BeatBox DC held it’s inaugural community dance and art event at the 2016 H Street Festival on Saturday, September 17, 2016. The Atlas Armada debuted a fantastic new kinetic art sculpture made from up-cycled materials, affectionately called “Inky the Roctopus.”
Inky was accompanied all day by an incredibly talented line-up of funk and house music DJs, including:
12-1pm: DJ Kochi
https://soundcloud.com/djkochi
2-3pm: Frank Cueto (All Good Funk Alliance | E1sbar)
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https://facebook.com/E1SBAR/
3-4pm: Andy Grant (DC House Grooves | Body Werk)
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https://soundcloud.com/dchousegrooves
4-5pm: Mookie Wizzo (Wizzard of Awe, resident DJ at the Paradox, Deep Sugar resident, and the man who made that sound system sing like a hallelujah chorus)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBmd4BBOjaE
5-6pm: Wayne “Big Poppa” Davis (Founder/Owner/Promoter of The Paradox, Godfather of Baltimore House Music, Deep Sugar Resident, simply cannot be denied)
The ‘Dox may be gone, but the music will never, ever die. You will be in the presence of a truly divine talent. Prepare To Go To Church!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34cItwNylG8
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6-7pm: DJ Vanniety Kills (Cadence, Ladies of the Underground, OverEasy Tea Dance)
https://soundcloud.com/vanniety_kills
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