Here’s my latest Controllerism routine for Death By Disco!

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Death By Disco: Daft Punk – Robot Rock (VCI Arcade Controllerism Routine by Le Messie) is a post from: SLAMXHYPE

If you missed it.. See the post on SESSION 1 HERE!

*Check back over the next FFFew days for more looks into Session 3 of Amanda S. & my hand-production works in the FALSE Workshop! (Up next, hand made silkscreened patches, hand-made and hand-washed selvedge denim messenger bags)

- Le Messie

Production Season: In the workshop Session 2 (Part 2) is a post from: SLAMXHYPE

It’s that time of the year again and we’re strong at it in the FALSE Workshop pushing to get our latest most anticipated new lines out for FALSE & B.O.D. We switched it up this Summer Season, including some much requested Tanks and Embroidered Snap Backs to the line. This along with a new reconstructed pair of Chuck Taylors, hand-made and crafted Japanese selvedge denim messenger bags, new anarcho punk inspired hand-reconstructed, washed and aged denim vests. Here’s a few images from the workshop’s Session 1. Visit my Blog on WeAreFalse.Com to see images for (Part 1)

*Check back over the next FFFew days for more looks into Session 2 of Amanda S. & my hand-production works in the FALSE Workshop!

- Le Messie

Production Season: In the workshop Session 1 (Part 2) is a post from: SLAMXHYPE

Here’s my latest Controllerism routine I did for Death By Disco!

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Death By Disco: Benny Benassi/Skrillex – Cinema (VCI Arcade Controllerism Routine) is a post from: SLAMXHYPE

See the video “HERE”

See the FALSE x JC Custom Button Down Shirt being made “HERE”

Lupe Fiasco on David Letterman representing FALSE x Japanese Cartoon! is a post from: SLAMXHYPE

DEATH BY DISCO: SUPRISE PERFORMANCE AT MAD THRILLS 1ST ANNIVERSARY (ZIRCA/SINGAPORE) is a post from: SLAMXHYPE

Our Blogger Le Messie has truly become the embodiment of the creative. While continuing to progress his False label, which now includes 3 lines, False, Better Off Dead, as well as Fallacy of Rome, an collaborative capsule collection with good friend Lupe Fiasco, he has joined the aforementioned Lupe as 1/4 of the band Japanese Cartoon. With the release of his latest batch of creations I felt it was as good of a time as any to catch up with Le Messie to once again dive into his creative process, inspirations, and everything else False.

Interview: Anthony Coleman

SLAMXHYPE / Since the early days of FALSE till today the label has seen great expansion under its umbrella. With so many pushes in different directions what are your thoughts on the differentiating factors of each label?
LE MESSIE / It was an organic growth that brought about the direction to move towards the multi-label platform. We run a very unorthodox business module, more art based by nature than anything else. We do what we want and feel, when we want and feel. We don’t work with seasonal buying and distribution time-frames, we don’t participate in trade shows and we don’t follow any on going trends or work with agents / pr firms etc.. Where other brands grew into full collections and branched out towards different markets, we saw our growth towards maintaining our visions from the very get go, quality over quantity hand-screened, finished and crafted goods all 90% virtually integrated at our own FALSE H.Q. The multi-label platform allowed us to diversify our creative and artistic works towards different angles yet still being grounded under a unifying theme of anarcho counter culture and anti-establishment.

SLAMXHYPE / How have you managed to adhere to the hand made approach to production FALSE is known for with such great expansion in a relatively short time frame?
LE MESSIE / We tend to be a little choosier with our retailers internationally, choosing only to work with boutiques that understand the ethos and value of our brand and hands-on approach. We also work at a pace we can handle and never take on more than we can chew. We run 90% vertically integrated at the FALSE H.Q with virtually every single product passing through my lovely wife Amanda S. and my very own hands. We spend most of our time doing things we love and it’s a blessing that the things we love put food on our table.

SLAMXHYPE / The label has always had a very provocative approach to its design aesthetic which could alienate a great amount of the general consumer base. What are your thoughts on the label’s underground appeal?
LE MESSIE / It’s truly what it is; we don’t strategize for success or towards a particular demographic. We do what we do imbued in our beliefs and we put it out there, the work attracts its own following. We don’t look to appeal to a broader general audience which is very evident in my works and that’s the way I’m truly blessed to have it be. I try my best personally not to create labels (be it underground) but it’s great having a loyal following that understand the product and message, that choose to consume out of intellect and their own independent nature than the trend wheel we get fed ever so often.

