Thank you to the End Hits blog over at The Portland Mercury for featuring my new video “Everything You Touch Turns To Gold” in this week’s video round-up!

From End Hits “Video Vriday”: 8/16/2013

“Here’s Logan Lynn and Rowan Wren in “Everything You Touch Turns to Gold.” Wren directed the video for this track, which appears on Lynn’s recent Tramp Stamps and Birthmarks album. Lynn says the mellower, more acoustic nature of this touching track—as opposed to his upbeat electro-dance pop—points the way towards his next album. The video also features the work of Portland metal sculpture artist Christopher Truax.”

Logan Lynn: “Everything You Touch Turns To Gold” – OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO (2013) from Logan Lynn on Vimeo.

(Originally Published on The Huffington Post on 8/8/13)

With a new video and EP out and plans for much more in the works, 2013 is shaping up to be a busy year for NYC’s black-magic electropopper KOORTWAH. I caught up with him this week to talk about the video for his new single “forty five” (below), how body fluids inform his artistic process, what it means to be a faceless artist in the age of manufactured celebrity, and much more.

(The interview begins after the video. WARNING: The video contains some graphic content. Watch at your own discretion.)

Logan Lynn: Hello, sir. Thanks for chatting with me today. I know you recently removed your face from your artistic identity. Why did you make this decision?

KOORTWAH: I suppose that I’m concerned with, among other things, the difference between personal fame and professional recognition. It’s not so much about hiding my identity, though, as it is about creating a new one. As an artist, I feel that it’s my job to encourage people to ask questions, as opposed to providing them with answers. A mask is really just another question. Read the rest of this entry »