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SUIT / Topman ROLL NECK / John Smedley SHOES / Doc Marten KATY B PRINT X DIGITAL LABRINTH X PINBOARD LETHAL COCKTAIL BOILER ROOM HITS BOILING POINT ZOLA JESUS FIERCELY INTELLIGENT, ENDEARINGLY AWKWARD HYPER-ANALOGUE THE FUTURE WASNT MEANT TO BE LIKE THIS THE GOLDEN FILTER SYNDROMES LONDON FASHION WEEK ACHRAF AMIRI ALTER SLUT PLUS LANA DEL REY NEON INDIAN P 54 CONTENTS COVER BACKEND 046 / KATY B STARGAZING INTERVIEWS 078 / NEON INDIAN 080 / THE FIELD Brilliant blog crew Pinboard all at once - 2011 has seen Katy B hit interpret the one credible (and 40 PRINT X DIGITAL 026 / LABRINTH BY PINBOARD LETHAL COCKTAIL 46 the heights she deserves. Darling of dan 54 MASTHEAD / EDITORS LETTER In some ways this is an obvious issue of Notion. Weve made explicit all the things we usually like to concern ourselves with: the process of magazine making; the joy of print; the paradox of physicality in a digital age; creative collaborations; lovely photography, wonde Dialogues Field Notes 1. Lanas favourite thing about David Lynchs films, she says, is the titles he gives them. 2. She claims that both songs on her debut single, Video Games and Blue Jeans, are about the same relationship two very different moments in them. 3. Some of our favourite wordplay with h Dialogues Some brief accounts of our recent encounters with artists and other interesting people of note. them may not have realised that she only picked up the guitar around 2006 or 2007, the exact time that she rose to popularity online. On the subject, she later tells me I had a love/hate relatio Dialogues Field Notes 1. Lovebox is held in east Londons Victoria Park, Londons oldest public park. 2. Purveyors of delish cider since 1680, Gaymers are all about the summer music festival season. 3. Janines soundtrack work was for the infamous queer cinema legend, Bruce LaBruce, on his 2010 film, T Dialogues Field Notes 1. Claire is currently on her gap year from studying Fashion Design at the University of Westminster, and working on her leather designs. 2 . Rihanna wore two of Barrows custom-designed jackets for her Loud tour. 3. She is inspired to go far beyond the classic punk painted leat FRONT OF BOOK A SELECTION OF IDEAS, IMAGES, INDIVIDUALS AND ITEMS WE HAVE RECENTLY THOUGHT INTERESTING, NOTEWORTHY, OR APPEALING, OFFERED UP FOR YOU APPRECIATION. WORDS: Nick Levine (NL) / Seb Law (SL) / Caroline Jackson (CJ) / Tom Morse (TM) / Laura Peebles (LP) MOVIE TITLE STILLS COLLECTION annyas DECO THE HALLS WWW.ELKEKRAMER.COM Aussie-based jewellery designer Elke Kramer is one of our discoveries of the summer. 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Th FOB CULTURE DIARY THREE THINGS TO SEE ALLORA AND CALZADILLA Lisson Gallery, London 25/11/1114/01/2012 www.lissongallery.com The interplay between militarism, gymnastics and sound in the context of todays state of war is the central concern of this show at the Lisson by the USs representatives at the LOST POP CLASSICS HOLLY VALANCE STATE OF MIND IN WHICH A GREAT FORGOTTEN POP ALBUM IS GIVEN A RE-AIRING TO ALL OUR BENEFIT I Shes currently attempting to out-Foxtrot Edwina Currie on Strictly Come Dancing, but once upon a time Holly Valance was... Flick from Neighbours? Well, yes, but the Aussie b LUCKY BUGGERS ENTERING COMPETITIONS BY TEXT We will not charge you to enter any of our competitions, just text the keyword to the number stated. Your standard network rate for sending a text message