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Shonky: From maths lover to international DJ

Late last year I interviewed Dan Ghenacia and Dyed Soundorom but missing from that interview was their friend, and third piece of the puzzle, Shonky. Just like Dan and Dyed, Shonky is someone I rate highly for both his dexterity as a DJ and the music he makes, too – there’s something about his production style that is so easy to identify, it’s what I call the ‘Shonky sound’. After seeing him in action at WMC in Miami earlier this year, I caught up with him for a chat and he handed me an exclusive mix, too.

By Marcus Barnes | Arts - News, notes and quotes on the Arts world -, Music | Tuesday, 22 May 2012 at 4:30 am

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Brighton Fringe: The week ahead…

So it seems that Brighton is well and truly swimming in gin, and apparently we can’t stop talking about it. Why, only last night I headed over to the Hendrick’s Library of Delightfully Peculiar Writings to take in a poetry slam, and a gin or two!
There were some great poems on show, covering everything from [...]

By Rosie Blackwell-Sutton | Arts - News, notes and quotes on the Arts world - | Tuesday, 22 May 2012 at 12:00 am

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Lady Gaga corrupting youth, Bieber Fever and other reasons for gig cancellations

Are pop concerts the latest battle ground of moral superiority? Well, with Lady Gaga’s Indonesian concert being cancelled after moral hardliners picketed against her corrupting outfits and dancing, as well as physical threats, it seems so. It’s hardly the first time gigs have been targeted for displays of moral outrage. The Americans have it down to an art form, with the seemingly anti-everything Westboro Baptist Church staging high profile protests outside concerts as varied as Justin Beiber, Radiohead and Kiss.

By David Newbury | Arts - News, notes and quotes on the Arts world -, Music | Tuesday, 22 May 2012 at 12:00 am

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Review of Game of Thrones ‘The Prince of Winterfell’

With Stannis (Stephen Dillane) only days away from King’s Landing and Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) preparing to do battle, this week was the calm before the storm.

By Neela Debnath | Arts - News, notes and quotes on the Arts world - | Monday, 21 May 2012 at 10:05 pm

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Sciencing Fiction

There is no clear career structure to being a fiction writer. Some would-be novelists sign up for creative writing MAs; others work in call-centres while they are honing their craft. The American novelist Jonathan Franzen served time as a research assistant in a Harvard seismology lab while he worked on his first novel. When you need a day job to support your art, science is as good as any other.

By Charles Fernyhough | Arts - News, notes and quotes on the Arts world - | Monday, 21 May 2012 at 12:36 pm

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Review of Doctor Who ‘The Seeds of Death’ (Series 6)

Taking some inspiration from the Apollo 11 mission at the time, ‘The Seeds of Death’ saw the Doctor and his assistants travel to the moon in order to stop an Ice Warrior invasion.

By Neela Debnath | Arts - News, notes and quotes on the Arts world - | Monday, 21 May 2012 at 11:00 am

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Heidi: I don’t want my night to ever fizzle off, I want to finish it with an explosion

In Miami last year I discovered a DJ named Heidi Van Den Amstel, who played a brilliant set at Sunday School one of the closing events during Miami’s annual party week (WMC) in March. When I got back to London I made sure I checked her out again as soon as I could, the next time I saw her play was an eight hour long set, during which time she kept my friends and I dancing all night.

By Marcus Barnes | Arts - News, notes and quotes on the Arts world -, Music | Monday, 21 May 2012 at 4:00 am

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Mother’s Ruin at Brighton Fringe

With one week to go, whichever direction I happen to be walking seems to involve a pause at the Hendrick’s Library of Delightfully Peculiar Writings for a gin and tonic. It is a habit to which I have been happy to succumb, and how.

By Julian Caddy | Arts - News, notes and quotes on the Arts world - | Monday, 21 May 2012 at 12:00 am

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Becoming Damien Hirst? You’re not the first

Damien Hirst, the richest, probably most famous, contemporary living artist, once remarked: “I don’t believe in genius. I believe in freedom. I think anyone can do it. Anyone can be like Rembrandt.” It implies that just as Hirst strove to be the next Rembrandt, so too can we, mere mortals, strive to be the next Damien Hirst. Except that we can’t. The answer to “Who will be the next Damien Hirst?” will be “Nobody”, if the artist has his way. He wants to stay the one and only and has trademarked his name to prove it.

By Matilda Battersby | Arts - News, notes and quotes on the Arts world - | Monday, 21 May 2012 at 12:00 am

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The Photography Blog: Rise of the smartphone, but smart photography too?

Assuming Mark Zuckerberg hasn’t got his sums wrong, the market for smartphone photography is booming.

By Alex Hare | Arts - News, notes and quotes on the Arts world - | Sunday, 20 May 2012 at 12:00 am

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