The Artist is Absent: A Short Film On Martin Margiela

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Little is known about the Belgian designer Martin Margiela and this film only adds to his mystique. Produced by Yoox and directed by American filmmaker Alison Chernick, the short piece, which was premiered at this year's Tribeca Film Festival, includes rare footage, appearances from a variety of highly respected fashion figures, and some interesting insight into one of the world's most creative brands.

—Yoox

Lee West Objects Candle and Incense Holders

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Made in Vienna at the Auböck workshop, these candle and incense holders are both versatile and beautiful. Functioning as one or the other depending on which way up you place them, they also work well as paperweights or small standalone sculptures. Offered in a set of three, each of the solid turned brass pieces has a slightly different finish.

—Available from Mohawk General Store

Our Legacy In-Season Splash SS15

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—01. Faded stripe.
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In what has now become a regular mid-season feature for Our Legacy, the Swedish brand highlight some of the pieces from their current collection in a short editorial entitled In-Season Splash. Click on the link below to view the Spring-Summer '15 edition.

—Our Legacy

Nike Cortez

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—01. Suede and nylon.

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The Nike Cortez is a shoe that I've never had particularly strong feelings about. It's so tied to West Coast hip hop, and I've always associated more with the East – aesthetically and sonically rather than geographically. However, these simple reissues are about as good a version of the shoe as you could hope for, and seeing them recently had me thinking about embracing my own coast.

—Available from Mr Porter

Men of Bissao – The Shadows Bleed Here and Follow Us Here

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—01. Cassette cover.
—02. Released on Nostilevo.

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Nostilevo is one of those rare labels that only attaches its name to mesmerizing music. This tape from Men of Bissao is no different, it's shadowy hellscapes clawing at your inner ear, while simultaneously appealing for a human touch. Their name also references and condemns the violence of slavery, adding an element of conscience in a genre where bands frequently try to use unsavory historical references to shock audiences.

—Available from Nostilevo

Jon Gibson – Visitations LP on Superior Viaduct

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Superior Viaduct, which turned up on my radar last year, are making available some of the most unique and diverse albums from multiple genres. In spite of their consistently eclectic output of reissues, seeing an upcoming LP release from the experimentalist Jon Gibson still made me do a double take. The label write-up explains, "Visitations, Gibson's first release under his own name, originally appeared on the Chatham Square imprint in 1973. Inspired by the books of Carlos Castaneda, Gibson departs from the structured repetition of his minimalist peers and takes the listener on an aural journey—spanning organic field recordings, ambient flutes and synthesizers, and free-flowing textures. Visitations' two side-long tracks are at once solemn and unsettling, making this an astonishing debut that firmly establishes (the artist) as a pioneer in his own right.”

—Superior Viaduct

Blowing Up The Workshop T-Shirt

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—01. Design by Elyn Middleton.
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Blowing Up The Workshop has grown to be one of the best and most respected mix series on the internet, featuring a who's who of the most vital names in left field electronic music. After you're undoubtably swayed by the Shawn O'Sullivan, Siobahn or Helm mixes, make sure to support by buying one of their beautiful new T-shirts. It looks to me like some kind of Issey Miyake-inspired collage, but whatever it is, it looks great.

—Available from Blowing Up The Workshop

Contemporary Art Gallery presents Nurse

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Contemporary Art Gallery
555 Nelson Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 6R5
Saturday, April 25 and Sunday, April 26, 12-6pm

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Nurse describe themselves as "a group of tonal alchemists that intend to create free improvisational music" and this weekend they'll be performing at Vancouver's Contemporary Art Gallery. Over two six-hour peregrinations on Saturday and Sunday, the minimal drone band will be exploring the ebb and flow of their improvised sounds, playing off one-another in a transformative journey of calming reverberation.

—Contemporary Art Gallery
—SoundCloud: Nurse