RayRay DJing at Hookah Bass 2005

I wanted to share a picture of me DJing at one of the pivotal events that I had the pleasure of playing at. Hookah Bass was held at the Red Sea Lounge in Tempe, Az and put together by a good friend named Brice. Here, I got to play for 4 full hours anything that I wanted to a room full of happy, bubbly, hookah smoking people. The lounge  was redecorated with blacklight posters and phosphorous paints. What was absolutely divine about this gig was that I brought enough vinyl for 8 hours and had been frustrated with the 1 hour DJ sets that most DJs have grown accustomed to. I was prepared for everything – even as far as to breakdown the crowd from the intense, high energy driven music that had been playing for 4 full hours before me and explore any style of electronica and dance music that I wished. It was finally a time to see what it was like to be the shaman of a tribe.

I remember the order of almost every song that I played. I lowered the tempo through a steady 45 hours and dropped in Rabbit In The Moon – Deeper. I had always wanted to play this vinyl live, and the predicted few people came up to me asking for faster. I remember saying that this is just a new beginning and that all will be revealed soon!

After the set was over, my back killing me with pain for not moving from the turntables, a crowd of people swarmed me. One guy told me that I had changed his life – his girlfriend left him, his dog died, his truck got stolen, and in one night I had given him the hope he needed to live. This was the first time, and definitely not the last time from this point forward that I would receive these kinds of kudos. A few more pictures from Hookah Bass can be found in a new album in the gallery.