Oh, hi there.
Me playing records at people is something I like to do. I do it once a month at Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar in Brighton. I call this night Dive Slow. Forthcoming dates for your diary: January 18, February 8 and March 15. Links take you to Facebook event pages. These nights are free, and run from around 9pm.
For December’s night, the most splendid gentleman Ghostpoet played a terrifically high-tempo guest set, which had the (capacity, I should think, judging by the sweat) crowd bouncing like never before at a Dive Slow night. It was excellent times. In February Woodpecker Wooliams is calling in for a guest set. Will her selections be as max-BPM? You’ll have to come on down to find out.
Dive Slow, when I’m behind the decks, is pro-hip hop and beats and that. Electro fizzes and rap burps. To give you a flavour of what to expect should you head its way this month, next, or in March, here is December’s playlist…
Chilly Gonzales – Rap Race
Big Boi (pictured, just up there) – The Thickets
Joey Bada$$ – World Domination
Madvillian – Accordion
JJ DOOM – Winter Blues
Dels – You Live In My Head
Drake – Club Paradise
Schoolboy Q – Raymond 1969
Earl Sweatshirt – Chum
Action Bronson – The Symbol
Kool AD – Oooh
Oddisee – Another’s Grind
Main Attrakionz – Do It For The Bay
Curren$y – Smoke Break
A$AP Rocky – Peso
Freddie Gibbs – Oil Money
Hodgy Beats – Bullshittin’
MOP – Ante Up (9th Wonder blend)
Busta Rhymes – Woo Hah (J Dilla remix)
J Dilla – Baby
9th Wonder – Now I’m Being Cool
J Rocc – Stay Fresh
House Shoes – Crazy
Paul White – One of Life’s Pleasures
Childish Gambino/Danny Brown – Toxic
Terry Urban – You’re No Good For Me (Biggie/Lana Del Rey)
Angel Haze – New York
Nas – Life’s a Bitch (Hudson Mohawke blend)
Nas – The Don
M.I.A. – Bad Girls (remix w/ Missy Elliott, Rye Rye)
TNGHT – Buggin’
Hudson Mohawke – Overnight
Children of the Night – Kids From Queens
Supreme Cuts/Haleek Maul – M00N
Tyler, the Creator – Yonkers
Killer Mike – Southern Fried
Big KRIT – Country Rap Tunes
Big Boi – Lines
Kanye West/Jay-Z – N in Paris
Schoolboy Q – Nightmare on Figg Street
Kendrick Lamar – Backstreet Freestyle
Young Fathers – Rumbling
El-P – Drones Over Brooklyn
Aesop Rock – Zero Dark Thirty
Quakers – Fitta Happier
The Pharcyde – Runnin (Philippians remix)
Beastie Boys – Intergalactic (KMD blend)
Jay-Z/Jimi Hendrix – A Watchtower Problem (Nasty P mix)
GHOSTPOET SET WENT HERE (and as a result it was a case of hits ’til close)…
Kanye West – Gold Digger
Pharrell Williams – Frontin’
N*E*R*D – Lapdance
Big Boi – Shutterbug
OutKast – Ms Jackson
Roots Manuva – Witness
Dizzee rascal – Fix Up, Look Sharp
Pharoahe Monch – Simon Says
Nas – It Ain’t Hard To Tell
Montel Jordan – This Is How We Do It
M.I.A. – Paper Planes (Diplo mix)
Warren G/Nate Dogg – Regulate
And for the final 30 mins, a Beastie Boys mega-mix in tribute to the late MCA…
Sure Shot
Body Movin’
Hey Ladies
Get It Together
3 MCs and 1 DJ
Brass Monkey
Intergalactic
Fight For Your Right
Sabotage
An Open Letter to NYC
Book me to DJ your club/night/gig/festival. I come really cheap. On Twitter.
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