Friday,
October 24th @ The Plaza
Lafayette, LA.
The Lafayette date of the Return of the DJ Tour features:
QUEST
(Live Human / B.P.S.H. / Space Travelers - San Francisco, CA.)
DJ T-ROCK (1200
Hobos - Los Angeles, CA.)
DAVE PAUL (Bomb
Hip-Hop - San Francisco, CA.)
DJ PONE ('89
Skratch Gangstaz - Oakland, CA.)
CHEAP COLOGNE
(Minneapolis, MN.)
BAVU BLAKES
(Austin, TX.)
Mr. Fingerz
(Ill Onez - Lafayette, LA.)
Mic. Dagger, DJay Scuba & Cros
(Prhymemates - San Antonio, TX.)
DJ Ambush & Truth Universal
(New Orleans Finest - New Orleans - LA.)
Mr.Ish & Lower Life Form (Houston,
TX.)
DJ Witnes (Houston,
TX.)
Trey-C (Independent Grove (Lafayette
,LA.)
plus special guests to be announced
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Quest
Born in El Salvador, Quest moved to the San Francisco bay area in 1982.
He started out as a bedroom dj in 1987 and quickly began performing as a mobile
dj. In the early nineties the second stage of his career took place when he
began competing, producing and independently releasing turntable music. Quest
is also known as one of the founding members of one of the original scratch
crews in the bay area (Bullet Proof Scratch Hamsters/Space Travelers). In 1992,
at dj battle that was staged for the popular tv show Home Turf, Quest gave birth
to the term "Hamster Style" which refers to the reverse set up of
the turntables. Today the term remains popular and is recognized by djs worldwide.
Quest and the BPSH produced "Hamster Breaks", the first record of
its kind, designed specifically for scratch and battle djs. Since its release
in 1993, hundreds of dj tool records have imitated the arrangement of this classic
album. In late '96 Quest further expanded his musical horizons by teaming up
with Albert Mathias (percussion) and Andrew Kushin (cotra bass) to form the
experimental jazz/hip-hop group Live Human. In 2001 Quest won the SF Weeklys'
"SF's Best Hip-Hop DJ" award and last year Quest teamed up with DJ
Shadow for the song "Holy Calamity (bear witness II)" with Handsome
Boy Modeling School (Tommy Boy).
DJ Quest has performed at various festivals in Europe, including the "Montreux
Jazz Festival" in Switzerland, the "Roskilde" festival in Denmark,
and "Transmusicales Music Fest." in Renn, France to name a few. Quest
has also traveled throughout Japan, Australia, and the U.S. performing with
Latyrx, Live Human, Space Travelers, and solo. In addition to workshops, guest
apperances on live and internet radio shows Quest has collaborated on many recordings
by numerous artist including Dan the Automator, DJ Shadow, Blackalicious, Rob
Swift (X-ecutioners) and has appeared on many albums including ones by Peanut
Butter Wolf, Blackalicious, Handsome Boy Modeling School, the Future Primitive
Sound Collective's 12" (Black Hole) & Urban Revolutions comp, and the
recent Variable Unit comp. to name a few. Quest who is featured in the Doug
Pray directed documentary SCRATCH (palm pictures) is one of todays most talented
and versatille turntable artist.
• click here to listen
to an excerpt from DJ Quest's mix cd Mutation Mann
• click here to read
an interview with Quest
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DJ T-Rock
Since 1988, hip-hop's golden era, DJ T-Rock (1200 Hobos) has built his
foundation of turntable skills from the ground up. T-Rock is one of the most
talented DJ's on the turntablist scene. He has been honing his craft for more
than 15 years, mastering the turntable as an instrument. T-Rock is best known
for his full length albums Who's Your Daddy (Bomb Hip-Hop) and Sikinthehed
(Nu Gruv/Stereotype Records), as well as his appearances on Bomb's pioneering
Return of the DJ compilations volumes 3 and 4. He has also produced songs
for Deeper Concentration Volume 3 (OM Records) and Billy Jam's Scratch
Attack (Hip Hop Slam) and most recently appears on new albums by the Warp
Brothers (Warp Factor) and Mr. Dibbs (The 30th Song).
