Notion 056

NOTION 056 – THE COLLABULOUS ISSUE

This year, we’ve been thinking about the power of working together. It’s 2012, that fateful year, and we reckon it’s all about working together to make something bloody great. So we decided to round up the people whose talents have most excited us, pair them up with some more talented peeps and let the results explode into our pages.
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NIKI AND THE DOVE: THE POWER OF TWO
Michael C Lewin travels to Sweden to meet the Scandipop duo Niki & The Dove and explore with them how dualities contain multitudes and what this means for their songwriting. Alongside captivating, frozen imagery, we tell you why this is the band that define 2012.

TYSON x MARGOT BOWMAN: PAINTED TRUTHS
An extension of our series of collaborations with the artist and illustrator Margot Bowman; in which she selects and paints a quote onto the sublime disco-nouveau artiste Tyson.

KINDNESS: ACCEPTABLE INTERRUPTIONS
Emerging blog-pop superstar explores the making of his debut album through the lens of his camera and his own words, in an exclusive collaboration.

NZCA/LINES: BETWEEN THE LINES
Bronya Francis gets a lesson in how to create the perfect electronic music from the brilliant, understated electropop band of the moment.

AZEALIA BANKS: WHO THE FUCK AM I?
She’s headstrong, controversial and says whatever the fuck she likes. Thomas Hannan goes behind the lyrics of smash-hit single ‘212’ with the name on everyone’s lips, Azealia Banks.

JEREMY SCOTT X ADIDAS
We’re huge fans of the American designer’s work at Notion, so we’re suitably #totesamaze thrilled to present our selection of his SS12 collection, styled by Alexis Knox & shot by Elliott Morgan

FASHION: INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS
We profile and shoot the stunning, fabulous work of up-and-coming international designers SORAPOL and SERGEI GRINKO and ask them what makes them tick.

SHOOT: MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
Aaron Francis Walker presents his reinterpreted vision of Bret Easton Ellis ‘American Psycho’, shot by Nicole Maria Winkler.

PLUS
Part 2 of the Secret Male Model, Michael C Lewin vibes with Gonjasufi, Chris Beanland reports from Holland’s premier musical showcase Eurosonic and Lauren Down recalls the highs of visiting Butlins in Bognor Regis (with Team Notion) for Bugged Out…

Still want more? Check out Album Reviews (with a new release roundup column, the Sound Robin), Clubs, Film and Margot Bowman’s Endpaper.