Essential wrote:
>I've been djing for 8 years, everything from rare groove/ acid jazz/
>downtempo to house (deep, funky, tech) to drum &bass/ jungle to most
>recently Underground Garage (2 Step). Last night I played local night
>Wicka Wicka (an innovative hip hop night w/ live turntablism and
>freestyling from Morse Code crew) in Phoenix.
>They wanted rare groove, so I gave it to them. Here's the problem, not
>in my 8 years of my djing have I seen or felt a complete lack of
>understanding of the mighty groove from a crowd. There was about 125
>people there, and no one danced (huh? you say). I thought I was losing
>my touch. I play for crowds from 100-150 up to 750, at bigger "rave"
>parties, but mostly tech house or a few years back jungle. Here's the
>tracklisting, Is this funky and ecclectic enough for people around the
>world these days? [playlist followed]
That playlist sounds bad-ass to me! Unfortunately, a lot of underground
hip-hop/ turntablism fans don't go to shows to dance. I guess they'd rather
just look at the DJ.
Blame it on the Skratch Piklz. ;)
-max
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