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Since i’ve been NYC I met up with a fellow depthCore artist, Ikaruga from Montreal for the first time, great guy. Ika played a bitcore/gabber set as Aliceffect at this club in Chinatown called Tank, lots of fun. Everything was lo-fi/8bit, from the modded NES visuals, to the performers sequencing on their gameboys. An underground culture i’ve always knew existed, but never experienced till this point, very small and tight like drum & bass.

Check out more photos on my Flickr

I’ve had the pleasure of working with a great person and talented art director for the past few weeks at Special Ops Media. His name is Joe Marconi, he does great work, is pretty dangerous behind the camera, and has a wicked side project known as Hi-Fi Live, an art/culture blog that throws rogue swank parties around NYC. Check it!

I’ve finally found a place that sleeps as little as I do. The two weeks I’ve been here doing a contract job for Special Ops Media have gone by so fast, which is certainly the pace here, I dig it. The people at Special Ops are amazing, and I hope to be involved with them in the near future ;)

There is so much to do here, it’s kinda of hard to figure out what sort of shinnanigans I want to get into. The first few days, I just had a blast wandering around Manhattan. Art, everywhere, walked into a few galleries during my trek, and saw a cool exhibition of celeb photography, mostly shots of Mick Jagger and Sid Vicious in a sea of women and alcohol, on my next art stop I found some high end gallery that had a nice little Dali collection, even an original, was pretty sweet seeing my idol’s work in person for the first time.

I recently visited the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Witnessed tons of amazing exhibits, one in particular that i enjoyed was Richard Prince’s, his typographic pieces filled with dark humor were amazing. Minneapolis has such a rich art scene, and i’d have to say the walker is at the center of it, certainly one of the best museums i’ve ever been to, from the architecture to the curation, pure choice!

These photos were taken on my iPhone, which take pretty good pictures for a phone. First shot is from the 3rd floor look out point, overlooking the Minneapolis skyline. The 2nd shot is at the entrance to one of the minimalism exhibits, i love the flourished ceiling, reminds me of Ryan McGuiness.

I’m very pleased to announce the launch of Breakbeat Science Gear. A limited edition line of shirts and hoodies, designed by my partner DB & myself, along with some great artists and designers. Feeling the current social mood and climate, the emphasis is on “cheap & cheerful”, with a price tag that anybody can afford. The clothing will only be available through the BBS Gear online store, and a few select stores around the country.

Advanced Photoshop Magazine has added me to their 2008 graduate showcase in their 44th issue. I can’t believe I got a full page! Despite the blatant misspelling of my name, I’m super stoked. Big thanks to Imagine Publishing for the support.

The full scan of the article can be read on Flickr

I just came back from a trip to Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and was lucky to visit the Milwaukee Art Museum. I was first blown away by the building designed by Spain’s Santiago Calatrava. The museum has a great collection, I got to see some Warhol soup cans, and a Monet, as well as a bunch of great contemporary, historical, and Op Art. Certainly a midwest treasure you must check out. You can view more photos of the museum on my Flickr.

Was just chilling out a bit with some iTunes radio, Groove Salad, while doing my blog email run before bed and a Dzihan & Kamien tune popped on, Basmati. This song just embodies what i like about these two austrian guys, the mellow vibes are perfect for lounging, but most of their tunes have just enough percussion to keep them from being too ambient, certainly danceable, and they balance the synthesized and organic instruments quite well.

I’ve been a fan of them for years but kind of forgot about them for a bit, it’s nice to relive old favorites unexpectedly. Gotta love the humorous album art as well :)

Well i’ve finally found time from my freelancing to get this blog going, and i’m really psyched to be able to share my creative process, whereabouts, inspiration, works in progress; and to interact with my viewers. This blog is powered by Wordpress, which i’ve been learning in the past few months, and have found it very impressive and easy to work with, i recommend it to anyone, even as a content management system beyond a blog.

I’ve also added another section to my site, Branding, which showcases some of my favorite logo, and business card work, as well as a new piece titled Royal Perception in the Selected Work area. Enjoy!