Following the success of “Will The Guns Come Out” his first album released in 2011, Hanni El Khatib striked again this year with a new album “Head In The Dirt”. Produced by Dan Auerbach from successful rock-band The Black Keys, LA-based Hanni El Khatib delivers a stunning rock album mainly influenced by garage rock and blues. [...]
Our good pal DVNO is back with a new mixtape: DVNOLANDIA. Following “Moonlighting” released last year (here), he teamed up with his long time friend DJ Pone from Birdy Nam Nam and put together 15 unreleased original songs plus a few bootlegs, remixes and extrapolations of tracks by fellow Parisian artists such as Jus†ice, Para One, Chateau [...]
As the 66th International Film Festival in Cannes is about to finish, here is our Friday I’m in Love playlist compiling all our favorite film love songs selected by two movie geeks and directors, Maria Larrea and Jérémie Rozan. And, if where you are, it is raining horribly like it is here in Paris, it [...]
We’ve interviewed our long-time friend and other half of The Kills, Alison Mosshart to discuss our latest collab, what makes a great leather jacket, the relationship – or lack of – between fashion and music. True to her inimitable style she gave raw, honest and witty answers. We haven’t changed a comma.
Artist, DJ, video director, fashion designer and party promoter. That’s what Va$htie does. And she does it pretty judging by the look of her partners in crime: she directed videos for Solange Knowles, Kendrick Lamar, our special friends Kid Cudi and Theophilus London, brought out Jay-Z, Dave Chappelle and Jermaine Dupri to her infamous “1992” [...]
Behind the name Parade stand two long-time Parisian friends. They recently released two very promising EPs, “The Call” and “Score” and did a great job remixing Laurent Garnier’s track “Jacques In The Box”. Keep your eyes peeled for more exciting stuff to come. As for today, the French electro duo left the military atmosphere of [...]
Parisian DJ selector Yannick Do has saved many of our potentially depressing winter nights thanks to his “97% Africa” nights at La Favela Chic. As the man starts playing his carefully chosen tracks (with a preference for Soukouss and Afrobeat), the air gets hotter, the rum-bissap gets sweeter, and people tend to undress. Now that [...]
Boston Bun is Ed Banger’s latest protégé, meaning that the future should be bright for the young French producer. For the past few years, he’s been working his House music magic, delivering incredible remixes and collaborating with the likes of Brodinski, Surkin, Samo Sound Boy, Feadz, Para One, Sound Pellegrino, Breakbot etc… After two mixtapes entitled [...]
Set designing holds a major role in advertising, merchandising, music video, art installation, and pretty much everything image-related. However it’s quite a mysterious profession. We’ve asked our good friend and long-time collaborator, the charming and lunar Jean-Michel Bertin to tell us more about it, his inspirations, and discuss bin bags.
Louisahhh is the first lady who made it into the closed and testosterone-heavy society of Bromance Records. Originally a New Yorker, currently an Angelena (that’s an L.A inhabitant) and hopefully soon-to-be Parisian. DJ and vocalist, Louisahhh is an inspiring young woman catapulted in the peculiar world of French electro music that she took by storm. [...]
With the face of a diva and a voice like honey, South Londoner Jessie Ware brings back the best of the 90’s – think Sade meets Soul II Soul. After a career as backing singer and a terribly successful first album, Devotion, Jessie is now touring across the globe (she’s playing at Nouveau Casino in [...]
To celebrate the 10-year anniversary of our fellow friends Ed Bangers (time does fly when you’re having fun), we put together a little gift: a short behind-the-scenes making of the Justice “We Are Your Friends” video that marked the premises of a long and productive friendship. Martial, Jérémie’s cousin and co-director at the time, just [...]
Today marks the release of Miss Kittin’s latest video, Bassline and the directorial debut of our multi-talented friend and former Surface to Air collaborator Andrew Woodhead. At 25, when he is not busy designing album covers for Breakbot or rehearsing with his band Dancing Doors, Woodhead is now filming flashing neon lights and girls dancing, [...]
French electro is a gift that keeps on giving. One of its most promising flag-carriers is Logo, a Parisian duo composed by producers and DJs Thomas and Hugues who recently released two EPs “Jacob&Fabrice” and recently “Give Mo Luv” featuring the house legend Elbee Bad. Because it is Friday, and because we need love, let’s [...]
This Friday, meet the sibling trio of Haim – Danielle, Este and Alana. The long-haired, potty-mouthed Californian girls had a busy year seducing audience after audience, country after country with their songs “Forever” and “Don’t Save Me”. They sent us a great mishmash of genres, eras and styles for a proper time and space travel. [...]
