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Amelia’s Magazine | EA Burns introduces new season jewellery collection Second Sights

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1EABURNS FLIGHT CHAIN CHOKER
The new jewellery collection from Lizzie Burns is called Second Sights and features black marble effect Rhodoid, ethical diamonds and precious metal. It is a development of the previous Ancient Rites collection, created under the name EA Burns. Here she talks about the creation of her look book images, seen here.

EABURNS SEER BRACELET
‘I work closely with Steph (Sian Smith) on my images. She has a soft style naturalistic style which captures moments and people really well. I feel it really compliments and contrasts the geometric nature of my jewellery.

EABURNS TOTEM RING
When we met to discuss the shoot, my main priority was to put the the jewellery in context (of how I wear it), and we had common influences which we wanted to come across in the shoot. We wanted it relaxed with french(ish) vibe, and a conceptual element.

EABURNS SPHINX RING jpg
Shoots with Steph are always full of energy, the best shots are always those where the model is reacting to Steph, those which don’t look forced or posed. In the same way I wanted the hair, make and styling to look real and quite tomboy. The jewellery is hard, precise and angular, but the “girl” is a real woman.

EABURNS REVOLUTION HOOP EARRINGS
The collection is inspired by an amalgamation of ideas and influences. First is process- because I work ethically the first thing I think about before anything else is material- this limits my design as I experiment with what is possible first and apply my design influences second. This season I’ve redeveloped the way I make the Rhodoid pieces, buying thicker material and CNCing it (wheras before I was hand forming) this has allows me to create a wider variety of shapes, and fully cover one side in brass sheet creating a sleeker more minimal look. I’d say design-wise my influences would be a combination of modernist design, tribal patterns and minimal lines.’

1EABURNS SPAN THE DEPTHS EARRINGS
1EABURNS FORGE RING REVELATION BRACELET BW

You can buy the new collection from EA Burns here.

Written by Amelia Gregory on Friday September 26th, 2014 7:20 pm

Categories ,Ancient Rites, ,EA Burns, ,Lizzie Burns, ,Rhodoid, ,Second Sights, ,Sian Smith

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Amelia’s Magazine | Montreal Festimania 2011: Festival Mode et Design Music – introducing Parlovr

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Parlovr by Sally Jane Thompson
Parlovr by Sally Jane Thompson.

Introducing: Parlovr. Also known as Parlour Montreal. Discovered at Festival Mode et Design in Montreal, price where they played a mid afternoon set in between catwalk shows on McGill College Avenue.

Parlovr album cover art
Parlovr by Parlovr.

Need to know:

The band was formed in 2006 in trendy Mile End (that’s look _Montreal”>Mile End, information pills Montreal, not Mile End, east London) when Louis Jackson (who plays guitar) and Alex Cooper (on keys) got together. Both of them sing. Drummer Jeremy MacCuish joined soon after.

Parlovr Montreal Festimania 2011 Alex Cooper
Parlovr playing at Montreal Festimania: Alex Cooper.

Their musical style has been described as Sloppy Pop. Think big Arcade Fire style atonality with infectious tunes. Created by just three lads.

The name just kind of happened: Parlour enraged another band of the same name so they decided to Latinise the name by swapping in a v for the u. They don’t mind how you pronounce it.

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Their live show is a supertastic energetic head-swinging affair, particularly from drummer Jeremy who really lets rip.

Parlovr playing at Montreal Festimania: Jeremy MacCuish
Parlovr playing at Montreal Festimania: Jeremy MacCuish.

They have toured extensively all over the world, including China, the US and Europe, supporting illustrious ilk such as the Arctic Monkeys and Franz Ferdinand.

Self titled album Parlovr came out on Dine Alone records last summer. It has great illustrated cover art work. (see above)

Parlovr playing at Montreal Festimania: Louis Jackson
Parlovr playing at Montreal Festimania: Louis Jackson.

Go check them out! Find Parlovr on myspace and Parlovr on twitter.

Written by Amelia Gregory on Friday August 12th, 2011 2:30 pm

Categories ,Alex Cooper, ,Arcade Fire, ,Arctic Monkeys, ,Atonal, ,Dine Alone, ,Festival Mode et Design Montreal, ,Franz Ferdinand, ,Jeremy MacCuish, ,Louis Jackson, ,Mile End, ,Montreal, ,Montreal Festimania, ,Parlour Montreal, ,Parlovr, ,Pen to Paper, ,Sally Jane Thompson, ,Sloppy Pop

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Amelia’s Magazine | FFS at the Forum: Live Review

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FFS

One of the surprise music announcements of 2015 had between that of the collaboration between art rockers Franz Ferdinand and veteran pop eccentrics Sparks. Born from a long term mutual admiration and a chance meeting in San Francisco, they released a well received album under the nom de plume of FFS and, following a sold out show at the Troxy in June, they returned to London to play a pretty much packed out Forum.

Coming on to the stage to the strains of, if I wasn’t mistaken, the theme to 70s sci-fi show Blake’s 7, FFS kicked things off with Johnny Delusional, the lead single from their eponymous album. Ron Mael’s stately piano intro gave way to a dizzying dancefloor beat, with brother Russell and Franz Ferdinand front-man Alex Kapranos bouncing around the stage.

I did wonder how the set would progress, whether it would be a run through of tracks from the album maybe followed by a couple of the two bands’ own songs for an encore, but pretty quickly Kapranos hinted that they would air some songs “we’ve never played together before.” And sure enough, there was a smattering of individual Franz Ferdinand and Sparks material, with both Russell Mael and Alex Kapranos sharing vocal duties – amongst others, Take Me Out, No You Girls and Do You Want To made an appearance from the FF half of FFS’ back catalogue, whilst the Mael brothers’ contributions included When Do I Get To Sing My Way and, inevitably, This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us (though Kapranos wisely left Russell Mael’s still remarkable falsetto well alone). Sparks’ Giorgio Moroder produced hit Number One Song In Heaven also saw an impromptu Charleston from that normally immovable object, Ron Mael, before segueing into a pumped up version of Franz Ferdinand’s Michael.

Listening to the FFS songs, it suddenly becomes clear how much of an influence Sparks were on Franz Ferdinand, I think mainly on Alex Kapranos’ lyrics and delivery. The unmistakeable imprint of Sparks’ songwriter Ron Mael is ever present, as is Franz Ferdinand’s art rock nous, and the two complement each other surprisingly well. What’s also evident tonight is how much fun everyone seems to be having on stage (though it’s typically hard to tell with Ron Mael, ensconced behind his “Ronald” keyboard and with the same expression he’s been using since scaring the audiences on Top Of The Pops all those years ago).

Franz guitarist Nick McCarthy stepped up to duet with Russell Mael on Things I Won’t Get, whilst Police Encounters supplied a suitably silly “bomp bom diddy diddy” refrain. FFS closed the set in a typically less than po-faced fashion with Piss Off, before an encore that climaxed with the epic, genre hopping and ever so slightly knowing Collaborations Don’t Work.

Franz Ferdinand and Sparks proved that they weren’t such an unlikely pairing after all, and while the FFS project might well be the aural equivalent of the sideways look to camera, they show that, in these days of earnest artistes, fun (without being self indulgent) and music are not mutually exclusive things.

Written by Richard Pearmain on Wednesday September 30th, 2015 10:40 am

Categories ,Alex Kapranos, ,Blake’s 7, ,FFS, ,Franz Ferdinand, ,Giorgio Moroder, ,Nick McCarthy, ,Ron Mael, ,Russell Mael, ,Sparks, ,The Forum, ,the Troxy, ,Top Of The Pops

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