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Friday, 13. July 2012
Chez Pierre "Savoir Vivre À La Francaise"
pixeleye, 12:45h
A little imagclip for my friends Pierre & Murielle Stadelmann and their little french restaurant extraordinaire! Chez Pierre, Hauptstrasse 48, D - 55270 Klein-Winternheim, 06136 7649011, http://www.chez-pierre.de, Music: Nino Ferrer - Les cornichons
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Wednesday, 11. July 2012
The Bones - Promo 2012
pixeleye, 16:31h
The Bones (Sweden) - Photography by Dirk "The Pixeleye" Behlau for People Like You Records
www.facebook.com/thebonesswe
www.facebook.com/peoplelikeyourecords
www.dirkbehlau.de
THE BONES are back in the ring with another swing!
Is it really already five years ago since Sweden’s finest Punk’n’Roll outfit took over our stereos with „Burnout Boulevard“? Apparently it is, but the good news is: the wait is over. On „Monkeys With Guns“, the fifth studio album in their enduring career, THE BONES are back blazing with 15 (17 on the Limited Edition and LP) blistering, hard hitting new tracks of perfect Punk’n’Roll marriage material made in hell.
In our case, hell is a lovely little harbour-town called Karlskrona in the Southwest of Sweden. That’s where it all started out for THE BONES back in 1993. Back then singer/guitarist Beef Bonanza, along with his brother Spooky Fred and bassist Dollar Ace, were working on their first demos, which already included soon-to-be-classics like ‘I Met Elvis At The Nudybar’ and ‘Monsters Prefer Blondes’. When singer/guitar-slinger Marcus „Boner“ Petersson entered the picture in 1996 things began to speed up. Sharing a mutual love for high energetic punk and rock music in the vein of The Ramones and Motörhead and 50s and 60s rock’n’roll, THE BONES were always influenced by the melodic qualities of bands such as The Bay City Rollers and The Barracudas as well. After self-releasing „The Horrorway EP“ in 1997 german punk rock label I Used To Fuck People Like You In Prison Records caught an eye on the ear-catching qualities of THE BONES. Following two more EPs, „Rock n' Roll Race“ and „Six Feet Down, Two Fingers Up“ the swedes finally released their adeptly titled debut album „Screwed, Blued & Tattooed“ in 2000 to critical acclaim.
The sonic equivalent of Elvis, Johnny Cash, The Ramones and Social Distortion jammed in the backseat of a cadillac watching „Grease“ at a seedy Drive In, took Punks, Rockers and even Metalheads by storm. The next album „Bigger Than Jesus“ followed the success of its predecessor and THE BONES reputation as a a killer live act began to grow instantly. Sharing the stage with bands and friends like Motörhead, Cockney Rejects or Die Toten Hosen, THE BONES had made it from the local swedish youth clubs to the top of europe’s club- and festvial circuit, building up a strong following of like-minded rock’n’roll party animals. By 2004 Dollar Ace had left the band and long-time friend Andi Nero premiered his bass-playing skills for the first time on the follow-up album „Straight Flush Ghetto“. 2007 saw the release of „Burnout Boulevard“, yet another album that showed no sign of THE BONES having lost just an ounce of their gritty integrity and energy. After more than seven years of travelling, playing and recording THE BONES decided to take things a bit slower. With their first live-DVD „Berlin Burnout“, recorded at Berlin’s famous punk venue SO36 in 2008, the band still managed to throw their fans the figurative bone, before returning to the studio.
It’s 2012 and the wait is over. „Monkeys With Guns“ marks THE BONES’ return to form in a new decade. Having teamed up with producer Magnus „Mankan“ Sedenberg, the guy that can be held sonically responsible for his great work on the first three Bones’ albums, the band is now ready to rock and roll again.
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Friday, 29. June 2012
The Pixeleye Signature Belt Buckle in the making!
pixeleye, 01:19h
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Thursday, 28. June 2012
Inkarnation – Tattoo & Lifestyle
pixeleye, 00:55h
inkarnation is a confession of faith coming to life. inkarnation is different. inkarnation features selected premium photography from international top notch photographers. Artists, pin-ups, musicians and people with attitude. No ordinary tattoo stuff from stars to hearts.. inkarnation is about love and passion for the tattoo, combined with attitude and rock’n'roll lifestyle. Unique tattooes of individuals, who love their lifes as colourful as their tattoos. That’s why the coffee-table book covered in black-leather looks like a book of prayers.
