Strong Arm Steady & Munk One LIVE Feb.24th

A ONE NIGHT ONLY SPECIAL EVENT TO CELEBRATE THE RELEASE
OF THE LONG AWAITED ALBUM ” ARMS & HAMMERS ‘

FEBRUARY 24TH 2011  FROM 6PM – 11PM

AT- HVW8 ART + DESIGN GALLERY – 661 N. SPAULDING AVE. LA CA
(ON THE CORNER OF MELROSE & SPAULDING )

FEATURING ART BY MUNK ONE AND A LIVE PERFORMANCE BY STRONG ARM STEADY

COMPLIMENTARY DRINKS AND GIFT BAGS

MUSIC BY DJ SOURMILK  “LA LEAKERS ”

INVITE ONLY RSVP AT STEADYDROPS@GMAIL.COM

www.strongarmsteadytv.com

www.munkone.com

Snoop Dogg x Dam-Funk x HVW8


Thanks to everyone who came through last night to the Dogghouse and were treated to impromtu live session with Snoop Dogg and Dam-Funk.

also thanks to adidas, Computer Jay and Joe Cool.

Video and Pictures coming soon.

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photos Max

video from askdrew

Them Jeans HVW8 Podcast Vol. 25


Here’s Them Jeans with the perfect follow up to the last HVW8 mix with Thee Mike B.

For the uninitiated, our friend Them Jeans is a DJ, producer and designer living and working here in Los Angeles. Hard to miss his quality edits of quality tracks – check for many of them in his mix recorded live at the HVW8 Art + Design Gallery.

Listen Here or subscribe free via iTunes.

Them Jeans – Balloons (James Pants Remix)
Twin Shadow – Castles In The Snow
Health – USA Boys
Mr Flash – Couscous
arcade fire – Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
Proxy – 8000(Diplo Remix)
El Guincho – Bombay (catz n dogz instrumental)
Kanye – Runaway (Them Jeans remix)
Cosmic Kids
Bag Raiders – Snake Charmer
Drake – Fireworks (Deadboy Slo Mo House Edit)
Cassius – I Love U So
Secret Track 1
Secret Track 2
Flying Lotus – Do the Astral Plane (Them Jeans house Remix)
Roska & Untold (Myth)
Mumdance ft Esser – Battle
Guido – Mad Sax
Girl Unit
Aaliyah – RU That Somebody? (Deadboy Edit)
Active Child – When Your Love is Safe (Classixx Remix)

Do not sleep. Them Jeans has track here: http://soundcloud.com/themjeans

Thee Mike B – HVW8 Int’l Podcast Vol. 24

Vol.24 Thee Mike B

Thee Mike B is a heavy hitter on both coasts. We’re lucky enough to have him on this week’s guest spot.

Enjoy the mix.

Sam Sever – They Don’t Know
Rayvon – No Guns No Murder
Terro 3000 – Gyal Dem Waah Me
Squarepusher – Cryptic Motion
Pase Rock – Nights (Shazam Rmx)
Walter Jones – Keep On Loving You
POOLS – The End Of Summer
Dr Dunks – No P’s
Neighbour vs Spiltmilk – Get This (Opiuo Remix)
NERD – Hypnotize U Instr
Midnight Magic – Beam Me Up (Thee Loving Hand Remix)
Eli Escobar – Oslo
Phenomenal Handclap Band – 15 to 20 (Glimmers Rmx)
Para One – Toadstool (LOL Boys Rmx)
James Chance and The Contortions – Incorrigable (Liv Spencer + Spun rmx)
Toni Tony Tone Lee – Last Love (Todd Edwards Remix)

Stay up on everything Mike B at http://djmikeb.blogspot.com/

Melrose Showdown – Photos

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Photos from Saturday’s Melrose Showdown Birthday event with Lumumba ‘Sweet Lu’ Mosquera and Alejandro ‘Prince Puma’ Jarpa. Music by Aton Adair (Baby Grand).

Special Thanks to Métl Tequila and Dante’s Fried Chicken truck.

Mos Def – Ecstatic Moments Photos by Cognito Return to the HVW8 Shop

Album's Done 2

Album’s Done 2 June 2009 / NYC (11×14) – new $60


Mos Def MJ Tribute

MD Tribute to MJ Sept 2009 / San Francisco  (11×14) $60


Mos Def x Banda Black Rio

MD + Banda Black Rio Dec 2009 / Sao Paulo Brazil (8×10) $40


Photographer and friend, Cognito of Frolab returns to HVW8, making more photos from his Mos Def – Ecstatic Moments Exhibition available in our online shop. All photos were included in the Gallery Show and “Album’s Done 2″ is being offered for sale for the first time ever. These are all very limited edition so make sure to order prints right away.

More on the Mos Def – Ecstatic Moments Exhibition here.

HVW8 Shop


HVW8 Int’l Podcast Vol. 23, Part 2 – Dam-Funk x tAz Arnold aka TI$a

Here’s a gift from Los Angeles to you – Part 2 of the recent live set with Dam-Funk and tAz Arnold at the HVW8 Art + Design Gallery. You know Part 1 was excellent on it’s own but after hearing this addition, you find that it was just a warm up. In the second half we’re hit with rhymes from special guest Krondon and sax and keys from friend Terrace Martin. Special indeed.

Bump this well into the New Year!

Download the full recording here.

Or subscribe free on iTunes.

Dam-Funk x tAz Arnold – Gallery Music Series – Video and Podcast

Dam-Funk x tAz Arnold Live at HVW8 Gallery from HVW8 on Vimeo.

