A new print by Malasian / Melbourne artist Drew, other wise knows as the beer downing rasta has gone up on Niceproduce.com. Limited 1/20, signed and numbered only $100aus. Here to buy and for details.

Sydney based illustrator, lord of the undead, bad ass t-shirt designer and metal poster guru Ben Brown sent us a preview of artwork on from his show “Feeling Lucky” launching this Friday at Markers Gallery 159 Johnston Street Collingwood.

Stay tuned as Mr Brown joins NiceProduce with a new t-shirt design as well as limited editions prints.

Nice has a new stockist in Sydney. Halfsleeve, located at the bottom of Goulburn Street in Surry hills is the new haven for the street wear crew of Sydney now that the golden age of Another Inch has passed. Stocking brands such as Foreign Family and MHI along side Nice.

Australia artist and illustrator Ben Brown has been running the Sydney poster art game for so long that the details are irrelevant. The bottom line is he is the man, the undisputed ruler of a domain infested by zombies, pop art and metal.

“Feeling Lucky”, Ben’s latest solo show will be on display in Melbourne at Marker Gallery on the 6th of march will be a series of prints and drawings, metal, pop culture and the undead, no doubt a welcome feature.

We’ll bring you a first glimpse of the art closer to the date.

Marker Gallery, 159 Johnson St Collingwood.

And because we love you, here is a preview of an upcoming Nice Produce T , “The Bodhisattva of revealing the true nature of things through boundless cynicism” by none other than Ben Brown. Looking at mid March release at this stage.

One of those rare occasions when the far corners of a cities underbelly converge, Last fridays launch of Suit Up saw the art Illuminati along side the jungle and drum and base crew of yesteryear together to celebrate the most ambitious show of the year. Curator Sean Kelly was half of the driving force behind ye old industrial sound parties, KrachMacher.

A deck of cards designed by 19 artists, with each suite divided up into definitive styles. With curators Sean Kelly, now known through his alternative news network and online store bucket’o’thought.com and LoungeKat providing the jokers.

Cards will be available online shortly.

Artists Sheldon, Childerhouse, Drew, Nior, Nate. Two, Sean, Loungekat and Cladio Mantuano. Are more than comfortable with nerdhood.

SPADES
Kid Zoom, Simon Childerhouse, TwoOne, Itch
HEARTS
Dylan McCrae, Karl Kwansy, Sam McKenzy, Sheldon Vella
DIAMONDS
Reka, Phibs, Meggs, Sync
CLUBS
Yok, Noir, Drew, Claudio Mantuano
JOKERS
Sean Kelly, LoungeKat

Simon Childerhouse

TwoOne

Nice has scored a preview of artwork from this Fridays Suit Up show at No Vacancy Gallery.

Simon Childerhous
Kid Reka

Sheldon Vella

12PCS GorKers first show of the year, kicking off another year of faithful service to the Melbourne art scene. Despite the heat wave the collection sucked them in from far and wide, fueled by 50 something slabs of Grolsh. Drunken shenanigans ensued.

Highlights

TWO

MEGGS

EAMO

Mr Reka

Listen to Muddy Waters, drink heavily and above all and Ride Responsibly.

New, on nice produce, right here.

Now and then musical genius’ come by, and we always seem to get our grubby hands on them…

Dorian Concept – Micro Korg Master..

Dorian’s influences range from the modal-jazz of Coltrane, the later experiments of ann-arbor Resident Dabrye to the soundscapes of Oval. Dorian Concept is a twirk-noodle king, his on-the-fly improvs and quirky-key work-outs are altogether astounding with scattered drums, piercing synth laced hooks and jaw dropping bass. A self-taught pianist and somewhat of a Youtube star (his online tweaks get over 200000 hits) Dorian aka Oliver Johsnon recently had releases on labels like Kindred Spirits, Treble-O and R2 and has gotten support from the likes of Gilles Peterson and Benji B. He will rock out on the keyboard like no other during his show, the Austrian Scott Storch with more punch!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0yxfVUs1lY[/youtube]

Daedelus – On a planet of his own..

Daedelus, the eccentric, electronic maestro of Ninja Tune is not your average cookie-cutter musician. One of LA’s most daring and prolific new artists, Daedelus chops and splices disparate acoustic sources into incredible works of contemporary resonance.

His trademark musicality contrasts IDM styled, left-field hip-hop cut-ups with samples from the 30s and 40s, the resulting style of honeyed melody and avant-electronics having no imitators. Daedelus’ reputation is long since established through collaborations with MF Doom, Madlib, Busdriver, Radioinactive, TTC, Mike Ladd and Taz from Sa-Ra, playing alongside Justice, DJ Assault and Two Live Crew and a guest appearance in Erykah Badu’s latest video.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-UbdHfWOdM[/youtube]

The musician’s engaging live set brings much genuine dynamism to the sometimes static world of performed electronic/dance music.

Post Laneway Festival Musical Madness with support from Dave Pham, DJ Zaibatsu and JPS.

$10 entry for all NICE PRODUCE  subscribers, email me on kevin@stablemusic.com.au or it’s $10 with your Laneway Festival Pass-out.

$15  For lazy people and blaggers on the day.

Miss Libertine – 34 Franklin Street Melbourne from 10pm till late. (Main acts take the stage at 12am sharp!)

Master of the 1,000 can’s and prolific Japanese artists Two One has taken time from his busy schedule to produce a new exclusive limited edition Giclee Print for Nice Produce. 420mm X 268mm.

For more information check it out here.