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LOVERBOY MAKES MUSIC
LOVERBOY has always had an indomitable musical pulse throbbing at its core. For Charles Jeffrey, music is tantamount to fashion and visual art in the diverse roster of inspirations feeding his practice.
AW22’s Art of Noise collection presents a polyphonic love letter to music, riffing on the work of rebel cellist Arthur Russell alongside countless other influences.
In an unprecedented move marking the collection’s launch, Charles has teamed up with a host of talented musical collaborators to produce his first ever album, Neko. Penning lyrics with the multidisciplinary artist Robert Fox and working on production with experimental musician Tom Furse – formerly of The Horrors – the project has united close friends of LOVERBOY. The result is a multi-genre soundscape, oscillating from the classical to the industrial via soaring synths, hypnotic beats and spoken word courtesy of rising rapper Taliable.
Intended as a sonic accompaniment to the Art of Noise collection, Neko also marks a return to the dystopian narrative initially touched upon in AW20’s Hell Mend You offering, which centres on the inhabitants of a post-apocalyptic world fighting to reach the mythic floating city of AJUKA. The album’s title, taken from the Japanese word for cat, points subtly to a feline motif that slinks repeatedly through the LOVERBOY universe.
NEKO
On 31/10/22 Charles Jeffrey LOVERBOY released its debut album entitled NEKO. In launch of this, LOVERBOY's collaborators: Charles Jeffrey; Robert Fox; Tom Furse curated an Audiovisual Experience, hosted at and with The Institute of Contemporary Arts. Missed out on this? We're clicking rewind... proudly presenting NEKO's Audiovisual Experience, virtually!
Credits:
Director and Editor - Robert Fox
Creative Director - Charles Jeffrey
AI Editor - Tom Furse
Producer - Tom Furse
Animator - Josh Quinton
Featured Artists - TaliaBle and Fi McCluskey
Special Thanks: ICA for hosting and collaborating on the physical event.
Blast
Charles Jeffrey Loverboy presents NEKO a project by Charles Jeffrey, Tom Furse, Robert Fox.
Director - Robert Fox
Director of Photography - Peter Garajszki
Producer - Thomas Prees
Set Design - Jack Davey
Hair Stylist - Charles Stanley
Make-up artist - Mari Kuno
1st AC - Ciaran Tunmer
Gaffer - Luke Halstead
Technical Assistance - Emma Jones
Driver - Arnis Koleda
Animation & Polaroids -Josh Quinton
GREY NIGHT / BLACK HOLE
Charles Jeffrey has long been a devotee kneeling at the altar of the musical greats and their mesmeric artform. He is also something of a musician himself. With the help of his peerless collaborators, Robert Fox and Tom Furse, Charles recently managed to sing and play himself into absolute oblivion… Watch these calamitous events unfold in the brand-new video for GREY NIGHT / BLACK HOLE.
Written and Directed - Robert Fox
Cinematographer - Tom Eames
Hair Stylist - Charles Stanley
Make-up Artist - Mari Kuno
Lighting and Camera Assistant - Emma Jones
Set Arrangement and Polaroids - Josh Quinton
Video Edit - Robert Fox
Location & Special Thanks - Haha Sounds Studio & Syd Kemp
Starring - Tom Furse, Robert Fox, Charles Jeffrey
TAKE ME THERE
Fred Perry x LOVERBOY makes music in conjunction with their final collaboration with Fred Perry, LOVERBOY premieres its debut single ‘Take Me There’ from their debut album project entitled Neko.
Creative Director – Charles Jeffrey
Director - Bunny Kinney
Producer - Thomas Prees
DOP - Alex Reid
1st AC - Tim Allan
2nd AC - Henry Vinten
Colourist - Francis Qureshi @avenues.studio
Editor - Juan Palacio @avenues.studio
Assistant Editor - Arsenii Pronoun @avenues.studio
DIT - Andrew Trewartha
Gaffer - Paul Burns
Electrician - Daniel Burns
Electrician - Peter Hargroves
Hair Stylist - Claire Moore
Make Up Artist - Phoebe Walters
Head of Operations - Diani Diaz
Styling Assistant - Scott Cruft
Make up Assistant - Erika Freedman
Hair Assistant - Esme Horn