While we’re in the middle of another 10 years of hip-hop history, it’s as good a time as any to give a shout out to a group of like-minded DJs over in Europe. Rap History is a party series, helmed by a collective of DJs who make yearly mixes, make posters and zines to go with them, then box them up and give them away at the parties. I played in Warsaw in the spring and DJ Steez gave me a bunch of boxes to bring back to the US. They even included DJ Eleven’s 1982 mix, with our permission. The whole enterprise is super thorough, with chapters in Berlin, Warsaw, Munich and Zurich.
Here is 1984, mixed by DJ DeJoe from Berlin:
Rap History 1984 (right click “save target as”)
All 3 Rub DJs have played the Memory Lane show. Watch the archives right here:
DJ Eleven spinning classic West Coast rap
DJ Ayres Part 1 (1979-1993 rap)
DJ Ayres Part 2 (1990-2006 rap)
Tune in at 9 PM EST every Tuesday for a new Memory Lane: www.ustream.tv/channel/memory-lane1
We have motherfucking DJ Scratch from EPMD at The Rub this Saturday! How crazy is that?
Produced by DJ Scratch!
Friday the 13th Routine!
Grab the DJ Scratch remix of EPMD “I’m Mad” over at the Flashing Lights blog!
DJ Ayres – Haunted House Sex Party
http://therub.crewcial.org/HauntedHouseSexParty.mp3 (right click “save target as”)
Carte Blanche ft. Kid Sister – Do! Do! Do!
Grum – Can’t Shake This Feeling
Señor Stereo – Hot Damn!
Rampage & Nader – Gave You Love
Cassius – 99 (Tim Green Remix)
Round Table Knights – Belly Dance (Mowgli Remix)
Para One – Toadstool
Martin Brothers – Duckface
Penner & Mudder – Presence of Another Man
Nacho Lovers – Deeper
Boy 8 Bit – Cricket Scores (Boy 8-Bit remix)
Avicii – Ryu
Neurotic Drum Band – Robotic Hypnotic Adventure (Harkin and Raney Remix)
Drop the Lime – Sex Sax (Blu Jemz in Mellow Remix)
I’m going out on tour for a couple of weeks with DJ Mehdi and Riton, who have a new project called Carte Blanche on Ed Banger records. Here is the video for Gare Du Nord, with classic dance footage from Detroit.
Blu Jemz will be joining us; he’s an old friend from Brooklyn who has at least 10 different things going on at any given time, including but not limited to his post-Dilla beats projects, dance-rap group Da Hardy Boyz, goth group Dark Dreams, Turntablelab Radio and on and on. He’s a sweetheart and a maniac and a hilarious dude. Here is his remix for Drop The Lime, which just came out on Trouble & Bass:
Drop the Lime – Sex Sax (Blu Jemz in Mellow Remix)
You must RSVP to attend the Scion Radio 17 parties.
DJ Mehdi, Riton, DJ Ayres & Blu Jemz
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 – Tampa
Wednesday, June 23 – Minneapolis
Thursday, June 24 – Bloomington
Wednesday, June 30 – Kansas City
Thursday, July 1 – Cleveland
I did a guest spot on Snacky Tunes yesterday – check it out right here. They’ve conveniently broken up the show so you can listen to individual sections – just click on “DJ Ayres Live Set” to jump right to the music. The whole show is interesting, with guests talking about local food, a new cookbook, urban gardening, and more. The Heritage Radio Network is in the back of Roberta’s pizza restaurant in Bushwick, Brooklyn, and they gave us free brick-oven pizza, so that was awesome. My tracklist:
Pumpkin Patch – Grooveberry Jam
Cassius – 99 (Tim Green remix)
Rampage & Nader – Get Up (coming soon on T&A!)
T.I. – What You Know (Doc Adams edit)
Ciara & Ludacris – Ride
Simian Mobile Disco – Cruel Intentions (Joker remix)
Jack Beats (Beni G and Plus One) join Rub Radio this month for an interview covering everything from their turntablist roots in Skratch Perverts and Mixologists, to the creation of their hybrid dubstep/house sound, to the nuts and bolts of their production techniques. Then we play lots of great music!
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Our friend Star Eyes joins us this month on Rub Radio, throwing down a fierce DJ set live at Bad Manor and talking to us about raves, her former job as editor of XLURB8R magazine, and her new job playing filthy bass music all over the world with her crew, Trouble and Bass. And as always, the Rub guys play a bunch of our favorite jams.