SAMMY SENIOR’S MIXTAPE DIG #36

Sup ya’ll! Hope everyone had a wicked weekend and is started to get ramped up to do it all over again.. it is hump day after all! So if you were getting amongst the festival scene in the UK this summer you might have stumbled apon the Dance Off Crew.. especially considering there was a Ghetto Funk take over at some point! Anyway.. my point is, I’ve got a mixtape for you from those brilliant lads behind all that magic! If you don’t know what the hell i’m taking about, I suggest you have a little read of this interview I did with Luke Kb so you know what to look for next time.

SAMMY: So first off there are two of you guys, tell us a bit about yourselves and what you do/play.

LUKE: We are Luke (kb) & Dave (Airayd), two really close friends from Bristol in the southwest. We are 2/3 of the musical force behind the Dance-Off Crew, if you’ve been hitting the fields this summer you might of witnessed us up to no good on our stage, some of you might of also seen the ghetto funk takeover that we hosted on our stage at Secret Garden party, absolutely bonkers!

We play anything and everything that fits the night and who’s out there dancing, everything apart from psy-trance or gabba, we try to save that for our downtime.

SAMMY: Sounds like madness! Do you always DJ as a team or do you play solo as well? Where can we usually find you playing?

LUKE: We always try and play together or with our other compadre Dj Pythagasaurus, whether it’s recording the mixtapes or playing out to the crowds, it’s how we’ve moulded our sound as dj’s. Spinning off of each other, having a laugh, whatever the genre. it makes it fun in a world of dj’s who take themselves far too seriously

Festival season is drawing to a close this year but we are at a handful of the U.K events in the summer months, failing that you can find us lurking around bristol most weekends, playing wherever we can get on the decks.

SAMMY: Brilliant, thats how it should be.. having a laugh and playing tunes!!  speaking of which can you tell us more about the Dance off Stage?

You need to see it to believe it, that’s the best bit of advice i could give you about the Dance-Off haha. Expect anything and everything but it’s most importantly all about the dancing, music appreciation and the crowd participation. We pair friends or foes against each other in a three round fashion, where any moves go.

You can choose Beats (varied styles of bass heavy music) or Junk (funk, soul, disco, 90′s cheese, air guitar) and dance till you drop. We try to play the most varied amount of music we can, bringing in close friends and other allies when we need to step it up just that bit further. We have a few Dance-off events coming up so if your curious, be sure to check www.facebook.com/thedanceoffcrew to get all the info on your friendly neighbourhood boxing ring.

SAMMY: I have seen it in action myself at boomtown and it was nothing short of a great time! This mix has a huge range of genre’s which is also great! Is this what we could expect from you at a usual gig?

LUKE: YES! We love chucking absolutely everything in the mixer, it makes it unpredictable and spontaneous, just the way we like music.

SAMMY: Nice! What do we have coming up to look forward to from you guys?

There is a few that stand out for us, we have Brisfest first of all which is a local volunteer run festival which is brimming with homegrown Bristol goodness and then Wonka-Vision halloween where will be doing our full Dance-Off stage show. check our page for updates on our whereabouts.

Here’s our links so you can check our other mixes and podcasts

www.facebook.com/kb.airayd

www.mixcloud.com/kb

www.facebook.com/thedanceoffcrew

http://www.mixcloud.com/thedanceoffcrew/

http://www.youtube.com/user/thedanceoffcrew

plenty of free downloads and lots of different styles if your fussy,

peace

SAMMY: Thanks Luke, what a pleasure being able to get this mix on the dig.. I love that it’s got a bit of everything in there and keeps the energy flowing all the way through..AND brings back memories of the Dance Off Stage. Big ups!

If you follow on to mixcloud the download link should pop up in front of ya face!

The Dance-off Crew’s ” Summer Showdown Mix 2013″ by Kb & Airayd (Dance-Off Dj’s) on Mixcloud

Back again next week folks.. have ya-selves a wicked time until then

PEACE!

Sammy Senior

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