Chillin' with Dj Statex

On this episode, David the intrepid traveler tells a story of getting tasered multiple times by Brazilian federal police.  The music at the beginning of this episode is “A Melhor Hora da Praia” [ translation: The best hour from the beach ] by  Nação Zumbi feat. Marisa Monte, remixed and re edited by DJ Statex.  Nação Zumbi is a Brazilian band David saw live during his time in Brazil.  Marisa Monte is also one of David's favorite Brazilian singers.  Check out Venture Tales 6.0 for the Recife, Brazil episode at these links:  https://anchor.fm/dj-statex/episodes/Venture-Tales-6-0-ecm366 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/venture-tales-6-0/id1355439664?i=1000471859515

On this episode, DJ Fliproc shares his DJ beginnings in his hometown of Portland, Oregon.  We also chat about living in the COVID world, turntablism and more.  Stay safe and stay strong!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               In solidarity. 

On this episode recorded on 4/26/20, David the intrepid traveler shares an odd experience of being assaulted during his trip in Argentina and other stories. The music at the beginning of this episode is electrotango, titled “Pa Bailar” by Bajofondo, flipped and re edited by DJ Statex.

On this episode, David shares his experiences on a party bus, hooking up with women, getting ‘married’ and more during Carnaval in the Brazilian towns of Recife and Olinda.  The music at the beginning of the segment is called "Voltei Recife" (Translation: I returned to Recife) from the Brazilian artist, Alceu Valença. David saw this artist live during his time there.  This song was remixed and performed by DJ Statex.   Contact us if you have any comments and feedback!

We are back with another episode of Venture Tales and 1st podcast of the year!  On this episode,  David recounts his experience of being detained by Moroccan police and meeting women while visiting the town of Meknes.  This episode will be the 1st of a series of stories from David the intrepid traveler's adventures in Morocco.  The other stories will be covered in future podcasts.    The music at the top of the podcast contains samples from the song "Inas Inas", by the great Moroccan folk musician Mohamed Rouicha, performed/remixed by DJ Statex. Subscribe to the Venture Tales Youtube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKg3vi3SaMiLOoqBDcZn70A Follow, comment and share!  Happy 2020!

On this episode, we hang out with MC/Producer, Heleodoro "LA Native" Sanchez at MacArthur Park Community Center in Los Angeles.  A surprise guest also drops in during the podcast.  Music at the beginning of the podcast was recorded live and performed by LA Native on the beats and DJ Statex on the cut. J.U.i.CE. at MacArthur Park Community Center: https://juicehiphop.org/ LA Natives (L.A. N8v) social medias: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0aFVquFGokluEsZFkmRm3Y IG: eleo818

We have a special guest on this episode, David's friend Milo from Coroico, Bolivia!  Milo is the owner of the restaurant Coroico Star and also runs mountain bike tours on the famous Death Road Trail.  Most of this episode will be in Spanish with David translating from Spanish to English and vise versa.  Also on this episode, David talks about getting sucker punched and more! Muchas gracias again to Milo for sharing your story and come to his restaurant and Death Road tour when you visit Bolivia!  Big thanks to David for being the translator! Music at the top of this episode is "Raza de Bronce" from the Bolivian metal band, Alcoholika La Christo, performed/re-edited by DJ Statex.

DJ Statex chops it up with Jointz at his house where he shares his thoughts on the needle free device called Phase, from the makers of Mixfader.  We also briefly talked about the Mixfader, Prolink and experiences DJing using a Portable turntable with Serato.  Big ups to the makers of Phase!  Like, subscribe, share and comment!

On this episode, David the intrepid traveler calls in to share a story from back in 2015 where he hooks up with a girl before leaving for a flight in Vietnam. The sounds at the top of the episode is traditional Vietnamese Dan Bau music performed/ remixed by DJ Statex.

On this episode, my buddy David, the intrepid world traveler, talks about a time when he got assaulted by a crackhead in La Higuera, Bolivia as well as his visit to the town of Vallegrande during the Lady of Guadalupe festival.   The song at the beginning of the episode is 'Alerta Roja' by Matamba y Zion, performed by DJ Statex.   

This short episode features sounds from the Skratch Lounge 9 Year Anniversary featuring DJs D'Lemma, Spinja, Flip D'Skript and an interview with the eventual scratch competition champ,  DJ Ambidecktriks.   Check out photos of the event on Flickr:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/crazzyak/albums/72157690938585303 The highlight video: https://youtu.be/g_Wb3c_58MY Much props to all the scratch battle contestants who battled hard to make the contest entertaining. Big ups to DJ Bamboo and Spinja for continuing to hold it down for 9 years.  I'm looking forward to the 10 year! http://skratchloungenw.com/ Feel free to share this podcast or contact me with comments or suggestions!

On this episode, DJs Statex, Fasttrack and Jointz have a skratch session at DJ Jointz studio the night before the Skratch Lounge Seattle 9 Year Anniversary/ Skratch Battle Invitational.  After our skratch session, we just chilled out and discussed a variety of topics, including the Pope’s headwear, the Guitar Center 2004 DJ Battle, In-N-Out Burger and more.  We also got to play with DJ Jointz new toy, The Language Master, which was notably used by Kid Koala. Big ups again to Jointz and Fasttrack for good times!

On this episode, my world traveling friend David shares his experiences in August 2013 while lost for 6 days in the Bolivian jungle.

On this episode, I’m at DJ D’Lemma’s home where we discuss our early DVS programs and DJ Fasttrack’s beginnings. Also, D’lemma shares some DJ history and knowledge.  Links:   DJ D'Lemma https://djdlemma.podomatic.com    IG: @djdlemma DJ Fasttrack https://soundcloud.com/realdjfasttrack  IG: @realfasttrack DJ Statex https://m.mixcloud.com/DJStatex/ 

It's been a long while since my last podcast, but never fear! On this latest episode, I catch up with DJ Jointz and find out what he's been up to recently. We also discuss equipment, new music and many more. Stay tuned for more podcasts in the near future!

On this episode, DJs Statex, Jointz and Jflex have beers at DJ Jointz favorite local pub. Jflex shared his beginnings as a DJ. Jointz and Statex also shared a little bit about their beginnings. We had discussions on local Seattle DJ/turntablism history, such as Jflex's 'Sessions' night at Lucky Strike Bar and more.

On this latest episode, DJ Statex links up with DJ Flip D' Skript at Seattle Center while he waits for his family finish the Color Run. We discussed how Flip D' Skript got started DJing and also briefly touched on how far portablism has rapidly progressed over the past couple of years in the PNW. NOTE: My audio feed was acting a bit weird during the call in for this podcast and apologize for the quality of the audio from my end.

On this latest podcast, DJ Statex and friends check out DJ Cut Chemist, DJ Shortkut and El Dusty at Nectar Lounge. We also got to hang out and chop it up with Shortkut back stage and was able to record some audio for this podcast.