Brand New School
Wow. If you're interested in cutting egde graphics, design & advertising check the website of Brand New School - an awarding winning graphics design studio - for a wealth of innovative artwork, Flash movies, click-worthy links... the whole 9 yeards. Amazing. They work for MTV2, etc.

Also check TokyoPlastic for some amazing Flash graphics (I found the link on the Brand New School bulletin board.

The Polyphonic Spree
This "ambitious pop project that remain hard to pin down" was first brought to my attention when beatmaker Rjd2 remixed one of their songs. Then - right now - I just noticed that they're one of the opening bands at the Roskilde Festival where I'm going to for the 10th year in a row next week. Anyways, the off-beat photo below is apperantly from a recent Polyphonic Spree photo shoot.



About the remix:
"Rjd2 picks up on the rhythm of the song, chopping up its parts and turning them into a nonstop beat-parade." Source: Boston Phoenix

Sutrapumo: Winners!
What a succes story. You probably read about Sutrapumo here before anywhere else, and yes, the band just won the Danish edition of the international Emergenza music contest. They'll be playing The European Finals in Hamburg on August 9th, 2003 in the next round. What's next for these guys?Congratulations!!

Read more (in Danish)

The Ownerz
Let's get back to the program. Gang Starr (DJ Premier and G.U.R.U.) are back with their new album. Courtesy of DR, click here to listen to all the songs (in a row) and make your own opinion about the new material.

The Alis Project
Just checkin' out the ALIS news section for some street vibes, and it turns out there's some info on APX: The Alis Project Xhibit, which could become the biggest Danish export success since Lego.



"In 2002 ALIS assembled a creative team in conjunction with the design group UNIT-. The team consists of 4 designers: Satoru Inoue, Jacob Wildschioedtz, Troels Faber and Jonas Hz and the project, collectively known as "APX" was launched. APX is a shortening of ALIS PROJECT XHIBIT and is pronounced [apex]. This is an important art project for ALIS. The word apex means a spiritual summit or peak. With this in mind, the goal is to create a forum where the highest ideals of ALIS can be expressed freely without boundaries or constraints such as commercial value, current trends etc. This spirit will be captured visually through various exhibitions, events and related medias.

In spring 2003 the first APX session was presented to the public in the form of an exclusive and limited collection of experimental design and clothing. This was the beginning of the APX clothing-line.

Every single product is unique and made by hand. All elements in the APX clothing-line have a creative function through integrated and various tools. It is an unfinished canvas that invites for interaction and further creative development. According to the way of life in Christiania, this gives the perfect opportunity to customize and differentiate every product.
Style can't be mass-produced!"

Word. Nice to sees Danes with global ambitions. Read the whole piece (Word .doc).