$8 please

32 pages, 17 x 24 cm, black and white on 115gr cyclus paper, with 170 gr silver cover, printed in a first edition of 100 copies

isbn :978-2-35862-010-9

titled, by default, “a collaborative project”, this book chronicles a year’s worth of investigative drawings, found images and texts by finnish artists jaakko pallasvuo and henna hyvarinen.

http://collabo.tumblr.com/

$25 please

box set of five zines published on the occasion of “kaugummi books at family los angeles”, july 21st 2010, featuring exclusive editions contributed by e*rock, geoff mcfetridge, david horvitz, sumi ink club, and estelle hanania.
5 zines, 12 pages each, 13 x 18 cm, printed black and white on a different color paper for each zine: grey, blue, yellow, pink, and beige. printed july 2010 in a handnumbered first edition of 50.

e*rock

geoff mcfetridge:

david horvitz:

sumi ink club:

estelle hanania:

$5 please

20 pages, 14 x 20 cm, black and white on 90gr super yellow paper, handnumbered in an edition of 100

from kaugummi books, vague, occultish, often disturbing drawings made by belgian artist Yannick Val Gesto (aka Miruki Tusko) while recovering from major nasal surgery. (is that true?)

$7 please

44 pages, 14 x 20 cm, edition of 100, color cover printed on curious particle 250gr, black and white inside printed on 90gr grey paper

from kaugummi books, amazingly bold black landscapes from josé maria gonzalez, paris-based artist, curator, and co-editor of the periodical “rouge gorge”.

isbn : 978-2-35862-020-8

$5 please

24 pages, 14 x 20 cm, black and white on 115gr cyclus paper

from kaugummi books, “theater” is a booklet of drawings by artist nickolas mohanna, careful arrangements suggesting the organization of time, or of complex space: graphical scores, flight plans, mathematical figures… simple, formal, elegant geometry!

$6 please

from french publisher kaugummi books, black ink on organic cotton bag, with artwork by Félicia Atkinson, silkscreened by Olivier Gonnet from studio M+O. nice!

$3 please

poster made by sumi ink club for lucky dragons‘ 2010 europe tour… A3 size (approx. 11″ X 17″) full color offset print…!

when cali and jenna got married they invited sumi ink club to join in the celebration by hand-painting the wedding clothes… such an honor!! so many secret blessing-details and jokes were painted in that it seemed best to publish the silk tuxedo jacket as a zine… spread out across 32 pages in hyper-detail, something really nice happens: what you hold in your hands is a book, is a jacket, is a painting, is the most heartfelt sincere good wishes. a labor of love.

32 pages, 5 1/4 X 7 3/4 inches (13.25 X 19.75 mm), black and white on archival paper

$8 please

two cd-rs with 38 tracks total

here are, easily available for you, all the limited run releases made by lucky dragons from 2008-2009… 3 seven inches, 2 split tapes, several compilations, a 12 inch ep, and a number of bonus unreleased gems. also available as a digital download here, and as a proper cd in japan with special sumi ink club artwork and two remixes by japanese friends… but for the moment, this physical version has 13 extra tracks. crazy!

listen to “we made our own government”:

Download audio file (wemadeourowngovernment.mp3)

listen to “honeycomb house part 2″:

Download audio file (honeycombhouse2.mp3)

click on images below for track list info, etc… yes!

$5 please

5 3/8 X 6 1/2 inches (13.5 X 16.5 mm), 40 pages, black and white on archival paper

sumi ink club met at the riverside art museum on may 10th, 11th, and 12th 2010 to draw directly on the gallery walls in collaboration with museum visitors, making a band that circled the entire room. this little book shows some of the drawing process and many many details from the finished drawing! click on the images below to explore:

dvd compilation curated by david kramer to accompany the exhibition of the same name at space 1520 in los angeles… featuring videos and animations by melanie bonajo, jacob ciocci, lori d., lucky dragons, miranda july, kris moyes, andrew sutherland, peter sutherland, and andrew jeffrey wright. package design is by brian roettinger–with an amazing full-color fold out booklet… wow!

this lovingly packaged split seven inch between LA’s Lucky Dragons and Brooklyn’s Weekend is the first part of a series of 7?s called Sorrow | Jubilance, curated and with artwork by Jesse Hlebo. packaging includes hand editioned Risograph printed covers, screenprinted bags, and a three part insert! published by the “swill children” imprint. cyan colored vinyl, edition of 333.

listen to “why we lost”:
Download audio file (why_we_lost.mp3)

44 page full-color zine from helga fassonaki and andrew scott (metal rouge) featuring artwork (sumi ink club!), writing, recipes, and TWO cd’s (a 3″ and a regular-sized one!) by LA-based band “VIBES” (britt and amanda from pocahaunted / not not fun).

