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stories. cool combination nathan lee from britain mixes classical flute with beat boxing. skills on wheels presenting two acrobatic cyclists from germany. and cut above the rest to meet spain's number one m. carver. all the flute as an instrument generally calls to mind classical associations like mozart's magic flute or even prokofieff peter and the wolf but when british musician nathan league his hands on one he saw yet another possibility namely beat boxing or rather as he prefers to call it flute boxing which is a type of music in a category all of its own so let's see how he does. when nathan lee plains it first sounds like classical flutes but not for long.

he calls his mix of melodic tones and beatbox rhythms slow clocks and it's something very few musicians have mastered i've seen one of them. not like he used to meet by accident it's crazy my heart goes much appreciated here. at the box using your mouth to imitate sounds and instruments is as much a part of london's underground culture as street art but nathan really developed his on the usual flute technique entirely on his own if you want to be a room recruiter you know. and then the next bit i believe yet with the big book so i was shocked but. how do you get to. the difference.

for two decades now nathan really has been the pioneer of the flu vaccine he and his band the clinic perform regularly. nathan lee used to be a construction worker his music career began when he was twenty and a friend gave him a flute. it's just there was an accident and if you wanted to play the flute but i picked it up and then i thought. this is amazing there's just such a you know and it's a beautiful thing instruments there so it's a nice thing to touch it's a nice thing to learn about. and instruments just a nice. it was a nice it was a nice conduit for my creativity. nathan lee loves to work with other artists most recently he teamed up with the british band asian job foundation.

thank the good boxer likes asian dubs mixture of musical styles he doesn't want to be pinned down to a single genre i feel that the way i play. we've caught a lot of my big i don't know i like to put a lot of blue and a lot of dark in my in my charms a lot because that's a lot of conifer. you know energy that kind of energy that that that's good for me it's a good place for me to be right here for version. you know. namely his way of playing fascinates people whether on the street at home in london or on the internet videos of his performances have been seen millions of times. but nathan says he actually doesn't care too much what others think about his music. whether it's for public consumption or not it's just a it's a meditation it's not something

a lot to do something on like a joy to get pleasure out of not. nathan lee says he will never stop playing the flute whether at home or on stage with other musicians. but wanted never judge a book by its cover so they say and yet historically when it comes to records or c.d.'s a good album cover is essential to convey a message and to attract buyers attention which is why many musicians leave the album artwork to renowned artists like andy warhol damien hirst or even. all that prompted italian art historian francesco's bumpy not old to collect his favorite album covers and the stories behind them into a single volume. recalls may be old school but these album covers will never be out

of date collector's items designed by a list stars is one of the best known this record sleeve for the velvet underground by andy warhol. his brother be the best. that i could cover by a visual artist and it was one of the first. that didn't feature. as it was use it to. the band's man like photographing bach create something. then he chose an every day object like a banana. francesco's. is an art historian record collector and all thought of a book art recalled covers. and followed jean presenting five hundred covers and albums by visual artists from the nine hundred fifty s. through to today its bands many different musical genres and schools about. the earliest album dates from nine hundred fifty five jackie gleason's lonesome

echo with a specially commissioned cover by salvador dali. that there was not just that it was not. right that he did so by putting his own seek not to order already very well. and also by publishing like the back and forth of ema and gleason shaking answer and. short that they show. off of the artwork he provided andy warhol signed his velvet underground album from nine hundred sixty seven original sell for up to one hundred fifty thousand euros. the beatles' sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band appeared the same year the photo collage was by jan hayworth and peter blake and if one of. best album cover grammy. in the

sixty's a music worst because the us put the. band so commission an artist into the call that i think that. they identify that the production they want to keep. it deeper meaning to the music they may and which is something that maybe designers. sometimes cannot offer that they want something more for traits for example rock and proto punk diva patti smith like to work with her close friend the photographer robert mabel full some bands use works of art that already existed sonic youth chose guess how to reach this candle painted five years before daydream nation came out in nine hundred eighty eight. others helped themselves to works without asking the artist as with some of the forty covers featuring images by street artist banksy. and their arses for whom

the album covers were really important keith herring did hundreds. some of these not particularly the thing in doing that i could call it for sure this is the way for them they had a way of working just not just bringing that artwork to a wider audience but also you know to to to expand their messages you know through different media. francesco worked on his and follow g. for almost a decade people hundreds of albums he's a regular at this record shop in his hometown of bologna but also goes far afield on shopping sprees. them and different parts of the war but a lot of them meaning ark and brooklyn and. that mean that lean in paddy's depends . i don't know where i go when i go someplace i always look for that i could start

