I love listening to Techno, whether it be live, on a mix tape, an unmixed
album on CD. I appreciate the skills required by a DJ to captivate the
audience. If a DJ can pull off hip-hop style cutting and scratching, etc. I
think that is brilliant, but at the end of the day it is the music I want to
listen to.
The best set I have ever see was Surgeon at the Orbit. I can't even
remember what his mixing was like, but the quality of his tune selection and
the way that he worked the dancefloor was something that I had never
witnessed before. It was intense, evil, beautiful, hard all rolled into the
most feroscios Techno set ever to pass my ears.
Just the other week I saw Ade Fenton at Voodoo, and was bowled over by his
extraordinary mixing style (he just cuts), and his choice of pounding
British Techno was like manna from heaven.
To conclude I think that individuality and the ability to sound different
is what maked a good DJ. Mixing is important, but if you can make your sets
sound like nothing else that anyone has heard before, then I think youn have
mastered the art of DJing.
From: Lawton David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 313@hyperreal.org
Subject: RE: [313] what makes a good DJ? (was: Re: [313] best DK dj?)
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 14:19:22 +0100
For me, the most important trait of a good DJ is the ability to take the
music somewhere.
To Make one track affect the next, this is something I dont believe Dave
(walking Jukebox) Clarke does at the moment. Thus, the reason he is
playing
some very very poor sets.
Ben Sims is the man for me at the moment, not only does he take it
somewhere, but he has serious mixer skills too!
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Christian Bloch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: 07 October 2000 19:33
>To: 313@hyperreal.org
>Subject: [313] what makes a good DJ? (was: Re: [313] best DK dj?)
>
>
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "TechnoSnob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: "Christian Bloch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2000 5:53 PM
>> Subject: Re: [313] best DK dj? (hva' saa dalle, glemte du
>ikke nogen ;-P
>>
>>
>> >I think you have mentioned yourself about 5x now....
>> >are you all that and a bag of chilly freetos
>>
>
> nope i'm not ;)
>
> but seriously, i'd like to take this opportunity to raise a
>discussion.
> here's my point. when you DJ, i think you should be one of your own
> favourites. you should play excactly the records YOU like
>best, and not try
> to mimick someone else. technically? well that's just something you've
>gotta
> learn (and maybe it's even in your blood). if you are just
>trying to mimck
> your fave DJ, well that's not gonna work for too long is it?
>i AM my own
> favourite DJ - musicwise at least. i'm not as technically gifted or
> experienced as mills/claude young/dave clarke etc. but i'm
>not half bad
> either. but without the right choice of records, you are nothing! i've
>heard
> mills and clarke play some awfull sets lately, (technically
>unchallenged
> though), but i really think it all comes down to the music,
>and the skills
> come second (not that they are unimportant of course). i really look
>forward
> to this discussion, as i have had this feling that too many
>people don't
> really pay enough attention to the choice of records... or
>maybe my taste
>is
> just different?
>
> comment please!
>
> Christian Bloch
> www.mp3.com/bloch
>
> Tresor/Simple Music/LL/Funque Droppings/Deep Night Essentials
>
>>
>
>
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