Marc-André Grondin is one to watch. The performances of this French Canadian actor in “C.R.A.Z.Y” and “The First Day of the Rest of Your Life” didn’t remain unnoticed and were both rewarded. The comedy he starred in – Goon, with Sean William Scott – was a smashing hit and he’s just finished a film with [...]
Victor Fresi é um jovem stylist e PR de São Paulo. Participou da inauguração da nova Surface em São Paulo convidando uma turma jovem e bacana. Trabalhou para o site e revista RG como jornalista e atualmente colabora para produções de moda da revista Daslu, entre outras. Também já promoveu festas semanais no Dry Bar [...]
Brodinski is easy on the eye and on the ears. He’s been DJing since he was 17 and established his own label, Bromance Records, just over a year ago. Bromance Records is a wonderful place where you’ll find the likes of Club Cheval, Gesaffelstein, Monsieur Monsieur and so on. Currently touring across the world with [...]
So first of all, Luis Cerveró is not from Canada. Well not the country at least. He is however one of three directors (Lope Serrano and Nicolás Méndez being the other two) in a film collective from Barcelona called CANADA who make films, music videos and commercials all signed under the one common name. To [...]
Last Friday we held a little cocktail party to celebrate the launch of “Dream & Drive”, a book by photographer and good old friend Kenneth Capello, documenting 10 years of The Kills career, on and off stage. Whilst everybody was mingling and getting sippy sippy upstairs, we caught up with Kenneth, Jamie and Alison in the [...]
This isn’t the first time Mehdi Pinson (a.k.a DVNO) has graced our blog. You may have missed our interview with him a while ago. He’s pretty much on a non-stop tour of the world with friends Justice and as a general one-man party squad. Which we are of course very jealous of, but I mean, someone [...]
Abraham Cruzvillegas knows a thing or two about apes. Not just anyone can draw mandrills at the drop of a hat. Not only does he have an extensive knowledge of primates, but Abraham is a well accomplished artist whose career has spanned over two decades across diverse artistic projects. Along with friend Dr Lakra [...]
Ojos cerrados 1 (2012) This is not a portrait of Miguel Calderón. He is much more handsome and his stare is not nearly as fierce. This is a bird. One of the many that feature in his work. Miguel has undertaken many experimental projects in painting, video, sculpture and photography. He is not rigid in [...]
It’s Friday and Pedro Winter a.k.a Busy P wants to get you in the mood! He loves to get heads bangin’ with everything from Ed Rec electro to some old thrash metal. However for this very special edition of our Friday I’m In Love playlist series, Pedro puts on his rose-tinted glasses and spins through [...]
It’s been a while since we caught up with Joséphine and Alexandre. Since the last time we spoke, their band Singtank released their debut album ‘In Wonder‘ (cover image above), have put out a host of music videos and have been on the road playing their live show to audiences around Europe. They say a bands [...]
Sam Tiba is part of Club Cheval, one of the newest additions to the Marble record imprint. He usually gets into some pretty ghetto stuff with big bass lines, unpredicable drops and breaks galore but for us he put on his dressing gown and slippers, lit up his love pipe and and delivered this hour-long [...]
We’ve been working together with Swiss-born artist Olaf Breuning for a long time now. He exhibits his works around the world with regular high-profile shows at the likes of Palais de Tokyo in Paris, Metro Pictures in New York and Kodama Gallery in Japan. He is not short of ideas and has an impressively diverse [...]
Inspired by 80’s horror films atmosphere – nocturnal, cold, wet – and their screen slitting titles, Surface to Air Studio is presenting its latest production for Kavinsky’s first single cover, “Protovision”. The picture shows Kavinsky lighting his inseparable cigarette before the city lights on a rainy night, preparing himself to what we can imagine as [...]
We would like to pay tribute to french artist Bruno Schmeltz who inspired the last cover we produced for Justice’s single “On n’ On” (late 2011) and for the Midnight Juggernauts video “Into the galaxy” (2010) by sharing with you some of his work we admire the most. Uncle Bruno Schmeltz has always been a [...]
13.12.11. We’re pleased to present you the cover we produced for the single “ON n’ ON” of our friends Justice, made by Charlotte and Jeremie at Surface to Air Studio. Photograph by Santiago Marotto and Alberto Cabrera Image manipulation by Adrian Blanchat @ The ABC Inspired by the work of Bruno Schmeltz
Surface to Air Studio has a new website! Feast your eyes on the Studio’s latest work – such as artworks done for Justice, the Kid Cudi mini-film, the Leigh Lezark campaign for the Surface to Air fashion label, our continued work for Uniqlo in France, the drawings of our own Charlotte Delarue; not to mention [...]
