Author: Bradley Martinez
Kicking things off for 2020, the ALL GONE book series is back to bring you the biggest highlights from 2019.
Ever since its introduction back in 2006, the ALL GONE series has become much more than a passion product. Writer and journalist, Michael Dupouy has managed to build a cult like following through these highly anticipated editions. Creating discussion and dissecting the biggest launches from the previous year’s releases that have helped shape the latest trends within street culture.
For 2020, Dupouy has looked towards Nina Chanel Abney to design the front covers. Dupouy recalls discovering Nina from instantly reminding him of a distinct memory of Nile Rodgers’ ‘I Want Your Love’
“When I first saw the magical visuals that Nina created specially for this new opus, I immediately thought of a love song that accompanied me during my youth: “I Want Your Love”. Thus was born the name of the new All Gone, a tribute to Nile Rodger’s band Chic and its iconic disco song.“
To celebrate the launch of the latest edition within the ALL GONE book series, we’ll be hosting an in-store book signing at our London store with author Michael Dupouy on Friday 31st January.
Join us In-store from 6pm till 8pm for drinks and to celebrate this latest issue. Customers will be able to purchase the book direct from the store and have it signed there and then by the author Michael.
After first coming together in 2019, Reebok have once again teamed up with Japanese brand Nepenthes NY for another take on their Workout Plus silhouette.
Founded in 1988, Nepenthes was the brain child of Keizo Shimizu who had previously been working at Redwood, it was here where he had met Daiki Suzuki. After leaving Redwood, Shimizu opened Nepenthes in a quieter part of Jingumae, far from being deep with fashion influences but with Shimizu’s desire to bring quality products, he was confident in people travelling out of there way to shop with him. It was this love for the product that quickly brought Suzuki to Nepenthes, quickly becoming a hub for bringing together traditional Americana workwear and Japanese influences and has since led on to create brands like Engineered Garments and Needles.
With this latest collaboration, Nepenthes has stuck to using the Reebok Workout Plus as their silhouette of choice. This time, the upper has been dressed in an all black leather with a gum midsole. Building a connection between the two brands, Nepenthes bring influences from their asymmetrical sneaker with the inclusion of hairy suede on both the medial and lateral sides, removing any visible branding.
Available in-store and online, sizes range from UK6 – UK12, priced at £100.
As part of Paris Fashion Week celebrations, we teamed up with the guys over at Jason Markk for an in-store event held within our Paris store.
Placing the Jason Markk throne in prime position, the team were on hand to make sure that all those that came through, had there sneakers ready for the streets of Paris.
The celebrations began Thursday last week when we played host to those that came down to share a drink, eat some food and enjoy music provided by Footpatrol Paris friend, Clean P, bringing the stores community together for an evening of celebrations. For the rest of the week, the Jason Markk team stayed in-store with us offering their complementary clean service, bringing together a wide range of footwear choices from some of the rarest, to those daily kicks that needed some attention.
Providing the best care to your trainer collection, Jason Markk’s offer a wide range of cleaning sollutions and materials which you shop in-store or here.
With the weather showing no signs of warming up just yet, Nike and their ACG line bring a new silhouette to life in the Air Terra Antarktik and a new colourway in the recognisable Terra Zaherra.
Sticking with the ACG motto ‘All Conditions Gear means all conditions’, the Air Terra Antarktik has been built with the rugged and readiness of the colder months in mind. Featuring a boot like construction, the upper has been dressed in a GORE-TEX upper to keep the elements away. A fortified, aggressive sole unit sits underneath allowing for immense traction whether you’re out climbing the next peak, or curb stomping through the city streets, this latest silhouette is prepared.
The Zaherra breaks away from the aggressive all black look that comes with the Terra Antarktik with a blend of electric blues and racer pinks allowing for a slightly more spring ready approach, whilst still featuring materials that are proven all condition ready with an upper constructed from nylon, ballistic mesh and taping.
These latest editions to Nike’s ACG line will be coming soon to Footpatrol!
To celebrate the launch of Nike’s latest iteration of their Next%, we sat down with photographer and keen runner, Oliver Hooson to learn about his love for running and why the Nike Next%’s are his go too!
