Emilie Autumn is an anarchist-violinist, vocalist, poet, and sexy redhead whose style leaves me speechless. She makes the incorporation of Dark Cabaret, Victorian, Steampunk, and Goth-Punk fashion seem effortless, without the appearance of going over the top.
Brasky Sweethearts highly approve of her style and hope more women juxtapose fashion aesthetics.
However… we were disappointed to discover that it’s a lot more appealing than her music. (And she’s associated with Courtney Love? Ugh.)
She’s released five albums, but is best known for Opheliac, which was released in 2006 by Trisol Music Group GmbH.
If you’d like to recommend songs for me to listen to, please free to do so. For now, I’ll only be appreciating her corsets, layered dresses, stockings, and heart-shaped patches. (And who could ignore her amazing figure?) Bring on the controversy.
Michael Cinco is a formal couture and wedding gown designer whose fashion has mostly been showcased in Dubai. All the photographs featured here are from his 2007 – 2009 collections. I couldn’t locate any information about his personal life or what inspires his work, but I think it’s unique and exotic. In some ways, many of his gowns remind me of those designed by the famed Alexander McQueen.
Sarah Balliet is the electric cellist, pianist, and elvish blond in Murder by Death, who released their fifth studio album, Good Morning Magpie, in April. I am intrigued with her style, which includes colorful dresses and hair pins, and with her musical talent, which adds an orchestral dynamic to the band.
Scott Hansen is a California-based musician (Tycho) and artist (ISO50) who collaborates on the iso50.com blog with: Jakub Alexander, who runs the Moongadget record label; Alex Cornell, who is a student at The Academy of Art in San Fransisco; Sam Valenti IV, the founder of Ghostly Records International; and Beamer Wilkins, who runs a software firm and creates electronic music instruments.
Hansen describes his view of design as, “the search for efficiency. Efficiency in conveying a message, efficiency of form. In this way I see some of my own work falling into the category of design, while some of my other work falls under the umbrella of illustration. With the more illustrative pieces my primary goal is to create something beautiful or striking in a visceral sense. These goals remain intact when I create a purely design-driven piece, but there is the added goal of minimalism and efficiency which constrains the process and limits the content. It is these constraints that force us as designers to reveal the core of the idea we are trying to express and to seek the most direct route to it.”
We unanimously agree at Brasky that Hansen’s music, style, and design is excellent, though he makes it clear on his blog that he doesn’t want anyone to take his work too seriously.
Features remixes by Manual, Lusine, and Hatchback. There isn’t much information about this album, but you can check out the review on Pitchfork, whose author rated it 7 out of 10. X
Recommended Track: Coastal Brake (Original)
A compilation album by Tycho, Dabrye, and Mux Mool, among other notable electronic artists. It includes 18 tracks and is available for free on Adult Swim. Cascade is among my favorite ambient/IDM tracks (in general), as are many other tracks on this album. X Recommended Track: Cascade (Live)
Perfectly summed up by Ghostly International (GI), “Adrift fulfills the somnambulant promise of its title, wrapping a chugging downtempo drum beat and gauzy guitars in aquamarine analog fuzz.” X Recommended Track: Adrift
Again, perfectly summed up by GI, “Hansen blends swirling melodies into vaguely triumphant arcs that crisscross between stuttering beats and vocal samples, creating rolling sonic landscapes that extend off into the horizon.” X Recommended Track:
The Disconnect
A quintessential ambient/IDM album, which is the re-issue of Sunrise Projector, but with additional tracks. I have fond memories of PBS being the first song that I listened to by Tycho; at the time I was hoping that his other music would be of equal quality (which, often isn’t the case for many IDM artists), however, not only was not disappointed after listening to other tracks, but I was also impressed. X Recommended Tracks: PBS Past is Prologue Send and Receive
Sunrise Projector (2004)
The original version of Past is Prologue, and is another early album that allowed Tycho to form a strong identity in IDM. X Recommended Track: Sunrise Projector (Nautilis Remix)
Perhaps one of Tycho’s sexier albums, The Science of Patterns includes songs that are sensual (with the implied sounds of rainfall and moaning) and ambient, but not too slow. As one of his debut songs, Dream as a Memory undeniably set the bar for later releases. X Recommended Tracks: Dream as a Memory Human Condition
Guys and girls alike can enjoy this collection of 35 Steampunk costumes showcased by geeky model girls.
View the Steampunk Community to find more photos like these.
Annui Sui is an American fashion designer whose Fall 2010 collection was recently showcased during New York Fashion Week.
She described this collection as highlighting a “witty layering of vintage prints shot with shimmering metallic thread; deco tulips, cubist flowers, woodblock peonies, chrysanthemum paisleys, floral fireworks … often in my signature combo collages.”
Emilie Autumn is an anarchist-violinist, vocalist, poet, and sexy redhead whose style leaves me speechless. She makes the incorporation of Dark Cabaret, Victorian, Steampunk, and Goth-Punk fashion seem effortless, without the appearance of going over the top.
