HIMTM

Nendie's Magic Lantern Performance at The Sartorial Gallery

2008-05-29T20:58:00.006+01:00

This was performed at The Sartorial Gallery on Thursday 22nd May in Preparation for our show at the ICA in October. The story is based on my great grandother Frances Berman with photos staged with young people from our newspaper project.

HIMTM headline Nought to Sixty Exhibition at The ICA

2008-04-24T23:58:00.003+01:00

Nendie Pinto-Duschinsky and Nina Manandhar have collaborated on a series of varied and hybrid collaborative activities since 2002.

Hardcore Is More Than Music is a banner under which artists Nendie Pinto-Duschinsky (born Oxford, 1980, lives in London) and Nina Manandhar (born London, 1981, lives in London) have grouped a series of varied and hybrid collaborative activities since 2002. Founded whilst the pair were students at Chelsea College of Art and Design, the project began with the production of an eponymous fanzine and has developed into what Manandhar and Pinto-Duschinsky describe as a 'social enterprise'.
The initial self-publication of three fanzines sought parallels between a personalised experience of art and the sub-cultures of musical genres such as hardcore punk, techno and grime. HIMTM used interviews, treatise and photography to explicitly develop a 'fan's' response to the creative energy associated with the social spaces of both art and music.

The production of these zines enabled Manandhar and Pinto-Duschinsky to draw connections between established cultural practioners and groups of teenagers whose opinions and activities HIMTM tapped into. Simultaneous to these publications they toured a series of participatory projects around schools and youth groups in London, culminating in an set of workshops at Stowe Youth Centre in Westbourne Green (Best Body, 2004), in which influential musicians and producers including Graham Massey (808 State) Jon E Cash (Black Ops) and Alasdair Roberts (Rough Trade) shared expertise with groups of local teenagers.
The subsequent incarnations of HIMTM as an increasingly professional magazine (including a supplement produced for The Guardian, and a publication produced with several youth groups over a day-long workshop at Tate Britain) have highlighted a fusion of artistic concerns with the principles of social enterprise. The twin tools of marketing and fundraising have enabled Manandhar and Pinto-Duschinsky not only to pursue and promote their own interests, but also to engage in collaborative activities outside of a traditional cultural framework. The language of 'social exclusion' and urban demographics is at once the territory they manipulate and the site for a mode of creativity.

As part of Nought to Sixty, Hardcore is More Than Music is developing a relationship between the ICA and a new newspaper project based at Stowe Youth Centre. This project is focussed on providing training opportunities for unemployed and excluded young people in the Borough of Westminster, through the production of The Cut, a quarterly newspaper featuring the views and interests of this group. The first issue was launched in March at the ICA, and between May and November an issue of The Cut will be produced that focuses on the ICA and the community built around the Nought to Sixty programme.

Richard Birkett

Mediabox Premiere

2008-04-09T23:47:00.001+01:00

Teaching at The Stephen Lawrence Centre today

2008-04-08T23:18:00.003+01:00

Today Nina and I were extremely honored to tutor at the Ignite! Easter Workshop at The Stephen Lawrence Centre.

The Centre opened in February and is an incredible building with beautiful light and architecture throughout. A really amazing way to remember Stephen who was planning to be an architect and whose murder at a bus stop in 1993 shocked the whole nation. There were some really interesting people there and I can tell form the response form the young people that the Centre is already making a huge difference and providing amazing resources for creative talent. I will post pictures of our workshop when we get permission and in the meantime find out more about the centre and the Trust behind it here: http://www.stephenlawrence.org.uk. The Trust is directed by Stephen's mum Doreen Lawrence OBE.

Press on The Cut Launch

2008-04-02T00:55:00.004+01:00

Thanks to Meg Jorsh at the Ham and High and Wood and Vale!

HIMTM INTERVIEWS SLASH

2008-03-29T13:24:00.003Z

Check out Shamz Le Roc interview with Slash from Guns N' Roses @ www.thecutnewspaper.com. Nendie says, 'he was an extremely nice guy!"

Slash is arguably a contemporary guitar legend. There have been very few that have successfully adapted to the change in music. From ‘Guns N Roses’ to his more recent band ‘Velvet Revolver’, he’s had undeniable longevity. When I told a hard core rock fan I was interviewing him the first thing he said was, ‘Oh my God! Make sure you ask him about his conflict Axel Rose.’ But I thought, why bother? That so predictable, so I went for more a colloquial chit chat.

SLR: You’ve lived in the U.K before, do you visit London frequently?

