Atlanta based solo R&B Jazz musician Joshua Worden has just released his new album of down tempo slow burners titled ‘Always This’. We were very impressed by his delectable melodies, smooth voice and top-notch production values. We will start off with what we believe are his finest works yet. We will start off with the video posted above ‘Midnight’ which is in spirit similar to ‘The Stranger’ by Billy Joel, but the tracks themselves are as different as chalk and cheese. I found myself gently swaying to this one (without realising it for a while) as it slowly draws you in and you let yourself go:
The next track that impressed us with its lovely changes in tempo, immaculate use of instruments by introducing them just at the perfect moments and theme of dealing with ageing gracefully or otherwise is called ‘Like a Rose’:
If you enjoy these samples of his work please pay a visit to his website: http://www.joshuaworden.com/ and follow him on the social medium of your choice from there.
Karan Khurana
Karan Khurana ( Born in 1982, Mumbai, India) makes photos and mixed media artworks. By using popular themes such as pointlessness, old monuments and nightlife, Khurana creates intense personal moments by means of rules and omissions, acceptance and refusal, luring the viewer round and round in circles.
His photos don’t reference recognisable form. The results are deconstructed to the extent that meaning is shifted and possible interpretation becomes multifaceted. By applying abstraction, he touches various overlapping themes and strategies. Several reoccurring subject matter can be recognised, such as the relation with popular culture and media, working with repetition, provocation and the investigation of the process of expectations.
His works are saturated with obviousness, mental inertia, clichés and bad jokes. They question the coerciveness that is derived from the more profound meaning and the superficial aesthetic appearance of an image. By parodying mass media by exaggerating certain formal aspects inherent to our contemporary society, he makes works that can be seen as self-portraits. Sometimes they appear idiosyncratic and quirky, at other times, they seem typical by-products of consumer-oriented superabundance and marketing.
His works often refer to pop and mass culture. Using written and drawn symbols, a world where light-heartedness rules and where rules are undermined is created.
Karan Khurana currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany!
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