Questlove, Bavu and Pikahsso at the Whisky Bar

Questlove DJ set w/ Bavu Blakes, Pikahsso, DJ Kunal M, and DJ Hannibal
Saturday, April 5
Whisky Bar (303 W. 5th St.)
$10 | 21+ | Doors @ 9pm
[info]

A bit rarer is a DJ set that night at Whisky Bar by group leader Questlove, who typically plays for hours and shows more skill than most pros. Coloring far outside The Roots’ already modest boundaries, Quest grounds his sets in ebullience, humor, and wit. Though heavy debate seems to follow everything he touches, his occasional DJ gigs are roundly lauded; whether or not Questlove knows what’s best for [some rapper], he knows how to hold a room, dynamically, without turning the whole thing over to T-Pain et al. At two hours in, you’ll hear something like The Meters b/w DJ Quik and you’ll think “there is no song other than ‘Pitch In On A Party’ that I wanted to hear right now.” Even if it’s not true, it will feel like it.

Appropriately, Questlove will be joined on Saturday by hosts Bavu Blakes and Pikahsso of Dallas’s PPT, neither of whom is a stranger to eclecticism or good music (or holding a party in Austin). Both are currently promoting new projects - Bavu's Extra Plair EP and PPT's Denglish album - and you can hear the two together on, among other things, "Smiley Faces" off Extra Plair. It's playing on Bavu's MySpace and we're thinking it may work its way onto Questlove's MacBook sometime between now and Saturday.

[The Roots' Blog]
[Bavu Blakes MySpace]
[Pikahsso MySpace]
[DJ Kunal M MySpace]
[DJ Hannibal MySpace]