DJ P Goodies

I can't tell you how excited I am to see this....


D.J.P vs DJ Crime - Hell on Wheels from D.J.P on Vimeo.

P has been working on this for a minute and it's the kind of unique and quality output that I've come to expect from him.

Apparently he will be releasing a full length DVD version of this in a week or so.

After you check out the video teaser for his DVD, make sure to cop P's new mix tape. It's a mix between a best of compilation and a new album.

Purchase it by clicking here.

Reconstructing DJ P's Hell on Wheels

Check out my recent Reconstruction with DJ P where we break down his classic Hell on Wheels mix tape series. To read the interview and get some free DJ P blends, click here.

To learn more about P's favorite horror movies, check out his installment in my Famous People Love Horror series.

Famous People Love Horror: The DJ P Edition

Name: DJ P

Occupation: DJ

Horror Fan Credentials:

a) His favorite holiday is Halloween.
b) Enjoys watching horror movies by himself on Valentine’s Day.
c) Played Freddy Kruger at a haunted house in Springfield, Missouri for over six years.
d) Owns a killer collection of horror movie soundtracks on vinyl.
e) Has released two horror movie/Halloween themed mixes: Hell on Wheels 1 and 2.

Favorite Horror Genre: I’m into the slasher genre with characters like Jason Voorhees, Freddy Kruger, and Michael Myers. I’d even say that Stanley Kubrick’s’ classic The Shining has certain elements of a slasher movie. Werewolf movies are cool too. I like The Howling and American Werewolf in London a lot, but overall, those aren’t really my type of movies. I like the kind of horror where there is an actual person doing the killing. Those are my type of villains.



Favorite Horror Villain: If I had to pick my favorite villain it would probably be Freddy Kruger. He had a personality that was really cool and he was scary at the same time. I used to work in a haunted house and I played Freddy Kruger for over six years. That was nothing but fun. I’d make people scream, pee their pants, and run. The haunted house was in Springfield, Missouri and it had a three story slide at the end. It was really cool.



Michael Myers was another great villain. What made him creepy was the way that he looked with his costume, his back story, and the fact that he didn’t talk. I think a lot of people were more people were freaked by Michael Myers than by Jason. Jason was a crazy, macabre dude who came back from the dead after drowning. He was just out of control and swinging blades. He was scary, but I think Michael Myers was even more frightening.



The fact that he didn’t run when he would kill people freaked me out. He would walk and still catch people. He would walk down the stairs, walk around the corner, and the next thing you know, he’s right there killing someone. I used to have bad dreams about him. He was pure evil in human form and there was no reason for him to be that way. He just had a lust for blood. Jason was a kid who drowned because some camp counselors weren’t paying attention and that’s what drove him and his mother. Michael Myers didn’t really have a reason like that.



Favorite Horror Movie Soundtrack: I love John Carpenter’s work and Halloween had a great soundtrack. Phantasm’s soundtrack is really ill. Those two are probably my favorites, but The Shining also has a really creepy, interesting soundtrack.



Dawn of the Dead has some really crazy b-boy sounds on it. There are some samples on there you could make b-boy tracks out of.



Best Horror Movie Sequel: I think the Friday The 13th sequels are a good example of well done horror movie sequels. When the first one came out, it was a shock to everyone who saw it. A lot of that had to do with the effects of Tom Savini.



Part 2 was good, but Part 3 was better and it was the installment where Jason started wearing a hockey mask.



Part 4 was awesome.



That was the one where Corey Feldman came into the picture.



That movie freaked me out man. It was crazy. My favorite Friday the 13th’s were Part 1, 3, and 4.

Most Slept On Horror Movie of All-Time: I could be out of line saying this, but Phantasm is one that a lot of people have kind of forgotten about. To me that was one of the dopest horror flicks of the late 70’s and 80’s. It has some funny moments, but it’s very creepy.



The whole concept and way that it was shot in a morgue/funeral home is just eerie. I think a lot of people slept on Phantasm.

All-Time Favorite Horror Movie List:













Please take the time to read this related interview I did with P for The Smoking Section about his Hell on Wheels mix tapes by clicking here.

To order DJ P's horror mix tape masterpieces Hell on Wheels 1 and 2 as well as the rest of his tapes, click here.

To read about P's extensive horror movie soundtrack collection in his Can You Dig It? interview, click here.

To visit his MySpace, click here.

To visit his website, click here.

Can You Dig It? Vol. 19: DJ P

Name: DJ P

Claim to Fame: I guess as far as style goes I’m associated with the whole mash up trend, but I’m not a huge fan of that term. A mash up really is a blend. But yeah, taking 80’s, rock, electro, and fusing it with hip hop…that’s more my style. I’ve also toured with MTV and 311.

Representing: I started out in my hometown of Springfield, Missouri. I’m out in Las Vergas now. I work for the Palms Casino where I spin Thursdays and Saturdays. You can catch me at Club Moon, which is right above the Playboy Club.



