Sunday, 20 January 2008

FPM 400% Be@rbrick

I still cannot seem to get my glances off Be@rbricks, particularly the 400%s. Fortunately, I have passed on pretty much 98.55% of the releases the past two years. Something I am quite pleased about.
But, NOT THIS ONE! [300 pieces]. I'm a big fan of FPM. Good music.



*images taken from Beautifully Insane

And Mr. Tanaka with the designing process on his previous bear




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Japanese recording artist Tomoyuki Tanaka,
aka Fantastic Plastic Machine, in a 1998 publicity photo.


He is considered to be part of the Shibuya-kei movement, drawing heavily from bossa nova, lounge music, house music, and '60s movie soundtracks, but he also incorporates many other types of music.

Tanaka's song "Electric Lady Land" has been featured on the movie soundtrack of The Girl Next Door. He has also been featured on some of DJ Stephane Pompougnac's Hôtel Costes CD series. His song "Bachelor Pad (f.p.m. edit)" was featured on the Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me soundtrack. A short edit of his song "Beautiful Days" is featured on the Japanese music game beatmania IIDX 6th style. As well, "Theme of Luxury", "S'Il Vous Plait", "There Must Be an Angel" and "Warm Up Music" are heard in the British sitcom Spaced. In 2003, his "Different Colors" was featured in a Louis Vuitton commercial created by superflat artist Takashi Murakami. The commercial featured a panda that eats a girl and her cell phone; the three are then transported into an ethereal Louis Vuitton world. This commercial played in Louis Vuitton stores in Japan.

An ad campaign for LOUIS VUITTON by Mamoru Hosoda. an updated alice in wonderland, in which a girl, searching for her lost cell phone, floats in a dizzying world of the company's logos. While waiting to meet her friends outside of a Louis Vuitton store, Aya's cell phone is eaten by the LV Panda, who then promptly swallows Aya - but the inside of his stomach is gateway to a psychadelic wonderland. Based on characters created by famed superflat artist Takashi Murakami.

Fantastic Plastic Machine official website

FPM Wiki

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