What's your favourite piece of graffiti? I don't know if mine still exists, but there used to be one saying "Lubiฤ rosรณล". Which translates as "I like chicken noodle soup". How could you not?
This is the reason why most ppl wanna be djs. The โall eyes on meโ type. I seriously wanna have a red curtain party where the DJ is behind the curtain, no names on the line up and everybody just forced to dance and/or interact and listen to the music without judging the DJ.
DJ Deeon forever ๐๏ธ Thank you for blessing me and my crew with your kindness, grace and support. I will never forget you or this moment right here. Ever in my life. I love you, Debo. โฅ๏ธ
Party/drug culture isnโt the same as music culture. Although, they overlap at points, you have to remember that when engaging with ppl that just party and donโt create anything.
The sooner a DJ understands that curation is a valuable skill set rather than โjust playing music for peopleโ, the stronger your overall skill becomes and that more opportunities are available outside the club.
The catch-all term โ160โ that is used to define music derived directly from Chicago footwork/Juke and 90โs jungle is an erasure of black culture. You will never be ready for this conversation. (Obviously not speaking about the bpm - donโt play with me).
20 years ago today the world lost a beautiful queen. I took this pic of Kemistry on her and Stormโs 1st visit to LA (Viper Room, 1998) itโs a rare image in the digital world, so thought to share it w/ yaโll. Kemistry and Storm are the reason I dj and remain an inspiration to me
Have djs been sharpening their tools the past year, staying engaged in the community, supporting their peers, collaborating or yaโll just gonna pop up after 2 years of nothing and expect all the work? Lol
Being a DJ is a PRIVILEGED CAREER. I def donโt hear enough gratitude for that FACT, when there is so much going on in the world and what some ppl have to do and endure to earn a dollar.
I get depressed when I think of how many producers I personally know that we lost to the game of life. The ones who had to give up music for school, work, families or their own minds playing games that they werenโt good enough for it. The ones who decided it wasnโt โworth it.โ
GUUYYYS!!! Tacoโs path report came back clear! The tongue is CANCER FREE! (for now). We know the aggressive nature of this and we still need oncology management, but we got a WIN TODAY, so we will celebrate THAT! (I miss her sloppy kisses, but her bitey teeth still work!) ๐ญ
You have to get comfortable w/the fact that nothing makes sense. You will have rapists on center stage, ppl who havenโt worked a fraction as hard w/barely passable DJ skills headlining or touring. Itโs never going to make sense or change. Just keep your eyes on your own paper. ๐ซถ๐ฝ
Gentle reminder that you can navigate your creative career anyway you want, most of the rules are obsolete, and success is measured by you and only you. For best results, treat people well, manage your expectations and find the joy in the journey. ๐ฏ
We booked an artist based on a performance we saw at an event that zero people attended. Point being, for a working dj, no gig is a waste of your time.
Gentle reminder that Kush Jones has been touring EU for the last 2 months on his consistent work. No label release or the need to promote anything. Just off the strength of his consistent focus and quality of that independent work. Argue with your agent.
All jokes aside, yaโll who like to shame djs for engaging in discourse or think thereโs no skill, and mfs are just pressing play etc. This is an A1 example of why we care too much. Facts are weโre losing the art w/each passing decade and itโs sad asf for those who do care.
S/o to everybody who did a thing for their first time this year. Released music, played a show, traveled, did something of personal achievement that nobody knew about or recognized. Firsts are a start to something great. Keep doing that shit.๐ฏ
Jlin was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in music for her most recent work. Letโs please not just glaze over that like you do for everything else women do.
A lot of this music shit is celebrating your personal achievements in your head and by yourself. Nobody is going to care about what you do or did more than you. Learn to be ok with that. It will alleviate a world of anxiety for you.
S/o all the DJ/producer super couples. Itโs rare to find your legit โpersonโ in this life, but finding someone who shares your passion and is part of your team in and out of music is a blessing beyond the blessing. โฅ๏ธ
Jungle/DnB has probably the most ill informed music takes of all time. It really shouldnโt even be that way because the originators are still as active as they ever were which means ppl just be ignorant by choice. ๐คท๐ฝโโ๏ธ
This really be the most common knowledge in all of LA for near decade and every time it resurfaces everybody clutches their pearls and acts like itโs new, just like a number of others yaโll ignore to get to a bag. ๐ฎโ๐จ
The blessing that is Nikki Nair. Delivered one of the best breaks sets Iโve heard in at least a decade. This shit hit my whole heart for real. Rave4Evar was the best party in a long one. Much love to every human involved and in the place. โฅ๏ธ
Iโm rarely at a loss for words, but Iโm finding myself speechless at all the messages we are getting around this award thing. JBW has really meant a lot to a lot of people which is way more humbling than the award. Literally been crying for 12 hours.๐ฅบโฅ๏ธ Love yaโll so much.
Please remember that the government has opened the country because it doesnโt want to give us any more money, not because itโs safe. There is still no vaccine. Stop being thirsty and selfish to โpartyโ.
