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Use & Abuse

"If you can use ... you can abuse"

About Me


Use&Abuse started in 2001 as a photographic project whose aim was to combine artistic and music-related photography. The project has been growing throughout the years to include industrial photography, portraits, photos sessions for bands, fetish art, sexual images and concert and festivals layouts.
Many black and white works are to be found in Use&Abuse’s output, and such images have, in fact, become its stylistic hallmark. Aesthetically, it has found its influences in bands such as Nitzer Ebb, Nine Inch Nails, Recoil, Depeche Mode, Tricky, Macromassa and The Residents. Directors like David Lynch or photographers like Anton Corbijn and Helmut Newton have been named as visual and graphic artists who have inspired its photographic works.
Use&Abuse has contributed in several photo sessions with bands like Maydrim (run by producer Alan May), Munich 72 and Revox 3 (led by Juani Mr^Fly, producer-composer whose years of work with the band Lemon^Fly is only one of his numerous musical achievements). It is now planning sessions with Hiroshima Atomic Garden and Blacanova.
Attending to its participation in shows and concerts Nitzer Ebb, Dirty Princess, Goldfrapp, Blixa Bargled or Ladytron are some bands worth highlighting. Use&Abuse is a growing project in constant development.
Use&Abuse says... "you must to buy this"
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Use&Abuse nace como proyecto fotográfico en 2001. Durante años ha realizado una apuesta por la fotografía artística y musical. Fotografía industrial, retratos, sesiones fotográficas para bandas musicales, fetichismo, sexo y reportajes de conciertos y festivales, campos en los que el proyecto ha ido creciendo a lo largo de los años.
Entre sus numerosas fotografías se encuentran un gran número de trabajos realizados en blanco y negro, sello indiscutible del estilo fotográfico y artístico de Use&Abuse. Entre sus influencias musicales se encuentran bandas de la índole de Nitzer Ebb, Nine Inch Nails, Recoil, Depeche Mode, Tricky, Macromassa, The Residents. Entre sus artístas gráficos y visuales se encuentran directores de cine como David Lynch y fotografos como Anton Corbijn o Helmut Newton, siendo éstos la principal fuente de inspiración para su trabajo fotográfico.
En sus trabajos fotográficos para el mundo musical figuran sesiones para Maydrïm (liderada por el productor Alan May), Munich 72 y Revox 3, siendo estas dos últimas ambas bandas lideradas por Juani Mr^Fly (productor y compositor conocido por diversos trabajos musicales, entre ellos su labor durante años en la banda Lemon^Fly). Proximamente realizara sesiones para las bandas Hiroshima Atomic Garden y Blacanova.
Entre sus trabajos para shows y conciertos, destacan fotos de bandas como Nitzer Ebb, Dirty Princess, Goldfrapp, Blixa Bargled o Ladytron.
Use&Abuse dice... "debes de comprar esto"

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Member Since: 6/24/2006
Band Website: useabuse.net
Band Members: Luscious Apparatus
Influences: The Residents, Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Recoil, Nitzer Ebb, DAF, Kraftwerk, , David Lynch, Roy Stuart, Anton Corbijn, Helmut Newton, Andrew Blake. Macromassa, Dedo, Laibach, The Residents, Pj Harvey, Bauhaus, Depeche Mode, Goldfrapp, Ladytron, Erasure, And One, Nicole Blackman, Terence Fixmer, Alva Noto, Matias Aguayo, Molly Harvey, Front 242, Skynny Puppy, Client, Curve, Pixel, Jarboe, Diamanda Galas, Sigue Sigue Sputnick, Thomas Dolby, Gary Numan, Sparks, Telex, Tuxedomoon, Throbbing Gristle, Devo, Maydrim, Portishead, Tricky, Masive Attack, The Prodigy, Tyga, The Hacker, Miss Kittin, Martin Gore, Dave Gahan, Alan Wilder, Andrew Fletcher, Flood, Alan May, Bjork, The Knife, Apex Twin, Motor, Daniel Miller, The Normal, Heq, Blacanova. Dirty Princess, Aviador Dro
Sounds Like: The Residents, Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Recoil, Nitzer Ebb, DAF, Kraftwerk, , David Lynch, Roy Stuart, Anton Corbijn, Helmut Newton, Andrew Blake. Macromassa, Dedo, Laibach, The Residents, Pj Harvey, Bauhaus, Depeche Mode, Goldfrapp, Ladytron, Erasure, And One, Nicole Blackman, Terence Fixmer, Alva Noto, Matias Aguayo, Molly Harvey, Front 242, Skynny Puppy, Client, Curve, Pixel, Jarboe, Diamanda Galas, Sigue Sigue Sputnick, Thomas Dolby, Gary Numan, Sparks, Telex, Tuxedomoon, Throbbing Gristle, Devo, Maydrim, Portishead, Tricky, Masive Attack, The Prodigy, Tyga, The Hacker, Miss Kittin, Martin Gore, Dave Gahan, Alan Wilder, Andrew Fletcher, Flood, Alan May, Bjork, The Knife, Apex Twin, Motor, Daniel Miller, The Normal, Heq, Blacanova. Dirty Princess, Aviador Dro
Record Label: Use&Abuse
Type of Label: Indie

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New Photo Session

Ive just finished a new photo session inspired in David Lynch..s film Mulholland Drive, working with Irene again and Isis at frist time. Isis is a new model with a great potential in interpretati...
Posted by Use & Abuse on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:08:00 PST