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7 URBANITE 8 THINK TANK moustache guyfromthepast.Watchoutforourmoustaches.” joke. Ithinkamoustachewillappearintheartworkforournextsingle.DavidGuettaisreal Advisor wheretheystated,“Wearetalkingaboutmoustachesquiteabitlately;thatisourrunning Currently theyhaveotherthingstoworryabout,asisevidentfromaninterviewgavetheResident The Cure’sFireinCairo.TheirdebutLPIdealismwasreleasedtomuchanticipationMaythisyear. the likesofDepecheMode,WhiteStripes,Tiga,Klaxons,andTom Vek; theyevendeliveredare-editof Digitalism beganin2004andtheboyshavealreadylefttheirmarkonpopmusic,withremixesfor attitude. Theserecordsdefi day. Wewerereallyintorecordsthatdidn’ttakethemselvestooseriouslyandhadsomekindofpunk on trackslikeZdarlight.“ButwedidusedtobuyalotofCrydamoure(DaftPunk’s label)backinthe association isnotparticularlysurprisingconsideringtheirindebtednesstoDaftPunk, ascanbeheard used tostarttalkingusinFrench,”saidJensMoelleaninterviewwithBBC.ThisFrench from Germany—areassociatedwiththisscene,especiallytheFrenchsideofit.“Mostpromoters (Jens “Jence”Moelleandİsmail“Isi”Tüfekçi)—who,unexpectedlyforabandsportingsound,come end ofthespectrum,JusticeandEdBangerKitsunélabelposses.KistunéartistsDigitalism of kidsdressedinday-glocolorsandbandsliketheKlaxons,SimianMobileDisco,and,onother Unless youhavebeenlockedinanatticforthelasttwoyears,you’veprobablynoticedonslaught nitely hadit,eventhoughitwasn’tpunkmusic.” Text byLuciaUdvardyová thedigitalism.com 20/12 Palác Akropolis GHOSTMOTHER

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If there’s one Czech band to watch out for in 2008, it could very well be Ghostmother. Established by Gregory Finn (aka Jesus Chrysler) and Klára Nemravová (aka Jane Honda), the band was later joined by Tadeáš Haager (R. Mutt) and Mikoláš Růžička (Prof Shalokim). Their music evokes old times while possessing a thoroughly modern sound composed of bouncy beats and intriguing samples. We chatted with Gregory Finn before their fi rst ever live show at Palác Akropolis on December 22nd. Palác Akropolis Introduce us to Ghostmother. How do you divide your roles scene has been overdosed by modern Ghostmother is a multimedia project in the band? trends and technology. We are 22/12 that encompasses elements of the We divided the roles in the band joining both worlds. early 1900s industrial and hip hop. in such a way that we all don’t go www.myspace.com/ghostmother We’ve been working on it for about crazy, and luckily, we all seem to Ghostmother is a multimedia a year. complement each other. I write the project. How exactly? music and songs most of the time, The music has the same importance How did you all come but each member can infl uence and as the lyrics, costumes, graphics together? change anything they like; Klárka and visuals, dance, as well as the About 13 months ago, Jeroným looks after the web and R. Mutts tricks done by our young magician. Janíček, who wrote a book about has just fi nished the fi rst animated Ghostmother is a musical, visual, and phobias, asked me to do a song music video and also helps Marielle, theatrical experience. for him that would express fear. I who does the costumes and dances, asked Klárka and Nironica whether with the visuals. The whole stage What will your live they’d be interested; I found the set-up is prepared by all of us. performances be like? combination of our three voices That will be revealed at the show, appealing. Thus, our fi rst song, Who or what are your major but you can expect plenty of Obscene, was born. Eventually, we infl uences? surprises. decided to do a project together, We are really inspired by music from which we ended up calling Jesus the 1920s to the 1950s as well as What are your plans with Chrysler and Jane Honda. Last contemporary music and have used Ghostmother? winter, we went to the mountains elements from both times, mixing it We plan to perform live shows and started writing songs together. with electronic beats, samples, and a few times a year. Each show Everything evolved naturally from hip hop. will differ from the others like that moment; we were joined by prof. chapters in a fairy tale. We are Shalokim and R. Mutt and gradually Why did you choose the 1930s not interested in traditional developed the visual side of the as your main inspiration? performances such as at clubs project as well thanks to Marielle and Well, it’s not just the 30s; the or at rock festivals. We will be performance by Alessiny. We then inspiration also comes from much recording our first album in the changed the name to Ghostmother. older times. We think the music summer of 2008. 10 9 12 NYE 07/08 Prague’s glitteryNewYear’s nightlife;orwaittillnextyear. the morningafter. Getyourpartydressesreadyanddelveinto Another NewYear’s Eve,anotherparty, anotherhangover R C www.chateaurouge.cz – breakz,disco,electro,house Goldstar &Choozze 2nd stage:Kenny, 3rdstage: Jan Berdych,Yannick DJs Airto,DanCooley, Formi, RETRO SILVESTR 2007 h o a u t g e e a u DJs PhilipTBC,BabeLN,Stanzim, Yukimura, Beast67, BasetixUnity