Made as a three-way collaboration between lucky dragons (music), hiroka nakano (design), and amy prior (fiction), “slumber party” is a book and record about sleeping into waking: 16 short stories in 40 pages, with moon-colored vinyl 7″ record enclosed, and glow-in-the-dark typeset on the cover.

listen to “lifestyle loop”:

Download audio file (lifestyle_loop.mp3)

48 pages (24 loose sheets), black and white, 50 lb bright white newsprint
This was commissioned by the Art Libraries Society of New York for the Contemporary Artists Books Conference at Printed Matter’s 2009 NY Art Book Fair. It was organized through David Senior at the Museum of Modern Art Library.

Contributions by:?Paul Branca, Dexter Sinister, Barbara Ess, Fillip, Rob Giampietro, Marc Handelman, Zach Houston, Adam Katz and Julia Sherman, Brian Kennon/ 2nd Cannons Publications, Chosil Kil, Alex Klein, Marisa Olson, Paul Pieroni, Laurel Ptak, Eileen Quinlan, Michael Smoler, Jamie Stewart, Oraib Toukan, Lia Trinka-Browner, Jen Delos Reyes, Rafael Rozendaal, Ryan Waller, Amy Yao

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD AS A FREE .PDF VERSION

$8 please

published by nieves in an edition of 150 only a short while ago this zine is already sold out from the publisher, but we have a few copies still available ourselves! “glamour banner” takes a large scale collaborative ink drawing made by sumi ink club and tiles it out across the pages so you can get a microscopic view of all the details… 20 pages, 14cm X 20cm, B&W

20 pages black on colored paper, 5″ x 7″ size zine by Sarah RaRa… all drawings made on the road during the last lucky dragons tour!

$9 please

16 page A4 size (approx. 8.5″ X 11″), printed by sumi ink club at extrapool in nijmegen, holland, using their stencil printers… extremely rich and bold vegetable-based inks on sturdy card stock paper… limited to 250 copies.

$3 please

poster made by sumi ink club for lucky dragons‘ 2009 europe tour… A3 size (approx. 11″ X 17″) full color offset print…!

$5 please

28 pages black on grey, 5″ x 7″ size zine by Sarah RaRa… all drawings made on the road during the last lucky dragons tour!

$10 in the US

$18 in the world

the newest lucky dragons twelve inch comes lovingly, graciously presented by LA-based teenage teardrops–pressed on white vinyl, with cover design by sumi ink club, and free mp3 download included! limited to an edition of 750 copies…

listen to “we made our own government”:

Download audio file (05%20We%20Made%20Our%20Own%20Government.mp3)

$8 please

parisian label atelier ciseaux presents this beautifully packaged lucky dragons seven inch, featuring a silkscreened cover designed by sumi ink club, printed on heavy recycled paper stock using a rotation of ink colors… each one is totally unique! limited to 300 copies.

listen to “honeycomb house part 2″:

Download audio file (02%20A2-honeycomb%20house%20part%202.mp3)

JA! Hand Silkscreened Poster by Sarah Ra Ra, for Triple Canopy. All Rainbow Rolls, each print is a unique array of colors, 14″ x 17.”

$15 please

180 full-color pages, A5 size (approx. 6″ by 8″)… this is kind of a crazy thing to get for 15 dollars… published in paris, with contributions from the following: JONAS DELABORDE, HENDRIK HEGRAY, STEPHANE PRIGENT, ROOPE ERONEN, ANTOINE MARQUIS, JAMIE McNEILL, JOHN OLSON, CYRILLE LE VELY, CF, LEON SADLER, ROBERT BEATTY, RYAN RIEHLE, DAVID DOUARD, JULIEN CARREYN, SPENCER CLARK, LEIF GOLDBERG, ANDRES RAMIREZ, BENJAMIN BERGMAN, MAT BRINKMAN, HEATH MOERLAND, GARY BEAUVAIS, DEAN SULLIVAN, PAT MAHERR, ANDY BOLUS, MEHDI HERCBERG, YU MATSUOKA, LUDOVIC BOULARD, LE FUR, MIKE DIANA, ROMAIN PERROT, JACQUES NOEL, JEFF HARTFORD, JAMES FERRARO, ALIVIA ZIVICH, NATE YOUNG, MAX EISENBERG, EVA REVOX, CARLOS GONZALES.

