Breakbeat, Funk & the DC Underground: Rusty Belicek of All Good Funk Alliance | A DJ's Journey Ep 19

Rusty Belicek found a Slick Rick tape in an Oklahoma parking lot at age 11 — and it set everything in motion. From DC's 18th Street Lounge to opening for James Brown to building All Good Funk Alliance with Frank Cueto, Rusty tells the inside story of breakbeat's mid-tempo underground.Topics covered: the Star Wars soundtrack as first musical memory, finding forbidden music in a Seventh-day Adventist household, meeting Frank at NOVA, the Funk Weapons label, DC's Go-Go scene, 18th Street Lounge residency, Swing the South production breakdown, opening for James Brown, the wedding DJ sacrifice, Burning Man and Funky Town, scene vs. community, and the hardware store as creative discipline.Listen on all platforms:🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-djs-journey-dj-podcast-dj-history-insights/id1804651291📧 The Crate Letter: adjsjourney.beehiiv.com📸 Instagram: @adjsjourneypodChapters:0:00:00 Intro0:01:24 First Musical Memory: Star Wars Soundtrack0:02:36 Off the Wall, Thriller, and the Sister's Record Collection0:03:33 Punk Rock, Fugazi, Depeche Mode0:06:06 The Slick Rick Tape: An Oklahoma Parking Lot Origin Story0:08:05 Oklahoma to the DC Area via the Air Force0:09:08 Meeting Frank Cueto at NOVA0:10:50 The AGFA Sound: Trance-Techno Meets Hip-Hop and Breaks0:13:22 Maxi Records, Choosing Mid-Tempo Over House0:16:04 Going Full-Time: Labels, Day Jobs, Economics0:18:00 The Wedding DJ Pivot: Kids and Sacrifices0:22:33 18th Street Lounge: No Top 40s, Full Nights0:24:45 U Street Music Hall: Opening and Closing0:26:40 Winter Music Conference: First LP Deal0:28:37 Go-Go: DC's Indigenous Sound0:30:50 Baltimore Club: BYOB and Mark Farina0:35:06 Swing the South: The Production Breakdown0:41:25 How AGFA Changed Deckard's DJ Philosophy0:47:35 Record Store at 16 and Learning to Beat Match0:51:03 Burning Man: Funky Town and Early Bassnectar0:55:55 Opening for James Brown: The Briefcase and The Splits0:59:30 Ghetto Funk Origins  1:01:10 Whistler: Matthew Alien and Vinyl Richie1:04:30 Z-Trip, Uneasy Listening, Cut Chemist1:07:45 Where AGFA Is Now1:10:00 The Hardware Store Life#breakbeat #AllGoodFunkAlliance #RustyBelicek #DJHistory #FunkMusic #DCMusic #NuFunk #ADJsJourney #DJCulture #DJPodcast