Kinky Kontrol

Custom Screen Printing & Merch, Fulfilment, Distribution & Show Promotion Based In DTLA By 25 Year V

Originally based in Osaka, Japan (aka the "Kinki region," hence the disambiguation in the label name), Kinky Kontrol is run by Kebin, vocalist from Skapeche Mode; Punker In The Headlights; Panda, No Panda; One Eye Open; et al. This label is dedicated to unique sounds, art, toys, candy, objects and the various artistic whims of Kebin.

11/12/2024

The heavy lifting is complete. Now all that’s left is the fun part. Arranging and shaping into a comfortable creative work space. KKHQIV is about to lift off. Loving this space so far. Today we did heavy stuff. This might sound funny but I’m really stoked and giddy to have this massive 3 section garment table. I’ve always operated with a single because I never had space to connect all three. This opens up the shop to so many possibilities of workflow, brainstorming and spewing out of ideas. Thanks to the homie Cesarito for always answering the call when I need him most and helping me lift and assemble these beastly garment tables that weigh like a million pounds each. And also for the accidental “1,2,3, one more of these” sample that I am now absolutely going to chop and turn into a sick break beat on my new Ableton Move groove box I can finally break out and play with tonight after my shower. Landlord popped in while we were muchin’ lunch n’ I told him about a brainstorm I had when I pulled up on the church in session yesterday. (In case you missed it, my new shop is behind a salvadorean church.) It was Sunday and they were in full church mode. They had a little food stand outside where they were vending pupusas, and my mind went straight to “pop up!!” (And cheesecake for no apparent reason.) I’ve been dying to get my little gift shop back in action so I asked him if he’d mind if I threw a little artsy fartsy vendy event out front when the church wasn’t using it. Not only was he all for it but he said I could use his storage space that is under my shop, that flows into the alley and block out the alley for an even bigger event! Hey girls! That is going to happen!! So hey if you’re a vendor and have interest in a back alley gathering of the tribes, holla at ya boi. I might even try to push my luck and have some live entertainment going. Let me finish getting set up and then we’ll get to planning on a sick Christmas event. While being forced to move a month before my lease was up was an expensive, inconvenient bummer, the fallout wasn’t half bad at all. This is gonna be awesummmm…mwauh! 😘

11/11/2024

Four stores and seven beers ago… tag yourself. I can’t believe General Fridgeman is still kicking it after all this time and abuse. There was a time when it was just me, my press and this fridge. Not much had changed but the hoarding. She was in bad shape this last move. Basically sat around after the last move collecting mildew and decay and the mover broke her door. I gave her a deep clean and some tlc last night and she’s looking good as punk. My back is broken today from going hardcore yesterday. Back at it tomorrow to break it some more. 🙇🏻

03/04/2024

Quiet Season Sale 🤙 - https://mailchi.mp/2ab8e3e29b9e/quiet-season-sale

12/19/2023

ICYMI we had so much fun last weekend, we decided to do a bonus sale day Saturday the 23rd. Blanks, prints, totes and more at fire sale rate of $1/lb. Clearance items. And some brand new merch put out for the first time this weekend. Plushies. Blind boxes. Japanese characters. Brand new onesies. Puzzles. Toys. More. Come grab some last minute gifts. Ah yes and free commemorative Kilimanjaro posters. After this it’s all getting packed up and moved into storage. Thank you so much for showing up and bidding the store a fond farewell. We appreciate your support and kindness! ❤️

Address

1403 W Washington Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
90007

Opening Hours

Monday

11am - 5pm

Telephone

+13109440682

Website

http://www.kinkykontrol.com/

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Congrats to @b.freee_310 !! You won tonight’s drawing. Oops spoiler alert. Or tl;dw. You pick your poison. Anyway merry holinfoffers! Congrats B! Thanks for playing my impromptu little game. Let me know if you’d like me to do it again. I have plenty more bullsh*t to put in a box, that’s for sure. Could totally do this forever. Not much news here in this video. A couple upcoming plans but there’s so much infrastructure I still need to build that it’s not worth talking about yet. Still making merch in my new shop so email me if you need anything. It’s on my main. I’m bad at coming on insta with consista. I’m playing at @hobanaheim January 10 with @skapechemode if you have interest in observing me ack tha foo. Dressed like a frog. Of course! Right? What else would I dress as? Oh yeah the actual answer to the trivia question (who is this and in what?) it’s Johnny Depp in the first episode of 21 Jump Street. I watched that making @thegoodwinclub shirts. You weren’t cool if you didn’t blow a sax in a show in the ‘80s. Johnny Kewl. I wonder if he ever played ska? That would’ve made it so authentic, right? Instead of smooth jazz. What high school kid is doing that? I’m going down to the waters club to see my bro Kenny G jam, dude. We should all go. Ok that’s all. Babbling on a solo Christmas Evil. It’s fun. You should try it sometime. Oh sure you have lOvEd OnEs! Good for you! Jk jk. I’ve been reading about them. They seem cool. I saw all these IG biz account people on Reddit complaining that nobody sees their posts anymore. They’re all mad and working so hard. So I’m assuming most people won’t see this. That’s why I’m carrying on here without a care. I don’t really mind if no one sees this. I just wanted to get a little diversion in. Are you really still reading this? That’s an old device, admittedly, but it still catches me off guard sometimes. Mention in the comments if it caught you off guard too! Don’t forget to like an

Greetings from the secret labs of Kinky Kontrol. Press is turning. Caps are slappin’. Choirs are singin’. The sofa is dancin’. Don’t feed the pelican. Thank you.

KKHQIII. Organizing day 1. All darred up on the back 40. That was a lot. New place is spacious though. It’ll be good for some refreshed Live From KKHQ episodes. The Salvi church up front is something else. lol Next up is the equipment side. Anybody wanna bring their shredded wheat 💪🏼 to Ktown? I could use a hand. Garment tables, press and heat press are heavy AF.

Just some very specific things I made to wear for fun! #letsmakemerch Music: “Make It, Break It” by FOODIE!! @maki_foodie

Farewell Sidewalk Sale this Saturday and Sunday! Mountains of shirts for just a dollar a pound. Get here early. 8am - 4pm. Bring change cuz this move got this queen down to zero schillings. lol I’ll have a bunch of other random stuff cheap. Retail fixtures. Screen printing crap. (And a few new “gifty” things for a little more money.) It’s gonna be fun! See you this weekend!!

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Our Story

Originally established in 2003 as a tiny record label based in Osaka, Japan (aka the "Kinki region," hence the disambiguation in the company name), run out of an apartment with a tiny hobby screen press and a maze of midi equipment. Kinky Kontrol is run by Kebin, vocalist for indie bands like Skapeche Mode; Punker In The Headlights; Panda, No Panda; One Eye Open; et al. Eventually he moved back to Los Angeles, and carried on with the concept.

At the end of 2017 a proper headquarters and shop was opened, and Kinky Kontrol HQ expanded into full-time screen printing, pin making, merchandising, original designs and more. KKHQ strives to work with artists, musicians, restaurants, breweries and small businesses to forge a creative, collaborative and quality experience. End game is always customer satisfaction.

Our business is dedicated to this unique customer partnership, and also to the sounds, concepts, imagination, art, toys, tastes, objects and the various artistic whims of Kebin. Oh, and sweat. Lots and lots of hard work, late nights and sweat. No slackers in this shop aside from The Slackers on the sound system carrying us through.