applies. BY EMAIL competitionsmusichqmed stating the issue number (eg 40) of the magazine where you PINBOARDBLOG PRINT VS DIGITAL PINBOARDBLOG TEAM: DANNY WOOD: Photographer TOSIN ADENIJI: Writer SHAN PHEARON : Director of Photography CAN SALAHI: Executive Producer & Post-Production - MAKE-UP: Caroline Shuttleworth using MAC STYLING: Ayishat & Louize Labrinth: Lethal Cocktail In a debonair hideawa SUIT / Topman ROLL NECK / John Smedley SHOES / Doc Marten PRINT VS DIGITAL SUIT / Giorgio Armani SHIRT / Giorgio Armani artist and I think that is very important for PB: What shaped your ears during your formative years? music has got so much in it, incorporating artists in this country. I dont want to lie Lab: I was raised with a Christian upbringing so many different styles. I also identified to anyone. I want to b PINBOARDBLOG PRINT VS DIGITAL Thanks to the Experimental Cocktail Club, Gerrard Street for the use of their venue different sounds. He definitely played a part because they are given everything. Theyre PB: If the deal didnt happen for you, 5 years down in mentoring my attention to detail and my give boiler room PRINT VS DIGITAL WORDS: Ruth Saxelby PHOTOS: Mikael Gregorsky Boiling Point On the great success story in underground music this year: Boiler Room. I t gets hot in the Boiler Room. A heat in part to its raw surroundings. Out the on Boiler Room. We ended up with this idea that drips down Mikael Gregorsky, Mikael Gregorsk, Mikael Gregorsky - 2pm, Vermillion, South Dakota how each DJ does their thing. Its cool being hand, says Thristian as we stand out of back able to see the crowds reactions; it gives of Corsica in the smoking area as the first 21-year-old student Bobby Horton has me boiler room Having outgrown the original spot, they - 2pm, Austin, Texas started holding the Tuesday sessions at PRINT VS DIGITAL A focal, hyper-vocal point for all that energy is the chatroom. As Boiler Rooms producer, The Pattern Cutting Factory in Dalston, a move My favourite thing about Boiler R Zola Jesus PRINT VS DIGITAL WORDS: Lauren Down PHOTOGRAPHY: Sonny Malhotra MAKE-UP: Laura Hunt Using Mac & Dermalogica Nika Roza Danilova Born and raised in Merrill Wisconsin, Nika Roza Danilova released her debut EP at the young age of 20. Now just two years and an incredible 5 records later, we fi Zola Jesus PRINT VS DIGITAL Upon meeting the charmingly awkward I did end up looking at grand spacious album. I found myself kind of picking at my songstress it did seem immediately apparent pictures, normally of vast cold landscapes natural flaws so I decided to write a record that it was never goi THE GOLDEN FILTER Syn // Dromes Text & IMAGES: The Golden Filter INTRO: Michael C Lewin The amazing purveyors of undanceable disco, The Golden Filter, return with another amazing collaboration with us: revealing the thinking behind their short film and soundtrack SYNDROMES, a breathtaking and haunti WORKING WITH FILM // THE GOLDEN FILTER Syn // Dromes GROWING UP // the filter of another persons mind, the intention of working in on something understanding what my Matriarch meant to turned into a surreal visual experience. film related... probably even more so me... and thus to all of us. Its about Its totally opposi COVER ART // THE SOUNDTRACK // Hyper-Analogue PRINT VS DIGITAL WORDS: Sean Adams Hyper-Analogue Or, The Future Was Never Meant To Be Like This Real Lomography photos or digital simulacra? Does it matter? W ere jacked in. Information passes