iTsAbEaT was constructed in the atmosphere of Pink Floyd (Dark Sides.., On The Run”) and The Beatles psychedelic musings, but composed under the inuence of Peter Gabriel’s tribal Passion soundtrack, with cues from Eric B. & Rakim and spacing out on the 3 note bass groove progressions in James Brown jams.

All the music was developed in the Roland R8 Human Rhythm Composer. With no other instruments or eects added, it’s a pure instrument composition and one that is purely percussion, albeit electronically.

Enter a sound where the stereo panning is part of the music and part of the movement. A concept album of the evolution of a beat into a groove. Journey through the history of music from the original drum beat of all the races to its metamorphosis into a tone – a melody. After all, a tone is the acceleration of a beat – a pulse. This is that primal story told in a futuristic electric way.

Some highlights o the album include the crafted title track “iTsAbEaT”, which sets the tone of the album by introducing most of the seeds and elements of the songs that follow. “OrGazMa”, a space age, engine rumbling, tribal zone out (the synth-wave sounds are really tweaked hi-hats), “EthNiziZazi”, a hypnotic spellbound spiritual, “zApTuReZ”, a multi-tentacled trampling drill and the conclusionary track and nal evolution “iTsAgRoOvE”, singing the birth of the melody – giving the beat a voice.

But the innovation is not just in this new “ancient” sound, it is in the way the music is delivered. The new format of the “albumsite” is boldly embraced with the commitment that music is oered to the public for free, available anywhere and at anytime. This is not only aesthetically pleasing to an artist, who in their core creates for the sake, but it is also a pragmatic approach to the fact that on the Internet anything can be found for free. Tunç enthusiastically joins in and celebrates this liberation by being the source of the musics distribution – rendering ineective, unnecessary and pointless to download elsewhere. The site is the album, merging the music, the player, the album art and the distribution, into one package, one entity, through the Internet. The albumsite – the birth of the modern “record” format.

• PLAY / listen online anywhere. The site “lights” up when the music is played with hypnotically changing colors (use arrow keys for songs).

• DOWNLOAD album for free in four formats of your choice: MP3, AAC, AppleLossless, or AIFF. Delivered in (app installer like) DMG les that launch when downloaded. The electronic “record” package.

• POST a widget of any song to any site. The ability is by a hidden menu that reveals when scrolled over to the left of each song. This is the modern 45 single that can proliferate the Web.

• REMIX. For those who have gone ape for iTsAbEaT and are musically inclined, have the opportunity to be part of it by remixing any song from the playlist. The raw and pure nature of the music encourages creative elaboration. Stems for every song are available in a hidden menu that reveals when scrolled over to the left of each song. The completed remix is then submitted to the site where it can be played on www.tuncak.com/itsablog with its own site number and its own generated widget that can be posted to any site.

• Information and instructions are available at the legal line subjects that reveal at the bottom of the playlist box.

iTsAbEaT – music that stimulates the intellect of the senses. Listened best (and spaced out to) with headphones, or (zoned out) in a workout.
Please visit www.tuncak.com and stay tuned!

BIOGRAPHY
Tunç Ak: born 02/09/67 in Montreal from Turkish ancestry where he lived his first 5 years then moved to Sept-Iles for 2 years, Ottawa 3, Vancouver 2, San Francisco 18 and for the past 12 years is based in Los Angeles.   

Tunç is a designer – seeing sound and hearing color. He has played the piano since age 8, writing songs at 14, explored photography in his twenties and has since freelanced as a graphic designer for a living while singing and playing acoustic guitar at open mics honing in on his songs.

Balloons, by JJFEZ

Graphic

Nowadays he is very interested in the crossing between arts and technology.

Print

Print

Web

Check his work also here:
www.vimeo.com/visiophone
www.behance.net/visiophone
www.flickr.com/visiophone

Barbara Ana Gomez is a Spanish illustrator living in London. Her drawings are created using ink and Photoshop, always keeping a traditional finish in antiqued paper. The inspiration comes from music, freak show characters, vintage postcards, Victorian London, Art Nouveau illustrations and psychedelic flowers.

Check out her main website www.barbarana.es where you can find a three-eyed fiddler, a bearded lady, a couple of contortionists, a huge carrot, a bird-eater deer, and a device of wave power technology, among other strange creatures!

Her latest project: “Illustrated Music” is about illustrations inspired by her favourite songs. You will find some Bon Iver, The National, Death Cab For Cutie and Sigur Rós in there:

I enjoy exploring disused or forgotten places and working in them, and the city of Paris is a good fit in that respect. Every time I paint in the city I meet people and discover new places. For me, Paris has one of the best graffiti scenes I’ve experienced. There’s alot of raw bombing which is very inspirational for letter style.

