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Tame Impala - Solitude is Bliss

Posted by Nicole @ 10:55 PM August 10, 2010


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More London snapshots

Posted by Nicole @ 02:56 PM August 03, 2010

Oxford Street underground
Oxford Street underground

The Gherkin
The Gherkin


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Recently spotted in Amsterdam

Posted by Nicole @ 02:51 PM August 03, 2010

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Fake at Oudezijds Voorburgwal (Amsterdam)

fin dac
Fin DAC at Korte Korsjespoorsteeg (Amsterdam)


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Whitecross Street Party (London)

Posted by Nicole @ 11:59 AM July 30, 2010

More photo's on Flickr.


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C215's Midnight Dreams at Signal Gallery

Posted by Nicole @ 07:46 PM July 29, 2010

'This is completely different from last year,' is what my London friend says to me when entering Signal Gallery. The previous year we visited C215's solo show called Shoeshiners at the same gallery. Midnight Dreams is his second solo show there and is running until 7th August. Shoeshiners was all about his past travelling adventures and the people and places he visited. Midnight Dreams is inspired by his childhood memories in Orleans, a city 130 km south of Paris.

The story behind Midnight Dreams starts with this cocktail bar business card, which is exhibited at the front side of the gallery. The man behind C215, Christian Guemy, happens to be in the gallery when we visit. He can hardly remember his teenage years. Between the age of 16 to 20 he took tons of drugs and especially LSD. This show at Signal Gallery is his meditation about this strange period in his life. Guemy: 'Art aims at showing invisible things. It is strange for me to look back in the past.'

In a previous interview on CFYE, Guemy says that 2010 is all about him exploring new fields. With Midnight Dreams he has given his art more color than ever. Yes, colors rule the show in every single artwork. Details are perfectly colored and have given the paintings an extra dimension and unique style. What strikes me is that women mostly rule in his artworks. Perhaps it is because women play a big part in his life? Of course it can only be his 7 year old daughter Nina who is the star in at least a couple of artworks exhibited in the gallery. His most recent memories are those from his recent trip to Italy. The paintings Volare and Cantare (as in that famous song) show these memories. Cantare showing his downside period in Milan and Volare when he found love in Rome. My favourite of the whole show is a painting that is not even for sale, but painted on the wall outside. It is an image of a woman with very mysterious eyes that makes you curious what is inside.

Every C215 show is a must see and so is Midnight Dreams. Signal Gallery is located on Curtain Road in East London. The show is on until 7th August 2010.

More photo's of the show on Flickr.


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A quick visit to London

Posted by Nicole @ 09:42 AM July 27, 2010


View from my friends flat


Eine's The Strangest Week on Hackney Road


Whitecross Street Festival


C215's Midnight Dreams show at Signal Gallery


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Graffiti at Flevopark

Posted by Nicole @ 08:48 AM July 22, 2010

graffiti and tramrails under a bridge at Flevopark
Graffiti and tramrails under a bridge.

ives.one, recal one and chali 2na at work at Flevopark
Ives.one, Recal One and Chali 2na at work.

abandoned spraycan
Abandoned spraycan.


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Jonsi @ Paradiso

Posted by Nicole @ 09:06 AM June 03, 2010

Jónsi @ Paradiso


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Because Chilly Gonzales never stops!

Posted by Nicole @ 08:41 PM May 30, 2010

Chilly Gonzales is a true inspiration. A hardworking man with a lot of talent. AND he never stops. Watch the video below and listen to the lyrics. Hell yeah!

Chilly Gonzales - NEVER STOP (Rap mix) from Chilly Gonzales on Vimeo.


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Some gigs I went to in the past weeks

Posted by Nicole @ 08:53 PM May 29, 2010

Yeah yeah, not much is happening nowadays on that website of mine. I am quite busy with Project ASA and my study. As from July I will have quiet moments again. I promise to make PopScene look a bit more attractive as from July. Maybe.

Anyway, if you haven't kept an eye on my Flickr, you might have missed the few gigs I went to recently. I took my camera with me to all gigs and here are some photo's of me seeing Chilly Gonzales, Jamie Lidell and Liars.

Chilly Gonzales @ Paradiso

Jamie Lidell @ Paradiso

Liars @ Trouw (Amsterdam)


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Project ASA presents...

Posted by Nicole @ 10:25 AM May 06, 2010

...Amsterdam Street Art event from 8-12 June.

Project ASA presents Amsterdam Street Art event / 8-12 June 2010

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Nicole went to Paris and...

Posted by Nicole @ 05:17 PM April 06, 2010

...saw lots of cool street art in Vitry-sur-Seine (suburb of Paris) and went to the final day of Orticanoodles' solo show at Galerie Itinerrance.

Orticanoodles @ Galerie Itinerrance  (Paris) Street art @ Vitry-sur-Seine

- Street art @ Vitry-sur-Seine (pics on Flickr)
- Orticanoodles @ Galerie Itinerrance (pics on Flickr)


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I think I like U 2

Posted by Nicole @ 08:08 PM March 27, 2010

Once there was Poney Poney, a band from Paris. Now there is Jamaica, also from Paris with two Poney Poney ex-members. Their single 'I think I like U 2' has been produced by Xavier de Rosnay, who we know as one half of Justice, and Peter Franco. The above video tells the story of the 'rise and fall' of the two Jamaica members, Antoine and Flo, and is directed by So-Me. In the past So-Me directed video's for Justice and Ed Banger Records artists.

See also: http://www.glamcult.com/?p=4203


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I am dreamin' of you.... (Feldberg)

Posted by Nicole @ 07:39 AM March 20, 2010

I love Iceland. I love Iceland. I love Iceland. I love it when there is a new exciting band from Iceland, who makes music that makes me say 'Wow!'.

My latest Icelandic discovery are a duo called Feldberg, who formed early last year. Their song 'Dreamin' is on the new Kitsune compilation. Check 'em out on their Myspace @ www.myspace.com/feldbergmusic


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If I am not blogging here...

Posted by Nicole @ 07:22 PM March 09, 2010

...I might be blogging on www.glamcult.com/. So that you know!! ;)


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