…so…. an international group, maybe you could generalize and call these “noise drawings”… punk appropriation of all things “forbidden” or psychologically “unhealthy”, channeled through a consistently mind-blowing aesthetic–color, line, geometry, serve to fracture the message, however brutal or perverted, into something unmistakeably and beautifully considered. alot to look at, boring, exquisite, disgusting, fun, gentle, harsh… yes.

$4 please

32 pages black on yellow, A6 size zine by sumi ink club… find out what your children will look like!

$20 please

new “los angeles” t shirt by sumi ink club. commemorating the founding of los angeles by the first LA Lakers, romulus and remus, who were raised by the she-wolf in elysian park Royal Purple printed on soft ivory american apparel t-shirts. LARGE SIZE ONLY at the moment… sorry!

JUST ONE SHIRT LEFT IN STOCK!!!!

$10 in the US

$18 in the world

“widows”, all mountain strings and hammered tones, sticks and ascending voices, even saxophones sounding like birds… from the dismal america of two years ago, a brighter light. CD version is all sold out, but LP you can get here, and digital you can get here, or here, or even here.

listen to “hello new friend”:
Download audio file (hello%20new%20friend.mp3)

$3 please

nice little publication from dynasty zines of athens, greece, featuring “woven waves” and “sun circle” by sumi ink club… A5 size, b&w offset, 8 pages, limited to 100 copies in the world.

$8 please

from the “wildfire wildfire” record label, this installment of the “friendship trip” split seven series has lucky dragons + ecstatic sunshine… heavy vinyl, photo covers letterpressed by gottlund verlag… listen to “take turns” from the lucky dragons side:

Download audio file (take_turns.mp3)

$10 CD anywhere

$10 LP in the US

$18 LP in the world

“dream island laughing language” is the 19th release from lucky dragons, available in the US from marriage records, the UK and europe from upset! the rhythm, and in australia from mistletone. CD version comes with a tiny version of totally issue 4!! good deal.

$30 in the world

giant (14″ X 22″) weatherproof cumbia-style rainbow-roll silkscreen poster made for the sumi ink club exhibition at siteLA… bold!!

$10 please

12″ of remixes for the philadelphia-based metal band genghis tron, featuring lucky dragons, telafon tel aviv, odd nosdam, + subtle… put together by anticon records… totally a strange beast… but a beautiful thing–designed by jon beasley of hecuba…

$3 please

a pencil drawing made by sumi ink club for the show “return to sender” at KRETS gallery in malmo, sweden–zoomed in, cut up, and laid out in book form. 16 pages, greyscale, A6 size.

$5 please

live recordings and remixes of lucky dragons songs by such friends as yacht, eats tapes, javelin, and more. comes with fold-out 11 X 17 inch sumi ink club poster!

$5 please

a collaboration between sumi ink club and smockshop designers michelle brunnick and kate hilseth… hand-painted fabric turned into wearable garments, documented here through dozens of close-up details, printed on heavy linen paper. edition of 100 copies

$4 please

in august of 2008 sumi ink club painted a mural on the face of this building at the corner of sunset and rampart in los angeles, CA. friends, friends of friends, and people walking down the street were invited to join in, and at the end of a furious week of painting with tiny brushes, over 60 people had contributed. from little kids obsessed with bikes to people just arrived in the US from costa rica and mexico, everyone had a story to paint out! this 40 page zine collects details from the larger piece upon its completion.

$6 please

issue four of the semi-regular drawings journal “totally” by luke fischbeck (lucky dragons, sumi ink club) …included in an alternate version with some copies of the lucky dragons album “dream island laughing language”, offered here in its original form… two-color offset printed on cover stock, 24 pages, A5 size.

$8 please

CD EP of “norteño” music collected from east LA dollar-record bins, then reworked, sung along to, translated, covered, appropriated, cutup, eaten, painted, programmed, etc. by lucky dragons. if you put the CD into a computer it will show you a video by scottish artist katy dove and also an interactive norteña by robert botto

$10 please

jewelry-quality pins (approx. 2 inches long) individually hand-drawn onto painted wood by birds of prey (sarah rara of sumi ink club)… each pin is completely one-of-a-kind… personal owl.

$10 please

pharaoh pins from birds of prey, each individually hand-drawn on wood by sarah rara (lucky dragons, sumi ink club).

