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It’s our two-year anniversary! I can’t believe we’ve made it this far. Thanks for Auxiliary Magazine. auxiliary = alternative, supplementary, to provide what is reading and for your support over the last two years. We feel so lucky to have the missing, to give support. support we do and to work with the people we have. A great issue is ahead of you, contents bibian blue : 35 full of enchanting fashion for the winter season, festive features for the holidays, We have always had a love for the different, the unique, the creative. But from all massiv in mensch : 37 and the best music of the year. We have a lot of great plans in store, so look out sides we’ve heard what we love is on its way out, is suffering, is dying, is dead. for exciting things in the next year. Keep in touch and stay current by joining our Today an alternative aesthetic is seen more than ever. Yet the core, the base, the iVardensphere : 30 mailing list, following us on twitter, liking us on facebook, and looking for us in scene; everyone is telling us is in a sad state. Reality is what you make it. kelleth : 21 the sea of all those other social networks out there. We couldn’t have done it with- out you! As we grow over the next year we are looking for feedback, so please Our goal is to provide high quality fashion editorials, photographs, and articles; fetish . porcelain . anticipation : 40 . 6 . 50 write to us with your opinions. Our goal is to make a magazine our readers love, unique reviews and insights on the best media out there; and to create discussion Photographer : Zach Rose respect, and are giddy like a child on Christmas Eve to read. and passion about alternative subcultures. There is a lot of amazing and creative Stylist : Emily Rishea of Artifice stuff happening. We hope to find it, highlight it, and encourage it to grow. Makeup : Heather Orr Sincerely, Hair : Irina Lavrega Jennifer That is why we’ve created Auxiliary Magazine; an online and print magazine dedi- Model : Kelleth cated to fashion, music, and lifestyle with a darker aesthetic. There are no other boundaries than that. That is the strong point of alternative culture; and we hope to include it all.

That is a lot of ground to cover. So contribute! Send us your fashion, your music, Let us know what you think! your events, your opinions, your projects, your ideas. This magazine isn’t for a Share with us your thoughts on the issue, select few, we don’t know it all, this magazine is for you and what we all love. editorial music current events, or whatever is on your mind! 4 raised in yogaville 25 quick picks Gopal Metro of Bella Morte Our editorial section is for your opinions. Covenant, Funker Vogt, and more... email : [email protected] 26 music reviews beauty Unit:187, I:Scintilla, Maserati, and more... 28 Massiv in Mensch 5 silver belles 30 iVardensphere beauty to usher in the new year contributors 32 dr. know Staff Contributors Photographs / Illustrations 6 porcelain the guy who knows a little too much nostalgic glamour Editor in Chief Aaron Andrews Photographers about music Jennifer Link Luke Copping Zach Rose www.zachrosephotography.com 12 aesthetic EJTower Jennifer Link www.jennifer-link.com 34 top 20 of 2010 Fashion Editor Rena Finkel Luke Copping www.lukecopping.com decadent destruction Meagan Hendrickson Meagan Hendrickson Saryn Christina www.sarynchristina.com Mike Kieffer Franklin Thompson www.franklinthompson.com Music Editor Jennifer Link Through The Glass Photography fashion Mike Kieffer Gopal Metro www.throughtheglassphotos.com media 35 designer feature Paul Morin María S. Varela modelmayhem.com/mariasvarela 14 no future with a capital F Associate Editor Pretty Deadly Stylz Nadia Papineau modelmayhem.com/529814 Bibian Blue Luke Copping Zach Rose William Gibson’s new novel Zero History Adam Rosina Photographs on 5 39 style Jennifer Link www.jennifer-link.com 15 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Associate Fashion Editor Vanity Kills and Rahul A. Saha www.eyeofraphoto.com iconic edward Molly Hoeltke 16 Molly Crabapple Photograph on 14 40 fetish Michael O’Shea of Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School Copy Editor Graphic Design book cover image courtesy of Putnam boots, heels, shoes Zach Rose and Erin McPartlan Images on 15 19 the essentials : Logo Design 44 stone and shade courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Solaris and Holy Mountain www.auxiliarymagazine.com Melanie Beitel rogue menswear email : [email protected] Photograph on 16 Kyle Cassidy Layout Design 50 anticipation issue 13 : december/january 2010/2011 Jennifer Link Illustration on 20 Harley Sparx www.harleysparx.com refined luxurious evening wear ISSN 1948-9676 Luke Copping lifestyle Illustration on 32 20 my life as a goth girl 58 must No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, elec- Maki Naro www.page8productions.com vintage style party dress tronic or mechanical, without the permission in writting from the publisher, except Photographs on 39 21 the PinUp small excerpts for review purposes. Submitted work, reviews, ads, and photo- Jennifer Link www.jennifer-link.com Kelleth 59 where to buy graphs are copyrighted by their respective owners and fall under previous declara- Corrections for Oct/Nov 2010 Issue tion. Copyright Auxiliary Magazine 2010. Kassandra Kiremit makeup artist for Bridget Blonde Vanity Kills writer of Purple Reign AUXILIARY december/january 2010/2011 2 3 december/january 2010/2011 AUXILIARY EDITORIAL BEAUTY

The ideas and viewpoints of our readers published to voice an alternative perspective on current Raised in day society, topics, and events. Silver Belles Yogaville by Vanity Kills by Gopal Metro Born into a life of Yoga philosophy and growing up in a community 6 based solely on Yogic principles, Gopal Metro has lived a life of self-discovery, satisfaction, peace, and bliss. As the former bassist and founding member of the international alternative rock/goth act Bella Morte, Gopal has through music and presence given back to many what has helped to inspire himself. Now forming a new band with fellow Bella Morte front man Andy Deane, Gopal took the time to share the 1 experiences of growing up in a Yogic lifestyle and how it has made him who he is today.

There are a small handful of us, less than two hundred over a thirty-year period, who either spent significant time in, or who were directly raised at Satchidananda 7 Ashram - Yogaville. Many of us are great achievers in our field (Liev Schreiber, Rivers Cuomo, Stefan Lessard, Atman Binstock, Scott and Miles Dinsmoor, Uma, Jyoti and Shakti Sackett, Lakshmi Bertram, and the Metro clan to name a few), and many more are simply great achievers at living a good and satisfying life. Every one of us had an entirely unique experience, so as opposed to speaking for all of us, I will focus solely on my own life. photo : Zach Rose

