New Mix for May 2012 & Special Guest Announcement
Posted: May 16, 2012 Filed under: Rub Radio, The RubBig day as we bring you a brand new mix for May as well as proudly announce our good friend Nick Catchdubs as our special guest at this month’s Rub. Needless to say, Nick is hard-wired to play this party so you can guarantee this is going to be stupid fun.
Our new mix for the month of May is a real heavy one with a ton of new rap from the likes of Young Dolph, Big K.R.I.T, and Iggy Azalea. Check it out below!
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We at The Rub love our neighbors to the North. The crop of DJ’s we play with in Canda never lets us down and we have made so many close friends over the years in our many travels there. Included in that are the Eh! Team DJ’s. These dudes are a DJ collective that consists of six world class DJ’s from different provinces, and they are your DJ’s kind of DJ’s. The turntablism skills amongst this crew can compete with anyone out there.
DJ Hedspin and DJ Pump, two of the six guys, are the cream of the crop you’ll see these days. Hedspin recently won the 2011 Red Bull Thre3Style National Finals with a set that left the best DJ’s in attendance quite floored. DJ Pump constantly throws out edits that end up in our sets. These guys are just beasts who are a must-see act if they come to your town.
They made a promo mix to promote their latest tour and damn if this mix isn’t incredible. Been on repeat all day at the office:
Keep up with the fellas at the Eh! Team DJ’s website HERE
Oh, and if you wanna see how DJ Hedspin won the Regional Finals this year for Red Bull, well, take a gander at this 15 minute set. Jesus!
Waajeed needs little introduction to music fans, as his work over the years as a producer has spawned absolute classics such as The Platinum Pied Pipers first album, Triple P, as well as Dwele’s first release, Rize. The man has had his footprint in such an incredible era of music, working with the likes of J-Dilla, Roy Ayers, Slum Village, and countless others.
He has relaunched his website Bling47.com and since he has, it has become mandatory for any music lover to bookmark this site. They constantly generate original content and showcase videos and interviews you really could not find anywhere else. It’s like an insider’s guide to our generation’s music scene, specifically J Dilla’s back stories, and they drop these gems all the time.
Waajeed is still heavy into production and recently put this remix of our pal Kutcorners’ track “Diamond” on his site. This is feel good, drive down the street with your windows down music. So wonderful.
Throwback Thursday: Rub Radio Interviews A-Trak & Nick Catchdubs
Posted: May 10, 2012 Filed under: Rub RadioScion A/V Presents: Fool’s Gold (A-Trak & Nick Catchdubs) Interview from Scion A/V on Vimeo.
Few people we love more than the dynamic duo from Canada, the Smalltown DJ’s. We’ve had a long relationship with these two brothers over the past decade. From touring with them, having them guest at The Rub, to playing at their top class music venue in Calgary, The Hi-Fi Club, our paths continue to run into each other. They’re just great dudes, what can we say?
We’re also big fans of their production and remix work over the years. Their new single, “Loving The Vibe” came out on DJ Ayres’ label, T&A records yesterday. The single is a ton of fun and is already getting plenty of play from DJ’s all over. Really love the tropical bass influences in this. The single also has 4 remixes from all different genres. Lots to like about this entire release, so go support some of our dearest friends.
Grab it on Beatport HERE
Pick up DJ Theory’s remix for free over at Gotta Dance Dirty
Anyone who knows these two guys know they are some of the funniest guys you’ll ever meet, so much so this tour video was made for our Sixpacks, Shotguns, and Serato tour from 2010. One of the best tours ever.
Keep up with these guys on their website HERE
Get up on new dance discoveries and party classics, mixed live by beloved Brooklyn selectors The Rub. This month we have special guest Mike 2600 ripping the set live from Minneapolis. A purveyor of real raw rap and full-figured funk and long-time friend of The Rub, Mike has gotten parties open from St. Paul to San Francisco, from Oregon to Osaka.
This show ran May 2012.
Whew! Now that was a fun party Saturday night. We thank all of you for coming out to celebrate our first official residency at The Bell House. It was a great success! You guys kept that place packed!
You can see the entire album on our Facebook page
Tonight is the night! This is going to be insane. The Bell House has no idea what’s about to hit ’em
Saturday, April 28th
The Rub
The Bell House – 149 7th Street btwn 2nd & 3rd Avenues, Brooklyn
Ayres, Eleven plus special guests DJ mOma.
$10, 10 PM – 4 AM, 21+ w. ID
Doors open at 10pm. Get there early y’all. You know the drill!
For our latest entry into “Friends of The Rub” we bring you a close friend and collaborator of ours, DJ mOma. One of NYC’s most prolific DJ’s for years now, mOma has played numerous Rub’s (including our huge NYE 2012 party) as well contributed to DJ Ayres’ Heavy Warmup Series.
Tomorrow night, we bring him back with us to crush our first official Saturday residency at The Bell House. He’ll be holding things down in the back bar all night. Gonna be rowdy.
We’re also big fans of his remix work and want to make sure all of you pick up his latest 2 tracks.
His “Love Forever” Michael Jackson rework brings the house down every time:
He just released this new one, a remix of the Fantasia song “Free Yourself” to get the dance floor grown n’ sexy:
Stay in touch with DJ mOma through his website HERE
Time Out New York recently interviewed DJ Ayres and DJ Eleven about the latest happenings with The Rub as well as thoughts on our new home at The Bell House.
TONY: When you found out that Southpaw was closing, was there any thought of going on hiatus, or even shutting the party down?
Eleven: No, not at all. We’ve actually known for a while—several years at least—that we had sort of outgrown Southpaw, but we definitely never wanted to stop doing the Rub. What happened was, Southpaw told us they were closing down about ten days before the last party we did there. And Ayres and I literally left that meeting, walked a couple doors down to a coffee place and began to figure out what we were gonna do next. We didn’t skip a beat. You know, the Rub pays our bills, but it’s also something that’s near and dear to our hearts. It’s not something we want to walk away from because we have to. When we do walk away someday, it’ll be because we want to.
TONY: Does being in Brooklyn help?
Ayres: Definitely. When we started, there weren’t very many big parties at all in Brooklyn, and I think that let us have the Rub develop in a more natural way. We always wanted it to feel like a house party.
TONY: It’s always had the reputation of being a very unpretentious affair.
Eleven: That’s very important—probably the most important thing about the Rub. We know we have to take care of our friends, but we’ve always avoided creating a feeling of elitism. If you’ve got ten bucks and you’re okay with waiting in line for a bit, then we want you. Just be ready to party.
Read the full interview on Time Out New York