not the end of days. I promise you, you wont stranger truth. For all the marketing spiel us like Instagram and Hipstamatic. You may have Theres a weird irony going on here. a place as any to have an epiphany about seen their vintage camera stores popping up Many friends that Ive spoken to whove the digital revolution. A bunch of Danish around London in Spitalfields and Covent bought a Holg SHIRT / ANTIPODIUM KATY B STAR GAZING The year started with Katy B on a mission: a mission to capitalise on an incredible 2010 that had seen her star rise in the charts; a mission to make the long-time-coming leap from teen idol vocalist for the Rinse talent who had London locked to bonafide star. As things wind down NOTION & KATY B A well known name on the Congratulations, as they put out the it to be nominated for a Mercury was underground dance scene, it press release that morning saying I was really strange as I didnt know what to was her debut album On A nominated. So I found out just as I was expect from i SHIRT / ANTIPODIUM JUMPER / RIKA NECKLACE / MONKI SHIRT / ANTIPODIUM SHIRT / ANTIPODIUM EARRINGS / ARTISTS OWN NOTION AND KATY B she says is unable to be pigeonholed to ceremony next year, she has been told just a single genre, was recorded at Duran shell have a chance to carry with the Durans studio. Olympic Torch. I get to hold the torch Working with Mark Ronson also allowed her to leave her comfort zone. JACKET / MONKI JUMPER / JAN AHLGREN James Small Ashish PNLFW Text: Seb Law Photography: James Hawley & Robbie Peachey Its not easy being fashion, darlings. We colourblock and we wear uncomfortable shoes, we carry the right bags and we sit in the right rows. Its a tough job doing London Fashion Week justice, but someones gotta do it. S Joanne Hynes Agi & Sam Louise Gray Ashley Isham Belle Sauvage Martine Mbala backstage Illustrations Jayne Piers BB Inbar Spector PNLFW Quickfire Irreverent Reviews: TOP 10 SHOWS FELDER FELDER: Metallics, patterns & leather; a surefire look at next seasons trends ZIAD GHANEM: Drama, theatre & couture detailing; an absolutely riotously-received showstopper HOLLY FULTON: Deco, silks & glamour; Fultons grown-up, feminine silhouet Backstage With Interlife Pictures This season, we worked with InterLife Pictures, an art-based photographic practice active in London and Los Angeles. They produced a new spin on backstage photography; presenting it as though it were an actual editorial shoot, and seeking to embed it within an innov pringle A New Way to Wear Pringle. PHOTOGRAPHY Camilla Deacon STYLING, CREATIVE DIRECTION & WORDS Aaron Francis Walker MODEL Conor Macklin Some brands just feel right and by right we dont only mean in fit, fabrication and style we mean the sort of brand that your mates and your Grandmother can a BAG / LACOSTE JACKET / AITOR THROUP FOR UMBRO TROUSERS / G- STAR SWEATER / PIETRO FRANCH FOR PRINGLE PRINGLE 060 Notion (Above) SWEATER / PIETRO FRANCH FOR PRINGLE BAG LACOSTE (Opposite Page) SWEATER / WILLIAM HENDRY FOR PRINGLE PRINGLE 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / CARDIGAN / WILLIAM HENDRY FOR PRINGLE TANK / VIKTOR SMEDINGE FOR PRINGLE JACKET WORN AROUND WAIST / MODELS OWN SHORTS / UMBRO (Patterns) TRAINERS / NIKE 1 / BOTH / WILLIAM HENDRY FOR PRINGLE SOCKS / HIGH TECH 2 / YEORI BAE FOR PRINGLE AND VIKTOR SMEDINGE FOR PRINGLE (Bottom R SHORT SLEEVED SWEATER / WILLIAM HENDRY FOR PRINGLE ALTER ILLUSTRATOR Achraf Amiri PHOTOGRAPHER Simon Clemenger STYLIST Alexis Knox