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CONTENTS CONVERSATION Nick Rhodes: TV Mania

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Music Muses

John Varvatos: Rock n’ Roll

The Artists

31 The Art of Gaga 32 Global Rhythms 37 The Rise of A$ap Rocky 38 Music in the Digital Era 41 Audio Couture 43 Sounds of 2013

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FASHION Taylor Momsen Kreayshawn Turn It Up Natalia Kills Big Sean Cassie Charli XCX Carmen Electra Tribes Chelsea Tyler Marion Corrales Kate Nash Ren Harvieu Slave To The Rhythm

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EVENTS Bob Gruen Cinema Issue Global Launch Punk: Chaos to Couture Music Issue 6 Launch Party Dolce & Gabbana 5th Ave.Store Opening Downtown Music Festival Top Ten Playlists Stockists

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Anouska Beckwith - portraitS of mARION CORRALES Anouska Beckwith, 25, is the founder and CEO of World Wide Women, a photography collective of female artists. The photographer, film producer, actress and writer lives in Paris and has taken photographs around the world all of her life. She studied at the Spéos Institute in Paris and has already had two exhibitions in Paris and one in New York in 2012. She is currently working on her new series for World Wide Women’s London exhibition in September and São Paulo in November. CARTER B SMITH - PORTRAITS OF STARRED, Foxes, DJ Coleman, Blondfire, Joy Formidable and Purity Ring www.metroflix.com

Carter B Smith lives, works, and breathes in New York City. The photographer has directed music videos for many of today’s leading artists, two feature length films, and is the creator and director for the TV series Skate Maps and Aperture. His renowned photography has been exhibited in galleries internationally. He has published two books, It Takes a Nation with a forward by Barack Obama, and Phonebook. JEFF FORNEY - PORTRAITS OF T. Mills, JJAMZ and Early Morning Rebel www.jeffforney.com

Raised in the East Bay of Northern California, Jeff Forney’s influences were the characters he encountered in the wide array of music that permeated the Bay’s airwaves. After completing a degree in sociology at the “sedate” campus of CSU Chico, he landed in New York City. Jeff spent a bit of post-graduate time in front of the camera doing ad campaigns for Giorgio Armani, Guess, and Jil Sander, as well as commercials with directors such as David Lynch. With a camera in hand, Jeff grew to love its ability to tell a good story and the composition that harnessed it. jordan doner - portraits of Chelsea Tyler AND badbad www.jordandoner.com

Jordan Doner is a NYC-based photographer who has photographed pop stars, designers and Hollywood darlings. His conceptual photography has been featured at the P.S. 1 Museum and auctioned at Christie’s. Jordan’s design work has been featured at the Whitney Museum Store, is part of the permanent collection of both the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, the Met Costume Institute and the Louvre, and will be featured in next year’s Multiple Exposures exhibit at the Museum of Art and Design in New York. NICK RHODES - portraits of charli xcx Legendary Duran Duran founder Nick Rhodes’s creativity doesn’t stop in the recording studio. The English rockstar, set to record another album with his band, also has a flare for photography, saying that he is never far from his camera. This year, he plans on showcasing the massive collection of photographs he’s accrued over the decades, which enjoy a cinematic and personal quality. In this issue, he photographed pop star Charli XCX and gave an intimite insight to his latest music project, TV Mania. Roberto Aguilar - portraits of Dionne Bromfield and Ren Harvieu www.photoaguilar.com

Roberto Aguilar’s curiosity led him to the darkroom at age 10. Born in El Salvador but raised in the United States, he became a commercial photographer for many multi-national clients in the Central American region. A decade ago, he started teaching photography at Parsons in Paris. Roberto moved to London in 2004 and is now known for his romantic and provocative imagery. JOEY FALSETTA - portraits of SSION, Wild Belle AND Oberhofer www.falsetta.mew

Manhattan-born, self-taught renaissance man Joey Falsetta is a model, rock ‘n’ roll drummer and self-taught photographer who has broken into the industry in style. Having covered musical artists such as the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Motorhead and Jane’s Addiction, the fashion and entertainment artist does not shy away from challenging himself with learning more about the craft. He currently is working on a slew of projects focusing on old portrait styles, beauty, vintage magazines, fragrance, lingerie and jewelry.

