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Artist Franki Chan

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One of L.A.’s many arbiters of cool in a scene crawling with self-proclaimed kings, Franki Chan earns his laurels through his popular promotion house/underground label IHeartComix, which has thrown some of the hippest happenings of the last several years. Chan’s acrimonious split from fellow L.A. scenester/promoter/DJ Steve Aoki and his Dim Mak label gave birth to Comix (named for his previous career as a comic-book artist), and he says that he likes to use the feud as inspiration to do bigger and better things—a philosophy reflected in his DJ sets, which trainwreck huge pop hooks with discordant glitches.

Updated 07/30/2009

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