So this is kind of neat. A Joy Complex design selected by WALLA will be an official product!

In Joy Complex news, I was one of the winners of a 3D music merchandise design contest that the website Pinshape was running along with the LA based band WALLA. My design (some BIC lighter sleeves that integrated Walla's logo) become official band swag and I get royalties for every sale! Not to shabby.

I'm really pleased that the guys in WALLA liked my design enough to make it part of their own collection of official music merchandise.  3D printing is really making quite the stride into the mainstream now!

Out of purely selfish desires to pay my bills, I hope Walla becomes the next big thing.

If you're interested in reading a press release announcing the contest winners, here you go.

While you're here, check out their new single "The Kids Are Alright"

ABOUT WALLA:

WALLA formed out of different times, places, and hardships. By random chance, these 5 individuals found each other through digital means and a common love for inventing new wavelengths. After forming a strong friendship and working tirelessly on different prototypes of songs, they finally decided to begin the project, now officially called, WALLA. The name is a reference to the sound and murmur resulting from a large crowd of people. The sound also reflected confusion and hopelessness during a time of tough life decisions and rough financial circumstances. But through sheer perseverance and the culmination of different influences (everything from pop, funk, samba, rock, metal, folk, disco, and neo-psychedelia) WALLA quickly made an indestructible pact to maintain strong melodies and lyrics, putting above and beyond care and effort into each decibel of sound produced (almost to the point of neuroticism), and allowing each song to breathe its own life and soul. "We loved the idea of not knowing what type of song we would come up with next."

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INSTRUMENTATION​

Jonathan Hoonch Kim - Guitar/Lead Vocals

Gabriel Nava Rodrigues - Synths/Backing Vocals

Ian Charlie - Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals

Mauricio "Moebeats" Carcamo - Bass

Alessio Balsemin - Drums

DISCOGRAPHY

2014 - Gangsters of Suburbia EP

​2013 - Nature EP

2012 - Animal of Love EP