KLIM beats || Dusty Buttons (Full Album)

Dusty Buttons, the latest album from the very talented producer & composer from Kiev, Ukraine is finally here!

 A blend of hard hitting beats with a bit more punchier feel to it this time.

The album contains a stunning amount of 17 new fresh beats. 

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Nike SB || GIZMO

In 1996, Elissa Steamer pushed her way into skateboarding’s spotlight with a stand-out style that transcended gender and commanded respect.

Through video and grassroots touring, Elissa, whose nickname “GIZMO” her father bestowed upon her, became a favorite to many, inspiring generations of skateboarders for years to come.

Proof that progression in skateboarding is more than just tricks.

Nike SB proudly presents GIZMO, their first all-women’s skate video and homage to Elissa and testament of what’s to come.

Featuring Lacey Baker, Leticia Bufoni, Hayley Wilson, Sarah Meurle, Josie Millard, Nicole Hause, Aori Nishimura, Rayssa Leal and Elissa Steamer.

Directed by Jason Hernandez with assistance from Tyler Smolinski, GIZMO is dedicated to those breaking open new lanes.

Check it out below.

Manivald || Animated Short Film

Manivald, a fox, is turning 33.

Overeducated, unemployed and generally uninspired, he lives with his overbearing, retired mother and spends his days learning piano while she makes his coffee and washes his socks.

It is an easy life, but not a good one.

Their unhealthy co-dependence is about to change when the washing machine breaks down and in comes Toomas, a sexy and adventurous wolf repairman, to fix it, and them.

Have a peek below.

Manivald from Chintis Lundgren on Vimeo.

fortnight || blunted to deaf (Full BeatTape)

The 12 tracks of this album were created specifically to relax you and your minds. 

Turn on the cassette, feel the vibration and take off all the stress of a hard day.

The Evolution of KAWS' Street Art Aesthetic || Brilliant Ideas

KAWS, real name Brian Donnelly, is considered one of the relevant artists of his generation.

Born 1974 in New Jersey and now based in Brooklyn, his instantly recognizable aesthetic has attracted a devoted following of fans all over the world.

Famously medium agnostic, KAWS' huge body of work straddles the worlds of art and design to include street art, graphic and product design, paintings, murals and large‐scale sculptures.

He made his name in the New York graffiti scene in the 1990s where he frequently tagged walls and freight trains with the letters K A W S.

He regularly exhibits in museums and galleries internationally and has found a wide audience through high-profile collaborations with industry leaders including Nike, Uniqlo, MTV, Pharrell Williams and Kanye West.

Check it out below.

The new Porsche Cayenne Coupé || Design Film

In this short film from director Alessandro Pacciani, watch the newly announced Porsche Cayenne Coupe get shown off from every angle in awe-inspiring detail.

Ridiculously cool.

Amerigo Gazaway || Endless Summer 
(Full Album)

A romantic summer beat tape. 

"The title comes from the idea that if one had enough time and money it would be possible to follow the summer up and down the world (northern to southern hemisphere and back), making it endless."

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49 Mile Scenic Drive || Short Documentary

In 1954, an artist named Rex May created an iconic street sign for the city of San Francisco.

Half a century later, his signs started to disappear. 

What began as a short film about design took on a life of its own and ended up changing a little piece of history.

Check it out below.

49 Mile Scenic Drive from bradley smith on Vimeo.

Danny Macaskill || Danny Daycare

In his latest film Danny Macaskill takes on some child care the only way he knows how...  by taking them for a wee bike ride around Scotland!

No children were involved in any stunts during the making of Danny Daycare... Please don't try this at home (obviously!).

Enjoy.

csnts || Endless Illusions (Full Album)

Sit back, hit play and relax...

Twin Islands || Animated Short Film

Twin Island West and Twin Island East are two sister islands ruled by two Kings, where everyone and everything is submitted to the cult of Symmetry.

Accordingly, everything there goes two by two - everything.

But one day, the Queen of Twin Island West gives birth to one unique baby, to the King's great despair!

Have a peek below.

Twin Islands from Rubika on Vimeo.

New Zealand || The Spirit of South Island

A short film exploring the beauty of New Zealand's South Island.

A collaborative effort between Damien Blue, Bryan Mir, Christie Suchomel & Cody LaPlant.

Check it out below.

New Zealand: The Spirit of South Island from Cody LaPlant on Vimeo.

Kupla || Owls and Pinecones (Full Album)

Take a journey through changing worlds.

Kupla's debut vinyl release Owls and Pinecones is a work of emotional keys, clarinet melodies and mystique, served with deep kicks and unique field recordings. 

Enjoy.

Freaks of Nurture || Animated Short Film

Freaks of Nurture is an animated short film about a neurotic mother-daughter relationship inspired by the filmmaker’s own unorthodox upbringing with her single-parent mom, who is also a foster parent and dog breeder. 

Self-deprecating and bursting with energy, the film reveals that no matter how grown-up we think we are, we never quite stop craving the love and support of a parent.

Hit play.

Freaks of Nurture from National Film Board of Canada on Vimeo.

The Game Shows Off His Bulletproof Sneaker Collection On Complex Closets

The Game shows Complex's Joe La Puma his "bulletproof" sneaker closet including Nike Mags, exclusive Air Jordans, and an Air Jordan clock on the latest episode of Complex Closets.

Check it out below.

Various Artists || Drop Beats Not Bombs Vol. 1 (Full Album)

Drop Beats Not Bombs is a Hip Hop instrumental compilation with 14 of the dopest, hottest, freshest, cutest and sweetest beatmakers and producers. 

