The wild Spanish designer Davidelfin has created a special Doc Martens model in wood pattern, both shoes and boots. This designer is apparently very fond of this brand: in October he had his models wearing white Docs on the catwalk at the Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week where he showed his Summer collection "Katharsis". Should you wish to buy these special wood patterned Docs, please refer to Davidelfin's site http://www.davidelfin.com/ where you can also buy items from his predominantly blue and yellow Winter collection, and pre-orde items from the colourful Summer Collection.
The final days of the year are ripe in past recollections. But this time Trendenz did not want to go back just a couple of months and recall some of music highlights of this year. We decided to go back 30 years and bring back to life one of the best songs dating back to 1981. "On reflection" is probably the best track from Dramatis' album "For Future Reference". This band relied with the collaboration of Gary Numan, but here they've proved they could do a fine Pop song on their own. Here's for you to listen and to keep for future reference. For further enjoyment an pleasure check also the songs recorded by this band with Gary Numan on vocals, such as "Ex Luna Scientia" or "Love Needs no Disguise".
November 2011 marked the 30th anniversary of "Movement" the first album by New Order, the band that was born after the death of Ian Curtis and the split of Joy Division. Here we can still spot the influences of Joy Division. Listening to this track "Denial" one can sense undeniably melodies that bring us back to Joy Division's "Atmosphere", like a dance version of that track. With this record, New Order steered in a new direction and became a more dance oriented which would become more apparent after the release of "Blue Monday", the record Daft Punk would have loved to make. And this transition into a dance band has never been peaceful among the fans. Some claim they should have stick to this sound and it was closer to the essence, the inheritance of Joy Division. Others claim they were right to part ways. Anyway, "Movement" will remain as the best record by New Order for us. A record that brings us back to Joy Division but which does not fail to point to new directions.
They do not like to state where they're from, but we suspect they are from north of Portugal. But that doesn't matter.
Listening to their sound, one could say they have engaged in serious binge drinking at the 4AD label or at WARP, as their sound ressonates the sounds from bands signing to these two British labels.
Listening to their track "Fernanda" it feels as if Robin Guthrie from Cocteau Twins had been invited to play along.
They claim they are influenced by names such as Steve Reich and Frank Zappa. But I would rather point to names such as Brian Eno/David Byrne or Jansen/Barbieri/Karn with pints of Beanfield, Seefeel, Lali Puna or even Future Sound of London. But then again Trendenz could be entirely wrong and they probably do not even listen to such names.
What matters is that we will have the possibility of seeing them live on the 9th of December at Plano B in Oporto and on the 10th at Lounge, in Lisbon. After that they will take to Spain for gigs at Underground in Barcelona on the 14th and at the Wurlitzer in Madrid on the 15th.
It doesn't matter where they come from. Trendenz just love this bunch of people "who play a very cute football with great affection".
"Implausible Beauty" is the name of the tour that will bring David Sylvian to the European stages as of March 2012. According to the musician's website, he has found a group of musicians with whom he is more than happy to play with.
Trendenz still recalls the fabulous concert in Lisbon and does hope this city will be included in this new tour. This would another great opportunity to see master Sylvian live on stage again.
And we do hope he plays some of the best songs from his careers, as it is the case of this track "Wave" on the video featured in "Gone to Earth", a true zen therapy record, a monument to beauty and sensibility.
Trendenz is a big fan of Doc Martens as you probably have realised by now, hence it did not resist posting this funny video by the British stand-up comedian Alexei Sayle. Enjoy!!