Years in the Game: I started buying records when I was in 6th grade and I didn’t have much money back then. I had to mow yards for cash. I’d get five bucks to mow a yard. Back then you could buy 12”s for $3.99. It was kind of hard to accumulate a lot of records, especially in Springfield. We didn’t get a lot of the cool, hip stuff. In the 80’s there were more records, but we didn’t have massive record stores like New York or California. A lot of older DJ’s would drive to St. Louis or Kansas City because they had more bulk and selection.



Sometime around 1986 was when I started casually buying records. I started seriously buying records when I was in high school, around 1990. I got my first quality turntables in ’89. I’d been messing around with some crappy turntables before that when I didn’t have the money for anything better. ’89 is when I got serious about DJing, and the rest is history. Now I’m sitting here talking to you while I go through 40,000 records that some guy in California owns.

Best Digging City or Town: I’ve found a lot of dope stuff for cheap in Philadelphia. I found a lot of good hip hop, rare funk, and soul in Philly. It was all $5-$10 a record. It was just outrageous. I got some really rare stuff out there.

Most Prized Piece of Wax: Into Battle with the Art of Noise by the Art of Noise. To me that record was way ahead of its time. It came out in 1983 on Island records. It’s one of my favorite records of all time. I’m really into electronic music and that’s one of my pride and joys.



Another prized set of records that I own are my horror movie soundtracks. I have

The Shining



Phantasam



Dawn of the Dead



Day of the Dead



Friday The 13th



Halloween 1-5



Nightmare on Elm Street 1-4



Omen 1 and 2



Exorcist 1 and 2



And I got a sealed copy of Re-Animator online the other day. I love that kind of stuff. I love to sample it.



I also have to say the records I got handed to me on the school bus in 7th grade. I still have those same records today. When you lay the needle on most of them, they sound like complete shit. But it puts chills down my spine to listen to them. They’re the same copies I got on the bus back then. Those records mean a lot to me, and I wouldn’t trade them for a mint copy. Those are my prized possessions.



Favorite Album Cover/s: Mantronix’s “Needle to the Grove” 12”. That’s kind of a rarity. If you see it, pick it up. It’s hard to find. You know that song by Beck, “Where It’s At"? The part where the song breaks down and the electronic voice says, “Two turntables and a microphone” was sampled from “Needle to the Groove.” That’s one of my favorite album covers.



I also have to say Kiss’s Rock and Roll All Over.



Dollar Bin Miracle: Let me think about that for a second. Most people wouldn’t get too excited over this, but I like soundtracks and I’m big into horror films. I found a copy of Friday the 13th Part 1, 2, and 3. It still had the 3-D glasses in it and was sealed. I found that back in the day at a flea market in Missouri.



Total Records Owned: If I end up buying this collection of 40,000 that I’m looking through, I’ll have around 70,000. So I have close to 30-35,000 records right now. I’m starting to weed out stuff I don’t like, like the Nelly and 50 Cent records, because I finally bought Serato. I’m going to keep the stuff I actually like and rip the stuff I don’t to Serato.



(As we are talking, P becomes distracted by the records he’s looking through.) Holy fucking shit, I cannot believe he has this in here. Holy shit…Too Short’s very first album, Don't Stop Rappin'. This shit right here…wow. I never knew that fucking existed. There are so many great records in here. Look at that, Vanilla Ice’s full length album. I’ll just put that back where I found it (Laughs).



Best Digging Story: There was a girl who was a go-go dancer for me when I DJ’d in Portland. A limo would pick me up with these four go-go dancers and we’d go into Washington and do a show every now and then. One day she told me, “I have this roommate who moved out. He left his records. Anything he left down there, you can have.” I thought it was going to be a bunch of garbage. I went down there and he had DJ Shadow, horror movie soundtracks, break beats, and all kinds of good records. I was bugging out. I ended up getting about six crates full of shit. I’ll never forget that.

Here’s another good one. I went into a pawn shop once, and they had a brand new Technic 1200 with a $100 price tag on it. I walked in and told the owner that I thought 100 dollars was a bit steep. He said, “Well, we could do $75 instead.” I was like, “Ok, fine.” I paid $75 for a brand new Tech 1200. I ended up selling it for $400 because I already had a setup and everything.



To find out more about DJ P check out his My Space, website, and YouTube page.

DJ P's "B-Boy Massacre" Video

This video is my shit right now. It's a video mix for DJ P's excellent "B-Boy Massacre" mix that he put out on vinyl this summer. It takes the footage from the movie dialogue and songs P used for "B-Boy Massacre" and mixes in some great b-boy highlights. The result is a crazy visual mega mix to accompany one of P's many essential works. Shout outs to DJ Crime for making this incredible video.

Anyone who knows me knows that Sorce-1 is a huge fan of P's work. I was lucky enough to do an interview with him this summer at The Smoking Section. You can check it out by clicking here. Look for a Can You Dig It? with P coming real soon.

DJ P- "B-Boy Massacre"