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Ninja Tune cover exhibition at the AB restaurant, Brussels

kev — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:43:33 +0000

More info here Photos by Paul Lamont

Ninja Tune Exhibition opens today

kev — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:18:12 +0000

Well last night’s book launch at Black Dog’s gallery in Kings Cross was a lot of fun, a huge turn out of artists, staff, friends and family made it a massive success. Thanks to everyone at Black Dog for a supreme effort in turning the exhibition round in three days, also everyone who came down, there were a few old faces I’d not seen in years and some who I’d only known via email but never met in person. Photos by Martin LeSanto-Smith, on form as ever to capture the event.

The exhibition is open to the public, free, between 12-5pm Monday-Friday until September 16th. It’s situated at 10a Acton St, London, WC1X 9NG, nearest tube is Kings Cross and then it’s a 5 minute walk, press the buzzer and you’ll be let in.

Teaser

kev — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:02:55 +0000

Opening this Friday in London – free!

kev — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:57:48 +0000

Black Dog Publishing, 10a Acton St. London, WC1X 9NG

There’s a buzzer to the left, you get let in when you ring

More 3A goodness

kev — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:28:05 +0000

This dropped through the post last week, well, it actually arrived by courier, soaking wet, looking like it had been sitting in a puddle for some time, the cardboard around it literally falling off when I unwrapped it. Good job they wrapped it in bubble wrap, and it’s a heavy bugger too at 12″x12″ size. This is Entr3At – a visual celebration of the first 2 years of Ashley Wood and Kim Fung Wong’s 3A toy making company, makers of the best robot toys in the world by a long chalk. This is my kind of book, studio shots of the badly weathered toys, production designs, work in progress, box layouts and logo art for the individual figures. To think that they made all this in just 2 years is incredible and there’s already much more in the pipeline for a follow up later.

Their latest release is a ‘Heavy’ version of the popular Bramble bot, this time with huge bazooka and tougher build, coming in 4 different colourways. My good friend JP McCarthy managed to score me a Grave Digger variant this week and they sold out on pre-order in hours. Not cheap at $280 a pop but that includes shipping to anywhere in the world (and these bots aren’t small), some of the nicest packaging you’ll ever see and the most detailed paint jobs this side of a film set. These will doubtless not even turn up until around xmas time, if that, as they take a long time to make but a 3A package at the door is always a treat.

Mmmmmm… Ghost Box

kev — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:57:59 +0000

Coming in September – Study Series 3 & 4

Kraftwerk Tribute 12″ of a different kind

kev — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:38:49 +0000

Here’s something interesting I stumbled across whilst perusing the Kraftwerk Facebook page that’s been set up by fans. A limited edition of the band’s Tour De France 12″ that comes with a built in player like those cheesy birthday cards you can get that play a tune when you open them.

The designer’s name is Woes Van Haaften and there are 5 different sleeve colours to choose from but they don’t come cheap let me warn you! Full info and a little film here

DJ Woody’s Turntables In Technicolour T-shirt

kev — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:07:54 +0000

The good man DJ Woody foisted one of these beauties on me at the weekend at the Big Chill, I never knew he was a graphic designer in a previous life. This is the logo for his AV performances ‘Turntables in Technicolour’, a homage to Santa Cruz artist Jim Phillips‘ iconic screaming hand logo and a beautiful job he’s done too, this shirt is quality.

Belbury Poly – Farmer’s Angle (Revised)

kev — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 22:00:31 +0000

Yes! At last I can complete (sort of) my Ghost Box collection with the forthcoming reissue of their first release, now revised and on 10″ vinyl. There will also be a new edition of the CD and a download, all coming on September 10th. No tracklist yet but it’s great to know that GB are going to slowly reissue all their back catalogue on gorgeous vinyl, yeah I’m a sucker like that.

Ninja Tune 20 year exhibition in London

kev — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:01:51 +0000

Opening in 2 weeks time will be Ninja’s first bonafide exhibition in the UK to celebrate the publication of the book, ‘Ninja Tune: 20 Years of Beats & Pieces’. Black Dog Publishing have generously offered to host a little showcase of the design and imagery that went into it and, after designing the book, the box set and all the paraphernalia that goes with it, I’m curating the exhibition too. It will feature lots of original artwork, models, posters, sleeves, flyers and promo bits from across the years.

It opens Friday, 20th of August at Black Dog’s gallery space, 10 Acton St. London, WC1X 9NG between 12-5pm weekdays and is only on for a month. There will be a special pop up shop on Saturday 11th September where there will be several special items for sale, hand picked from the Ninja archives as well as the new book.