Balkan Vinyl’s limited edition Rave Wars 7″, repressed on translucent red vinyl, are only for pilgrims of the heavyweight nerd variety. Rave Wars alludes directly to one of almost everyone’s favorite films (except mine), blending the action figures from the original Star Wars movie with hardcore/breakbeat techno, often overlaying sound effects from the film. Only […]
26
Apr
Balkan Vinyl's limited edition odes to Disco Darth Vader
11
Mar
When three fashion heavyweights collaborate
Three fashion heavyweights unite in this collaboration between New York skate/streetwear giants Supreme, Japan’s Comme des Garcons and iconic Cali footwear stalwarts Vans. Supreme and Comme des Garcons Shirt have been collaborating on several items as of late, and this footwear version — also using the pixelated camouflage x polkadot CdG material — is applied […]
7
Jun
The BBC's 2004 one-hour documentary hits the interwebs
Lucky for us users of the world wide web we get to stumble across treasures like this: the BBC’s 2004 documentary Once Upon a Time in New York: The Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk. As the title suggests, the one-hour documentary tells the story of how the squalid, crumbling streets of downtown New […]