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Vox Groovy Radio

Producing a radio show for some of our ultimate fans taught us a thing or two during the last couple of years. With this experience under our belt we thought that it might be time to welcome the new decade by launching a new show on RVG. As you might expect, we’d like it if everything was connected to the arts and culture, but we’d also like to continue to grow our audience. This is why we’ve chosen to focus on storytelling. Our new show—Moonlit Tales—strives to reignite your passion for traditional stories and the deeper meanings hidden within them. You can expect to see more updates regarding the first installment over the Christmas holidays!

For the time being, please enjoy Art Relax and the wide variety of musical genres we play. With progressive rock, symphonic metal and indie rock—RVG is bound to have something to whisk you away for the remainder of the night.

Lastly, if you can understand the Slovak language and have an interest in contemporary art, feel free to tune in to the [.sk] version of Art Relax every other evening at 08:00 PM (GMT).

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Art Relax Retrospective:

The Passing Widow’s Story

We know that our show’s [.sk] listeners love Big Big Train’s The Passing Widow, so we treated them to a small preview of our exclusive interview with David Longdon on Tuesday night. Everyone was delighted to learn more about the story behind the song before we played it again, and we’ve heard that they’re all very excited for the publication of the full interview. Here’s hoping you all enjoy it as much as we enjoyed working on it!

In 2014, A Midsummer Night’s Dream was reimagined by Julie Taymor and a stellar cast. It all begins when a mischievous faery named Puck invites the audience to dream, and once they do, all of the rules that are present in our reality are forgotten in favor of Shakespeare’s lunar vision. Nina was lucky enough to see a recording of the New York stage production, and she was here to relate the details of Taymor’s topsy-turvy world back to our listeners on Thursday. So, if you’re struggling to keep up with the ever-changing world of theatre, Vox Groovy would recommend that you accept Puck’s invitation as soon as it arrives!

Next, Jana talked to us about the theremin—the only instrument that is not touched when played. It’s a fascinating device, named after its inventor, Leon Theremin, who first patented it way back in 1928. In spite of its short history, the theremin continues to capture a handful of musicians’ interest thanks to the unique sound that it produces. Interestingly enough, it is often used for movie soundtracks, bringing its eerie sound to Hitchcock’s Spellbound (1945), Wilder’s The Lost Weekend (1945), etc. In the end, we concluded that it’s definitely worth considering if you’re looking to bring an avant-garde feel to the audio side of your next creative endeavor.

Lastly, Max spent some time talking about ancient Greek epigrams and the humanity, value and wisdom contained within each and every one. This sparked a discussion about the importance of reconnecting with ancient peoples and some of their ways. In the end, we concluded that reading something as personal as the epigrams found in anthologies like Peter Jay’s is both humbling and useful to those of us who want to understand what the civilizations of old were like. With that said, this show was also ready to enter the eternal depths of history.

Thank you all for tuning in, we hope to hear from you all again this Sunday!

Featured Artists:

Nightwish, Big Big Train, Evan Rachel Wood, The Beatles, Visions Of Atlantis, Gareth Coker, Whoopie Cat, David Bowie, The Amazing Devil, Regina Spektor, Cosmograf (and more).

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Irakli Nadar

Irakli Nadar is a Georgian digital artist whose main focus is creating hyper-realistic portraits of beautiful models and pop culture icons. As I see it, all of Nadar’s portraits have been successful because all of them have gone viral and brought him thousands of awestruck followers on social media. This artist’s portfolio is a combination of hyper-realism, wonderful lighting, and a set of unique renditions of popular characters like Overwatch’s Mercy and Princess Mononoke.

I think that when it comes to “marketability,” this mix is nigh impossible to beat. Nadar currently displays thirty-six pieces on ArtStation, and if you add up the views, you’ll see that they’ve garnered 1.9 million views, meaning that the community’s interest in a video tutorial from him is going to peak soon. The two video tutorials he does have no commentary so he’d definitely like to improve the product’s quality before releasing anymore.

In the interview, he told Vox Groovy that, “I want to add voice-over narration to my tutorials, but I also want to keep the subtitles for people who are hearing-impaired or for those who speak another language.” Interestingly, he’s also experimenting with a bigger navigator panel because it’s easier to see what’s going on if you can see how the whole painting changes over the course of time.

Today, Vox Groovy brings you an exclusive interview with Nadar where we talk about his artistic past, some of the harsher criticisms he’s been met with, and his plans for the future. (You can expect to see a series of improved video tutorials soon). Here’s hoping that you learn something new!

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