We were given the opportunity to cover the production and post production of the music event ‘SNOWTUNES’ down in Jindabyne. Some crazy performances with insane pyrotechnics which made the crowd go loony.
We got the job done and hit the slopes the following day.
Music by Hermitude – The Buzz
Jamie has been at it again.
Stomping punts all over the joint, making sure there is someone there to capture for our enjoyment.
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The week of the Bondi Vans Bowlarama turns the Beach Road Hotel into a frenzy.
Masters of the sport sell their vinyl collection while skateboarders queue across the mini ramp, trading off to the sounds of the bands close by.
Velvet sea was asked to cover the performances on stage and in the bowl.
Following on from our previous photographer-based #VSHAPPYMONDAYS, we present to you another one of our favourites, this time, West Australia’s Jennifer Stenglein.
For todays #VSHAPPYMONDAY we’re doing a shout out to one of the best. Henrik Purienne, we take a bow.
Still being relatively new to NYC, the thought of shooting fashion on rooftops and the yellow cab is still a fancy feature, so when Katherine got in touch to shoot, my rooftop in Brooklyn was the first thing that popped into my head. One of our mates from B_Space on Mulberry St, Nolita sorted us…
Kiki is blonde, super fit and very shy when sober, one of those stories where first impressions can be very deceiving.
For todays #VSHAPPYMONDAY we’re doing a shout out to one of our favorite Aussie photographers Akila Berjaoui and her amazing celebration of the female form.
In the spirit of Easter we’ve decided to post one of the people with the nicest souls we know.
Back in 2012 a very hungover Cassandra rocked up on my doorstep on a sunny Sunday morning willing to have a crack at her first photo shoot. All I had laying around the place were some my random clothes and Velvet Sea tee’s. The rolling is the result of a few hours of Cass, random clothing and good tunes.
Hope you enjoy it;
For this #VSFRAMES, we’ve pulled together an old post and photo essay from Sam Page, shot in Copenhagen, 2012 and inspired by the sounds of Trentemoller.
Because you loved Kelly Pitch so much in our latest #VSFRAMES we’ve put this clip together for your viewing pleasure.
Film and edit by Ben Everden
Music by Luke Sea
Velvet Sea’s 2013/14 feature film. Underground talent, heavy soundtrack, surf and skate. The world of VEL | VET
Red Bull have just dropped the first film in their new series, “Made In”, this time featuring Hawaii and more importantly, Mason Ho.
Velvet Sea had the privilege of shooting an edit of Alberta Cross’ new single ‘Get up High’ live at The Randolph in NYC for CMJ and Nudie Jeans.
We thought we’d throw together a post, with the best of the web, to help nurse that hangover and get you moving into the day!
A floating, open air space which fuses European beach club culture with 5 star service.
It’s always a great day when it’s spent listening to a Cut Snake mix. This #vssounds is perfect for the weekend and a few beers (or a case, vodka, whatever) in the sun.
Velvet Sea was given the privelege of producing a music video for the band ‘ The Bungalows’.
The creative freedom to conceptualise from scratch makes the mind run wild with different ideas, decisions and COLOURS.
‘Roll’
Nils Frahm’s music is the type of music that will touch anybody. Classical music for the dance generation, if you will. Touching, inspiring and driving, this has it all. If this is all you watch and listen to today, then your day is sure to be a great one. Click play and indulge in some…
Trentemøller has just dropped “Lost Reworks”, a remix package for his insanely good album, Lost.
Our best mates and house music aficionados, Cut Snake have just dropped a new mix to support their appearance at Splash House this weekend. It’s a sexy, groovy ride through the deeper ends of house and will get you dancing all the way into the weekend.
Here’s a fresh mix by young Sydney DJ and good friend of Velvet Sea, Tyson Bruun. Tyson weaves together deep, groovy, tech house that will surely get your feet moving into weekend. Whack it on, grab a beer and dive deep!