I was raised on Yoga, an unusual upbringing in the states. And growing up in a At the age of five, and with his encouragement, I began my education at the Yo- Hindu American based interfaith organization with a strong focus on the accep- gaville Vidyalayam or “Temple of Learning”, where my fellow students and I stud- 3 tance of all beliefs as equally and entirely valid, world peace through the develop- ied the many different cultures, religions, philosophies, and beliefs of the world 2 ment of individual peace, and the Integral Yoga philosophy as taught by Sri Swami (both eastern and western in tone), as well as a more traditional western curricu- 5 Satchidananda is likely more unusual. In fact, there is only one place in the world lum of math, science, history, language, etc. Swami Satchidananda often taught us where it could happen, Satchidananda Ashram – Yogaville. I would go so far as there, as well as gave us lectures during our Saturday night Satsangs (trans. “Gath- to call the children raised in Yogaville a social experiment. What would happen ering of the Wise”). His parables, fables, stories, and lessons are deeply engrained if you were to raise a child on a unique system of values, highly isolated from the in my psyche, and have served me extremely well throughout my life. My educa- general American environment, but exposed to an entirely different world of Sha- tion was rich with culture, and the upbringing was deeply spiritual in nature. man and Priests, Monks and Swamis, Mystics, Siddhas, wizened old women, and a general feeling of harmony in existence? The answer is me. There are many Yogic systems, e.g. Sivananda Yoga, Bikram, Ashtanga, Kriya, 4 Jivanmukta, etc. But Integral Yoga, with its cultivation of both the external and I have spent my life in this sort of environment. And, while I might be an odd guy, internal elements, and its intense depth and breadth integrating fully in all aspects I am also quite happy and satisfied with my life, so I’d say the experiment was a of life, is where my heart is. I adhere to this philosophy for a reason. When under- resounding success. The core of our education, and what I still consider the core stood correctly, it simply works. And when it works, it works well. Integral Yoga Space-age silver rings in 2011 with optimism that only the future, seen for a maximum degree of control when working with bold, standout lip colors such of my entire life’s philosophy, is Integral Yoga, a synthesis of six distinctly dif- has been called the “gentle yoga”, and I fully agree. It is as gentle and as powerful through the eye of the past, can bring. 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A silvery smile isn’t for the faint of heart, but there’s a reason that with both our selves and the world around us. That’s a pretty big statement, but if Yogic principles. And having spent much of my life in Yogaville, watching thou- Sci-fi shades that evoke a romanticized nostalgia for a better tomorrow! “safe” is not a synonym for “fashion forward”. available at www.manicpanic. you’ve ever taken a quality Hatha Yoga class, one that goes deeper than just physi- sands of visitors pass through with many spending less than a day on grounds, one 1 When you roll into a supermarket at 3:00 am with a Lux De Ville Starlite Kiss com $11.80 cal refinement and actually guides you to the inner practices, you will already have of the most amazing things I’ve discovered is that anyone can achieve the benefits Locks Silver Sparkle Purse in tow, a hunt for milk and Brillo pads transforms 5 If the mere thought of a metal mouth scares you to death, let your fingers do tasted what Yoga can do. 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with a capital Harry Potter and the NO FUTURE Deathly Hallows part 1 Reviewing the new novel, Zero History, and the last decade of William Gibson“. F ” The Angriest Critic, does he love it or does he hate it? by Adam Rosina by EJTower Let’s get this out of the way: I have never read an entire Harry Potter novel, or sat through an entire Harry The first decade of the 21st century is over. Now you’re a grownup. By now I In the first book of the set, Pattern Recognition, a marketing specialist is hired Potter film. I happen to be of the opinion that if you’re over the age of fourteen and find yourself reading a hope you have accepted that “The Future” with a capital “F” was just a pipe dream to cool-hunt the creator of a series of viral internet videos that have captured the book published by fucking Scholastic, you’ve done something bad and you should feel bad. From what little developed by rich megalomaniacs (Walt Disney) in the 20th century to sell plastic interest of the underground art scene. Reminiscent of David Lynch’s 2002 Rabbits I’ve picked up from skimming the first Potter book, it seems like little more than a coupling of Roald Dahl’s trinkets. There will be no flying cars. There will be no rocket packs. There will project, the underground film scene buzzes with cultish attention to detail and the children’s stories (sans the dark humor and the wit) and Tolkien-esque fantasy. So you can understand how I be no silver jumpsuits, so stop asking. If you’ve been waiting for someone to need to discover the intent of the creator. They ask questions of the film that we was in no big hurry to check out any of the film adaptations. Well, I finally caved. Drunk on courage and gin, come to your door and inform you that “The Future ” has arrived, then you should might as of our lives: Are these films part of a larger contiguous story? Are they I marched into a movie theater teeming with squalling brats and sat down for Harry Potter and the Deathly probably read William Gibson’s last three books, because that’s never going to just disjointed parts whose connection is only circumstantial? Driven on by the Hollows Part 1. As the theme music began to emanate from the speakers, rage and panic swept over me. The happen. Sorry. mystery, the plot routes the marketing specialist through a series of bizarre subcul- edges of my field of vision began to go fuzzy. Ten dollars, two hours and thousands of slain brain cells later tures towards an inevitable answer. (the gin may have helped with that last one), I had but one question: What the hell did I just watch?! Science fiction writers of the middle 20th century lived in a strange safe-zone. People like Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, and Arthur C. Clark had the benefit of Picking up a few years later in the same world of the recent past, Spook Coun- Now, I know I can’t come into a series this late and expect to understand everything, but come on; the people slow moving innovation that allowed them to engage in the prophecy game. Their try introduces new characters that later form the core of Zero History. In Spook in this movie barely speak any English, and they are fucking English. It’s all just a string of J.K. Rowling’s stories had decades before they were outmoded by reality. The prophecy game Country an aging rock star is hired to write an article about what we now call made-up vernacular for what feels like ages. I shouldn’t have to Google what a Horocrux is because the main changed the way we think about science fiction. We started to believe that some- Augmented Reality, for an ephemeral magazine which may or may not exist. In characters have used the word 37 goddamn times in the first half-hour of the film without explaining it in the how it was the heralding voice of “The Future”, and we began to treat the stories the process she is swept into what proves to be an international incident. In Pat- slightest. This film really would’ve benefited from a little narration or at least a recap montage. The filmmak- like travel brochures. The science fiction authors of today have no safe-zone. We tern Recognition the author explored the nature of the viral spread of information, ers assume that, if you’re still hanging in there, you are likely a die-hard fan with an encyclopedic knowledge hear it every day from cable news broadcasters, “innovation is advancing at a rate with Spook Country he dives into the powerful nature of secrets. Expounding on of Potter lore. That’s fine, I just don’t think you should have to be one to comprehend the plot of a film. like never before.” We hear it so much that it sounds trite to even write it down, the frightening similarities between the world of marketing and espionage, we but the effect of this rate of innovation is that the prophecy game is over. Now conclude by seeing how they are really in the same business, the control of infor- The plot revolves around messianic boy wizard Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), his malformed ginger pal (Rupert even science fiction writers are all playing catch-up in an effort to stay on top of mation and understanding about the world. Grint) and that girl the internet has been wanting to nail for about half a decade before she hit the age of con- what science invents. sent (Emma Watson) on the run from generic Hitler analogue Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes, whose nose was In each of his books the characters are pitted against an unseen present. They are, either removed in post or bitten off by a Saigon whore). You know, the same plot as the last six movies. Along For William Gibson this means that his job has become to write, not about where like many of us, trying to decipher the emergent trends and understand the goals the way there’s some magic and shit. Oh, and a lot of walking. I mean, A LOT of walking. If I didn’t know we’re going, but where we are now. We already live in a world of cyborgs and of the people operating behind the scenes. We live in high indeterminate times any better, I’d swear Peter Jackson directed this movie (I’m told it was actually David Yates), because the last personal communicators, but what does that all mean? Gibson’s latest book, Zero and if I had to conclude anything about the last decade it would be that we’re still time I watched a movie with this many boring scenes of people aimlessly traversing the countryside, it was the History, the conclusion to a decade-long trilogy, pulls at the unseen edges of our waiting for the chips to fall. Lord of the fucking Rings. Which begs the question: Did this really have to be two movies? With what little time trying to show us that very answer. Unlike golden age science fiction, you In the end though, in these that transpires in the film’s two and a half ass-numbing hours, I find it hard to believe the filmmakers couldn’t will find no technological speculation in this book. Everything you encounter is books as in life, few things have trimmed some of the fat and gotten it all into one movie. And it’s not like we don’t know they only split real, it is happening now. The author simply rearranges the existing elements of ever come off as they were the damn thing up so they could charge us twice for one movie. our world to help you see it better. The effect is a work of fiction that will trans- planned or predicted. form the way you see the world outside of your window, a piece that will have you So the movie starts with Potter and Co. engaging in an aerial battle with the magic flying Nazis. Then… noth- spotting the futurity of your own life, because you could have been a character in ing. For like a freaking hour. Just bitching. Incessant teenage bitching. We get it, Ron. You wanna plow this book too. Hermione. Man the fuck up and bed her or get your dick out of your heart and shut up! It isn’t character development when you’ve been wrestling with the same bullshit for half the series. It’s character stagnation. The characters of Zero History are very unconventional for science fiction. And speaking of teens bumping uglies, isn’t this supposed to be a kids’ film? I think the wee ones could’ve An aging rock star in search of a new career, a recovering pill addict whose done without the ghostly apparition of Harry and Hermione shirtless, playing tonsil hockey, but maybe I’m drug addled mind has missed most of the last decade, and an underground old fashioned. Any who, after a long sojourn in the land of hiking and teenage hormones, the plot kicks back marketing mogul surrounded by double agents looking to sell him out, are in. Sort of. The kids find themselves captured, a small fight breaks out, and all escape unscathed, save their only a few examples. This cast of edgy bohemians becomes caught between hideous little elf pal who dies in the process, though sadly not by way of fire, as I had been yelling at the screen discovering the truth behind a mysterious, secret fashion brand and an armed since he was introduced. Voldemort graverobs a wand, and…DONE! See you all next time for the thrilling conflict with a dangerous war profiteer in the streets of London. conclusion!

If that plot synopsis seems random, then you’re starting to understand what Wait, what? That’s it?! Did they save all the good shit for Part 2? With what little happened in this movie, the Gibson is trying to tell us about the state of our world. Each of his last three next one better be nothing but explosions, shootouts, and girl-on-girl action. But in all seriousness, I signed books, Pattern Recognition, Spook Country, and now Zero History is like a up for an action/adventure flick, and what I got was an angst-ridden road movie with a teeny bit of action and vant. Warner Bros. could have released Nazi atrocity catalogue of snapshots from different points in the last decade, capturing the the occasional shitty CGI snake thrown in for good measure. And I hate to beat a dead horse (and this one is footage with the Harry Potter name on it, and the fans gestalt of our post-9/11 fear as it mingles with our culture. Have you ever assuredly dead and pounded to a bloody pulp by now), but will the crappy CGI in big budget films ever stop? would have paid for it, sat through it and been thank- considered the luxury design of an up-armored SUV with its own air supply? Did the effects community hit the high water mark of Jurassic Park and then proceed to just say, “Fuck it.” for ful for the privilege. Twice. The fans don’t care about Do you really understand the potential of the Smartphone in your pocket? What the next decade and a half? The direction by Yates is acceptable, if a bit dull, though someone needs to take the content. They care about the brand. And if you’re they tell us is that there will no longer be a single grand vision of “The Future”. away his blue filter. Immediately. He overuses it so much that the cast start resembling the frigging Na’vi not already a fan, this movie has nothing to offer you. The object, the world, the environment, the economy, your life, is quickly going after a while. As for the cast, I can’t tell if it’s the dialogue or the acting that’s so damn wooden, but whatever It is, taken on its own merits, a dull, plodding, and nonlinear and we have no idea where they are taking us anymore. There will be it was, I was not digging it. confusing affair. So to all the Potter fans out there, I no easy progression from A to B to C. There are too many trends to track, too LEFT Zero History novel say go right ahead and enjoy your fucking movie. As many power groups vying for control, for any single coherent vision to emerge. RIGHT author William Gibson Really though, who cares? This is a film with a built-in fanbase, so my opinion on the matter is kind of irrele- for the rest of you, avoid it like the plague.

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artist and founder of Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School

by Rena Finkel

Molly Crabapple is perhaps best known as the founder of Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School. Dr. Sketchy’s is the name for the gatherings that happen in over one hundred cities across the world where attendees can drink and sketch live models in alternative, sexy, sumptuous costumes. But Dr. Sketchy’s is only an extension of Ms. Crabapple’s love for drawing. It began because she herself loved inking burlesque dancers and other eccentric performers. She now lectures and exhibits her artwork internationally. She has published a coloring book as well as a graph- ic novel, Scarlett Takes Manhattan, and has worked with the likes of Amanda

“ In New York, working as a rather low-rent cheesecake model, I became interested in exploring the intersections of sex, ambition, and artifice. ”

Palmer, MTV Geek, The Wall Street Journal, and the wide range of everything in between. And it’s no wonder the world is clamoring for her work. Her pieces are at once frenetic and transcendent, trailing laughing starlets between the stage, the back alley, the confectionery, and fairy land. One can’t help but get whisked away in the careful detail and whimsical grace of them. We were fortunate enough to have the mistress of such lovely chaos answer some questions for us about art, and the gilded past.

Your style is extremely unique, where did it come from and how did it de- velop? Molly Crabapple : I’ve been drawing since I was four years old, but first really found my inky voice when I was living at Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris. Armed with a gorgeous sketchbook and unlimited time, I could crow quill my heart out. Back in New York, working as a rather low-rent cheesecake model, I became interested in exploring the intersections of sex, ambition, and artifice.

Your work has been exhibited all over the world and you yourself have trav- eled extensively, does an artist need to think globally in a globalized world? MC : Oh god, yes. I think, at least for privileged first-worlders with fast internet connections, national borders are becoming increasingly less important. Brazilian street artists are ravishing New York audiences while New York artists are rocking galleries in London and Hong Kong.

How does the internet as a medium for sharing artwork affect the way you create? MC : I think the internet, which feeds on constant updates, encourages you to do work that’s completed faster, and to post more of the behind-the-scenes process. The internet can really bias an artist towards timeliness and pop culture relevancy, and away from depth.

