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iamamiwhoami NOTION FEATURES WORDS Doron Davidson-Vidavski PHOTOGRAPHY John Strandh / iamamiwhoami COSTUME & MAKE-UP Agustin Moreaux / iamamiwhoami What Can You Do With Nothing? The mysterious iamamiwhoami is a sublime marriage of electro-pop fireworks and rich, confounding video. Doron Davidson-Vidavski is granted a rare interview with its created, Nordic musician Jonna Lee; it is illustrated by an exclusive photoshoot allusively enriching the iamamiwhoami story, to be poured over by the projects obsessive fans. W hat lies at the heart of the iamamiwhoami phenomenon, and its notable ability to keep its audience so continuously beguiled by its output, can be summarised as reciprocal thirst: on the one hand, the thirst of the enterprises dramatis personae to do something creatively fulfilling, loyally mirrored by the unquenchable thirst of the by her management as the driving force behind I wanted to find a counterpart for my music, this mysterious and intriguing project in visually, she continues. And do something June this year. In terms of real thoughts where there was no creative limitation, so that give some kind of conclusion, I would that even if there were only little means say that it started during the first part of or no means at all, there would still be a 2009. The shape and details of the project freedom to do whatever kept us interested. werent developed. It was more thoughts of This was just something I needed to do wanting to do music that tickled something without knowing why I needed it at the time. inside me and leave things that I wasnt happy with at the time, Lee recalls. We are The publics first encounter with iamamiwhoami and more magical cinematography. at her hotel in West London for one of only a came in December 2009, with the fortnightly handful of interviews she has agreed to give emergence of a perplexing and increasingly Never before has a new act devised such a rich, since the inception of iamamiwhoami over two graphic series of YouTube videos. These and a half years ago. cryptic teasers proved to be an instant audio-visual sagas followers for more music well-rounded multi-media treasure hunt, backed hook: they immediately went viral and got by an ongoing story arc that so instantly engaged its audience and simultaneously tapped into their pop sensibilities. The evolution of iamamiwhoami has been a slow one, says Swedish singer-songwriter, Jonna Lee, who was only officially confirmed I wanted to find a counterpart for my music, visually, and do something where there was no creative limitation. This was just something I needed to do without knowing why I needed it at the time 072 Notion people speculating as to who was behind them (Christina Aguilera was the firm favourite) and what their imagery symbolised. By the time the word mandragora was identified in the alphanumeric title of the fourth viral, it was clear that the visuals concerned a mandrake or, a plant blossoming in human form. JESSIE WARE What We Talk About When We Talk About Love CONOR MAYNARD / IAMAMIWHOAMI / JAMES LONG / LITTLE NIKKI / TNGHT / GRIZZLY BEAR / SPECTOR / LUCY ROSE / SYRON A Daimler Brand The new M-Class. Big on power, small on fuel. Seldom do words like 4x4 and fuel efficiency appear together. 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It was more a refresher than an inspiration, but it was an important one; it reminded me that beyond genre, gender or designe Dave Monolith and Pierre Bastien. Its nice to be in Cornwall with all the Rephlex guys because thats where they are originally from, he says. So itll be authentically Cornish vibes in the Rephlex room I guess! These could well come in the form of someone dressed up as a pasty impaled on a fork made Dialogues Some brief accounts of our recent encounters with artists and other interesting people of note. I Love London! James Long tells me, halfway through our meeting. My team is in London, my inspiration is in London, why would I go to Paris or Milan? Hes got a point. Over the last ten years, Lo London. I was always obsessed with the music and the focal point then was very much DJing, and I knew that that was where I wanted to be. Once shed decided what she wanted to do, everything began moving very quickly. 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Its an and visual side, but we have used tools that release of a full single with an accompanying entity, I guess. Its me in collaboration anyone could use to create things so thats film, t iamamiwhoami NOTION FEATURES online. Weeks earlier, Lee and her co- and the closest that iamamiwhoami has come to conspirators had asked fans to nominate one In the video for the track goods , Lee is releasing a straightforward album. This record of their number to take part in the event. seen danci The Real Zoolander NOTION FEATURES The Secret Male Model PARTT. 5: TOTAL MELTDOWN P In which our insider reaches breaking point with the industry: is the pressure too much? ose number 14; Pose number 4; Pose number 20 with leg variant 6: I move like an automaton between the flashes. My mind barely n been confirmed for a job shooting in New York, to the woman at ticket sales, Im glad shes traveller across multiple continents. 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