SANCTUARY is the new music series from KAI ALCE and DJ KEMIT.
Starting in February, KAI ALCE and DJ KEMIT will spin an mix of Nu Jazz, 80s Boogie, and B-sides on Saturdays at the Block & Drum All-Vinyl Listening Room.
ABOUT BLOCK & DRUM:
Block and Drum All Vinyl Listening Room is dedicated to analog audiophile music culture in addition to an outdoor music stage and courtyard.
Nestled just off the Rail Trail in Chamblee, Block & Drum, is a new kind of distillery named for the tools of musicians and distillers that play within the space. The features a micro-distillery and tasting room, café studio, listening room, live music and stage, and a hydroponic farm for a “farm-to-bottle” experience.
Visitors can walk through the hydroponic farm growing fresh botanicals and ingredients used in the distillery’s spirits utilizing sustainable, organic farming techniques and technology. Complemented by a rainwater harvesting system, this setup underscores Block & Drum’s commitment and passion for sustainability and urban agriculture.
The team at Block & Drum is experimenting with rum, whiskey, vodka, and gin, but Staples’ passion is rum, focusing on a natural style of rum called rhum agricole derived from fresh-pressed sugarcane juices.
Tours of Block & Drum’s unique craft-spirit production processes are available to observe the impressive vacuum still in action or create a custom bottle of spirits using the ultra-fresh flavors extracted from botanics grown in the onsite hydroponic farms.
“The ethos behind Block & Drum is about connecting people with the raw product and doing it in an environment that is enjoyable. We have a hydroponic farm, that’s why we’re able to take what we’re growing here onsite, put it in a bottle, and then we can do it in an enjoyable environment where we have local bands come in and listen to music. Our tasting room is also a vinyl listening room, so it gives people that chance to listen to some vintage music and really connect with that spirit.”