SLAMXHYPE / Could you give us a bit of insight into the inspiration behind your current offerings?
LE MESSIE / Original Anarchist is one of the loudest we’ve had to date. Based on the Intellectual, Creative & Spiritual Anarchists mind-set and inspired by my teachings from the various scholars in each school of thought ie Chomsky, Anton, etc. It’s obvious in this day and age as Mick Jagger said, “Anarchy is the only slight glimmer of hope”. I’ve always in the past masked my works and anti-rebel messages through various cryptic graphics, I guess it’s just natural progression to lean towards your true nature, I like to look at FALSE as not just a brand but an organic movement with a mind of it’s own and I’ve learnt to let it be free in its own right. I find my very nature drawn towards the rebel mind with its view on life and society, not the destructive path but the productive one.

SLAMXHYPE / Once a general theme has been decided what is your approach to the development of the creative we see as final pieces?
LE MESSIE / I kind of just pull it out of the air really, it’s like there’s this greater designer in the clouds that incepts thought-forms into our minds and we get to working. Most of my works happen without much planning at all, I try to adopt as much of an artistic path and let the universe guide me. Some season’s I go through 4 – 5 full body’s of work before I finalize on the right release.

SLAMXHYPE / What are some of your personal favorite pieces from the current line?
LE MESSIE / I’ve been wearing the FALSE – ANARCHY T’Shirt and O/A Rebels to death but I love them all, they share equal wear-time!

SLAMXHYPE / We see the label reach once again outside of its usual tops to include a few more pieces for your supporters. Will there be a time where we see a complete FALSE collection?
LE MESSIE / Perhaps in the future but because everything will be hand-made by us the pivotal pieces in the collection will most likely be of an extremely low run. Perhaps over the next 12 – 18 mths, who knows, we’ll have to go with the flow and let the universe guide us.

SLAMXHYPE / What is next in the progression of FALSE?
LE MESSIE / We’ve really been enjoying the lifestyle and accessory hands on work we’ve been doing so at present I’ll have to say hand-made Lifestyle Goods and Accessories.

SLAMXHYPE / Any closing remarks?
LE MESSIE / Not really but I’d love to leave you with a quote from the brilliant A.O Spare that’s synonymous with the essence of FALSE and it’s growth over the years..
“It was the straying that found the path direct.” –Austin Osman Spare

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After a very long and much awaited release following our debut Fallacy Of Rome line, we are proud to announce a 2010 capsule release, brought to you from none other than the joint minds of Lupe Fiasco, Le Messie & Amanda S. Focusing our sights this season on group mentality, power in numbers and progressive movement through a collective mind-set we bring to you “Together We Ride”. The capsule collection will launch shortly after our FALSE: Original Anarchist F/W 2010 line. More info HERE

FALLACY OF ROME: Together We Ride F/W 2010 (Promo Video) is a post from: SLAMXHYPE

More a Re-Work I guess, enjoy it either way! -LM

White Stripes – Damnation ARMY – (Death By Disco Remix) is a post from: SLAMXHYPE

Simple, Concise, Relevant………… Read Here

A Guide To Life is a post from: SLAMXHYPE

The head is the house of the tongue… is a post from: SLAMXHYPE

Riding the wave that comes with having your first full length studio album released  Japanese Cartoon, the punk, politically jaring subculture indy band comprised of famed mc Lupe Fiasco as well as Le Messie from the indy singapore Label False, have begun to see the light at the end of the tunnel for their grand scheme. The band’s very existence has been one of mystery with press coming in scarce bunches and music coming in waves of a even more sporadic nature, yet they have managed to challenge an niche group of individuals with their heavy sounds and hyper charged lyrics. We were  able to sit down with the group for their first full length interview and pick the brains of two of  it’s spearheads, while trying to dive into the make up and ultimate message of Japanese Cartoon.

Interview:
Anthony Coleman

So tell us who’s in the groundbreaking Japanese Cartoon ensemble?

Wasalu: Graham Burris, Matt Nelson, Le Messie and myself… Percival Fats pops in and out every now and then…

With such a cast of creative minds involved with the project how has the band’s musical direction been driven?

Messie: The idea is more to ditch that car we driving and just run, let the journey take its course on things…

Could you describe the sound and feel of Japanese Cartoon we can expect to hear on subsequent releases from the band?

JC: No comment.

Now that the first project has been released what has been the collective response received by its heavy punk highly political overly brash sound?

