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Champaign-Urbana, IL - Musician, producer, composer, audio designer, and DJ Larry E. Gates II  has played hundreds of stages across the nation and has shared those stages with the likes of Chuck Berry, G. Love & Special Sauce, 30 Seconds To Mars, Local H, Superdrag, Trombone Shorty, Brother Ali, The Nappy Roots, Blueprint, DJ Rare Groove, Illogic, and many others.

 

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Entries in DJ (12)

Way Gone Wednesdays: Turntable Foolishness

Dig these fools (DJ Cash Money, DJ Scratch and Biz Markie) clownin'. This is how you turn a mistake into a performance.

 

Real Talk Tuesdays: Turntable Woes

This weekend my old trusty Technics SL-1401 gave up the ghost. It's gonna be a pricey repair so I started searching Amazon, Craigslist and the local pawn shops for a replacement. Copped a replacement but it too has it's problems. And so goes the struggle of the audiophile. 

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Feel Good Fridays: The Internet feat. Syd Tha Kyd

You may know Syd Tha Kyd as the DJ for Odd Future - but have you heard her sing? She lays down some spot-on laid-back soulfulness on this groovy cut by her side project, The Internet. I thought I had blogged about this cut a few months ago but it turns out I hadn't - so here, dig this. Feels good.

Real Talk Tuesdays: DJ Premier vs. Pete Rock

Premo and Pete Rock faced on in a friendly dj battle at Boston's legendary Middle East. The catch? They used each others catalogs against each other. This is hip-hop. Dig.

Feel Good Fridays: Chairman Mao

Here's Chariman Mao at the Red Bulll Music Academy with a scorching set of 45s. Put this on and your Friday is gonna be golden.