GLOBAL RYTHMS Every major city around the globe has its batch of artists who help to shape, define and continuously

transform the dimensions of today’s music scene. These talents are as unique as the cities from which they herald, and their respective creative wells organically reflect something about the very streets they walk. From the West Coast to the Far East, and many continents in between, the musical talent of tomorrow is emerging, ready to push boundaries and subsequently drive the industry itself to new levels, whether through a catchy hook, gripping melody, incendiary lyric, or simply inimitable personal flair. The cities themselves serve as spheres of artistic propagation for these up-and-coming culture-makers, and the musicians in turn become reference points for the beloved metropolises: Cities call to mind certain musicians and musical eras (London of the 1960s, New York of the ’70s, etc.), and vice versa. Here is the newest crop of talented young artists currently on the rise, who you can find occupying the spotlights of the following global cities:

New York Hanging out on a block of Kent Avenue on the Williamsburg waterfront smoking hand-rolled cigarettes and discussing Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, or perhaps tucked into a remote corner of a lush Chinatown speakeasy, or maybe blowing out warehouse speakers in Bushwick, lie New York’s up-and-coming musical newbies. Like NYC legends of the East Village in the ’70s and

’80s, they are defining the ethos of an entire generation of young New Yorkers. Brooklyn has become the breeding ground for talent that transcends genres. In electronic music, drum and bass DJ/producer Com Truise has achieved status as underground royalty, his innovation with beats testing the boundaries of what most call techno. Sinkane, the afro-funk five-piece whose reign over the live show circuit in Brooklyn included a recent residency at Zebulon, is led by the multi-instrumental Ahmed Gallab, who rumour has it may just be the next Twin Shadow. Sharon Van Etten, the acoustic rock goddess who rules the indie scene, was cherry-picked by none other than Kyp Malone of NYC darlings TV on the Radio as a talent that simply could not be overlooked in New York’s sea of young musicians who write and record sad songs in their bedrooms. This year, Van Etten will be on tour opening for Nick Cave. On the other end of the musical spectrum, the rowdy, sassy, synth-pop quintet, Friends, who formed after being forced to shack up together in Bushwick due to a bedbug infestation, have been largely perceived as teetering on the verge of real stardom. Though they have kept quiet over the past few months, making scant live appearances, which tend to sell out within minutes, they are still considered to be the next hot thing in the city that never sleeps.

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Los Angeles Los Angeles has long been known as a mecca for anyone and everyone trying to “make it” in the entertainment industry. In fact, there’s an LA graveyard for rock legends of yore—Hollywood Forever Cemetery—which even houses a music venue that has become a hipster hotspot over the past year. LA is also indisputably the centre of gravity for all the major record labels and management companies. For many, it represents the only path to greatness. There are scores of highly ambitious people competing for a select number of spots. Rising to the top of that pack currently is Haim, the folky synthpop trio of preternaturally talented sisters who used to play live music around town with their parents, Partridge Family style, and who are now as adults on the verge of releasing one of the most highly anticipated albums of the year. Wavves, the too-cool-for-school surf rockers from San Diego are beginning to, well, make waves in the LA music scene. They have a new album coming out this spring, which will apparently give everything else a run for its money, and will push the band into even greater leagues. Rhye, the mysterious LA-based duo comprised of singer/producer Mike Milosh and producer Robin Braun, make exquisite, minimalist, synth-laden R&B. They only recently released their first album, Woman, but already have the whole industry abuzz with excitement. They are currently holding

the No. 10 spot on US iTunes. Sky Ferreira is a former model/ actress who is now focusing on her music career. This endeavour has been attempted time immemorial by dozens of others before her, who have failed miserably and become emblems of celebrity self-worship as a result. Ferreira, however, has succeeded. Her live performances are becoming wildly popular to attend, thanks to her impressive chops (she was trained as an opera singer as a child) and the spectacular laser shows that accompany each set. Though her debut album has not even dropped yet (it’s slated for release this spring), she already has the whole city buzzing.

Detroit Detroit, despite current hardships and hurdles, is considered to be the cradle of some of the greatest musicians and most recognizable musical genres of our time. It is home to Motown the progenitor of R&B, which eventually metamorphosed into what we know today as hip-hop. Finally it became (arguably) the birthplace of electronic music and currently hosts one of the more famous techno festivals in the world. While some perceive it to be in a devastating state of shambles, others see it as a city full of life and opportunity for new growth. There has hence been a slow but steady reverse talent drain back to Detroit, after a decade of population decline.

