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Dam Funk flew into Auckland a week and a half ago, and slayed Fu Bar on the Thursday night. The Hit It and Quit It crew put on a legendary party and had everyone there till eaaaaaarly Friday morning. We were a bit worse for wear on Friday to be honest, but Dam was nice enough to take the time to stop into Serato HQ for a bit of a chat
If you haven't seen Dam Funk live before, you are MISSING OUT. The guy is amazing - future funk, boogie, Prince, weirdness and fusion for the soul. Go out and support this dude for sure.
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The True School Park Jam Series is legendary in New York - I was fortunate enough to make it to one of the parties in 2008 (take me baaaack!). I got forwarded this video on Twitter (thanks Sweetpants!) and it reminded me of what a great series of parties it is.
This, for us, is amazing - seeing three of the best, Afrika Bambaataa, Jazzy Jay & Kool DJ Red Alert spinning on Scratch Live. Three original pioneers of Hip Hop culture, and they all embraced the digital age pretty early on. They're still three of the best DJs around and would have the most unbelievable record collections!
Check this video from the Park Jam Series in 2009:
"Afrika Bambaataa, Kool DJ Red Alert, and The Original Jazzy Jay reunite on the wheels of steel for the first time in over 25 years. Many have neglected the fact these individuals are primarily responsible for the genesis of hip hop culture."
We were fortunate enough to have Jazzy Jay down to NZ to play a party for us in 2008 - I remember it like it was yesterday...
Sampology came all the way from Australia (what a trip!) to play a gig for the Auckland crowd, and absolutely smashed it.
Pics from the show and video after the jump! Gooooooooooo
New Mix for Whitelabel.net! It's April (holy cow) and May in a couple of days (even holy-er cow!). Check out these tunes that have come out this month, or earlier. Awse. Listen link below the truck!
Fool's Gold threw an epic party at WMC this year and I missed it. Can you believe it? Believe it. I live in New Zealand.
The line-up was amazing, as you can probably see by scanning this poster, a veritable who's who from the Fool's Gold roster, plus friends of the label. Also, the party featured the debut set from Duck Sauce, a voltron-esque musical collaboration between A-Trak and Armand Van Helden.
By all accounts that I have heard, the party was awse and I've managed to catch a few videos from it around the way, including this snippet of DJ Craze's set (can this guy play a bad set ever?). I just almost fell off my chair when he dropped Riot Music. Tumeke.
For more footage and a rundown of the night, check out the Fool's gold WMC recap!
Fool's Gold, started by Nick Catchdubs and A-Trak, has been going from strength to strength as a label, releasing some of the best dance/hip hop/disco/dubstep/whatever music around today.
And evidently also throwing some of the best parties.
AND, if all of this wasn't enough, Food Gold on the Fool's Gold blog dishes out some amazing recipes that you all should really check out here. Completely irrelevent to this post, but rewarding none-the-less.
Below are some pics that were sent through of A-Trak's set, and the Duck Sauce set. Cool to see A-Trak using SSL and Armand using CDJ2000s. That's pretty Voltron. Check them out!
