D.O.T.S.\u00a0last week was just excellent. A great little club with some amazing djs (and me).<\/p>\n
I kicked off with some 70s roots and dub, brought things up to date with some 21st century reggae sevens and then closed with a digital selection. It went down well and I even managed to throw on the odd CD without cocking things up.<\/p>\n
Jason Munro from Dallas followed me with a load of his own dubplates. What he does is take whopping great bits of reggae records and put gigantic wobbly basslines underneath them, which is often very effective. He is a very animated chap behind the decks as well.<\/p>\n
Benga, tho –\u00a0wow. This was proper legendary stuff. His set was of old 8-bar 12″ – basically the ancestor of dubstep and grime circa 2000. The tunes were fantastic – there was an incredibly fluid swing to them with space and womph in exactly the right combination. I have no idea what records\u00a0he played. I imagine very few people would! It felt very special witnessing\u00a0the set\u00a0and everyone in the place was grinning like a loon throughout.<\/p>\n
Woofah contributor Alex Bok Bok kept up the momentum with some bassline house, but I missed Boomnoise’s performance art dj set of 80s classics cos I had to get home.<\/p>\n
Get down there if you are on the southside for definite – it’s a great night. Hello to everyone I had a good natter with as well.<\/p>\n
Next month:<\/strong><\/p>\n D.O.T.S DANCE N PRANCE at PLAN B<\/p>\n 6TH SEPTEMBER<\/p>\n SKREAM (exclusive funk \/ disco \/ soul set) 8pm – 2am<\/p>\n \u00a35 \/ \u00a33 conc<\/p>\n
\nWADADDA (punk \/ reggae \/ dub)
\nONEMAN (dubstep \/ garage \/ house )
\nVERSION (dub \/ reggae)
\nSUBEENA b2b DOT (dubstep)
\nINFINITE (no idea!)<\/p>\n