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Sat in the garden at the Sanderson Hotel, it instantly became apparent that Alpines (aka Bob and Cat) share a love for both music and fashion. Whilst Cat is dressed in a monochrome power suit, Bob is also fronting some seriously sharp tailoring, but they don’t just look the part, they act it too. Having met at a mutual friends wedding in Bristol, at which Bob was playing in the wedding band, Cat and Bob were unaware they were about to spark a long-standing relationship on more than one level. “Bob came to a show when it was just me and a piano. He had ideas for how to make it better really,” says Cat modestly. “He knew how to make it a fuller sound, which is the sound on the album today. That’s it really.”

Having embarked on a fifteen hour road-trip to the French mountains in search of inspiration, the duo found harmony in the highest grounds, taking their name from the native plant-life: Alpines. “We really wanted something that was timeless and fresh,” explains Cat. “So, Alpines just worked.” Whilst Bob grew up listening to punk, rock and indie bands, he progressed from performing to production, but for Cat it was all about ‘90s girl-power and body-shaking dance routines to the sounds of Aliyah, TLC, Destiny’s Child and MisTeeq . “My teenage years were when I really formed my opinions and my taste,” she says. “I listened to a lot of the girl groups and I did a lot of dance routines to MisTeeq. But aside from the groups I listened to a lot of Aretha Franklin and Joni Mitchell.

Sharing a love of pop music, the sound they create has gone from sparse, minimal and industrial when they first started out, to the far more funk orientated sound we hear today, initially self-termed “Night-Pop”. “That was something we came up with very early on as a bit of a joke,” says Bob. “It seemed to fit the ‘nocturnal’ vibe of our early songs. But it doesn’t work anymore. Maybe we’ve made the transition to day-pop.”

Genre-classifications aside, their new album Oasis released this week is arguably their most true sound yet. “We’ve refined a lot of what we were trying to do,” says Cat. “In the last few years we’ve got more experimental and it’s helped us to evolve.” But whilst the sound has evolved, the mission has remained strong. “Making people dance is something that really matters to me,” Cat continues. “You can’t do that without a groove, so that’s another thing that I’m obsessed with.”

With toe-tapping, body-popping beats throughout the album, it’s safe to say their mission is accomplished, but they won’t be stopping here. “We’ve already changed our style greatly since we started, and we’ve only just released our first album,” says Bob. “I anticipate that we’ll keep on changing. All my favourite bands throughout the history of pop have done that. I think it’s the best way make sure your music remains interesting, to yourself and others.”

Aside from their album, they’re also producing a great array of covers, one in particular we are premiering on the Wonderland Soundcloud today: Monsta Boy – ‘I’m Sorry’; and whilst they have already attracted many high-profile artist remixes, including Maya Jane Coles amongst others, Cat’s dream collaboration, Eminem, was somewhat surprising. But after explaining how rappers have inspired her lyrically for the album, it makes more sense. “There’s so much honesty with hip-hop,” Cat enthuses. “You can explore deeper subjects, kind of fucked up stuff in a way. Or stuff that’s more straight to the point. Like Eminem.” With endless possibilities right at their feet, the future is bright for Alpines.

Oasis came out Monday via Untrue Records.

Words: Brooke McCord

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It’s the countdown to New York Fashion Week, and to gently ease you all in we’ve decided to showcase the fetishistic, artistic collab and film from the second volume of the Zero Zero publication.

Fashionably famous photographer Miles Aldridge has collaborated with Diesel’s new artistic director Nicola Formichetti and Kaimin to unveil a rather raunchy and explicit multi-sensory experience.

The trio were asked to answer and interpret poet André Breton’s perception on sex and the subconscious: “ A certain place in the spirit where life and death, the real and the imaginary, past and future, the communicable and the incommunicable, are no longer perceived to be in contradiction to one another.” They have really ran wild with the idea…

Taking influence from Breton, the multimedia project has resulted in an outrageous erotic blood-infused series of photo shoots and performance art. The two fashion films ‘Them’ and ‘Her’ were created by Founder and Creative Director of 3Deep Design, David Roennfeldt famed for his attention to detail.