With the holidays upon us, we thought it would be the perfect time to drop this first installment of a two part edition of the HVW8 Int’l Podcast.

Dam-Funk and tAz Arnold, performing together for the very first time at the HVW8 Gallery Music Series. This was a highly anticipated collaboration that did not disappoint – not that there were any doubts. The two heavyweights were joined by Thunder Cat, Major, Terrace Martin, Krondon and others on a funk adventure that builds and evolves. The final jam will blow your mind.

There’s just no way we could cut this audio down to fit one show! Take a listen and don’t forget that Part 2 is on its way soon. Special thanks to the players and the standing room only crowd.

Photos from this session HERE.

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Art Basel Photos – 2010

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Photos from this year’s Art Basel in Miami. This year’s highlight’s included Marco Brambilla’s ‘Evolution (Megaplex)‘ at the Standard Hotel, Friends with You’ Rainbow City, The Island at the Mondrian Hotel, Nada Art Fair, the Wynwood Walls, the Rubell Gallery  and just being in Miami and hanging with your favorite people and artists. Can’t wait until next year. Also special thank-you to Alvaro (Freegums).

HVW8 Podcast Vol. 22: Computer Jay Live

Computer Jay arrives at the HVW8 Art + Design Gallery on a quick stop between world tours with Master Blazter and work on solo projects. We were lucky enough to catch this original mix set right in the Gallery a few weeks back. A few photos of Jay live are posted.

Make sure to check in with us at www.HVW8.com for future Gallery events.
And if you’re in Los Angeles, please visit us at 661 N Spaulding Ave. LA, CA 90036

Subscribe free to the HVW8 International podcast via iTunes.

Listen to past HVW8 podcast mixes HERE

Gallery Music Series – Dam-Funk x tAz Arnold – photos

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Thanks to everyone who came to the Gallery Music Series this Sunday featuring Dam-Funk and tAz Arnold. A good crowd collected on a sunny LA afternoon at the HVW8 Gallery and were treated to an all-star improvised session.  Dam and Taz lead the way and Terrace Martin, Thunder Cat, lil Thunder Cat, Major and Krondon joined in. Truly a positive LA experience.

Podcast and video will be posted later this week. Keep an eye out and make sure to come check the next Gallery Music Series.

Dam-Funk x tAz Arnold aka ti$a at HVW8 Gallery this Sunday

HVW8 Gallery Music Series – Vol. 3

Dam-Funk x tAz Arnold aka ti$a

This Sunday we’re proud to present 2 of LA’s finest – Dam-Funk and tAz Arnold – coming together for a live improvised music set. Expect the unexpected from these 2 champions of funk.

The HVW8 Gallery has held host to numerous performances over the past few years, where bands such as Master Blazter and the Hawthorne Headhunters were created during live music sets. On alternating Sunday afternoons with residents Ty G and Max, you might find DJs or musicians such as Mayer Hawthorne and The County, Aloe Blacc with Jamie Strong (Do-Over), Black Spade, Twilite Tone, House Shoes, Computer Jay, Dam-Funk, Pollyn, Daz-I-Kue, Them Jeans or thee Mike B recording live for HVW8’s International Podcast.

Nov. 21s,t Live 2 – 5pm

HVW8 Art + Design Gallery
661 N. Spaulding Ave
LA, CA 90036
323 655 4898

LOOK MOM, NO TALENT, Inner City Avant-Garde

HVW8 Art + Design Gallery & Inner City Avant-Garde present…

“LOOK MOM, NO TALENT”

November 11 December 15, 2010

A satellite show to the Gray Day exhibition curated by Noah Davis at the Roberts & Tilton Gallery, HVW8 Art + Design Gallery along with Inner City Avant-Garde are proud to present “LOOK MOM, NO TALENT” an exhibition of new works featuring Ulysses Pizarro, Darnell Prince and Noah Davis.

Opening Reception: November 11, 2010 (7 – 10pm)

HVW8 Art + Design Gallery /661 N. Spaulding Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036

With Support from American Rag, PBR and the Roberts & Tilton Gallery

Inner City Avant-Garde (ICAG) is an anarchic collective of three artists hailing from both coasts but forged in the crucible of Brooklyn.  The connection between Pizarro, Prince and Davis was made nearly a decade ago, but the bond was never broken.  A few loose early collaborations slowly grew and became more focused when the ICAG was made formal over a bottle of Rosé in early 2010.  Now, the highs, lows and improvised weapons of this collective’s earliest work are finally having their West Coast debut.

“LOOK MOM, NO TALENT” features collaborations between Brooklyn born artist and designer, Ulysses Pizarro and L.A. based Noah Davis and Darnell Prince.


HVW8 Art + Design Gallery represents and facilitates the spirit and collaboration between art, music and design. In 1998 Tyler Gibney founded HVW8 in Montreal and in 2005 he and Addison Liu opened HVW8 in Los Angeles. With a focus in supporting avant-garde graphic design, it soon became the premier underground gallery in Los Angeles and over the past three years has featured artists such as Parra, Geoff McFetridge, Kevin Lyons, Ed Templeton, Lance Mountain, Mos Def with Cognito, Charles Munka, Raif Adelberg and Alvaro Illizarbe.

HVW8 Art + Design Gallery / hvw8.com

661 N. Spaulding Ave. / Los Angeles, CA 90036

Open Tuesday through Sunday from 1-  6pm or by appointment: 323.655.4898


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For further press inquires & to request interviews with the artists, contact: Sonja Teri / info@sonjateri.com / 213.361.2489