Titel: Inkarnation – Tattoo & Lifestyle
Idea & Concept: Marc Wnuck & Dirk Behlau
Inkarnation is a cooperation of Zeixs Publishing, Feierabend-Unique-Books and Pixeleye Interactive
Foreword by The Scary Guy
Book Cover by Hydro74
Format: 180 mm x 300 mm
ca. 240 pages, ca. 300 images
Embossed front and back cover
ISBN 978-3-939998-55-6
October 2012
http://www.zeixs.com
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Skin Deep Magazine: Dirk Behlau Feature/Interview - Part One
pixeleye, 00:39h
The eyes of a stranger - Part One
Quite publicly, I have gone on record as saying great writers are born not made. Sure, I’ve taken my fair share of heat – normally from students staring down the barrel of £30k of debt – but I still believe it to be true. When the money runs out, who will you find still writing? The born or the made? The same is true of photographers, on which note, allow me to parade Dirk Behlau before your eyes
I originally came across Dirk’s work when working with Scary Guy a few months back – although now I come to check that fact, I see it was nearly a year ago. It’s not as simple as you think to shoot somebody who has a personality to take care of. Timing is everything – and I suspect that the more you work with people like this, the more you become aware of your sixth sense doing a lot of the work for you. You get to instinctively know what is likely to happen next and be ready for it. Dirk is one of those guys and he somewhat backs up my statement of ‘born not made’. Having hung out with Dirk for a little while and seen him action, it’s clear to me that he doesn’t even think about what would make a good photograph. He doesn’t think about framing and is probably only marginally aware of the technicalities behind what he’s doing.
The genius of Dirk is that he simply thinks ‘photography’. He sees the subject and knows what he wants his work to look like at the end of the session – from there on, it’s simply a matter of letting yourself be driven by time and space. Yeah, I know. I make it sound like a dark art best left to those who have sold their souls. maybe that’s how it should be. Since every mobile phone under the sun has a camera on it these days, the world and his dog seems to think they can make the grade given half a chance.
“Actually my goal is always to get the best out of the person I work with. make them look good, larger than life, epic, stylish, iconic. I don’t have a special concept before a shoot and I always try not to think about what I’m doing while shooting.
“I like to be kind of unprepared and spontaneous. It’s more about getting into the flow of the action, getting in the mood. Don’t let your brain do the work – let your feelings guide you. I use the camera like I’m shooting a movie, trying to create an atmosphere and a special feeling. It often happens that I say out loud, ‘wow, great shot!’ during a session because to see a good shot makes me happy immediately. The shots have to convince me in the first place otherwise I won’t publish them. I’m not producing photos in a way people may expect it. I’m shooting them the way I love them.”
See. I was telling the truth. And when you think about it, how else are you ever going to make a name for yourself if you’re not doing the kind of work that makes you happy. You’re a long time in the game if you’re going to play by somebody else’s rules. Being a Dirk has been doing this for one hell of a long time now, I wonder exactly how much forging his own path influences what he’s able to do now.
“I get a lot of requests from models – male and female — who want to work with me, but I’m quite selective and I’m not doing many ‘Tfp-Shoots’ because of the lack of time.
"From time to time there are models like victoria van violence, who you had on the cover some issues ago, who contacted me when she started modeling and I immediately see the talent in the person. But this is kind of rare. most of the shootings are clients’ work and I often combine them with shots for my own output.
“Bands and other clients contact me because they have seen my photos somewhere, come across one of my books, or just by the word of mouth. It’s been like this for six or seven years now. clients are coming from everywhere because I never focused on just one subject.”
One thing that stands out in Dirk’s work with tattoo is his ability to capture masculine and feminine character traits in a way that you certainly don’t see everyday. I kind of had it in the back of my mind to ask him if this was purposeful, but I really don’t need to anymore, but on that subject, we try to elaborate a little as we talk about framing the subject in the mind’s eye. "It just happens that way. Whether a girl or guy, I always try to make them look timeless to allow the photo to stand the test of time. A lot of people also want to work with me because they know they will get a lot of media noise as well, which pushes their career...”
He leaves the comment hanging, which is fair. That’s part of the game of getting on in your chosen field, and it’s perfectly valid for those who can live with working like that, but it wasn’t always like this. As with all lone- gunmen, it’s hard work digging the path as you go along.
“I started out shooting hotels, interiors and other design-related themes. About eight years ago, I started focusing more on the whole rock ‘n’ roll world with fast cars, pin-ups, rock bands – one day I found that it all just came together for me. I worked, and still work, for a lot of design and lifestyle, hot rod and motorcycle mags around the globe. I never really pushed it that way, but I’ve been very active in the graphic design field for over 15 years now and people already know me. I really can’t explain it. I always just did what I love and with a lot of passion.
Sion Smith
http://www.skindeep.co.uk
Quite publicly, I have gone on record as saying great writers are born not made. Sure, I’ve taken my fair share of heat – normally from students staring down the barrel of £30k of debt – but I still believe it to be true. When the money runs out, who will you find still writing? The born or the made? The same is true of photographers, on which note, allow me to parade Dirk Behlau before your eyes
I originally came across Dirk’s work when working with Scary Guy a few months back – although now I come to check that fact, I see it was nearly a year ago. It’s not as simple as you think to shoot somebody who has a personality to take care of. Timing is everything – and I suspect that the more you work with people like this, the more you become aware of your sixth sense doing a lot of the work for you. You get to instinctively know what is likely to happen next and be ready for it. Dirk is one of those guys and he somewhat backs up my statement of ‘born not made’. Having hung out with Dirk for a little while and seen him action, it’s clear to me that he doesn’t even think about what would make a good photograph. He doesn’t think about framing and is probably only marginally aware of the technicalities behind what he’s doing.
