Thursday, July 28, 2011

The Ocean Doesn't Want Me

Working with these guys on their new album.

It's quite daunting as they are friends and a band I greatly respect. I've got the concept for their album and references (which feels like it isn't enough), so I am thus working on ideas for the album art revolving around the concept of a funeral and the Ghent Altarpiece. Don't know what that is? Go read up on it here.

It's a very rad concept and I'm racking my brain to come up with something feasible to show them. The funeral part of it is as follows: There are 7 songs on the album and they represent the 7 characters at the funeral.

1. The Father
2. Millias (The Priest)
3. The Wife
4. The Son
5. The Mistress
6. The Best Friend and
7. The Earth

Now I can go into much more detail, but I'll be adding forever and you'll be reading forever, so do yourselves a favor and read up on the Ghent Piece or Adoration of the Mystic Lamb as it is known. That might not explain a lot, but I don't wanna give to much away right now.

I'll do updates on this process along the way; for now though: here's a little something.

Thanks for reading

Beastie - The Factory 2011

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Architecture

Just a few architecture type shots.

Church in Warden - 2009
Laudium - 2011
Laudium - 2011

Monday, July 25, 2011

Bands: Eyes Like Mirrors

Here's my second post that I promised.

A little smaller than the previous, but a good amount of photos still. I met these guys in 2009 I think as they were studying with my friend at InHouse studios in Johannesburg. Quiet and reserved bunch of dudes, but their music speaks a lot even if they don't.

Go check them out here if you'd like and I'm sure they'll be playing a show somewhere near you soon. Loud, pretty instrumental rock!

Jason, Matthew - The Factory 2011
Shannon - The Factory 2011
Ben - The Factory 2011
Jason - The Factory 2011
Shannon - The Factory 2011
Matthew - The Factory 2011
Matthew, Ben - The Factory 2011
Jason, Matthew - The Factory 2011
Jason - The Factory 2011
Shannon - The Factory 2011
Eyes Like Mirrors - Cafe Arc 2010
Shannon - The Factory 2011
Eyes Like Mirrors - Cafe Arc 2010

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Bands: Fulka

First up for my  two "monster posts" is Fulka.

They've been going for about a year and a half now, but I could be wrong. I first saw them with "The Watermark High's" album launch in March of last year and was quite pleasantly surprised by they're folk/electronica or "folktronica" sound as they like to call it.

They're album launch for "The Mystery of Seven Stars" they're debut album earlier this year saw them pull quite a huge crowd at Tings an' Times in Pretoria. If you'd like to know more about them, go check them out here.

Enjoy
Thanks for reading

Jacob Israel - Tings an' Times 2010
Corne Roodt - Tings an' Times 2010
Ola Kobak - Tings an' Times 2010
Ola Kobak - Tings an' Times 2010
Ola Kobak - Tings an' Times 2010
Jacob Israel, Ola Kobak - Tings an' Times 2010
Fulka - Tings an' Times 2010
Christiaan Henn - Platform on 18th 2010
Jean-Louise Nel - Tings an' Times 2011
Fulka - Tings an' Times 2011
Ola Kobak, Christiaan Henn - Tings an' Times 2011
Jacob Israel, Christiaan Henn, Ola Kobak, Corne Roodt - Tings an' Times 2011
Jean-Louise Nel, Christian Henn - Tings an' Times 2011
Jean-Louise Nel - Tings an' Times 2011
Jean-Louise Nel, Ola Kobak - Tings an' Times 2011
Christian Henn - Tings an' Times 2011
Jean-Louise Nel - Tings an' Times 2011
Jean-Louise Nel - Tings an' Times 2011
Ola Kobak, Corne Roodt, Jean-Louise Nel - Tings an' Times 2011
Christiaan Henn - Tings an' Times 2011
Jean-Louise Nel - Tings an' Times 2011
Fulka - Tings an' Times 2011

Friday, July 22, 2011

Preview

Here's a look at what I've been busy with.

Thanks for reading

Fulka - Tings an' Times 2011
Eyes Like Mirrors - The Factory 2011


Thursday, July 21, 2011

Bands: Hokum

If you don't know who "Hokum" are, go and do yourself a favor and check out their Facebook page here: On there you'll find various links to their band page on different sites with some awesome tracks like "The Emerald" and "Touch Power" to name a few.

Other than that they're playing a show in Pretoria at Cafe Barcelona on the 30th of July, so go and check them out. They really are amazing. If you're still not convinced by my poor "salesmanship". Do you recall a band named "Marlowe"? One of my all time favorite bands (and they still are).

I've had the privilege of meeting them a few times as Marlowe and now as Hokum and they're still the same bunch of down to earth dudes who just love making music. Anyway, I'm reminiscing here; so I'll shut up now. Here are some photos.

Comments are welcome and thanks to those who've had nice things to say.

Thanks for reading

Scott Wareham - Black Dahlia 2011
Conrad de Jong - Black Dahlia 2011
Jason Jackson - Black Dahlia 2011
Jason Jackson - Black Dahlia 2011
Conrad de Jong - Black Dahlia 2011
Jason Jackson - Black Dahlia 2011
Conrad de Jong - Black Dahlia 2011
Scott Wareham - Black Dahlia 2011
Conrad de Jong - Black Dahlia 2011
Jason Jackson - Black Dahlia 2011