DJ Vadim “Got To Rock” (f. Zion)

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Bearish beats from Russian-born DJ Vadim, who worked his way west from a 1992 debut on Ninjatune toward forward-thinking collaborations with characters like Gruff Rhys, Slug and Gift of Gab, and who will be playing his last L.A. area-show of the week—and first ever show at unbeatable hip-hop club Low End Theory—tonight. Vadim’s famously inclusive collection—the only other DJ you’ll see name-checking Polish jazz besides J. Rocc—makes him a perfect fit at Low End, whose resident DJs (Nobody, Daddy Kev, Gaslamp Killah and D-Style, who is apparently staying home babysitting tonight) happily deploy block-rockers between acts like Entrance, Daedelus, Flying Lotus, Thavius Beck, Busdriver and Crystal Antlers without even wondering if tonight’s headliner is going to be plugging in a mixer, a Moog or a Marshall.

— Rob Battin

DJ VADIM WITH DADDY KEV, NOBODY, GASLAMP KILLAH AND NOCANDO AT LOW END THEORY AT THE AIRLINER, 2419 N. BROADWAY, LOS ANGELES. 10 PM / $5-$10 / 18+. WWW.LOWENDTHEORYCLUB.COM.