Fever Zine
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Zine
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based in London
London
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, United Kingdom
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Its contents focus mainly on music, art, DIY culture, trends and e-culture, with fashion, music videos and other zines also featuring heavily.
The zine was created, and is edited, by British music and arts journalist Alex Zamora with design by graphic designer Simon Whybray.
According to its MySpace
MySpace
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profile the publication is available at a variety of cultural hotspots in London such as the Institute of Contemporary Arts
Institute of Contemporary Arts
The Institute of Contemporary Arts is an artistic and cultural centre on The Mall in London, just off Trafalgar Square. It is located within Nash House, part of Carlton House Terrace, near the Duke of York Steps and Admiralty Arch...
, as well as around the United Kingdom.
Appearance
Printed in black and white on A4 paper, its front and back covers are pink while the inside pages are white. It uses distinctive hand-drawn typography on its cover and on its article titles.In an interview with Italian magazine Beautiful Freaks, it was revealed that Issue 1's cover was purposefully left blank, with only the logo present. According to Zamora this was done to establish the zine's logo and identity with readers and maintain curiosity about its content.
The cover of Issue 2 was drawn by acclaimed British illustrator Andy Council
Andy Council
Andy Council is an illustrator and graffiti artist from Bristol, UK. Dinosaurs combined with architecture are a common theme of his designs.Council was educated at Bournmouth Art College where he studied Animation....
and is based on the Spinosaurus
Spinosaurus
Spinosaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur which lived in what is now North Africa, from the lower Albian to lower Cenomanian stages of the Cretaceous period, about 112 to 97 million years ago. This genus was first known from Egyptian remains discovered in 1912 and described by German...
from the movie Jurassic Park 3. According to his website, Council has nicknamed it 'Feversaurus'.
Content & Contributors
Fever Zine contains original writing, photography and illustration by a variety of contributors, all of whom are listed on its MySpace profile.According to an article in the November 2007 issue of Grafik magazine, its contributors are wholly drawn from MySpace and range from art students to creative professionals, from the U.K, Europe and the rest of the world.
Interviews in Issue 1 include Hot Club De Paris
Hot Club De Paris
Hot Club de Paris are an English band from Liverpool. They are signed to the London-based Moshi Moshi Records and released their debut album Drop It 'Til It Pops in October 2006...
and Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly is the stage name of English artist Sam Duckworth and his band. He is sometimes referred to as Get Cape, Cape, GCWCF and Slam Dunkworth . According to Duckworth, his stage name comes from a ZX Spectrum magazine...
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Issue 2 interviews include Pop Levi
Pop Levi
Pop Levi is an English singer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and filmmaker. Pop Levi's career started in Liverpool. He was the founding member, along with Snap Ant and Loka, of Super Numeri, and has played bass for Ladytron both on record and on tour...
, Ladytron
Ladytron
Ladytron are an English electronic band formed in 1999 in Liverpool, Merseyside. The group consists of Helen Marnie , Mira Aroyo , Daniel Hunt and Reuben Wu .Their sound blends electropop with New Wave and shoegazing elements. Ladytron described their sound as "electronic pop"...
and acclaimed music video director Nima Nourizadeh.
Issue 3 features interviews with Sarah McCrory of independent publishing fair Publish And Be Damned
Publish And Be Damned
Publish And Be Damned is an annual independent publishing fair in London, United Kingdom. Its name comes from the retort of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington on being blackmailed by John Joseph Stockdale and Harriette Wilson.-Origin:...
