Booking # 109: Direct Drive @ Sullivan Room, NYC w/ Adam F, Dj Seoul, Mousky

Fantastic Night!!! Wow, Sullivan room was packed, 250 people or so. Lots of faces i know, but the majority of the crowd were people i don't recognize, which is always nice at an NYC DnB party where you tend to see alot of the same faces. Like i have said, this is one of my favorite places to place, such a wonderful system, i had a real blast spinning and i think i played one of the best sets i've played in a while. It was tights, and i played real bass heavy tunes, really excellent funky melodic but danceable stuff, nothing to hard, just lots of great tunes with some dubs also. Lynx, Saburuko, Midmaster Doc, Random Movement, Calibre, Commix. I wish i had recorded the set, it was lots of fun and the crowd reaction was fantastic. Many thanks to all the people who stayed till the end to hear my 3:30-4:30 set. Boooooh!

Booking # 108: Respect @ The Bee, Los Angeles, CA w/ Commix

This was my first time playing the West Coast, Los Angeles in particular. Respect is a fantastic party in LA, one of the longest running DnB weeklies in the country. Huge posh club with a sushi bar, outdoor rooftop deck and $10 drinks. Great sound system, great locals, a real nice party. I opened from 10-11, a little early for my taste, not many people there that early, but it was fun and i played well. High Contrast tunes went over big, that guy is on fire this year. Played alot of Calibre, he to has had a great year. Commix played a good set, they are one of the best producers out their now, their latest album 'Call To Arms' is fantastic, and i have been playing many of the tunes from that album out. Big up to the West Coast!

Booking # 107: Direct Drive @ Club Midway, NYC w/ Strife, Artur L, Alongside TC Izlam

Another great night at Direct Drive. Locals night, sexy dnb style. Lots of fun, good sized crowd enjoying deep DnB all night long. Artul L played alot of old tunes and some new ones, very good set, thu it did take him 40 minutes to set up. Dj Strife as usual played an excellent set. She is one of my favorite DnB DJ's in NYC, and i'm not just saying that because she is a good friends. She has perfect timing on the turntables, her tune selection is fantastic and she always have fresh dubs from an array of producers. I played the last set after Strife from about 2:45 till 4:00. I opened a bit to hard but quickly went into the soulful deep stuff that the crowd had been feeling the whole night. Great vibes in the place, everyone was dancing the whole night. Much respect to the Direct Drive locals.

Booking # 106: Direct Drive @ Club Midway, NYC w/ Klute, Alongside TC Izlam

Amazing night! Klute is one of my favorite producers. I've wanted to play alongside him and see him live for a long time, this was an honor. I played for almost 2 hours from 12-2 as he was not quite ready to go on until 2:00. Large crowd dancing for most of my set, real good vibes, and with TC Izlam in prime form on the mic it was alot of fun. Klute played an awesome set, very high energy, dark, deep, brooding Drum and bass with experimental tunes thrown in, some old amit stuff, and some Disco Dodo, which was great. Wonderful set, and a real nice guy. Direct Drive at Midway is a fun chill spot for Saturday nights.

Booking # 105: Quality of Life @ Sullivan Room, w/ Grooverider

This was a gig i was very much looking forward to. Sullivan room is one of my favorite places to Dj as its got one of the best sound systems in NYC, amazing DJ booth with a great view of the floor and its usually packed. Grooverider is a legend in DnB and someone i have seen like about 5 times starting in 1999 and the last time being in London in June of this year. I've also worked with him a few times with Direct Drive. I'm not much of a fan of the style of DnB he plays but he's a great Dj and he has always been real cool with me. It was a honor to be booked as the sole guest alongside Grooveridrer for this event by Quality of Life. Great promoters. The vibe inside the venue was not that good however. I opened from 10-12 and no matter what i played, soft, hard, deep, funky, classics, dubs, i could not get the party to start! Everyone was just sitting there. Thats depressing and not fun from a Dj's perspective. No matter how good the lineup or system is, if they are not dancing, its not quite a party. I left before Grooverider came on, as i had to work early in the morning, but i heard the vibe did not progress that much. Much respect to the Quality of Life guys, i do hope i can work with them again in the future.

Booking # 104: Camouflage @ Sin Sin, NYC w/ J-Smooth

Once again i had the privilege of playing alongside J-Smooth for the second time in as many months. This time at Camouflage. Presented by Christian Bruna, camo has been running for about a decade on Tuesday nights as well as one offs. They have a great vibe and the venue they use is a nice little lounge with a Dancefloor and a decent system. Only thing i don't enjoy is the plants blocking the Dj's view of the Dancefloor, hard to read the crowd if you can see them! I have not played for them in over a year so it was really nice to be back. I had lots of fun. I look forward to playing this party more often in the future. I played alot of Lynx and Mixmaster Doc and minimal deep stuff as i opened from 10-12. It got harder towards the end and the people were very into it, seems like the harder stuff went over well.

Booking # 103: Plan B w/ J-Smooth

Its always exciting for me when i get to play alongside people that influenced me to become a DnB dj. Back in the 90's J-Smooth was the DJ that introduced me to the sound, his funky hiphop infused DnB got me hooked. At at time when most DJ's were playing hard Techstep, J-Smooth was playing a style that i really appreciate. This party was a Sundays night party in a nice chill bar. Not a very large crowd, but the people had fun and J-Smooth played well for what i heard.

Booking # 102: Driven AM Showcase 3.0 @ the Delancey w/ Bachelors of Science

It was an honor and a pleasure to have Rene from Bachelors of Science out to NYC for their east coast debut. Excellent set, high energy, melodic funky drum and bass along with plenty of original tunes from the new album. Real good Dj, real nice guy. Unfortunately the club we usually use lost their liquor license and could not work with us that evening causing us to move the party a few blocks south to The Delancey. I played before and after Rene, mostly funky DnB with a bunch of tune with Upright Bass samples, a real organic DnB set from me. Lots of fun, wish the turnout was better. Bachelors of Science will be back to NYC in the future!