L'ART Issue 2 - The Dream Issue

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June 2011

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Contents Editor’s LetterMusic

Fashion

Performing Arts

9 Get to know DJ Platinum and

Heavy Duty Promotions

18 Music should be about music. Meet apprentice to the game, D.I. Esquire

Hi all and wel-come to the sec-

ond issue of L’ART; the ‘dream’ issue. We all have dreams that we wish to fulfil but these are not always put into action. But with the right support, determination and motivation, nothing is impossible.

We hope the stories of these young adults en-courage you to keep working hard. Each idea counts, which is why the world of arts is growing everyday. So, are you living your dream?

Enjoy!

Letisha & Daniella

6 Check out our favourite looks for

Summer 2011

16 Love, Fashion, Life. Get the latest from the future, Daniela Dee

4 Charity dance showcase for the

Oxfordshire Deaf Children’s Society

21 Parasol charity needs you!

22 Dancer Hailey Coleman introduces us to The Breakfast Club

Reviews 14 Word on the Street

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doing the dance classes after-wards.” Some of the groups taking part are the Desert Dia-monds; a belly dancing group, Unleashed; known for their expert tutting moves and D.L. Phunk; a new street, cheer and contemporary dance group.

All groups were willing to take part and the Desert Dia-monds even volunteered to be involved. Lucia will also be dancing a contemporary duet with her friend.

There will be a programme for guests to read with the running order of the show and a small charge for entry with adult tickets being £5 and £2 for children under 12-years-old. Hearing-impaired chil-dren will have free entry as this fundraiser is for them.L’ART

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Have you got plans for Sunday June 12th? If

not, put this date in your di-ary to support a well-deserved cause.

This charity dance showcase has been planned to raise money and awareness for the Oxfordshire Deaf Children’s Society (ODCS). From 1pm-5pm at the Regal, Ox-ford, there will be a variety of dance performances, a DJ, food stalls and a belly dancing workshop to enjoy.

Dance student, Lucia Giaco-ponello, has always wanted to run an event that is close to her heart. Her younger brother was born deaf in both ears. Although a hearing aid

isn’t much help to him, he has learnt to lip read and has con-tinued to have perfect speech since he was a child.

“My mum just wanted him to talk,” says Lucia. “He had a special tutor from a really young age and before he start-ed school, he would see her everyday and play.

“I feel really bad because he feels left out at school just be-cause he can’t hear. It doesn’t make him any different so I just hope this will work.”

There aren’t enough oppor-tunities for deaf children, which is why Lucia is doing this. “They occasionally get funding to take everyone to

Legoland and a summer BBQ. The kids love it but I want to raise money so they can have more activities.

“This will be a family event so people can bring young kids; even people who aren’t so big on dance can come to support their friends.

“I’ve been torn between doing classes for deaf children and doing a big event. So if this is successful, I will consider

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DJ Platinum

symptoms and I wasn’t my-self.

“But I did meet Charli at Lava! Meeting a girl in a club is so cliché, but she really helped me. I started networking again and landed a job with DJ Bizzy, who put me onto the Slick & Sexy events.”

Bizzy is a Bournemouth based promoter who hosts nights in Banbury. “Slick & Sexy has been my bread and butter. I’ve loved every minute of it. It’s a different crowd and they’re appreciative of music.”

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Louis ‘Platinum’ May has been a DJ since he was

13.

“My brother, Clinton and I bonded over music, so it was natural to put a sound togeth-er. He would hand out my demos at every club.”

He started playing at parties, worked at Kiss bar and then moved onto club Lava Ignite, which he describes as the peak of his career.

He featured alongside a number of DJ’s and UK acts. But Louis got into trouble (at the club), which cost him his job.

“When I lost my residency I was out of pocket. Working Thursday to Sunday, to noth-ing, gave me hard withdrawal

“I was too fat to run around the field and play football,” Louis says, laughing at his school memory,

tated because he wants to edu-cate himself and avoid being stuck in one method of play-ing.

At Abingdon and Witney Col-lege, Louis studied Music Technology, passing with four A to C grades. His qualifica-tions are in radio, broadcast-ing, studio recording and live performance.

With a good understanding of the music industry, he uses his knowledge to advantage. “You can’t play for yourself. If I do have a certain song I want to play, I mix it with a more recognised tune. You’ve got to think of the majority, not the minority.”

Having a niche is also impor-tant, so Louis makes sure he stands out. “I’m always wear-ing bright colours and head-phones round my neck. My stage name, Platinum, is also becoming my character.”

