When you made the cover design for Shift this month, what did you imagine and how did you work on it?

We wanted to create an image with a backwards aspect as it was made with one of the first computers of the 70’s. Neo2 designers have been working in it and Ben Vine helped us with flash.

Then we would like to ask about Spain. What is hot now?

Currently, in Spain, there are a huge number of creative people and cultural events. We would like to point up the following artists and events:

Music:
– Jose Padilla (ambient, chill out)
– Lost balance (trip hop)
– Manoukian (house)
– Chico y Chica (pop)

Cultural events:
– PhotoEspana (Madrid) – International Photography Festival
– In Motion (Barcelona) – Cinema, music, performance, theatre, dancing and dinner
– Bienal de Valencia (Valencia) – A new international art event
– Phonotica (Gijon) – Electronic music and multimedia art
– Benicassim (Castellon) – The best international music festival in Spain
– BAM (Barcelona) – Open air concerts around the city (pop and electronic music)
– Isladencanta (Mallorca) – Electronic and pop music near the sea
– Circuit (Barcelona) – Fashion shows on the streets

Fashion designers:
– Carlos Diez Diez
– Locking Shocking
– David Delfin
– Ailanto
– Duyos
– La Marthe
– La Casita de Wendy

Illustrators:
– Jordi Labanda

Models:
– Eleonora (Bimba)

And that’s just a short list…

Would you recommend any cafe or restaurant in Madrid, Spain?

“La Gracia de Montera” in Caballero de Gracia Street (near Gran Via). It is a very cheap restaurant with very actual and fine decoration. They don’t make reservations and you must go 2 hours before to have a place.There are a lot of plates of a very good Mediterranean food.
“El Cayetano” in Encomienda Street (near El Rastro). It is not a restaurant is more or less a very ugly bar/seafood shop in a little dangerous area in Madrid. On Sunday mornings is full of people so it is better to go any other day. It is the cheapest place in Madrid to eat seafood and drink beer.

Do you know anything about Japan and have any comment?

We only know Tokyo. We were there a little time ago and we loved it, is more advanced than Paris or New York. People is nice, educated, well-looking, it is well combined the future and the past, nature and technology… The gastronomy is fantastic. Tokyo is the city that took the best of other cities.

The last question. Do you have any plans for near future?

We would like to start distributing in Japan, but we tried it with a distributor and we had censoring problems, it seems to be a problem showing pictures of naked people. We are looking for new distributors, so if you know any…

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