DNB REVIEW LIVES !!!!! DB & DARA 'Old-Skool Tag Team Set' !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Details After an unforgettable first 2021 outdoor/indoor event at TRANS-PECOS, DRIVEN AM’s legendary Drum & Bass Day Party returns with improved sound and a stellar lineup of NYC DnB deejays for FREE! Headlining this event with an extended set are pillars of our NYC DnB scene, DB & DARA playing an Old-Skool Tag-Team Set! Also on the lineup is DJ STRIFE, a first time Tag-Team set from MOUSKY & AGENT 137 and an opening set from LIGHTBOX. FOOD, VENDORS, RECORD & MERCH TBA SOON! VENUE: Trans-Pecos: 16-09 Weirfield St, Ridgewood, NY 11385 2:00PM - 9:00PM ALL AGES Early entry is advised. Since 2006 Driven AM has been pushing North American Drum and Bass culture. Driven AM is a Record label, Artist Manager Agency, Event Promoter and Apparel Company. If you have been to a Driven AM event in the past you know our vibe; this is an inclusive, safe space for everyone. https://www.DrivenAMRecordings.com https://www.Soundcloud.com/driven-am https://www.facebook.com/drivenartistmanagement #NYCDNB Attendees (49)

COVID tried but it could not stop NYC DnB review from covering Driven AM's DB & DARA Old-Skool Tag-Team Set + friends!! 

1.

21.

4

20.

9

22.

28.

2.

1

2

10

8

13

15

5

6

7

11

14

16

17

18.

19.

23.

24.

25.

29.

26.

Review.......

Sick show! This is the 1st DnB show I've been to since COVID started!! What a way to come back w DB and Dara playing an ill set w bunch of crowd pleasers. 

and.........

IT WAS FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU Driven AM and everyone involved!!

I walked into the show and DB is right there, KILLING IT!!! ^^  The show had a positive vibe that fit well w COVID making everyone mentally insane. The crowd dug it.  I hear some of these tunes all the time but not at a show spun by the best and on speakers like that (if u were in the right spot they were load).  

On the downside.... it was kinda bright out- I was able to clearly see the sun for at least half the show. Konkrete Jungle did not begin to get going until 1 am...... It was way bright for my taste but any DnB show is A++++. I'll take anything and the lineup here was as good as it gets. I guess the early timing of the show is cuz half the people brought their kids w them. Imagine some of ur first childhood memories on a dnb dance floor ^^- raising the next generation from the start!!

DJ Mousky's set was one of my favorite parts of the show. He and Agent 137 were digging in the crates [or their flash drive lol] to keep it interesting. I'd go def go back for his set ^^ 

One of the highlights of the show was seeing NYC Jungle Legend >>> ?Human  at the show!!! I saw this kat spin and MC 100 times back in the day and just all over the east village.  This kat was walking jungle. I was always trying to get my shorts to rock like his. I still have my survivalist CD (#1) that he sold me at a Pyramid show. It was dope to reconnect and pay respect to one of the founders of the scene.

and this wall is literally across from the club- and I was there when they painted it this summer-

Upcoming- Sunday Oct 3 2021

Direct Drive July 13 2018!!!

Its been a while, but NYC Drum and Bass Review is back! and I cant think of a better way to come back than a Direct Drive Party! Direct Drive is one of the original weekly nyc DnB parties and a cornerstone of NYC DnB.



 [as advertised]

Founded In 1998 by legendary promoter, DJ and entrepreneur DJ Seoul, Direct Drive paved the way for other generations of promoters and helped kickstart the career of many DJs worldwide.

Direct Drive parties were known for their mix of vibes, DJs ability to tell a story and break new hits records while preserving the culture and always paying respect to the classics.
***[side note- What really separated direct drive from the other dnb nights, >mainly Konkrete Jungle< , was no MC. They advertised the night this way. It was more liquid and Konkrete Jungle was harder, darker, and lots of MCs. The 2 nights occupied different spaces so it was really nice to have the diverse takes on the dnb.]

