Music takes an important space in my world and is an infinite source of inspiration. I love spending hours browsing on the internet, flicking through independent music magazines, searching for new and old stuff at my local music shop. Digging out for music is a pleasure that I like to keep for myself. A lonely activity that gives me plenty of imaginative contents. Sometimes I know what I'm looking for, sometimes I buy music without knowing its content, when the aesthetic of its album sleeve is intriguing or appealing.

Over a year ago, while I was reading Stool Pigeon - a monthly music newspaper that I like to collect in few bars and boutiques of London, I was reading an article about a band called Alt J. They were offering free songs that you could download on their Sound Cloud page. As soon as I heard one song (Tessallate), I genuinely loved their materials and couldn't stop listening to them. It's rare to get that spontaneous feeling of joy when you discover something good - particularly when only few people knows. You're excited and you want to keep it for yourself. It's also difficult to find something that is interesting, especially when your ears constantly hear sounds, in the huge world that is music.

At the time, I found out that they were playing in a small local pub for the launch of their EP/single - hosted by Stool Pigeon which I went to. I did a poster for the event. You can see it on my website and Facebook page. They will be on sale, soon.

View the poster at www.weloveyoyo.com
and at wwww.facebook.com/weloveyoyo

Since then, Alt J won the 2012 Mercury Prize Awards. Successful young band, let's hope that it will last.

SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT - original song from Nirvana
cover by Patti Smith-> discover here
PERSONAL JESUS - original song from Depeche Mode
cover by Johnny Cash -> discover here
WHERE DID YOU SLEEP LAST NIGHT - original song from Leadbelly
cover by Nirvana -> discover here
HOOCHIE COOCHIE MAN - original song from Muddy Waters
cover by The Paul Garner Band -> discover here
THERE'S A LIMIT TO YOUR LOVE - original song from Feist
cover by James Blake -> discover here

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The Manchester Connection 1976-1992

If you're in London and you have some spare time to see a small exhibition, I'd recommend you one at the Movie & Poster Art Gallery, 5mn walk from Goodge street tube station (1 Colville Place, W1).

It's open until early December and it features plenty of original artworks (framed posters & album covers) from the Manchester creative scene of the post-punk era.
You will see some great artworks designed by the very inspiring Peter Saville, who designed many many records sleeves for Factory Records. It includes bands like Joy Division, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, Morissey and so on...

You can also buy the prints. Here are few posters I would loooove to get (but unfortunately some of them are already sold out and a bit pricey):

Original Factory promo poster for Joy Division - Art Direction Peter Saville, Photography Trevor Key, Typography Brett Wickens.
Amazing work on the colours/typography and photography.

NEW ORDER - FINE TIME, 1988
Original Factory poster, 20"x30" - Design by PSA.
Dichromat: Trevor Key and Peter Saville.

THE STONE ROSES - FOOLS GOLD, 1989
Original Silvertone promo poster, 23"x16.5" - Artwork by John Squire (best known as the guitarist of the Stones Roses, great painter heavily influenced by the action painting technique of Jackson Pollock).

FACTD 50 NEW ORDER - MOVEMENT
Original CD cover proofs, 8"x13" each - Design by Peter Saville and Grafica Industria.

For more details, click here:
http://www.rock-explosion.com/manchester.html