Messie: It’s kind of a modern revival of the 70’s rebellious punk mindset. People are looking at it the same way but with a modern take on things. The new generation is learning for the first time how to make their own movement.

Wasalu: Yea…

The First project being released completely independent was that intentional, and will this be the route taken for following releases?

Yes and for now everything is gonna be independent… there’s too much dependency in the world son…

Speaking on the creative whole of the group in what other mediums will we see Japanese Cartoon represented?

Messie: The idea is to break the concept of mediums down… not to say whether we’re gonna do something or not do something… it’s about organic growth and whatever makes sense at that time, if it happens it happens and as of present it’s happening!

Wasalu: Yea, this table’s really bassy son!! (Taps JC beats on the interview table)

Has work been started on any other material for the band?

Wasalu: We’re constantly brainstorming and coming up with new and old things, the like, constantly working. It’s a constant battle against the evil forces son. We won’t stop till the evil stops!

Wasalu’s involvement with the band was from the beginning remained a mystery until recently. Why was this strategy considered for such seemingly off kiltered project from the bands members?

Percival Fats: No Comment.

Was there ever any concern for alienating the masses who were accustomed to a certain sound and direction coming from a person like Lupe?

Wasalu: I always seeded leftism in my music anyway, so I always seeded different genres, mutations of genres of music so I think JC is a fuller, singular manifestation of that. Even in JC, you see different forms of music. Different genres of music within the music, metal, trip hop, punk, electro so JC’s just an extension of that.

With streetwear and fashion being such a large component in the other passions what can we expect to see arise from that direction?

Wasalu: I think we’ll have really good merch. Me and Messie (!) between us and what I like and how deep we are in streetwear, we’ll just have some damn good merch. Streetwear loves to rip off bands… now we get to make something dope for a real band. It’s gonna be dope as fuck. Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck.

Messie: you can expect physical manifestations of the JC sound in functional form.

Wasalu : dao lao tsu du lao ah (preparing for his Macau trip..)

What is the ultimate goal of Japanese Cartoon?

Wasalu: To make really awesome……………………………… MUSIC.

Messie: To systematically alter reality from the point of view of the masses.

Wasalu: Oh yea that too.

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Japanese Cartoon Interview | SLAMXHYPE Exclusive is a post from: SLAMXHYPE

Japanese Cartoon has become this mythical project with speculations based on the bands on and off again confirmed members list to weather an full length project would ever surface, and what would said project sound like. Well after much doubt the band known as Japanese Cartoon, featuring SlamxHype family Le Messie of False Brand and Lupe Fiasco, with a guest appearance made Ian Astbury (The New Order Issue 1), have released their debaut full length project “In The Jaws of the Lords of Death” for free via their All Sabatage site. The project itself is a bit of a anomaly as it sound isn’t anything close to what your casual Lupe Fiasco fan would be familiar with. Heavy punk, indy rock with political under tones steer the albums content,  rebellious brash and through provoking all in on breath. All in all a great project which many may be steered away from but  in this day and age its refreshing to see a stance taken and played its coarse  as this album surely does; a job well done.

Tracklist:
01. JAWS
02. All Sabotage!!! (STSO)
03. Heirplanes
04. Beijing
05. Crowd Participation
06. Firing Squad
07. You Are Here
08. ARMY
09. Gasp

Download:
Japanese Cartoon – ‘In The Jaws of The Lord of Death’

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Interesting teaser images of a Japanese Cartoon vinyl toy in the form of vocalist Wasalu Jaco (Lupe Fiasco) popped up on the bands Facebook at the start of the new year. The band consisting of lead singer Wasalu Jaco along with FALSE Creative Director Le Messie and Matthew Santos band bassist Graham Burris look set to light 2010 ablaze with their interesting blend of post punk electro harmonics.

Japanese Cartoon Vinyl Toy in 2010 is a post from: SLAMXHYPE

It’s been finally revealed that Wasalu Jaco aka Lupe Fiasco is indeed the lead singer behind post punk electronic outfit Japanese Cartoon! The band has released a new track entitled “All Sabotage” via their allsabotage.com website. Recent news on the band states they’ve been signed to Lupe Fiasco’s 1st & 15th record label and are set to release their 1st album sometime next year including live tour dates! The band consists of Wasalu Jaco (Lupe Fiasco), Graham Burris (the bassist from the Matthew Santos band) & streetwear personality Le Messie. This is indeed a band that we will be hearing a lot of come 2010.

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