This week in The Armory DJ Influence of San Francisco’s Strategik collective is on the decks dropping one of his signature dark and dirty breaks sets. Press play and enjoy!

Influence started his piratical career in a time called Ye Olden School. Quickly rising through the ranks of deck swabbing, plank laying, wenching, & rumming; his golden years came to end upon the capture of his ship by a band of jolly rogers on the ship Strategik (they were good with a cannon, but not so much with spelling). Locked away in the ship's depths, every night he was told, "Good night, Westley. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning." All seemed lost, so he got into Djing, took over the ship, called himself Influence, and the rest was basically, history... basically.

Tracklist

1. Plump DJs – Beat Myself Up
2. White Boy Awesome – Rock The Vote
3. Quadrat Beat – Back In The Game (Dub Mix)
4. Kyle Cross, DJ Chaos, Nablidon – That’s The Way
5. Wardian, The Brainkiller & V.Aparicio – Funndication
6. Beta & Karl Sav – Peytons Bassface
7. The Brainkiller – Juggling
8. Hexadecimal & Dub FX – Open Your Eyes (Fisso & Spark rmx)
9. Quadrat Beat – RAW
10. Beta – Bounce This
11. Pure SX – Another Day
12. Colombo – Little Bitch
13. All Good Funk Alliance – Time To Get Loose (Keith Mackenzie & DJ Fixx rmx)
14. UFO Project – Back To The Old Skool
15. Krafty Kuts – We Do This

For more information on Influence visit www.soundcloud.com/influence-2

For more information on the Strategik collective, visit www.strategiksf.com.

Artwork by www.jempanufnik.com