Last friday the 24th of april featured the 2009 edition of Wax and the City. For more info on this click the original post here.
This time the belgians were superior again as Jack took the title (again!) of King of the hill 2009. More on the battles in a later post, first I want to talk about the showcases.
Two world class pro’s were chillin’ in Utrecht to rock a couple of showcases: DJ Nelson, representing france, and DJ Taiji, hailing from japan. Thursday Nelson arrived and DJ Mseize (the engine behind Wax and the City) took him to the Hague to give a masterclass there.
Taiji also just arrived and needed a place to practice his set, which he was going to showcase the next evening. Luckily this place turned out to be my own crib.
Check Taiji’s practice in the video below:
DJ Taiji rockin @ my crib, full session from skidz on Vimeo.
Besides talkin’ with his hands a lot on the decks, Taiji turned out to be great company. We (me, niwa and qualitee) discussed a lot of things with him, from music to japanese customs and traditions. After a lot of drinkin’ and talking and giving him a couple of record store addresses, the evening came to an end. Hopefully we can see the proper set he did during Wax and the City online soon.
skidz, taiji, qualitee and niwa
Check Taiji’s myspace.
Taiji’s accomplishments:
‘98 TEENS DJ CHAMPIONSHIPS CHAMPION
‘98 DMC JAPAN FINAL 5th PLACE (KANSAI BLOCK 2nd PLACE)
‘99 OFFICE GM DJ BATTLE CHAMPION
‘99 DMC JAPAN FINAL 3rd PLACE
‘99 B-BOY PARK DJ BATTLE CHAMPION
‘00 DMC JAPAN FINALIST (KANSAI BLOCK CHAMPION)
‘00 VESTAX EXTRAVAGANZA TEAM CATEGORY CHAMPION
‘01 OSAKA ROCK THE HOUSE DJ BATTLE CHAMPION
‘01 DMC JAPAN FINAL 3rd PLACE (KANSAI BLOCK CHAMPION)
‘02 VESTAX EXTRAVAGANZA ASIA CHAMPION&WORLD 2nd PLACE
‘04 DMC JAPAN CHAMPION (KANSAI BLOCK CHAMPION)
Credits to Yuri Linthout for cleaning up and editing the video material.
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