Swifty, the British master of camouflage and typography will arriving in Melbourne next week to launch his debut solo exhibition on our burning shores. Here’s a sneak preview of the show which will be launching at No Vacancy on the 5th of March.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDX2o9VMhj8[/youtube]

Extensive interview will be posted next week so keep watching this space.

Japanese graphic designer Kentaro Nagai (Graflex Directions) / On display until the 15th of Feb at the Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo.

Lets take the time to appreciete what an complete and utter head fuck these would of been to make.

Boar

Rooster

Sheep

Rat

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.

Hello fellow NicePeoples. I’m back in Tokyo on my way to my new home in Stockholm. Kinda picked a bad time to be back as the Yen is killing everything. So I figure, less shop, more drinking & eating. It can’t be all bad.

I dropped by Supreme in Daikanyama as a friend of mine was after a new jacket. As you may already know, XL anything in Japan is rare, and you have to hunt for it. When we pulled up, I noticed our mark had already been made.

Anyone want to fess up?

Tomorrow I’m going to see DJ Krush at the Liquid Room. The master of hip-hop is doing a charity gig for the children of Africa, and it’s going to be off the hook. So all our Japanese readers, get down.

On the topic of Krush, we got news of a new collab coming soon… ooh!

More updates soon, time to get amongst it. There’s a fair few Melbournites who coincidently have landed the same time as me and we’re going to smash it at Sonpub’s Album Launch after a visit to an izakaya.

Also, I’m talking to our NiceProduce Japanese wholesale correspondent, things on the boil. News of that once it’s cooked up.

Japan rules.

Takamatsu City Shikoku:

Thanks Rone

Here is a pretty dope half hour documentary on Japanese graffiti which is included on DVD with the RackGaki japanese graffiti book. Mad soundtrack and really worth checking out if you can put aside a lazy 30:00 minutes.

[googlevideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3060234481481814666&hl=en-AU[/googlevideo]

Check the cheeky Meggs character at 24:00

TwoOne rocked out some cheeky art at everyones favorite piss up today.

Heard he is coming to OZ/NZ later this year so a bit of a heads up for those that might not be familiar with what he does.

DJ Baku (Bio lifted from Hearjapan.com)

“An ever prolific indie/alternative DJ and track-maker, DJ BAKU’s foundation is Hip Hop with a healthy dose of turntablism. His highly-acclaimed mix series released on his own label, DIS-DEFENSE DISC, has become something of a collector’s item. In June 2006, he released his long-awaited first album, “SPINHEDDZ” on POPGROUP Recordings, which reached No. 1 on the Tower Records Indie chart. Later in the same year, he performed with D-Style, Kid Koala and Q-Bert. In December that year, DJ BAKU joined forces with the legendary Guitar Wolf, releasing the single, “ULTRA CROSS Vol. 3”, on Sony Music. In 2007, BAKU embarked on a new project, assuming the alias, “Noizd Phank”, incorporating a variety of artists like Bug (ex Techno Animal) to do remixes.
Lastly, in 2008 will see the release of DJ BAKU’s second album, “Dharma Dance”. Along with his forte, sampling, BAKU has introduced the usage of guitar, bass, drums, and Chinese stringed instruments like the er hu, as well as a diverse range other natural/acoustic instruments in his new album”

Spin Headz is somewhat of a masterpiece:

http://www.hearjapan.com/store/album_info/Spinheddz

and his second recently released album “Dharma Dance” is a lot rockier but has some fine tunes no doubt.

http://www.disdefensedisc.com
http://www.myspace.com/djbakujapan