16 MEDIA film MEDIA “ Look at circus, you take this brutal art form, all blisters and torn ligaments, and when someone is good, for a few minutes they the transcend the human condition. They are There are the classics, there are the cult films, there are the masterpieces; essentials beauty. They can fly. That’s what art is to me, there are many films that are obvious essentials. These are essentials that when our painful, flawed, fucked-up selves may have gone unnoticed. by Luke Copping can create that moment of transcendence. ” solaris holy mountain You draw a lot of inspiration from bygone eras, what do you think the rel- evancy of past aesthetics is in the modern world? 1972 - Russia 1973 - Mexico/USA MC : The 21st century’s fractured, sampling mad aesthetic lets you feel like you’re directed by : Andrei Tarkovsky directed by : Alejandro Jodorowsky living in every era at once, albeit with feminism and better plumbing. I went to a starring : Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Bonionis, Jüri Järve starring : Alejandro Jodorosky party some weeks ago where Marie Antoinette was waltzing with Man Ray. Unless your friends are a gaggle Obsessed with mysticism, vio- What’s the place of the fantastic and surreal in your artwork? Is it an exten- of ravenous film fanatics or you lence, sexuality, religion, and sion of the artifice and stylization or is there more magic in the world of Molly have a wonderfully curated art provocation in all its forms, Ale- Crabapple than that? house or independent theater in jandro Jodorowsky is the supreme MC : What I like about performance is its sense of alchemy. Look at circus, you your area, you generally won’t renaissance man of 70s avant- take this brutal art form, all blood and blisters and torn ligaments and sweaty find yourself watching Tark- garde cinema. Best known for his gasping for breath, and when someone is good, for a few minutes they transcend ovsky’s films in large groups. overtly violent Western-religious the human condition. They are beauty. They can fly. That’s what magic is to me, This should not deter you from epic El Topo and for the relation- what art is to me, when our painful, flawed, distracted, fucked-up selves can create digesting the works of this mas- ship he had with various mem- that moment of transcendence. I guess performers are always sort of gods to me, terful film maker whom the Leg- bers of the Beatles, noted fans and I’m just hanging on the sidelines sketching them. endary Ingmar Bergman once and often funders of his work. called, “The greatest director.” Holy Mountain is a slight depar- Tarkovsky’s films are more medi- ture from the narrative qualities tations on desire, loneliness, and of El Topo, which played out as spirituality that are best enjoyed a pseudo Western redemption sto- in the solitude of an empty theater ry. Holy Mountain comes across or your own living room well af- more as a series of vignettes and ter sundown. disparate story lines that play out more like the enacting of some Based on the book of the same name by Polish novelist Stanislaw Lem, Solaris is mystic ritual eventually culminating in the crumbling of the fiction itself. the best known and accessible of Tarkovsky’s films. Sadly this is true partly due to Steven Soderbergh’s 2002 version of Lem’s novel, which left a bitter taste in Initially the characters are introduced as an amalgamation of various personifica- the mouths of many critics and fans of the original, who viewed it as both a pale tions of the tarot, religious figures, and astrological signifiers. Some played out and pretentious attempt at imitating Tarkovsky and an subpar adaptation of Lem’s almost and anthropomorphized versions, embodying the worst aspects of the ar- novel. chetype they represent. Jodorowsky directs both his players and viewers through a series of ritualistic death/rebirth scenes aimed at deconstructing the walls between Solaris is a tense and deliberately paced science fiction film on the surface, one the cinematic experience and real life. Even the film’s one-of-a-kind conclusion mainly concerned with the voyage of a psychologist to a space station orbiting calls into question Jodorowsky’s often cryptic intentions for the audience. the mysterious titular oceanic planet and the subsequent psychological drama that plays out upon his arrival. Tarkovsky’s trademark lack of traditional storytelling Stories abound about the production process involved in the film’s creation. Ac- elements and pace is less apparent here than in his other films, but still delves tors lived communally during the preproduction period, undergoing a period of far beyond films in the Western vernacular with its furthering preoccupation with spiritual training to prepare them philosophically for their roles. Hallucinogens special effects over the spiritual and psychological implications that the science were used liberally during the filming of some of the more psychedelic scenes in From where do you draw your inspiration as of late? Do you have any new fiction genre places upon its characters. Its slow pace adds gravity and deeper the film, with Jodorowsky liberally encouraging the use of psilocybin mushrooms projects planned? importance to the effects upon the main characters enacted by an utterly alien amongst the actors during the film’s memorable rebirth scene. MC : Me and my coauthor John Leavitt just signed on to do a graphic novel for force. The force in question is beyond morality. A certain duality exists between First Second books, which we’re very stoked about. Right now I’m working on an the trauma inflicted by it through its childlike yet utterly alien attempts to com- Visually, the movie is stunning. Jodorowsky is a singular creative force in terms of animation with a performer who inspires the hell out of me, Kim Boekbinder, as municate and desperate attempts to understand. the visual aspects of his film. Sets are built to an almost ritualistically prescribed well as the usual round of ‘Draw big thing for free. Travel somewhere. Attempt to degree, creating objects and set pieces that far surpassed the visceral impact of give coherent talk. Draw big thing for money,’ that I make my living with. Noted for its stunning and meticulously plotted camera work, a trademark of Tark- other films of the era. In many ways, Jodorowsky’s set design seems contempo- ovsky’s work, Solaris is one of the finest shot films you will ever see, a lingering rary and refreshing still, the era of its creation given away only by the look of the Keep up with Molly Crabapple at www.mollycrabapple.com. visual experience underpinned by a strong psychological subtext and highlighted film itself. by the director’s unique storytelling style. A vital contribution to film history, and Prints of Molly’s art and copies of her books are a wonderful introduction to Russian film for those unfamiliar with the cinema of available at www.mollycrabapple.com/shop. the region.

AUXILIARY december/january 2010/2011 18 19 december/january 2010/2011 AUXILIARY LIFESTYLE the PinUp Auxiliary’s playful take on the sexy centerfold pin up. Flip the page, the Death of AUXILIARY cut out, and tac on your wall! Drama…? MAGAZINE the final installment Kimmy couldn’t wait to bury the drama once by Vanity Kills and for all alongside Shayne’s body. Ashley P RESENTS had other plans for the corpse. Thinking back on it, it is amazing how life plays out. I had just gotten out of a ter- KELLETH rible and seemingly un-endable relationship, only to enter into one with my former arch-enemy-turned-hopeless-crush, Eli. If that wasn’t enough, now my friends and I are sitting at the funeral for the cause of the aforementioned awfulness, photographer Zach Rose my abusive, womanizing ex-boyfriend Shayne. After Eli and Shayne engaged creative director Zach Rose in an epic showdown at the club Sanctum, all ties were severed between us. To and Jennifer Link fashion stylist Emily Rishea of Artifice all of our collective disbelief (and my not-so-secret elation), Shayne “sadly” met makeup artist [Dream Clean Makeup] his maker under the wheels of the rustic Trans AM belonging to an equally foul by Heather Orr acquaintance, the failed cockrocker Jaguar Steve. Despite Shayne being a com- hair stylist Irina Lavrega model Kelleth Cuthbert plete asshole, he was physically attractive and at least possessed a semblance of a location Working Proof Studios personality; I just can’t say the same of ol’ Steve. Dude was a creep through and through. I think you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who wasn’t thrilled to see that sleazebag being housed in a jail cell.

A funeral for your worse half is somewhere between writing sad poetry in the cemetery while cutting yourself and your birthday. Sure, part of you wants to be weepy, sad faced, and overwhelmed with guilt, but the other half knows that you’ve won the battle and therefore it’s time to celebrate. So, befitting the latter, my friends and I opted to drape ourselves in our most splendidly mopey burial- watching attire (sometimes we’re just too goth to function). Currently, we are listening to the pastor drone on about God this and salvation that. It is the boring part before they carry up the coffin and you get to laugh at, errrr, mourn the person being interred. Justine, sitting next to me, was adjusting the weasel skull on her tiny, yet fabulous, hat. Cassy was not-so-subtly flirting with her current crush Kel- give up the ghost. This unfortunately was futile, and the melancholy of Trashley lie, the bartender at the infamous dive The Krab Klub. Morgan was her usual stoic could not be contained by any mortal goth, of imaginary royal lineage or not. self. And I, the cadaver-of-honor’s ex-lover, brimmed with excitement at finally being presented with an opportunity to wear the cute lace veil I had acquired some We could do little but shake our heads, at first in bemusement, and later in sheer time back. bewilderment. Morgan spoke for the first time since we arrived: “You know, sometimes things just cross the line between funny and sad. This isn’t even on the At last, the pastor ceased to posthumously glorify Shayne’s wasteful existence and same planet as that line. This is too much; I think I’m over the scene.” Justine, the pallbearers trudged up apathetically, laying the coffin out to view. Someone typically one to savor scandal, actually agreed. “I think Morgan is right, we are had draped a torn Skinny Puppy shirt over it to commemorate that Puppy was his socially scraping the bottom of the barrel here, guys. Maybe we should go do favorite band, or perhaps because Shayne swore he looked exactly like his hero something else for a change.” Cassy was too consumed with making out with Kel- Ogre. I had hoped they would bury the bastard straight away, but I guess his fam- lie to offer a reply. Public displays of sheer sluttiness seemed like a fitting thing ily wanted to get a final look at his smug, remorseless face. Naturally, drama could to do at Shayne’s internment and Cassy was one to live by the “when in Rome” not be absent from a scene funeral. Before any of Shayne’s actual family could credo. Eli chimed in, “We could try going to another bar, with different people. do, well, anything, his mistress/worshipper Trashley ran through the crowd, crying Maybe never have to see any more scene people or deal with this kind of crap.” and flailing wildly, and flung herself onto the casket. It was a sad and desperate We all nodded and agreed it might be a good idea. We’d try to hit up a hipster bar move; one that should leave me hysterical post-viewing, but I was caught up trying the next weekend and see what normal people did. We felt a most desperate need to come to terms with the fact that she wore a Nightmare Before Christmas shirt to be disassociated with Ashley, Sandy and those of their ilk. and bondage pants to a funeral. A FUNERAL! Luckily, my friends were quicker on the uptake; Cassy burst out laughing at this display of confused, undying zom- Just then, the cops arrived. According to hearsay, as part of his punishment, Jaguar bie love. “He ain’t comin’ back bitch!” she yelled. Our collective laughter was Steve had to be present at the funeral for the person he killed, and so two officers drowned out by Trashley’s incessant wailing. “Shayne, you were the greatest man had come to escort him. As they were making their way over, they were invol- THIS PAGE who ever lived, and you were the only one for me. I’ll bring you back, I swear!” untarily treated to the spectacle which unfolded in front of our very eyes. This Kinetic Overbust with Morrigan And with that, she pulled out a paperback book on necromancy she five-fingered resulted in Steve being dropped, still immobile in shackles, in the field. The of- Shrug, Formal Underwear, and from the New Age section of a Barnes & Noble a few minutes prior, and started ficers rushed to pull Trashley away from her lost love. There in front of everyone, Knee Corsets all by Artifice. reciting lines while pouring some sort of gooey liquid onto the coffin. The pastor, she was arrested for defacing a corpse. On her way out she yelled back, “don’t PINUP PAGE clearly thinking he doesn’t get paid enough, simply covered his face with his hand. worry, Shayne, I’ll find a way to reunite us!” and consequently received a mouth- Clear Vinyl and Beaded Lace We snickered, and the rest of the attendees looked dumbfounded. After a minute ful of pepper spray. Bridal Underbust Corset of the bizarre ritual, Trashley’s best (and possibly only) friend Sleazy Sandy ran with Pencil Skirt, Basic PVC up to quiet down her grieving associate. Sandy, decked out in her usual outlandish We looked at each other then and simultaneously we all knew; as hard as you may Stockings, and Clear Plastic with Renn faire attire, grabbed Trashley and tried urgently to get her to, quite literally, try, you just simply can’t separate a goth girl from drama. Lace Pleated Bolero Shrug.

