Foli (Rhythm)

by Douglas Koh on May 13, 2012

Life has a rhythm, it’s constantly moving.
The word for rhythm ( used by the Malinke tribes ) is FOLI.
It is a word that encompasses so much more than drumming, dancing or sound.
It’s found in every part of daily life.
In this film you not only hear and feel rhythm but you see it.
It’s an extraordinary blend of image and sound that
feeds the senses and reminds us all
how essential it is.


By the brothers Thomas Roebers
en Floris Leeuwenberg

Film crew during one month in Baro, Guinee Afrika.

Beautiful sound recording and sound design Bjorn Warning
Translator and Rhythm specialist Thomas Bonenkamp

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Eames: The Architect and the Painter (playing at IFC)

by Douglas Koh on December 5, 2011


I remember the first time I heard of Charles and Ray Eames in school. I think the first thing that really caught my attention was this…

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by Douglas Koh on August 20, 2011


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The Laughing Heart (Charles Bukowski)

by Douglas Koh on August 15, 2011


your life is your life
don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is a light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can’t beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will be.
your life is your life.
know it while you have it.
you are marvelous
the gods wait to delight
in you.

Charles Bukowski

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Badbadnotgood (Electric Relaxation)

by Douglas Koh on August 9, 2011


The Odd Trio – Electric Relaxation
A Tribe Called Quest (Originally sampled from Ronnie Foster’s Mystic Brew)
Matt Tavares: Piano
Alex Sowinski: Drums
Chester Hansen: Bass

http://badbadnotgood.com

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The Selby is in your place (!!!)

by Douglas Koh on August 8, 2011

Doing some research for a client and re-found this amazing site. If you don’t know about the Selby. Betta get up on it. It’s a daily dose of inspiration.



Todd Selby is a portrait, interiors, and fashion photographer and illustrator. His project The Selby offers an insider’s view of creative individuals in their personal spaces with an artist’s eye for detail. The Selby began in June 2008 as a website, www.theselby.com, where Todd posted photo shoots he did of his friends in their homes. Requests quickly began coming in daily from viewers all over the world who wanted their homes to be featured on the site. The Selby’s website became so popular—with up to 55,000 unique visitors daily—that within months, top companies from around the world began asking to collaborate.

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(via yewnork)

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Bibio – Lover’s Carvings (+remix)

by Douglas Koh on August 4, 2011


I really like Letherettes remix.

but the original is just as nice. :)

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Henry Mancini (you’ve heard him.)

by Douglas Koh on August 3, 2011

Henri Mancini was a genius!



Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor and arranger, best remembered for his film and television scores. He won a record number of Grammy Awards (20), plus a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously in 1995. His best-known works include the jazz-idiom theme to The Pink Panther film series (“The Pink Panther Theme”), the Peter Gunn Theme from the television series, and back-to-back Academy Awards for the songs “Moon River” from the Blake Edwards film Breakfast at Tiffany’s and “Days of Wine and Roses” from the 1962 film Days of Wine and Roses.

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by Douglas Koh on July 31, 2011

Bicycles and Goddesses

 

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