"We would go to train yards without sketches or any preconceptions, and we´ll let the setting and the pressure of the illegality, as well as the near-darkness, inspire and guide us in our noble endeavour. These conditions of urgency have often shaped and moulded our form of expression, opening up new avenues and showing us new directions to follow…"

— Stash, January 2012

We were told about this wall some time ago, only just got round to visiting it this weekend. Quality spot, looking forward to some big productions here in 2012.

A few guys hit the wall back in November, we’ll be posting the other artists work over the next few days.

Loving this piece by Boaster. Great to see it on a wall. We did see him do this at a live draw at the Nottingham Contemporary Bar back in July last year. We loved the eye on this piece in the drawing form, true to his style and skill, he has recreated it amazingly on the wall with the can. 

Big thanks again to @TigguoCobauc for the additional pics. 

Last year, Luke Vibert said that he had just found some, long-lost never heard before DATs dated 1995-1998 that he entitled Plug.

In 1996 Blue Angel Recordings (later Blue Planet) an imprint of the legendary Rising High label released the Drum ‘N’ Bass for Papa album by Plug AKA West Country king of kitschtronica Luke Vibert, whom at that time had only released under his Wagon Christ moniker. The album cover was an old picture of his professional magician grandfather Frank which only added to the oddness in the best of ways. The album was largely ignored by the D’n’B purists at the time, however it was hailed by many beyond, and remains to this day one of the acclaimed records to emerge from the buoyant and hugely influential electronic scene of the south-west in the 90’s. Alongside people like Aphex Twin, Tom Middleton, Grant Wilson-Claridge and Jeremy Simmonds and away from the lights and police of the big cities they put on club nights, filled cassettes with new tunes, hijacked the pirates and revelled in all that was original, twisted and like nothing else before. And whilst there is no doubting the talent of all these individuals, it has always been Vibert’s keen sense of humour and also funk that enabled him to evolve to a stage to make a landmark release such as Drum ‘N’ Bass for Papa. 

So a few years later and somewhat ahead of the curve, Vibert shook up D’n’B - at that point no album had been released in the genre that departed from the formulaic template. Avant-jungle that wasn’t made for the “club”, the album was an eccentric bolt from the blue, it shocked many of Vibert’s contemporaries but went on to influence many, most notably Squarepusher.

At the same time Luke’s Wagon Christ project was being snapped up by Chemical Brothers A+R man at Virgin Records for his 3rd album, so a new name was needed for his eccentric d’n’b output, and Plug was born. Until now Plug has yielded just one album - possibly only a humble man like Luke Vibert would have a whole album of top-quality electronic tracks just sat around for over 15 years and not release them. The 10 tracks on offer here include the proto-garage vocal stylings of “Feeling So Special”, the demented circus-organs of “No Reality”, the hilariously titled “Come On My Skeleton”, the old-skool rinse out of “Mind Bending”, the skewed bollywoodisms of “A Quick Plug for A New Shot” and all with impeccably produced jungle credentials as the bed. 

Sounding brand new as well as being a lost classic from a electronic icon, Back On Time is a release that anybody interested in the progression of dance music should be very curious to hear and enjoy.

Thanks to Ninja Tune (click for link)

The London Police x VNA from Make Some Tea on Vimeo.

Dilk|Irek

Dilk

Irek

Kid30|Boaster|Ging
Shrunken Heads 

Alert|Keep

Mayo

Mayo

Mayo

Done

Mez

Sillie

Sean trekked out in the wind, rain and mud this morning with me to try out his new Canon 550D. Great that the 2 of us are back out snapping pics for the blog again. RL has kicked our asses recently and the photography and blog updates have had to take a back seat but hopefully we will be back on it again and provide you guys with more art from our travels.

Be sure to check out Seans Flickr and his photo a day blog.

City Methodist Church|Gary|Indiana.
Stolen. 

fadetogloss:

Before the new year, O-Two worked with James Greenhow at Realise Creative on the Hidden Art Project for the New Clapham campaign.

“I spent a day on the ninth floor of the new development, getting busy on the raw concrete. Safety regulations meant I was forced to appear on film as one of the Village People, but it was a small price to pay for the opportunity to paint a unique location, with a really nice concept behind it all.”

Team Storm Paint from Will J Carman on Vimeo.

Futura 2000 - Galerie de Noirmont - Paris - Live Painting from Guillotine on Vimeo.