Founding Members include Clutch, No-Face, Machete, Scooba, & Oscar Da Grouch; Snoe Rock along w/ Recruits: Sense, Drone, Gil(The Evil Six) and Justin AKA El Jugo
Influences
Breakbeats a Gwan...First and foremost are my fellow Platoon bredren; early influences include LA DONS- RAW, CRS?, Oscar Da Grouch, UK- Ez Rollers; Shy FX; Congo Natty; more recent influences are the likes of Cailbre; Dkay; Logistics&Commix; and Shy Fx is still rollin em out seen
Special shout to the man like Curious who believed in me before anyone else, big up ya chest rudeboy.
Sounds Like
As a member of the Junglist Platoon Crew in Los Angeles and a resident at LA’s (and one of the nation’s) longest running weekly drum n bass club, Respect, DJ Clutch is a solid staple in the SoCal drum n bass scene. He has rocked the decks at all types of drum n bass shows from massives to clubs to various one-offs. His talents have taken him from LA to San Diego to Denver to Miami and beyond. His style is undefinable as he is able to rock a wide range of drum n bass styles from tech-rollers to dub influenced drum n bass.
Dj Clutch is a Junglist Platoon founding member, DJ Clutch, AKA Steven Valenzuela, experienced the club sounds of break beat techno spun by the pioneer D.J.s of the L.A. jungle scene, R.A.W., CRS, & Oscar Da Grouch. Over time his focus turned from clubbing to promoting the music with his fellow Junglist Platoon brethren while collecting & spinning the vinyl that fueled the movement. Many crews have come & gone in Los Angeles over the past few years yet Clutch and the Platoon have maintained their presence and influence on the L.A. scene. After the addition of a few key members to the crew in 1998, club RESPECT was established in 1999. RESPECT continues to be L.A.s longest running jungle club. Sharing a rotating residency at RESPECT with No Face, Scooba, Machete, Drone, Sense, and Oscar Da Grouch.
what up, yo??? hows everything?? if u aint busy, try and make it out,this fri. i'll be throwing down. we got an after hour spot complete w/ a pool table and all!!! lol yeah!!!! ..
Description: Mashing up
the sounds from early techno to breaks to drum n bass and a bit of
everything in between. These are 3 mashed up sessions with 2 areas of
sound by Drumrunner and 12 gauge.
$10 ALL DAY/NIGHT 2pm-7pm Breaking Competiton 7pm-4am SOUNDPROOF 2
AREA 1: JUNGLE | DnB
HOSTED BY MC XYZ (Respect):
OSCAR DA GROUCH (Turnstyle Records | Junglist Platoon) DIRECT FEED (Gonejahmen Crew | Jungle Riddim Records) CLUTCH (Junglist Platoon | Respect) DRONE (Junglist Platoon | Respect) DIP VERTIGO (Maximum Moves | Bass Dynasty) MEANSTREAK (Audio Science | Dub Chamber | AIU) KAYDANCE (In The Mixx) YARFSELECTA (Sensi Vibes) WITCHDOCTA (Sensi Vibes)
AREA 2: DUBSTEP/ELECTRO/REGGAE/HIP-HOP
REMO (Pure Filth | Vinylife | Play Outsyde Clothing) MR. FANTASTIC (Milc) Q. 45 (Nice And Heavy) WHYNO VS ERU (Broke Junglist | Gonejahemn Crew) MATTBORN (Sensi Vibes) DJ 215 aka CHARLES X (Sensi Vibes) GMECHA (Digital Warfare | Shadow Frequency Recordings) KNOWLEDGE HEARTBREAKER
MC’S: AEROTEK ERTHKORE
GO-GO DANCERS POPPIN CREWS ART DECORATIONS BODY PAINTING
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