INVURT

We’ve been seeing Max’s work pop up in various shows with more and more frequency in recent times – and from what we’re seeing, we cant help but want something to put up on our wall.

His most recent work, derived from a multitude of influences, often heavily so in the direction of the fantastical, conveys a hell of a lot of compacted imagery and symbolism into what are often smaller scale, semi-illustrative paintings – its iconographic, often fun, art, and we always feel the need to construct our own internal narratives for each piece whenever we see them.

We were really glad to be able to catch up with Max in the lead up to his coming group show, Microcosm, with Phibs, Beastman and Creepy – and to find out more about the ongoing visual narrative behind his works  …

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Matrix and Futurebound

On their own, both Matrix and Futurebound have made their own waves through the world of drum and bass through both their DJing and production efforts, and yet it by collaborating together that they have also now managed to reach a whole new level of both talent and innovation.

“We’ve known each other for a long time just DJing and exchanging music and such, but Brendon (Futurebound) lives in Liverpool and I live in London so we are quite a ways away from each other so that’s probably why its taken us so long to get into the studio together,” Matrix explains of their eventual hook-up in the studio. “We kinda talked about this for a year or so. When we’d bump into each other we’d be like ‘oh we should do some music together’ but we never got around to doing it, and when we did get together it was really easy for us to write together.” (more…)