T-Rock has been featured in numerous international magazines including URB,
DJ TIMES, XLR8R, Mass Appeal, and Elemental. In addition to his work as a scratch
DJ and producer T-Rock is an accomplished mixing dj that can rock any house
party or club venue. His classic record collection and quick mixing skills have
enabled him to perform with such greats as Cut Chemist (Jurassic 5), Mix Master
Mike (Beastie Boys), DJ Swamp (Beck), Afrika Bambaataa, Kurtis Mantronik, Z-Trip,
The Xecutioners, DJ Craze, Babu (Dilated Peoples), Shortkut (Beat Junkies) and
many others. T-Rock moved from Atlanta to Los Angeles in 2003 to work with the
new hip-hop/rock hybrid band Graffiti Death Threat and dj for Virgin recording
artist Amanda Perez. He's just released a new mix cd Hip-Hop Sundae and
T-Rock has a new track that appears on the forthcoming Return of the DJ -
Volume V.
•
click here to listen
to The Inkredible Turntablist
by DJ T-Rock
• click here to listen
to an excerpt from T-Rock's mix cd Hip-Hop Sundae
• click here to read an interview with
DJ T-Rock
"T-Rock
needs no MC's, no gimmicks, no outside producers whatsoever. Like Terminator
X before him, T-Rock takes music to the edge of panic with his musical opus
Sikinthehed. - RapReviews.com
"T-Rock's Sikinthehed is one those rare CDs that reflects hip hop's
early days while still marching ahead to the future. There's no rapping, no
bling-bling or tales of urban folklore or misogynistic boasting. Rather, Sikinthehed
is mainly beats, samples and scratching that seems to have been done in a lab
in outer space, not a basement here on earth." - Independent Weekly
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Dave Paul
Dave Paul began his hip-hop career in 1985 as a mobile dj and then evolved
into a prominent college radio dj & club dj in San Francisco. His fresh
style of party rocking and extensive record collection has kept him booked over
the years at various hip-hop events. In 1991 Dave Paul launched the now legendary
company Bomb Hip-Hop. He has been featured in URB, CMJ, Undercover, XLR8R, Blast,
appeared on the front cover of Billboard, and is featured in the movie SCRATCH.
With the b-boy's revenge and the DJ's return, the one man army of Dave Paul
is a true hero of the global independent scene, having unleashed upon the world
the pioneering Return of the DJ series as well as a slew of artists and producers
from the UK, Australia, Europe and the US. All with one thing in common - the
true ethics of b-boyism. With an emphasis on the four elements of the hip-hop
Dave Paul has created the archetypal independent company, encompassing everything
from management to a mail order catalog, concert promotion to magazine, merchandise
to a record label.
• click here
to listen
to an interview with Dave Paul
on Brave New Waves/CBC Montreal
• click here to read an interview with
Dave Paul
"David
Paul and Bomb Hip-Hop have helped define one of the most exciting forms of music
in the '90s: turntablism" - Pulse Magazine
"David Paul has been a trendsetter for 10 years, his projects have defined
genres and jump-started now legendary careers" - SF Weekly
"Starting
in 1991 as a 'zine and later evolving into a full-fledged record label, Bomb
put San Francisco on the underground hip-hop map. The label was also one of
the first to champion deejaying as an art form with it's groundbreaking Return
of the DJ compilations." Stance Magazine
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DJ PONE
The Bay Area's DJ Pone is part of the '89 Skratch Gangstaz, whose
turntablist recordings and performances are well-known to other DJs worldwide.
He has spun at shows throughout California, performing alongside such acts as
Arrested Development, DJ Swamp, The World Famous Beat Junkies, The X-ecutioners
and appearing on The Wake Up Show, as well as numerous college and commercial
radio stations throughout California. DJ Pone also performs with the reggae
band Dub FX (www.dubfx.com), playing at the famous Reggae on the River festival,
and opening for such prominent reggae acts as Toots & the Maytals, Yellowman,
and Sean Paul. He also appears on DJ Qbert's newly released Do It Yourself Volume
2 - Skratch Sessions DVD.
DJ Pone first appeared on the national scene in DJ competition, competing in
the 1999 DMC US Finals. As part of the '89 Skratch Gangstaz, DJ Pone has been
featured on numerous turntablist compilations, including Bomb Records' groundbreaking
Return of the DJ series, as well as several releases by Hip Hop Slam,
including Turntables by the Bay, Scratch Attack, and Global
Turntables. DJ Pone has several remix credits, including remixes of "Lesson
3" by Double Dee & Steinski (Hip Hop Slam label), "DJ DJ"
by the punk group Transplants (Epitaph), "Earthcrusher" by Mr. Lif
(Def Jux), and a forthcoming remix of Public Enemy's "Son of a Bush".