and. i always find some jam. out of three thousand candidates covers he chose five hundred for the book francesco's confident real physical records and their beautiful covers will enjoy even in the age of streaming. the book. and i quote that the vine you like or. the good. against. can the feeling go by your nation that is produced by digital technologies that would ace so in the science i think that that i got a call that it's an art form we definitely sort of live. the record sleeve quite possibly one of the twentieth century's greatest canvassers of. all what do you get when you combine acrobatics with cycling for one thing a unique sport but it is one which requires the balance of a dancer and that's what professional writer david snobbery and his partner lydia

have developed as acrobatic cyclist david was has won the world champion title no less than eight times while leah has chalked up a few awards as well and we followed the two around in berlin to see what they can do. the fine of bike riding demonstrated by god. the two artistic cyclists are practicing for a performance what they do is bicycle ballet tunes all races. whether in a parking garage on a fiesta stage or in a sports arena they give free rein to the ideas and that bicycles.

talking so i'm fascinated by pulling out all the stops and artistic cycling to put everything i've got into it. also and. covering yourself and try out new things it's so cool. not only that tricks are unusual that bikes too were developed specially to meet the artistic cyclists needs. maximum pegs on the rear axle to stand on one to one ratio drive for a fast start and fixed gears for riding backwards. this bicycle cost about eight hundred euros. when i turn the bike back right side up you can see how the handlebars turn upward almost like you're the wrong way around so you can stand on them and perform various tricks and the seat is also form that way to provide stability and firmness. first brought on this kind of bicycle

when he was just nine years old. in two thousand and five he won the first of his eight twelve championship titles in to stick cycling. tackler and difficult tricks can take years to learn in two to three years and to be ready for competition you have to reckon another year or so persistence is needed you really have to stay on the ball. the more confidently and skillfully a trick is performed the more elegant it looks the spectator might think he could try to myself. difficult tasks performed with ease are often the motif of commercials that's what made garbage novel the start of a promotional video for a british bank. there are more such clips on the net like this one my dad rides special edition

bikes by french luxury brand am as. dotted schnabel and layer shape as artistic bicycles are not strictly street legal but the two bike acrobats don't want to restrict their practice to haul david visits his sports partner as often as possible in berlin both of them profit from the bicycle boom in germany and europe more and more people want to see their shows. freestyle cyclists may perform jumps and stunts these two are more into aesthetics than spectacles but what they do is still dangerous. that is also just before we first have to learn to fall before we intrude a trick in our program and because that's very difficult to the sun is this. most months are. done which novel stop competing in twenty fourteen but he continues to

train and to perform. function and even if they are nice side effect of artistic cycling training is that you get so many kinds of exercise you train your arms your. train your brain to coordinate various components that you have to take into account at the same time and your legs your stamina fifty guns even when this is what it takes technique and coordination that makes the sport special. and they are shaped to have a mission they want to make artistic cycling popular and not just in performance venues they're not just bike riders they're performing artists. well speaking of artists we're about to visit one in spain that doesn't work with bicycles or even with paints and brushes instead pedo gomez works in balance with

the best spanish ham which he expertly cards for his customers and if you're thinking that sounds like an easy task well think again because with this have only the right carving technique can show off the top quality of the meat. under a vibrant metropolis on spain's east coast. here in the indoor market in the city center you'll find a famous spanish my hello mr pedro gomez is going to have my passion as you see him if. gomes is the expert for ham in valencia everyone here knows him and his market stall here you can buy the best time and relax here is the best part of. even though it's expensive but i always come to petro. pedro's reputation for having the best ham did not come by chance. he always buys the new hams himself. italian would.

be the best moments of my professional life i've had to do with. whether in shops or in the hamper factory. and whenever i could i have it always feel so good as. one of spain's biggest ham factories miles northwest of. pedro appreciates the traditional method. that even if they've got state of the art technology the curing is done the natural way. so they use natural resources like mountain air so the humidity and temperature will be just right for the ham and i don't know how much without it i think that. the hot dry summers and cool winters in the mountains lunda him it's incomparable taste cager can tell by the aroma if it meets his high standard yes to have this ham is perfect for our customers a few of those. it's passed the test. not