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Have you heard of A$AP Rocky? No, not Aesop Rock, but A$AP Rocky, the 24-year-old wunderkind from Harlem, New York, who has tapped into what makes hip-hop heads tick in 2012, and is planning nothing short of domination when it comes to 2013. He is the self-described “pretty motherfucker”. The figure who pairs couture with gold grills; who a few short months ago no-one had heard of, but is now gaining global recognition; who represents a push towards a new breeding ground between hip-hop and everything else.

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during a time when the rap industry is in a position of uncanny power, yet has to find a way to fit into a rapidly changing music cannon.

With little more than a mixtape to his name, A$AP Rocky managed to secure himself an unheard of $3 million dollar deal with RCA Records in 2011, with $1.7 million dedicated to the production of his first studio album, and the other $1.3 million as a nest egg to help foster his collective, A$AP Mob, and group label, A$AP Worldwide.

The mythology of the rapper, thusly, has changed. Where bullet wounds and a history of arrests were once vital to their personal brand—a sort of unwritten guarantee that they were a seasoned member of the streets and could speak of struggle aptly and with vigour—the nouveau rapper is no longer interested in just the confines of the block. Their goal is largely to be seen as artistic provocateurs, with a vision all their own and the empire to see it through. A$AP fits this new mould, but his role in the tonal shift of the Rap Industrial Complex has, of course, benefitted from the figures that have come before him, having dabbled and taken little bits and pieces of all their mythos. His flamboyance and love of fashion is largely thanks to Kanye West; his Harlem pride, the result of all the East Coast rappers who helped build the genre in its infancy; his ability to tonally match the cadence of his genremashing instrumentals come from an ear turned firmly towards pop melodies. Even his birthname, Rakim Mayers, finds its roots in hip-hop’s early icons, having been named after MC Rakim.

This is, for lack of a better term, interesting. Hype has, as a concept, always played a pivotal role in the narrative of hip-hop. In its earliest stages, an MC required the work of a hypeman to rile up the crowd in preparation for a thunderstorm of bars. Yet once hiphop became decidedly profitable—thanks in large part to the East Coast/West Coast rap wars putting the genre on the map by first putting them in the headlines—the industry’s biggest labels (Def Jam Records, Death Row Records and the like) could suddenly afford to create hype as opposed to just relying on it. Hype in hip-hop history thusly breaks down into two distinct timelines: Hip-Hop as an outlier in the mid-1990s, with Snoop Dogg’s 1993 debut Doggystyle and Nas’ 1994 debut Illimatic peppering the decade and representing the gradual build of the underground; and hip-hop’s true assimilation in the early 2000s, with the industry actively manifesting its own hype and expectation—best embodied with 50 Cent’s 2003 debut, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, which achieved self-proclaimed “classic” status before it had even been released.

A$AP Rocky is in many ways a rapper who is affirming that the shifts made in hop-hop’s third decade are no fluke, but part of the genre’s overall evolution—tropes that are moving towards something. Where it’s moving remains unclear, but A$AP is a conscious player, strategic in the vision of his own place within hip-hop, at a time when genre means both everything and nothing. His collaboration with designers like Alexander Wang, as well as his embracing of the high fashion world from the very start, would be in stark contrast to his hardened, street-raised image, but the two traits are no longer mutually exclusive. Rocky’s now famous embracement of the gay community—long feeling the sting of hiphop’s self-imposed distance—has been deemed progressive and significant in each and every utterance of his rising star status.

This is what makes A$AP Rocky’s debut album, Long.Live.A$AP, such an interesting moment on the cultural radar, as it manifests itself as both industry and street hype at the same time. The reign of A$AP Rocky, while still in its infancy, has come seemingly out of nowhere, built on a specific brand of industry promotion disguised as ambient buzz, and proving most prolific in the days since the new millennium. Through keen self-promotion, online hype, and big-label backing, A$AP has come to embody hip-hop’s new direction—a fusion of on-the-streets mythology and in-the-studio perfection.

What A$AP has become in his short time on the radar is a true amalgamation of everything that has happened in the years since hip-hop went from underground genre to profitable industry. He mixes the cadence and drawl of the new millennium Southern rap, the laid-back rhythm of west coast production, and the unique sampling of New York greats. He represents progressive rap culture—a mix of the old guard and the new wave. With that, he sits between these two worlds, and represents the new step forward, which always involves looking backwards, and fooling people into thinking that you’ve been standing still the whole time.

