Christine Sun Kim: Physicali...
And does it in a rather thought-provoking way that asks profound questions about the fundamental nature of sound. Deaf artist Christine Sun Kim examines the physical aspects of our favorite medium to make it more inclusive to everyone – including people who ...
Ian Anderson: The Designers ...
Tomorrow night kicks off what can only be described as a mini festival of events, all surrounding the art history of graphic design legend Ian Anderson/The designers republic. One of the most influential graphic artists of our times. Ian’s work is on display...
Emil, one of the Aiaiai team in Denmark recently caught up with Giles Smith of the legendary London club night secretsundaze to learn about his affection for house music, his friendship and collaboration with Martin Dawson (RIP) and how to keep a club running ...
Perth producer Ta-Ku has collaborated with New Era and Well dressed vandals in the creation of a fetching 5-panel that was inspired by music production equipment. In a short video for New Era’s Producers Series, Ta-Ku talks about his new project with Chet...
In this, the latest Fragment interview, we stayed close to home, more specifically the Copenhagen borough of Nørrebro, where we had an in-depth conversation with up-and-coming producer/DJ Beastie Respond AKA Tobias Hjørnet Pedersen. This is what the Rinse.FM...
Floating around the internet is this clip of the Espionage parties (brain child of The Operatives) held at Melbourne music week's main event Where?House. Espionage has been bringing amazing artists to Melbourne and Australia for years now, but it seems the las...
Not only is this another great event to go visit, but the connective stars are aligning. Our two favorite events companies, and old friends, The Operatives and Stable music are teaming up to bring out Ghostly's Gold Panda. If tickets haven't sold out already, ...
Aiaiai @ Fashion week Copenh...
Fashion week in your hometown always has it's advantages. Our big brothers from across the nordic river took the Aiaiai circus to Copenhagens fashion week event. Product exhibitions at the gallery fair, local DJ's and the Aiaiai sound Taxi parked in the middle...
Aiaiai x Acrylick Backyard b...
In December 2012, AIAIAI partnered with Acrylick Clothing (acrylick.net) on a classic backyard party featuring legendary hip-hop group The Pharcyde (thepharcyde.com/bio/) along with emcees Trek Life and Propaganda and a host of local DJs including Erok, Expo, ...
Aiaiai supports Ghostly take...
Aiaiai recently gave support to Odin store in New York, whom Ghostly international ran a store take over, and launch party. Pretty people, pretty products, pretty store.
In what seemed to be a well kept secret, the Boiler Room party made it's way to Australia this week. The Perth event looks like it went down in someones loungeroom (a true tip of the hat to Boiler Room parties of old) Here we have Aiaiai family TA-KU with a ki...
To kick off our 2013 mix sets is A13, following up from his hugely popular Capital A mix, with of course, the Capital B mix. Starting of smooth an breezy, the sets develops into a meltingpot of electronica, and fast paced and skitty beats, getting a little dar...
Following the sold out success of Kyle Hall, Capacity 690 is back with one of my all time favorite acts, Luke Slater (Planetary assault system). Luke’s sound is unique in the techno world, and has earned him a rep as one of the best producers of all time. Al...
Danish DJ/producer, Aiaiai family member, Thomas Barfod lays down a mix using the TMA-1 Studio headphones. Pretty amazing stuff, and should be just the thing to get you across the line on your Thursday.
Young Guru: Red bull music l...
Just like Johnny Walker is the man behind the bar, Yong Guru is the man behind the stars. Jay Z and Kanye Wests sound engineer, that's no small feat. Here you get an insight into the mind of the guy that is responsible for some of the biggest albums in the R...
In October 2012, AIAIAI partnered up with the great Stones Throw Records at local record shop Mount Analog to support the newest addition to their roster, the synth-freakery known as Chrome Canyon If you haven't heard the Moroder-inspired bliss-inducing soun...
Aiaiai design partners Kibisi have been putting out unique, smart and practical goods for years, including furniture, kitchen utensils, bikes, even buildings, but who would expect any less when you are one of Denmark, and the worlds best design firms. This bri...
After months of crappy rain, hail and borderline depression from the cold Victorian months, we are so excited to bring you this news. Roof to Reel is back on next week. Melbourne’s Rooftop bar at curtain house, plays host to the best lineup of local DJ’s M...
Coming from a culturally diverse and deeply rooted music family, becoming a music producer of varied taste was an inevitable path for Häzel. His father was a well known radio host in the city of Brasilia back in the 80's. It was there where Häzel discovered ...
Aiaiai was proudly involved as a sponsor of FIELDTRIP earlier in the year in Melbourne, now the team at Australian INfront and the Jacky Winter group bring you Fieldtrip Sydney. Aiaiai is again a sponsor of this unique and iconic design conference, that brings...
