Ok DC artists we need a new mural at florida and champlain. How do we get this started?

DJ Eurok at ESL Friday August 15 2008. Opening DJ Chris Brooks
Tomb B at ESL Saturday August 16 2008. Opening DJ Christine Moritz

Say what you want just spell my name right!

Orbit 122 may join me for some records on Friday. Should be fun. You know how we get down. I’ll be playing records – grooves breaks reggae latin-flavas hip hop house , downtempo to uptempo – the balance of Ma’at

No gigs DJing anytime soon. you maybe might see me doing some shows – more details soon. Stay tuned for a new mixcd coming August.

Visit Upset The Setup for the latest.

DJ Eurok aka Peace Justice Upset The Setup
Saturday May 3, 2008 At Eighteenth Street Lounge (DJ Set)
1212 18th St NW, Washington, DC 20036

DJ Eurok aka Peace Justice UPSET THE SETUP is a DC based DJ/producer and hip hop artist. Known for his party rocking DJ sets, Eurok has been tearing up dancefloors around town for the past decade with an analog blend of hip hop, funk and soul, reggae, remixes and latin grooves.

A fixture in the DC music scene, Eurok has been a guest and resident DJ as well as featured performer at a number of venues and events including The 9:30 Club, The Black Cat, Local 16, The Velvet Lounge, and Reunion Thursdays. In 2004 he was nominated by the Washington Area Music Association for both the Electronica and the Hip Hop DJ of the Year awards ­ the first dual genre DJ of the year nomination in WAMA history.

An artist with global aspirations, Eurok was a selected participant at the 2004 Red Bull Music Academy in Roma, Italy. He has performed in Europe and Latin America and his self produced original releases have received radio play on globally recognized stations including NPR (USA), Radio 1xtra (UK), Triple J (Australia) and NRK (Norway.)

http://www.djeurok.com
http://www.upsetthesetup.com

Saturday May 3rd (DJ Set)

18th Street Lounge

1212 18th St NW, Washington, DC 20036

Note the new date, not what said last time – there was a mix up.

I will be making my debut at the world renowned Eighteenth Street Lounge on Friday May 2, 2008 Saturday May 3, 2008. More details forthcoming. Save the date.

Saturday night loft party was perfect. Proper sound, great venue, right people, positive vibe, solid records, and a vicious tag team set with DJ Stylus. Flix here, flix there

Stylus and I will be back. Stay tuned.

Props to Adrian for pulling this together – and Sam the owner. And all DJs and everybody that came out.

Back on the 1s and 2s – your’s truly, the DJ formerly known as Eurok. Saturday Night loft joint – 2 rooms. This is gonna be sexy and fly. Don’t tell those bammas. Nothing’s a secret these days… just don’t go reposting this shit on some corny gentrifier blog

Wednesday March 26, 2008

Flex Mathews presents Good Will Ink at the Velvet Lounge 915 U Street NW WDC – Doors at 9 – FREE

• DJ Eurok (AKA Peace Justice) w/ Head-Roc and the Package: a live mixtape – 2008 Infinite
• Mr. Free and More

Details here. I will be joining Head-Roc on stage for his performance – we might be rocking a beat I made yesterday. Check it out if you can.

In December, I got a random Myspace message from a local video producer who wanted to use a track from my 2003 album Self Realization for a piece he was working on. Felicia Pearson (Snoop from HBO’s the Wire) had written a memoir (Grace After Midnight) and the publisher wanted a promo video to use online for the book. I linked up with the producer, he showed me the piece, we signed some papers, and here it is.

When Nathan approached me, I had never seen an episode of the Wire and I’ve furiously catching up since…

that joints a collectors item

heads on GAMM too

Working on a new album

Blogging

Occasionally he does shows, and once in a blue moon, he comes out to DJ.

My man Flex’s site is back and updated. Check him out at www.flexmathews.com

Got the new red joints in stock – S M L XL XXL – $15 free shipping. Order one today!

