For a sign of how much DJ culture has flourished in the South Bay, look no further than the South Bay Music Swap. After its inaugural event last month, the Music Swap is already double dipping—it will have its monthly gathering on Sunday at the Cannery Music Studios on 5th Street, and a booth at SubZERO on Friday night. Organized by local electronic-music pioneer EBE, Alonso Ordonez and others, the swap is like a DIY record store, with vendors pulling out their huge record collections to give other DJs and vinyl fanatics a chance to hunt for rare gems or just build their libraries. (There are also tapes and CDs, as well as gear, instruments, art and more.) It’s an attempt to re-create the record-trolling heydays of being able to scour store aisles for hours at a time, and while we’re lucky enough in the South Bay to still have places to do that every day, there’s something undeniably cool about the underground “By DJs, for DJs” vibe of the swap; here’s hoping it continues to feed the heads of local music geeks for a long time to come.
Cannery Music Studios
831 South 5th Street
San Jose
Sunday, June 5
10am-5pm; free.