We caught up with German, jazz-loving, house phenomenon, Henrik Schwarz at the Strøm festival for a chat about his influences, his creative process and the inherent freedom within jazz. Henrik Schwarz is an exceedingly nice man who was nice enough to talk t...
Aiaiai x Dublabs 13th Annive...
The Aiaiai crew recently partnered up with one of the world’s best internet radio stations, Dublabs, for their 13th anniversary featuring Daedelus, Peanut Butter Wolf, The Gaslamp Killer and Teebs. Check out the video and get that sitting-in-front-of-your-co...
Aiaiai presents the sound ta...
What happens when a Danish headphone company, a Japanese sound artist and his team of creative helpers join forces to create a taxi that records the noise of London and turns it into music when driving around the streets of England's capital? Check out this sh...
Looking back through our news, there is an overload of Aiaiai mix sets of late, with a few product drops and events that we have put on. The reason for the flood of Aiaiai mix, is that we are in love with original music, DJ's and producers that are maybe lesse...
This weeks Aiaiai mix is by Melbourne DJ Harris Robotis. A Housey, fun and upbeat set to make your Friday a little more enjoyable. It's been a busy year for Harris, recently dropped his most recent EP, Luv me wrong, and is working on a band project called Case...
Following the recent trend of mixes coming from our Kiwi family, we have a new Aiaiai mix from DJ/producer/Sound engineer Benny Tones. Benny has worked on some amazing albums over the years, Jay Dubs, Electric wire hustle, Pacific heights, Julein Dyne and Sach...
Our big brothers in Denmark opened their first (and mini) flagship store in Copenhagen this week. Selling a range of vinyl from Ghostly records, hardware and of course the Aiaiai range of headphones, the launch kicked off with a great turnout, and DJ sets by T...
Raised in Auckland, Amin PaYnE’s sound is deeply rooted in both smooth and luscious sample based hip-hop, as well as the modernity and creativity of the current beat scene. A mix of both vintage and fresh sounds clearly reflect the dusty and crunchy, yet sou...
With technology is developing to make producing and DJ'ing easier, it's becoming a harder process to filter the true talents from those that are merely riding the "press button" music making wave. But ask them to sing into a mic, play a traditional musical ins...
Make the city sound better t...
Coming to a London street near you! AIAIAI and acclaimed Japanese sound artist, Yuri Suzuki, have realized an ambitious design- and sound art project involving an eye-catching 'Sound Taxi' that records the surrounding noise of London and turns it into music.MA...
The new AIAIAI x Carhartt colab can be described as a meeting of minds. Two brands with similar outlooks, philosophies and, to a certain degree, aesthetics have teamed up for a fresh new take on a selection of AIAIAI’s acclaimed product range. In line with C...
Tomas Barfod, one of the names responsible for the development of the TMA-1 and one our favorite DJ-slash-producers gets pensive and introvert with vibrant vocals and soaring soundscapes. Tomas Barfod in the mix is always an interesting experience. Compared to...
If you didn’t already know, Kasper, Aiaiai's graphic designer and perpetually smiley-faced acid house aficionado, is also in a band called Spleen United. At this year’s Roskilde Festival they took it upon themselves to back up their track ‘From Sunset to...
DJ Nam along with JPS (The Operatives) has been at the fore front of Melbourne’s beat scene the last few years. Nam has been instrumental in helping push new sounds and talent not just internationally but locally as well. Originally starting out 8 years ago...
Ghostly records Matthew Dear playing a 40 min set at Boiler Room. What more could you want?
Coming back to Melbourne after his gig at the Kubic Festival last year. Stable music presents French tech house DJ Alex Kid who will be playing at Revolver upstairs, as Capacity and Espionage join forces in an event not to be missed. Some serious local talent,...
Produced by Pharell Williams, the OTHERS interview series takes a look at us. The Aiaiai HQ in Copenhagen, Denmark. A great look into the world of Aiaiai, with company product developer Christian, who discusses the ideals, and design requirements when developi...
Little opportunity to widen the cultural horizons. Copenhagen it seems, is running the good race on cultural awareness. While here in Australia music festivals are filled to the rafters with drunken bogans in bad fashion, worse etiquette, and a commercial musi...
Aiaiai mix: Capital A mix by...
With over 10 years in the DJ game, playing anything from major festivals to small intimate clubs, A13 is one of the all rounders of the Melbourne DJ scene, a key player in the famed Heavy Innit parties, with up-coming support for people like PHOTEK and workin...
In collaboration with i-D Magazine and photographer/film maker Klaus Thymann, AIAIAI proudly presents a film that showcases the Capital - the latest addition to the AIAIAI headphone family. Featuring BMXer Ashley Douglas AKA the king of the inner city skate pa...
