THE BOOM BAP Nashville: Featuring DJ JAY-SKI

SATURDAY December 27th @ THE FIVE SPOT Nashville, TN – DJ lil’dave is a Philadelphia-based audio tastemaker who has made a name for himself by exposing people to soulful music in all it’s forms. You can find him spreading his gospel through open minded DJ sets, original tracks & remixes, weekly radio broadcasts, and colorful design work. As a DJ, he can easily whip the most mainstream crowd into a frenzy, but he is at his best when he digs deep into his crates for funky grooves, broken boogie, and thumping bass.

FRIDAY July 25th @ THE BASEMENT Atlanta, GA – Detroit Hip-Hop’s Ambassador to the World, Michael “House Shoes” Buchanan has been an integral part of the long burgeoning Motown resurgence. Just ask anyone coming out of Detroit to confirm this. House Shoes, a resident DJ at the hip-hop staple St. Andrews Hall, Detroit MI, from 1994-2004 has had personal influence over a full generation of well respected emcees, producers, and then-future DJs. Four-time winner of the “Best Hip Hop DJ” in Detroit, he has used his platform to expose some of the best and brightest talent his city has had to offer.

SATURDAY April 25th @ THE FIVE SPOT Nashville, TN – This month we are proud to have the one & only Eddie George (AKA DJ 27) joining us! A college football & NFL legend, he’s also a bad man behind the decks! Eddie came up listening to Philly DJ’s like DJ Cash Money and cutting records with the same precision he applied to his storied pro Football career. Not to be confused with your run of the mill celebrity DJ, Eddie know’s how to rock the party!! Don’t Zzzz this one, is not to be missed!

SATURDAY August 23rd @ THE FIVE SPOT Nashville, TN – KDSML is the avant-garde of the new guard, a bleeding edge DJ with the skills and experience to blow speakers and blow minds where ever he goes. Born in the U.K. But hailing from Nashville KDSML merges the British Isles love for electronic progressivism with the South’s love for the big, big bass tying them together with a turntablist’s fleet fingers and an ear-to-ear grin that’s as contagious as it is honest.

THURSDAY June 26th @ BLACKBIRD ORDINARY Miami, FL – Quite simply, Cosmo Baker is New York’s best and most exciting party-rocking DJ. He is a master of hip-hop, a king of disco & funk, a don of electronic dance music, and his unique style and skill is able to bring it all together to rock crowds of thousands around the globe. A Philadelphia native, from a city with one of the richest DJ histories, Cosmo cut his chops alongside contemporaries such as ?uestlove and Rich Medina, and when he relocated to Brooklyn in the early ’00s he helped found the internationally known DJ / remix collective The Rub. During the past 10 years Cosmo has played the four corners of the globe and has released countless mix tapes, remixes, and records.