DJ JO SMITTY (aka JEFFREY SMITH; BOX DOG SOUND)

Current top 5 tracks:

Funkadelic, "Music for My Mother (Underground Resistance Remix)" (Westbound, 2017)

ANoyd, "Blame it on Jay Z" (Pace Music Group, 2018)

Hotline, "Fellas Doing It in Lagos" (Soundway, 1986/reissued 2016)
"They meant 'Fela' (as in Kuti), but they spelled it this way."

Honey Radar, "Middle Class Revolt"/ John Peel "The Fall as Introduced by John Peel" (Chunklet Industries, 2018)

Young Fathers, "In My View" (Ninja Tune, 2018)

Crew/label affiliations: "Carlile Room DJs, Corvus DJs & Pals, Box Dog Sound."

Styles played: "Funk, soul, R&B, old-school hiphop, jazz, rock."

DJing philosophy: "Mixing slept-on jams with songs that folks recognize. Curating sets for specific audiences is more of a science than an art."

Format: "Vinyl."

Worst request: "Worst amusing request: a super drunk dude asking for Iggy Pop while I was blasting the Stooges after the last Temple of the Dog show. Worst hostile request: An older lady was super irate that no Bob Dylan ('at all?!') would be spun during a clearly labeled Soul Night. Then she said, 'You're the kind of DJ I don't like!' I tried to explain how my set is curated and that I can sometimes play requests, but since it's vinyl, there's a limited amount of choices. This is a major challenge in the Spotify age, but one we should face with humor, grace, and élan."

Upcoming events:
April 17 @ Corvus & Co.
May 12 @ The Carlile Room ( funk & soul )