Stolen Moments

Our interview with photographer Ruvan Wijesooriya on following LCD Soundsystem for seven years

Best known for capturing snippets of NYC nightlife and portraits of art-world celebrities, New York photographer Ruvan Wijesooriya also served as the official photographer for music label DFA. While shooting for them Wijesooriya worked closely with its co-founder, James Murphy—perhaps better known as the founding member of LCD Soundsystem. For seven years, Wijesooriya followed the band around the globe, documenting tours, parties and get-togethers in …

Piramida

Sampled sounds from an Arctic ghost town comprise the unlikely music on Efterklang's new album

Perpetually in search of new possibilities in the realm of music, the trio behind the Danish band Efterklang set out on a sound-seeking mission last August to the remote island of Spitsbergen to create their fourth album, Piramida. Over the course of their nine-day expedition on the Arctic isle—one that required a year’s time to obtain permission to visit the territory and its abandoned structures—musicians …

Institute of Incoherent Cinematography

Silent films set to a background of live music bring culture for the China Tour

Located in the former Hong’en Daoist Temple in the heart of the old city, the Zajia Lab has become an epicenter of Beijing cultural life. In the past several months, it has welcomed some of Beijing’s most respected musicians and documentary filmmakers to the stage, so it was hardly surprising that the Institute of Incoherent Cinematography (IOIC) settled on the Zajia venue for its new …