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[DUB STEP] As a part of the Gypsy Parlor’s weekly showcase “Off the Beat Grant Street,” Baltimore dubplate master Joe Nice will return to Buffalo for Frosty Tone’s opening night to perform at the venue on Saturday, April 11. Joe Nice has been collecting dubplates and establishing himself as one of North America’s most highly-esteemed dubstep DJs since 2001. He began his career when he joined the 2 Charming Crew, a collective of Charm City DJs. Influential in streamlining dubstep into the United States, he began by playing the genre through his internet radio show on Gourmet Beats, as well as co-founding and hosting as resident DJ for the first dubstep night in the states at Dub War NYC. “History’s getting better. It’s a fine wine, it gets better with age. Everyday, all day,” Joe Nice said in regard to the genre in a video interview at a show at the venue in 2007. Known worldwide, Joe Nice was also the first American DJ to play on the legendary London radio station, Rinse FM. Off the Beat Grant Street was established as a means of creating a scene at the West Side’s clairvoyantly-inspired bar, the Gypsy Parlor. “It started because since there is no walk-through traffic we have to create a scene and a destination. Having no walk-through traffic works to our benefit because we can push the boundaries with the music we play because people are coming there specifically for us,” said owner Gabrielle Mattina.  “Off the Beat Grant Street has a double meaning. Off the beaten path; we are not on a main strip…It’s underground, just like the music we play.”  Also performing along with Joe Nice will be Jamestown’s GRIMEace, Basha, Stuntman (aka Uglydude), NeckBrace, Alldaydnb & Tokyo Knuckles, and VEYEB & Buffalo Joe.