Distort XXIII Vol. 7: Y.M.

Y.M. (Cabramaverick 3 is the third print collection of Drew Bennett's photography, entirely focused on model and muse Yuta Matsumura. I have been wanting to collaborate with Drew for years. I always loved his photography of Sydney hardcore and low life. His writing is also fantastic, reminding me of something like Houellebecq or Celine, a gritty immersion into decadence, perversion and scum. Also, Oily Boys LP is the greatest Australian hardcore record.

From the intro:

It’s hard to put into words a person like Yuta. He pushed me as hard as I could go in Oily Boys and we pushed all of each other off the edge by the time we’d finished recording the LP. That’s the difference between me wanting to be good at something but not being prepared to be as committed as he is and why he is continually producing music and art that is just unbelievable to me. He’s pushed me to be the best artist I can be and made me look at myself as an artist and remove myself from the attitude of “well if it didn’t work I didn’t really try so who cares” which I think has followed me since I was a teenager and I’m thankful for that.

Card cover with lino cut print, numbered individually /23.

Printing Feb '24.

Distort mag started in 2003 to document kvlt hardcore and World War III. The contents of Distort have been dominated by impulse, excess, insomnia, stimulation. No editor, no proofread, no nerd.

Out of the 2000+ pages published over the past couple of decades I am skimming the C.R.E.A.M. into an archival book.

I'm raising funds to print this by making backissues available again via PDF here.

I'm also kicking off a project called the XXIII Project, of which this is the sixth volume.

XXIII will publish 23 mags in total. These will be available only in two editions of 23 copies each.

 The first edition I will be selling via Prop, Lulu's and the Distort mailorder (here).

The second edition was a unique subscription edition to this project. Sold out.