Footpatrol: So, for those that haven’t come across your work before, could you give us a little insight into who you are and what you do?
Oliver Hooson: Part time photographer part time mood boarder curating my hobbies and interests via Instagram and other forms *sometimes commissioned* nothing really makes sense I just go with it
FP: Getting straight into why we’re here today, when and why did you get into running?
OH: About a year in to living in London roughly, the move was so good but also mad, my social life had never been better but both my mental and physical took a hit. On one hand, I was really happy and fairly active but being in a huge new creative city was overwhelming and did have its downfalls.
Whilst it takes me away from day to day distractions, the most important thing is that it reminds me of the importance of looking after yourself.
FP: You mentioned about the fitness aspect, but a lot of brands have started to focus on the mental health side of things, with Nike introducing their Headspace guided runs, do you think it helps on a more mental health perspective?
OH: Yeah, that’s what did it for me. Initially, I knew the health benefits were amazing but the moment I became infatuated with running was the moment I realised the mental benefits. You just completely remove yourself from the daily hustle and take every weight off your shoulders, from that day’s work, no matter what the hell happened and just removing yourself from all devices and just run. It’s a complete nirvana.
I’d have moments where I’d just sit on the laptop, not doing anything, just procrastinating, doing mindless work but then I’d stop myself, throw on my runners, head out and I’d come back an hour later after not thinking about anything with a complete fresh mindset and smash out more in the next hour than that whole day.
FP: What about when your head says “I don’t feel like running”?
OH: I think that’s the most important time to and the time you get the most from it. I understand that running when it’s cold or raining seems stupid but in reality, that’s when you’re pushing your limits and that’s when you get back home, soak up them endorphins annd appreciate the warmth like never before. For me it’s about pushing capabilities.
FP: So, having recently started your running club, ‘Your Friendly Running Club’, what made you start that?
OH: It was a mix of good timing and good people, around the time of hackney half 2k19 I met my now good friend Mat Horrocks and we started running together, a couple of friends joined in and a year later we can call it a club! although running time is sacred theres only so many times a week I can go solo and running with the others in YFRC has helped so much with progression
FP: Back to looking at today’s choice of footwear. We’ve noticed you’ve worn a few Next%’s in your time and being someone that likes the finer details in life, is this something that drew you to towards the silhouette itself?
OH: Joking aside, I was told by a few people just how good these are and that they genuinely knock a lot of time off PB’s during races, I was skeptical, thought it was nothing more than overly keen friends and marketeers… it wasn’t propaganda nor placebo… the narrow midsole, the rocker, the carbon plate all come together to make these things PB killing machines
FP: Is there something that makes you choose these over everything else within your rotation?
OH: Well, I wouldn’t wear them as an everyday shoe as I associate these with going really hard, race days only essentially (or for the cheeky finesse on a saturday run club) I feel like they actually do give you that little bit more energy when and where you need it.
FP: Finally, after completing in a few half marathons last year, what are your goals within running for 2020?
OH: Well, my main goal was the London marathon but sadly, that isn’t going to happen this year, but my aim is to still complete a marathon, that is my main aim between March and May if the dates line up well, I was thinking of Seoul, South Korea. So, at the moment, just training like a mad man and nailing some PB’s but mainly, the goal is to complete a -3 hour marathon. I said once I’ve done that, I’ll slow it all down but I’ve said that after every race so far.
After the initial feeling of death, the reality is a sense of “No way did I actually just achieve this” and wanting to explore how far I can take this journey. So yeah, the plan is to try and do a sub 3 marathon, I’d like to say I’d give up the insanity after that which is vigorous training and being anti-social but the reality is I think I’ll just keep going further and further after that…
Available in-store and online, sizes range from UK6 – UK12, priced at £240.
Whilst browsing the shelves at Footpatrol, another thing you’ll be able to discuss with us is the football.
In celebration of 25 years of one of the most iconic boots to grace the pitch, adidas bring us these special edition Predator’s that hark back to it’s origins, and the Predator Mania.
With both models bringing the past firmly into the present being built upon the base of the dominant Predator 19, a seamless blend of leather and adidas’ Primeknit are constructed on the upper whilst a layer of Boost cushioning helps distribute stud pressure.
