Brendan Nelson wrote: > > > I thought Robin meant: > > > > 1st Wave: Jimmy Saville (50's) to Levan etc. (early 80's) > > > > 2nd Wave: Acid House (85-ish) to Now (general beatmatching, > > DJing as an artform, big money etc.) > > > > 3rd Wave: The future? (Digital mixing from laptops, personal > > edits, more accessible, FX & outboard, without vinyl?) > > That does make sense to me, except I'd say that the second wave began > with the likes of Kool Herc and was in place before acid house took off. > Viewing the manipulation of a pair of vinyl records on two turntables as > a valid form of musical expression is probably the central ethos of the > "second wave" of DJing.
Good point! > > Obviously advocates of the first wave were highly sceptical of the > second wave when it first appeared (Jimmy Saville not holding people > like Grand Wizard Theodore in very high esteem), and there is no reason > not to expect similarly reactionary positions from advocates of the > second wave now... Definitely! What's wrong with combining all the knowledge gained up to now to give people the ultimate night out? Wankers. Peace, Andrew
