On Tour With Egyptrixx

Our boy Egyptrixx is on a Eurotour till June 5th and we asked him to tour diary for us.

Here’s the thing about him, he’s not just a shit hot DJ, he’s also a learned man who can write a line or two

So enjoy the shit out of this tour diary, cause lord knows we will. Check his Myspace to see the rest of them dates too.

BERLIN:

When you’re on tour its all about the simple pleasures and small victories. About 8 hours ago, I was still at the Ostbahnhof train station in Berlin where I found a pharmacy with one last set of nailclippers – I’d been looking for a pair for 4 days because long nails drive me absolutely fucking crazy. So I bought them and went to trim in the bathroom – where apparently there was more than just defecation and cuticle hygiene on tap as a fairly sporting episode of gay fucking had broken out in the stall right next to me. Moan, moan, moan, bang, bang, bang, clip, clip. No big deal though, the satisfaction of freshly clipped nails heavily out weighed the vulgarity of slurping noises and Deutsche dirty talk.

So far the tour has been going well. I left for London almost immediately after the Buraka Som Sistema gig at El month (In Toronto) last week, which – if you missed – was amazing; I was excited to open for them -I flew to London almost immediately after the show where the Z-Shed crew picked me up and started stuffing my face with greasy English breakfast and beer. The show that night was fun; it was good to do a gig with Mikix The Cat and Baobinga, both excellent producers and djs. After a quick nap I headed to Berlin – one of my favourtie European cities for its its history, love of the avant garde and permanent state of semi-lawlessness. In fact, when I got to my hotel, city workers were still cleaning up a bunch of totalled cars out front which had been destroyed in the may day riots just a few hours earlier. My gig in Berlin was a showcase for the new Nightshifters label out of NYC. Ill be doing some stuff for them in the next little while. AC Slater, Bok Bok, Jess Jubilee, Donna Summer and I were all on the bill and Peaches, Kid 606 and Dolby Anol all stopped by to hang out. The gig got predictably out of control and afterwards we all went to Panorama Bar - the legendary warehouse club in Berlin’s East side – and partied untill noon. Next stop is Poland then back to the UK. I will check back with you laterrrrr