FOTR: The Beat Junkies
Posted: March 1, 2016 Filed under: Friends of The Rub | Tags: fotr, The Beat Junkies
FOTR this week is The World Famous Beat Junkies. You may know this crew made up J Rocc, Babu, Shortkut, Mr. Choc, Rhettmatic, D-Styles, Melo-D, Icy Ice, Havik and Curse. They have been around for 20+ years, won countless DJ competitions, made some of the most influential mixtapes ever and are legends of the DJ world in every sense of the word. In recent years, they’ve been building out their website as a record pool that’s totally taken off with working DJs all over the internet. A couple days ago, they dropped their most recent freebie pack of 15 joints to fill up your digital crates. Grab the latest Fifteen For Your Crates and keep up with this legendary crew below.
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FOTR this week is our special guest this Saturday, Rok One. Rok has been holding down NY nightlife for as long as we can remember as he’s constantly playing out multiple nights of the week all over the city. He’s been a guest of The Rub a handful of times now and it’s always a pleasure to have him play with us because he’s such a solid DJ! In addition to DJing on the solo tip, he’s also been developing his Black Russian production project with Mike Dextro over the past several years with a grip of releases under their collective belts. Check out Rok’s latest mix for February’s edition of Rub Radio below along with all his relevant socials.
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FOTR: Bird Peterson
Posted: February 16, 2016 Filed under: Friends of The Rub | Tags: Bird Peterson, fotr
FOTR this week is Bird Peterson out of Austin, TX. He’s been cranking out tunes on the reg for what seems like forever and he originally caught fire on the legendary Hollerboard before eventually releasing tracks on basically every dope independent dance label of the last 10 years. He’s also got his own Teenage Riot Records, which just saw the release of his latest project Meal Ticket along side a couple other FOTR’s in Mike 2600 and Sammy Bananas. Check out this fresh new EP below and keep up with Bird on all the relevant socials as well.
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FOTR this week is Austin’s DJ Mel. Mel’s been holding anything and everything down in Austin for what literally feels like forever. Whether it’s been his Rock The Casbah 80’s themed special events, his insanely long running weekly Monday party at Nasty’s or being the official DJ for University of Texas Longhorns basketball, he’s certainly embedded himself in Austin’s music scene. What’s brought him to a national stage in recent years is his work djing events for President Obama in the past and now for Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. You may have seen and heard him dropping classic tunes on the Iowa Caucus TV and online coverage last week. Check out a recent mix from Mel and all the links to his socials below.
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FOTR this week is Jason Stewart, aka Them Jeans. Jason was the first person to bring The Rub out to Los Angeles over 10 years ago, and at this point he’s the mayor of LA as far as we’re concerned. His work as a DJ, producer and promoter has shaped the LA nightlife and music scene since most of you were in short jeans. Plus if you’re not already up on it, his Tall Tales podcast is a delight. Check out the most recent show with guests Asher Roth and Jake Troth, along with some other links, below.
Asher Roth & Jake Troth by Themjeans on Mixcloud
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FOTR this week is DJ Riz, who also happens to be our guest this Saturday at The Bell House in Brooklyn. It’s our first edition of The Rub in 2016 and there may not be a better DJ in the world to do it with. Riz has truly reached a higher level of DJs in the game and his skills have always been nothing less than jaw dropping. We already shared the recorded sets from his legendary last visit to The Rub just last week. Below is maybe the most famous influential tape Riz ever made with Live From Brooklyn. Check them all before this Saturday and make sure to click some links below.
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FOTR: Treasure Fingers
Posted: January 19, 2016 Filed under: Friends of The Rub | Tags: fotr, Treasure Fingers
FOTR this week is longtime dance music veteran Treasure Fingers. The Atlanta native has seen so many trends in dance music come and go, but just within the last year finally started releasing music on his own imprint in Pyscho Disco Records. He recently kicked off the Nite Trips Tour with young house music up-and-comer Landis LaPace and the pair released this fire new mix below to celebrate run. You should definitely try to check out this tour if it hits your city.
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FOTR: Skratch Bastid
Posted: January 12, 2016 Filed under: Friends of The Rub | Tags: fotr, Skratch Bastid
FOTR today is the long time Canadian homie Skratch Bastid. He’s been on a very high level as a performer and ambassador for DJs for a long time now and continues to do great work year after year. A lot of his performance videos that he’s shared online have blown up but maybe none as fast as his tribute to the late great David Bowie, which went up just yesterday and has been streamed a bazillion times on his Facebook page. Additional links below.
RIP David Bowie.Late night in the studio… took a break from working on a new mix to check my feeds… only to find it flooded with news that the legendary David Bowie has passed. Lots can be said & written to eulogize prolific artists like him, but I think the most appropriate way for a DJ to celebrate my favourite artists is by sharing their music. So how about a little routine? 1983's "Let's Dance" was produced by David himself & Nile Rodgers (from Chic, recently featured on Daft Punk's 'Get Lucky'), and was Bowie's biggest song to date, 20 years into his career. The guy never stopped creating — he stayed recording and collaborating with artists like Arcade Fire & LCD Soundsystem over the last decade, and even put out an album two days ago, before his untimely passing. If that's not motivation as an artist, I don't know what is. So this one's for you, David — a tribute, just having some fun with a dancefloor smash that has always been a favourite to double copies of while keeping people moving. Don't mind the smilin', I can't help it. Rest easy…#GoProMusic
Posted by Skratch Bastid on Monday, 11 January 2016
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FOTR this week is our bud Emynd, who’s a long time DJ and accomplished producer from Philly. He’s been a stalwart in the Philly DJ scene for over a decade and has been flexing on killer tracks and edits since the heyday of the Hollerboard. He’s been repackaging a bunch of these tracks in his Emynd Packs series that just hit Volume 4 via his website right before the new year. Download the whole Pack 4 zip full of his trademark Bmore Soul RIGHT HERE or track by track from Audiomack below.
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FOTR: Chances With Wolves
Posted: December 29, 2015 Filed under: Friends of The Rub | Tags: Chances With Wolves, fotr
FOTR this week and special guests for our NYE party at The Bell House this Thursday night is Chances With Wolves. This dj duo made up of Kenan and Kray have been running with CWW as a radio show for over 7 years now and are way more interested in the vibe than any sort of restricted format. Check out the latest episode of their wonderful show below and make sure you check them on the set Thursday night to ring in 2016!
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