The genius of Dirk is that he simply thinks ‘photography’. He sees the subject and knows what he wants his work to look like at the end of the session – from there on, it’s simply a matter of letting yourself be driven by time and space. Yeah, I know. I make it sound like a dark art best left to those who have sold their souls. maybe that’s how it should be. Since every mobile phone under the sun has a camera on it these days, the world and his dog seems to think they can make the grade given half a chance.
“Actually my goal is always to get the best out of the person I work with. make them look good, larger than life, epic, stylish, iconic. I don’t have a special concept before a shoot and I always try not to think about what I’m doing while shooting.
“I like to be kind of unprepared and spontaneous. It’s more about getting into the flow of the action, getting in the mood. Don’t let your brain do the work – let your feelings guide you. I use the camera like I’m shooting a movie, trying to create an atmosphere and a special feeling. It often happens that I say out loud, ‘wow, great shot!’ during a session because to see a good shot makes me happy immediately. The shots have to convince me in the first place otherwise I won’t publish them. I’m not producing photos in a way people may expect it. I’m shooting them the way I love them.”
See. I was telling the truth. And when you think about it, how else are you ever going to make a name for yourself if you’re not doing the kind of work that makes you happy. You’re a long time in the game if you’re going to play by somebody else’s rules. Being a Dirk has been doing this for one hell of a long time now, I wonder exactly how much forging his own path influences what he’s able to do now.
“I get a lot of requests from models – male and female — who want to work with me, but I’m quite selective and I’m not doing many ‘Tfp-Shoots’ because of the lack of time.
"From time to time there are models like victoria van violence, who you had on the cover some issues ago, who contacted me when she started modeling and I immediately see the talent in the person. But this is kind of rare. most of the shootings are clients’ work and I often combine them with shots for my own output.
“Bands and other clients contact me because they have seen my photos somewhere, come across one of my books, or just by the word of mouth. It’s been like this for six or seven years now. clients are coming from everywhere because I never focused on just one subject.”
One thing that stands out in Dirk’s work with tattoo is his ability to capture masculine and feminine character traits in a way that you certainly don’t see everyday. I kind of had it in the back of my mind to ask him if this was purposeful, but I really don’t need to anymore, but on that subject, we try to elaborate a little as we talk about framing the subject in the mind’s eye. "It just happens that way. Whether a girl or guy, I always try to make them look timeless to allow the photo to stand the test of time. A lot of people also want to work with me because they know they will get a lot of media noise as well, which pushes their career...”
He leaves the comment hanging, which is fair. That’s part of the game of getting on in your chosen field, and it’s perfectly valid for those who can live with working like that, but it wasn’t always like this. As with all lone- gunmen, it’s hard work digging the path as you go along.
“I started out shooting hotels, interiors and other design-related themes. About eight years ago, I started focusing more on the whole rock ‘n’ roll world with fast cars, pin-ups, rock bands – one day I found that it all just came together for me. I worked, and still work, for a lot of design and lifestyle, hot rod and motorcycle mags around the globe. I never really pushed it that way, but I’ve been very active in the graphic design field for over 15 years now and people already know me. I really can’t explain it. I always just did what I love and with a lot of passion.
Sion Smith
http://www.skindeep.co.uk
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Sunday, 24. June 2012
Hank Cash - Hell Yeah Beer [Official Song]
pixeleye, 16:04h
Our friends Hank Cash have written the official Hell Yeah Beer song! Download the Hell Yeah Beer E.P. for free! Three different versions! 192kb/s, 9 MB, MP3-Format. Hell Yeah!
http://www.hellyeahbeer.com/mp3/HellYeahBeerEP-MP3.zip
http://www.hellyeahbeer.com, http://www.hank-cash.de
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Friday, 22. June 2012
The Pixeleye feature in Picture Magazin 4/2012
pixeleye, 18:08h
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People Like You Rec. Party starring Victoria van Violence
pixeleye, 10:48h
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Thursday, 21. June 2012
The Pixeleye feature in Skin Deep Magazine #213
pixeleye, 16:18h
Out next week on the newsstand in the UK! Skin Deep Tattoo Magazine #213 with the second part of my artist feature/interview! More directly from Editor-in-Chief Sion Smith at his blog: http://theneedlehaslanded.tumblr.com/
http://skindeep.co.uk
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The Pixeleye feature in Driver Magazine #9, Poland
pixeleye, 16:17h
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