$7 please

…from sarah rara (birds of prey / sumi ink club)… page after page of fantasy tunic designs, with a fold-out pattern-universe poster! 4.25″ X 11″ with fold-out 11″ X 17″ poster

$5 please

from teenage teardrops, “theme” / “masonna is playing at my house” seven inch by LA’s own david scott stone. modular synth shoegaze noise melodies. clear vinyl, limited to 521 copies. cover art by sumi ink club.

$3 please

david wightman, from san diego by way of houston, who is also in extreme animals + fortress of amplitude, in a special show of practiced nonchallance, frenzy, pretend pretension, carefulness, and peace.

$5 please

Collaged photo-documentation of a series of performances and studio actions by artist evelyn donnelly wrapped in flourescent covers. check it out! 34 pages black and white with three-color silkscreen cover, A4-size.

$5 please

split seven inch between “shepherds” and “ignatz” for not not fun’s “broed fortress” series… with sleeve art by sumi ink club! super limited supply…

$10 please

individually hand-drawn on wood by birds of prey (sarah rara of sumi ink club, each pin is a one-of-a-kind piece of wearable art!

$10 please

limited-release lucky dragons from the years 2000-2006… two lathe cut records, two seven inches, and a cd-r… re-presented as a 47-song CD by states rights records, in screen-printed unbleached cardboard arigatopak with a two-color A3-size poster by sumi ink club inside!

$3 please

enormous fold out newsprint poster from artist David Horvitz with polaroids documenting a tour with the band xiu xiu on one side, and polaroids of the sky on the other.

$3 please

Holographic pins by artist Kari Altmann (blackmoth, netmares / netdreams), Never The Same Color… each packaged with a unique and very glossy print. “post-future must-have”.

$15 please

hand-drawn wooden eagle’s head pendant from birds of prey! each one is one-of-a-kind, with silk-screened pattern on the reverse…

$10 please

insanely good collection of modern takes on the old idea of “ambient” put together by the label audio dregs… with cover art by ola vasiljeva + outstanding contributions from such friends as white rainbow, wzt hearts, mudboy, yellow swans, lucky dragons, grouper, valet, e*rock, e*vax (of ratatat), and many more!

$10 please

$10 in the US

$18 in the world

First lucky dragons album from all the way long ago in the year 2002… now lovingly restored as a vinyl and digital only re-release by marriage records… the vinyl version includes an A3-size poster by sumi ink club, and hand-etched designs on the record itself. precious memory!!

$10 please

$10 please

compilation CD from the mysterious belfast / dublin / london collective “caff/flick” that carries many good friends on it (shobo shobo, for example) as well as two not-released anywhere else lucky dragons tracks.

$20 please

160 pages A4 size with full-color print and pin… serious! bound in human skin at kinko’s in san diego. so many secrets contained herein. click the image below for an inner look. click here to find out more about dungeon master david wightman

$5 please

Hitty Titty’s (Molly Colleen O’Connell) first recorded efforts. A thirteen year old alien teen-queen brings her bleep-chirp space pop to Earth and its all in Furbish and Klingon! This tape is utterly brilliant and beautifully packaged. Lazer-Jet insterts., screenprinted slip-cases, colored tapes with screenprinted stickers. Limited to 50

$8 please

From Conor Stechschulte (closed caption comics), 20 pages of four-color separation screenprints of the forest interior… lush, oversaturated prints of shadows and growth that would easily hold their own as individual prints, hand-bound together in book-form.

$6 please

From Conor Stechschulte (closed caption comics)… 36 pages of intricately detailed forest drawings, with a fold out geometric poster in the middle, and four-color screenprinted cover and inside jacket… 7.5″ X 5.5″.

$7 please

Screenprinted fold-out book / game by ryan cecil smith (closed caption comics)

$7 please

fold-out screen-printed book by ryan cecil smith (closed caption comics).

$5 please

From chris day (closed caption comics, lost ghost records), one of the most disorienting coloring books ever made… fully screenprinted, 36 pages, A4 size. limited to 100 copies.

$5 please

From chris day & neal reinalda (lost ghost records, closed caption comics) laptop + pedal noisy sounds in a beautiful screenprinted package… limited to 50 copies

$5 please

From Molly Colleen O’Connell (closed caption comics), BBB’s Diary is the story of a teen swayed by the hypnaughtyk powers of elkekatito to go to the ‘center of troubled teens’, aka boot camp for cult members. when she is asked to prove herself loyal, she becomes morally torn. Hand-bound screenprinted and xerox 7″ X 5.5″. Limited to 100

$10 please

28-page fantasy tourist epic from Lane Milburn (closed caption comics)… silk screen + xerox.

$12 please