Donger and Recondo

Richie C:
Richie C is a true product of his native NYC musical experience. Well versed in hip-hop, deep disco, house, soulful techno, and punk funk, he incorporates all these elements to create his distinct DJ sound. "I just play anything I like instead of sticking to one genre. DJ?s like Larry Levan and Afrika Bambata would play The Clash and The NYC Peech Boys in the same night, and all that mattered was that the music was amazing. I incorporate that mentality in my deejaying." Collecting records since 1993, his sets are composed of vinyl recorded anytime from 1973 to 2003.
Richie C grew up skateboarding, and was first fueled by the rebel sounds of punk and early hip-hop. Venturing into downtown NYC he met diverse new people, and began attending parties such as the early Giant Step, and the now legendary NASA. "I went to Giant Step on Thursday nights and saw jazz played live over Gangstarr records, listened to kids freestyle rap, and danced to disco and club classics. Then NASA would come Friday night and it was acid house, Detroit techno, drum & bass, and ambient all in one night."
His musical education continued with a record store job in the mid 90`s. "I would spend every day at work trying to listen to as much new music as possible, and turn the "big dj`s" on to artists like Theo Parrish, 4 Hero, and Basic Channel all at the same time. On my lunch break I would hit up the vintage shops and learn about old jazz, soul, funk, and disco. I bumped into an NYC DJ legend on one of these trips and he started pulling out vintage vinyl for me, that`s how I knew I was leaving an impression on these people I was servicing at the shop."
Richie C learned the value of reading crowds the hard way, at hip-hop parties. "I didn?t have as much hip-hop as my partner Pete, so when I ran out, I had to make an angry crowd happy, and quick. That`s when I started whipping out classics and really learned the value of reading a crowd while bringing your own personality to the mix. Once they trust you, you can take them anywhere musically. I`ve had thugs dance to Blondie."
Richie C makes up half of the Bande A Part DJ`s with his childhood friend Peter. Bande A Part recently hosted a weekly party called Love On The Run. Completely unscripted and unformulated, you could hear just about anything on any particular night, like A Certain Ratio played next to James Brown. "Our crowd shows up with open ears, they know to expect the unexpected, and that`s why they come back. It`s a rare thing to hear DJ`s take real risks like that nowadays. Too many of the current DJs stick to one sound and it`s time for a change. We learned all the rules and now we want to break them."
RECONDO:
Recondo hates the cold. He loves hauling a rucksack through the bush and sweating through his cammies. When he's in the jungle, he owns it. Anybody else is trespassing.
"A jungle is like some single, gigantic, hostile organism. It can sense when you fear or hate it--and it is wholly without mercy. When I step into a jungle, it sings to me like a mother soothing a napalm-ridden child."
Qualified expert: M-16; Gang Starr Daily Operation; HK MP5 Silenced; M4A1 Silenced; Descendents Two Things At Once; Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon; Sig P226; James Brown The Big Payback; M87ELR Sniper Rifle; Slayer Reign In Blood; Mark 23 Silenced.

Donger and Recondo show-Friday, April 25th-from 10:00 pm-12:00 am EST.