Slash: Well I just have a thing for London, a thing for the UK in general. I guess because I was born there I feel a really strong relationship and I feel very proud to be from there, you know? It’s one of my favourite places.

SLR: Do you have a favourite hang out when you come out to London?

Slash: I just love Soho, it’s just been pretty consistent for me, it’s a colourful place to hang out.

SLR: Being from the U.K, London to be precise, I’m prone to stereotypes from all over the world. Such as, I drink tea and eat crumpets. What’s the biggest stereotype you’ve heard about yourself?

Slash: That I’m just a wasted, drug addict, alcoholic, who has a hard time putting two words together [laughs] And I’m crazy and out of control British person.

SLR: So you’re married with two sons?

Slash: Yes, I have two sons, one name London and one name Cash.

SLR: Have your sons shown any interest in music so far?

Slash: Thery’re young but they’re showing signs of some musicality. My oldest one loves the drums but every so often he likes to strike the rock guitar and the other one seems to like singing, which is good because we need more singers.

SLR: Do you listen to the younger generation of rock music?

Slash: I do but I don’t necessarily agree with them. Most of the rock bands out right noware a genre of music that I would necessarily call rock and roll.

SLR: Are you a fan of electronic music?

Slash: I don’t think I’ve ever really got into electronic music. Most of it’s pop or a technokind of thing. It’s not that appealing, I mean I can tolerate anything, except for country music but there no electronic musicians out there that are my cup of tea.

SLR: Recently we had the revival of other genres in mainstream music like Amy Winehouse, she’s always being connected with alcohol and drugs, how do you feel about musicians constantly being slaughtered in the media?

Slash: This whole new wave of awareness and watching every move that people aredoing is just really redundant and boring. I don’t know what it is with the fascination of everyone’s breathing moment but I think it’s always blown way out of proportion.

SLR: Definitely. So you feel that people like Britney Spears, the media are intruding on her rather that letting her live her life?

Slash: No, I think that they are torturing her. Yea it’s a form of torture. They keep commenting on her activities and her state of mind and then they keep rubbing her face in it. It’ gotta be uncomfortable to be on the cover of every tabloid globally when you’re obviously under a lot of stress, you know? And those things only add to it so basically they’re preying on her. It’s not that she doesn’t want it though. [laughs] Its hard to tell with her or any of them for that matter.

SLR: So have you ever had a problem with the paparazzi?

Slash: I’ve never had that kind of a problem; I think as a guitar player I’m a bit more low key, I don’t draw that much attention. I’ve also made sure that for everything unsavory that I’ve ever done, nobody’s knows about it. [laughs] In other words I don’t go parading around looking to cause trouble and to be caught doing it, or to be seen. Nowadays I’m a little bit less careless than I used to be if but if I was as crazy now as I was a few years back, in this current climate of the media I might be getting more exposure that I would want.

SLR: Do you have any hobbies besides music? i.e Do you bake, do you sew?

Slash: Yea I’m baker. [laughs] Na, I like cars, I like to go to the track every so often, I race if possible. I like to play poker. Hrmm I’m just thinking what I do for fun. You know I hang out with the kids. I have hobbies but they’re just little past time things.

SLR: You’ve collaborated with Michael Jackson in the past, he’s said to be having a new album out. Do you think you two will be doing a track together again for this new album?

Slash: It all depends if he calls me and asks if I wanted to play on something then I’d be honored to listen to it and see what the track sounds like to see if I could add something to it but that’s basically how that works. I don’t really go, ‘Hey Michael! You got a new song I can play on?’ [laughs] It doesn’t really work like that.

SLR: You’ve done a track with the late James Brown. Has he influenced your music at all?

Slash: James Brown, I think he’s influenced everybody in rock and roll. He brought ina certain kind of funk/soul thing that is undeniably his and that influenced all of us. I‘ve played with him couple of times and it was always been a great experience, everything’s always so tight and perfect.

SLR: Do you dance like him at all? Have you been influenced by his steps?

Slash: Oh no, I’ve never really been influenced by the dance. I admire it but I’m not much of a dancer.

SLR: I understand you have a liking for snakes?

Slash: Yea, I’m known for collecting snakes. I’ve been a wildlife animal fan every sinceI was little. The London Zoo and Natural History museum was my big hang out when I was a kid at Crystal Palace so dinosaurs and animals have always been my big thing but I really love snakes.

SLR: Are you computer savvy?

Slash: Yes as in send and receive emails. [laughs]

SLR: How about fan mail to you respond to it?

