CONTENTS 73-01 INDEPENDENT THINKING IN A DEPENDENT WORLD - WWW.CONFUSED.COM MAIN S T OR I E S F A SH I ON 66 GORILLAZ IN THE MIX

01 ABSOLUTE RELATIVE

When the pop cultural climate dictates that image is everything, it seems that all the real people have been replaced by cartoons. So what happens when a cartoon band comes along with real attitude and proper tunes?

Photography and art direction by Andrea Giacobbe Styling by Vincent Capaillard

78 QUEEN B: JANE BIRKIN

She may be a contender for Best Female Orgasm On Vinyl - Ever (with a little help from her genius paramour Serge Gainsbourg), but these days Jane Birkin prefers putting clothes on refugees to taking hers off.

94 F I E L D TRIP

Photography by Serge Lebon Styling by Cathy Edwards

YOU CAN'T STOP THE PROPHET: J ERU THE DAMAJA Meanwhile, on the other side of town, our supa-scientifical hero has taken his battle with arch-nemesis, Mr Ignorance, to the youths. Each one teach one.

88 UNDER MARTIAL LAW: KUNG-FU ON CE L L U L O I D

With the release of Hidden Tiger, Crouching Dragon, Ang Lee's emotive tale of girl warriors, love and gravity-defying kung fu, we trace the evolution of a genre responsible for everything from Bruce Lee's ultraviolence to the Wu Tang's warped raps.