A TMC Arts Program The Music Center's On the Record: Vinyl Fair

Date

May 4, 2024

4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Admission

Free

Location

Jerry Moss Plaza

The 2nd Annual The Music Center’s On the Record: Vinyl Fair returns with a vinyl marketplace, art-making, interactive activities, dance performances, live DJs and an open dance floor on Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Center.

The Music Center's On the Record: Vinyl Fair is co-created with: Arts for LA, Dance Resource Center, dublab, LA Commons, LAUSD Arts Education Branch and Dexter Story.

Activities

  • Creative Corner

    Create art on upcycled records, sleeves, and tote bags. Share memories and stories around music. Co-curated and hosted by Arts for LA and LA Commons. 

  • Story Lounge

    Sit back, relax, and share your stories on music and vinyl in the LA Commons’ Story Lounge. 

  • Vinyl Sampling Station 

    Channel your inner J Dilla and sample vinyl using Ableton Live and Push at this interactive booth with Young Producers Group. Presented in partnership with LAUSD Arts Education Branch. 

Performances and Live DJ Sets

  • Performance by Whacking Los Angeles
    6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

    Join us for this interactive dance performance with Whacking Los Angeles, a community organization dedicated to preserving and advancing the legacy of Punking and Whacking through dance education, events, and nurturing spaces. Watch them perform, and then hop on to the dance floor to learn some punking and whacking moves. Hosted by Dance Resource Center.

  • Live DJ Sets

    Get down on the dance floor with live DJ sets, curated by dublab.

    4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.: Danny Holloway

    5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.: DJ Kerry

    6:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.: Colored Craig

Free Poster Giveaway Featuring Artwork by Adee Roberson

While supplies last

"My work is a meditation on symbolism and texture. Synthesizing performance and installation, my work melds vibration and technicolor visions through paintings, video, and melodic compositions. These works offer a refracted timeline of black diasporic movement, weaving sonic and familial archives, with landscape, rhythm, and spirit." –Adee Roberson

Artists featured in artwork: Marcia Griffiths, Joe Moks, The Three Degrees, Lijadu Sisters, Jennifer Lara, Jackie Shane, Brenda Fassie, Gloria Ann Taylor, Sylvester, Abbey Lincoln, Phillis Hyman, Sister Nancy, Nahawa Doumbia, Althea and Donna, June Tyson, the Love Joys, Patrice Rushen, Jean Carn and Oby Onyioha.

Playlist by Dexter Story

Hip Hop Sample Origins

LA-based musician, composer and musicologist Dexter Story dug into the vinyl archives and compiled an inspiring collection of classic songs that sourced hip hop’s illustrious repertoire. Explore the wide range of genres, styles, textures and grooves that hip hop producers such as DJ Marly Marl, Easy Mo Bee, Pete Rock, DJ Premier, RZA, The Bomb Squad, Erick Sermon, Large Professor, Prince Paul, Q-Tip, Organized Noize, Madlib, J Dilla, Dr. Dre, P Diddy, Just Blaze, Kanye West, The Alchemist and many others sampled to create the global boom bap soundtrack to our lives.