Where once hip-hop was truly impenetrable—a genre with no interest in collaboration or hybridization—today, rappers are willingly incorporating the sonic elements of pop and indie rock into their sound. Which isn’t to say that A$AP lacks any degree of rap authenticity. Where 50 Cent’s debut, the last comparable “event” in hip-hop, felt more expertly curated—a hype concocted simultaneously out of both promise (Dr. Dre did produce, after all) and thin air—A$AP Rocky is a musical artist that’s coming about

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“The Apollo Theatre’s, fucking, the most harsh stage ever. Before I even said anything on the microphone, people started booing, and as soon as I opened my mouth, everyone shut up.” On that fateful night in 2009, Richard Colson Baker, aka Machine Gun Kelly, with a baby on the way and facing eviction from his home back in Ohio, took on perhaps the most daunting venue in entertainment. “We went out there on a whim, kind of like, ‘If this doesn’t work out, then fuck it.’ You know, I had a kid on the way. I just got fired from a job. I told my friends, ‘Hey, I’m gonna take this out to New York. I’m gonna try it out, and see if it works out.’ And I stayed outside from like, two in the morning until like 1 p.m. the next day. I was 49th in line, went in, did my tryouts, they told me to come back.” In the entire history of the iconic Amateur Night at the Apollo, Machine Gun Kelly was the first rapper to ever take home first place. Twice. Machine Gun Kelly, or MGK as he was known until recently, won his first rap battle back when he was a skinny, friendless 14-yearold in Denver, Colorado. “I saw everyone respecting whoever was

winning the battles, so I was just like, ‘You know what, fuck it.’ And then I stepped in and started whooping everyone’s ass, and everyone all of a sudden was like, ‘This kid is the coolest kid in school.’” A military brat, MGK had a nomadic childhood, spending time in Egypt, Kuwait, and Denver before finally settling in Shaker Heights, a small suburb outside of Cleveland, Ohio. Frequent moves, bullying, family strife, and drug abuse pushed MGK to look to music as an outlet. “I chose to go the music route rather than keep getting my ass whooped…When my father and mom weren’t there for me, the headphones were. That was my escape.” In 2010 he released his debut mixtape, 100 Words and Running, and in 2011 he made the pilgrimage to Austin’s SXSW. The Apollo wins, the mixtape and a growing fan base in Cleveland all came to a head when MGK received the phone call that changed his life. “Puff ended up on my phone personally. He was like, ‘You know, I heard you are setting shit on fire. Who the fuck are you? I want to meet you.’” A deal was signed, and MGK officially entered the Bad Boy/Interscope universe.

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ICONA POP Icona Pop: Aino Jawo and Caroline Hjelt From Stockholm, Sweden Live in New York City Photographed by Indira Cesarine

“My mom was out at dinner one night with some Italian friends, and they said, ‘Oh, they’re going to be the next pop icons.’” And just like that, Aino Jawo and Caroline Hjelt, the duo behind Swedish synthpop sensation Icona Pop, had a name and a purpose. After meeting at a party in 2010, the pair became fast friends and decided to form a band. They haven’t slowed since. “We just sat down with wine and our laptops, and we never discussed what kind of music we should write. Within two days, [we] had our first gig.” True to form, Icona Pop have already made a significant impact on the electropop scene with their uplifting tracks. In 2011, the girls migrated from Stockholm to London. “Our thing is that we want to be where we have the most to do,” says Jawo. “The DJs, the different clubs – it was really good for us to go from our hometown and set out to be in a big place. We learned a lot that year.” After playing just one show in their new home base, the duo scored a management deal with Ten and were soon playing sold-out gigs around the world. Since those early days of wine and laptops, the self-described “romantic rebels” have come into their own as veritable pop stars with their hit song “I Love It” appearing on MTV’s buzz list and recently being featured on an episode of the HBO hit series Girls. Their 2012 EP The Iconic EP made them an international sensation. The duo is still catching their breath with the whirlwind of their recent success, “We played at this place in Brooklyn called the Grasslands—that was amazing for us. We didn’t expect that to have too many people, but there was a line out the door for a long time, and they were singing all our songs—even songs that were only released in Sweden!” “You have to try and be different. We’re not afraid of dreaming big,” says Hjelt. With inspiration coming from their travels, favourite movies and ‘90s music, Icona Pop have exploded onto the scene with their high energy. Touring with Marina and The Diamonds and performing at SXSW, they tell us, “It’s the best thing I think we’ve ever done. The vibe has been great, everyone’s singing along… It feels like we’re living in a dream!” Clearly they are just getting started. Look out for their debut full-length album, slated for release in 2013.

