BEDWIN & THE HEARTBREAKERS Joins the Black Keys's Art Director for Collaborative Event

After a year apart, BEDWIN & THE HEARTBREAKERS rejoins Michael Carney for a collaborative drop; Best known as the art director for the Black Keys, Carney is also the brother of drummer Patrick Carney and creative director of Shady Character Eyewear. Centering around an event dubbed “ENTER THE VOID,” BEDWIN & THE HEARTBREAKERS is hosting a string of DJ sets, with Carney and Paris’s DJ Yellow scheduled to perform. To commemorate the night, the Japanese brand has created limited black & white tees emblazoned with artwork & text from the event flyer, which will accompany goods from Shady Character.

“ENTED THE VOID” goes down in Shibuya, Tokyo, on April 16.

Most recently, BEDWIN & THE HEARTBREAKERS debuted the lookbook for its slouchy Spring/Summer 2018 range.

ENTER THE VOID BEDWIN & THE HEARTBREAKERS AND SHADY CHARACTER EYEWEAR IN COLLABORATION WITH MICHAEL CARNEY Date / MONDAY 16 APRIL time / 7pm – 11pm place / TRUNK HOTEL address / 5-31 Jingumae Shibuya-ku Tokyo 150-0001 guest dj / Michael Carney , DJ Yellow (from Paris) , Licaxxx , Manaha from The Antoiettes produced by BEDWIN & THE HEARTBREAKERS 来る4/16(月)に現在アイコニックにもなりつつあるホテル、TRUNK HOTELにて BEDWINがプロデュースするイベントを今回 The Black Keysのアートディレクターでもあるマイケル・カーニー氏とのコラボレーションを記念して開催。実際にマイケル・カーニー氏がDJを披露。更に、パリの最初のインディーレコード・レーベルYellow productionsの創始者DJYellow。ハウス/テクノ・フリークであればその名を知らない人はいないであろうDJ Yellowは伝説的なDJ/プロデューサー/A&Rである。その彼が今回特別にイベントに参戦！ 90年代のパリのクラブ・ミュージック・シーンを支えてきたレジェンドのプレイは絶対に見逃してはならない！更に今、絶大な人気を誇るこの2人、Licaxxx、Manaha from The Antoinettesも参加決定！月曜からなんとも豪華なラインナップ！会場では、今回のコラボレーションTシャツも販売予定。

A post shared by BEDWIN & THE HEARTBREAKERS (@bedwin_official) on Apr 12, 2018 at 3:53am PDT

Over the last year I have been working with @tommyogara on the creative direction for @shadycharactereyewear.official and the brand launch event is tonight @ronhermanstore in shibuya. This has been an incredible and exciting experience and I am excited to see the brand make its way out into the world. Shady Character was originally started in the late 70s in New York. The original brand worked directly with a legendary New York eyewear factory and made their frames using classic 1950s designs executed in wild colors and materials. The brand was embraced by the downtown music and art community because of its distorted take on the 1950s American sensibility. We have worked hard over the last year trying to create a visual identity and product range that is inspired by the original brand but appropriate for today. All of the illustrations were made by @aaronlangecomix who I went to art school with and is one of my favorite illustrators and story tellers. I made a series of posters for the launch that will be on display tonight in shibuya and tomorrow in Nagoya. There will be a launch event tomorrow in Nagoya at double Dutch. And in may we will have launch events in LA and New York.

A post shared by Artist / Designer (@carneymichael) on Apr 12, 2018 at 4:59pm PDT

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