Ghetto Palms: Desihall II / Dutty Chutney / New Cham
- story Eddie "Stats" Houghton
Every week resident FADER selector Eddie STATS runs through dancehall riddims and other artifacts from the ghetto archipelago.
Chutney people: your dutty dreams have now been fulfilled. This Friday—tomorrow—I will be making my Philly DJ debut at Fluid for a bashy called Dutty Chutney which is dedicated to two of my favorite things in this world: bhangra and dancehall. In fact, if the party is anything like the pirate radio style remixes the Dutty Chutney crew have been disseminating online, it will be like my favorite parts of Basement Bhangra and my favorite parts of HEAVYWE1GHT Sessions sandwiched on top of each other and then marinated in lo-pass filter like a deep fried Reeses cup. Seriously I am going on with the food metaphors, but all jokes aside at this party they actually serve pattys and samosas, which eliminates the walk across Houston to the Punjabi deli I habitually make after Bollywood Disco. Also, it represents a step up from my Philly non-DJ debut which consisted of catching a bad one from the patty vendor in the bus station sometime in the late ’90s. In recognition of this momentous event I decided to run a sequel to my desihall column of a few months back as a promotional sneak preview of the set I’ll be playing.
