/ Mind Made Up In Blue /

 Mind Made Up In Blue Issue One (Print) / Distributed in venues around Manchester / Jan 2010 :

"This small magazine project began in January 2009 with the stunted launch of 'An Apathetical Reader', a publication devoted to supporting and encouraging young 'creatives' in our city. The aim was to create a product fulfilling our ideals of 'proactivity' and react against disillusionment, malaise or apathy - especially during a time of increased unemployment. The original proposal was idealist and ambitious, presenting an open public forum for 'artists' of any kind, and for local individuals to connect and discuss their ideas freely. The Internet was the apt tool, where participants could contribute their work, share their ideas and discuss in real time. This print edition hopes to represent the same ideal of a public sphere, is demure. In this format it has no relation to illusions of personality. It is not an instant space. It will only be what it exists to you now. It stresses the importance of starting small, being earnest and retaining the innocence of small gestures."

With music reviews:
/ Former Bullies www.myspace.com/formerbullies / 
/ Hyacinth Girl wwwmyspace.com/hyacinthgirls /
/ Waiters: www.myspace.com/kuwaiters /
/ Nathaniel: www.myspace.com/nathanieltheband /

Illustration:
/ David Bailey: www.itsmountpleasant.com /
/ Emily Carew Woodard: www.myspace.com/ljtiny /
/ Alice White (boy): www.alice-ruth-white.blogspot.com /

Typography:

/ Lucy Vann: www.lucy-vann.blogspot.com /

Photography:
/ Martin Wilson: www.herearephotos.co.uk /

/ Alexandra Shah: www.alexandrashah.blogspot.com /

Poetry:
/ Max Wallis: www.poethesis.com /

Prose:
/ Alice White: www.alice-ruth-white.blogspot.com /
/ Darcy Eleanor Fox: www.darcyeleanorfox.wordpress.com /

With mix cd from Comfortable On A Tightrope promoters: www.comfortableonatightrope.blogspot.com

....ONLINE VERSION AND PRINT EDITIONS ARRIVING SOON....

When Your Old School Burns Down

Rec.tangle

Adrien Rhodes comments about his latest work with Rec.tangle and the debut album, "Heavy Maple", claiming it exists as a "soundtrack to a late night documentary on sea turtles". His use of synthesizer, sitar, zither and harp, amongst a range of instruments that make this new work wholly departed from Topo Gigio, relates to Sven Libaek's work on the Life Aquatic soundtrack, where a playful and ambient sound exists with romantic and almost idealistic use of percussion. Rec.tangle similarly feels like a voyage, and one with an 'enterprised' aesthetic of discovery. Beautifully minimal, abstract synthesizer on 'Seaharp' whirls, picking up drums, guitar, percussion and strings and writhing instrumental layers expand into vast soundscapes.

Have a listen: www.myspace.com/rectangularmusic

Cover art: Yuko Michishita (www.yukomich.co.uk)

Boy