DJ Pone's latest project is the turntablist composition "Directors' Cut",
which will be featured on the upcoming Return of the DJ - Volume V.
•
click here to listen
to Director's Cut
by DJ Pone and Snayk Eyez
• click here to read an interview with
DJ Pone
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Cheap Cologne
A
native of Minneapolis, Cheap Cologne has been in the Minnesota music
scene for years. Music was in his blood from the start, as a kid too young to
stay up late to listen to the hip-hop radio show on sunday nights, he would
tape songs off the radio while he was asleep and then make mixtapes on cassette.
Then he got some turntables and started DJ'ing for various artists in the Twin
Cities and eventually he evolved into a producer. He has played shows at venues
like First Avenue, The Quest, The Cabooze, and The Red Sea with artists Atmosphere,
Heiruspecs, The Shapeshifters, Oddjobs, and Dosh & Sole of Anticon. Cheap
Cologne has been compared musically to RJD2, his debut album Just A Little
Sample features guests: Slug from Atmosphere, Awol One &
Circus of the Shapeshifters, Elias, Gentle Jones, DJ
T-Rock of the 1200 Hobos, Unsung,
and
LA Symphonys' Pigeon John.
•
click here to listen
to Believe Me
by Cheap Cologne
•
click here to listen
to Poke @ The Art
by Cheap Cologne
• click here to read an interview with
Cheap Cologne
"Cheap Cologne's bombastic beats are the
treat. Wear your helmet and your dancin' pants at the same time because this
beat warfare will put your body into submission". - Barry Braun KVSC St
Cloud
"CHEAP
COLOGNE "JUST A LITTLE SAMPLE" (Bomb/US/CD) Dave Paul always comes
with the good shit, like his latest installment of the seminal Return of the
DJ, Volume 5, but this here Cheap Cologne is something else entireley. Part
indie rock/hip-hop with turntablism and jazz licks and MCs, they've just gotta
be from someplace bizarre like Minnesota or Chicago. Tracks to check are "Sobercab",
the lovely "Wheezing" and the almost indescribable "Poke @ The
Art"." - #2 on Toph One's Lucky 13 (XLR8R)
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Bavu
Blakes
The tours' host emcee Bavu Blakes, dubbed "One of Texas' brightest
new stars" by legendary rapper The D.O.C., is the ultimate wordsmith. The
baritone-voiced emcee has been reading and writing since he was three years
old and writing poetry since he was five. Bavu Blakes originally released his
debut album Create & Hustle independently and sold 2,000 units on
his own at live shows and record stores in Texas. Now Create & Hustle
has been re-released nationally as a joint venture between Blakes' Word4Word
Music and Bomb Hip-Hop Records, distributed by Caroline (home to strong independent
hip-hop labels like Battle Axe, Ninja Tune, Def Jux and Stones Throw). Blakes
has been a sure and steady opener for national headliners and touring acts since
the late 1990's. He has performed with Snoop Dogg, De La Soul, Jurassic 5, The
Roots, GURU, Blackalicious, Common, Blackeyed Peas, DJ Krush, Tha Liks, J-Live,
Supernatural, Nate Dogg, Living Legends/Mystik Journeymen, Eyedea & Abilities,
Jungle Brothers, Atmosphere, Anti-Pop Consortium, Company Flow, Black Sheep
and many more. Clear Channel/Pace Concerts books Bavu Blakes regularly, and
Bavu was recently featured in the Source Magazine.
•
click here to listen
to Only Your Life
by
Bavu Blakes
• click here to watch
the music video "bah-VOO" by Bavu Blakes
•
click here to
read an interview with Bavu Blakes
"Unlike
other MCs who get hung up on the past, leaving the context enlightened but relatively
light, Bavu incorporates his knowledge while letting the listener know that
he has his eyes, ears, and mind firmly focused to what's going on" - Austin
Chronicle
"One of the brightest new stars in Texas" - The D.O.C.
"Definitely one of the hottest up and coming artists to date. It's REAL
southern hip-hop, str8 with no chaser!" - Steve Nice, 104.5 FM "K104"
Dallas