Slash: Yea but I’m pretty old school. I don’t blog or anything, I can’t even be bothered to get my laptop out but I respond to letters and sign stuff for fans and stuff like that.

SLR: You’ve previously recorded a song called, ‘Welcome to the jungle’. If someone said to you, “Slash, were going to the jungle right now!” What 3 things would you take?

Slash: A guitar, a pack of cigarettes and my BlackBerry.

SLR: Are you sure you BlackBerry would work in the jungle?

Slash: Ohh, I’d bring batteries. [laughs]

SLR: So how many cheetos do you reckon you could fit in your mouth?

Slash: Did you just make that up?

SLR: Yea I did

Slash: [laughs] Hmm I dunno, I’m not really a Cheetos guy, I’d have to experiment and get back to you.

HIMTM launch The Cut website

2008-03-29T12:16:00.002Z

VISIT TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, PACOIMA CITY, LA

2008-03-29T00:17:00.018Z

HIMTM recently visited the Boys and Girls Club in the San Fernando Valley, Pacoima City, Los Angeles. It was an amazing experience and look out for the full article coming very soon!

NINA AND NENDIE IN UPCOMING ISSUE OF SWINDLE MAG, LA

2008-03-28T21:25:00.004Z

Check out the feature in the Upcoming Swindle Magazine

THE CUT PROMO BY CIERON MAGAT

2008-03-28T21:18:00.001Z

BRENTON'S SHORT FILM, 'REVENGE', STILLS FROM THE SHOOT AT KENWOOD HOUSE

2008-03-28T20:51:00.004Z

Brenton has been working with HIMTM on his fantastic short film. With a grant of £500 from My Mediabox we were really lucky to get Kenwood House as the filming location. It usually costs hundreds of thousands to hire and parts of the new James Bond are filmed there. The film will be Premiered at the Sartorial Gallery on May 22nd and there is a preview this week at UCL on thursady the 3rd. Nina plays the role of Nira in the film and Nendie has provided the soundtrack.

The Cut Launch @ The ICA, 17th March

2008-03-28T19:04:00.014Z

We Party Hard. Fresh from the Launch at the ICA. See Hardeep (Newsnight Review), Kele Le Roc, NDubz, Chipmunk, Duane Henry, Skitz Beatz, Maniac, a few friends, a few strangers and the whole supercharged Cut team get down. We'll let the pictures do the talking. More Pictures Here courtesy of Talent.

DAVID LYNCH

2007-10-25T13:40:00.000+01:00

Aspiring film maker Zainab Adamou got the access film buffs dream of, with the help of HIMTM mentor Cathy Edwards, when the pair interviewed the legendary David Lynch yesterday as part of Radio 4's Today programme. Lynch is in the UK to speak on the 'David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness', which promotes transcendental meditation’s health and creativity-enhancing powers.
Download the interview here
.http://www.mediafire.com/?315tsztzxwz

CALLING YOUNG CREATIVES

2007-10-15T15:53:00.000+01:00

Are you aged 13 to 19 and based in West London and interested in a career in the media? In partnership with the Stowe Centre, Hardcore Is More Than Music is Launcing a Newspaper. We need you to fill it! Come along to the launch...

www.myspace.com/stowe_newspaper

T MAGIC WORLD

2007-07-26T18:16:00.000+01:00

T Magic, an amazing designer who's creating a lot of buzz right now (Pharells a fan!) came by the HIMTM Studio to do an interview with Ashwin and Patrick, two up and coming young people who have created their own fashion businesses.
Look out for the interview in the new edition coming soon!
http://artismyhustle.com/

FRANK SIDEBOTTOM AMAZING ART SHOW

2007-07-26T17:52:00.000+01:00

This is Nina painting the roof of the famous shed of Frank Sidebottom! A fantastic art installation is on at the Chelsea Arts Space. http://www.chelsea.arts.ac.uk/36429.htm

G BIZZLE!!

2007-06-07T15:43:00.000+01:00

Gordon Brown came to visit The Stowe Centre, HIMTM's youth base earlier this year, to launch a discussion paper entitled "Policy Review of Children and Young People" Seeing as everyones talking about him we thought we'd stick this up!

MyMediabox Talk

2007-06-07T15:37:00.000+01:00

Mediabox is a new fund that offers 13 to 19 year olds in England the opportunity to develop and produce creative media projects including film, television, radio and online platforms. What´s on offer? If you are aged 13-19 you can apply for grants from £100 - £1,000.

