All-
I'm probably a little late for this thread, but I'll throw down my 2
anyway...
My DJ life has taken me from hip hop, abstract down-tempo, dnb, nu-jazz, to
broken biz and I'm having a hard time gettin' the dnb world to understand bb
as an evolution of the sound.
Me and my crew throw the freeskool parties and have an open music policy
focusing on anything beat-oriented (4 of the 5 of us are from the NYC dnb
DJ/Producer world). We usually start the night with hip hop/dancehall, I
throw some bb, we roll into house then rock 2-step, nu-step, classic dnb
dancefloor-frenzy biz. That eclectic mix usually confuses the purists, but
most end up sweating their a** off all night. We have folks come from all
scenes to show love and enjoy the diverse sounds. I've gotten more love tho
from 2-step, hip hop, and deep house heads than the junglists, which just
blows my mind.
I mostly play bb to open big rooms and run back rooms, unfortunately there's
no co-op here yet and getting the rammed dancefloor to get down to bb has
proven difficult, but that's the shame of NY's demise of the jazz-dance
scene. As always, and as evidenced by Giant Step et al, I usually get a
better response when throwing bb gems in with a nu-jazz house-y set, but in
recent months I've tried to go pure bb all the way. As most here can
understand, I want to focus on the dance events and not just do the lounge
gigs for the fancy folks who want interesting background music.
Folks pushing bb in NYC:
myself (embe), Gamall, Swingsett, Ray Velasquez ... anyone else from the
list chime in? bb massive not too thick in a city of a million djs...
Events pushing the sound:
Giant Step
Organic Grooves
Onthecorner.fm
Freeskool
Soulside
Converts are coming, 18 months ago, everyone thought I was crazy, last
Friday night at Organic Grooves, people were feelin' it, who know's, it's my
main music and I love it too much.
I agree with previous posts and think the proper release of 4 Hero will blow
minds and perhaps begin the cross-over...
alright, 'nuff for now, late,
-embe
-----Original Message-----
From: bump2k selectah [mailto:djessential@webtv.net]
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 6:41 AM
To: Aaron Shinn
Cc: leterel; acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
Subject: Re: Broken Beat for DnB heads?
Cool, I got sum of you to vent your ideas on the lack of knowlege and
respect for Broken Beat in the states. I used to spin & produce jungle/
drum & bass, since '94. But i got over most of the techy noize step
around late '98. Then i found myself paying way more deep & jazzy house,
& UK Garage. Then in mid- 2000, broken beat.
I just played thursday night @ superclub Freedom in Phoenix. It was slow
night at Advanced (Emile of Bombshelter dj's fame), ut a layed down the
broken beat THICK (you know Domu, Nubian Mindz, Son of Scientist,
Afronaught, New Sector Movements, Electric Soul (Phil Asher), and Seiji.
Also did some damage with Deep Techno's Common Nature/Planet E, Aubrey,
Kenny Larkin, and Titonon (2000 Black). The less than 100 crowd was
watching from the bars above with dumb, & astounded looks on their
faces. But they dug the Nu Skool breaks easy, from Snail & Emile.
But I went on too early 10.30-12. And most of the crowd was crossovers
from the Crystal Method, Uberzone, & Adam Freeland show earlier down the
street.
It might be happening in SF & LA for broken beat, but what other dj's in
the states are doing it!!!!!!
I'm playing it to people who have no idea what I'm playing. Some call it
funky electro/ slo-mo drum & bass music?????
WEIRD, MAN!!!!!!
dj e s s e n t i a l
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