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Strolling Bowling Serious bowlers may be put off by the fact that the bowling ball has feet, but Strolling Bowling still manages to capture a goodly amount of the spirit of the actual alley game, especially the version that has made it to Prague. Wind the ball up and watch him stroll casually towards the pins. You might miss the fun of fat ‘athletes’ downing brews while demonstrating their craft, but Lights and music under your control as you mix your own intuitively created shows for you’ll still have a ball. www.sababatoys.com anyone enough in your debt to listen. The Tenori-on was created by the inimitable Toshio Iwai for Yamaha to add to their line of motorcycles and music supplies. The Tenori-on features a jog dial, LCD display, hi-quality stereo speakers, and four function switches. On the back side of the device are additional 16x16 LEDs that allow your captive audience to enjoy a Marilyn Manson-like light show! www.tenori-on.co.uk Robot Guitar Gibson, that iconic company of the guitar world, has apparently decided it is time to add robotics to the world of high powered rock and roll. The Robot guitar does away with the atonal, highly amped pre-show guitar tuning that some music lovers hate, but maybe a few out there live for. Gibson uses a proprietary mix of Crawling Zombie on-board processing, a data transmitting tailpiece, Admit it—ever since you delighted through Romero’s classic ‘living dead’ pics, a tune-control bridge, and Powerhead Locking Tuners you’ve secretly longed to own your own fl esh eating zombie. Well, we’re not entirely to keep things perpetually in tune, and you can move to there yet, but until some still secret voodoo experiments are completed in Haiti, an alternate tuning with the turn of a switch. Rock on, the Crawling Zombie will have to do. It crawls due to inexplicably missing legs; it dude. www.gibson.com also growls, speaks, and makes his eyes glow. He doesn’t eat fl esh, but this minor fl aw is being worked on. www.iwantoneofthose.com

Shocking Arm Wrestling

Take an hour or two to review the form on Sylvester Stallone’s brilliant Over the Top and then con one of your brawny friends to challenge you to an arm wrestling championship series (be sure to insist on best 13 out of 25). Then introduce the shock system and revel in the fun as you shock him nearly to death! Of course if the fl ic doesn’t turn you into a champion, you might try the above on your girlfriend instead, and if that doesn’t turn out as planned, there’s always the four year old nephew…

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19 5X5 TRENDS Fear of Flying

Text by Laura Baranik

I do feel a little bit sorry for her, but I can’t imagine why she’d think it would be fi ne with me if she took up half of the already-too-narrow space I’d paid for. When did fl ying become so unbearable? And at what point did we start to forget that even when 416 people are packed together in a roaring metal tube, they should still have the right to some personal space? Maybe it happened around the time that we were fi rst instructed to remove our shoes before getting on planes and poorly-ventilated security checkpoints everywhere began to smell like the inside of a blue cheese factory. Once all these strangers have smelled each other’s foot fungi, I guess the logic goes, what’s the harm in subjecting them to obnoxious conversation or cuddling up next to them in their seats or making them endure gust after gust of old man breath as I’m on a fl ight from L.A. to London, trying to get some sleep. you snore? For those nine and a half excruciating hours, Just next to me, in the aisle, stands a masculine Hungarian we’re all one big miserable family. woman wearing a fanny pack. She’s talking loudly over my The surfeit of unwanted intimacy is compounded by the head to the man sitting at my left; every now and then, fact that we’re fl ying more than ever before, so planes are she rests her hand on the top of my chair, which makes my becoming increasingly packed and airports are struggling to seatback bob up and down against the side of my face. handle the overload. I can’t remember the last time I was at Prolonged dirty looks have done nothing to shut her up. London’s Heathrow and my fl ight left on time. I’ve actually Now I give her a seething “Excuse me,” which succeeds only never even heard of a Heathrow fl ight leaving on time. in prompting her to remove her hand from its off ending Oftentimes, the delay is announced once you’re already on position. Her cheerful jibber-jabber goes on for another the plane and strapped into your seat, which translates to an twenty minutes. Later, just as I’m settling in to watch additional hour or so next to Halitosis Harry. a movie, she returns to continue the conversation. One of my major ambitions in life is to be able to fl y On a diff erent trans-Atlantic fl ight, I’m seated next to luxuriously everywhere I go. A private jet would be nice, but a tragically obese woman who just barely manages to I’d settle for fi rst or even business class—anything that squeeze into her seat. To my horror, she goes to lift the would give me a little breathing room. Until then, can you armrest that separates us so that part of her gelatinous all please take a shower before you get to the airport and physique can roll itself into my territory. The armrest spray some deodorant in your shoes or something? And if doesn’t budge, thank God, and she ends up being moved to you’re really fat, maybe you could lose some weight, too. a free pair of seats. The sugar-free breath mints are on me.