The standout model from this recent collection is the 19+ which strips away its lacing system for a more modern approach with a knitted textile collar supporting the ankle and enabling to slip on and off with ease.
On the forefoot of both models, appear the iconic curved pads that make these instantly recognisable whilst allowing for extra grip and control with the ball.
One of the most iconic colour ways of the Mania was it’s champagne iteration. Paying tribute to that, adidas create this Cloud White version with its three black stripes and black curved pads breaking apart the clean silhouette.
Available online, sizes range from UK6 – UK12, priced between £190 – £300.
Last week we headed back down to Phonox, Brixton as part of our second take over alongside Mantra. Following the success of our first night back in October, we returned once more for an end of year special with a fresh line up of guests ready to take to the decks.
For this special event, we welcomed the likes of DJ Tess, DJ ONEMAN and the legendary Mike Skinner for a headline set. Mantra resident, Tommy Gold finished up the line-up and showed us why he’s been the talk of the town as one of London’s most exciting DJs to watch right now.
Take a look below at the highlights from the night and keep your eyes peeled for more to come!
Now 2019 has come to an end, over at Footpatrol we thought we would take a look back at the releases that caught our eyes the most.
The year was filled with many releases that set new trends continued to break the rules. We saw Nike and Sacai come together once again for three new iterations of their LDWaffle and Blazer, whilst with the help of CLOT and G-Dragon, Nike continued to experiment with personal customisation.
adidas celebrated the 30th anniversary of there famed ZX running series whilst bringing together both BOOST technology and Reeboks famed Instapump silhouette for what was a first, seeing two brands of such might coming together.
Take a look below to see what we picked as our stand out shoe and let us know what you would’ve chosen.
Brad – Mizuno x Footpatrol Skymedal OG
Tom – Nike Air Max 95 ‘Chinese New Year’
Wilson – Nike x CLOT Air Force One
Jimmy – Nike SB Dunk Roswell Rayguns
Matt – Nike x Cactus Plant Flea Market Vapormax
Fynn – Nike x Sacai LD Waffle
Eddie – Air Jordan 1 SB UNC Low
Val – Nike Dunk Low ‘Viotech’
Jake – Nike x PEACEMINUSONE Air Force One
Sam – Nike x Off White Dunk Low
With part 2 of the Mantra x Footpatrol party fast approaching, we sat down with South London DJ and Rinse FM regular, Steve better known as Oneman.
Seen as one of the most exciting DJs to watch over the last decade, Oneman brings more than just the norms to his sets. After joining Rinse FM in 2006, Oneman has gone to become one of the most game shifting DJs within the UK with achievements like the first DJ to feature on Mary Anne Hobbs Radio 1 show without having released a single record in 2010.
We sat down with Steve ahead of the Mantra event to discuss music, his early days and of course, footwear.
In celebration of our next event, we’ve teamed up with Mantra to produce a limited edition t-shirt, available on a first come first serve basis, whilst stocks last.
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Footpatrol: Oneman firstly thank you for being here with us today, for people who aren’t aware of you and your music tell us a bit of your back story?
Oneman: I’m 33 years old, from Streatham in South West London. I actually started DJing when I was 14 buying Garage Records. I then started going to FWD and DMZ around 2004 that was the first time I was exposed to Dubstep Music. My approach to DJing from that point onwards was to mix the past with the new. My old Garage collection mix it with the Dubstep collection, that’s kind of the basis on what I do now.
FP: Now looking at you as a DJ and your technical abilities. You don’t see that many DJs mixing it up between both analogue and digital dependent to their sets, most people stick with digital nowadays. Do you have a preference and is there any reason for your choice, I know you grew up DJing with vinyl but has that changed much since?
Oneman: Yeah, I will always prefer DJing on Technics 1210s with vinyl, for reasons like the plates bigger the pitch shift is bigger and it’s more comfortable. The only reason I play digital is because of an increasing amount of new music that I was exposed to online, you know it costs £50 to cut a dubplate for 1 track on each side, it’s quite expensive. These days I don’t really have a strict preference, I just wish more night clubs looked after their equipment. I’ve kind of stopped taking vinyl unless I know that the set up is going to be good. I never do vinyl at festivals for example because of all the purpose built stages. I kind of had to make the change to digital though, otherwise I would have been left behind.