Globe have just released the trailer to Strange Rumblings In Shangri La, the new film by the always on point, Joe G. Shot over 2 years, the film documents the team as they scour the world searching for spots that you couldn’t even dream up after a bag of magic mushrooms. Year Zero was, in…
This video was made by Harrison Dancaster who usually shoots stills but doesn’t mind flicking the switch over to video mode to craft together sweet little edits like this one. You may remember a video he made from another trip down south with Brett Burcher and Scott ‘Whippet’ Dennis charging 10 feet slabs clocking up…
If you haven’t seen it yet, the accompanying video to Trentemoller’s, Deceive will surely take your breathe away. The clip was directed by Daniel Wirtberg and is a haunting piece of cinematography. It draws you in and is flawless in it’s delivery. The fourth single on Trentemoller’s brilliant album Lost, Deceive comes with three remixes,…
Here’s a fresh mix from Luke Sea for #VSSOUNDS. Mixed on two turntables with a stack of new and old vinyl, the mix covers a broad range of groovy house and techno. Grab some headphones, press play and dance away!
Desillusion Magazine have just dropped another brilliant short film, this time on Californian surfer, skater and motorbike enthusist, Troy Elmore.
Two short films have just dropped which are certainly worth your time. The subjects in each of the clips are from California and both share a left of centre, outcast type, personality. The films feature Malibu surfer, Dillon Perrillo and Ventura label, Iron & Resin and are shot and cut by Morgan…
This week, #VSSOUNDS comes from Mark E with his album, Product Of Industry on Ghostly International’s Spectral Sound imprint. It’s a chugging, industrial sounding house album that pulls inspiration from the industrial rise and fall of the UK’s West Midlands. Made on almost entirely analogue equipment, the album invokes the raw and rough edges of…
#VSSOUNDS this week, comes from Joey Anderson with his full length, After Forever. It’s a deep, hypnotic, ride through the nether regions of House and Techno. Other-wordly synth and piano work compliment his raw, swinging beats and rough edged samples. After Forever is a phenomenal debut album and shows how well Joey’s style takes to…
Riley Blakeway has just dropped a new short film. The film explores the subject of creativity and is narrated by Warren Smith. Shot around Warren’s Downtown LA Warehouse, the film is an epic piece of cinematography and touches on a human trait that we all feel deeply.
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With Minutes of Sleep, Francis Harris has crafted a true masterpiece. Born from the heartbreaking death of his mother, Minutes Of Sleep is full of melancholic beauty and reflection. Buried in it’s depths are field recordings, collected during the last few weeks of his mothers life, which convey, in his words, “the dirt and…
I had the opportunity to film Brian Bielmann and Dusty Payne over a week in Hawaii.
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Name: Ben Everden decentcrop.com http://decentcrop.tumblr.com Field: Social Media, and all things Digital How did you get into photography? It’s been a really long road. I was crazy for it in high school and used to ditch all my other classes to hang in the darkroom, I even used to teach some of the grades below…
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Velvet Sea does not own any of these images, there are pulled from various blogs and tumblrs for your enjoyment. If you own any of these images and would like them credited or taken down, please let us know.
Velvet Sea does not own any of these images, they are pulled from various blogs and tumblrs for your enjoyment. If you own any of these images and would like them credited or pulled down, please let us know.
Not many people can ride the bowl like Pedro and not many people can produce this kind of vision.
From the genius lens and vision of Kai Neville comes Epokhe’s External World (1.5): “Join us for another pilgrimage into the raw & uninhabited landscapes that have become a refuge for the EPØKHE creators. An external world of unearthly women, waves and industrial backdrops. The film takes a minimalistic approach inspired by the design and…
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We have a fresh mix of House and Techno from Luke Sea for the latest #VSSOUNDS. Recorded in Los Angeles, the mix is deep, hypnotic and pumping and will surely get you warmed up for the weekend.