Performances by
Flex Mathews
Eurok (Peace Justice Universal) w Orbit 122
E-One
Resination

with Scratch Master K on the wheels of Steel
Plus: Special Debut of WBL Urban Arts Academy DJs Tre Pound and 40

At The Borf Mansion (Bobby Fisher Memorial Building) 1644 North Capital ST NW
$5 to enter. Smoke Free Alcohol Free

I’m playing at the Velvet Lounge on Halloween. Doors at 9 PM – No cover
915 U Street, Washington, DC

The Gool City Halloween Party Featuring: Flex Mathews, Mr. 40, Doomer, Philyos, Vex Blizzy, Peace Justice Universal (DJ Eurok) and Dj V-Roc , free show, Knee Deep.

Expect to see some new solo material from yours truly. PEACE

Check out my peoples The Package over at New GoldenEra.com and download a FREE copy of their forthcoming EP!

UPSETTHESETUP

It’s bigger than hip hop…

Part of Richmond’s First Hip Hop Summit

Soul Power Friday: Featuring Scienz of Life, Head Roc War Machine and Mic Source @ 7pm at Tropical Soul Lounge 314 N. 2nd Street Richmond Virginia on Friday August 24th

Also

The Head-Roc War Machine will be at The 5th Annual Happily Natural festival. Starts noon at Hotchkiss Field Community Center 701 E. Brookland Park Blvd Richmond Virginia on Saturday August 25th.

Please visit http://happilynaturalday.com for more information on Richmond’s First Annual Hip Hop Summit & Black Freedom Weekend.

I’ll be perfoming with Head-Roc and Grizz at 8:30!

After a few years of being out-of-print, my 2003 debut downtempo instrumental album Self Realization is back in stock. Order a copy today. PEACE!

Flick jacked from flickr. Photo by Lindsey Astin

Ardamus ft. Keyote and Peace Justice Universal (DJ Eurok)

Ardamus did the beat. My lyrics are posted over at my Upset The Setup blog

GREEN FOR A CHANGE: The 2007 Green Party National Meeting (July 12-15) will feature events with Ralph Nader, hip-hop artist Head-Roc and former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney.

> Me and Grizz are about leave for this show. Crazy, right? We are the hip hop leaders we’ve been waiting for. Get a late pass sucka!

Jon Kennedy from the UK asked me to rhyme on one of his tracks in the summer of 2005. I slept on the beat for ever and never finished my verse. After hurricane Katrina, I was listening to the beat and noticed the vocal sample Jon built the track around “I left my favorite briefcase in New Orleans, playing all the bars intown, whatever the hell that means.” I swear I listened to that track 100s of times before, but it never clicked. Anyway during Ramadan of 05, I finished and recorded the track at Apex’s studio. Jon got the joint pressed, and now, finally, there is a DJ Eurok record on the lab. Take that Lab mgmnt!

Ok, pause there. I have no record label, no promo, no video. Nothing. I make music, record it, hustle it here and there, put it out on the Internet. Yeah I do my little myspace thing, I’m trying to get my website back in shape, start selling music online again. But you know what, shit is hard. I got a job. I’m an artist with issues, I’m not trying to be all out there all the time, dig? But kids from Australia are hearing a song I wrote about DC Statehood, googling the lyrics, finding me on-line, and connecting with me. Fuck web 2.0 – this is some next generation future music shit, and I’m trying to get a hold of it and build a movement!

But then in the midst of me being overwhelmed by RSS feeds and content syndication, I stumble upon some shit like this:

The Triple J – Australian Broadcast Corporation
June 1, 2007

the HOTTEST TEN SONGS OF THE WEEK are…

1. HILLTOP HOODS – RECAPTURING THE VIBE (RESTRUNG)
2. KINGS OF LEON – FANS
3. CHEMICAL BROTHERS – DO IT AGAIN
4. ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI – HEART IT RACES
5. MUSCLES – ICE CREAM
6. SMASHING PUMPKINS – TARANTULA
7. DJ EUROK – THIS IS DC
8. WHITE STRIPES – ICKY THUMP
9. BILLY TALENT – FALLEN LEAVES
10. OPERATOR PLEASE – GET WHAT YOU WANT

I mean, really? NUMBER 7 in AUSTRALIA! ON A NATIONAL RADIO STATION? Can I get some help? Investors, street team, beats, an article on your blog, collabos, studio time? something! Holla at the kid!

I can even embed images…!