Nicolas Jaar: Noise

Fleetwood Mac, Nicolas Jaar, Drake and more in our weekly music recap

The Avant/Garde Diaries sat down with recent Brown University graduate Nicolas Jaar in an extensive interview that sheds light on his creative process and the themes he is exploring in his current work. One of such topics is broken technology, which Jaar captures through “Noise,” a short tune that channels his thoughts on what it means to be so connected. Of his look at the …

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Fleetwood Mac, Nicolas Jaar, Drake and more in our weekly music recap

Bonobo: Cirrus Interview Magazine checks in with Simon Green, the British musician better known as Bonobo, to glean a little insight into his newly-released album, The North Borders. The NYC-based solo artist talks about the therapeutic aspects of recording, the globalization of music, working with Erykah Badu—who is featured on the album—and the intricacy of his work, saying “I often have an idea and it …

The Hill-Side SS13 Animated Lookbook

Blossoming neckties, swirling scarves and peeping pocket squares come out in GIFs

To accompany their just-released SS13 accessories collection, Brooklyn-based design outlet The Hill-Side created a dynamic lookbook of 10 cheeky gifs animating exploding neckties, swirling scarves and peeping pocket squares as their wearers try to sit still. The Hill-Side once again collaborated with director Alan Poon of interactive agency Folkloric to put together the pseudo-stop-action frames (Poon also directed their “How to Tie a Bowtie” instructional …