Joe Nice at Dub Smugglers

I had a nice time last Night at Dub Smugglers. I had burned a cdr of 4 of my tunes to give to Joe Nice. Austin Speed was nice enough to introduce me when Joe was standing outside the venue, so I promptly pressed the cd in to his hand as soon as we had shaken hands. He pocketed the disc and promised to give it a listen when he got home. Sorted. Joe was listening to his I-Pod, to "get in that right mood" and I didn't want to bug him, so I hung around with friends outside for a bit. Soon Joe was finished with the I-Pod and before long he was talking and joking with me and a few others who were there.

When he took the decks around 12.30 his good humor didn't stop.I had made my way up to the front because, well... I was planning on "Trainspotting" the dubs.I mentioned this to Misk, apparently Joe has really good hearing or maybe I was being pretty blatant about it because right away he said something like "Trainspot all you want, you got tricks... I got tricks too" and he hid the label on the first dub with a small towel.He also made a show of hiding the titles with his hand. I soon discovered that he was joking around about hiding the titles of the dubs. He told me and Misk Id's of several of the tunes during the course of the set. He was very animated behind the decks, pulling faces and just generally having a good time behind the decks but he was always on point in the mixing department. Did I mention dubs, of course he had plenty of them, many were very fresh (scholars, please correct me if I mis-ID any of these and feel free to comment any ones I missed getting the ID on) "Yes We Can" with the big Obama sample (who made that tune ? ... anyone...) lots of new tunes by Skream ("Memories of 3rd Base", "Metallic", "Burning Up"), Mala ("Eyes","DMZ vs ZMD") Digital Mystikz (not too sure about the title, but the sounds sounded like the same ones used on "Blue Notez" the dub said "MOM" on it, what was that tune... the one with the big drum roll on it.) a big remix of "Knowledge" that everyone loved (ID anyone?)Truth ("Fatman", "Stolen Children" and "Wednesday")and plenty more including one by Kromestar that I really wanted to hear but didn't get played because, well, all good things must come to an end and that one just didn't make it under the wire. Vibes were very nice on the evening and everyone seemed to really be feeling the selections.sddubstep.com was there and took a few photos, so be checking for those.Respect to Subliminal for a quality production. Big up the staff and management at the Kava Lounge. And of course, maximum big ups to the Dubstep Ambassador Joe Nice, you are a gentleman and a scholar and there's damn few of us left.