Columbian DJ/producer Juju has been behind the decks since 1992, when he got a taste for his future career by spinning dub, reggae, and dancehall (genres that still make their way into his sets). He then spent much of the early '90s focused on drum 'n' bass in San Francisco -- specifically with the club "The Jungle." He's still on the drum 'n' bass tip today, hosting Phuturo when he's in town and taking residencies everywhere from Hong Kong to Venezuela.
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Here's yet another Mezzanine freebie: A pair of tix to Saturday's Dubstep party featuring Digital Mystikz, Sgt. Pokes, Joe Nice, DJ Ripple, Juju and Sam Supa, plus sets by DJ Tomas and Lud Dub in the upstairs room. Tickets are $25 at the door, but the first one to comment (with their real name valid e-mail addy) gets on the guest list 1 for $0.00. --Janine Kahn
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Hey there, bassheads! Current TV has a pretty cool mini-documentary on dubstep in the Bay Area Local DJs tell the story: Mike Bee offers up a lil' history lesson, defining the subgenre as "a very refined evolution" of dancehall reggae, hip-hop, and house music; Sam Supa then discusses how two-step was adopted by SF DJs, who also imported grime from the UK and founded Grime City, the first monthly dubstep party (which has been going for three years now); and Child waxes poetic re