Über Tropikal Airlines

As an offbeat fashion blog, we had to cover somewhat Paris Fashion Week. Who's the most offbeat and well known fashion designer? Yes, it is Jean-Charles de Castelbajac!

So if there was one show to cover, it would be his and that's what we did.

Here's a short video representing his latest S/S 11 "Über Tropikal Airlines" collection, featuring The Shoes - People Movin (Über Tropikal Edit).

JC/DC SPRING/SUMMER 2011 Fashion Show from Matthew Oliver on Vimeo.

By Matthew Oliver

Über Tropikal Airlines

Oh My Ghent!!!

The dream team dont.contradict.us always in search of refreshing games and new places of perdition to discover, decided to move near our beautiful France to invade one of the strongholds of Europe partying which has kept plume and derision I name: Belgium. So we made a trip to Ghent which has been for a long time an undeniable high place and pool of pop and electronic music (Das Pop, 2ManyDJs's, ...). Invited by an artist we love and that we could not wait to listen to live or dj set....Stephen Fasano a.k.a. THE MAGICIAN who's from Brussels, by the way. Now as a solo project with the disco magic he has, we had the chance to embark on a beautiful invitation to dance... Returning from Chile among other things, he has offered his fellow compatriots and us, a fresh and spicy set, with a dose of madness and heat to this special evening organized by Eastpask and therefore orchestrated by The Magician, Villa and Horse Meat disco... A lineup that is propicious to delirium tremens... Happy New Year, the theme a bit "surrané" was transcended by an audience at the height of "kitscherie", always assumed and here to party. Parisians and their legendary snobbery have better behave themselves... dont.contradict.us was there to show that we can also be there... A good thing done... THE MAGICIAN currently sweeping the world of Knights with his cape and his wand, leaving in his wake a trail of disco and glam powder on all the dance floors of the world...
Its was kinda of magical, dont.contradict.us can tell. Let yourself be charmed...

Magic Tape Three by TheMagician

To quench your disco and new beat thirst, you have to listen to the very good Villa trio of Ghent signed on the successful Abracada label, which has succeeded in ensuring a beautiful part of the evening.

Beats Of Love by VILLA Soundcloud

For the finale, we alert you about the coming of a music lord, encyclopedia and gold digger, of real sound surgeons. Dirk de Ruyck operates the decks of the Parisian club Chez Moune on Friday, October 1st. Creator of Eskimo which needs no introduction, co-owner of the new nevertheless important Abracada label, selector of choice at Alainfinkelkrautrock and manager of groups like Aeroplane, among others things...

Extra!

If you want to party in Belgium, we recommend the Libertine Supersport club led by the duo Mustang and Chris le Frog. The place is warmly welcoming and the line-up is quite rich.
dont.contradict.us wants to thank Belgium and the Belgians for the flow of love and madness that has been offered. We owe you one...

By Maryama Luccioni & Matthew Oliver

Oh My Ghent!!!

EDITO

Hey folks,

dont.contradict.us took a long vacation, even a spiritual retreat to refine its approach and broaden its horizons. But also forming a new team, new players to give dont.contradict.us a stronger taste and look which matches us more closely.

dont.contradict.us is an idea, a thought, an act, a mean that wants to be in perpetual evolution; far away from what evokes its name literally, its goal will be to respond without imposing.
Without claiming awkwardly to bring "the unseen" in the blog world, we still want to add something which we hope will be very special and proudly inimitable .
What is now for us largely the best tool demonstrator of our talents will also have to be a wide field of discovery/rediscovery of what we love, what we transcend, without established order, without diktat and especially without being too pretentious.
We stress here the "too much" because we are lucid about the content of our megalo journalistic approach.

In the extent of our means, we also hope to bring a more or less abundant and regular strong-minded spirit, non-formatted around the subjects that inspire us.
Apart from our point of view, that of our precious environment will punctuate the sections to individual desires, discoveries and encounters of each and everyone of us.
With insolence and lightness we talk about clothes, photography, places, festivals, art and as much as possible without being too serious...

Borrowed from the irreverent Talking Heads, our motto will now be "Stop Making Sense"... A motto that captures perfectly the spirit of dont.contradict.us...

Hoping that you will attend to each of our appointments...