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Three clips, all worth your time, dig in…
– The Golden City –
– Matt Banting and The Next Three Years –
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The dark ocean waves,
clashing amongst each other,
above the ocean floor
that dose not have a bother
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This weeks #VSSOUNDS comes from a relatively unknown artist by the name of Galcher Lustwerk. We gave this to you in the lead up to the weekend because we feel it’s the perfect vibe setting mix, compiled using all of his own tracks. Chill, woozy, machine driven House music with some true emotion. Get it…
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Name: Blake Peters Age: 28 Field: Surfboard Shaper Can you tell us a little about yourself? Background, where you’re from, etc Well I’ve lived on Sydney’s Northern Beaches my whole life, spending most of my time surfing around Mona Vale. My family roots are in sailing, running right back to my Great Grand Father who…
Good buddies of Velvet Sea and all round artistic wonderboys, Brent Smith and Lee McConnell are holding their second GOON ISLAND art show titled, ‘On Karma Seas’ on Thursday Nov 8th at Black Penny, Surry Hills. If you haven’t seen their work before, make sure you get to the show, it will blow your mind.…
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#VSSOUNDS this week comes from the bumping, gritty world of underground hip-hop artist, KingtuneS. In a world of pop focused, watered down, commercial hip-hop, KingtuneS is a stylish breath of fresh air.
Velvet Sea does not own any of these images. We pull them from various blogs and tumblrs for your enjoyment. If you own any and would like them taken down or credited, please let us know.
Velvet Sea does not own any of these images, we pulled them from various blogs and tumblrs for your enjoyment. If you own any of these images and would like them credited or taken down, please let us know.
Velvet Sea does not own any of these images. We pulled them from various tumblrs and blogs for your enjoyment. If you own any of the images and would like them credited or taken down, please let us know.
#VSSOUNDS this week comes from Darkside, an amazing group comprised of the un-faultable minimalist, Nicolas Jaar and guitarist Dave Harrington. As Darkside, they create smoky, mesmerizing tracks that truly take you away to another place.
There’s just something about the way Dillon Perillo surfs. In our opinion, he’s a modern day Tom Curren. The same smooth, drawn out lines, with a fresh twist. Anyway, enough talk, watch the clip and see for yourself. Short, sharp and punchy!
Enjoy
VS
Runamuk Visuals constantly, and consistently, pump out quality goods and this is no different. No bullshit, quality art and production from some absolute legends in the Australian surf and art community.
Enjoy
VS
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For #vssounds today, we bring you Australian Techno artist, Trinity. It’s a perfect mix of dub, house and techno and Trinity seamlessly moves through the mix to create the perfect vibe for the weekend. If this doesn’t get you amped for cracker this weekend, then not sure what will.
Every time something by Mickey Smith drops, we drop everything and glue our eyeballs to the screen. This time it’s Hidden Lives with good friend and world class charger, Tom Lowe. Their work has always resonated with us at Velvet Sea, moody, sometimes dark productions that focus on film making just as much as the…
You might have checked out the recent Copenhagen post from last week? A photo essay by Sam Page of his time spent in Copenhagen set to the soundtrack of Trentemoller live in concert? Well it turns out Trentemollers crew checked out the post also. They wanted to give a compliment on the post and provide us with a promo copy of his new album ‘Lost’.
Name: Chris Sirney Instagram: @chrissirney Age: 30 Field: Photography (artist) Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? Where are you from and what do you do? I would like to start off by saying a thank to Velvet Sea for doing this with me. I’m from Southern California and I live in Costa…
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One of Velvet Sea’s main contributors Luke Cheadle has landed in the US of A. Not just popping over for a leisurely holiday, but Cheads and his gilfriend intend to be in LA indefinitely. He has also been in contact with Mike Pagan. An extremely talented film maker that has been kind enough…
You now have an understanding of what La’ Division is all about.
The founders Trait and Luke Okay gave us the run down in Episode 1.