FASHION ASSISTANT Kathryn Duncan MAKE-UP Debbie Gallagher using Armani HAIR Angela Hertel MODEL Camilla Rolholm Young creative minded person who loves to express himself in various artistic ways. Inspired by the f (Above) LEATHER DRESS SHOES / Joanne Hynes / Natacha Marro RINGS / Rockit (Left) SHORTS BANDEAU TOP / Horace / American Apparel 069 Notion SHOES / Camilla Skovgaard JACKET RINGS / Gemma Slack / Imogen Belfield (Above) LOOSE KNIT VEST BLACK SHORTS SHOES / Horace / American Apparel / Natacho Marro (Right) BLACK BODY SUIT / Gestuz BLACK LEATHER JACKET SHOES / White Tent / Terry de Havilland 070 Notion DOWN TOWN LADY GREY TWEED SKIRT / Clements Ribeiro / Hobbs ORANGE BOW BELT / Paul&Joe SQUARE STONE COCKTAIL RING BLACK STILETTOES PHOTOGRAPHER Damien Fry STYLING Natalie Hubbard LEOPARD PRINT SLEEVELESS TOP / Florence B / Kurt Geiger (Above) GREY/BLACK LEOPARD PRINT TOP BLACK/CREAM BOUCLE SKIRT CORAL MOHAIR CARDIGAN / Jaeger London / Nocturne / Unlimited by Hobbs BLACK CLUTCH BAG / Jaeger BLACK SLINGBACKS / Hobbs (Left) BLUE CHUNKY KNIT JUMPER RUST TWEED SKIRT BLACK PATENT SLINGBACKS GOLD NECKLACE / Tramp in Disguise / Pringle / MAKE-UP Brendan Robertson Naked Artists.com using M.A.C. (Above) SEQUINNED EMBELLISHED SKIRT BEIGE CHECK SLEEVELESS TOP GOLD LARGE LINK NECKLACE HAIR Takeshi Katoh using Bumble and bumble / Pringle HAIR ASSISTANT Atsushi Takita / Paper Dress SQUARE STONE COCKTAIL RING BLACK POINTED STILETTOES / BACK/EN D A chan ge of pace f introd or us uce ou all as r new we beg closin in to of sho g sect rt int ion: a erview compil s and ation releas review ing wo s with rks of those litera brilli ture a ant mu nd wha sic, f tever magica ilm, else f l, elu alls u sive t nder t erm c hat ulture recomm , a b/e interview Neon Indian Seven Deadly Synths Texan raised Alan Palomo, the creator of Neon Indian, has a preference for analogue synths, claiming that their beauty comes in their unpredictability. Naturally, Notion had to get to the bottom of it, and discover just how strong a case Palomo had. So, 080 Notion b/e interview The Field Modern Balance Berlin - a city for the modern dance music lover more than any other nowadays. Behind its walls of history and its modern balance between cultural heroism and strife, its nocturnal life has grown beyond just the ways of hedonism for The Jetset Pack. Axel Willn scenes: - Second Life? - TURNER CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY, MARGATE WORDS: Joe Preston Carroll PHOTOGRAPHY: Simon Marsham Many decades have passed since London day-trippers regularly visited the seaside town of Margate to escape the city. The destruction of the Victorian pleasure pier during a storm i Whilst many of the works address Margates rise and fall from fortune, the opening of the Turner Contemporary hopefully marks a turning point in the towns history. The clean utilitarian structure of the gallery amongst the tired Victorian skyline is a bold landmark in establishing Margate as a cultur 084 Notion scenes: - Oslo - WORDS: Seb Law PHOTOGRAPHY: Aidan ONeill Its impossible to talk about the Norwegian capital without referring to the Utøya massacre earlier this year. However, like London after 7/7, the city is not so much haunted by the spectre of events; its more that they have woven the stain of 086 Notion scenes: - Berlin Festival And Tempelhof Airport - MUSIC AND ARCHITECTURE TOGETHER WORDS: Chris Beanland Berlin Festival is as much about location as music. Truly this is one