the fuck away from me.
oh darling

fuck off
Model chicks they get me so down.
curves so smooth and round.
oh when is it my turn.

I know my thoughts are so absurd,
no reason to treat me
in this party i’m the third.

Fall for all your compliments.
I don’t mean to be blunt.
but why don’t you fuck off

Oh girl,
stay the fuck away from me

It’s hot, in my bedroom tonight.
I’m burning in my lies.
deceit between your thighs.
let’s keep this one to ourselves.
ashamed of myself.
deteriorating health.

how could I have been so fucking dumb.
to think that i’m your number one.
well,baby you flipped the switch.
so fuck off bitch.

You don’t need too many words to express yourself .

Other songs worth mentioning: Tell me what it’s worth, Everybody I know is listening to crunk, Midnight suprise. After listening to these, I bet you have a pretty good idea what it’s all about.

I was supposed to see them in march , but I guess I went to a wombats gig instead and that’s why I forgot all about them, but Pukkelpop made me fall in love all over again.

If you want to know more about him, and the band, go here.

A little fashion remark: he knows how to dress himself, really lovely clothes. I’m a fan.

luv,

Phara.

Last years pukkelpop started for me with Bonde Do Role. Marina is such an amazing singer. She doesn’t have an incredible voice, but she was the best frontwoman Bonde Do Role could have wished for. What an energy on the stage! You can imagine I was really sad when I heard that she left Bonde Do Role sometime during the past year.

After she left, she left a gap that no woman could fill up. Bonde Do Role held auditions on MTV Brazil to find a new frontwoman. I like to think they didn’t find someone good enough to replace Marina, and instead they picked 2 girls and forced them to copy everything that makes a good Marina. That thought only became stronger when I saw Bonde Do Role with the two new girls on Dour this year.

I wonder what Marina is up to right now.

Bonde Do Role – Marina Gasolina