The Avant/Garde Diaries presents Transmission LA: AV CLUB, curated by Mike D, an interdisciplinary festival featuring the work of 16 contemporary artists, musicians, designers, filmmakers, and chefs, including Peter Coffin, Jim Drain, Will Fowler, Benjamin Jones, Mike Mills, Takeshi Murata, and Tom Sachs.The presentation will include the international debut of the Mercedes-Benz Concept Style Coupé and an evening concert and DJ series featuring performances by many special guests.

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A gazillion amazing artists collab’d on this piece to make your brain cower in the infinite display of creativity it will shoot out in pixels. They want you to buy the video here, but you can watch all you want for free here (in the true spirit of anti-capitalism) or you can toss these hard-working artists a bone (or 99¢) and pay for the track here.

N.A.S.A. “Money” Music Video featuring David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge, & Z-Trip with art by Shephard Fairey

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Dj Z-Trip & DJ P : Uneasy Listening

My itunes was shuffling and suddenly it played one of my favorite tracks off one of my favorite mixed tapes ever! In 1999 DJ Z trip and DJ P recorded this genius mix, Uneasy Listening, of which only 1,000 copies of  have been printed, likely because the roster of recognizable songs would never be approved for wide release in the litigious real world. This album is basically history lesson in music, which Z Trip and DJ P mixed in one week using records. I have included 3 of my favorite tracks, but each one ground breaking!

Listen to “Strictly Limited Edition ” Here

Listen to “Up Into Little Pieces” Here

Listen to “Only 1000 Copies” Here

Buy Album Here

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