DC Passion Fruit

11 04 2012

I’m headed to DC this weekend to celebrate with DJ Rat, DJ Mafe, and DJ Bent the one-year anniversary of their Maracuyeah party!

I’ve gotten to meet all three of these amazing people over the past couple of months in DC, Texas, and most recently running into Dutty Artz crew member Bent in Boston at the Together Festival. They’re committed to creating spaces that allow for a mix of people from different backgrounds to come together and dance, and have organized their extended crew in a really impressive way that engages notions of community organizing and social justice and mixes it with music practice in the form of live events and pirate radio! The crew is also involved in organizing something called the DJ Geekout which they’ve taken on the road to places like the annual Allied Media Conference in Detroit.

DC people, come check out the Maracuyeah party, and support these amazing folks in any way or shape you can!


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#Together We Ride

2 04 2012

I’m headed up to Boston again for another double duty. I’ll be DJing one of the best named parties I’ve ever seen, and then speaking with the same crew on a panel all at Boston’s Together Festival. It’s nice to be able to be a part of bridging these gaps between “global bass” practice and the discussion about what it all means. Take note, the conversation will be live-streamed.

Check the Facebook page for the party info, and check the panel info below:

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Wayning and Waxing in Boston

27 03 2012

Gettin on a bus in an hour and heading up to Boston to play Beat Research with the ones and onlies Wayne and Flack. This will be my third appearance at their party. My first time there was one of my inaugural gigs as Chief Boima, and led me down the many paths that have brought me to where I am today.

This trip I am especially excited to participate in Wayne’s class on global hip hop at Brandeis. Once again it will be an inaugural event for me, my first university lecture! Wayne keeps breaking ground for us budding DJ/philosophers. Gotta give props to the visionaries!


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#Popcon Conversations #Easy

23 03 2012

Homie, neighbor, DJ/Writer colleague, Eddie Stats arranged a meet up and debate between the “big man” in the “global bass” scene, Diplo and myself. While I too feel left wanting more, the conversation we had took a little more than four hours (which had to be boiled down for the four-page transcription.) I have to say though, in the time since the post went up I’ve been noticing debates amongst friends and colleagues, and I love what folks are saying around various web-spaces. So in the spirit of more, that’s exactly what we’re going to do this afternoon…

Join me, and some of my favorite thinkers around these ideas at the EMP Conference at 2:15 at NYU today.

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#PAN A New New York Fete

23 03 2012

Tonight! Round 2 of the busiest weekend! The Made in Africa x Africology connection grows to include DJ Xpect’s The Exiles crew. Our new party is PAN, a monthly rotating spot from Manhattan’s premier African DJs!

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#FatherCreeper

22 03 2012

I have to say, weather and all, tonight is looking like it’s shaping up to be a fun one!

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SXSW #Africa

12 03 2012

It’s time to head back down to Austin, and this SXSW I’m participating in the ALL AFRICA Showcase. SXSW this year is going to be a big milestone for African pop music’s representation at a major American music event. The showcase is a two day event put together by Society HAE and Spinlet. It’s really amazing how many great African artists are at the festival this year. I feel honored to be a part of it. Check the schedule to see who’s coming, or the round up I did of the African artists I know about on Africa is a Country.

This year during the conference, I’m speaking on a panel as well. I’ll be a part of “Boys and Girls ‘N the Hood: Regional Music Scenes, Then and Now” hosted by Will Hermes on Friday at 12:30 in the convention center.

Lastly, to file under tips for über fun at SXSW, make sure to stop by one of my brothers Orion and the Peligrosa crew’s many “unofficial” parties. Austin’s hosts with the most are hosting a host of nights and days that I, and many other artists will be hanging around when not on “official” business. Come get a drink and say hi to the fam!


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