Adriel Luis: Blog

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Thu, 08 Dec 2016 00:04:54 -0500

On a recent evening, as he watched his father return from...

Sun, 04 Dec 2016 14:23:48 -0500

On a recent evening, as he watched his father return from feeding his pigs, he added: “The older generation is happier than we are.”

Irving Penn (USA) Issey Miyake Fashion: White and Black 1990

Mon, 26 Oct 2015 14:35:04 -0400

Irving Penn (USA)
Issey Miyake Fashion: White and Black
1990

Shing Yin Khor 😻

Fri, 23 Oct 2015 12:52:02 -0400

Shing Yin Khor 😻

DUMBFOUNDEADDomies (도우미) - ft. Keith Ape & Okasian 2015

Thu, 15 Oct 2015 00:04:58 -0400

DUMBFOUNDEAD
Domies (도우미) - ft. Keith Ape & Okasian
2015

mango-popsicle: INDIA & CANADA: PAINTING: MEERA...

Mon, 05 Oct 2015 22:57:26 -0400

mango-popsicle:

INDIA & CANADA: PAINTING: MEERA SETHI

Artist Statement: “Foreign Returned explores South Asian identities through time and space while offering a contemporary interpretation of iconography from 16th to 19th century Indian miniature paintings. Local Australian flora and fauna, an Indian tiffin, a Canadian passport, and a Komagata Maru pendant are some of the reference in these works to experiences of transnational movement. These diasporic portraits question what is foreign and where is home.”

Find Meera Sethi and MP on Facebook here and here.

Van Hai (Laos)Lullabye for a War 2015Spending tonight digging...

Sat, 03 Oct 2015 22:48:30 -0400

Van Hai (Laos)
Lullabye for a War
2015

Spending tonight digging for musicians from Laos. Came across this gem deep in the wormhole.

Tin Whiskers (Bangladesh)VulnerableI spent the morning...

Tue, 22 Sep 2015 10:07:59 -0400

Tin Whiskers (Bangladesh)
Vulnerable

I spent the morning excavating the netz for electronic music from Bangladesh. Here’s one of my fav finds.

June MarieezyBlasé, 20152am in the wormhole. Today my homie in...

Wed, 19 Aug 2015 02:02:47 -0400

June Marieezy
Blasé, 2015

2am in the wormhole. Today my homie in Manila hipped me to some Filipino music blogs, Vandals On the Wall and Radio Republic, where I commenced to spend the deep hours of the evening while eating pie and accidentally downing half a bottle of wine. The thing about these music binges is you get to a point where things start blurring and you can’t tell if you like a song or you’re just trying to like it, and then you start questioning if you even have any authority to judge music in the first place, especially after being at CVS and Shazamming a song you really dig only to learn that it’s Katy Perry. And then a song just cuts through the noise, because it’s soulful and funky and ridiculous and reminds you that your ears are indeed worthy. Tonight that track was “Blasé” by June Marieezy. What a fucking find.

OJ Law (Kulua Lumpur, Indonesia)“Introverts (Pradana’s...

Sun, 16 Aug 2015 22:50:57 -0400

OJ Law (Kulua Lumpur, Indonesia)
“Introverts (Pradana’s LOLLERskate Remix)” (2015)

I can’t remember when was the last time I spent the entire day excavating and enjoying music! There’s so much out there, amazing sounds by artists with just a handful of followers – songs that have only been played a couple dozen times. Here’s one of my favorite finds today, OJ Law from Indonesia.

Emerald Four (Kyoto, Japan)Love Labyrinth (2014)I’m working on a...

Sun, 16 Aug 2015 17:49:27 -0400

Emerald Four (Kyoto, Japan)
Love Labyrinth (2014)

I’m working on a new pet project which has led me deep down a wormhole of Asian electronic music. I took some leads last night from this excellent piece on the Fader by Juliet Liu on the Beijing underground. The result of an afternoon of net digging is this eery but quite lovely video.

Yall I’m getting way too excited about hosting &...

Sat, 08 Aug 2015 14:39:51 -0400

Yall I’m getting way too excited about hosting & rocking at #KollaborationDC tonite 😵😵😵😵😵 Hella talent out here in the #DMV *plus* it’s in Maryland so I get to cop some good Asian food on my way home?? #score 🎯🍱🎯🍲🎯🍜🎯 (at Fitzgerald Theatre of Rockville Maryland)

#PeopleFromSoCalBeLike

Fri, 07 Aug 2015 15:16:49 -0400

#PeopleFromSoCalBeLike

Zebra Katz x Leila Arab (USA)You Tell Em, 2015

Fri, 17 Jul 2015 09:04:23 -0400

Zebra Katz x Leila Arab (USA)
You Tell Em, 2015

Young Thug (USA)Pacifier, 2015

Fri, 17 Jul 2015 08:52:44 -0400

Young Thug (USA)
Pacifier, 2015

AbraRose, 2015

Tue, 14 Jul 2015 15:00:30 -0400

Abra
Rose, 2015

Maggie Cheung in the Hong Kong Tramway, captured by Japanese...

Sun, 14 Jun 2015 11:33:15 -0400

Maggie Cheung in the Hong Kong Tramway, captured by Japanese French photographer Yoshi Omori, 2005.

peaptarrone: THEY / LISA MAM / PEAP TARR Army Of Snipers / 727...

Fri, 22 May 2015 11:42:43 -0400

peaptarrone:

THEY / LISA MAM / PEAP TARR

Army Of Snipers / 727 / TLG

Phnom Penh Cambodia 2011

B.B. King“All Over Again”Japan Blues Carnival, 16 May 1989

Fri, 15 May 2015 10:34:26 -0400

B.B. King
“All Over Again”
Japan Blues Carnival, 16 May 1989

Artist Faheem Majeed reproduced this crucifixion of a Black...

Thu, 23 Apr 2015 12:35:24 -0400

Artist Faheem Majeed reproduced this crucifixion of a Black Jesus that subtly replaced the traditional white Jesus that was once displayed at his childhood Catholic school in South Side Chicago. A stack of dead/dying Black bodies mass-produced is also indicative of the common themes of violence that has come to symbolize his native neighborhood. #FaheemMajeed #Chicago #ContemporaryArt (at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago)