A beautiful, truly exception gift from Our Exquisite Corpse — one-of-a-kind beaded skulls created by the Huichol people of Mexico. Living in the Sierra Madre Mountains of Western Mexico, the Huichol people believe in the power of the Sun God, ancestor spirits and the four principle deities: Deer, Corn, Peyote and the Eagle. Corn and [...]
You hear plenty about new DJ’s and producers coming out of the UK, Europe and right here on our own turf of the USA (not to mention the handful of producers representing our own City Of Angles), but what about our lovely neighbors down south? The male duo Climbers (Jay Blakk and Kiko Deal) is [...]
Mexican duo Climbers (Jay Blakk and Kiko Deal) have just dropped their second EP in 3 months with Los Angeles label Culprit Records, a typically well-produced piece of dark ass shaking titled “2 Come Back”. In addition to the original mix the EP includes two remixes by Miguel Campbell and Fur Coat, and to promote [...]
After decades of extended war with neighbor Israel, Lebanon has slowly climbed out of its desperate strife to become a burgeoning regional economic force. There is no surer sign of its potent recovery than the fact that the country has announced its first hypercar and supercar automotive manucaturer: W Motors. Following the upstarts of other [...]
While all sorts of countries from around the world are getting into the Supercar market — such as Poland with its Arrinera De Veno, India its DC Design Avanti, and Mexico its Mastretta MXT — Spain has kept conspicuously out of the dialogue. Not any more. Spanish auto manufacturing startup Aspid has just unveiled its plans [...]
Dutch artist Jasper de Beijer navigates hyperreality with his newest series Marabunta. Initially inspired by the Mexican drug trade, de Beijer spent time researching in Mexico where he gained insight into the contrast between what it’s like to be there and what it’s like to just read about the violence, compounded with ideas concerning how the media plays [...]
We actually covered the the Comic Shelf by Oscar Nuñez several years ago, but back then it was just a commission piece some clever Mexican designer had come up with. Well now the Comic Shelf is seeing the light of production via Groopti, after Nuñez won their Creative Shelving Contest. A pretty clever way to [...]
Mastretta Cars’ MXT aims to be the first high-performance sports car born from Mexican soil. The 2-seat, mid-engined gunner is “engineered to deliver outstanding performance through mechanical excellence,” according to manufacturers. “Every system, every component was engineered to make the driving experience an absolute thrill.” Built in Toluca, Mexico, the MXT is powered by a [...]
