Re: (idm) why don't more dj's mix it up? (was: dj teep)
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quoted 4 lines The DJs who realize that they're carrying on a conversation with> The DJs who realize that they're carrying on a conversation with
> the audience always do well. The ones who want to punish you, or
> prove how cool they are, or show how big their dicks are are always
> a disappointment no matter what they're spinning.
I've got to agree with you there - when you DJ out you've always got to
try and read the room. I went to this party a month or so back where
the opening DJ pounded out hardstep at ear-splitting volumes while
everyone there cowered in the corner and shouted at each other.
Volume's also important I guess - especially if it's at the point of the
evening where people have just arrived and everyone's sitting down.
quoted 6 lines I'm sorry to hear that the London club scene has kind of regressed> I'm sorry to hear that the London club scene has kind of regressed
> to the idiot mean. That means one thing to me -- it's time to go back
> to basics, do it yourself midweek in a pub, and turn your back on
> Peter Tong and Paul Oakenfold and all the other corporate geezers.
> It's about the music, not about how cool you are or how much money
> you make.
I think the clubs in London are pretty good at the moment - I was at a
wicked night out with the Deadly Avenger and a bloke from Stereolab last
Saturday, and every weekend I go clubbing I ususally find something
pretty good going on. The good thing about weekday pub nights is you
can do them as well (if anyone's near the Mill in Kingston on Thursdays
I recommend it - it's run by some guys who just signed to Nature playing
mainly hip-hop and soul but sometimes all other kinds of stuff). When I
play out I do eclectic sets, but I try to play styles that are relevent
to the atmosphere of the place I'm in.
quoted 4 lines one other reason dj's aren't meshing more styles together seems to stem from> one other reason dj's aren't meshing more styles together seems to stem from
> all these bullshit events that book hundreds of dj's. even if it's multiple
> rooms, the longest set a dj will get is two hours. how much ground can you
> cover in that alloted time without sounding completely schitzo?
You'd be surprised - a while back I did a 2hr tape which included
techno, breakbeat, trip-hop, idm, ambient and jazz and still had room
for (ahem) What is love? by Dee-lite. Didn't sound too schitzo (at
least I don't think it did), and apparently it went down very well when
a mate played it at a bar in Thailand. 3 hour+ sets are more fun
though, even if they do take ages to prepare.
Dan.