Budokan goes Gold in April!

Posted on February 3, 2012 by admin

Budokan signs with Northern Electric! It’s official. As seen above, members of Budokan, along with labelmate David P. Smith, who witnessed the event, have joined the Northern Electric stable. Their debut “Spin A Little Gold” is scheduled to come out in April and on gold vinyl no less (No CD’s!). The boys are also hitting the road, touring with Hello Polly in April & May. Dates include Vancouver at The Rickshaw (April 7), Victoria, New Westminster and Nanaimo.

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Behind the Scenes – Part Three: Poster prints and banners

Posted on January 30, 2012 by admin

This was a fun project – a stage banner recently created for the “Lost & Found” series,
a monthly entertainment event for The Regent Pub on Hastings Street.

Most of our posters are silkscreens on wallpaper, tar paper,
or whatever we can find. Here’s a look at the process for a recent poster:

Step One:
White gloss paper hand-cut and spray painted day-glow orange
through a screen door to give a fine pattern of moving orange dots all over the poster.
Step Two: Day-glow yellow is sprayed within the template cutout.
giving you…Step Three: Line art silkscreened on painted paper.
…and presto!
This poster has a day-glow yellow spot background,
rather than the orange. Every one is different!

Here’s a few more recent posters:

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Behind The Scenes – Part Two: T-Shirts and Buttons

Posted on January 30, 2012 by admin

Our T-shirts are usually short runs for the promotion of events.
Often each shirt is unique in one facet or another – two or three colours,
metallic inks, spray paint and other fun stuff.
You know it’s an original by the Drum Valet International stamp
and our “Do Not Wash” symbol.

Here’s a quick gallery with a few of our shirts:

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