Because | Nathan Jurevicius

Nathan Jurevicius is an Australian artist currently based in Toronto. Most widely known for his ‘Scary Girl’ project ‘a psychedelic, dream-like composition of heartfelt stories and reinterpreted folklore, based around a cute but slightly odd little girl and her giant octopus guardian’ Nathan is currently working on a new graphic novel, from which he took time away to join us for this ins

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BECAUSE | ROSE HARDY

New Zealand born, Rose Hardy started her career working at shops like Illicit HQ and Sacred where she cut her teeth in the tattooing world. After years of travel, she then settled in Melbourne Australia, where she now works at Chapel Tattoo. Since then she has made quite a mark not only in the Australian tattoo scene but also making waves globally. A lot of her work involves some form of old fashi

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Because | Cat Torres

20 year old, Melbourne based, singer/song writer, Cat Torres, is steadily building a reputation for her amazing musical talents. Her talents already seeing her travel the world to work with both underground and renowned producers and songwriters, from London to L.A. and Miami. Hook-ups with beat-makers like The Presets’ Julian Hamilton and up-andcoming London-based producer Jaz Rogers (Daniel Me

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PEOPLE | DIBIA$E

“Hailing from LA’s very own Watt’s, Dibiase a.k.a Diabolic’s productions run the gambit from 8 bit video game classics to seductive soul to raw grungy bangers this guy has no limitations no sample is safe. This 12 time beat battle champion and runner up of the Los Angeles RED BULL BIG TUNE BATTLE.”

ALONG WITH MACHINE DRUM ,

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Because | DOUGY MANDAGI

Those of you who know Australian indie rock group The Temper Trap, would be well acquainted with the harmoious voice of front man Dougy Mandagi. For those of you who don’t, let us take this short moment to introduce you to this fine fellow for this week’s ‘Because’ feature, which will be sure to reveal a bit more than meets the eye. Enjoy!

Keep an eye out for the upcoming album self titled ‘The

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Because | Lamaroc

From the way he dresses through to the way he dances, in typical B-boy fashion, Anthony “Lamaroc” Lawang, oozes style. The Founding member of FreshSox Crew, joins HX for this weeks Because.

For more information visit: www.myspace.com/lamaroc

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SPACES | SHAWN BARBER

Shawn Barber is a painter and  tattoo artist, best known for his wide body of portraiture work of tattoo artists. His amazing ability to convey energy and capture movement has given his work that unique edge. He has released two books collating a large portion of his tattooed portraits titled ” Tattooed Portraits” and “Forever and Ever”. While painting, Shawn also teach

Because | Paul Hermes

Paul Hermes aka.’Dont forget to feed Dr Pudding’ joins us for this weeks Because.

For more information and to see Paul’s work visit: www.paulhermes.com

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BECAUSE | Dr ROMANELLI

Darren Romanelli, aka DrX, approaches fashion in away that no other designer does. With the mind set of a surgeon, breathing new life into old clothing. Rather than starting from scratch, he approaches each new project as a hybrid, using pre existing cultural elements and brands and breaths new life into them, with his own unique imprint.

For more information visit:

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BECAUSE | NICK GRAY

International man of mystery Nick Grey gives us a small insight in to the drive and passion needed to run the Australia / New Zealand sector of Nike Sportswear.

He gives us an insight to how he manages juggle a role of this scale. We talk about family, business, haters, lovers and the importance of having a place called home.

Thanks to Nick for giving us some of his valuable time.

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