It is a pleasure to introduce Righeira, an Italian duo formed in 1981 Turin, Italy.
If you know Italian language, please be my guest and check their official website.
Poolside + mixtapes to download
The New Disco duo is currently working on its promising album. Meanwhile enjoy their releases.
Le voyage dans la lune / 1902
"A trip to the moon" is the first science movie ever made and it was mainly inspired by "From the Earth to the Moon" of Jules Verne.
This short movie was released in 1902 by Georges Méliès, who was a French magician in a first place but then became a filmmaker after being inspired by les Frères Lumières. Monsieur Méliès passed away in 1938 in Paris and has a filmography made of more than 30 movies. He is definitely considered as a pioneer of the cinema and its works worth having a look.
Kaufmann Desert House
Kauffman Desert House is located in Palm Springs city, California and was designed by Richard Neutra in 1946. Mr Neutra passed away in 1970 and he is still considered as one of the most important modern architect. The specific Neutra's masterpiece is a bunch of harmony, efficiency, modern design and history.
Old French Classics
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| Photo: Louise Dahl-Wolfe |
It might exists many different things that make you think about France and its culture, such as art and/or wine, but there is nothing like Josephine Baker and Charles Trenet's songs that undeniably make you travel in time and feel the atmosphere of the old Paris. The two following songs represent all the feelings and thoughts that you would stereotypically associate with France and, especially Paris of 30-40s (Pre-WWII).
Tribute to Drive + Jean-Francois
Tom Haugomat and Bruno Mangyoku are the two directors of those 2 awesome short-movies. Please check their vimeo and blog.
1. Tribute to Drive
2. Jean-Francois (2009)
1. Tribute to Drive
2. Jean-Francois (2009)
Back to basics
This great work of Tilent Sepic has been suggested (once more) by one very important person in my life and indeed, it is worth having a closer look at it.
The following gif images are only an overview of the tumblr and, they perfectly illustrate simple everyday's feelings and scenarios that are likely to be ignored in our today's society, sadly.
Midnight city - M83
For those who do not know M83, it is a French indie-pop band from Antibes, France (French Riviera) and the group has been active since 2001.
The following video clip "Midnight City" has been produced by Division and it is only an extract of the studio album "Hurry Up, We're Dreaming" freshly released on October 2011. The album has received positive reviews and you can get it on iTunes.
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French photographer who passed away in 2004 at the age of 96. He was usually called "the eye of the century" and became unquestionably the major representative of humanistic photography in the 20th century. Some consider him as the father of the modern photojournalism.
Mr Cartier-Bresson would stride along the streets with his Leica camera to get an opportunity to capture some unexpected scenes that simply happened by chance. His original methods have definitely helped to democratised what we call today the "street photography".
He was often at different places where history was happening. For instance, he visited Gandhi in India in 1948 and then witnessed the transformation of China in 1949 with the victory of Mao Zedong.
Still today, Henri Cartier-Bresson is considered as one of the most influential photograph of the history of photography.
Juvisy (1938)
Brie, France (1968)
Behind the Gare St Lazare (1932)
Moscow (1958)
Beijing (1958)
Torcello near Venice (1953)
"T-shirt and tight blue jeans"
"T-shirt and tight blue jeans" is a song released in 1983 by Divine. Actually, he was an underground film star-singer and, his stage performances would often be described by himself as "just good, dirty fun, and if you find it offensive, honey, don't join in".
A part from this, Divine made a legendary partnership with the American music producer Bobby Orlando, which lead to several musical hits, including the following 83's hit song.
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