2 posts tagged “scottie b”
Shop Gentei is back with another hot item, a 1992 Scotty B mix, dubbed from an original cassette copy, onto deadstock vintage tapes! It's weird to think about how casettes were THE SHIT back in the day, and how old they seem now. I sill have a tape deck that I can use, but how many people still do? A lot of people today have NEVER used tapes, and it must seem like a relic to them. To anyone that was into dance music in the 90's however, the mixtape was often the only source for tons of great DJ mixes and live sets, and 'only' copies of rare tapes were treated like gold. It is a real concern that a lot of this history will be lost as tape machines get older and older, and the magnetic strip degrades. This is a huge problem in general for old media, film, video tapes, computer disks, really anything analog - and it is a really fun idea to make this mix something that can't just be listened to anywhere.
Scotty B got a writeup in the Baltimore City Paper, about his DJ'ing, and his travels due to club getting noticed worldwide. He and Technics are even going on a European tour this summer! I'd love to hear what kind of set they would play in a packed European club. Scotty told me at the last Gentei party that he's already played at Fabric - hands down, the best club I will ever probably see. [Rathole: For real, I went to a Drum and Bass night there back in like 98, and the enthusiasm of 2000+ people going NUTS for Andy C/Hype/Grooverider/etc, on the hardest hitting system, 4 stories undergound in a vaulted brick ex-meat storage warehouse is amazing. People over there go out to have a good time, almost everyone is dancing. It is INSANE!!:Rathole][PS City Paper gets a shout for having citypaper.com, hott ass domain]
I honestly just met the man through the Gentei stuff, and he's pretty down to earth. I remember seeing him (and Technics at the amazing Music Liberated) at Sounds of Baltimore near Lexington Market back in like 94 and being totally intimidated by the 'store djs'. The good old days for sure. I'll be forever haunted by A guy called Gerald's 'Blow your house down' because of Music Liberated - I found on the shelf and Bernie took it back from me at the register!! Said "It shouldn't have been out, and I'll get killed if I sell it". I'll find a copy someday......
Str8 nerdin' = Josh, Scottie, Nate, KW Griff