Couldn’t help ourselves, had to do it again. Aiaiai 90’s party at Section 8 went down on Sunday and was a blast. Melbourne turned out for what’s been one of the biggest nights in a long time, the Sunday sessions are blowing up. Keep any eye out for the n...
An amazing light exhibition by Daito Manabe & Motoi Ishibashi.
This may be the first you have heard of Melbourne based musician Luke Brown who resides under the moniker P.C.P. Luke has been playing music in and around Melbourne a long time, is a producer, graphic designer (recent winner of the SOYA awards) and all round g...
Capital headphone: A 3D look...
We will be shipping our first round of Capital headphone deliveries out to stores and customers this week. For those of you that have been following the launch, you would have seen the video last week of the designers discussing product ethos and design requir...
Animal Collective breakfast ...
Early morning show. Animal Collective. Boiler Room. Aiaiai TMA-1. 2 hours. What more could you want. ENJOY!!!
We here at Aiaiai met Edd Fisher last year when we were introduced to work together on Edd's 'Roof to Reel' Rooftop parties. Every Sunday afternoon Roof to Reel was hosted by Edd and the weekly DJ/performer played the guest spot, the difference with this event...
With the Capital headphone release in Australia just a few days away. We thought we would shed a little more light on the design, development and general ethos of or newest addition. Our design partners KIBISI used an extensive look at modern urban living to c...
By now you would have seen the 'Like Acid' love Aiaiai throws around, well on Sunday night Aiaiai took it a little further, and threw an Acid party of our own. In respect to the days gone by of the electronic club epic, Manchesters Hacienda. The fluro, laser l...
Nicolas Jaar - Sonar festiva...
Some super cool footage of electronic wonder kid Nicolas Jaar performing live at Sonar festivals. At 22 years old and making a big name for himself, there is little doubt that Nicolas is fast becoming one of the great producers of our time. Got a quam with tha...
When an artist pops onto the scene, what seems like an overnight arrival has usually been years in the making, sitting at home working on beats, playing with instruments and fine tuning skills. TA-KU Within 4 years of operation in his chosen field, has evolved...
German-born masters candidate Hannes Harms from the Royal College of art has designed 'thin boom-box', a small speaker which incorporates future technologyfocused on flat electrical components. by using 0.5mm thin stainless steel, its volume and material are...
TMA-1 Studio visit: Matthew ...
If you would have to come up with one dude who you think epitomizes the perfect combination of 21st century class, creativity, style and substance, wouldn’t Matthew Dear figure somewhere on your list of prospects? In any case, the New York-based creative has...
Since seeing Jeff Mills play at 'Where the wild things' are back in 1997, I have had a thing for Detroit electronic music, there must be something magic emanating from the industrial wreckage, as there have been so many great artists hail from Detroit, Carl Cr...
Melbourne has always been seen as Australia's cultural hub. Gritty art and music studio's, makeshift clubs and bars, without all the glitz and hype, the city seems to breed people that do the things they love, because they love it, not because they want fame...
Melbourne DJ and producer Inkswel wears many hats, record shop (Wax Museum) counter jockey, promoter, and maker of fine music on labels Firecracker recordings and Dopeness galore. You can find Inkswel popping up around town, and they guy seriously holds it d...
Aiaiai partners with Allans ...
We are pleased to announce that Aiaiai will be available at Allans Billy Hyde stores nationally. One of Australia's oldest and by far the largest musicical equipment retailer, starting way back in 1850 under a different name, and was changed to Allan and co ...
With a closer look into the TMA-1 studio on a previous post, here we bring you a video of Danish producer, and R&D specialist for Aiaiai, Jon Schunamm. Discussing the paradime shift in the culture of musicians, and the specific details that the TMA-1 studi...
Fragments talks with Danish electronic music guru Mikkel Metal about his latest releases and his relationship with contemport music technology. You can check Mikkels back catalogue on Kompakt and Echocord. Here he talks Techo, technology and philosophy.
Dan Snaith aka Caribou talks music, mathematics, intuitivity and DJing.
Our good friends at Australian Infront wrapped up their design competition Visual response 6 in Sydney last week. After looking through the 171 entries, I have no idea how these guys picked out the top 10, who wen't on to be displayed at the wrap party. The th...
They guys over at Turntable lab contacted Aiaiai recently to say that Mike D from the Beastie Boys had snapped up the last of their TMA-1 stock. Curious and chuffed, after a little investigation, we found that Mike had been helping launch the new Mercedes Bens...
Aiaiai wins the Creative Cir...
Aiaiai won the Danish Circle awards, and it's kind of a big deal. Our new packaging, that is like a 2.0 version of the original packaging and company graphics, they come up on top in the "packaging non food" category. Our creative team (Kasper and Mix) who has...