FP: You are seen as one of the most exciting DJs to watch in the last decade, with a variety of music and mixing skills like no other, do you have a favourite genre you like to play?
Oneman: I think it will always be 2 step Garage just cos of the groove. I love 4:4 and I love House and Techno, but there’s something about the brokenness of a 2 step groove that’s just exciting to mix. You can always tell when the next track is going in and it’s a bit more lively, I do like those seamless House mixes but its not really my style.
FP: You like it to be a little bit more raw in a sense.
Oneman: Yeah exactly, I like to take risks which I don’t think you hear enough. Don’t get me wrong there are DJs that do! I hear it’s a lot in the younger generations, like Tommy Gold who’s playing on Saturday at the rave. For me he’s one of the most exciting new DJs because he approaches it in that way.
FP: I know you aren’t a man that sticks to one genre, but you’re one of the early REAL dubstep enthusiasts in the UK which is sad to say isn’t as prevalent as it once was. Being from Streatham, and only round the corner from what is known as Dubsteps birthing ground in Croydon, do you think that help shape you as a DJ or did you have other influences around you?
Oneman: It was yeah, but growing up in Streatham at like the age of 13, you’d leave the school gates and there’d be a Vauxhall Nova driving past playing Delight FM or some Pirate Station. You’d sit there and be like, ‘Yo what’s this’. In terms of influence though, within my environment, it would be Garage music. Dubstep I caught on to it around 2004, but I didn’t really hear it in the area, I was sort of introduced to it through a website called Dubplate.net. This was before MySpace and social media but was still online. Then going to FWD at Plastic People and hearing it, was a totally new experience. It’s so different from listening to Dubstep through your speaker in your bedroom, compared to a Function 1 sound system in a tiny tiny square box. It’s 2 completely different things, I wasn’t really sold on it until I went to Plastic People and heard it there.
FP: There were some serious acts then, Skream, Loefah, Digital Mystikz, the list goes on. At one point the genre took over the world. There is one venue that I feel can’t go without mention when it comes to dubstep and that’s the Black Sheep Bar.
Oneman: Yeah for sure, I think Plastician even had an event in there called Filthy Dub when he was Plastic Man. CroyDub was there which was SGT Pokes night from like 2005. It’s a shame it’s not there anymore it’s got a lot of history. Some of my mates from secondary school that were into breakdancing used to go there, there was some Break nights there. There was some kind of cross pollinated community spot. They even used to do metal nights there! That was their main thing.
FP: We haven’t brought you hear for dubstep though, tell us about your Hip Hop influences were there any MCs that you get excited listening to, what was it about that genre that made you want to bring it into your mixes?
Oneman: One of my mates from secondary school was obsessed with No Limit Records, which was Master P, Silkk the Shocker and then Snoop joined around when I was in year 8. I remember buying a lot of those records because it was so different. It was aggressive, south and the lyrics were about living on welfare and police kicking your door down. The first album I bought with my own money was actually DMX, ‘It’s Dark and Hell is Hot’ and he is a real schizophrenic, he’s actually got a track on his album called ‘Damien’ which is all about the voice in his head. It was real dark stuff that I got into first. In terms of my favourite MCs, I really like Steele from Smif-n-Wessun, that whole Bootcamp click from New York was more my sort of vibe that bit of Jamaican influence which being from South London made sense to me.
The reason I started playing it in my sets was because of the invention of Serato. So when Serato came around you could have all of your music on your laptop but you could analyse all the files and see the Bpms. They used to have these things called Magic Crates where you could put the highest Bpm number and lowest Bpm number and just put everything into one folder for you. So say something was around 110Bpm or 120Bpm I would just use those crates and play with all of it. I think the first time I started playing Hip-Hop in my sets would be in the Boiler Room sessions .
FP: Hip Hop’s origins when it comes to DJing stems back to Grandmaster Flash and his idea of marking the vinyl. When it comes to mixing have you ever tried scratching?