Putting aside their conventional approaches to work, Aldridge progressed from pastel shades and comparatively explored the power of monochrome, and Formichetti pushed the boundaries of intellectual provocation.

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any more collab-happy, the collection also contains a photographic publication, a phial of perfume by Darryl Do & Joseph Quartana and a USB key with a sound-scape composed by none other than LCD Soundsystem musician Gavin Russom. If that isn’t Fashion Week, we’re wondering what is…

Words: India Blue van Spall (follow India on Twitter @IndiaBlue22)

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Since graduating from Cordwaniners College in London, Gloucestershire-born Atalanta Weller has worked with everyone from Hugo Boss to Gareth Pugh and Craig Lawrence – but her striking eye for graphic, futurist design emerges fully-formed with her namesake label. Bold and striking, her sexed-up shoes tread the line between modernist sculpture and empowered uber-femininity.

In her new fashion film, premiered exclusively on Wonderland, long-time assistant to Tim Walker and director James Stopforth, envisioned a mythical duel to the death between Medusa and an unknown warrior, featuring a selection of shoes from Weller’s SS13 and AW13 collections – albeit one filtered through the modern medium of stop motion animation.

“The exciting part of this project was to take the still and develop it through animation within a time slice camera rig in order to create the fashion film,” he says. “Each frame was carefully composed as a single photograph, brought to life through the 360 degree selection of angles.”

The Atalanta Weller SS13 collection is available in Harvey Nichols now. www.atalantaweller.com

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The Veils have previously been described as the ‘most underrated band on the planet’. Led by Finn Andrews, son of XTC’s Barry Andrews, their cathartic live performances and folk-tinged audio has just seen them complete a stint on the US goig circuit. We premiere an exclusive 25 minute film shot at Abbey Road where the band perform tracks from their new record, Time Stays, We Go. And given that the legendary Bill Price (The Clash, Jesus & Mary Chain) came out of retirement to co-produce the record with the band, we think it sounds pretty damn good – especially when it’s performed at Abbey Road.

The Veils play the Scala on 9th July.

Words: Shane Hawkins (Follow Shane on Twitter @piccadilly_boy)

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To celebrate the arrival (finally!) of summer, South London-based vocalist/producer FEMME created a feel-good mixtape that includes sunshine-ready tracks from Cashmere Cat, MØ, Mykki Blanco, Lion Babe and a brilliant FTSE remix of her forthcoming single, Double Trouble. We think FEMME, aka Laura Bettinson, sums it up best: “These are a bunch of tunes I love and gives you an insight into my world. Big Beats. Summer Jams. Enjoy.”

And if FEMME looks a tad familiar, you can blame Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich. Cherrypicked by the man himself to front his truly excellent side project, Ultraista, Bettinson received rave reviews for her unique vocals and inimitable style. Now Bettinson’s gone solo as FEMME, channeling big, ferocious avant-pop with beat-driven tunes. Check out the mix for some of her own tunes.

The Shangri-Las – Leader of The Pack
Cashmere Cat – Mirror Maru (Feadz + Kito remix)
Lion Babe – Treat Me Like Fire
FEMME – Double Trouble (FTSE FUCKED IT REMIX)
Mykki Blanco – Haze Boogie Life
Szjerdene – Arrow(s)
Eckoclick – Dance With Me
FEMME – Daydreamer
MØ – Pilgrim
Rye Rye feat. MIA – Sunshine
FEMME – Sirens

Check out more exclusive Wonderland mixes here.

FEMME’s double AA side single ‘Educated / Double Trouble’ is due out via TAPE on the 22nd July. facebook.com/FEMMEHQ‎

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Synthesised beats, crystalline synth and breathless, Bjork-esque vocals: Young Wonder could be another immaculate creation from the ruthless Scandi-pop machine, except the duo, comprising of Rachel Koeman and Ian Ring, hail from the slightly closer environs of Cork, Ireland.

They’ve been wowing the crowds back home with their distinct blend of electronic, emotive pop, but they’re set to conquer Britain in 2013 (starting with Alt-J and Toro Y Moi support slots back in January). We’ve got the exclusive stream of Show Your Teeth, their sophomore EP. Listen now.

Show Your Teeth is out on 6th May on Feel Good Lost Records. www.youngwonder.me

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