Review: Respect, Los Angeles

 

22 Mar 2010

 

 

 

At the heart of the Los Angeles drum & bass scene since its inception 11 years ago, Respect brought it all full circle with a monumental event that had the Dragonfly packed to the rafters.

With D Dub and Knorsq warming things up with a wicked selection of dubstep and d&b, the bass really started kicking once resident Clutch stepped to the decks and the club started to hit capacity.

By the time DJ Rap stepped on stage the walls were sweating and I for one was interested in what the inimitable queen of d&b was going to bring to the table.

Knowing that she had detoured into 4-on-the-floor house music that was the high-end clubbers delight, it was inspiring to see that Rap still had more than enough junglist in her to kick ass with minimal effort.

Mixing classics in with new school cuts, ragga-tinged remixes, to the tear-out and the smooth, Rap seemed to be charting a course of her own history in the scene that harkens back to the days of old school "nuttah" junglism.

The evening wouldn't be complete without L.A.'s own Reid Speed closing out the night, putting the pedal to the metal right from the get-go and working the crowd into a drunken frenzy.

Old and new faces alike hands their hands in the air when the lights finally came on, reflecting on the crazy 11 year journey that the crew and the scene has been blessed to be a part of.

Words: Chris Muniz

 


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