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The uniquely moldable Kelleth Cuthbert of Next Models Toronto is a model whose work ethic your perspective on the modeling industry? What advice would you give to anyone looking to sign with an agency? and dedication to the industry is one that is not to be taken lightly. As an icon who seamlessly KC : I’ve been represented by Next Models Toronto since the summer of 2009. I was originally scouted by them in late 2006 but decided to wait until I had com- blurs the lines of commercial and alternative modeling, Kelleth’s commitment to professionalism pleted my post-secondary education before returning to them. Representation by a has brought her much success in just a few short years. We at Auxiliary Magazine are pleased to major agency was one of the first goals I set for myself when I began modeling. It hasn’t changed my perspective on the industry so much as it has changed my place present to you the beautiful and charismatic Kelleth Cuthbert. within it. It has allowed me to see that I can work commercially, as well as editori- interview by Zach Rose ally. To anyone looking to sign with an agency I would say: explore your options, and Luke Copping do your research, be persistent, and believe in yourself. Know that signing with an agency is only half the battle. Booking work requires dedication, confidence, a Though you got your start in what many would call “alternative” modeling, What is your best nightmare shoot story? strong body of work, and great people skills. you have also worked on major campaigns for major mainstream clothing KC : Fortunately I have no truly grievous shoot stories but I have certainly mod- retailers like Urban Planet. Many people think it’s difficult to cross over from eled though many less-than-ideal circumstances to achieve great results. One of What is your dream project? one to the other, yet you do so effortlessly, has it been a difficult journey? the most difficult was a shoot in freezing temperatures and severe wind by Lake KC : Shooting with Steven Klein. The more bizarre the concept, the better! Kelleth Cuthbert : Modeling requires a great deal of versatility. I consider my- Ontario. It was a disorienting kind of cold that the entire crew struggled to over- self a blank canvas, ready and able to vivify any character that a particular client come. The end result was an image that is one of my favorite to date! If you were suddenly not working as a model, what would you be pursuing desires. What is perhaps most challenging is maintaining credibility within the as an alternative? alternative subculture in spite of it. This is not always easy but I do thrive on a You recently signed with Next Models Toronto, is this something that you KC : I would be completing my Masters in social work. I completed my Bachelor good challenge. would have imagined for yourself a year ago? How has it changed (if at all) degree (with a minor in psychology) in 2009. Most of my experience and interest lies in addictions and mental health counseling.

name : Kelleth Cuthbert nickname : Pimms, Lekyl, and Hotep birthday : October 23rd birthplace : Toronto eye color : hazel hair color : dark brown turn-ons : tattoos, clownlike personalities, chipped teeth, and post-modernists turn-offs : ‘isms’, mustaches, and people with poor escalator etiquette (walk left, stand right!) why do you model? : I love having a job that allows me to do something different every day and exploring my own creativity. how did you get into modeling? : A local photographer contacted me on MySpace, asking me if I would be interested in shooting. As they say, the rest is history. favorite musical artist : Sex Pistols and Lou Reed favorite movie : JFK, Citizen Kane, and The Incredible Shrinking Man favorite tv show : I only watch the Weather Network favorite book : The Beach and To Kill A Mockingbird favorite color : Black (even if it’s technically a shade!) favorite article of clothing : A black satin and organza neck corset from Decadent Designs. favorite fashion designer : Vivienne Westwood favorite star/icon : Christian Slater circa 1989 favorite outdoor activity : zip lining favorite indoor activity : zumba favorite club/club night/place to go out : Subspace Fetish Night

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december/january 2010/2011 AUXILIARY quick picks MUSIC KELLETH Covenant - Lightbringer Funker Vogt - Blutzoll Front Line Assembly - Angriff [Remix] EP released by Metropolis on 22 October 2010 released by Metropolis on 26 October 2010 released by Metropolis on 29 October 2010 genre : EBM genre : electro-industrial genre : industrial Lightbringer is the newest Covenant single and After Survivor, Funker Vogt released a slew of me- The second single from their new album Improvised hopefully an accurate preview of what’s to come on diocre albums. Blutzoll is their newest attempt to Electronic Device, Angriff is a little longer and is the upcoming album Modern Ruin due out in Janu- rekindle my interest. My initial thought was that actually an EP. There are seven “Angriff” remixes, ary. Lightbringer is a collaboration of Covenant, the album’s sound was richer, deeper, and the pro- from Skold, mind.in.a.box, Mindless Faith, Proj- now joined full time by Daniel Myer (Haujobb), duction level had been amped up. The songs are ect Pitchfork, and FLA themselves, plus a B-side, and fellow Swedes Necro Facility. There are a few hard and very danceable with synthlines that scream, “Freakuency”. The mind.in.a.box remix is really the variations of “Lightbringer” but the original version “Funker!” After revisiting older albums, I found they standout on this release and has a somber feeling is the best one and I am blown away over and over sounded dated beyond their years. Perhaps these that goes exceptionally with the lyrics. Skold and by its excellent composition and the excitement it new club friendly tracks; “Arising Hero”, “The State Project Pitchfork also contribute versions that take stirs in me. This is a great pop/EBM track, dance- Within”, “Fire and Forget”, or my favorite “Hold My on their respective personalities with good results. able, catchy, memorable, and exciting. Two B-Sides Ground”, could replace the aging relics that flood “Freakuency” is a downtempo track with lots of are also present “The Beauty and the Grace”, written the club nights. I sure hope so. 7/10 - MK sampled voices, well worth listening to. Front Line’s by Daniel Myer, and “Never Seems to End” by Eskil B-sides always seem very good and are often a cool Simonsson and Joakim Montelius. 8/10 - AA mix of the FLA and Delerium sounds. 7/10 - AA

The Sorrow - The Sorrow Hocico - Tiempos de Furia Conjure One - Exilarch released by Artoffact Records on 7 December 2010 released by Metropolis on 1 October 2010 released by Nettwerk on 9 November 2010 genre : metalcore genre : EBM, electro genre : downtempo The Sorrow are an Austrian metal band that continue Mexico City’s own Hocico return with their new- Conjure One is the solo project of Rhys Fulber, the to rage along making themselves hard not to notice. est release, Tiempos de Furia. This album is the frequent collaborator of Bill Leeb on projects like Their third album, The Sorrow, is perhaps their best same kind of in-your-face electro-industrial/EBM Front Line Assembly and Delerium. Exilarch is the yet and it continues to forge their sound into a recog- that they have been making since 1993. The vocals third album under this project and the reason Fulber nizable signature. There are plenty of riffing guitars are harsh and the dark mood is pumped up by the wasn’t involved in the latest Front Line Assembly and fast double bass drumming going on, but I feel strong electro rhythms and well-written hooks. The material. Conjure One is not too far removed from that the superb vocals of Mathias push everything lyrics aren’t quite on the same level as the music the work of Delerium and the difference in sounds is along, whether it’s the clean singing in the choruse- but I’m willing to bet most people who’ll like this really a matter of personality since Fulber and Leeb sor the screaming in the verses. The album is addic- won’t care. A good follow up if you like the sound have been working together so long. If you like the tive and the unique breaks in the songs keep things of Hocico or want to find a band in the same vein as downtempo electronics with guest vocalists material interesting. The band has a lot going for them that Suicide Commando. 7/10 - AA of previous Conjure One, or the sound of Delerium, would be attractive to the non-hardcore metalheads. in the last thirteen years then this will be music to They have gained a new fan over the last few months your ears. 7/10 - AA and I am sure I’m not the only one. 8/10 - MK music reviews MUSIC