Field || Film Age || 22 Resides || Between Coffs and Byron Inspiration || Life, friends, music, good times and happiness. If your happy you’re inspired Years in the game || 6? Equipment Digital/Film || I shoot most surf stuff on a Canon 60d but my dad just got a Sony nex fs 700 which…
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Today we give you a fresh AM/PM and our first on a crew of artists, LA’ Division.
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Summer time in LA might not conjure up images of perfect waves but you’d be surprised what you can find. The Pagan brothers have been really impressing us of late, churning out edit after edit, with one brother in the water and the other behind the lens and in edit booth. This is their latest…
To use their words, “Nti Sheeto (Knee-sheet-o) is a surf film illustrating the contrast between the psychedelic and magical natural wonders of Indonesia with the surreal and demented trappings of it’s darker nighttime street culture.”. It’s superbly directed by Dion Agius and shot and cut by Blake Myers. If you haven’t seen this film yet,…
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This is beyond brilliant.
Redefining your typical surf clip.
Emphasising on the beauty of the ocean with the stylish flow of Asher Pacey.
Pleasure to watch.
A session after work and before the manager of Bathers Pavilion told us to get the hell out of there.
We were fortunate to squeak in a few attempts.
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VS
This weeks #vsweeklysounds comes from Sydney DJ duo LUSH, made up of Velvet Sea’s Luke Cheadle and good mate, Shawn Irving. The pair have been playing numerous gigs around Sydney as of late and are starting to make a name for themselves and their groove filled sets. “House, Not A Home.” is an epic mix…
Dive into this fresh edit by Dane Singleton featuring Matt King and Pama Davies.
Shot in two days and cut to the sounds of Iggy.
VS
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Wollongong based artist, Trait Cross is somewhat of an enigma. Type “Trait Cross Art” into Google and, besides his Tumblr page, you won’t find much, which in this day and age is quite refreshing. No bullshit, no hype, just his art and your opinion on it. It takes some guts to operate that way, whether…
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Velvet Sea does not own any of these images, they are pulled from various tumblrs and blogs for your enjoyment. If you own any of the images and would like them removed, please let us know.
We missed a #vsweeklysounds last week, so this week we’ll have two. The first one, will be an album by a band called Swans, titled The Seer. They’ve been around since the 80’s (the front man is 58!!!) but you wouldn’t know that by listening to them. Their new album The Seer is, in my…
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Velvet Sea does not own any of these images, they are pulled from various tumblrs and blogs for your enjoyment. If you own any of the images and would like them removed, please let us know.
Three clips to satisfy on this lovely Friday.
Rare footage of Ginger Tobler shredding Bondi before school, Woodwreckerz crew season edit and the trailer to “Remind me to forget”. If you can’t find something you love from these three clips, then you’re most likely dead.
VS
Velvet Sea has just put the finishing touches on a new feature film to be released in the coming weeks.
We know, we know, we’ve been slack on the babes and epicness of late. Don’t fear, Happy Tuesday is here and we have a new site in the works. We love you
VS
This weeks #vsweeklysounds comes to your ears on a Friday and from our very good friends, Cut Snake. The infamous Aussie party starters have crafted a nice mix which, in my mind anyway, is a perfect warm up for your weekend party ways. Warm, Deep House, grooves that you will make you wanna dance. The…
A collaboration with Velvet Sea and Kai Otton.
The Glass Onion Society is an expresso bar and boutique on the Central Coast of NSW. It’s a creative hub in a once stagnant place. People drive miles out of their way to drink in the vibe of the place and their brilliant coffee. The boys at the store recently held an Art Attack night. Mambo…
Garrett’s two latest clips need to be seen.
Sick surf, sick surfing, sick music, and a sick edit. There just sick mental yewww
Check out the first of many monthly instalments by Andrew Mooney.
I’ve alway digged his style.
He does some hell punts but just wait for a month of big swell. Pulling back isn’t an option.
We do not own these images. They are trawled from various, glorious, blogs, just for you. Enjoy and have a good week.
