Wednesday, November 10, 2004

Robin Guthrie - Lumiere Scott and I went and saw Robin Guthrie, of the Cacteau Twins, perform a live sountrack to his 40 minute film Lumiere on Monday night at the Magic Bag in Ferndale, MI. "Lumiere is a 40 minute long animated film created as a backdrop to a sublime collection of sensual and atmospheric, guitar only, instrumentals of truly hypnotic beauty performed live by Robin Guthrie. As the founder member of the seminal Cocteau Twins, Robin Guthrie has created some of the most beautiful music of recent times and is widely regarded as a musical visionary. The distinctive sonic landscapes that have become his trademark are again on display throughout the Lumiere performance and at time touches upon his, thus far, only instrumental album Imperial and his legions of admirers will find much that they recognize and love. Yet what marks this performance out from his recorded work is the spaciousness of the music. Robin employs an astonishingly down-tempo pace throughout the performance to mesmerizing effect. This is music to drift away to... music in which you can lose yourself... The film itself has been made with the same craft and techniques which Robin has used in the sonic world for years, an interweaving and layering of images, creating distinct moods which are reflected my the music being played. The music is 'improvised within the framework dictated by the visuals' and used no fixed rhythm or 'beats' but more relies on layers of treated guitars and cyclic melodies." [via Rx Gallery] There is also a nice article at The Herald about Lumiere. 6:54:51 PM    comment []  trackback []

part hipster wig / part functional hat Megan Reardon of Organized Knitter crafted this knitted wig/hat to get rid of neon yarn. And although you won't be able to buy one, you can make one yourself. Megan posted detailed instructions on knitty.com. Josh Rubin says it reminds both of Anime and "Lego Land citizen wear". A little late for Halloween, but this is a darn cool do-it-yourself project for all you crafty OCC'ers. [via Cool Hunting, Design Sponge and Core77 and  Outside Circle Collective] 3:42:51 PM    comment []  trackback []