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The Life Dramatic with Don Johnston Scope

Michiel — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:00:22 +0000

TLD was conceived after watching films from groundbreaking directors such as Wim Wenders, Jim Jarmush, David Lynch, Wes Anderson, Sofia Copolla and many others. I have always been obsessed with movie soundtracks; some time ago, it occurred to me it would be great to mix up my favorite soundtrack tunes into one big personalized soundtrack to the movie that is called life. After painstakingly digging up songs from the archives, a selection was made and I started mixing them into a narrative. Then I spliced in quotes and snippets from more films and layered the whole thing using lots of delay and reverb effects. The guys at The New Worck were kind enough to premier it on their brand spanking new site. Listen to David toying around with his mic, imagine Dustin being harassed and be reminded that that gum you like is going to come back in style.

The New Worck 450 of Scope53

Yuki

Michiel — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:52:19 +0000

We had our first child a week ago, a beautiful daughter called Yuki. Of course it was my job to make an illustration for the announcement, which I took extra seriously for the occasion! Cindy is really into folk music and asked me if I could do something with a folk theme. After looking at some cover art, I decided to do a kind of mythological picture with all these different animals gathering in celebration. First the idea was to make it a forest setting, but quickly this turned into a lotus flower drifting on quiet water by moonlight, mother and daughter positioned at the center. The flowers are derived from a Mucha poster. Here’s the result…

Purple Orchid

Michiel — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:53:39 +0000

Recently bought a new orchid, they just keep dying on me. I suppose we’re giving them too much water. The purple color is probably artificial.

Typography Research

Michiel — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 13:33:32 +0000

Started a stub on typography under my research section and updated the references.

Bob Dylan Chronicles Volume 1

Michiel — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:36:05 +0000

Got this online for a bargain, a nice black hardcover second hand edition. You get to know a lot about the early sixties period during which he stayed in New York before he got famous. A lot of name checking of legendary and contemporary musicians on the Folk scene, but also references to Jazz musicians, Beat poets, art. An exceptionally long portion is spent on his cooperation with the producer Daniel Lanois. Somehow I doubt there’s going to be another volume, but that’s okay.

DEAF 2012

Michiel — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:12:14 +0000

Good news, DEAF is back!

The Life Dramatic

Michiel — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:53:14 +0000

Working on a concept for the cover of a new mixtape with music from films.

Dum Vita Est, Spes Est

Michiel — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:38:28 +0000

Custom script for a tattoo, based on one of my earlier designs.

Art Is…

Michiel — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:39:34 +0000

Could only visit Sonic Acts shortly this year due to personal circumstances, but was able to visit the CC Hennix performance this Saturday in Smart Project Space, which was an impressive cross between drone and yoga meditation music with an entire horn section blowing minimal low frequency waves and subtle live singing.

Black Buildings

Michiel — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:56:20 +0000

Beautiful ambient techno by The Music Institute promoter Neil Ollivierra. I found out about the record after seeing KAMI and SASU’s OMNI video:

Highly recommended!