of the most inspiring venues for a festival that you could imagine. The old airport in the centre of the city is just one in a TEST DRIVING THERES PLENTY TO PLEASE THE EARS AROUND AT THE MOMENT: IMAGINARY SOUNDTRACKS TO Seb Law (SL) Kate Williams (KW) Tom Morse (TM) Caroline Jackson (CJ) Laura Peebles (LP) Ben Magill (BM) POSTMODERN NOVELS TO POSTMODERN CUT UPS OF IMAGINARY CITIES AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN... THIS ISSUES AL BILL RYDER-JONES IF... DOMINO / INDIE Listening to this record made me want to meet Bill from Hans Zimmers work for The Gladiator, which reverb-soaked upright pianos and luscious strings. Ryder-Jones. But before meeting Bill Ryder-Jones I Id say is hardly a bad thing really. Apparently The Each trac GOOD SHIT / BAD SHIT STILL CORNERS CREATURES OF AN HOUR THIS TIME AROUND, WEVE HANDED OVER GSBS TO OUR FANTASTIC INTERN, CAROLINE, WHO HAS RATTLED THROUGH THIS BATCH OF NEW RELEASES TO SUBPOP / INDIE SEE WHAT SHE MAKES OF THEM. WEVE RATED THEM ON OUR FLEXI-ZEITGEIST SCALE WHICH APPROPRIATELY THIS MO S W E AT B O X I N G CLUBS EDITOR KARA SIMSEK WITH SO MUCH GOING ON IN JUST FOUR SHOR T WEEKS, ITS PERFECTLY OKAY TO WISH THIS MONTH LASTED A LITTLE BIT LONGER... OR AT LEAST FOR IT TO BE JUST A CONTINUOUS WEEKEND. LONDON LOITERERS ARE ADVISED TO MAKE THE MOST OF NIGHTLIFE IN OTHER CITIES ITS ALWAY TOGETHER WINTER MUSIC FESTIVAL FOUND SERIES Alexandra Palace, London Hidden, London 25/26 NOVEMBER UNTIL DECEMBER 23 Thirteen weeks of events that promise to pack a serious punch. We reckon T. Williams garage set on November 11 is a must see, though. Oh, and Rustie on November 25 is sure to be a bel FILM EDITOR / MATT HARVEY PROFOUNDLY MOVING PRESENTS THE Greetings Real Dealers!! In this months edition we have a look at some massive Hollywood blockbusters coming out on Blu-Ray just in time for Christmas (although if youre reading this mum I actually want an iPad, a pony and MY REAL PARENTS BACK The Hangover Part II Super 8 DVD + BLU-RAY / WARNER HOME VIDEO / RELEASED 5TH DECEMBER DVD AND BLU RAY / PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT / RELEASED 12TH DECEMBER Well, to be fair to it, its not very often that a sequel can Released on Blu Ray just in time Christmas is Super 8, a sci-fi genuinely claim NOTION AT THE LONDON FILM FESTIVAL A SPECIAL THE This was the 5th time the Real Deal has been to the London Film Festival and its basically become the high point (forward slash - only good part) of my year. One of the most exciting bits is the glitzy press launch in late September where the festival Sarah Palin You Betcha The Ides Convention has it that George Clooney will be involved in at least One of the slightly annoying things about Sarah Palins 30 of the entire LFF program and this year was no exception. As well announcement last month that she wasnt running for president as appearing in End Paper MARGOT BOWMAN Heaven take my soul, England keep my bones Frank Turner Painted Truths #4 by Margot Bowman; Frank Turner, chosen by subject Josh Bullen Photography : Josh Bullen subject : Ariane Leblanc Margot Bowman 2011 Ive always been the English boy in my corner of the fashion industry. NOTIONMAG.COM Digital Delight! Notion Magazine Available In Print From WH Smith, McColls, And All Good Independents Notion Magazine Is Now Available Digitally: read a sample online for free now www.notionmag.com Subscribe Electronically Via Credit Card Or Sms www.planetnotion.com Complete Access To