, RESFest
RESFest
RESFEST was by the 2000s the most prominent digital film festival in North America. It was a leading global showcase of new digital filmmakers alongside England's Onedotzero festival. The festival toured the world and in 2005 travelled to 35 cities in the USA, Canada, UK, Japan, Australia,...
founder Jonathan Wells, Pancake Mountain
Pancake mountain
Pancake Mountain is a children's television show based in Washington, D.C. Created by filmmaker Scott Stuckey , it is notable for featuring many indie rock bands, such as Tegan and Sara, Bright Eyes, Deerhoof, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Shonen Knife, Weird War, The Fiery Furnaces, Thievery...
creator Scott Stuckey and Liverpool band To My Boy
To My Boy
To My Boy is an electro pop duo consisting of Jack Snape and Sam White who originate from Chesterfield and Liverpool but are currently based in Liverpool. They have recently been on tour with Jakobínarína and have made one full length album, Messages , as well as several singles...
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Press Coverage
Fever Zine has newspaper, magazine and online coverage, most of which concentrates on the publication's content and especially on its use of social networking.In an article published on the Media section of The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
website on January 7th 2008 , journalist Jemima Kiss detailed a report highlighting individuals and entities in the creative industries with strong followings on MySpace, singling out Fever Zine for its unique use of social networking;
"The underground, hand-photocopied magazine Fever Zine coordinates contributors and subscribers through its MySpace page.
Fever Zine has 5,000 friends and a cult following; editor Alex Zamora said MySpace was essential to help find the new talent that he wants to feature in the lo-fi publication."
March 2008 saw the zine further championed by leading German culture and arts magazine Lodown in their 60th issue. Picked as the only British publication in their print review section, Fever Zine was lauded as offering up "healthy brainfood" for its readers.
An online interview with Zamora for Swindle Magazine
Swindle Magazine
Swindle was a bi-monthly arts and culture publication founded in 2004 by artist Shepard Fairey. Swindle has not been published since 2009 and is, in effect, folded....
by editor Anne Keehn posted on March 19th 2007 revealed MySpace's "seminal" role in the zine's success:
"The Internet, and MySpace in particular, played a seminal role, allowing us to disseminate images, stockist information and of course sell the zine online. Quite simply without it there’d be no Fever Zine."
Issues
Issue 1 was first published in early 2007 and, according to the Grafik article, created using Microsoft WordMicrosoft Word
Microsoft Word is a word processor designed by Microsoft. It was first released in 1983 under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems. Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms including IBM PCs running DOS , the Apple Macintosh , the AT&T Unix PC , Atari ST , SCO UNIX,...
, a scanner, a fineliner and Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop
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while Issue 2, designed by Whybray, was created using Adobe InDesign
Adobe InDesign
Adobe InDesign is a software application produced by Adobe Systems. It can be used to create works such as posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers and books. In conjunction with Adobe Digital Publishing Suite InDesign can publish content suitable for tablet devices...
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Issue 2 was featured in an article by journalist Helen Sumpter in Time Out London on the 23rd of July. It was picked as one of the zines to look out for at 2007's Publish And Be Damned independent publishing fair.
Issue 3 debuted at the London Zine Symposium 2008 on the 27th of April.
Events
Fever Zine took part in 2008's London Zine Symposium at East London's Rag Factory venue on April 27th. This followed its participation at the previous year's event which took place on April 21st at the Horse HospitalHorse Hospital
The Horse Hospital is an arts venue in central London, England, which caters for literary and spoken word events, underground film and avantgarde media screenings, and visual art exhibitions...
in Bloomsbury
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, London .
According to independent publishing fair Publish And Be Damned
Publish And Be Damned
Publish And Be Damned is an annual independent publishing fair in London, United Kingdom. Its name comes from the retort of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington on being blackmailed by John Joseph Stockdale and Harriette Wilson.-Origin:...
's website, the publication took part in the 2007 fair in London on July 29th and is due to return on August 3rd for 2008's event.
Fever Zine also took part in the 2008 V&A Village Fete
V&A Village Fete
The V&A Village Fete is an annual event held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.-Aims:The fete aims to put an alternative spin on the traditional English village fete and features stalls from established names and newcomers in the UK's creative industries, in particular from the fields of...
at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London on July 25th and 26th .