Lotta yaโll support literal garbage ppl on the daily. Rapists, groomers and domestic abusers, they all up in your tracklist and on your stages still. DJ Assault should be the LEAST of your concerns. Keep deflecting tho. ๐คท๐ฝโโ๏ธ
Goldie history set at Stรผssy last night was like being wrapped in a warm blanket of darkness. Humbled me in a way I canโt bother to explain on here. IYKYK. ๐ Metalheadz forever.
Keep Taco in your thoughts. The baby girl is having surgery on Monday to have a 1/4 of her tongue removed. We wonโt know if itโs a cancer until itโs done, but please pray for our baby. ๐๐
โStick to one genre, ppl donโt know what to expect otherwise.โ Which is probably great marketing advice, but Iโm not a product. Iโm a DJ with a wide variety of music taste and historical context. Same person told Kush Jones he should โjust make techno to be more marketableโ ๐ฅด
Artist friends:
I donโt know who needs to hear this but: Stop assigning yourself a โstrugglingโ and โbrokeโ mentality. You are โworkingโ and โsurvivingโ on your craft. Change your dialogue to a forwarding and thriving language. Itโs the one thing you can actually control.
โBeatmatching is Gatekeepingโ ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ
Promoters really are one of two breeds. Either doing backbreaking Godโs work and losing their ass for the love of the culture or just super greedy and only about the bottom line being money and donโt give af about music or if theyโre booking a rapist or w/e. Murky waters.
When I started DJing way back, it was really the darker drumfunk style that inspired me. I have years of it on vinyl and finding new stuff is like a needle in a haystack sometimes. If you make this darker faster style stuff please send to me. Thanks in advance! ๐ซถ๐ฝ๐ฅ
Iโm at a place in my life and dj โcareerโ where I donโt really enjoy myself in spaces that lack diversity. Itโs really not a lit
party to me if itโs not inclusive or diverse in sound, line-up and the ppl attending. ๐ช
These summer UK lineups are undefeated. I pray that shit is cherished and never taken for granted. The US will never see that type of curation. You literally have to go to UK for 3 months.
They expect to be the best DJ in 6 months. How much musical context and culture knowledge can you possibly have. Your clout climbing skills and social media metrics will have you believing youโre valid.
r/djs reddit sub is wild... ppl who bought decks less than two years ago complaining about how they're not playing the biggest stages yet, asking if they should give up ๐ influencer culture has done incalculable damage to the music scene
Thankfully, there will always be a subversive underground music movement. โHouseโ music becoming pop music in the span of a week wonโt even change that.
HEADS UP: In 3 months we will have an open call for the FINAL JBDUBZ compilation. JBDUBZ10 will be last of the series before we move on to something new.
People talmbout how they lost followers talking about this shit. Iโve gained followers talking about this shit. Iโm sorry you got fake friends and engagement you purchased. Canโt relate.
Will-I-Am is a liar. He could have acknowledged and changed the information at anytime. You thought Lag was not a big enough artist to fight it. You admit that you stole the beat and got caught. Trash.
I donโt feel any love in my heart for biztecho, nor do I wish them any ill. Iโm just tried of this woman dancing while doing the bare minimum getting paid the maximum. Mfs got six decks up there for what? In the middle of a pandemic.
I hope big business techno is finished forever because of this crisis. Nina Kraviz here playing a plague rave in Italy to a bunch of people who arenโt interested in dancing. Weird vibe
Did a thing for
@residentadvisor
this week. Appreciate yaโll who checked it out and s/o the artists included in the mix for inspiring the journey.
๐ฃINTERVIEW
๐ถMIX
I love Grimes's music, and the pressure must be crazy to do a show like this - but her show at Coachella is the musician's version of nightmares where your teeth fall out and everyone laughs
Tomorrow is Jae and my 22 yr anniversary (19th wedding anniversary). My hope for all my loved ones is that you find at least one person in your life you can truly love and trust. Donโt chase things or people who canโt hold you down for real. Life is short and passes quick. ๐
Underground radio really showed out for our community in 2020. The sole, consistent entity that held what shred of an industry left. If you are a dj or a producer and donโt understand that radio is still and always vital, then I donโt know. Respect radio.
I have zero patience for grimes and think getting paid stupid amounts of money to come unprepared and giggle it off is insulting to that grind and no I donโt feel sorry for them in the least.
Serious DJ question: How long do you see yourselves doing it? Obviously age, hearing loss and ability to travel heavy will be major factors in longevity, but realistically, how long?
Results reveal that baby girl has a very aggressive cancer (sarcoma). Itโs a watch and wait situation. The margins were not cleared with the surgery so recurrence is likely and the prognosis is not very good.
Thanks to all concerned for her. Absolutely gutted as imagined. ๐
There are times when a journalist gets it 110% right. Thank you to the beautiful
@kmickles1
for taking the care and interest in telling our story. All the love to
@jukebouncewerk
and our family in Chicago that opened the chapter.
Thank you
@DJmag
for the opportunity to expand on a conversation that is so vast and applicable to far too many contructs in dance music. Keep the conversation going.
"The dance music community has been forced to reflect on its own role in systemic racism and oppression"
@jukebouncewerk
co-founder DJ Noir (
@DownByDfault
) explores how language can be used to appropriate Black culture and leave behind its pioneers