Zouk Boutique News flash!
Fresh from the cartons, ACNE PAPER (10th Issue, Summer 2010) is now available at Zouk Boutique in limited quantity. Grab ‘em while you can!
Zouk Boutique is open from 8PM – 4AM on Wed, Fri, Sat & Eve of Public Holiday.
ReadySet Glo 3rd Anniversary: Spotted!
And what a smashin’ anniversary it was!
We’ll let the photos speak for themselves :]
The Gala Premiere of Red Bull’s Art of Can
The Art of Can is Red Bull’s most prestigious art event since 1997. Previously held in Austria, Germany, Holland, United Kingdom, South Africa and the US, this year marks the first time it’s taking place in Singapore. To mark this inaugural event is the Gala Premiere which is an exhibition featuring creative masterpieces made by Singaporean artists, inspired by Red Bull cans.
Red Bull Gala Invitation
Just 3 days away and with invitations for myself, Jye and friends we’ll be slinking around the exhibit, with no need for snooping like I mentioned in my first blog post and ooh-ing and aah-ing at the 56 pieces that made it through for public viewing! Most importantly - Are we one of them? HELL YEAH! That was good enough as winning for me.
Aardvarck: Choice (Eat Concrete)
The brilliant and almost theatrical, Aardvarck, unto year 25 of his career, returns with a new album this August.
Named, Choice, this pretty distinctive dutch producer follows last year’s digital-only offering, Titi, with an even deeper crate mix.
While Aardvarck’s sound is generally too amorphous and multi-faceted to pin down, it’s fair to say the Choice cuts are more or less grounded in an esoteric, post-dubstep, hip-hop idiom. Rimmed with a spectrum of materials from raw bass lines to electronic laser sharp shooter samplers and even the occasional orchestral strings, dire fans of Flying Lotus, Mount Kimbie, Madlib and smooth sounds of Omar S should definitely keep your toes warmed.
AARDVARCK – CHOICE – (LP SNIP MIX) – EAT-CD-018 by Eat Concrete
Aardvarck mixes a selection of his forthcoming album ‘Choice’, out on Eat Concrete Records summer 2010.
Released By: Eat Concrete, Aug 1, 2010
Adapted via [FACT]
The Art of Can: Exclusive Preview for Zouk Members!
A couple of months back, Red Bull posed a simple question: what can a creative mind do with the body of a Red Bull can? Now, Red Bull is revealing the answers at The Art of Can exhibition, held in Singapore for the first time ever!
*Exclusive for Velvet Underground, Zouk & Privilege members!
Red Bull will be holding a special closed-door preview for Zouk membership cardholders on Thursday 1 July, from 6pm to 9pm! Simply present your membership card for entry to the preview. Members are allowed to bring along friends and family.
The Art of Can
3 July to 11 July 2010 at *SCAPE Singapore
The Art of Can is Red Bull’s international creative challenge for highly imaginative minds, whether for full time or amateur artists. Imagination is the only limit.
This exhibition concludes the one and a half month long competition, and will see our best local artistic talents competing for the top 3 prizes, which include a trip for two to Berlin, a trip for two to Melbourne and more!
Don’t forget to log onto the Red Bull Art of Can Singapore to vote for the People’s Choice Award as well!
ReadySet Glo 3rd Anniversary with Major Lazer
Has it really been 3 years of riotous Indie Disco/Electronica parties aka ReadySet Glo? 3 years on and RSG is all set to take on an edgier hedonic persona celebrating self indulgence and alternative bold opinions at its 3rd anniversary romp at Zouk on Saturday 26 June!
And no DJ duo would be more apt than Major Lazer (Diplo & Switch), making their Singapore debut, to kill the dance floor at this anniversary blowout!
As with previous RSG parties, British high-street fashion label Topshop & Topman will be style-hunting the good lookers, and cash vouchers await those who are decked out in their togs! Be sure to check out their latest summer collection in stores!
ReadySet Glo 3rd Anniversary with Major Lazer – Facebook event here! Also don’t miss out on Topshop & Topman’s exclusive contest to win a special party package for you and 4 friends – guest list to the party, a photo op with Major Lazer themselves, a tray of the award-winning sour plum infused vodka shots from 42Below and Topshop & Topman goodie bags!
James Zabiela ~ Shaggy Toyboy Who Loves Boy’s Toys
Who wants a cool enough dad, splitting your eardrums with rave music from the age of 12?
Who wants to be the posterboy behind Pioneer’s latest boy-gadget, CDJ 2000s (that have created considerable controversy but let’s save that for another time)? Who wants to be a bedroom DJ fiddling with knobs for bleeps & loops, then skyrocketing into DJ superstardom? Well, guest writer, Zul Andra from Kiss My Culture, tries to contain his awe with this one.
You were born and raised in Southampton and your father used to work in a local record shop and would do takeaways on early house and techno tunes.
That was how I was introduced to House music, yeah. I used to work in his record shop & that was the main reason really, otherwise I would have gone onto a completely different path because when I was in school I was more into Rock and Grunge; you know, more indie stuff.
Not really into dance music, in fact I didn’t like it at all, until I worked in the shop. My dad would come home and he will be like playing this rave music really loud and I was only 12. He will be playing this noisy, loud stuff, making my wrestling toy figurines fall off the shelves and I didn’t like it for that reason (laughs). But it all started to make sense as I grew older and worked in the shop.
In 2001, you won Muzik Magazine’s “Best Bedroom Bedlam DJ”. Looking back, could that be considered as one of the definitive moment of your DJing career and why?
Yeah that and also the fact that the same tape got into the hands of Sasha. Lee Burridge gave Sasha the tape and it was like a double boost at the same time. So I went from nowhere to somewhere pretty fast.
Flea & Easy: Summer Dreaming!!