By Maryama Luccioni

EDITO

Stay tuned... I'm not the one you're looking for

Playlist by Erika Tarbouriech and photo by Matthew Oliver

Stay tuned... I'm not the one you're looking for

On stage... High Places

The band originating from Brooklyn, NY, recently relocated to Los Angeles, CA is a duo comprising multi-instrumentalist Rob Barber and vocalist Mary Pearson. The two met each other at Western Michigan University. The name refers to a place where one has a better vantage point and can gain broader perspective, it references a love for mountains, rooftops, and of course metaphorical "high places". In the summer of 2008, the duo signed with Chicago label Thrill Jockey Records. The early singles and varied works were collected and released in July of 2008 as 03/07-09/07, and their debut S/T full length followed in September of 2008. Rob created the artwork by using photos taken by both band members. High Places tours almost constantly, they were at Midi Festival 2008 edition, and have toured with such notable bands as Deerhunter, No Age, Ponytail, Yacht, Dan Deacon,…

They were at Point Ephémère on last April 20th, such a pleasure to see them again. The new arrangements give to all those great tunes a very interesting sound. This time they've added a guitar which confers more soul to their trippy music. Get a chance to see them live on April 29th at Kill Your Pop festival in Dijon.

By Erika Tarbouriech

On stage... High Places

Vanity Fair... Memento Mori

By Matthew Oliver and Maryama Luccioni

Vanity Fair... Memento Mori

Stay tuned... Hello darkness my old friend

I've recently re-watched Larry Clark's movies, and it's still the pool where I'd happily drown… Unfortunately, as it seems, ****** fairtilizer never heard of NOFX, Bad Religion, Pennywise, or even Chokebore… But, well… somehow those tunes remind me of a certain atmosphere and make me wanna stare at Joseph Szabo's book, Teenage Wildlife.

Playlist by Erika Tarbouriech and photo by Matthew Oliver

Stay tuned... Hello darkness my old friend

Imagine all the People - Romy Schneider + Irma Urrila - Back to 70's way of life?

The 70's don't stop to inlay our closets, and this, for our greatest pleasure. The 70's look, at the same time feminine and natural, authentic and adventurer, continues to prevail as a "sure thing", among the many generational revivals.

Today, folk bands, "Nouvelle Vague" style indie movies, green housing, are widely acclaimed by the cultural elite Bohemian bourgeois at the beginning of the 3rd millennium.

Ethical fashion, natural cosmetics, organic food are the hobby of the new eco-friendly sphere, in a word, everybody's business.

Would materialistic detachment work at cross purposes? Apparently so…

Hence the feverish enthusiasm for the vintage spirit or anything that comes close.

Fashion, music, culture, anything goes. The new 70's look or how to make something new out of something old.

Romy Schneider is wearing:

look Chloé, bag Chanel

+plus+

Borsalino

Irma Urrila is wearing:

poncho Chloé, sunglasses Chloé, bag Mulberry, shoes Chloé

+plus+

mesh cap

By Maryama Luccioni

Imagine all the People - Romy Schneider + Irma Urrila - Back to 70's way of life?

On stage... The Strange Boys

The Strange Boys will play at the Midi Festival, Villa Noailles - Hyères ( 23th to 25th of July) on the initiative of their scheduler Frédéric Landini. We can be sure that like the past years the selection will be excellent. Last thursday we went to see them at Point Ephémère. It was such a nice atmosphere, cool guys, great interaction with the audience,… The singer reminds me of Bob Dylan somehow, so when he started playing harmonica it was picture perfect!

They were formed in Dallas, Texas in 2001 as a punk duo by Ryan Sambol (guitar, lead vocals, harmonica) and Matt Hammer the former drummer, while the pair was in 8th grade. Ryan's brother Philip joined in 2003 at the bass. The band later released their Nothing EP in 2007 on Dusty Medical Records and a self released EP, The Strange Boys will now forever be known as the Martin Luther Kings in 2008 before issuing their debut album, entitled And Girls Club via In The Red Records on March 3, 2009. After several changes in the line-up, they signed a deal with Rough Trade and announced details of their sophomore album, Be Brave, which was released on February 22th, 2010. Their music incorporates stylistic elements of garage rock, punk, r n' b and country. They've been compared to the 13th Floor Elevators and other bands featured on the compilation album Nuggets. They have toured alongside acts such as The Mighty Cannibals, Black Lips, Julian Casablancas, the late Jay Reatard,… They will be supporting Spoon and Deerhunter on a spring 2010 tour. Try to catch them on their way, and dance to their music like we did!

By Erika Tarbouriech and photos by Matthew Oliver

On stage... The Strange Boys

Stay tuned... Dance before getting too pregnant

By Erika Tarbouriech

Stay tuned... Dance before getting too pregnant