After wrapping up 2016 by popping on numerous year-end lists from the likes of Rolling Stone, Remezcla, andKEXP, Venezuelan artist Algodón Egipcionow readies “El Ciclo del Agua” (“TheWater Cycle”,) the third single off his sophomore album La Confianza Ciega.
On “El Ciclo del Agua,” the producer adds elements from shoegaze and hip-hop to his peculiar brand of eccentric electronic pop music, creating a journey crafted to emote with its textures and dynamics. He does so while linking through metaphors the biogeochemical process with crying as a source of renovation and purification for human beings.
The single is accompanied by a music video done in Barcelona, Spain, by director Jordi Estrada. The visuals present two young men going through a phase of discovery, serving as a window to a friendship that sometimes is tender, others violent;where submission and addiction intertwine, as well as fear and hope. In his own words, he and his teamportrayed a “hedonistic fantasy in their little corner of intimacy, where we explore the idealization of masculinity, platonic desire and self-destruction’s subliming freedom.”
In the context of the current conservative wave that blankets the globe, Estrada, under the banner of Protagoras’ principle of “man is the measure of all things,” searches for his individual truth, which doesn’t necessarily aligns with Western heteronormativity
Founded by designers Shukri Lawrence and Omar Braika, Trashy Clothing has built a reputation as an “anti-luxury luxury” label that uses satire, contradiction, and storytelling to challenge fashion’s traditional codes.
Loewe unveiled their Fall/Winter 2026 collection at Paris Fashion Week which included the long awaited menswear under the direction of Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez.
Some connections refuse to stay in their lane. Honey Dijon understands this, and her new single “Just Friends” traces the exact line where two people pretend they do not want more.
Under the direction of Haider Ackermann, FW26 marks one year since he debuted at Tom Ford, where he has leaned into the house’s fascination with seduction.
Castaneda‘s new collection is called “Canis Improbus.” Latin for “nasty dog.” The image attached to it is a little punk French poodle, which tells you something about the thinking here. In a world full of violence, cuteness… »
Turn the page. Breathe deep. Your pupils are already dilating. The high is coming.
Issue 26 brings together two electrifying covers that take the dopamine dive from Sadiq Desh captured by Cris Cerdeira to multidisciplinary visual artist and photographer Tomás Pintos’ cover story, Besos hasta agotar stock (Kisses Until Sold Out), developed from the live performance creating a space where glamour
meets exhaustion.
