Balenciaga Music has announced the launch of an original playlist curated by Rick Rubin that celebrates the summer months and is available on Balenciaga’s streaming platform, via Balenciaga.com.
According to the house the playlist is being released for The Festival of the Sun, an event aligned with the Summer solstice in Casole d’Elsa, Tuscany. “Artists and thinkers converge under the continuous daylight in celebration of the limitless potential of human expression amid nature’s profundity,” the house said.
Rubin is a multi-disciplinary creative, having authored the critically acclaimed international bestseller, The Creative Act: A Way of Being, a book connecting readers with the wellsprings of their own creativity. Moreover, his website Tetragrammaton.com was just recognised for best website design by Fast Company, and the weekly conversations on his Tetragrammaton podcast are addictive.
Rubin has also produced artists like Adele, the Beastie Boys, the Cult, Flipper, Gossip, Jay-Z, Johnny Cash, Linkin Park, Metallica, Public Enemy, Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Run-DMC, Slayer, Tom Petty, and many others.
Balenciaga Music selects artists to create original playlists based on their own tastes, giving audiences a window into their processes and backgrounds.
They are chosen by Demna, who started off the series with his own mix, followed by collaborations with RuPaul, Aya Nakamura, Acid Arab, Pink Martini, Jay-Jay Johanson, Archive, Angelo Badalamenti, and BFRND.