Maserati - Pyramid of the Sun iVardensphere - Bloodwater Unit:187 - Out For Blood released by Temporary Residence on 9 November 2010 released by Synthetic Sounds on 2 November 2010 released by Vendetta on 26 October 2010 data : 8 tracks . 40:16 run time . www.myspace.com/maseratirocks data : 2nd album . 13 tracks . 65:54 run time . www.ivardensphere.com data : 4th album . 10 tracks . 48:36 run time . www.unit187.com

reviewed by : Paul Morin me on the edge of my seat waiting for them to ease into “Do You Feel like We Do”). reviewed by : Aaron Andrews reviewed by : Aaron Andrews genre : psychedelic, post-rock, indie At times this formula works well, and the music really comes alive and crescendos genre : tribal industrial, rhythmic noise genre : industrial I was disappointed in this album. There, I like a tidal wave. At other times, it’s just self-indulgent and lost in its own space. The Bloodwater is the second album of Edmon- Unit:187 have been around since 1994, re- said it. After 2007’s Inventions for the New album works nicely as a whole, with each song blending nicely into the next, but is ton’s iVardensphere, the brainchild of Scott leasing their previous albums in 1996, 1998, Season, which I heralded as some second also guilty of being repetitive and redundant, as the same formula is applied to each Fox assisted by Chris Lacroix. The first and 2003. The Vancouver, BC based band coming of post-rock, and after seeing them song. Ultimately there are some nice moments but it left me wanting more in the end iVardensphere album, Scatterface, was a has been making guitar-heavy electro-Indus- live and watching drummer Jerry Fuchs (also than what sounded like a score to a forgettable, low budget sci-fi movie or a boss fight harsh industrial ride that was good but was trial for a while now. Unit:187 has used the of !!! fame) pound the living hell out of his in a video game collecting dust in the corner. lacking a fully distinct personality. Blood- Vancouver scene’s seemingly close circle of kit, I really wanted more from this release, recommended tracks : Pyramid of the Sun, Oaxaca water takes steps in the right direction and artists to its fullest having, in the past, been but I didn’t feel I got it. The same formulas if you like you may like : Tangerine Dream, Mogwai, Trans Am proves itself an excellent sophomore release. remixed by Rhys Fulber (FLA), produced by are present on this album, placing the band somewhere between the late 70s/early grade : overall 6 - music 6 - recording quality 9 The album took all the things that the band was doing right and infuses them with Anthony Valcic (Skinny Puppy, Julien-K) and now they have added Front Line 80s prog and Krautrock scenes (think Pink Floyd’s “One of These Days” mixed a new and more individual sound. Bloodwater mixes the harsh, glitchy electron- Assembly’s Chris Peterson and his Decree collaborator Ross Redhead to the regu- with “Run Like Hell” or Vangelis’ closing credits to Blade Runner or the Doctor ics and interesting sound design that Fox showed such a talent for with world lar lineup. Mixed by legendary producer Ken “Hiwatt” Marshall of Skinny Puppy Who theme). They added a few new twists, particularly their use of synths (which elements like tribal drumming and chanting samples. There are an array of ener- fame; Out For Blood is a fresh and unique face to old-school industrial at a time will bring even more comparisons to Krautrock), and the rhythm section is nothing gies represented here; furious, contemplative, trance inducing, and atmospheric. when bands like KMFDM are sounding worn out. This is the kind of album that short of fantastic, pulling off feats of endurance that sound like a helicopter taking The ferocity of iVardensphere’s most energetic tracks (“Ancients” and “Sick”) got me into industrial music in the first place. The harsh guitar riffs, the nihilistic off or a train running by at full speed. The guitars drift off into a world of delay form a core that the more experimental songs (“Filterscape”) build on to make an swagger in the vocals and well-built electronic backdrops that those two more and any other effects they can get their hands on (including a talk-box, which kept interesting and somewhat diverse musical journey. Bloodwater plays out like the obvious pieces rely on are just as thrilling to me as ever. Out For Blood isn’t ceremony for the nature spirit, there’s reverence and revelry all in one. The album groundbreaking or lyrically intelligent, but it is aggressive, unrelenting, and pretty also features three remixes that offer some interesting takes on the originals; a fun. I feel like I’ve been missing this kind of intense essence of 90s industrial Progressive House mix from Rotersand, a Harsh EBM mix by Komor Kommando, music and am happy to have found it again. Unit:187’s first two releases had an and a dubstep-esque mix by Assemblage 23. I found the remixes to be a welcome almost clich_ quality to them, but with age and experience they have found a way I:Scintilla - Dying & Falling Massiv In Mensch - Niemand weiss, was die Zukunft bringt addition to the album. to do what they love really well. recommended tracks : Filterscape, The Source Of Uncertainty, Sick recommended tracks : Sick Obsession, Living to Die, DDD released by Alfa Matrix on 26 November 2010 released by Artoffact Records on 7 December 2010 if you like you may like : This Morn’ Omina, Individual Totem, Geomatic if you like you may like : Front Line Assembly, 16Volt, Decree, KMFDM data : 2nd album . 11 tracks . 51:12 run time . www.iscintilla.com data : 6th album . 14 tracks . 53:00 run time . www.massiv-in-mensch.de grade : overall 8 - music 8 - recording quality 9 grade : overall 7 - music 7 - lyrics 6 - recording quality 8 reviewed by : Mike Kieffer reviewed by : Mike Kieffer genre : electronic rock genre : techno, industrial The Chicago-based band recently made Massiv in Mensch return with their sixth stu- waves with their strong EP, Prey On You. dio album, Niemand weiss, was die Zukunft The full length album, Dying & Falling, was bringt (Nobody Knows What the Future Will highly anticipated and it picks right where Bring). The album starts out with an intro the EP left off. The album starts with “Swim- track featuring actor Reiner Schoene provid- Nude - Basic Guerilla Moves mers Can Drown” featuring a kicking 4-4 ing an epic lead up to the first song “Teig Der released by Black Rain on 22 October 2010 beat, crunchy guitars, and the glorious vocals Vernunft”. This is a solid song with Anna- data : 3rd album . 16 tracks . 77:51 run time . www.myspace.com/nuderiot of Brittany Bindrim pulling the listener in Maria Straatmann singing in German with tightly. “Sharia Under a Beauty Curse” and “Ammunition” continue this formula male backing vocals, the music is a nice solid beat and brings the unmistakable reviewed by : Aaron Andrews has written some pretty fantastic music and exciting vocal parts for this album providing three solid rocking songs in a row. “Worth the Wait” is the first song to Massiv in Mensch synth lines. Right from this first song you can tell that the al- genre : breakbeat, drum & bass I’m totally confounded about the amount of inclusion MC Tweeky gets. I’ll give break the mold slowing things down but still keeping a hard edge. The title track, bum is going to be something special, it has a more mature feeling to it. This leads Nude is a multi-member, multi-national Ger- the guy the benefit of the doubt that English is probably not his first language “Dying & Falling”, drops the distorted guitars, lays a groovy beat, and adds some into the familiar voice of Steph from mind.in.a.box on the track “Transformation man outfit that has focused on writing some (he’s Swedish) and maybe he even plays an essential role in Nude’s live act, but well-placed vocal processing to change things up. “Face The Kill” ratchets things II”, which is a rework of a track originally done by @vx. This rework adds a nice fantastic and high-energy tracks, and if their the band’s tracks are awesome when he’s not dominating what is otherwise great back up with a solid song with an infectious chorus line. This intensity doesn’t last danceable beat to the original track, which was mostly ambient. I was surprised by press sheet is true then they also have an ob- music. Basic Guerilla Moves is an exciting and high-energy album and I have long as “The Shake” stops all the beats adding a string section, and uses the power- the track “Against All Odds”, which shows a different side of the band, dropping session with putting on an energetic and ex- no doubt if you get the chance to see them perform live you should take it. I find ful singing of Brittany to drive it along. The EP song “Prey On You” is perhaps the dance and providing a beautiful love song. “Ein Teil Von Mir (feat. Tomas citing live show. A live drummer, multiple so many things I like about their music, yet I hate how much I’m distracted by the strongest song on the album, offering groovy beats, strong lyrics, and excellent Appelhoff)” is a fantastic song and driven by the incredible voice of Tomas Appel- vocalists and programmers help this album Tweeky. Please, Nude, when you put together your next album believe me when I programming. The album does tend to jump around a bit, leaving me to wish that hoff. It reminds me of the singing of Peter Heppner of Wolfsheim. They should find its way into some cool territory. Basic say you make enough excitement without your hype man. Scale him back a little. all the slower songs were grouped together so if I wasn’t in the mood to rock out I ask this guy to join them more often. There are a few classic Massiv in Mensch Guerilla Moves is a drum & bass and hard breakbeat album but you hear inspira- This could have been an 8. wouldn’t have to skip around. But this little flaw doesn’t ruin the record for me. I club stompers, but for the most part they seemed to have relaxed a bit on the high tion from a few genres of electronic music. Influence of artists like The Chemical recommended tracks : Upbeatrealizm, Inside, A Little Excitement, You Had It feel that Dying & Falling deserves multiple listens to digest all the lyrics and feel energy, in your face style. As usual the album does mix both German and English Brothers, Violet Vision, Roni Size, The Prodigy, Atari Teenage Riot, and Diesel Coming the full impact of the alluring vocals of Brittany. language songs, so bust out your dictionaries. There are a slew of guest appear- Boy can be picked up in a few listens. The sound design and composition is fun, if you like you may like : Diesel Boy, Violet Vision, Atari Teenage Riot recommended tracks : Swimmers Can Drown, Dying & Falling ances and a nice mix of songs, I was very pleased with this album and believe it exciting and while it’s not genre shattering it is unique. All the songs are fast, grade : overall 6 - music 7 - lyrics 5 - recording quality 8 if you like you may like : Helalyn Flowers, Ayria is their best to date. hard hitting and well composed. I’d love to hear most of these tracks out at the grade : overall 7 - music 7 - lyrics 8 - recording quality 7 recommended tracks : Teig Der Vernunft, Ein Teil Von Mir (feat. Tomas Ap- club where I’m sure its quality and catchiness would be infectious. Because Nude pelhoff) if you like you may like : [x] Rx, Soman grade : overall 8 - music 8 - lyrics 7 - recording quality 9