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“I’ve always wanted to work at a magazine, actually. I love magazines! So you never know,” says Danielle, the middle sister of the trio Haim. Though the world of print journalism would surely embrace her, the music industry is clearly where she and her siblings belong. The Americana/R&B/folk-inspired sister band from LA have been playing together since 2006, though only recently released their first album. Influenced by rock from the ’70s and nurtured forward in the craft by their musically inclined parents, Haim began singing covers together at local fairs and charities as kids. “We started playing together when we were really young, actually. My mom taught guitar, my dad played drums, and we just started playing music with them for fun,” says Danielle. When they began to make an earnest go of it, they branched out, incorporating distinct R&B undertones into their sound. They name Prince as an abiding and enduring musical influence. “Collectively I would have to say we all love Prince. I mean, we like everything. But collectively, it’s definitely Prince.” Throughout the late ’00s, the girls were busy with school and side projects. Este graduated with an ethnomusicology degree from UCLA, and Danielle toured with the likes of Julian Casablanca from The Strokes, whom she cites as one of her mentors. “I kinda picked his brain while I was on tour with him, because stuff wasn’t really happening for Haim at the time. We had been playing for five years, but no-one seemed to be caring, and I didn’t really understand why...We really didn’t know what the steps were. So he basically just told me to go write for a year, and then hit the ground running again.” In 2011 they got serious, releasing their first EP, Forever, to much acclaim. After playing a successful string of shows at SXSW, they went on to tour with Florence + the Machine and Mumford & Sons. In January of this year, BBC announced they had topped their Sound Of 2013 industry poll as the most promising act of the coming year. Check out their single “Falling”, released in February, and stay tuned for their new album, coming out in 2013. Interviewhat by by Marianne White Jack Guinness wears a suit by Euphoric, Asher Levine

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CHELSEA LEYLAND Chelsea Leyland, 22 From London, England Lives in New York City Photographed by Jonathan Bookallil

“I love fashion, so it’s amazing that the majority of my gigs revolve around it,” says DJ Chelsea Leyland. “Music is inspired by fashion, and fashion takes inspiration from music.” London-born Leyland, however, has her feet planted firmly in both artistic spheres. Though she has risen to the top as one of the most-requested DJs in the fashion scene, she’s never limited herself. “It really depends on what I’m DJing for. If you offered me to play in a club for an amazing party with great energy and people, I’m there. It all depends on the vibe for me.” Leyland – better known as DJ Chelsea – has a self-proclaimed aversion to Top 40, which perhaps is what’s helped her and her brand skyrocket over the past three years. Her niche – fashion shows, arts exhibits and a host of other elite cultural events – is particular enough that Leyland is already making waves in both music and fashion, and loving every second of it. In the midst of her rise to fame on the DJ circuit, with gigs DJing for everything

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This page: Sean wears a shirt, hoodie and shorts by Alexander Wang, shoes by Balenciaga, a vintage bandana, sunglasses by Tom Ford and jewellery from his own collection. Opposite page: He wears a jacket by Giorgio Brato, t-shirt by Fear of God, hat by Finally Famous by Big Sean and gloves and accessories from his own collection.

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BIG SEAN PHOTOGRAPHY BY INDIRA CESARINE Stylist: April Roomet Hair by Tracy Love Grooming by Sarah Uslan Photographed at Pier 59 Studios West

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Charli wears a dress by Craig Lawrence.

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TRIBES PHOTOGRAPHY BY INDIRA CESARINE

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This page: Ashley wears a shredded T-shirt by Bohemian Society, leather trousers by SkinGraft, bracelet by Lillian Crowe, ring by Samsara, necklace by Chan Luu, and his own goggles and boots. Opposite page: Isao wears a mesh tank by Roark, knitted trousers by Bohemian Society, necklace by Chan Luu, ring by Samsara, rope body cage by Valerj Pobega, feathered hair clip by Summer Rose, as well as his own bracelets.

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Stylist: Vanessa Geldbach Hair by Christian Marc Make-up by Iris Moreau Photographed at The London Hotel, Hollywood

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Chelsea Tyler wears a top and skirt by Catherine Malandrino.

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Fatal top, fatal sleeves and velvet slip by Wolford.

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