Nathan Scott at Sutra July 13

Electric Dance Music DJ Nathan Scott will be at Sutra Lounge Night Club in Costa Mesa on Saturday July 13th.

The Chicago Native will be at Sutra for his second year excited to play his new tracks that he has yet to play at Sutra where he describes the audience as always having great energy.

“Its nice to see how dance music has really grown in the OC and out on the west coast in general,” Nathan Scott said.

Scott describes the genre ‘EDM’ as “a lot of different types of dance music from dubstep to trap to trance.” It has become vastly popular across mainstream radio stations where he says that many probably have heard a song or two from this genre on the radio.

While being in the business for the past 7 years working 5 nights a week at nightclubs, he has performed at the hottest night clubs all over the country including his residency at Las Vegas Ultra Pool Wet Republic day club in the MGM Grand Hotel.

His love for the music was influence by his father’s love for dance music.

“When I was younger I went to see ‘Bad Boy Bill’ for the first time,” Scott said. “Seeing the way the crowd reacted to him and seeing him have full control of a room really made me want to do this.”

While he is not spinning beats at a night club, he loves seeing his family and hanging out with his niece and nephews and his new puppy a French bulldog.

He uses his Podcast on Sound Cloud to post new tracks and mixes for his fans on his facebook page.

“I would have to say, seeing my fan base get bigger and bigger, the shows getting bigger and better,” Scott said. “This really inspires me to push harder to take it to the next level.”

Tickets are on sale on the Sutra website: www.sutraoc.com

Little Debbie makes a brief appearance at La Cave June 22

Rap artist, fashion designer and model, Lil Debbie will be bringing her style and sounds to Costa Mesa this Saturday, June 22 at La Cave.

Lil Debbie is from the California Bay area, Oakland to be exact, and started her music career with White Girl Mob, a group including Kreayshawn and V-Nasty, but later teamed up with Houston’s RiFF RaFF.

Together with rapper RiFF RaFF, Lil Debbie released songs in 2012 including “SQUiRT” and “Michelle Obama.” This year she made her solo debut with “California’s Sweetheart” being released this month.

The event is sponsored in part by Denell LeMark Events. The doors will be open by 9pm with Lil Debbie performing live at 12pm.

For more info on her music or upcoming shows, check out lildebbie.org or www.youtube.com/lildebbietv.

Borgore live at TEN Nightclub Newport Beach
Photo by Deyoung Williams

EDM has been a growing scene for the last three years in Orange County. It has progressed from the warehouse parties that featured house, electro; mildly dub scene music to an all out club battle warfare.

I was never involved in the scene as much as I am now as a resident in the OC, but as soon as I got here I seemed to adapt quite nicely. So after three years of being involved in the EDM scene I recently decided to take a month off to head up to LA and embark on the times and trails of what they had to offer. Not steering away from EDM but more like driving away from OC.

In the month of March 2013, I found all sorts of new adventures and details that I cannot even list in this column but I would say this, LA has evolved in a new transformed EDM scene and it is more ratchet than ever. This scene is called trap music. So after getting a phone call to link up with my good friends at Cali Connect in the OC about a trap show that was going to be headlined by Guatemala’s DJ Carnage, I jumped on board in excitement. It’s not every week that OC gets someone of this caliber to play in our growing EDM community.

DJ Carnage on the deck with friends enjoying the view.
Photo by Deyoung Williams

We all know Sutra in Costa Mesa packs in with well-known DJ’s and we can’t forget about The Yost Theatre in Santa Ana as well. Yost even had Bro Safari last month and I can even say that was epic, but to have DJ Carnage who is exceptional at Trap music and growing with popularity right now with his great remix of Spaceman by Hardwell and a marvelous collaboration with Luminox on Epic Records. None of us would of thought he’d be working with Borgore as well.

The incredible track entitled “Incredible” they leaked was one of the best trap beats so far in this early 2013 season. This great DJ and including the fact that he was playing at TEN nightclub in Newport Beach, one of my favorite venues here in the OC and was an 18 and over trap show that was going to be slammed. So you guessed it right, I geared up, made some calls and got my trap friends all together to head out that Thursday night on March 28.

Heading over to TEN can be a hassle sometimes when there are 18 and over shows, but for some odd reason it wasn’t half bad. They had an extra hand of staff members to help out with their VIP guests and for me that’s a big deal. I showed up fashionably late, as always, with already a mob of friends waiting for me, but my good friends with the promotion groups made it happen.

The lines we’re packed and everyone was ready to rage. They even lined up all the way around the corner to TEN Restaurant that hosted a good crowd as well. That sight made me happy because it’s always good to see one of my favorite venues staying jammin.’ We quickly made our way through and got escorted to our table. Even being there and noticing all the fans already tuned up was a privilege to see.

The openers were in full stream and the patio had a lot of bass, but did not over shadow the main stage. Sounds were quite on point that night. We made it in time to catch FortyOZ + Smurko’s set on the main stage. They had the crowd siked on the promising trap beats and hype men anthems. I was stoked for those guys as well.

As the night progressed, it suddenly appeared to me that this place was going to be packed in and I start running into people that I haven’t seen in forever. A reunion of some sort and I was just smiling with joy. The moment came when Carnage first stepped on the decks and everyone just belted out screams from all over and the cool thing was that the patio was still packed by sounds from DJ Sammi. So you had a couple of choices and options, which is always good at a club.

DJ Carnage also brought a very special guest with him by the name of Borgore and people went crazy. This is something that most DJ’s should do. My opinion is, if they work together on tracks and if time permits why not. It gets the fans more jonesed up and most importantly it gives them something to remember.

They showed everyone a good time with remixes that hailed from trap, dance, dub step, moombahton, and a little electro were added to the mix. I danced my butt off and everyone was on the same vibe. It was a special night in the OC and most importantly it gave me something to brag about to my LA friends. Thanks Cali Connect, ITS, and TEN for showing my friends and me a great time. I actually look forward to their next show on April 25 with Eddie Halliwell. If you are into the EDM scene and don’t mind going to an 18 and over club that hosts epic events be sure to check them out.

Until next time OC… keep it safe and flashy.