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There are many guests appearing on the new album, what was the main rea- tronic programs and stuff. Sometimes I use my old keyboard or the harmonica to son for all the additional talent? Could you please introduce us to guests on play some melodies I want to use inside a track. this album? DL : Over the last few years we have always worked with guest musicians. I Industrial and EBM music has a solid history of tongue in cheek, sarcastic, think it’s necessary to get new influences for your own musical concept. Next to and playful artists, who if any of them have you drawn on to create the Massiv mind.in.a.box we had collaborations with some local friends here, like Tomas Ap- in Mensch sound? pelhoff, a singer/songwriter from Oldenburg. He’s working more with traditional DL : Artists like Tommi Stumpff, Wenndann, or Les Berrtas have inspired us relat- acoustic instruments like piano, guitar, etc. It was a nice experience to create ing to the sarcastic element in our lyrics. Our sound is more universal and not only something electronic from his ideas. Mirco Dalos played the guitar on “Lost in based on EBM or electro artists. We also have influences from a lot of techno or the Thought”. He’s an independent artist from Rastede. Finja Battenberg played trance artists, for example, the Utah Saints or The KLF. the harp on the same track, a great addition to have such a wonderful instrument in a Massiv in Mensch song, no plugin or something else, a real harp. Nebelgeist You once said while Massiv in Mensch is meant to entertain, it also has un- sings the female part in “Ob Du Auch Kalt Bleibst”, she’s also known from a lot derlying social messages. What is the message within Niemand weiss, was die of Kontrast, tracks like “Versprochen”. Zukunft bringt? DL : It’s both entertainment and sending messages, but never with morality, we are The theme of this album would seem to be the future and science fiction, one using more of the sarcastic way. ‘Nobody knows what the future will bring,’ is a notable feature on the album is the intro by Reiner Schoene. What was the message in itself and a sample in the “Kybernauten” track. It has a very final but source of this theme, perhaps a love of sci-fi movies? Was it the indented also speculative character. And sure you can use that for Massiv in Mensch, it has theme from the start? always been a bit of our leitmotif, each album is very different to the forerunner. DL : I am a big fan of Reiner Schoene since 1990 when he was the host of the You never know what’s coming next! Furthermore, the album title was a great German television show Fort Boyard. He has an impressive vita, playing next to opportunity to use the Back to the Future aesthetic. Picard in Star Trek or in Babylon 5, for example. In Germany he’s also known for his great voice, doing synchronization in movies like Transformers, Star Wars, Where would you say your largest fan bases are? Is it Germany and Europe? and Pirates of the Caribbean. I asked him about doing the vocals for our intro Or perhaps Canada, being on the Canadian label Artoffact? because I had his contact information from two years ago from doing an interview DL : When I look at LastFM, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, or other social net- for the German fan website “Fort Boyard 1990”. He instantly said ‘yes’ and it was works I can negotiate that we have the most fans in North America. It’s absolutely a great honor for us to hear the result. great to see that we have a lot of fans there who love our music. In Germany it’s a bit more difficult to get reactions like enthusiasm or excitement. Also the electro/ The cover art for Niemand weiss, was die Zukunft bringt features a DeLorean EBM scene is very large with a lot of bands. I also think that German bands have and a text treatment that references to Back to the Future, if you could use got this ‘exotic’ factor in foreign lands. that DeLorean to go to the past or to the future where would you go? MASSIV IN MENSCH DL : I think I would use the flux capacitor and drive into the past, perhaps between Are there any plans to tour to support this album? the years 1979 and 1985. Be a witness of ‘Neue Deutsche Welle’ [German new DL : We want to play a lot of shows next year and present the new tracks. I wave] with the knowledge don’t know if we can realize Germany’s Massiv in Mensch, known for their club hits, are back with a conceptual, new studio of today. a tour but it would be great. We’ll check our opportuni- album on Artoffact Records, Niemand weiss, was die Zukunft bringt, which brings more of those Many German and Eu- ties as well with booking danceable tracks but in a more mature, polished package. The album is full of collaborations ropean electro and syn- agencies. thpop artists choose to including a new track with mind.in.a.box and an introduction, sure to excite cult movie buffs, by write most of their lyrics Do you enjoy playing festi- in English but Massiv in vals or touring more? Do German actor Reiner Schoene. Armed with a DeLorean and their upcoming retro-futuristic Mensch features a good any past festival perfor- album, “nobody knows what the future will bring,” except for maybe Massiv in Mensch. split between English and mances stand out from the German. What’s your others? reasoning for this? DL : Yes, we love to play interview by Mike Kieffer and Jennifer Link DL : It is a spontaneous and live. It’s a great feeling to emotional feeling of which see and feel how people re- You are about to release your new album, Niemand weiss, was die Zukunft DL : My favorites are changing from time to time, and now I actually prefer songs langugage could fit better act to the tracks, like danc- bringt, what are your thoughts on this album compared to others and how do I produced some weeks ago. But from this album my first favorites were “Trans- into a track for the message ing or celebrating. The most you think it will be received? formation II” and “I Love To Hate”. Now I think “Teig Der Vernunft” is a real we want to transport. Some- exciting gig was for our ap- Daniel Logemann : I think Niemand weiss, was die Zukunft bringt is our most ma- good track with a nice synthline. It will be great when fans fall in love with one times it’s better picking the pearance at WGT 2005 in ture album in all these years. You hear less experiences, less difficult structures, of those tracks. There are more ballads on this album like in the beginning years. powerful German language Leipzig on the Parkbuehne. and more classic song elements. Furthermore, there are a lot of new sounds and So we have a good chance. and in other cases we need guest musicians on this album who bring a lot of new facets to the known Massiv the English language to You are asked to DJ the ul- in Mensch attitude. Next thing, we have a firm goal with the combination of the I was very pleased to hear another collaboration with mind.in.a.box on Nie- encrypt some messages we Daniel Logemann and DeLorean timate, ideal “dark rave”, songs, the album name, artwork, and band photos. So all in all, I think Niemand mand weiss, was die Zukunft bringt, how did collaboration with mind.in.a.box would never use in German. name five tracks that you would definitely play. weiss, was die Zukunft bringt is the best Massiv in Mensch album to hear as a come about and can we expect to hear more in the future? DL : New Order “Confusion”, Klinisch Tot “Klinisch Tot”, Empirion “Ciao”, whole. Sure, we hope that it will be accepted from our fans and perhaps we can DL : Well in that case it was more a collaboration with the French ambient musi- I’ve always found Massiv in Mensch catchy and well written, the way good Some More Crime “Moral Code”, and The Horrorist “One Night in New York convince some more people with this album. cian @vx who delivered us the sound layers from the original “Transformation”. hit pop songs are clearly written by a talented composer. What is your pro- City”. Steph from mind.in.a.box was the singer of that track. I think we arranged some- cess, do the songs start out electronic or do you compose first on other instru- Niemand weiss, was die Zukunft bringt is a strong album with many likeable thing very new, totally different to the first version. It’s always a pleasure to work ments? Is there anything you would like to say to our readers? songs, is there a song you wish the fans would fall in love with? What tracks with mind.in.a.box, I`m a big fan of their style. But I cannot say what the future DL : The first ideas I have in my head, and then I will create sounds with my elec- DL : I want to send greetings to all the readers from Aux Mag! Please visit us at are your favorites? will bring in that case. www.massiv-in-mensch. Thank you!

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recorded a local Japanese Taiko Drum group called Booming Tree for the song SF : In two ways, being a DJ, I’m always on the lookout for a song or sound “Ancients”. In another song, “Filterscape”, I recruited an eastern Indian drummer that will blow the roof off a nightclub. When you start producing, you’re able to share the hand drum duties with me. to recognize the good parts of your song and work with them while seeing the lackluster spots and deleting them. DJing is like training for production. It’s a iVardensphere Tell me about your newest release Bloodwater. How do you feel it compares natural evolution that more DJs should try. [smiles] Secondly, having constant to 2009’s Scatterface? access to various nightclub sound systems, I’m able to test my material in that sort SF : Overall Bloodwater is much darker and more aggressive than Scatterface. As of environment with regularity. I can build a song and try it out that night. If the a counterpoint to the groove driven tribal material on the CD, I really wanted to kick needs more punch or the lead needs more scream then I’ll fix that during the have some songs that would rise up and punch you in the face. “Sick” and “The week, then try it out on the big system the next week. It’s a luxury many folks Source of Uncertainty” do this just great. “A Sign of Things to Come” includes don’t have. some additional programming by Yann, Iszoloscope, and is aimed squarely at the dance floor. While Scatterface was a period of discovery for iV, Bloodwater is a What do you like most about the scene and what do you hate the most? sign of where iV is heading. SF : I like the fact that there are no rules. People are free to wear whatever they want and listen to whatever they want. The music they write can be crafted how- Over the past year the name iVardensphere has been all over the place, has ever that person likes it. There is endless support for the artists even when times this been an easy road or a tough one? What were the high and low points? are tough. I love the underground! SF : The word easy has no place here. [laughs] Getting iVardensphere where it is now has taken countless sacrifices. While writing the music is something I love Don’t like? to do, the business side of things cannot be ignored. I’m glad I’ve got the support SF : Negativity. Don’t tear apart people who are writing music that is not just like network to make this happen. Like with any band that wants to go anywhere, you one of the five bands you listen to on rotation 24/7. They are busting their balls have to stand behind your decision to make your band a priority in life. Not a day making art. If they’re not for you, so be it. Don’t crucify them for it. I also don’t goes by where I’m not working on iV. Not a decision goes by without considering like people going on for hours about how the scene is dying. It’s not dying; far how iV will be affected. The low points include not having a life outside your mu- from it. It’s evolving. No, not every band these days is a Skinny Puppy. Puppy sic. Music becomes your life. The high points are what make the sacrifices worth was once a young band that grew into legend. Look towards the young bands it. By the end of this year I will have been on tour for three months, don’t confuse today and you’ll see a lot of really great stuff coming out. Look to music made on missing my wife as a high point. This year I have seen more places and done more smaller or more obscure labels. This stuff is my bread and butter. [smiles]

“ The word easy has no place here. Getting iVardensphere where it is now has taken countless sacrifices. ”

