There's no place like Vegas.
It's a different kind of excitement and energy from the
crowd because you can tell that they've been thinking about their trip to Vegas
probably for months.
What I love about DJing is that there's there's no rules
there's not one way to be a good DJ.
I never play the same set I don't even
play just one genre mixing turntablism with hip-hop house and electronic music
and just creating my own version of a stew out of those ingredients.
If I play
a good set you know most of them are not even from here so they're gonna go back
to San Francisco to Detroit to upstate New York,
Wherever, just say oh yeah I saw A-track in Vegas and he did ABC. He did this
thing in that thing and it just sends out these little seeds there's something
very powerful about Vegas that's for sure.
Hello! How are you?
Good. How are you? Are you ready to do Vegas?
We're going to the Wynn. We're gonna stop by Feature.
What's the relationship between street wear and your world?
What I do isn't just
DJing but it's also like encouraging a lot of the new artists and like finding
the new talent but a lot of that new talent is also hanging out with like the
young new designers with new photographers or it's kind of all
rubbing shoulders. Yeah. So in that respect I'll end up knowing a lot of
people that are doing this stuff.
I've always been fans of artists who
figured out their own artistic identity so much that they know exactly what they
don't look is like to me that's part of being an artist. Yeah. But for me it's
simple either I'm wearing a leather jacket or some sort of like 90s Beastie
Boy skater tie-dye fad pamphlet. One of those things.
I like it.
All right! Shall we go? Let's go!
Alright. Let's explore. Vamanos.
But right now we're going to 11th Street Records. Yeah.
As a DJ, I have to
pick songs that are a little bit more universal. Some of my other shows in
other cities are kind of more specialized. Yeah. And I think there's
something cool about the challenge of picking songs that everyone knows and
likes in Vegas because you have such a various crowd. My favorite gig at Drai's
last year was when they put me in a Rae Sremmurd together. I like to work with a
lot of the younger rappers or like the current generation.
Who would you want to
see how a residency here? I want to see who's gonna give a residency to like
little Kim or something but like that would be cool.
Okay yeah because like hip-hop
is so big now it's ready to have that nostalgia moment.
And though Bazaar Meat is specifically known for molecular gastronomy and like
interesting takes on dishes.
I'm very excited to try these oysters.
This is the moment you've been waiting for. I'm excited
too because these are special oysters. These are smoked oysters and our friend,
Alex recommended them.
So these are Kusshi oysters and they're smoked out with
applewood, apple mignonette, just apple on apple.
Wow.
They're still raw so they just
have that hint of smoke.
All right I'm following your lead.
This is nice.
This is definitely the
best oyster that I've ever had.
I was thinking we could check out Drai's which
is where I DJ.
Yeah I want to see your work.
We were kind of talking about the energy that you feel
when you're actually playing in the clubs.
Yeah
Can you like describe that because that's honestly something that only a
few people really know what it's like. Where we see from? Yeah yeah. That varies
from club to club. I play a lot of different venues. Nothing compares to the
energy of the dance floor in front of you.
At the end of the day, as a DJ, I want to get people
dancing.
Thing to just come here for excitement, barrage, and it's up to me to
figure out a creative way to bring that with my DJing.
If Vegas was a record, what would it sound like?
It would be very energetic. It would feature probably 20 prominent
artists.
It would sound like audio confetti.
Thank you for showing me around.
Yeah next time you come to Vegas definitely come see me at Drai's Beach
Club. Yes it's going down.