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DJ Assault Tour - full details

Author: Sara Giampa
Monday, September 1, 2003
Honkytonks presents DJ Assault(Detroit - USA)

Craig Adams may be DJ Assault, but DJ Assault is not Craig Adams. Although the two look and dress exactly the same, it is immediately noticeable that while producer/re-mixer DJ Assault is busy pimping the bitches and slapping the hoes, Craig is busy building his empire, shopping around a "ghetto as hell" cartoon while simultaneously developing a whole new genre of music.

"DJ Assault is really just a character," states Craig. "His style is pimp -- he's got that player vibe. DJ Assault has the perfect lifestyle: he can say and do whatever he wants. He doesn't have any worries. He has nice cars, and doesn't have one woman because he can have them all.

Whatever people fantasize about is what Assault is." Craig, on the other hand, is quiet, reserved and observant, a man of few words, who'd rather let his art speak for itself.

Born and raised in Detroit, Craig came to dance music like many of his Motown brethren, via the radio. Detroit radio jocks like the Electrifying Mojo, The Wizard (Jeff Mills' alter ego) and Chicago's Hotmix Five all made lasting impressions on the young artist.

Mixing records since 1982, Craig has been indoctrinating people with his own take on electronic and dance music, which is very much an amalgam of his radio predecessors. From the Mojo's funky eclecticism to Mills' introduction of scratching to non-Hip Hop genres of music, his style is something that could only have come from Detroit. Along the way, DJ Assault was born.

Anything is game when Assault DJs, be it house, techno, jungle, R & B or whatever -- as long as booties are bouncing. He has rocked parties around the world, including sets in Germany, Holland, France, Spain and throughout North America. Each time it's the same: When he steps up to the decks and unleashes that high-speed booty-shake, the audience has only one option -- to shut up and dance.

Honkytonks presents DJ Assault
Friday 19th September
Support: Boogs & Agent 86
Tickets: presales $20, available from Honkytonks.
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