DJ High Priest (played w/Basquiat, Stuart Argabright, Rammellzee, Vincent Gallo) + Dan Selzer June 25, 2005

This Saturday at Capone's in Williamsburg is THE BEAT CLUB with very special guest, the legendary DJ High Priest. A veteran of the Mudd Club scene, and reportedly the first white hip-hop DJ, High Priest played in the Death Comet Crew (Stuart Argabright's post-Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight project), Gray (with Basquiat and Vincent Gallo) and spun for legendary MCs Phase II, Rammellzee and K-Rob. As Nicky Nice he was also in the hip-hop duo Trouble Deuce w/Prince Vince (Mr. Gallo again) and he will soon be touring Europe and Japan with the re-united Death Comet Crew. Opening is Dan Selzer. Scroll down for his more in-depth description & some links.

Details:

Saturday 6/18
ALLDISCO
High Priest (Death Comet Crew)
Dan Selzer

10pm | 21+
http://www.alldisco.net
Free entry & pizza all night
Free Red Stripe from 10-11 Saturday
At Capone's - 221 N 9th between Roebling and Driggs
(not far from either Bedford or Metropolitan/Lorimer stops)

----Dan's Description----

I'm totally excited to announce that I will be opening up for a special guest DJ this saturday at Capones edition of The Beat Club(sometimes known as Alldisco). DJ High Priest is a legend who only recently came out of DJ "retirement". Reportedly the first white hip-hop/"scratch" DJ on the scene, DJ High Priest (Nick Taylor) was first seen cutting, scratching and rocking the records with such old-school hip-hop visionaries as K-Rob, Rammellzee and grafitti artist Phase II. He later joined the downtown avant ensemble Gray with such scene luminaries as Jean-Michael Basquiat, Vincent Gallo and Michael Holman. He took part in Holman's seminal Grafitti Rock TV show and can be found on the bonus footage of it's highly recommended DVD release, in one segment he stands in full track gear, rocking turntables on a card table while K-Rob freestyles in front of him in somebody's living room, in another he rocks doubles of Shack-Up at a gallery opening while Futura 2000 paints. His next moves included the short lived hip-hop duo Trouble Deuce with Prince Vince (aka Vincent Gallo) and finally joining the Death Comet Crew, Stuart Argabright's post-Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight project. High Priest re-emerged in the NY scene in the last few years with the exciting reunion of Death Comet Crew, who will soon be touring Europe and Japan, a photo exhibit of pictures he took during the Mudd Club days, and a few select DJ gigs. At these gigs, DJing for the first time in 20 years, High Priest started out carefully, and quickly got his sea legs back, playing sets of awesome 70s funk/disco/breakbeats and early 80s club/wave classics, rocking doubles, a bit of scratching, a bit of cutting and a whole lot of great dance music. So you can see why I'm psyched for this saturday! I'm going to open up with some early 80s avant-hip-hop, new wave party classics and block(party) rocking beats as usually and then I'll turn it over to High Priest.

for more information:

Stuart's Blog:
http://demedo.blogspot.com/
http://demedo.blogspot.com/2003_10_26_demedo_archive.html

info on the DCC Troubleman reissue:
http://www.troublemanunlimited.com/releases/tmu121.html

An awesome live MP3 of High Priest and K-Rob(scroll down)
http://www.cocaineblunts.com/blog/test.html

Some info on Graffit Rock
http://www.oldschoolhiphop.com/video/graffitirock.htm

Info on Gray and Trouble Deuce from Vincent Gallo's site(check out the photo!):
http://www.drowninginbrown.com/dib_trouble2.htm
http://www.drowninginbrown.com/dib_gray.htm