As you May know, this legendary DJ, whose hustle never ends, is an URB OG, having served crucially as this mag's first managing editor.

His then-nascent radio show on KCRW in the early 90's gave DJs like Paul Van Dyke and Giles Peterson their first US airtime, years before they became global superstars. I've seen him hustle equally hard playing to near-empty rooms as well as full-on massives ('always remember his set at Organic '96) and he's the kinda cat that can do underwater drum and bass as easily as heart-tugging house, with a good dose of rave history and whatever else in between.

I remember hearing him play Donovan alongside The Orb while also my handling request for “Cosmic Slop” during his earliest days on KCRW. His sets back then turned me on to …