I started this blog with the intension of sharing works that I love. I partly wanted to showcase my friends, colleagues, as well as my country. Vive La France – a series of playlists featuring French music by French artists – is how I will achieve that. For the first edition, I showcase 100 French […]
Behind the logo: Wu-Tang
At the beginning of the early 2000s, I started to give Hip-Hop a lot more attention. I was reading books and magazines about the culture and watching documentaries about it and listening to rap. I would listen to a lot of rap. I was obsessed with it: the beats, the rhymes, the flow. Everything was so […]
Happy New Year to you!
I do not wish to say much about 2020 or the year that is to come. However, I wish you all to be safe and sound and stay curious, open-minded, creative and positive. If today isn’t your day, perhaps this Sun Ra and The Qualities song might cheer you up. With love and sounds,Yours truly […]
No Escape: an EP by Vex Ruffin
A few years back, while looking for some information about Vex Ruffin, I stumbled upon his free EP No Escape. It was released digitally through the Stones Throw website. Earlier this year, Vex Ruffin released a new EP entitled Emilio. It features some of my favourite songs of the year. Not to mention the overall […]
My opinion on an untitled portrait by William Eggleston
As an art and design student, I had to write papers on art and design quite often. It has been a while since I have done that. I feel like now is the time for me to get back into it by talking about an untitled portrait by the American photographer William Eggleston. Probably one […]
Behind the cover: Los Angeles
This is clearly a post about Los Angeles, and it has fascinated me for years. Unlike what you may be thinking, I am talking about the Los Angeles from Flying Lotus’s album cover Los Angeles and not the city of Angels. Welcome to the first Behind the cover post. The first time I’ve listened to […]
10 great Stones Throw releases
Stones Throw Records, Peanut Butter Wolf’s imprint, is one of the most influential record labels in Hip-Hop. Kind of like Rawkus was to New-York and Rhymesayers is to the Midwest and today I will be writing about 10 great Stones Throw releases. PB Wolf started Stones Throw in 1996 as a means to honour his […]
The quiet illustrations of Morgane Pluchon
Morgane Pluchon is a French designer and illustrator living and working in Paris, France with her husband Sébastien Cluzel – also a designer. Together they run the SCMP Design Office. But today I would like to share some of her work, in particular her quiet illustrations. I am the one calling her illustrations quiet. Not […]
Designing an album cover part.1
There are several ways of designing an album cover. I am no expert at designing them, but as a graphic designer and electronic musician, I do have some experience designing a few. In this series of articles, I will show you how you can design an album cover. The first thing that you need to […]
Gift ideas for music lovers
With Black Friday around the corner and Christmas right after, it might be time for you to consider buying a gift for that special someone you know that loves music. Don’t worry if you’re out of ideas because I have a list of gift ideas for music lovers. Disclaimer: The images do not link to […]