MyMediabox Representatives will be giving a talk on applying for a MyMediabox Award, at the Stowe Centre Tuesday June 14th. Please Email nina@hardcoreismorethanmusic.com
for more details.

http://www.media-box.co.uk/

FREEDM LAUNCH

2007-04-16T21:12:00.000+01:00

Hardcore Is More Than Music checks out the launch of the new DM's store on Neal Street. Doctors, nurses and misfits; the movie love child of 'Carry On' and 'Jubilee'.

Downstairs the DM's Gallery features designer customised boots by Vivienne Westwood, and Jimmy Choo among others. Our fave is Jonathan Richmonds tippex and teen angst inspired effort.

Entertain, inspire, create...
Nendie against the new FREEDM backdrop.

Nina hippy painting in the DM Store basement.

Crowd Steez: wear 'em straight out the box, white on white n' laces loose.
Man it looks like these are my feet!

HIMTM IN 'THE VOICE'

2007-04-16T19:05:00.000+01:00

Taken from the cover of 'The Voice' April 16th-22nd, 2007

Hardcore Is More Than Music Chess Tournament makes front page news!
Maxine Myers write up of the Tournament features on page 4 of this weeks Voice Newspaper, for their 25th anniversary Issue, with our youngest player Derrick finding himself on the cover. To see to full article click below.

MURKAGE!!

2007-04-08T22:43:00.000+01:00

AT the beginning of the tournament Kasparov spotted a typo in our booklet:

'It's very interesting', he said, 'you've managed to put the quarter finals after The Final. He also commented on the picture we had used in the booklet, 'it is a very old one', he said, look at my hair!'. There were some seriously funny moments beginning when one young G asked Garry, 'have you been beaten a lot?'. 'Obviously I have won more than I have lost!' he replied laughing, mystified. Then Wayne followed on, 'Which is your favourite piece?'. Garry carefully replied, 'you have to work with what you've got'.

Kasparov told Michael Dipple who runs Stowe that he had never visited a British youth centre before and at first both he and the young people seemed quite shy interacting. It was really sweet though when Angel, who helped us organise the tournament went up and shook his hand and said 'You are one of my idols man!'. Garry seemed to really like Angel and he signed a book with a special message to him.

Derrick, who was the youngest contestant (aged 11 yo), seemed to scare all the other players who suspected he might be a bit of a prodigy. A small disagreement broke out as 3 or 4 of the boys said' you play the little one', 'no you play the little one blud!'. Derrick is pretty good and incidently our birthdays are on the same day so that makes him special.

Kasparov lives in constant fear of his life because he is such an outspoken critic of the Kremlin and pretty brave, it has to be said. He was really charismatic and as he urged the young people to 'have courage' in their chess games it didn't half feel like we were in a surreal film: the kids, the worlds greatest chess player- oh did I mention there was a wake for a funeral wake going on downstairs in the youthcentre- bags and bags of chicken from Nandos and more silence in the chill out zone than Nina has ever heard.

Cameo from 1XTRA came to present the prizes. Cameo's really into chess and I swear he is SO upbeat and inspiring. As he called Colm to award him his bronze medal, I just couldn't spot him anywhere. Then I noticed Colm coming out of the boys toilets and the whole room look round and cheered him, it was pretty funny.

Winners t-shirts designed by Nina

THIS WAS ENGLAND

2007-04-01T20:34:00.000+01:00

See fashions at its most fearsome at the PMYCA exhibition of skinhead culture from the early 1980's, launched to coincide with Shane Meadows new film 'This Is England'. The exhibition is made up of the photo's of one time teen skin Gavin Watson, and his crew, in their High Wycombe hangouts. Make your own mind up about the 'Myth' that is the 'Skinhead'. Perhaps it wont be long before the boot is back.

Private view 11.4.2007
Exhibition 10.04 - 20.04.2007

PYMCA Gallery.
41 Clerkenwell Road, EC1M 5RS
Tube: Farringdon
Bus: 55, 243
Mon-Fri 11 – 6.30pm
Admission free

020 7251 8338

WESTWAY TO THE WORLD

2007-03-28T13:06:00.000+01:00

Welcome to the Hardcore Is More Music BLOG: WESTWAY TO THE WORLD; for the freshest word on road, from the heart of West London to the rest of the world.

Platform your ideas here first to our established and growing audience. We are looking for young people to pitch contributions to our BLOG.
Categories: Fashion, Music, Creative Industries, Society, Technology, Events.

Please email us with a brief paragraph on your idea or if you are running an event which you would like us to feature to- info@hardcoreismorethanmusic.com