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FAULT: What was the creative process of your new record?
Jean: This album took three years to be completed, I wrote more than twenty five songs before I decided this is IT. I started recordings in Nice at the Studio de la Vittorine, which was a fantastic motion pictures studio.
I went on to record more tracks in Paris at Vogue Studios. I was not happy with the results, so I decided to come back…
Featured Photographer: Tigre Escobar
Tigre Escobar graduated from the University of Miami in 2005. While studying art history one of his professors introduced him to the wonders of color photography by claiming to see some special talent in him. That was Tigre’s beginning for creating brilliant images. Tigre’s imagery shows a great sensitivity to light, colour and an elegant sensuality.
You studied History of Art at the University…
News Update: The Fashion Week Clash
News Update: The Fashion Week Clash
This week has been fuelled with allegations that Milan’s Spring Summer 2013 fashion shows will be colliding with the traditionalised London Fashion Week dates. As the week has gone on it has been confirmed that the Milan, London and New York events (NY’s unusual later dates caused the initial date clash) will conflict, but all parties have agreed this is not…
Fox Club – FAULT Review
Step inside The Fox Club and you’ll immediately recognize the qualities that make the private members club and bijou hotel a departure from the usual. It’s a place to unwind with friends, eat fine food and even spend the night in dreamy luxury. Catering for a wide variety of guests, the one thing members and visitors of the club hold in common is the desire for a good time. Boasting nine…
Sanctum Soho
Sanctum Soho is one of the best kept secrets in the little black book of the discerning cosmopolitan traveller. Housed in a sumptuous - albeit low-key - conversion of twin Georgian town houses and tucked away on Warwick Street in London’s buzzing West End, this hidden gem provides comfort, style and sophistication within striking distance of some of the most desirable haunts of Soho and Mayfair.……
Mount Kimbie
The duo have received a tasty critical reception, though the implication at times is towards a mildness that is almost insubstantial. A Pitchfork article alludes to “the burp of plumbing. A big synthesizer sweep sounds like the air conditioner turning on”. An even kinder BBC review insinuates that Crooks & Lovers embodies that captivating quality of background music, likening the record to…
NICOLAS JAAR
Following on from the release of Space Is Only Noise earlier this year, Nicolas Jaar has breathed life into his sensational project with a live show that captures both the sparseness of the record and the rich strands of inspiration behind it. He spoke to Fault ahead of two dates at London’s Fabric.
Photography by Pascal Montary
You’ve labeled El Bandido, Mi Mujer and Time For Us as tracks…
Amadou & Mariam – The Blind Couple From Mali
“A story is like a dream. And we can only dream with our eyes closed.” Hamadoun Tandina
Esteemed for showcasing a host of innovative shows, remarkable and peculiar in nature, this summer’s Manchester International Festival stages Eclipse, a sensory production like no other.
Amadou & Mariam - The Blind Couple From Mali
The auditorium lights have been extinguished. The night-vision equipped…