I sketch quite often but I like to freestyle my pieces as I prefer the end result doing it this way. The moment of standing back from a finished piece and feeling you’ve just created the best one you’ve
done to date, keeps me coming back for more.

I’ve been producing artwork on canvas for around 2 years. I want to capture the feeling and movement of graffiti without producing a traditional piece, or ‘picture of graffiti’ on canvas. Being dramatic with colour and shape without being clichéd. I had my first show last year, at the Soup Gallery in Cornwall, England, and it had a great response. I enjoyed it very much and would like to do something bigger and better for 2010.

This simple stunt/ live activity had effectively resulted in an apparent drop in parcel enquiry recorded by the DHL phone tracking system while online tracking click counters surged.

Last year while travelling in Brazil I went to a Vik Muniz exhibition and I was amazed by his use of media. Every piece of material he uses is considered and appropriate to the subject matter. The piece that really stuck with me was a giant world map made up entirely of old computer parts. I started to look at floppy disks and the importance that they have had on the development of our data-driven world.

My first piece of work using floppy disks as a canvas was an image of a fingerprint. To me, this connected the data world with the human physical form using the theme of identity, albeit in an obvious way. After that I looked at using the disks in a grid to create photo-fits, constructing imaginary faces and identities that could draw connections to the personal information stored on the disks. By chance I found that the metal circular hub on the reverse side of the disk worked well as a metaphor for the human eye. This development was quite important to me, as the eyes of a person can reveal their identity and inner feelings. In the film Blade Runner they use the Voight-Kampff test, which gauges the reaction of the eyes to a set of carefully selected questions in order to determine if the subject is human or android. I sometimes like to cross out or obscure the eyes, as if to somehow protect the identity of the subject.

Each piece starts with either some preparatory sketching of an imaginary person, or searching for images of random people online. The image is then mapped into a grid, with each section the size of one disk. Spray paint is applied to the disks using a stencil to preserve the label and metal slider. Preserving the labels is key, as the handwriting and scribbling are integral to the personality and history of each piece. Elements of people’s lives are stored on the disks and although that data can never be accessed again I like to preserve some of that for viewing. Sometimes I leave the disks as they are and rip parts of the label off to create the shapes that I need. The disks are then placed in tonally appropriate areas, almost like pixels, to create a collage. On top of this I start sketching the outline of the head and the features in pencil, with oil paint to finish the details. This process is quite selective as only certain features are finished completely. I like to leave a lot unfinished as it allows the viewer to see the layers, showing how the work has been created.

I always try and get people to donate the disks and tapes to me but usually I have to buy them online. Over the years billions upon billions of disks and tapes have been manufactured and today they are widely regarded as junk. This makes them an affordable thing to make art with. Maybe in time they will become very rare and the opportunity for creating art in this way will have passed. Reusing objects that would ordinarily have been sent to landfill makes a comment on the throwaway culture of today. Maybe this work can encourage people to think more creatively about the objects that are deemed to be obsolete or useless. Everything has a life cycle and we have become accustomed to look for the next shiny new thing once something has become slightly old and worn. This approach leads to a lot of waste and I think that reinventing something has more charm than things that are created from scratch. What brings the work to life is that blend of the nostalgic and familiar, together with the freshness of a new form of expression.

I live in Camden and work in my studio in Dalston, in East London. I find living in London to be very inspirational with the amazing mix of people that we have here.

Meet the first time ever “Character & Licensing” Expo in Thailand. The most impressive Asia event for Character & Licensing Business cooperated and supported by Thai government and private organizations.

Nowadays, the cartoon characters and related designs provide a unique way for business in many industries, not only Comic books, Animations or games which they are always the main representatives, but also the licensing products such as toys, stationeries, housewares, and etc. Their designs make value added and change the product positioning from just an ordinary product to become the Life Style Products, which always gain more profits.

The show will set on 6 – 9 May 2010 at Royal Paragon Hall, Siam Paragon.

Starting up sketching wildstyles and being enthusiastic about the precision and inventiveness of Graffiti-giants like Amok and Kaos from Berlin, his main focus became elaborate wildstyle pieces, executed in various Hall of Fames and shut-down industrial areas. Many of those pieces he did together with his brother Matthias, a passion both share up to now. Escaping into a letter world can be so much more rewarding than the “real world”, and so Graffiti has been a source of joy and freedom for both of them.. By and by Felix also started to incorporate brute comic characters. Over the years his interests shifted towards figurative art and storytelling, and his recent murals show his drawing- and printmaking influences.. The result of merging parts from traditional art forms and Graffiti is nothing less than surprising…