Bristol Ruffnecks land in SF: DJ/Producer Dazee of Ruffneck Ting and Knowledge Magazine UK, alongside MC Jakes of Breakbeat Culture, arrives from LA with one hour sleep. We hike to my car, smoke a spliff, tune in the dubwise selections, and drive off to terrorize the neighborhood. Since this is their first trip to SF, I wonder what they'll ask for first? A burrito, the Golden Gate, or maybe record shopping? I should have known, they choose the latter and off we go to Compound Records. New beats are necessary; Dazee's been playing out of the same crates for two weeks. Interestingly enough they find tracks they couldn't find back home in the UK.

Loungin' Online: Toting new wax, brews, and gourmet burritos we venture off to the Beta Lounge to party with headz on-line. The Beta Lounge is a globally accessible chill room on the Internet, broadcast from a warehouse space. The studio fills up with locals and the pre-party is rolling. Viewers from around the globe all want to know, "Who is the hot lady DJ and tight MC?" Jakes shouts out to the loungers on-line, as the dubplate pressure grows stronger.

How does our Garden Grow? Enchanted by Spectr's Visual Junglism, and still warm from our earlier mix-session, Dazee and Jakes immediately dig the atmosphere. Eklektic resident DJ Sage steps up and rinses it out with her concrete skills. On their Bristol crusade, Dazee and Jakes push it deeper into the Dazee Age. Before we know it the clock strikes two, the lights are on, and no one will stop what they're doing! This SF debut is forced to surrender to our city's Draconian curfew.

Won't Leave Them Hangin': Our space ship lands at 1015 Folsom, and our decompression commences in the space called the Bassment. Dazee is asked to play right away. Armed with two stiff drinks, she takes her trademark stance behind the decks and digs in. Tonight she's dropping the bass and breaks to a new crowd. Three hours roll by and Dazee inquires, "Who's on next?" Nobody, I reply. She shoots me a look of disbelief. No way would she leave this dance floor hangin'. Now armed with water, she and Jakes propell through the night until the plug is pulled.

Radio Anthology: On route to the KUSF 90.3FM studios we tune in Future Breaks FM where a DJ Dazee anthology is being transmitted. DJs Push, Arc Angel Gabe Real and Miss E are dropping a bit of history to the Bay Area listeners about Bristol-based record labels Ruffneck Ting, Breakbeat Culture and Tech Itch. We arrive and Jakes takes over the mic to big up the SF crews. Dazee explains the old-school Bristol sound systems culture and discusses the crew behind Knowledge drum 'n' bass magazine. She doesn't hesitate to rate SF's drum 'n' bass culture high on the Stateside tip.

Smokin'! Beats that is: When we arrive at the "Repercussion" all-jungle rave we see that it is in a climbing gym. There are caves and caverns illuminating color and sounds. This is a non-smoking rave; the floor is made of shredded tires. Time flies, it's 5AM, and Dazee steps off the decks. A girl barrels toward us, "Damn," she acknowledges, "You're so off the hinges, you've got no front door."

Dazed but not Confused: As if in a time lapse, we're back at the airport. Dazee and Jakes depart just as they arrived, with only one hour sleep. Silently I drive back to the hood. In my mind a Dazee anthem rings clear as a bell, I smile. "Damn Right!"