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7/24: OFF THE TOP Emcee Battle

DJing an Emcee battle in the East Bay. Benefits Soulciety Non Profit Orgs “The Bridge” Program. $100 for 1st place along with other prizes. Performances by Philtered Soul, Of Nazareth, Jupiter 7, and more! Check out the info below: ———— OFF THE TOP [[ EMCEE BATTLE ]] – First 16 emcees to sign-up – Open…

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Empower II Trailer featured on MYX

Long overdue, but here’s the trailer for Soulciety’s, Empower II show. It was featured on MYX tv. It was so fun working with all the talented people and staff who were involved in bringing it all together. Thanks to the Soulciety fam for giving me the opportunity to be a part of this great event!

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H.E.R. [Hearing Every Rhyme] (Neo-Soul & Hip-Hop)

Was recently listening to Common’s song, “I Used to Love H.E.R.” and a lot of Dilla tracks during a session and felt inspired to make a quick mix of hip-hop and neo-soul tracks with that same vibe. Sounds like early Jay Dee, Slum Village, D’Angelo, A Tribe Called Quest, Erykah Badu, Gift of Gab, Black…

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Groovmekanex performance at “Burn This Disco Out”

Here is our MJ tribute performance at BodiRock’s “Burn This Disco Out” MJ Tribute event. This took place a few hours before the Vitamin Water performance in SF. Thanks again to BodiRock for having us out! This clip is a little dark, but you can still see majority of the performance. I actually felt better…

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Groovmekanex performance at Vitamin Water MJ party

Here’s our Michael Jackson locking tribute that we performed at the Vitamin Water / All The Way Live Michael Jackson party. Fun event. Thanks to All The Way Live and Vitamin Water for having us out.

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Know Your Rank Workshop: Locking Music

Had a great time teaching the Locking class during the Know Your Rank Workshop. Mine was the first class at 11am, I’m glad everyone was able to come out! To the students who took today’s class, here is some of the music we were using, as promised. 3 separate mini mixes, 3 tempos each to…

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6/25: BURN THIS DISCO OUT: MJ Tribute

Come out this Friday and check out our Michael Jackson locking tribute. Groovmekanex will definitely bring that soul and funk, MJ & JFive style! Check out the line up! Housin Authority, Mix’d Ingredients, and of course BodiRock. We are first on the line up people! Should be on around 8pm or so. -Dennis —————– CELEBRATING…

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Wiki Dojo / MF*ers at Battlefest New Schoolz

Here is the collab show I did with Bionic and Kool Raul. The Wiki Dojo aka MotherFunkers. Everyone did such a great job in such a short amount of time. Looking forward to working with everyone again soon. Bionic (Supreme Soul / MGF) Kool Raul (Supreme Soul / Beatz N Pieces) Me (DS Players /…

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Live Set from The Pick Up 6/9/10

Had a great time spinning at The Pick Up last week. They just sent over a link from my set that was recorded live. Thanks guys! Shout out to all the people who came out. Especially our girls from Taiwan visiting The Bay, reppin HRC and Attention. Be sure to check out The Pick Up’s…

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6/11: House @ the Wiki House

A random house mix I put together before heading out to practice last week. Nothing fancy, just something short and simple for sessions, classes, driving, blah blah blah etc. etc. Here’s the track list TITLE – ARTIST Rock With You ft. Erro (Osunlade mix) – DJ Jazzy Jeff Good Lovin – Peven Everett Stay With…

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6/26: Know Your Rank Workshops

Teaching a locking workshop for KNOW YOUR RANK this Jun 26th. Planning on teaching an all level class good for basics, as well as intermediate to advanced who want to learn anything else from variations, power, etc. Something for everyone here. Get your pre-sales quick. The instructors line-up is sweeeeet! After teaching, gotta head over…

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6/12: Battlefest New Schoolz

Doing a collab exhibition performance with Bionic (Supreme Soul/Machine Gone Funk) and Kool Raul (Supreme Soul/Beatz-N-Pieces) at Battlefest New Schoolz. We are performing under the name MF*ers. Also known as MotherFunkers haha. We are having our students from our classes perform with us as well. I don’t have any students for my class yet (actually…

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6/04: Live @ the BBQ (EA Edition)

Here at work we usually have these BBQ Fridays during late spring throughout summer. I spun at the first one today and recorded the set live. Just a random assortment of soul, funk, latin, R&B, reggae, and house. Weather was perfect today. I want to eat again. TITLE – ARTIST Lovely Day – Bill Withers…

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6/26: Up Jump The Boogie

Mighty Delrokz brings us another edition of Up Jump The Boogie. Featuring a Choreography Competition. Also a fundraiser for youth programs. Judging alongside Mikey Disko and Kool Raul. Gather together a team of 10 max for your chance to win, or just come out to support the cause. We gotta keep providing creative outlets for…

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6/9: The Pick Up @ Temple SJ

Just got booked to do a guest slot at The Pick Up, a weekly party focusing on uptempo music ranging from house, funk, disco, etc. Come out and get down for this midweek party. Temple San Jose is located at 52 South 1st. St. Downtown San Jose. 21+up event, no cover. -Dennis

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Judges Showcase (Jardy, Crix, Dennis) @ Head Hunters 10 yr Anniv

Judges showcase for the All-Styles Category. Fun times getting down with Jardy and Crix. Some of my favorite dancers in the BAY! For this, I just felt like dancing. Didn’t strictly lock or stick to a specific style, but just danced to have fun and let the music tell me what to do. Gotta love…

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Groovmekanex Showcase @ Head Hunters 10 yr Anniv

Here is the footage from our performance at the Head Hunters 10 yr Anniversary. We did a locking tribute to The Temptations. Funkee Asiatic, Doc Lock, Jay Pee, Myself and Mikey P.

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5/20 Styles Upon Styles LA

LA here I come!!! One Cypher and Crazy Legs (RSC) take Styles Upon Styles to Los Angeles May 20th! Featuring a special screening of Bouncing Cats documentary. Check out the trailer and also the event details below!

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5/8: Breezy @ Mink Bar & Lounge

Djing for a fundraiser put together by Soulciety. Such a great cause, come out to support if you can. Kool Raul and myself will be playing an eclectic range of music from Hip-Hop to Funk and R&B to House and everything else in between. -Dennis —————————- Come join us this Saturday for “Breezy” @ Mink…

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4/30: The Breaks @ Mercury Lounge SF

Come out for opening night for “The Breaks” this Friday 4/30. I’ll be spinning Funk, Disco, and Breaks with Kool Raul and Lawly Law. Hosted by the Creative Grounds family, this will take place at Mercury Lounge SF on every month that has a 5th Friday. See you there! -Dennis ——————————— Creative Grounds Presents: ::THE…

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