I think that it is very hard to dj with minimal or looped techno. not
because it's hard to beat match and make a mix. in fact that's easy with a
lot of these tracks.
what's hard is to make an interesting set that moves the dancefloor. such
tracks are more dj tools that require work from the dj to tranform them. a
lot of house and disco has more structure and nuance and don't need to be
worked as much. it's enough to have ggod track selection and make smooth
mixes.
james
www.jbucknell.com
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A ton of those DJ's can play the tracks out too...you know they don't just
cut it up and that is what I like. DJ T-1000 is another, and it is
unfortunate that he doesn't get booked in his home town more...
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Robert Taylor wrote:
>Leave it to the hiphop DJs - I want to hear the record!
I realize that it's just not your style - but why let the hip-hop DJs have
all the fun?
I'd love to see more DJs be able to do what Claude, Shake, Mills, and
similar styled artists do
If a techno DJ shouldn't scratch, cut, use their nose, elbow, etc. then
what about people like DJ Craze?
Are they not supposed to play house, drum & bass, and techno mixed in with
their hip-hop?
some of them drum looped techno tracks only have one good part - I don't
want to hear the entire thing played out and mixed seamlessly into the next
drum loop. That bores me to tears. It takes all kinds of DJs to make a
party: The David Mancuso's who don't want to overlap a single tune; those
who blend, mix, and select well but would sooner scratch their @ss then try
and scratch a record; and those that barely let a second go by without some
kind of manipulation of the record/mixer/turntable.
As long as they do it with conviction then I'm all for it.
MEK
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