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HVW8 Int'l podcast Vol. 9, Closet Funk

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The HVW8 International Podcast returns with Vol. 9, Closet Funk with back to back sets from Ty G and Max.

Ty G’s Witness the Thickness Mix

Champion Dub – Toxic 
2000F & J Kamata – You don’t know what love is 
Wavelength – Funk Dreams 
Steve Spacek presents Black Pocket – Field 
Computer Jay – Epiphany 
Mos Def (feat. Slick Rick) – Auditorium 
Black Spade – New African (HVW8) 
Clipse feat Pharrell – I’m Good 
J-1 – Stevie (HVW8) 
o1o – Beat Datazz 
HVW8 Sound System feat. Computer Jay – Bump rendered (HVW8) 
Hawthorne Headhunters – Manife Station (HVW8)

Max’s Summer Funk mix

Imagination – Changes (Dimitri from Paris Is Nightdubbin’) 
Joubert Singers – Stand On The Word (Hot Coins Remix) 
Armenta – I Wanna Be With You (Part 2) 
Montana Sextet – Heavy Vibes (Club Mix) 
Raashan Ahmad – Cornbread 
Umbo & Pips – Bee Sting (Onur Engin Remix) 
Quincy Jointz – La Dub Musica 
Eddie Kendricks – California Woman 
yU – Almost Time 
Smith & Mudd – Ninety Three

 

Listen HERE

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New in the Trunk of Funk

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Max’s latest diggs’ in HVW8’s Trunk of Funk at the Gallery.

The above are just a few of the many new additions available this week.

HVW8 Art + Design Gallery
661 N Spaulding Ave Los Angeles California 90036
open Tues – Sun., 1 – 6pm.

A top shelf selection from our Trunk of Funk is also available online here.

HVW8 And 1 Mixtape Artwork

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HVW8’s Gene Starship, with Tyler Gibney and Brian Armstong, were responsible for the And 1 mixtape illustrations for the first 5 tapes (1999-2002)  The HVW8 Art Installation also went on the tour with the ballers to N. Philly, Chicago South Side, Rucker’s in Harlem and Venice, California, and painted pieces under the net during the games. Some wild times. The first player that we did a lot of artwork for was Rafer “Skip to My Lou” Alston. He even picked up a piece for his place. Good to see Skip to My Lou now in the NBA finals 10 yrs later.

LA times article on Rafer Alston aka Skip to My Lou HERE

 

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free K-Pook

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Tonight they’re  celebrating K-Pook’s birthday at Firecraker. Some limited HVW8 “free kpook” canvas will be available in support of our friend.

More info on K-Pook and tonight’s event HERE.

I heart JP

Art + Design Gallery and the Parra exhibition get some lovin’ in Japan’s Warp mag.

Lost Art – HVW8 Roy Ayers' painting

People inquire a lot about one of our most infamous pieces; the Roy Ayers Wax Poetics cover piece from 2004. Here is the story –

The Roy Ayers painting by HVW8 Art Installation was created in Montreal during a live set with Afronaught and Mark Force, from the Bugz in the Attic, during the Goods. I brought back the original painting to Los Angeles from Montreal and gave it to Andre Torres at Funky Sole at Star Shoes for the Wax Poetics cover. Andre took the piece back to Brooklyn. This was the last time I saw it.

A few weeks passed and I asked when we were going to get the piece back. Andre said he had already Fed-Ex’d the painting back to Huntington Beach, where HVW8 had an office within Giant distribution, but didn’t have a tracking number. Fast foward 6 months, Andre finds the tracking number and we find out that the painting was received at Giant distribution and signed for by an employee who was fired that day. This employee then left back to Mexico. Sad thing this piece was never properly documented.

So best bet the HVW8’s Roy Ayers is currently in Tijuana area.

Please let us know if you ever see it! Also never lend out original pieces!