crazy things than I have ever done before. The people I am meeting continually amaze me. I’ve seen each ocean, multiple times, this year alone. I get the chance With an evolving and primal sound, iVardensphere out of Edmonton is the creation of Scott to wander most of the cites we hit and feel the heartbeat of the place. The fact that music has this power is inspiring. Fox. With a background as a DJ, having played the notorious club nights SICK and Das OOntz, How did the upcoming tour with Combichrist come about? And how have Fox knows what makes solid, hard hitting dance tracks. And when he brought Chris Lacroix your prepared? into the project they were able to transform that formula into an engaging live performance. SF : Lots of emails! [laughs] Realistically, it would not have happened if every- one involved did not hear something special in us. Everyone from Synthetic, our iVardensphere’s Scatterface launched them into success, and with the release of their new album label, to the Combichrist folks has been really positive that our sound needs to be heard. The members of Booming Tree Taiko have agreed to join iVardensphere Chris Lacroix and Scott Fox Bloodwater and recent tour with Combichrist, it has been nothing but up from there. to bring a killer tribal drum sound. It took a lot to make this happen but the result is nothing less than amazing. Booming Tree worked with us when we performed Any plans to try get into music videos? interview by Mike Kieffer with Front Line Assembly and the crowd reaction was more electric than I had SF : I’ve thought about it and it might be something I’ll look closer into a year or If you had to describe iVardensphere’s music to someone who has never heard ever hoped. This needed to be the lineup for the tour. two down the road. I’ve got some interesting ideas I’d like to explore down that it, what would you tell them? road. Before that happens, I have an iVardensphere related 5.1 surround sound Scott Fox : I’d have to say that you should expect to hear a lot of different sounds After seeing your performance at Kinetik in May, I’d say your show was en- idea that I’m going to work on. I’m pretty pumped about that one. packed into a short space. iV’s sound has matured quite a bit over the last year gaging and a relief from the standard man behind a MacBook, any thoughts “ Nobody, seriously nobody, wants but in staying true to the first CD, Scatterface, there is no one style I’ve stuck to. on how this sets you apart and perhaps some advice for the computer guy? Where do you see iVardensphere in five years? I’ve been digging deeper into tribal sounds and working with aggressive grooves SF : Nobody, seriously nobody, wants to watch a guy rock a laptop for an hour. It’s SF : If this level of touring keeps up, we’ll be in a hospital. [laughs] In all hon- to watch a guy rock a laptop for an instead of the standard ‘base/lead’ style. In exploring these groove oriented songs, not entertaining. Interact with the crowd and not the cursor. I believe that people esty, all the things that have happened over the last two years have blindsided me. I’ve been able to focus more time on unique sounds that you won’t hear on most are only going to give you as much energy as you give them. If you’re staring at Things with iVardensphere have gone way more vertical than I could have ever hour. It’s not entertaining. Interact other four-on-the-floor club releases. your laptop the whole time, don’t be upset when half the crowd is staring at their predicted. I don’t know what things will be like a year from now, much less five. with the crowd and not the cursor.” phones rather than rocking out. A concert is a performance. I have to finish construction on the new and improved Noise Haus Studio. More What influenced you to use tribal drums in your music? immediately, we’ve been invited back to the Kinetik festival in Montreal in 2011. SF : Bands like This Morn’, Omina, and Juno Reactor have always gotten under How has your experience making original music in the alternative/industrial Kinetik is a blast. Everyone should go! With any luck, in five years we’ll be do- my skin. There is a primal energy there that is timeless and absorbing. I dabbled scene and your experience DJing at alternative/industrial clubs impacted ing more in Europe. with the tribal side with Scatterface, but Bloodwater goes balls to the wall. I each other?

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Every town has one: That guy who knows a little too much about music. I can feel good records from a mile away and know when a thrift store ap- Not just the trivial names of the bands or the songs or their members, but proaches in foreign cities, or just what person to ask at that garage sale. It’s just the value of any musical artifact you can think of. Think that old White in my blood! Plus being a collector first, you get some sick deals on records Album collecting dust in your garage is worth something? Think again, that would otherwise be very pricey. And thus my collection grows just as my he tells you with a wink. Tales of his good fortune are the thing of legend passion grows. It’s never ending. It’s beautiful. Oh, and records are easy to whispered from collector to collector, about the time he found a first press- pack and ship! ing of Whatever on Nowhere Street, or that gem he found at a neighbor’s yard sale after digging through fifteen crates of junk, then sold them both Why vinyl? advertise in auxiliary online for small fortunes. And legend also has it that he makes his living DK : As much as people say, ‘Vinyl is coming back,’ I don’t think you’re going solely from buying and selling music without a storefront. He bought a to see kids on the bus with portable turntables, but I do think vinyl is making house, a car, and so on. Like a student seated at the foot of the master, I a big comeback. visited our local guru “Dr. Know” (aka Dave G) on a stormy night with lightning flashing in time with the Butthole Surfers and Wire records Years ago I was DJing and this younger guy asked me about a song, and I said, he played at maximum volume late into the night as his sermon con- ‘It’s Andre Williams, and this song is called Jailbait.’ He asked me if it was tinued, and I desperately tried to pry from his mind the secrets of online, and I said, ‘God, I don’t know, I have it on a 45 at home…’ Comes his trade. back two weeks later and tells me he downloaded every Andre Williams song ever recorded. Now, that’s interesting on some levels, but how much of that Dr. Know : I’ll say I’m still learning, but it takes years. People is he going to digest? These kids that have a billion songs on their iPod, that’s will ask me, ‘What is it worth?’ Well, I can’t tell you. I wonderful, but are they really listening? The art of listening has disappeared. I email [email protected] wouldn’t anyway [laughs], but it’s not something I could tell mean, you sit in a chair or put on headphones and you’re just listening. You’re for more information you. If you’re a mechanic, you hear an engine and you know not on Facebook, you’re not watching Entourage. You’re treating the recording what the hell is wrong, and being into records as much as as a piece of art. I think it boils down to your passion for music. And back I am, I certainly have an eye for records that most people to vinyl, I think vinyl helps make that happen, because the whole ritual of it is wouldn’t even look twice at that would be worth money, but going to make you listen more intently. It’s more than just background noise it’s guidelines you learn over time. that was found at a garage sale I think two years ago. That sold for $26,000 on while you do the dishes or something. eBay. Now that’s really good money, but if you watch something like Antiques I look at it as a slot machine. Let’s say I buy ten records, and they all fit a criteria Roadshow, how often do you see people with paintings where they’re like, ‘this is Do you consider yourself an antique-er? in my mind. Ten records that I know that have a chance to be worth something. worth $200,000!’, you know what I mean? And let’s take the classics here: The DK : Not really. I kind of hate them. I mean, I do the same thing as them, so I There’s a good chance that nine of those records ain’t worth shit, but the one that Beatles butcher album. Everyone always talks about The Beatles butcher album shouldn’t, but I despise estate sales, and that’s where a lot of people have to go is could be worth anywhere from $20 to $1,000. My investment is $10 or less, and how it’s so rare and worth so much money. [Original pressings of The Beatles’ to find the stuff, and I find them very depressing. I mean, at the same time I love so I didn’t lose, even if I only get my $10 back. So maybe it’s better than a slot Yesterday and Today had a controversial alternate cover which the label recalled.] them, because you can find cool stuff, but it’s really disturbing. You get there machine. [laughs] Well, if you go on eBay right now, I guarantee you there will be at least one Beat- early, and everyone’s all buddy-buddy before you go in, and as soon as you go les butcher for sale up there. It’ll be pasted over, but it’ll be there. It’s a record in there, it’s like World War III, you know! People elbowing each other and But then you have nine albums of junk to carry around with you. that’s got a reputation for being really rare, but it’s really not. If it was that rare, swearing and people are going over your shoulder to look in the box of records DK : Well, here’s the other thing: I got nine albums of junk, but being in the game, it wouldn’t be on eBay every week. Now, if it’s a first state real butcher, where you’re looking at! I try my hardest not to go to those, and I’m sure I miss some if I chose nine albums, and they have enough going for them, then I’ll get my dol- it was never pasted over, then yeah, you’re looking at pretty good money, maybe stuff, but at the same token, even if I’m there, if it’s just me and five other record lar back from another dealer at a record store, because they’re going to take the upwards of $15,000 or $20,000. guys, and there are 200 records, what am I going to get out of it? Is it worth me same chance I did. getting up at five in the morning to get maybe two or three good records? I do Is that the Holy Grail of record collecting? the same tricks antique people do, but resellers in any field are way more rabid So it’s basically just collectors circling things around and taking chances? DK : Kind of. But I think even more of a Holy Grail would be Robert Johnson and intense than just a collector, and antique people prey on the elderly and they DK : That happens a lot. Nobody knows everything, and there are so many vari- 78s. To me, that would be one of the most mythical things you could ever find. really do take things that are worth quite a bit of money for dirt, and are very ables. Every time I go looking, almost every day, I’m still seeing records I’ve nev- One just sold yesterday for $2,000. And I want to say that two days ago another rabid about it. So it’s a little bit insipid. I mean, I’m all about making money, er seen before. And to hit it, you have to take chances. That’s part of the game. one sold for $10,000. And that’s really good money, but again, when you compare but there should be some kind of morality in there. Maybe a little. Just a little it to something like art or antique furniture or something, it’s still sort of small bit of morals. [laughs] What are some big catches you’ve had? potatoes. Let me put it this way: There’s no record out there that’s going to let DK : The most I’ve ever sold a record for was around $1,600. That’s fantastic, me retire. I’m not going to find some 45, sell it and pay everything off and just but compared to someone who deals in vintage movie posters or something, that’s never do anything again. There’s no record that I know of that’s worth that kind get in the know nothing. of money. When not schooling kids on the virtues of vinyl or digging As far as I know, the highest selling record ever is the Mark David Chapman Then why do you stubbornly stick to music? through stacks at your local Salvation Army, Dr. Know signed Lennon record. That record, the one Lennon autographed before he was DK : Records are what I know. They have been my life for many years. If a day runs a podcast online which features many of his gems in shot, went for $400,000, I think. That’s a pretty good grab, and some guy found goes by where I don’t get to crate dig, I don’t like it. I mean, I could look through that in the bushes after all was said and done. As far as I know, that’s the highest records for days without food or water or sleep if the collection was right. In fact, the rough and lost artifacts you won’t find anywhere else. a single album has ever sold for. Next up is the Velvet Underground’s Acid Tape I have recently become one with my ESVP [“Extra Sensory Vinyl Perception”]. Check it out: www.drknowshow.podomatic.com.

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Android Lust Human Animal If it’s not the best Android Lust album, then it’s at least the most mature. Moody and organic, cold and sterile, all at once. Android Lust is back after a four-year break, and it was well worth the wait!

Ascii.Disko Stay Gold Forever Gold Great hard driving beats that progress and weave throughout the album, this will transcend you to the next level.

The Birthday Massacre Pins & Needles Chibi and crew return with a powerhouse of a synthrock album. Each song on this album deserves its own single.

Edge of Dawn Anything That Gets You Through The Night The highly anticipated album delivered. With the right mix of poetic lyrics and intelligent beats, it pushes the bar for futurepop albums.

Goldfrapp Head First Taking the band’s fascination with disco and 80s synthpop another step couldn’t have worked out better. Alison’s incredible voice and the fantastic song writing make this some really addictive pop music.

Groove Armada Black Light Cues from indie rock, synthpop, electro house, and downtempo with a taste of new wave 80s. This is club and pop music friendly but easily the best Groove Armada album and one of the best retro-electro releases of the year.

iVardensphere Bloodwater A mix of rhythmic noise and tribal industrial, the hardness mixes very well with the worldly and raw tribal drumming and chanting vocal samples. A cool direction for industrial music to be going in.

LCD Sound System This is Happening Indie-disco-punk explosion featuring the whole party from start to finish, from dancing on tables to the hangover and pangs of regret.

Liars Sisterworld Noise-punk revivalists put out their strongest, most consistent album to date.

Matthew Dear Black City Ghostly International label head puts out the best Low/Heroes era Bowie album you never heard.

