FAKE Magazine(tm) Pre-Issue v5

Back to the Future

Photography Jody Domingue

The Man Behind Dim Mak Records

who founded and released artists from Bloc Party, The Kills, Klaxon, MSTRKRFT, The Bloody Beetroots, Mystery Jets, The Rakes, The Gossip, Envy, also is the same man behind the production moniker Weird Science that has remixed Peaches, Snoop Dogg & Bloc Party under his own name. Aoki has remixed The Killers, Robin Thicke, Lenny Kravits, Duran Duran and Timberland, Chester French, S.P.A., All American Rejects, Chris Cornel & more. In the Past he has collaborated w/ artists from Boys Noize, The Faint, D.i.M., The Bloody Beetroots.

Also Involved In Fashion

Aoki has developed lines for KR3W Apparel, Supra Footwear, headphones for WESC, and in 09’ sunglasses with KSUBI, headware with NEFF bags with Burton, & brand new men’s/women’s range with his sister Devon. Check out dimmakcollection.com to buy tee shirts & hoodies and read on his blog on here that he keeps up to date. Hailing from Los Angeles you can check up on his and his partners-in-crime’s antics at www.TheCobrasnake.com

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Save yourself.Tell my wife I love her.

Love Grenades begin to discharge shrapnel. Ears bleed with delight, limbs flayed in a paroxysm precipitated by powerful reverberation. A sound resonating throughout the brain, the body, screaming loudly:

“MOVE!””

Someone call a medic.

Reanimate Bettie Paige and give her the gift of song and you know exactly what you’ve got. Advancing her love for seventies and eighties new wave funk punk, Elizabeth Wight, mastermind behind the modern faction of tone that is Love Grenades, spreads her seductive sound across the worldly soil with the energy of a mushroom cloud. Vietnam’s in for another United States induced offensive, in fact. However, this time under the guise of intoxicating vocals and dominant vibrations that are certain to rattle the very foundations that have since been rebuilt out of the early seventies; the end of a war. The demand is visible. The reason, undeniable. The public outcry from the people of Vietnam will be quelled soon, Love Grenades are on their way. As for the states, it’s only a matter of time before impressive depressions are made from coast to coast via catchy drum beats, energetic melodies and a voice that will lull you into a deep trance while your legs remain in constant rhythmic motion.

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ARTE Featured Artist

What started out as a friendly get-together between two co-workers has quickly catapulted into the edgy art collective known as Glitz & Grime. With their roots in the TV and entertainment industry ,co-founders Yaniv Fituci and Brandon Combs formed G&g in 2008 as a way to break free from the incessant clichés of Hollywood pop culture.

McFly

Inspired by street art and mixed media The art duo employ what they call a sporadic approach to combining the past with the future. “Using glow in the dark chemicals, LED lights and video projection, G&g strongly promotes an interactive experience for viewing art - something all but lost in today’s art scene.

The clear vibrancy of Glitz and Grime’s work such as their use of colorful halftones, mixed with an odd assortment of dead celebrities, sci-fi themes abd childhoos imagery have rendered thir name a signature style among digital fine artists alike.

G&g first hit the art show circuit with a series of mixed medium collage pieces at Project Etho’s, an industry professional event in LA that led to their own 30-day art exhibit at the prestigious Haziza Gallery.

After conquering a busy tour of art shows throughout the spring and summer of ‘09, GLitz and Grime naturally progressed to fashion design by transferring their mashup style onto t-shirts and skateboards.

Not long after debuting the new line, G&g was featured in Apparel News for their spring ‘10 collection of men’s and women’s tee’s which rocked the runway at the Downtown L.A. Fashion Show. Most recently, the company was featured on G4 TV for providing wardrobe on “Attack Of The Show”

For more information on the dynamic duo and to check out some of Glitz & Grime’s art and clothing, please visit their web site www.glitzandgrime.com

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Adam and Eve 90210

Bowies In Space

Grimestein

Glitch

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