Fredo Viola - A voice like a soft cushion

The French-German TV station ARTE showed recently a live concert of Fredo Viola. A musician who irritates with his 4-, 5-, or even 6- voice recordings of his own voice. While he combines his music with a modern light carpet of instrumentation, his voice arrangements are strangely close to renaissance choir arrangements. A time where polyphony was invented and made it's first steps.

Fredo Viola is an artist to discover. And nothing easier than that with his award winning website, that is really a great trip (especially "the turn"). As he is a filmmaker as well, you'll find plenty of clips to watch!

So have a look at www.fredoviola.com/ and discover new wonderful great inspring touching overwhelming beautyful irritating new music!

Make it visual! The World of Chemistry

It might be the most simple truth ever, but if you want to explain something complicated, then make it visual.

Even the boring world of chemistry, suddenly becomes a sexy experience! Have a look! Have a laugh!

And If you are H2O, don't mess with Potassium!

The wonderful world of perfumes: Parfumerie Generale

Pierre Guillaume is the creative - and defenitely quite sexy - Master mind behind Parfumerie Generale, a wonderful and great inspired collection of exciting scents that started in 2002. Already with their first creation they caused an aproar in the so civilized perfume society.

The philosophy is easy to explain: to do everything better then it is done in the mass market products. So with his now 23 different scents, you will always explore something completely un-smelled, which is highly exciting.

Today I want to pick scent #9 "YUZU AB IRATO", a perfume that left me flabbergasted!

The first smell is irritatingly 'technical' freshness. You feel like you are in the one hour before opened super stylish fashion store where the interior exhales still technical smells. But this is so strikingly crystal clear and fresh that it is really appealing. It is based on the tingly freshness of the bitter citrussy Japanese Yuzu fruit in combination with the great intensive boldness of pepper.

But the scent doesn't stay there. It would be too cold. So we have a development into rich and voluptious flowers. (If we stay in the picture of the newly opened fashion store we see a enourmous bunch of flowers with Magnolia, Hyacinths and Jasmine) All these so overwhelming strong scents fit perfectly to the bold, yet fresh beginning and start to warm the whole scent.

Finally the scent lingers so long in your clothes and snuggels in to your nose, it is like a prescious little talisman that can protect you.

A perfume for strong men and women! But be aware: It can blow your mind!

Well and this is just the beginning: there are 22 more scents to be discovered. You'll find them in a good perfume store like Harald Lubner's store in Hamburg www.harald-lubner.de or at www.parfumerie-generale.com .

Musique: La Roux

Fashion and music are twins! And here we see it again: La Roux' latest video "bulletproof"! Strict geometrical patterns, screaming neon, make up that could easily be worn byy every drag queen, David Bowie-shness and super tight leggins. The great music video to La Roux' latest single "bulletproof" is a visual trip into the 80ties, at the same time it is hypermodern. The music seems to be so up-to-date and old fashioned that the kids will love it: in Berlin London and LA!

Listen out for La Roux!

Adidas becomes Silver grey: SLVR

SLVR Label is the next generation collection by adidas. adidas SLVR Label will be launched globally in February 2009. It's a cross between adidas Originals and Y-3 and is part ofadidas Sport Style division. adidas SLVR Label is contemporary, modern, savvy, perfect for today's consumers seeking a minimalist look. 
The SLVR signature colour, gun metal grey, appears on a few key styles. The items are affordable, attainable and ultimately wearable, providing classic staples for anyone’s individual wardrobe. The price points range from €80-€130 for footwear, €35-€100 for tops such as polo shirts and sweatshirts, €80-€150 for jackets, and from €40-€90 for accessories. adidas SLVR is the pure fashion label within the adidas Sport Style division which includes Y-3 and adidas Originals. 
The collection consists of strong basic pieces in simple black and white with accents provided in maroon, orange and shades of blue. The SLVR signature colour, gun metal grey, appears on key styles. The items are affordable, attainable and ultimately wearable, providing classic staples for anyone’s individual wardrobe. Signature products that reflect both the ideals of reducing complexity and enhancing creative solutions in the design and production process are the ‘7 Piece Shoe’ and the ‘Zero Waste Tee.’ Materials include sustainable organic cotton, water resistant nylon and coated natural canvas in comfortable and light weight executions, perfect for the upcoming Spring/Summer 2009 season.

adidas SLVR Label is available in stand alone stores in New York, Paris, Miami and Los Angeles. In Paris and Beijing, SLVR will also be represented at the new adidas Brand Centres. In Moscow and Berlin SLVR will be on hand in their respective Sport Performance Centre stores.  Shop-in-shop solutions will also roll-out throughout the year in other major markets.
On April 3, 2009, adidas will unveil a Paris boutique for this new fashion-orientated SLVRlabel after a New York boutique opened in February.

Show me your trainers - and I tell you who you are :-)

Hamburg based artist DVP has started a series of photos of sneakers. Well we have seen sneaker photos before. But this time DVP asked the owners to add 1 or 2 items that show their personality. And we find a book and rosary, or the picture of an artist... But what does the white rabbit mean? Alice in Wonderland in sneakers?  

So let your personality shine through your sneakers, they might tell more about you, than you might think...

Suicycle crazyness - So cool to bike "fixed gear"...

Well, to survive the streets of London, NY or Berlin as a cyclist is not easy. But what if you drive a bike without gear shift and breaks in the boiling traffic of these cities? Well, most of us would say it is something between stupid and totally stupid. But some call it the latest hype: fixed gear means that you have exactly that: 1 fixed gear. And that means speeeeed! And as it is all about speed, breaks are optional.

Based is this new generation of bikes on the professional track race bikes (even sleeker versions of the Tour de France-bikes). And they come in style: A whole new industry around this trend has evolved from fashion to music to events, everyone is into fixed gear bikes...

Okay, I bought one too. And I cannot count the times I made contact with the street, cars or pedestrians... But now I am, ooooh my God, so faaaast! Daniel