DJ Nabs brings a new ‘Experience’ to 595 North this Friday

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When it comes to the wheels of steel, Atlanta’s own DJ Nabs has seemingly done it all: from serving as a musical maestro for some of the industry’s biggest names (like Kris Kross, Da Brat, Bow Wow and more) to rocking on the radio and dropping his own albums as an artist. On top of that, recently, he’s been putting the finishing touches on a documentary he’s co-producing (American DJ Story) and is even trying his hand at boxing (tonight, as a matter of fact, and for charity). Starting this Friday night, however, the multifaceted turntable engineer is getting back into the nightlife game with a brand new weekly event — The DJ Nabs Experience — at 595 North. We checked in with Nabs and he gave us the lowdown on his new shindig.

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Creative Loafing: What was the catalyst for doing this new weekly event?

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DJ Nabs: Are you familiar with the now-defunct Midtown nightclub Kaya? That’s my inspiration. As a DJ, which I’ve been for over 20 years, it’s one thing to do a radio station broadcast, it’s another thing to do clubs for a promoter, and it’s another thing to go on the road as an artist. But, to create and promote your own experience, is what Kaya was for me; I took an empty room at Kaya and made that the “Lab” — and I’ve never quite been able to do that again. 595 is a spot I did my birthday party at last year, and it so reminded me of Kaya, I ended up having a Kaya reunion there. I look at Chris Lova Lova, aka Ludacris, as a graduate of Kaya; I look at the YoungBloodZ as graduates; I look at Jay-Z, who I had come and perform at Kaya for free during his Hard Knock Life tour, I look at these people as graduates of Kaya. So to have a Kaya reunion at 595 — which felt so much like Kaya — was a big deal. So I knew then I was gonna do a regular night, it just took me about 9-10 months to get to it.