The long awaited Justice album ‘Audio, Video, Disco’ is finally out today! Buy it now on Itunes and in stores everywhere. Artwork by Charlotte Delarue & Jeremie Rozan of Surface To Air Studio Model Making by Serge Stephan Photography by Raphaël Dallaporta Image Manipulation by Adrien Blanchat @ The ABC
Here is the cover artwork we produced for Justice’s second album ‘Audio, Video, Disco’ (out now), made by Charlotte & Jeremie of Surface to Air Studio! And in case you were wondering: The two little people on the cover are actually Jeremie’s two boys Joseph and Georges! In case you missed our other artworks we [...]
The new mini-film for Kid Cudi’s “Mr Rager” directed by Jeremie Rozan of Surface to Air Studio! Featuring Kanye West, but also our ‘Surface to Air x Kid Cudi’ leather jackets collection. Many things have been said about this video, like this curious interpretation on YouTube by a fan: “This video is a classic representation of [...]
Here are some behind-the-scenes photos from our video shoot of Midnight Juggernauts ‘Into The Galaxy’ (see video here) high in the Pyrénées. This shooting was a blast. There are far too many good photos to post, but here is a selection of those taken by our own Charlotte Delarue and Alberto Cabrera that make us [...]
We were selected by Land Rover – with three others among the Parisian scene (JCDC, Yorgo Tuplas and André) – to create an produce an installation to unveil the brand new luxurious eco-friendly Range Rover ‘Evoque’. We decided to represent Paris by braking many sculptural and architectural elements of the city (the Venus of Milo, [...]
The Creators Project is the new multi-year initiative between Intel and our all time friends Vice. It features interviews and panel discussions with the most innovative and edgy international personalities in music, fashion and film, such as Ladj Ly, M.I.A, Diplo, Phoenix, Spike Jonze, and our very own Jérémie Rozan. If you’re in London this [...]
On Monday night, we came out to support the S2A footie team for the Nike Paris City Cup. Our fierce babes in Black played against LaMJC, Colette, BKRW, Pigalle and Street Machine. Amongst a throng of crazy fans cheering, beers and pizza, Surface to Air were the bright stars of the evening. After 2 months [...]
Jay Z spotted in our “Go Home” sweater from our collaboration with artist Aaron Young in his last video announcing his new album “Magna Carta Holy Grail”. His album produced by Rick Rubin, Timbaland and Pharrell will be out on 4th July. Shop the Aaron Young x Surface to Air collaboration here. See the teaser [...]
Our capsule collection designed in collaboration with Alison Mosshart is now available at Surface to Air Grenelle in Paris and Surface to Air Mercer Store in New-York and online. The capsule collection encompasses a soft leather star-studded with fringed-sleeves jacket and a t-shirt that bears monochrome lettering – made up words and poetic expressions, with [...]
Surface to Air is launching its first ever eyewear collection with 20 men’s, women’s and unisex styles, designed in the exact continuation of the S2A style. Surface to Air Eyewear favor marble and mirror effects, ranging from a Hollywood femme fatale shape, to an extra large John Lennonesque pair. With a little help from our [...]
To celebrate the launch of the Aaron Young x Surface to Air collaboration, a NY crowd gathered in our Mercer Street store on a cold night, greeted by Leo Fitzpatrick behind the decks, boys and girls wearing the capsule collection, and the artist himself. Theophilus London showed up to sip on a few cocktails alongside [...]
“Jonathan+Olivia, the lovechild of Jackie O’Brien (well named after her niece and nephew) has become one of the brains behind one of Canada’s most respected high street retailers. J + O introduce a host of now known international collections to the fashion cognoscenti of Toronto. Jackie, who is married to one of the original partners [...]
OWEN is an innovative mens’ and womens’ boutique located at 809 Washington Street in the Meat Packing District neighborhood of New York City. OWEN showcases emerging designers grounded in a selective roster of established brands. We caught up with owner & founder Philip Salem about his brand new store that opens today! S2A: Tell us [...]
If you are vacationing or just stopping through Luxembourg, then we highly suggest you stop by and visit the boutique Capsule. We caught up with owner Estelle Sidoni to talk all things fashion & more about one of our favorite shopping destinations. S2A: So what is the concept behind the store Capsule? ES: Capsule is [...]
Uncensored is an exhibitional retail space that carries a great selection of high-end contemporary & up and coming designers around the world. Located in the heart of Bangkok’s best shopping areas, the Uncensored team are an amazing group that operate with great interest in art, music fashion and creativity in general. We caught up with [...]
