BACK2BASICS : KING BRITT & BACK2BASICS ENSEMBLE

Born from the need to center the DJ within a live band context, Back to Basics emerged in 1990 as a foundational comm nity space. Created by Philadelphia natives King Britt and Dozia Blakey, it became one of the city's longest-running events—active through 2010—operat-ing twice weekly at Silk City. Saturdays and Mondays functioned as parallel sites of experimentation, drawing a wide spectrum of ar...