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DJ RAW (6BLOCC) Live at Jungle - October 2016

This is a 90-minute audio recording of R.A.W. (6BLOCC) playing live at Jungle, near Downtown Los Angeles, October 7, 2016. This portion of the set began at 12:20 AM the following morning.

When jungle first debuted on the west coast, I considered it to be the music of the underground's underground. "Junglists" had grown weary of the 4-on-the-floor beat ubiquitous in most types of rave music. Inevitably, these rave veterans graduated to a new sound and found refuge in jungle's frantically syncopated rhythms. Promoters of the day respected the emerging genre and designated secondary areas at their events exclusively for jungle music.

In the early 90's, cultural cross-pollination between the UK and the US was fluid, as if Atlantic Ocean posed no barrier to the free exchange of dance music and rave culture. While the first Jungles records were undoubtedly played at London clubs, it wasn't long before jungle records started showing up in LA record shops. One of the first Los Angeles DJs to embrace the new jungle sound was DJ R.A.W. He went on to become the city's preeminent ambassador of the genre.

Jungle borrowed heavily from reggae, ragga and Jamaican dance hall – styles that resonated with urban youth in the UK. Kids living in San Francisco and Los Angeles likewise embraced those styles, but perhaps for slightly different reasons. Reggae music was associated with the American counter-culture, especially during the 1980's. Listening to Bob Marley in smoky dorm rooms was a rite of passage for thousands of college kids. Reggae was commonly played in Dead show parking lots and later in secondary rooms at raves. When 90's club kids heard reggae riffs and lyrics remixed into jungle tracks, they felt an instant familiarity.

Inevitably, American producers began to infuse their own regional flavors into the music, which brings me to the story if this recording...

This mix was recorded at "Jungle", a party hosted by Rave Till Dawn – the same people behind the Technostate brand who've been organizing LA raves and undergrounds since the early 90's. The event was held in honor of R.A.W.'s birthday at a small warehouse not far from Downtown Los Angeles. R.A.W./6BLOCC was the only dj scheduled to play for all 6 hours – a rare treat for longtime fans.

While R.A.W.'s set includes plenty of ragga-inspired sound, the mix makes multiple references to American urban culture, with samples from rap artists Dr. Dre, Cypress Hill and Pete Rock & CL Smooth. But the set's most notable expression of [LA] urban life can be heard during an extended medley I call the "Echo Park jam". This 20-minute section features a selection of remixes produced by R.A.W. himself, released under his 6BLOCC alias. The songs consist of traditional jungle beats overlaid with samples from "Mi Vida Loca", the 1993 film about four young women growing up amidst Latino gang culture in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Echo Park. Samples of twanging guitars pay homage to old school R&B beloved by the cruising/lowrider culture of the 70's and 80's. Snippets from the movie's dialogue evoke memories of Chicano life in LA, from an era gone by.

This event was the first time 6BLOCC's Mi Vida Loca remixes were played in public. The tracks were formally released a week later on Bandcamp.

Personally, I am awed when I consider jungle's musical evolution. What started out as reggae music in Jamaica found its way into the hands of UK producers who sampled and retooled the beats into jungle. Then it migrated to California's West Coast where DJs like R.A.W./6BLOCC injected their own, localized flavor.

Jungle's inspired journey from Kingston to London to LA is easily traceable in this recording. It's not an overstatement to say this mix has historic implications.

A few technical notes. This 90-minute mix is only a small portion of R.A.W.'s 6-hour performance. It's unlikely that the entire set will be released as an audio-only stream. However, a 4-hour Facebook Live video of the show is available for playback, below.

Watch the 4-hour Facebook Live stream of R.A.W./6BLOCC playing at Jungle in Los Angeles, October 7, 2016:

During a few portions of the recording, a couple MC's added lyrical accompaniment to R.A.W.'s beats, but they weren't captured well because their mic was plugged to the soundboard, not the DJ mixer that I was connected to.

Buy 6BLOCC music on Bandcamp, including the tracks played in the Echo Park jam!!

Mi Vida Loca Remixes by 6Blocc

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non puoi andare più giù perchè il giù è finito invece puoi andare più su perchè il su è infinito

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E non puoi andare più giù,perché il giù è finito. Invece puoi andare più su,perché il su è infinito.

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RAW - DJ Curious B2B Live at Technostate Jungle April 2015

Following are three audio recordings featuring R.A.W. and DJ Curious? playing live at Technostate Jungle, on April 4, 2015, at a warehouse near downtown Los Angeles.

Here is the remaining audio from Technostate Jungle of R.A.W and CRS?, who played after DJ Trance. I broke up their sets into three natural pieces:

R.A.W and CRS? back-to-back. During this 100-minute segment, the guys trade off 20-30 minute sets

CRS?. This is DJ Curious? on the decks alone for 80 minutes, after the B2B set

R.A.W. This is RAW alone for 48 minutes, after CRS?'s long set, and the final set of the event

FORMAT: 24-bit wav

SOURCE: board feed + stereo mic

Watch VIDEO of the entire 5-hour LIVE STREAM on YouTube!

RAW - Curious - DJ Trance LIVE STREAM from Technostate Jungle April 2015

5-hour audio playlist of entire event on SoundCloud:

Technostate Jungle Playlist - April 4 2015 - Los Angeles

More info:

6BLOCC / R.A.W. Facebook

Curious? (CRS?) Facebook

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