About Me
Since the turn of the century, Joe Purdue AKA Joey P, has been moving the crowds with nothing more than two turntables, a mixer, and a record bag. Joe played Drum and Bass records weekly at The Grand Café in Farmington, with a residency that lasted the better part of two years, from 2001-2003. Not just Michigan has seen Joe every week, record bag in hand. The state of Florida also had the privilege of seeing him every week at a night called PS14 in South Beach from 2005-2006.
Joe has also been a hired gun at some of Michigan’s top Drum and Bass parties. The summer of 2007 received his sounds at Jungle Juice at The Works in Detroit, and also Bump the Funk and Simply Delicious at the Labyrinth during DEMF. Even before this he was a regular guest at Substance in Detroit and Hydro Mondays in Ann Arbor. Some drum and bass fanatics in Michigan might recognize the name of Hydro Mondays. This night at The Necto was headed up by Ann Arbor’s own, Ronin Selecta and FatCal. This night came to an end in August of 2007, with a spectacular finale featuring Soundmurderer, Submorphics, and Detroit’s own DJ Seoul. The following week was Labor Day here in the United States, and many of Ann Arbor’s Junglists left The Necto that night unsure of the fate of weekly Drum and Bass in Ann Arbor.
Mr. Perdue never missed a beat. The following week proceeded as usual, but with a different mission. Joey P was selected to head up a new vision of the night called Bassline, that had the same hard hitting core of Drum and Bass, but with added diversity of non Drum and Bass acts drawing from Michigan’s deep and pure electronic music talent pool. The inaugural night was kicked off with the usual bang, with special guest DJ Nimbus from Breakloose Detroit, along with up and coming producer and DJ Jeremy “Sinistarr†Howard. The night is now as potent as it ever was, Joe’s bag of techy, rolling, Bass compliments the cool and deep Liquid Funk that is the weapon of choice for resident DJ Sinistarr. Since September, the Necto has seen many of Michigan’s favorite DJs. Detroit’s DJ Seoul of the Detroit Techno Militia and Bang Tech 12, Dilemma of Breakloose Detroit, DJ Nimbus of Breakloose, Matt Hagerty of Jungle Juice Productions, and Greg Submorphics have all graced the night, that is still hosted by the omnipresent Teddy MC and Yoda of Hydro fame. The Red Room still shakes, the beats still play, and The Necto is still the spot to be on Monday nights.
