Saturday, 12 April 2025

'PROCESS': A NOVEL BY MATTHEW SEIJI BURNS - BOOK LAUNCH

RETINA-SCORCHING PINKS, SWIRLING GLYPHS AND BRUTALIST ILLUSTRATIONS, PROCESS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PAPERBACK WE'VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME.




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Process, the debut novel from author Matthew Seiji Burns, takes readers on an intense psychological journey into the dark heart of Seattle’s tech startup world.


The main character Lucas Adderson is a young man driven by an almost animalistic need to find outsized success creating the next unicorn tech juggernaut.

His days are riddled with surreal meetings and strange characters, anxiety and self-torture. Finally, after years of trying, his goal is within his grasp, but its consummation occurs at a great cost to his humanity, and perhaps everyone else’s too. Imagine the narrative of Moby Dick set in the nightmarish world of Dave Eggers’ The Circle.


The book’s provocative graphical approach and labyrinthine type-setting underscores the protagonist’s tenuous grip on reality, while offering readers fresh visual delights on each new spread.



Design and photo illustrations by Mark Wynne (@markwynne_feed); Brutalist concrete illustrations by Manfredi Caracciolo (@itsfredi1)

PUBLISHED BY TUNE & FAIRWEATHER

Monday, 7 April 2025

Wednesday, 19 March 2025

SYNTHWAVE KIPLING: FILM-MAKER RUAIRI ROBINSON'S VIDEO FOR FABRICATED GIRLS

BASED ON THE POEM 'BOOTS'

IMAGINE BATTLE: LOS ANGELES VERSUS MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO

The self-proclaimed 'Oscar-losing director' Ruairi Robinson's insane visualisation of a ground attack force attempting to repel an invading army of cuddly aliens, set to a synthwave soundtrack.





DEVELOPMENT HELL:
WANT TO SEE RUAIRI'S AKIRA ADAPTATION CONCEPT ART?




MALEVOLENCE: IF IT'S ALL THE SAME TO YOU

CRUSHING BRITISH METALCORE THAT WOULD GIVE THE BAY AREA A RUN FOR ITS MONEY

Monday, 10 March 2025

JESSI LEAVES CRYPTA

'AN UNSTOPPABLE FORCE IN METAL'

It has just been announced via Instagram that guitar virtuoso Jessica DiFalchi has left fast-rising all-female Brazilian Death Metal band, Crypta. 

Formed by ex-Nervosa members Fernanda Lira and Luana Dametto, Crypta are that rarest of bands (especially in Death Metal circles), where the band's presentation and sonic assault is matched by their skill and virtuosity.

Teamed with fellow guitar maestra Taina Bergamaschi, and touring virtually non-stop since lockdown, Crypta have become an unstoppable force in Metal. Jessica will leave a big space to fill, but we look forward to seeing what the future holds for both parties.


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MESSA: THE DRESS

SOON-TO-BE HUGE: STUNNING ART-ROCK FROM THIS ITALIAN CULT COMBO

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Analog doom metal merchants MESSA will release their new full-length, "The Spin," via Metal Blade Records on April 11th.


Tuesday, 25 February 2025

CONSTANTINE: RESURRECTED AND REAPPRAISED IN 4K

THE 2005 COMICBOOK HORROR / NOIR IS NOW REGARDED AS ONE OF KEANU REEVE'S BEST FILMS... IS THIS 4K RE-RELEASE OF CONSTANTINE A PREMONITION OF A POSSIBLE SEQUEL?

UNDEAD CORPORATION: GRAVITY