I'd play 'em some big-beat (You know, Mashed up Hip-hop drums, huge basses
and 303's, all pounding fast with loads of mad samples over the top), like
Fatboy Slim, Bentley Rhythm Ace, Cut La Roc, anything on Skint records, Wall
of Sound etc. etc. etc. for the first half of the night, get 'em all moving,
then change through some decent R&B and Hip-hop (non-commercial) and then on
to light, jazzy drum & bass, like anything on Moving Shadow records. (Check
out Hoax - 'Pipedreams'; Technical Itch - 'The Dreamer'; e-zrollers (because
I love them) etc.). I reckon you'll scare them off with too much hardstep,
although if they're up for it, put on some Trouble on Vinyl stuff. Oh, also,
try out Roni Size/Reprazent's stuff because they'll recognise it.
Let us know how it goes...
Cheers,
Tim Kemp (pp0u7078@liv.ac.uk)