House Party at the Biltmore

Last Tuesday I made a point of popping into the new hip-hop night at the Biltmore. The DJs are madeup of veterans of Vancouver's music scene Justin Gradin from the ER and Sex Negatives (formerly of Mutators), music journalist Mike LaPointe a.k.a. DJ Noremix, Andy Dixon of Secret Mommy and Ache Records, Lil' Baby Peace Sign perhaps better known as half of Nu Sensae and Ian Wyatt of Blastramp. These local hip-hop heads/music nerds spun "the best old school/'90s/'00s rap jams". If you were into hip-hop in high school they were likely playing what you listened to then.

All the DJs and most—if not all—of the people dancing to primarily black music were not black. I don't really know what to say about the racial dynamics of the night, I just thought I should point out that I noticed them. It was a lot of fun to dance to Wu Tang, OutKast, etc. though.

The next one is going to be happening April 21. I will be there.


I lifted that drawing from their Facebook group. I think it's an Andy Dixon drawing, but I'm just guessing.