I came across a blog about a young British product designer called Scott Hobbs, who is just finishing his 4th year at Dundee Uni and has already come up with a new take on the turntable as part of a project called ‘Sensing Sounds’…seems like from this showing that he’s the sort of guy that will come up with some pretty amazing things in his designing career.

He has taken the record…and the traditional turntable out of the equation…and he’s replaced them with a pair of touch sensitive screens that visually give you a waveform of the tracks being played. You look at the screen and SEE the beats. In my none DJ-ing head this would make it a lot simpler to match beats, but whether it would be easier…ask someone that can play

You can find his video’s by clicking the link on his name…check them out

Glimpses of ‘08 - styles landing SOON.

Yo!

I can’t help myself. But I gotta post some of the new designs coming out. You’ve already seen some pics of the True Life tee. Here’s a couple more as well: Crest in a 3 colour fade in my fave colour combos - lime, gray, hot pink & white - and also one of the Life/Love tattoo series we got coming out next year..

Keep checkin back to see whats dropping in 08.

Clothe Your Mind. RISE Worldwide, people - yeah!

Ranui.

Check out some previews from our latest shoot - Graveyard Shift.

RISE Worldwide.

CLOTHE YOUR MIND. 

For those of you who missed it…for those of you who are new readers…and for those of you who can’t be bothered to delve into the relatively small archives of the RISE blog…

I’m again blowing the trumpet of KEYSNKRATES…simultaneously representing the raw soul of live instrumentation and the progressive technology of electronic music, KEYSNKRATES are officially here to bridge the gap.

Previously having toured the globe on individual musical conquests, group frontmen DJ Jr. Flo and eclectic soul musician Matisse are collectively reinterpreting and breathing new life into both classic and contemporary Hip Hop and Electronic music.

The self proclaimed “Live Remix” artists are something to be both seen and heard.

http://www.myspace.com/keysnkrates

Here are a few pics you have sent us in of the people who love RISE really repping…some in more inventive ways than others….We can add to this as more of you send them in….

Laura Ricketts snapped some pics of thebandwithnoname playing while she was at the Ultimate event at alton towers last week, and the guys were RISErepresenting…

www.thebandwithnoname.com

So we thought we’d let you have a look at them….And also encourage those of you who are trigger happy with your cameras, to get some pics e-mailed in to us of you wearing your RISE gear…or anyone else you can snap wearing it.

Just emptying out the archives - heres some of the vintage designs knocking about the G4 at home. Some of these we printed, and some were concept. Ill be dropping in bits n pieces as I go thru the archives, no doubt.

Ranui.