VS
Here we have an ever-so-lovely post. We’re hoping it makes up for our missing Happy Monday this week. It was the long weekend after all and the hangovers were definitely on the “long” end of the spectrum. Anyway, on to the post. Alana Blanchard. What more do we need to say, really? Maybe the fact…
Velvet Sea contributor, Mambo artist and all round awesome guy, Luke Okay, is competing at the next Secret Walls against Ape7. It takes place in Sydney next week and if you have never heard of Secret Walls, it’s a live 90 min art battle. The artists battle against each other the same way Em did…
Here are two clips that we like.
One Surfing, one Skating.
ENJOY
Sterling is back at it again with the second and third episodes of The Adventures of Chancho.
His mind is unique and the result are refreshingly funny.
He is also now on the Penny Skateboard team.
Enjoy
Wilko and Dom are ripping.
The charismatic pair dancing with themselves on some fun east coast waves.
You know they are having so much fun.
OXBLVD’s song “Tease Me” relates a story that we’ve all been through. A gorgeous girl teases a guy, somewhat unintentionally, and knocks his socks off. Time is spent bedding the girl. Drinks, dancing, and feeling. Some of us win, and some lose. The song throbs along and oozes a sexiness that isn’t present in most…
Age: 24 Equipment: Guitar, voice. Influences/inspiration: Ryan adams, Dan Auerbach, Muddy Waters, Dawes, CCR, heaps more!!! Where did music start for you? I wish I had some sort of really amazing, inspiring, tale to tell how it started, but i don’t, its pretty bloody standard hahah. Music started for me when I was around 10. I…
The 3rd annual Wills Joy Surf Memorial full of yew and saaaaa.
We raised $ 20, 000 for the Epilepsy Foundation this year!
If you skate and have been to NYC you might know this park. We were in town recently for the launch of Mambo in the US. We found this nicely contoured slab of concrete after the manager of our hotel asked us to take (Mambo skater) Brad McDermott outside “to play” after he’d jumped a…
Footage used by Sam Page for Velvet Sea over the last two years. Additional Footage by Ash McManus.Shayne Allen.Jay Grant Raincoats-Efterklang (Trentemoller remix/reworked).
IN THE WOODS from Velvet Sea on Vimeo.
SEE THE LIGHT from Velvet Sea on Vimeo.
To the Friday, I’m In Love crew,
Thank you for making my Fridays such a splendorous day and for kick starting my weekend.
P.S. I think you are the reason why I get so excited and overly drunk every weekend.
Sincerely, Velvet Sea. X
Mambo artist Shannon Graham paints a surfboard to be donated to the Ray of Hope fundraising campaign. Ray of Hope represents the philosophy of the Westmead Breast Cancer Institute that by providing the most innovative, specialist and professional care available today the BCI can offer early detection, accurate diagnosis and effective treatment to give each…
The time has come for the 2nd annual Wills Joy Memorial Contest and it’s safe to say that last year was one of the best days of my life. Sun, surf, smiles, beers and amazing people celebrating a great life. Jack Joy won the contest last year and we all had goose bumps when he was…
It’s almost common knowledge that most surfers spend around a year to film a section for a film. Many a surf thrown away with no clips to show because of over surfing for the camera. Well, preconceptions can now be squashed with this edit by Nick Damen from one surf with Ryan Callinan. It was…
He’s my favourite artist of all time and if you haven’t heard his music, then do so straight away. Trentemoller is a one man machine who creates beautiful, atmospheric music, that sounds like it’s performed by an orchestra of 80. He’s venturing down to our far away country over New Years and is playing Field…
Chippa Wilson and Riley Blakeway’s new project looks to be a doozy. These guys have been filming/surfing all over the globe at some rad places and by the looks of things, and the way people have been talking they’ve been loggin’ some epic clips too!
Check out their blog and movements here http://www.nowanalogmpp.com/
VS
