February 2017
Check Your Neck | Luxury brand Sansovino6 is inviting you to ‘Resist!’ and ‘Wake up for Freedom’
Three days ago some activists hung a ‘Refugees Welcome’ banner at the base of the Statue of Liberty.
Last week in Barcelona over 160,000 people marched for the refugees an..
Herva | How to make music from a mathematical function
Over the past twenty years music has become the crooked product of a shrewd money-making machine – the music industry – with no intent of promoting real talent. So if the raw mat..
Fade Resistance | Zun Lee’s project restores orphaned Polaroids of Black families
When I want to embrace my blackness, I immerse myself in artworks that depict the beauty in the normality of black life. The warmth they convey touches my chord and makes my “fee..
Ice Drop | DJ Lag’s new video will make you want to go straight to Durban
A few months after the release of his first EP Dj Lag managed to impress again.
The so called “gqom king” just dropped a video via Fact Magazine for the track Ice Drop taken f..
Dzhangal | The objects of Calais shot by Gideon Mendel
Walking down Rivington Street to get in front of the Autograph ABP gallery is quite a shock. From the carefree hipster crowds of Old street and Shoreditch to what’s left of the m..
Dev Hynes and Bryndon Cook’s “Hymn” video is a magic tribute to Malick Sidibé
Last month Dev(onté) Hynes – a.k.a. Blood Orange – and Bryndon Cook – a.k.a. Starchild –released “Hymn” a single track from their new side project Veil Hymn.
In June, the Bri..
Ivan Forde on the politics behind what he makes
Talking with photographer Ivan Forde, you realize he is constantly pitching himself into an unknown future that he makes up as curiosity dictates. He’ll tell you that he came to ..
Dominowe | Gqom Oh! first solo release SiyaThakatha is out
Last weekend Gqom oh! launched their first solo release SiyaThakatha by the young and talented Durban producer Dominowe.
He had already featured in the previous release ..