viernes, julio 22, 2011
jueves, julio 21, 2011
Puños de hierro
Iron Fists: Branding the 20th Century Totalitarian State
"Steven Heller analiza en este volumen ilustrado el arte, el grafismo y los artilugios propagandísticos creados por los gobiernos totalitarios de la Alemania Nazi, la Italia Fascista y los regimenes comunistas de la URSS y China. “Como cualquier campaña de identidad corporativa, el régimen totalitario exige a sus ciudadanos lealtad a la marca”, dice Heller que con estas palabras resume uno de los principales objetivos del libro: mostrar cómo estos regimenes utilizaron el diseño gráfico como instrumento de poder.
La esvástica y la tipografía gótica de la Alemania de Hitler, los pósteres aerodinámicos y futuristas y las camisas negras de Mussolini, el realismo social de la Rusia de Stalin y el Pequeño Libro Rojo de Mao son símbolos reconocidos en todo el mundo. Todos ellos fueron usados en una gran variedad de propaganda, desde pósteres, revistas y anuncios hasta uniformes, monumentos, banderas y estatuillas. Además, todos los líderes cultivaron unas determinadas características personales (el bigote de Hitler, la calvicie de Mussolini, la perilla de Lenin o la sonrisa de Mao), tratando de transformar sus respectivas individualidades en iconos. Más de cuatrocientas fotografías los recogen en este libro, que cuenta con un capítulo para cada régimen, y que explora además la paleta de color utilizada por cada dictador, las tipografías, y los slogans que se usaron para vender el mensaje totalitario, congregar e influir sobre la población."
Página web: ProjectProjects.com/Iron-Fists
martes, julio 12, 2011
jueves, julio 07, 2011
Burning Witch - 4xLP+DVD Box Set
"The BURNING WITCH 4LP boxed set is finally in production after various delays for various reasons. 4LPs will be contained in a black slipcase (heavy printed and side loading black box), with a 42 page 30cm square perfect bound book of artwork and photos, and a few texts.
Towers... & Rift.Canyon.Dreams LPs will have cloned covers (and identical track listing) from the original Slap-A-Ham & Merciless LPs, but printed as Stoughton tip-on style sleeves (and sans inserts).
Towers... LP is cut from the original 1/2" master tape that somehow was missing in all the years between its recording and post 2008 Crippled Lucifer release. Stuart Dahlquist at last managed to unearth said tape a few years ago and the resulting test pressing of this record sounds absolutely incredible. I dont know if I've been involved in a recording before or since which gives me the tactile, tangible satisfaction of said album.
Rift.Canyon.Dreams LP benefits greatly from a remastering for vinyl by Mell Dettmer (who mastered all 4 LPs in fact) and a great cut. Clarity is much improved to these 4 abstruse tracks.
The third vinyl in the set is a 12" with Bleeder & Rift.Canyon.Dreams (2008 mix version) tracks. Fourth LP is an amazing sounding recording of the 1996 live concert at Pioneer Theatre in Seattle (with Greg Anderson also on guitar) with an insert of photos from said concert. That was pre-Towers.. 3rd and 4th vinyls are housed in direct to board sleeves by Stoughton.
We are pleased to announce that Alan Dubin is involved in the project, he is authoring a DVD which contains the 2 known video recordings of the band live: 1996 Pioneer Square Theatre (from original super 8 videotape) and 1997 on Public Access channel 29 "29 Live" (from original super VHS). This DVD will be inserted into a pocket in the perfect bound book. Here is a photo of the capturing process...
All in all this is the complete (and final) retrospective of material from this long defunct group who survived a near miraculous afterlife and memory amongst the faithful. We neglected to include the demo or any rehearsal material as it's not worthy... you can find this all online anyway. We attempt to present it all in its original intention, and the supplementary pieces, in my opinion as art director of the Witch's releases over the past 16 years, follow that original aesthetic closely.
The boxed set will be manufactured in an edition of 1500 copies and available from Southern Lord Recordings this Autumn.
And so, after these long roads, the nails are in the coffin.
—Stephen O'Malley, Paris, July 2011"
Towers... & Rift.Canyon.Dreams LPs will have cloned covers (and identical track listing) from the original Slap-A-Ham & Merciless LPs, but printed as Stoughton tip-on style sleeves (and sans inserts).
Towers... LP is cut from the original 1/2" master tape that somehow was missing in all the years between its recording and post 2008 Crippled Lucifer release. Stuart Dahlquist at last managed to unearth said tape a few years ago and the resulting test pressing of this record sounds absolutely incredible. I dont know if I've been involved in a recording before or since which gives me the tactile, tangible satisfaction of said album.
Rift.Canyon.Dreams LP benefits greatly from a remastering for vinyl by Mell Dettmer (who mastered all 4 LPs in fact) and a great cut. Clarity is much improved to these 4 abstruse tracks.
The third vinyl in the set is a 12" with Bleeder & Rift.Canyon.Dreams (2008 mix version) tracks. Fourth LP is an amazing sounding recording of the 1996 live concert at Pioneer Theatre in Seattle (with Greg Anderson also on guitar) with an insert of photos from said concert. That was pre-Towers.. 3rd and 4th vinyls are housed in direct to board sleeves by Stoughton.
We are pleased to announce that Alan Dubin is involved in the project, he is authoring a DVD which contains the 2 known video recordings of the band live: 1996 Pioneer Square Theatre (from original super 8 videotape) and 1997 on Public Access channel 29 "29 Live" (from original super VHS). This DVD will be inserted into a pocket in the perfect bound book. Here is a photo of the capturing process...
All in all this is the complete (and final) retrospective of material from this long defunct group who survived a near miraculous afterlife and memory amongst the faithful. We neglected to include the demo or any rehearsal material as it's not worthy... you can find this all online anyway. We attempt to present it all in its original intention, and the supplementary pieces, in my opinion as art director of the Witch's releases over the past 16 years, follow that original aesthetic closely.
The boxed set will be manufactured in an edition of 1500 copies and available from Southern Lord Recordings this Autumn.
And so, after these long roads, the nails are in the coffin.
—Stephen O'Malley, Paris, July 2011"
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