only is pedro known for his first class merchandise he's also one of the country's best ham carvers let you know most men also know there's a big. is the cut is clean or is it on machine can damage the grain with its rotating blade i'll go to. pay job cards across the hands entire breast just one or two millimeters thick that makes for the optimal ratio of muscle to fact. have been there if you learn the technique with lots of practice you know what i mean i traveled all over spain and looked over the shoulders of many other carvers and learned different cuts from a lot of you know it and there's got to. be earns most of his income from exclusive events this time a wedding. about i have ready for the wedding and i want to get it i'm about out. the trail has a shop in valencia with his brother here he selects the premium four hundred fifty euro better coke for the wedding it's from a breeder pig that lives mostly in the open air feeding on acorns that gives the

ham and especially intensive flavor. but the ham isn't the only thing coming along to the wedding today. to go in there but i don't go there for events i need a professional slicing rack to attach the ham to. add a pouch with the knives. the wedding reception will be in one of the n.c.s. hotels. pager will be carving the gourmet ham for the newlyweds and their guests his principal tools are his special night. but i go to their cars to have we need this knife to cut everything away that we don't need. then we take this knife that's long and very flexible yorker's or latin or. first he removes the outermost layers of fat and freeze the meat from the bitter tasting crust then he carves perfect slices and art he's famous for.

the first place is a gift to the bridal couple the wedding cake isn't the only highlight here but the ham is as well. the phenomena that i know it's essential to have both a good court outdoor and a good home if either one of the two isn't right a lot gets lost. so it isn't good. to have some time alone time when it's part of every good wedding. the guests are waiting for the perfect slices of premium hand pedro charges five hundred euros for his services he's known throughout the country and his customers include celebrities and then you. have the good fortune to car for the royal family. and for famous musicians like willie week laziest tom jones emma donna. i mean if they were my own i don't know how long. the end of a busy day for pedro gomez speaking to number one professional family are. well how many of you remember having one of these in

a corner of your home back in the early to mid twentieth century the month stay at a delete the plant was a favorite motif among artists and designers like for instance picasso my teeth and things well it was considered something of a horticultural it piece but then it lost popularity and was relegated to office buildings or teachers rooms only to become a dust collector but now thanks to greener living trends the one step is actually making a comeback. it's certainly no shrinking violet the monster. swiss cheese plant is a true queen of the jungle with its large leaves and abundant growth this season's must have good features and every trendy apartment right now is a ponce popularity continues to spread actress jennifer lawrence at the cover of vanity fair with swiss cheese and a i don't want to gucci top for sustainable fashion brands greenlee has designed an entire swim a collection around the part of images of its distinctive leaves appear on products

of all kinds. to question. one if i stole from upscale berlin florists my son has an explanation for all of us. blankets incredibly decorative thanks alone to these very unusual leaves where everyone is different and tech many architects place them in very austere contexts . i think to a box there while the character represents a real break in style there's this pared down minimalism and then along comes this very wild primeval plant and just runs right. personally fascinates me about the monster a is that one leaf is enough you can just put one in a nice vase and that's decorations over your apartment. at. the swiss cheese pound originally comes from central america the polish botanist joseph . the first one back to europe in the mid nineteenth century this was the beginning of a career as a source of inspiration for

a number of artists. at his studio with. his famous were inspired by them. critics ilka home and says he was most fascinated by the leaves. what makes the swiss cheese plant special is it's designed to look its leaves are unique they have these irregular shapes with cutaways. owned. looking at them as someone who is interested in form and wanting to know the reason for their appeal of a car you have to say it's because they're very well made about what they look like a well made designed object. design a. design great charles and great games also had a liking for the husband and wife team helped to define what's known as the mid century modern acetic which is all the rage again another reason why the swiss cheese plant is enjoying a revival in popularity there are even some blanks exclusively devoted to the

monster and other plants of its kind of a jungle bloggers his particularly popular but you know i says for the green thing . you did a car from paris and munich based eco josefa which are the driving force behind the fall. this is inspired by today's unger for nature we live in urban environments where green spaces are in short supply and this is a way of bringing some nature back home with us of creating our own green spaces and the easiest way of doing that is with potted plants. that's why they've written a book called jungle it's a collection of ideas. handbook for all those who want to use plants into their lives the swiss cheese plant gets an entire chapter to it sound but also popular an old favorite. this beauty can i think.

what i also really like about house plants that they will learn you how to be more patient to blow for example or to grow new leaves it takes time and if you see it every day's development and you have to be patient to see it to see how it happens and when it happens and it's not instant so i think in this fast times it's. important that we stay in touch with nature and has once a good way to make nature part of your daily life. and more and more people agree with florist one a presto already has an inkling walk might be the next big thing in terms of aunties plant easy cat cacti for them you don't even need greenfield gives. us some ideas to green up your environment in one fell swoop that brings us to the end of this program so until next time i ask you to australia.

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