Traders Pop Space At Traders Pop in Maastricht, Netherlands they prefer to be called anything but a “gallery” and we couldn’t agree more. Not only a boutique carrying great contemporary brands as well as a meticulous vintage selection, the Traders Pop space also caters nourishing the contemporary idiom whether through dance, performance, lectures, poetry, or [...]
Following the launch of our capsule collection with Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth, we had the chance to be invited into Kim’s home for the campaign photo shoot as well as behind the scenes look at her home and most beloved treasures. Directed by Jérémie Rozan and shot by Kenneth Cappello, Gordon shows off the [...]
Our A/W11 Sale starts tomorrow on our online store & Paris flagship boutique! Up to -50% on selected items (A selection of shoes & leather goods not on sale) Our Paris boutique will open especially on Wednesday 11/01 & 14/01 from 10h-19h30 Have fun shopping! Surface to Air Paris 108 rue Vieille du Temple 75003 [...]
Our friends Simen and Stian run the store Freudian Kicks nestled away near the center of Oslo in Norway. They stock a whole number of great brands including our very own! We asked them about how the store came about, about their favourite pieces from our AW/11 collection and what their favourite place in Oslo. [...]
Television personality and clothing designer Whitney Port, was spotted out and about in Beverly Hills wearing our A/W11 Women’s Bouvy Jacket and our iconic Buckle Ankle Boots in black. Port paired this with skinny blue jeans and a cute blouse. Black shades and an oversized bag completed the look! Her friend Joana founder of AlleyCat, was wearing our super cool Mind [...]
247, the coolest Italian crew have just opened their first ever e-shop showcasing their favorite brands with a selection of products to shop appropriately called THE 247. Their new site not only includes shopping some of the coolest brands around, but also their own editorial shoots, interviews with Italy’s finest as well as [...]
Last night was the 16th annual Victoria’s Secret fashion show in NYC. Adorable pop-rock band Maroon 5 were spotted wearing pieces from our A/W11 men’s collection (notably the blue velvet power suit). Among the performers were also Nicki Minaj, a duo by Kanye & Jay-Z and a special performance by Cee-Lo. We’ve added little eye candy below for your viewing pleasure…
The super sexy & stylish Jane Birkin-esque Jeanne Damas featured these pics of her wearing S2A on her BLOG today! See how she effortlessly pulls off our Alice Space dye pants with our JoJo Boots. She is also wearing our fierce horizontal skinny jeans in grey/blue denim paired with a super cook gret sweater . Jeanne was recently featured in [...]
If you are curious where you can find a selection of our fabulous A/W11 Women’s boots in Australia, then look no further. Our friends at Le Hoof in Melbourne, Australia carry the coolest brands around including yours truly! Currently on their feet are the Paul boots in beige suede and the Alley Ankle boots! So [...]
For all you New Yorkers, join us next week for our biggest (and best) sample sale yet! Up to -80% off on our men’s and women’s collections Including shoes and accessories! No RSVP required… TODAY & TOMORROW (2nd & 3rd November 2011) 10:30am-7pm Chelsea Market / 75 9th Avenue (btw 15th & 16th Ave) NY, NY 1011
If you’re wondering where you can find the fabulous patched denim S2A Gabi Shirt in London, head over to Browns Focus and discover a selection of the new Surface to Air Winter collection. 38-39 South Molton Street, London (Bond Steet Station). W1K 5RN, Tel: 44 (0)20 7514 0063, brownsfocus@brownsfashion.com
HBTV had a chance to recently sit down with the creative minds behind the French rising star, Surface to Air. Founders Aldric Speer and Jeremie Rozan so humbly brought us through the inception of their brand, their vision, the recent Kid Cudi collaboration and the opening of their latest store in New York. The video [...]
It could have been a Saturday in July for all we knew yesterday as the scorching weather continued throughout Paris Fashion Week. Regardless of the heat, countless re-scheduling, shows, parties and after parties …. I managed to catch up this week with Ms.LEIGH LEZARK at our Paris Flagship store to check out her latest Surface [...]
Last night on Conan O’Brien, our beloved Cudi was invited to sit down and talk about his music, upcoming projects and his new Back To The Future kicks. Cudi surprised fans by giving Conan the “Fire” jacket from the Kid Cudi x S2A Leather Jacket collection. Hope you all enjoyed Conan looking fly in our [...]
Shows, presentations and parties oh my! Yes ladies, Paris fashion week has arrived!! Whether you need a bag to fit a laptop or a second pair of shoes or a dainty one with just the right amount of space for your essentiels…we’ve got you covered from the carry-all to the clutch. Shop our A/W11 Women’s [...]