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28 CINEMA Adventure/Comedy/Drama, 91min,USA little tosayotherthanboysneedafather fi of thislieswithDirector(andco-screenwriter) WesAnderson,whoapparentlyhadvery a particularlyappealingcharacterandnothing muchreallyhappens.Theblameformost apparently bycharacterquirksandannoying dialogue.Notasingleoneofthebrothersis fl through Indiainsearchofadventure.Asapitch,itsoundsgreat.anactual fi Three brothers(AdrienBrody, JasonSchwartzman,andOwenWilson)setforthonatrain Darjeeling Limited Drama/War, 98min,Iran/France/Iraq in itswake.Thisistrulyamust-see ifanyfi grind, butinsteadoff through theeyesofchildrenwhosuff business ofsellingandinstallingsatellitedishes.Thefi story isthatofanIraqiteennamedSoran(SoranEmbrahim)whocalled‘Satellite’forhis be requiredviewingforanyonewhowishestodiscusstheAmericaninvasionofIraq.The In TurtlesCanFly, writer/directorBahmanGhobadahascraftedamasterpiecethatshould Turtles CanFly Crime/Drama, 157min,USA most othersofitstype. do anythingaboutit.It’sanelementalbattlebetweengoodandevilthatisbetterthan Crowe playstheonlycopattimewhoactuallyhadgutsandmoralstreakto fi the titleandalltalentimply. 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29 VIDEO 30 ART market hypeandinfl the precociouslyprodigiousandwoefullyunderdeveloped.While What visitorstotheRudolfi show areunder40;thevastmajorityofthemstillintheir20s. world intheUnitedStates.Allofartiststobefeaturedthis of America,”anexaminationtheyouth-obsessedcontemporaryart Birnbaum, andGunnarB.Kvaran hasgivenriseto“UncertainStates A two-yearresearchprojectbycuratorsHans-UlrichObrist,Daniel America Uncertain Statesof in thesepages.LaBruce’swork,GivePieceofAssaChance,was underground fi In addition,theexhibitionwillfeatureanewvideoworkbymaverick Mucska. bad boysMarekTher, Petr Písařík,OndřejBrody, ViktorFrešo,andJan Curated byartistVladimirSkrepl,XYXXwillfeatureworkslocal between familyviolenceandgenderwillopenatKarlin Studios. This month,anewgroupexhibitionexploringtheintersections Text byTravis Jeppesen XYXX lmmaker BruceLaBruce,thesubjectofarecentarticle ated ambitionmaybethefactorsthathavedriven num canthusexpectisamixedbagof Text byTravis Jeppesen get toitinPrague. at leasttheNewestofNewYork—this istheclosestyou’regoingto only one.Butifyou’recravingaglimpseattheNewestofNew—or unpredictable AdamPutnam achance.Stilluncertain?You’re notthe much timeontheoverratedMirandaJuly, butdogive thealways- Zero inonthesplatteryexpressionismofDanColen.Don’tspendtoo that theprodigiesarerepresentedhereinequalmeasure.Ourbet? a lotofthelatterintolimelight,gallerycrawlerscanrestassured www.galerierudolfi When: 6/12/07–24/02/08 Alšovo nábřeží12,P1 Where: GalerieRudolfi www.karlinstudios.cz When: 13/12/07–6/1/08 Where: Karlin Studios,Křižíkova34,P8 so don’tmissoutonthefun. LaBruce’s nativeToronto, GivePieceofAssaChanceisquiteride, collaboration withtheScandellescollectiveofBurlesqueartistsin indoctrinates herintotheworldofcrimeandSapphiclove.Madein Reich. Agroupofmaddyketerroristskidnapsamunitionsheiressand also inmanywaysalesbianversionofLaBruce’sfeatureTheRaspberry the 1970s,featuringakick-asssoundtrackofgroovytunes.Thefi be alesbianre-stagingofthePatty HearstkidnappingbytheSLAin recently premieredinBerlinatthePorn FilmFestival. Itismeantto num.cz num num lm is Street Art Praha BOOKS By István Lekó and Richard Cortés Published by Arbor vitae

Street art as a medium of artistic expression—not to be confused with graff iti that despite its aff iliation with street art, is not of concern here—has become increasingly popular even in this relatively conservative city. An anthology documenting Prague’s visual folklore that includes an astonishing 750 artifacts by local and foreign street artists, including Ahoy, Pasta, Point, Masker, Pash, Zipper, Banksy, Shepard Fairey, and Swoon, spread over 464 pages, is thus a much anticipated work. Street Art – Praha, which accompanied the exhibition at the Školská gallery, is a work of love for this oft-denigrated form of artistic expression. It was put together by Hungarian reporter István Lekó and art director Richard Cortés who were assisted by Pasta, one of the doyen’s of Prague’s street art scene. The book manages to capture the ephemeral nature of this subversive form of art—most of the pieces documented in the book are already gone, they sometimes vanish as quickly as over night—and street art’s various techniques including stencils, stickers and even 3-D objects popularized by the mighty Point are all present. “(Street art) is a medium of artistic expression that is a logical addition to the existing cultural layers of Prague,” writes the theorist Tomáš Pospiszyl in his foreword.

