My one warning about djing, specifically djing idm is that currently
there aren't a whole lot of idm records (new ones at least) that are
worth djing, by this I mean records that you can play to a group of
people that you know they'd like or be able to get into. Also there
aren't a whole lot of people who care about this sort of thing anymore.
I've watched the numbers drop insanely here in nyc. You used to be able
to drop keynell or something like that in a set and get a cheer but now
people start to lose interest.
One could say fuck it and just play it anyway, we do that, sometimes it
works and sometimes it doesn't. A good mixture of records makes a big
deal these days. The days of the dj rolling in with a bag consisting
only of warp, rephlex, skam and mas are long gone.
On a much less negative note :-) there are a lot of labels of the idm
ilk that are releasing great records that really work when you play them
out. Ghostly, Merck, B Pitch, Us (hehe), Area info, Seed, and of course
the main stays like warp, rephlex and skam. Warp is gearing up to
release a new series of dancefloor oriented 12"s that I'm really excited
about. The latest lfo and viberts are excellent as well.
If you don't have a vinyl collection already, you shouldn't let that
stop you, anyone here who collects vinyl will tell you that the pleasure
of tracking down rare records is amazing. Just a few weeks ago I found
Sun Electric's Present album for $5, I've been looking for that one for
years, joy!
2cent,
Adesh
The Record Camp Label
http://www.recordcamp.com
-----Original Message-----
From: visa [mailto:v.kuoppala@pp.inet.fi]
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 10:26 AM
To: hyperreal idm
Subject: [idm] getting started with DJ:ing
I've been considering getting into DJ:ing for some time now, but am a
bit unsure of the most appropriate vessel for materializing my
ambitions.
The choices seem to go as follows: 1.) turntables with vinyl, 2.)
turntables
+ laptop + final scratch, 3.) laptop with traktor or 4.) DJ:ing with
+ cd's.
Currently I don't have any vinyl records, which seems to be a problem
with the first option, since before I could really start spinning I
should gather shitloads of records. At present I don't own a laptop
either, but that's something I'm going to get sooner or later (since I'm
a tight producer). Options 2 and 3 would solve the source material
problem, since there would be a practically endless supply to chooce
from. Using CDs would seem to be convenient, since I am constantly
purchasing more and more of them and I already have a reasonably large
selection to choose from. Furthermore, I could always burn stuff on cd
with my rewritable. But does anyone take a CD-DJ seriously? Any other
issues I should take into consideration?
So, which of the above options would you suggest? The most common
option, turntables + vinyl, would seem to be a good choice since sooner
or later I would have to get a vinyl player anyway as vinyl is such a
cute format. Furthermore, it could be later expanded with final scratch
to include the material I wouldn't have as vinyl.
What turntables would you then recommend? (I realise this is quite close
to the thread 'Should I buy a Turntable for IDM?', but here the emphasis
is obviously more on DJing.) Should I start with something really cheap
or invest straight away in some quality gear, which probably wouldn't
have to be upgraded in a long time? What devices have good price/quality
ratio?
thanks
.: visa tapani
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