It’s hard to imagine doing anything for 11 years straight.  Especially when considering the club scene in Los Angeles, where promoters sink or swim, genres live or die and venues change their names regularly just to attract new audiences.  Yet somehow the Junglist Platoon crew has managed to perservere, cooking up a successful recipe for their drum and bass night, RESPECT, which has managed to feed fans a weekly feast of jungle music since they first opened its doors in 1999. Age ain’t nuthin but a number to these guys, who have pulled in packed houses for years, establishing RESPECT not only as a staple within the LA underground music scene, but also as a leader in the U.S. dnb movement.  RESPECT has powered new talent to the surface while also headlining legendary forefathers–including everyone from Roni Size to Shy FX to Pendulum–who have all flown in from across the globe to rock out at the event.

“After 11 years, it’s hard to imagine not having a weekly base or communal night to call our own, “said Rob Machete, DJ and founding member of the Junglist Platoon crew, “It’s a responsibility I’m happy to fulfill.”

For RESPECT’s 11 year anniversary party, hundreds of heads crowded inside the Dragonfly on Santa Monica Blvd last Friday to witness DJ Rap, one of the most successful female producers of drum and bass.  Local DJs Clutch, DDub and Knorsq got the main room started with heavy basslines and recognizable anthems while people continued to pile in from the long line outside. With emcees XYZ and Questionmark hyping the crowd, it didn’t take long for the dance floor to fill up and vibe out.  The side room helped balance out the club and alleviated some of the congestion; DJs Apx1, Machete, CRS and Steady played an array of styles–everything from hip hop to house, dubstep to disco.  DJ Rap went on at midnight and the celebration went full throttle with glasses of champagne in the air and toasts made round the venue. Rap was all smiles throughout her set, playing old-school dnb classics and crowd-pleasers that kept the floor screaming for more.  Reid Speed, another popular female DJ in the dnb scene, wrapped up the night with dope remixes like WuTang’s “CREAM” and AK1200’s “Drowning” that had the whole crowd singing in unison, begging for one more.

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