Dirty South Joe is an underground DJ staple with an absolute love of all music. With roots in DC, NY and Philadelphia, he’s been an important part of the development of the reigning underground musical subculture that dominates the dancefloors worldwide these days. Having worked in probably every major record store in the Northeast corridor, and having been a resident at the old 9:30 Club in Washington, DC, he has the chops to definitely know exactly what he’s talking about. At every key moment of the underground’s development, Joe has been there, either as a premier selector of the tunes being played, or lending management or distribution assistance to the purveyors of the sound who needed it. Be it dirty south bounce music, Baltimore club and its Philly and Jersey derivations, and now even extending into dubstep with Flufftronix, Joe is a nexus for the American underground.
The Ol Head Records, Mad Decent and Brick Bandits representative played Gavin Holland’s C U Next Tuesday party last week, and of course, when someone of this nature of importance is in town, it’s an absolute necessity to sit down and discuss their background, their musical influences, their production styles, desires and forward thinking thoughts about music in general. Noted as well in this interview is a particularly deep and thoughtful set of answers about club music and its inner city influences, plus Joe’s thoughts on dubstep and namely his “Luvstep” mix with new collaborator and co-conspirator Flufftronix that once it drops will be true in the attempt of getting so many of the sound’s detractors to change their tune entirely.
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