DJ Needles describes what he’ll be playing at tomorrow’s sound waves: Hip Hop.
Tomorrow night, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., is our second to last sound waves (the grand finale is on Saturday), and from the buzz so far, I anticipate the KDHX/Pulitzer series heading out with a bang.
sound waves: Hip Hop will feature DJ Needles, known also as James Gates, spinning hip hop and music that has inspired hip hop, illustrating the rich history of the genre. He has been deejaying for over sixteen years and has opened for national acts, such as De La Soul and the Roots. In accordance with the sound waves twist, his beats tomorrow will interplay with Ann Hamilton’s installation stylus, and he will choose music based on how it flows with Shahrokh Yadegari’s sound component. 
Also especially for Hip Hop night, interdesciplinary artist Stan Chisholm/18andCounting has designed limited edition posters, “remixes” of our original sound waves posters, which were designed and printed by All Along Press.
A recent graduate of the Art Institute of Chicago, Stan has been a heavy-hitter in the St. Louis art and music community, through projects like “MoneyBags” and his own deejaying gigs. As to the reasoning behind the poster, Stan says, “My primary intent was to skew the language normally associated with the art forms and practices we’re most familiar with.” Gallery assistants will be raffling off these posters at the front desk.