Oneman: Na, I’ve never tried scratching, but one thing that’s always been important to me with things like Hip-Hop, even Reggae and Dub is that it’s all about the timing. I like all my mixes and transitions to be in time with the whole track. So if its got a 3 bar intro, I got to do some math in my head real quick and figure out when there’s going to be 3 bars at the end of a 16, to then mix with the last track to make sure the first 3 bars drop in time. Stuff like that is not mixing straight like with Dance music, it’s a whole different technical aspect of DJing.
FP: UK and US MCs who’d you like?
Oneman: I’ve said the US ones. UK I gotta say Jhest man, word play king. I’ve not heard anyone else use vocabulary and reference points like he has in the UK. Roots Manuva, he’s probably the best in my opinion.
FP: Even when he doesn’t rap, and he does spoken word its mental.
Oneman: Yeah and he’s from Stockwell. The video for Witness the Fitness was filmed in a primary school opposite to my primary school in Streatham. I connect with his music a lot, there’s that tune called ‘Strange Behaviour’ where he walks into PJ Patels in Stockwell and grabs a Dragon Stout out the fridge and he puts a bunch of pennies on the table. The guy in the shops then there like ‘what you doing with all these pennies, I aint taking this.’. The Roots comes in with ‘He’s far from happy with my method of pay, I shrug my shoulders, I’m like what can you say? It’s money, ain’t it? I ain’t begging you jack. And in the mood I’m in, I might just give you a slap’. You see that kind of stuff, I love it!
Roots and Jhest for me are the classic UK MCs. In terms of the New School, I really like Active from Harlem Spartans, DigDat but with a lot of this new kind of drill stuff, I feel a kind of responsibility not to play too much of the really violent stuff. It’s about basically killing people on other estates, I get it music should never be censored but I’m also very aware when I am playing it.
FP: On the topic of Drill in terms of flow and lyrics. The RZA said with his methodology in producing the tracks for Wu-Tang, was if you want to produce the music that we produce and you speed it up everyone is excited and feeding off the energy. But, when you start to slow the lyrics down with the same lyrical content, that’s when people begin to listen and think about what is being said, then it sticks.
Oneman: That’s a good point man!
FP: Yeah if you think about it, Drill is quite slow in terms of the bars and have quite short cadences.
Oneman: Yeah and the beats are like 140Bpm, you’re right, it’s true.
FP: Moving away from music, tell us about your sneaker game what’s the one shoe Oneman must wear at all times or do you have a rotation you work around?
Oneman: I like quite plain shoes if im honest, all white leather Airmax 90s, Reebok workouts both that off white coloured one and plain white. I love the 30th Anniversary Airmax 90s! At the moment I have a pair of Ghost Racer I wear quite a bit, basically I wear only Nike and Workout lows.
Nikes one of them brands that in the culture I grew up in and London in general is embedded in the culture.
FP: Have you got a favourite pair?
Oneman: I do, I have them but I’ve never worn them. The Nike Airmax 95 Lux with the Italian leather but the original ones like the ones Supreme recently did. I’ve got the OG and I’ve never worn them I’m too scared to. They’ve even still got the nipples on the soles that haven’t even touched the road. I’ve always called them my Funeral shoe, when I die they’ll be box fresh on my feet in my grave.
FP: Quickly back to music! Top 3 DJs of the year go!?
Oneman: Eclair Fifi, Jonny Rock and Black Loops.
FP: Oneman, again thank you for coming down to speak to us before you go, whats 2020 looking like for Oneman?
Oneman: Other than my holiday to India, You’re gonna have to wait and see!
Young and extremely fast growing publication WAVE Magazine are no strangers when it comes to celebrity front covers or avant garde editorials. Founded by Alexa Venus and Savannah Blake, the pair have taken the industry by storm with their bi-annual publication highlighting fresh new talent, fashion and lifestyle.
To celebrate the release of WAVE Magazines Issue 004, we headed down to Laylow in West London to co-host a night to remember with a host of DJs and artists creating the WAVE needed to carry the vibe throughout the evening.
The evening brought together a host of performances from acts such as Bossy LDN, Josh Brnes and many more.
In addition we also collaborated with WAVE to produce a limited edition t-shirt exclusive to the event.