This tape is perfect for every situation in your life. You can hear it in the car, with your boombox in the park, at home with all your neighbours, while you sleep with your girl or your boy or both... 
You will love this tape!!

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Hip-Hop Photographer Zach Wolfe Is Still Hungry || Short Film

Drawn to Atlanta by his love of hip-hop, Zach Wolfe has photographed some of the industry’s biggest names—and it all started when a chance encounter led to a big break.

In 1996, Wolfe, then 18 years old, heard the debut album of Atlanta-based hip-hop duo OutKast, and his life would never be the same. Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik was a distinctly Southern hip-hop album, and it put Atlanta hip-hop on the map. The first time Wolfe listened to it, he thought, “I don’t know what’s going on in Atlanta, but I have to go there.”

Check it out below.

Hip-Hop Photographer Zach Wolfe Is Still Hungry from Adobe Create: Creative Voices on Vimeo.

Audi R8 || The Slowest Art We've Ever Built

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the R8 V10 engine, Audi has teamed up with artist Fabian Oefner to build its “slowest piece of art”.

The result is an incredibly detailed photograph of the car that was hundreds of hours in the making. It sees the R8 “disintegrated”, with every single piece of its rear construction floating in the air behind it. The painstaking process required every last piece of the car to be taken apart and photographed before being stitched back together in post production.

Check out the result below.

DJ Obsolete || The Mandela Effect II 
(Full Album)

Hit play and enjoy.

Procrastinators. || Animated Short Film

Last year Nas Alhusain had one task to do, somehow she got caught up doing other stuff, and that one task never got done. 

Have a peek below.

Procrastinators. from Nas Alhusain on Vimeo.

Supernova || Art film by Maxim Zhestkov

Supernova is an experimental 4K art film directed and designed by Maxim Zhestkov.

Everything around and inside us was conceived in a huge explosion of a star billions of years ago… and, probably, recycled from other matrices myriad times. In this eternal carousel of matter, particles gather, form complicated structures and then burst into all directions fusing atoms together and producing new elements and points of view, new colours and patterns of perception.

Explosions could be perceived as a destructive force and the process of tearing previously formed matter apart and, therefore, could have negative connotations; however, fundamentally, only the process of breaking familiar structures and rearranging them into new, more sophisticated shapes could kindle new meanings and ideas and be the main creative force forming the future.

In the art film, Zhestkov Studio made computer simulations with millions of particles to explore the behaviour and the beauty of the creative force of destruction.

Enjoy.

Supernova - Art film by Maxim Zhestkov from Zhestkov on Vimeo.

The Jazz Hop Café || a cup of lofi #2 (Compilation Album)

The Jazz Hop Café Records presents the long overdue sequel to 'a cup of lofi #1'. 

Another compilation album packed with an assorted range of lofi beats, 
from emerging talent to the artists you know and love. 

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P.J. Tucker is the reigning 'Sneaker Champ' of the NBA || Kick Game Evolution

P.J. Tucker gives sneaker expert Nick DePaula a look inside his epic sneaker collection.

Check it out below.

Burmese Days || Short Film

“Seek it out first, then store it in the mind” - Burmese Proverb

Burmese Days is a short travelogue filmed inside South East Asia.

Have a peek below.

Burmese Days from Justin Heaney on Vimeo.

SUMGii Beats || VOL 1 (Full Album)

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How Tomokazu Matsuyama Appropriates Images to Create Fine Art || HYPEBEAST

Tomokazu Matsuyama is a Japanese contemporary artist who lives and works in Brooklyn, NYC.

Matsuyama is widely-known for appropriating traditional Japanese icons, street art motifs, and American pop culture imagery in his paintings. With these various references, he intends to trigger conversations about self-identity, diversity, and the impact of globalization. “I want to portray the culture that we live in and to do that, for me, is to make a mashup of what makes our time very unique,” he said.

He starts each artwork with an abstract background, then begins to sketch subjects from Edo Japanese and American traditions. Utilizing explosive acrylic paints on canvas, he and his assistants meticulously color in each detailed illustration. Each one of these paintings would take three-to-four months to finish. Moreover, they are all done by hand and are not collaged or digitally printed. If there is a mistake in the painting, the artist or one of his assistants will buff it, repaint it, and make it look perfect.

Although the term “appropriation” may have a somewhat of a negative connotation, the artist tells HYPEBEAST that he is paying homage, rather than stealing from the creators of works that he appropriates. “In fine arts people say appropriate. To use an existing image. There’s sampling, appropriation, and copying,” he said. “Copying is using someone else’s image and saying it’s yours. But sampling or appropriation is that you pay respect. I sample and use resources that are extremely public or extremely old.”

Check it out below.

SAINT LAURENT || SELF03

French luxury house Saint Laurent and American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis teamed up on a super-stylish short film depicting desire and infatuation through a dreamy lens of fantasy and jealousy.

Enter full screen and dive into the world.

Nike SB || How Nike Conquered The Skateboarding Industry

In the early 2000s' Nike SB set out to get a foothold in the booming skateboarding industry.

Skateboarding was rapidly growing in popularity and it was a land grab.

Nike SB not only succeed in doing this, they also ended up creating one of the most collectible sneakers of all time.

The Nike Dunk.

The Nike Dunk made sneaker culture mainstream and created a foundation for modern day sneaker releases.

It's an important part of sneaker history and David Mederos decided to make this video to shed some light on the brilliant strategy Nike's used to make it happen.

Checkit out below.