It’s not always a steady income but Louis doesn’t see this as a side job. He had a radio show on OX4fm and plans to return in the future. He also wants to bring Slick & Sexy to Oxford, become an established remix producer and include Clinton in his business strategy.

“I look up to my brother be-cause he taught me about music.” They also plan to go abroad and play together.

Heartless Crew and Stephen ‘Di Genius’ McGregor (son of reggae star, Freddie McGre-gor) are another two of Louis’ idols. “There are a lot of great people I respect; more of my local talents than the higher because I believe they need the love.”

Louis currently works with Heavy Duty Promotions. “We’ve still got a long way to go but I’m enjoying what I’ve got right now.”

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Louis ‘Platinum’ May, Charlotte ‘Charli’

Thompson and Chad ‘C.P.L’ Leotaud are working hard to create the ultimate clubbing experience for their public.

“Chad and I were involved in music when we first met,” said Louis. “While he was in Trinidad, I was making a name for myself and once he came back, I involved him in the event promotions project.”

“But I had a few setbacks so it’s been like the death of me as an artist and the re-birth of

our group, Heavy Duty Pro-motions.” Louis met Charli soon after and she became the personal assistant. Charli said: “I control the handling of money, time and organisa-tion.

“I’m not from Oxford so I’m more involved in the business side. Chad and Louis are the face of the group.”

Things are working in their favour. Organising a monthly party bus to Banbury’s Slick & Sexy events have become a hit & Chad works with pro

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moters to advertise up and coming events.

Charli said: “We want to promote Slick & Sexy in Oxford so we have some familiar faces, especially for the mini-bus. It’s a saviour for people.”

“Plus everyone will know Bizzy if he was to bring an event to Oxford,” said Louis.

Individually, each member has other commitments. Chad is studying Business Administration and Charli has been work-ing full-time at an after-school club. “It fits in perfectly with Louis’ DJing,” she said.

Louis is also preparing remixes and mix-tapes for the future. Not only are they building their own business, they’re guiding established and local artists.

“I am willing to use the links I’ve got to help them,” he said. “I see it as an act of unity, so in terms of networking and

branching, I will help.”

“The sky is the limit,” said Louis. We want to host our own nights.”

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THE ONLY WAY IS ESSEXFrom the life of vajazzles, being reem and glamping, we asked you which cast member you would most

like to meet on your 2011 summer vacation...

Che HarryAmy & Joey Essex. They’re too funny. They might add me to the cast.

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Meet third year Fashion & Promotions student at Southampton Solent University, Daniela De Matteo. I

caught up with her in a phone interview, as she spoke Uni, styling, contacts and Carrie Bradshaw.

Dream:To be a stylist and a creative writerLoves: Incorporating different styles. It’s what she’s all aboutSummer plans: Spending two weeks at More! Magazine and time with designers at Warehouse. “Hopefully they like me and love what I do.”

The future is Fashion

L’ART: Hi Daniela. Can you clarify for us what it is you study at Uni?Daniela Dee: We cover retail and business areas like pro-motion and marketing & de-sign. We do magazine work, business reports, have worked on visual merchandising and we always work with Pho-

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toshop and do mood boards. It’s all about tastes and styles.L’ART: Describe your dream job for us.Daniela Dee: I’ve gone from wanting to be a buyer, to a stylist and to being in fashion PR or events.L’ART: What is it you want to achieve with your work in the next five years?Daniela Dee: I’ve just started

my portfolio and I’ve started my blog. On my blog I want to start writing my thoughts, then incorporating that with styling. That’s one of the main things I want to focus on and selling myself as a prod-uct.L’ART: Where do you look for inspiration?Daniela Dee: It’s all about

what you feel and what you like and then mixing it to-gether and creating your own style.L’ART: And finally, any plans for when Uni is over? Daniela Dee: I’ve dreamed since I was little to be a real life Carrie Bradshaw, with my own blog, mixing life & fash-ion. Doing work experience is the most important thing. It’s all about contacts. It’s such a competitive area.L’ART: Thanks Daniela.

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on your ra-dio & felt like everyone sounds the same? Maybe I’m getting old, but a lot of new artists seem to be singing the same old song, claiming they’re the “best in the game” before they’ve even released their first album.

Back in the days of Brian McKnight, Boyz II Men & Donnell Jones, R&B art-ists had their own unique style. One artist, whose chilled out music really stands out from the crowd today, has convinced me there is still hope.