A fascinating read and an indispensable alternative Prague guide.

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Enigma and mystique have been If you collect NYC Latin music, Within the broad spectrum of If you start tracing the infl uences a serious part of the electronic it’s likely you will have some of drum’n’bass, High Contrast would of much of today’s dance-indie- music ever since Underground the 26 tracks on Giles Peterson’s be just beyond liquid: easy sounds, electro music, you will inevitably Resistance burst onto the Fania DJ series, with two CDs of just big enough to get everyone end up with one name—Daft Punk. techno scene with their faces Giles’ remastered favorites from moving, even so-called ‘tough guys’ The French duo established by covered in masks. Burial has Fania, and also Tico, Alegre and before the mayhem on the dance Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel been surrounded by a similar Cotique—all labels with vintage fl oor starts. The opening track “If de Homem Christo have infl uenced air of mysteriousness from the Latin jazz, boogaloo, Latin soul, we ever” is an essential record in a a legion of producers, and we’re time he (as it has generally afro-Cuban jazz, mambo and salsa. DJ’s collection. Thanks to Lincoln not just talking about obvious been agreed it’s not a woman) But even if you have a good stock Barrett’s facility at combining choices like the Ed Banger crew. released his critically acclaimed of Tito Puente, Fania All-Stars, jazzy pianos, fi ltered trance After a relatively long hiatus, Daft self-titled debut album on Kode and both Palmieri brothers, this synthesizers, aggressive oldschool Punk returns with a live set—Alive 9’s Hyperdub label last year. His one is worth getting for the beats, and heavy bass lines, he 2007 which is the duo’s second haunting soundscapes, partially rarities alone, including two odes caters to a large audience. There live album and was recorded in infl uenced by UK garage, dubstep, to Asia: “Chinito Boogaloo” by are not really any radically new or Paris earlier this year. With Alive and even early 90s hardcore and Rafael Cortijo y su Bonche, with refreshing sounds on this CD, but 2007, Daft Punk transfers the rave scenes, and partially by Basic its chopsticks boogaloo and faux it nevertheless manages to it be dynamics of their live show onto Channel and Chain Reaction, Chinese singing, and “Rush Hour of the best drum’n’bass albums of an album. The band’s greatest hits create the perfect backdrop to in Hong Kong” by Louie Ramirez, the year. Not just for the ‘hardcore are fl awlessly segued with lesser urban megalopolises like London, which is just unstoppable. Roberto jungle maven’. known instrumentals creating a where Burial (apparently) comes Roena’s “Shades of Time” is an seamless compilation of their three from. His second album, Untrue, earthy Latin-jazz cover of Santana, albums Homework, Discovery, and bears his melancholic, ethereal with a sax solo and ramble of a Human After All. Several climactic stamp while showing off his lover’s false promises in place of moments are included within the ability to go in deep, melodic the guitar hero’s jam; another record including the transition directions. Archangel is a haunting, cover “Tighten Up” by Al Escobar of Around the World into Harder, utterly sublime love song for is Latin-soul gold. Ray Barretto’s Better, Stronger, Faster; the move urban ghettos, with Endorphin “Acid” is a hard to fi nd boogaloo from Television Rules the Nation following in a more somber vein. meets afro-Cuban jazz nugget; on to Crescendolls; and Superheroes Dog Shelter is a beautiful off beat disc two, there is amazing Latin jazz moving into Human After All. Until number, while Raver starts off by Noro Morales Quintet and Mon someone fi nally decides to bring with a distinctive kick drum and Rivera. But “Mambo Moderno” by Daft Punk to this country, Alive sounds like a UK garage track Vladamir is one of the best for late- 2007 can be a sort of brilliant played at 33 rpm. Various crackles, night dance-fl oors, with a fi endish consolation. shuff les, and sonic minutiae are laugh in the break, of course. interspersed throughout the record, a sort of vinyl memento If postmodernism has any meaning these days, between irony and making a decent tune. for the MP3 generation. The only disappointing thing about Burial Dan Deacon is its epitome in music and art. He also happens to make good music and is that—presumably to retain his anonymity—he refuses to play live. The Baltimore-residing “absurdist“ artist, play terrifi c shows. “I might try to start the

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