Nitzer Ebb Industrial Complex The first new material from the band in years finds them older, wiser, and focused on writing both kick ass and more mature music. Their time apart has grown their ability and this has allowed them to show it off.

Niveau Zero In_Sect We’ve been excited all over again with this fresh face to dubstep. Excellent beats and hard bass mixed with cool sampling and talented MCs make this a great listen over and over.

Shiv-r Hold My Hand This is a solid dark EBM dance album. Shiv-r will make you dance the hardest in your darkest of blacks with a big gleaming white smile.

Swans My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky The return of Michael Gira’s noise machine resurrected after a decade of silence with a new album that easily ranks in with the best of their old material.

Underworld Barking The return of Underworld finds them excited, invigorated, and in love with life on this mostly happy and upbeat album that features collaborations with musicians across the electronic dance spectrum.

These New Puritans Hidden Borderline prog-rock, math-rock, and post-punk but none of the above. Strikingly original and ambitious in a Public Image Limited kind of way. Veil Veil Vanish Change in the Neon Light photographer María S. Varela There is no denying The Cure connection, yet this makeup artist Jose Valle and Masuimi Max album is simply a post-punker’s wet dream. This quintet puts out an amazing wall of sound that is filled with solid bass lines, crunchy hair stylist Jose Valle guitars, and haunting vocals. models Masuimi Max, Bárbara Masiá, and Miss Doll

We Love We Love If The Knife went more techno you would get We Love. The album brings a dark and eerie mood. You can not resist this album.

Xiu Xiu Dear God I Hate Myself Neurotic indie rock for the depressed and masochistic set with everything but the kitchen sink thrown into the mix to get their point across.

Yeasayer Odd Blood The Brooklyn based experimental pop group continues to build their eclectic psychedelic Top 20 of 2010 dance empire with their most pop inspired album to date. bibian blue AUXILIARY december/january 2010/2011 34 * listed in alphabetical order december/january 2010/2011 AUXILIARY FASHION

Spain’s underground fashion can likely hold a torch to the tight lace, undulating ruffle, and love traveling so for my job it is something I do quite often, so it’s nice to take one or two days off for my- arresting shades and colors of Bibian Blue. Using the corset in so many interesting ways, self to visit new cities. I love art and fashion, and the Medical including steampunk, couture, and glamour designs, the catalogue of style at Bibian internet is a great way to know what is going on. I Bodouir think I spend too much time on it. It is great also to Dress Blue appeals as much to the imagination as to the delight of the world over. sometimes watch some movies.

Auxiliary Magazine has a North American view- interview by Zach Rose and Meagan Hendrickson point, could you share with us your thoughts on the current fashion scene in Barcelona and your Receiving multinational successes out of Barcelona, Spain, Bibian Blue’s ap- described perfectly the sort of mood that I wanted to transmit into my clothing. ideas on Bibian Blue’s place in it? proach to the bygone era is one that has led to a bright future for connoisseurs of Nowadays my collections are more colorful and diverse but still keep the romantic BB : Barcelona is a very artistic city full of great cre- a darker aesthetic. Beginning her career in graphic design, Bibiana (founder and feeling of it. I think it suits my designs. ative people, but tastes in fashion are more into other lead designer) has had the opportunity to dress the likes of well-known Spanish directions. Sometimes it is hard to be considered but I celebrities, wardrobe for television programs and feature films. Your designs clearly have a lot of passion behind them, what are the goals or still like it. Though for me at the moment, there’s a bit principles you try to adhere to when creating them? of a boring period that seems that not much is going With international press and acclaim, and now beginning an expansion of custom BB : I just do what I like, I don’t really think about it that much. With time I am on. The problem I think that it is a very expensive city boutique shops outside of their Barcelona hub base, Bibian Blue’s selections of getting more confident about my ideas, so I just let them flow. I love to experiment to survive, so all the underground culture is limited in custom lace, corsetry (for men and women alike) and high-class wear recently with new directions. many ways. enjoyed full publication in the 2009 collection book Lacing Glamour with designs ranging from the elegant and colorful, to non-conformist items with a focus on What is your design process and how has it changed over the years? Bibian Blue has achieved great success in the portraying the art of the female body. BB : When I start a collection, I find the general concept of it, and I spend a few Spanish couture fashion market and has received months looking for inspirations toward that direction, like colors, shapes, and fab- a wide variety of press coverage. What stands out Could you tell us about the origin of the name “Bibian Blue”, how did you rics or anything that I find interesting or related to the concept of idea of the collec- as the most notable recognition to you thus far? come by that name? tion. When part of the designs are drawn, then I start to make them. Some of them How has it affected you as a businessperson? Bibiana : My real name is Bibiana and Blue is an adjective that when I started, are the same as they were drawn and some end up completely different from the BB : It’s been a hard job for many years, so now it’s original idea, but in any case, there’s been a few months of work behind them. great to be in all these magazines or on TV, even on the news, but that doesn’t change people that much. I see many historical references in your designs, how do these inspirations They might think that it’s something beautiful to see, Opera translate into your creative design process and into your original modern de- but they would never wear. It is another mental- Corset signs? ity, much more classic than other countries. We are BB : My parents were antique dealers. I grew up surrounded by gorgeous antique lucky that we sell worldwide, so this does not affect things. I think it is impossible not to be inspired by that, but I also take inspiration us too much. I was very happy when I was featured from everywhere, and historical fashion is a big reference for me. But I always try in Vogue. to add a twist of modernity. In 2009 your first bookLacing Glamour, a 50 page The corset is an essential garment in Bibian Blue designs, what draws you to collection of your designs was released, any plans the corset and keeps your interest in it alive? for future publications? BB : I think it is a great garment, usually forgiven by fashion, that gives a great BB : When I started, I love to do photoshoots with all shape and beautiful forms to the human body. It is nice to create new volumes and my best designs and it was the best way to show my to exaggerate others. One of the first garments I ever created was a corset, I’ve work, so I have a lot of photos from that period. That always been in love with them. is why the idea of the book came. Nowadays I am more focused on catwalks as it is quite new for me, Do you find that your personal fashion tastes get reflected in your designs for and to expand my business so I don’t have that much Bibian Blue? time anymore. I’d love to do a second book, but that BB : Definitely, yes. I create what I’d love to wear. Some items I would wear needs time, as every photo has a lot of work behind more often than others, but always created with my personal tastes. I also like to it. In the future I hope that there will be a second experiment with volumes, colours or textures that may not be the best for my own one. Now the same editorials are being published in prefer to do it myself than to explain how I want it and don’t get the expected results. Now I only do it when style, but I think I would always find an occasion to wear it. different merchandising like puzzles and calendars of I feel like it. the best photos. What is your favorite article of clothing in your closet? The current Bibian Blue catalogue does not cater towards menswear, yet you do create custom mens- BB : Corsets and shoes. You collaborate with many amazing photogra- wear for special clients. Any plans to expand your line to include more men’s fashion? phers and models, I see you are often also credited BB : I love to do men’s fashion. I used to do lots of clothing for them and used to sell very good, but now I am What has been the biggest challenge for you as a couture designer? as the makeup and hair stylist, how do you balance more focused on women’s fashion. I just did some new corsets for men, and in my store I have beautiful shirts, BB : Currently, to make a fashion show into the official fashion week of Barce- all your talents on a photo shoot? but not as much as before, and not online yet. lona BB : I love to work with great artists, that makes my work more powerful, so I will keep doing collabora- Bibian Blue currently has one boutique located in Barcelona where visitors can peruse your collections. How do you relax after a long day? What hobbies or interests help you un- tions with all these great models and photographers. I Has the international success of your clothing line inspired you to open shops elsewhere such as New wind? used to do hair and makeup in all photoshoots to make York or Los Angeles? BB : Last year it’s been a really hard working year so I don’t have much time my work more personal, and still do it sometimes, but BB : We are opening a small boutique in London, in Camden in two weeks, so for us it is already a big step nowadays for myself, and I usually arrive home quite late, but I try to take time for now I prefer to collaborate with great professionals so that we are very happy and proud of. We expect it to be a big change for us, so who knows what the future will my boyfriend and I, or going out with friends. I also love music and concerts. I the work becomes even greater. Still in some cases I bring. We have lots of clients and visits to our website from the US, so it would be a great new step.

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Medical styled and written by Meagan Hendrickson Bodouir photographed by Jennifer Link Dress hair, makeup, and model Iconic Edward Christopher “Darren” Rackham One of the great style icons is Ed- ward from the Tim Burton film, Ed- ward Scissorhands. He’s become an archetype for many modern fashions, while not literally screaming, “I wan- na be Edward from the movie!” The 3 system of straps, buckles and other various hardware literally kept Ed- ward’s body together, but they also served as accessories to give him a Lovelace Couture great look that was distressed and di- Corset Dress sheveled. Menswear designers have taken inspiration from Edward’s en- semble in forms of jackets and pants that include these intricate restrictive 1 bondage-like straps and buckles and 2 have mixed in an apocalyptic touch with repurposed materials. Pile it on, using materials such as PVC, stretch twills, and leather to get a cut up, multi-layer effect that can include leather belts, wrist cuffs, and disintegrated neck cowls. Edward is a character who was depicted as an unfinished creature, yet there is 4 Purple no denying he’s become a cult style Lovelace icon and his image will continue to Dress inspire men’s fashion in multiple forms. 5 1 Eruption and Disfunction mens woven military shirt with detachable vinyl caplet and mens JUNKIE Fit stretch twill bondage pants both by Lip Service paired with Distressed Black Split Ring Hip Belt and Rock Star Belt both by Backstreet Leather Company and boots by New Rock. 2 Basic Textured Cowl by Ratty Wear by Sarah Viscera. 7 3 Death in the Arena mens military jacket with harness detail by Lip Service. 4 Death Star mens woven military shirt with wrap closure, buckle, and eyelet hardware details by Lip Service. 5 Distressed Pewter Studded Wrist Cuff by Backstreet Leather Company. Lovelace 6 Collar Boned Spike Strip Collar Couture by Ratty Wear by Sarah Viscera. Corset Dress 7 Vintage multi-strap boots by London Underground. 6 38 39 december/january 2010/2011 AUXILIARY photographer Luke Copping fashion stylist Molly Hoeltke models Kate O’Connor and Marie Vaccarelo locations Noir, Club Diablo, Buffalo Chop FETISHHouse, and Pearl Street Brewery

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