D.I. Esquire (esquire meaning assistant to a knight) is a young man from Nottingham who

threw himself into music two years ago and hasn’t looked back since.

After studying business at col-lege, he surrendered to the fact that music was too important to give up and began record-ing songs. Inspired by singers like Stevie Wonder, Dimetrie discovered he enjoyed mak-ing, recording & performing music. He spent hours in the studio perfecting material & creating a brilliant first EP, setting the scene for what is to come from this promising new talent.

Preliminary Sketches, is an eclectic mix of R&B, Soul & a bonus funky house remix. ‘Call Answer’s’ smooth blend of great vocals and produc-tion, flawless harmonies and simple melody, makes it my favourite track.

Creating the EP was an organ-ic one. Dimetrie and a close friend would bounce ideas off of each other until they were completely happy with each song. Its stripped down style is a welcome alternative to music we hear today, allow-ing listener’s to focus on the vocals.

After receiving great feed-back, Esquire is in the studio recording his second project, Governing Body. The first sin-gle ‘Turn You Out’, is an up-tempo song that will be one for the ladies, showcasing his versatility.

Dimetrie’s priority is making classic music people can con-nect with. His ultimate aim is to write a song that will be remembered and covered for years to come.

What a breath of fresh air to come across an artist who pays trib-ute to leg-ends and a c k n o w l -edges their i n f l u e n c e s on him. The fact that he understands the dedica-tion needed to go from appren t i ce to knight, c o n v i n c e s me that D.I. Esquire will put his stamp on the music industry.

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wants to keep the chivalry and romance in caught up with her friend and reports to& songwriter.

They brought you ener-getic street performers,

modern dancers and even a drama & sing-a-long to an adapted musical of Grease.

On April 10th, Pegasus Thea-tre opened its doors to a great amount of people who came out to support the Parasol Plat-form, held to raise money for the much loved charity.

“The show was a huge success. Such talented and wonderful young performers all sharing one stage, giving it their all,” said co-organiser EmJ Greig. “More importantly everyone was there to support such an

incredible local charity, who inevitably stole the show with their Grease medley.”

Co-organiser Helen Wadge also expressed thanks to hosts at Pegasus who volun-teered their time for the evening.

Parasol defi-nitely proved disabled chil-dren & young people should

have the same leisure oppor-tunities as their non-disabled peers. Here’s to Parasol hav-ing many more successes. EmJ & co. took part in the 25 peak challenge in May. The 53.5km two day walk saw the group raise above their £300+ target!

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The Breakfast

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Think 80’s retro, Madonna and a dance ability that

will have your eyes glued to their every move.

With their name taken from the 1985 movie, The Break-fast Club (TBC) is a group “not anything like those other hip-hop dance groups out there,” says dancer Hai-ley Coleman, who joined the group after successfully mak-ing it into the audition’s final cut.

“I heard about it through a friend who said there were auditions being held at Dance Attic (a rehearsal studio in Fulham, Lon-don) for a new dance group. They were look-ing for eight dancers and I made it.”

Described by Hailey as a “funky, crazy dance group with a retro style”, TBC is inspired by an 80’s Madonna

Hailey: Getting into character

Member Hailey Coleman talks us through the funky 80’s dance

group that is like no other...

and the film, The Breakfast Club, where a group of stere-

otypical labelled teens must spend a Saturday detention together. Hours

pass and they become friends.

As a performer, there is an added bonus to be had with costume and TBC really cre-ate their own world on stage, allowing us to be transported back to the 80’s along with them.

“They love to have fun with

costume and crazy hair & make-up,” says Hailey, as she explains stylist and direc-tor, Lottie and Jono’s crea-tive choices when it comes to TBC’s dress code. The aim is to be individual; and that they

definitely are.

Hailey still has goals she would like to achieve, as do the rest of TBC. Having sup-ported acts like Tinie Tempah, performed at the Hackney Empire and even spent time doing what she loves in Mum-bai, India, she continues to be ambitious with her career.

“I want to be dancing at as

“We are like a fam-ily. We have so

much fun together.”

many events as possible, to be support acts for big artists & for the group to be more known and get bigger and

bigger,” she says.

And whilst on the subject of dancer events, TBC will ap-pear at Gay Pride London. The annual parade & festi-val takes place this month and next, in Central London areas. “It’s gonna be a big one.

“Just be happy with what you do. If you love dance and want it that bad, just go for it,” Hailey concluded. “The buzz I get when I perform is unlike anything else. Nothing makes me happier than that.”

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