For their first return event, they have enlisted Direct Drive generals The Burner Brothers alongside NY mainstays, DJ Inna K, Lokshot, newcomer from London DJ Dynamic and World of Drum and Bass MC Digga BruckShot

---------

The review-
I've been going to direct drive since 2000 and this is really one of the 2 weekly nights that "was nyc dnb". And when I saw it was free, close to my house and the legendary Burner Brothers were playing I had to go. We got to the venue Title around 12 ish…

 

Entering the space was like the most basement party you could go to. You walk down like 2 stories into a deep basement club....

sooo I really came out to see the Burner Brothers and anything else would be a plus... I didn't even know who else was playing [ :( ] and like just getting there, walking down the stairs, the DJ is killing it, fucking killing it... and did not stop killing it until sometime after she left the stage. I've been to 100's of dnb shows and I must say Inna K was DOPE... start to finish. I would try to leave the room to the bar [which was hooked up to the other room so u could hear the DJ] and I would have to keep running back for some track I had not heard b4 or just a great set... Burner Brothers

World of Drum & Bass NYC @ the Paperbox!!!! 2015

World of Drum & Bass NYC 

• Yesterday · 9:00 PM
• Paper Box Music & Art Inc

BP² & Grade A Present:

THE WORLD of DRUM & BASS Grade A & BP² link up again to bring you one of the biggest nights of Drum & Bass on the NYC calendar!!
DRUMSOUND & BASSLINE SMITH
(Technique Recordings)
THE PROTOTYPES
(Shogun Audio)
CRISSY CRISS
(BBC radio1xtra/Dead exit/Zoooo Records)
DJ SS
(Formation Records)
ROCKMAN
(Formation Records)
TRIBE STEPPAZ
(Rockers175/ Formation/ WODNB)
DROOSIE
(Grade A/ Baltimore)
BOBBY SKILLZ & NICKY TWIST
(BP2/Funky Elements)

MC'S:
TODDLAH
(Anything Goes/ G13/ Formation/ UK)
DIGGA BRUCKSHOT
(Profound Audio/ Grade A/ WODNB)
JOSIAH SCRIBES
(Cycle/ True Crew/ Boston)

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Konkrete Jungle website RIP?.....

Paul C /// Pyramid //// March 7 /// Jungle Dub House

NYC's best underground DnB night!
If you like real Jungle Paul C's Bi monthly night at the pyramid is dope.
Every time we go its good. For March 7th the sound system was pretty great-
It was loud like it should be for a club, great / clean bass. The Mc had great energy and really kept it going w Paul C. The dance floor was a bit thin but if you like to really dance it was a dream. This show is never a let down.

new years eva 2014!! phat budda? was there supposed to be dnb at this event? no.... :(((

lets plan on tomorrow night

DIRECT DRIVE NIGHT OF BASS  NEW YEAR AFTERHOURS BRING ON THE NEW YEAR! FEATURED GUEST: JASON JINX  DJ SEOUL  BURNER BROTHERS  ESHIN & TRIGON  THE PROSPECTORS FAT BUDDHA - 212 AVE A  $20 COVER, 2AM - 8AM  FREE GRUB AT SUNRISE  BUY TICKETS HERE!

! Just Because 4 - Feb 15th

FIGHT breaks out @ DNB Show!!!

The nyc drum and bass review corespondents were at the Just Because 4 show and Valentines love was still in the air [for most of the show...]. Around 2:00 am the show had a raffle as the DJ's were changing. It was at this time that the below DJ [to the left in the light] pushed his way out of the club [as DNB review was recording!] and pushed our reporter out of the way along with a bunch of other people. It was obvious he was pissed but it was not clear why....  About a minute later he pushed his way back to the stage and looked to be threatening the MC....  At this point the Organizers / DJs and MC's broke into 2 groups and were getting very heated. The groups had to be broken apart 6 or seven times. It seemed as though the below DJ's girlfriend had been offended and he was pissed- 

dnb review was recording the entire time but the light quality is very poor :(- you can hear the DJ when he stormed back in and grabbed the mic from the organizers and said "I'm gonna kill someone". The video is labeled below-

dnb reviews staff has been going to jungle shows regularly since the late 90's and this is one of the only fights we have ever seen at a dnb show. We have all been on some very pushy dance floors but everyone gets along even after getting "bumped" pretty hard. This is not what drum and bass is about. 

________________________________

________________________________