Trouble & Bass Roundup

Last Saturday, New York’s heavy bass champions Trouble & Bass turned four years old with another sweat-drenched, speaker wobbling, and totally sold out party at Manhattan night spot Le Poisson Rouge. A thousand revelers went bonkers for Dutch house stormer Bart B More and dubstep innovator Plastician, who had troublemakers screaming and mobbing the front row like it was a Metallica concert.

Drop the Lime performed singles from his forthcoming album (complete with a crowd-surfing saxophone player) and AC Slater celebrated his new mixtape with live performances from Dell, 77 Klash, and Telli of Ninjasonik, while T&B crew members Star Eyes and The Captain smashed it down with the best in low-end-heavy house, grime, bassline, and dubstep. Elvira was in the house, along with plenty of cupcakes, glow-in-the-dark fangs, weird signs, and T&B fans freaking out about all the giveaways, including some rad new iPhone case flavors from Incase.

Michna – Incase Mix

Our friends at Ghostly International hooked us up with an exclusive Michna mix featuring some of his favorite club tunes for 2010.

Matador Records 21st Anniversary Party

Today is a special day, perhaps even a perfect day, for today—after many months of keepin’ a tight lid on it—is the day we announce our sponsorship of Matador at 21, (aka Matador Records 21st Anniversary Party) at the Palms Hotel & Casino in brutally weird Las Vegas, Nevada. With scheduled performances by more than 19 past and present Matador Records alumni, (including the reunited Guided By Voices, Pavement, and COME), this will truly be a once in a lifetime 3-day event.

In addition to the live performances, Matador will be releasing its expansive six-disc Matador at 21 box set today (September 28). As well, Incase and Altamont Apparel are joining forces with Matador 21 to create 2,500 commemorative tote bags loaded up with all kinds of spastic fun stuff, including Incase cases for your iPhone 4 + an extremely limited edition Matador 21 10″ single. To put into perspective just how special this is event is, here’s the performance roster and set times. We truly look forward to losing it with you this weekend.

Friday, October 1:
Pavement: 12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.
Fucked Up: 9:35 p.m. – 10:15 p.m.
Chavez: 8:30 p.m. – 9:10 p.m.
Guitar Wolf: 7:30 p.m. – 8:10 p.m.


Saturday, October 2:


Belle & Sebastian: 11:45 p.m. – 1:00 a.m.

Spoon: 10:25 p.m. – 11:15 p.m.

Perfume Genius: 7:55 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.

Come: 5:45 p.m. – 6:25 p.m.

Girls: 4:40 p.m. – 5:20 p.m.



Sunday, October 3:


Guided By Voices: 11:30 p.m. – 1:00 a.m.

Liz Phair: 9:50 p.m. – 10:10 p.m.

The New Pornographers: 8:40 p.m. – 9:25 p.m.

Ted Leo & The Pharmacists: 7:35 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.

Shearwater: 6:30 p.m. – 7:10 p.m.

Ari Marcopoulos: Now is Forever

The opening reception for the Ari Marcopoulos exhibition “Now is Forever” was a celebration of the past and the present between friends and admirers at Project Space. The event featured a combination of photo and video visuals as well as a look at the new Ari Marcopoulos Camera Bag.

A Look Back: “Now is Forever” Opening Reception at Project Space

Last night’s opening reception for the Ari Marcopoulos exhibition “Now is Forever” was a celebration of the past and the present between friends and admirers at Project Space. The event featured a combination of photo and video visuals as well as a look at the new Ari Marcopoulos Camera Bag.

The exhibition presented images from Ari’s new book via a wall mounted presentation constructed simply of actual pages from a copy of Now is Forever flush-mounted to plywood panels, creating a compelling visual narrative of the travelogue of images Ari shot around the world.

The event also highlighted “Moroso Crew”, a 60-minute cinema vérité documentary about illegal drag racing in Brooklyn and the Bronx that Ari shot in 1992. The film was projected onto a backdrop encompassing the Project Space storefront window, making it visible to both guests at Project Space and onlookers on La Brea Avenue.

Good company in attendance included Aaron Rose, Keith Hufnagel of HUF, Curated by Arkitip featured artist C.R. Stecyk III and artist Michael Leon.

Thanks to all who came out and to Ari for all his work on the product collaboration and the exhibition!

“Now is Forever” will be featured at Project Space through October 15.

Eley Kishimoto Flash On Week

In association with London Fashion Week, the London Design Festival and the Anti Design Festival, Eley Kishimoto’s LONDON FLASH ON WEEK is an event celebrating and launching “Flash” collaboration projects with a select group of brands including Incase, Duvel, BMW Motorrad and Cinelli in association with the Bicycle Film Festival London, each representing the perfect balance between creative flair and simple execution.

Available Now: Eley Kishimoto For Incase

The Incase x Eley Kishimoto 13″ MacBook Pro Sleeve, iPad Sleeve and the Slider Case for iPhone 4 are available now in our webstore, Eley Kishimoto Online Shop and discerning boutiques worldwide.

Bonus: We have some exclusive photos from the Eley Kishimoto Flash On Week event.

Viva dublab!

On September 21st, the globally revered, non-profit Internet-radio station dublab will celebrate its 11th anniversary by throwing the first annual “Creative Cultivation fundraiser dinner” at JF Chen’s antique showroom in Los Angeles. This very special evening of music, food, film and philanthropy will include 120 seated guests and approximately 30 performers and volunteer staff.

This is a fantastic opportunity to support our extended music & arts community, not just in Los Angeles or on the West Coast, but around the world. The Creative Cultivation fundraiser is guaranteed to be one of the most interesting, entertaining and delicious experiences you’ll have all year. We’re proud to support dublab and sincerely hope you’ll join us.

Now is Forever Limited Edition Book

The Ari Marcopoulos Camera Bag comes with Now is Forever, a limited-edition book of unpublished Ari Marcopoulos photographs.

Now is Forever takes the form of a travelogue with images from Italy, Japan, United States, France and England. Ari Marcopoulos looks for the familiar in everything; in doing so, he creates one new place out of many.

Ari Marcopoulos

Working with artist and photographer Ari Marcopoulos, we’ve created a limited-edition camera bag perfect for professional photographers and enthusiasts alike.

During the the last month of his stay in the area of Sonoma (about an hour away from the Golden Gate Bridge), Ari took photographer/cinematographer Lele Saveri and Giuseppe Furcolo on a tour of this beautifully quiet region where deer roam free and the moon shines bright at night.

A few weeks before moving back to the chaotic life of New York City, which he left 12 years ago, he took Lele and Peppe tree-climbing in the valley. They spent the day jumping into a deserted reservoir, hitting golf balls into an empty field, wandering through the graves of the small town’s cemetery and discovering all the spots where local kids hide away from adult eyes.

During this weekend-long journey, they had the chance of meeting both of Ari’s teenage sons, some of their friends, some local fans of Ari’s work, a beautifully proud 92-year old lady and a couple of Mexican men enjoying the shade on a sunny summer day.

Lele, Giuseppe and Ari worked together on the making of this video, surrounded by Ari’s life packed away in boxes ready to go his new home. While Ari showed all old photographs and videos that were discovered during his packing, the Italians were cooking some specialities with the fresh produce of the Californian countryside.

Photos by Lele Saveri.