Vintage Fashion – La Solución

Por Dee Cabal, desde Londres

Reconozco que muy pocas veces me aventuro más allá del West End de Londres (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_End_of_London).  Las últimas veces que  he paseado por Londres lo he hecho en lugares degradantemente turísticos, sin propuestas nuevas – las masas de gente caminando son turistas de todas partes del mundo o vergonzosos estereotipos londinenses.  Estereotipos que no representan esta maravillosa ciudad – forman parte de ella, pero no la representan.

Sin embargo, ahora estoy en el mercado de Old Spitalfield Market, a escasos metros de la famosa calle Liverpool al Este de Londres, comiendo lo que es una de las mejores ensaladas que he probado fuera de las que yo preparo en mi casa.  Admito que yo escogí los ingredientes, pero aún así la combinación de sabores, energía y ambiente es excitante. 

Estoy afuera de un pequeño lugar llamado ‘Chop’d’ observando la variedad de estilos y tendencias individuales que la gente del Este de Londres expone al resto del mundo. La idea original era ir en busca de las famosas tiendas de ropa ‘vintage’; principalmente ‘Absolute Vintage’ (www.absolutevintage.co.uk), que en una encuesta reciente se ubica entre las ‘100 tiendas que debes de visitar antes de morir’.  Las otras son Paper Dress y Blondie.  Las tres magníficas.

La definición de ‘vintage fashion’ es toda aquella prenda – de diseñador o no – que pertenezca a otra época, es decir, con mas de 15 años de haber salido a la venta.  Específicamente toda prenda que marcó época e hizo historia.  La ropa vintage es normalmente donada por personas que hacen una limpieza a fondo de su guadarropa, o son rescatadas de bodegas, clósets en varios lugares del mundo.

Con mas de 2000 prendas únicas que llegan a diario a ésta bodega-convertida-a-tienda, y cientos de zapatos de todas las épocas, ‘Absolute Vintage’ se ha convertido en la Meca para aquellos que adoran crear estilos – aquellos que tienen un estilo propio y que poseen el don de mezclar piezas únicas y crear una moda urbana que podría desembocar en las pasarelas internacionales.  Esto es lo original.


 

Mexico's Dapuntobeat to play FIB!

Por N.A.O.M.I.

They are the only mexican act to have been schedule to perform at the prestigious Festival Internacional de Benicassim, not just once, but twice.

Formed  in 1998 in the heart of Jardin Balbuena, Mexico City, Dapuntobeat has shared stage with Stereo MC's,The Freestylers, Bentley Rythym Ace, The Avalanches, Orbital, The Juan Mclean, and Fat Boy Slim, to name a few. They also keep themselves busy producing music for films and other interesting projects.

Jose Miguel from Dapuntobeat, and I used to share a flat in Condesa a few years ago, it's how we first met. Fast Fwd to 2008 and we have started a DJ duo together. Our sets include our favourite tunes from yesterday, tomorrow and today comletey decontstructed and reimagined by our techy and twisted minds respectively. We've already recieved interest to play in New York City which is ace. We have played with Lo-Fi-Fnk, Dollz at Play, A Touch of Class (at Femaco Art Fair), as well as other events such as Fashion Week's official party.

But back to Dapuntobeat, here's where you can see them play next:

30 May 2008      21:00
    El Imperial     Mexico DF
4 Jul 2008     23:45
    Bulldog     Mexico DF
18 Jul 2008     20:00
    Festival internacional de Benicassism fib heneken 2008     BENICASSIM España, Castellón
27 Jul 2008     20:00
    Festival de Jazz Heineken Jazzaldia     San Sebastian
8 Aug 2008     20:00
   Way Out West festival     Goteborg Sweden
9 Aug 2008     20:00
   Sodra Teatern     Stockholms län, Sweden  

http://www.myspace.com/dapunto 

If you happen to be the party-globetrotter we imagine you are, then check out this section often cos we'll be posting the hottest news and coolest parties events happening during 2008's edition of the mighty SXSW Music Festival in Austin, TX.

This time around, we have heard that a few Noiselab acts performing somewhere in Austin. Japanther wil be there too. There's also a chat with Moby and a few other oddities and all day/nite extravagazza for your hard core friends.

"South by Southwest Music is four hyperactive days of making connections for musicians, recording companies and every other business touching on music, from concert bookers to copyright lawyers, publishers to Web geeks." New York Times, March 19, 2007

Like every year, there will be loads of alcohol, loads of loud music and loads of wild behaviour, which is why SXSW is the greatest music festival on earth!

http://2008.sxsw.com/music/ 

Naco Nights New York

Por Esta

After presenting Mexican Institute of Sound (MIS) for the first time in New York about a year ago with their debut hit album Méjico Máxico, Fresa Salvaje brings them back to play their second record: Piñata (Nacional Records, 2007) that has already become a success in Mexico and abroad (first single El Micrófono will be featured in Uggly Betty and EA Games FIFA 2008). By creating, in their own words: " An Infectious Pastiche of Electronica, Dub, Cha Cha, Spoken Word and Other Musical Surprises"

Live and direct from Venezuela and recently relocated in Brooklyn, heavily hyped audiovisual band Todosantos mashes up the best of Bmore, 4x4, ghettotech and dubstep into a whole new sound they like to call "tukky bass". The group, comprised of members Peach, Pharaoh and Purple Gold, sets the stage on fire with a stampede of zebras, seizure inducing videos and tukkybass madness, tarning kids into crowd surfing lunatics from coast to coast.

Fresa Salvaje´s beloved DJ Sonido Discoyoacán, always surprising his audience will seduce you with the finest selection of cumbia and electronic music from Mexico and abroad while eye candy Fresa Salvaje founder DJ Papichulo will make you sing and dance the songs that you thought were forgotten.

 
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