One small note on this. Some re-edits are just as you describe (taking the "peak" bit over and over and repeating etc.). On the other hand some are indistinguishable from the original - so they are in fact bootlegs. This has its own issues but I admit to owning some of these where it's a tune I love and there's no way I can either find or afford an original. You may say "so what, it's the re-edits I'm talking about, not the mis-labelled bootlegs" but I was thinking of Anthony saying he was looking at Harvey's tunes and it saying Xre-edit (though if anyone should have the originals you'd think he would). Some re-edits are somewhere between the 2 where someone's putting out an obscure records but can't resist tinkering. One thing that irritates me is I've come across people who do re-edits with nothing much to them and they act like (and obviously think they are) some kind of star.
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10 September 2008 18:39 > > Easy to mix - and only really interesting to the DJ for any extended period > of time. > Then you get a real DJ in and people don't quite know what to do or make of > it. > The audience's ears gets dumb-down, like giving kids McDonald's burgers all > their life. Then have them taste a real burger they might not like it as > much because it's got the full range of taste - not just sweet and salt. > > I've seen supposedly "real" house people get totally put off by a DJ I know > who plays the real deal. Not edits but full songs - most of them made > before any of them were born. > It's taken him years to get them to come around to it - and not just the > party goers but other DJs in town > Now he's a hero to everyone. He's even gotten kids who are into "happy > hardcore" and "psy-trance" on board! > Now there are a good handful of local djs playing the real thing. However, > again, it's taken him years to get them to come around. > I've been putting on shows with him for nearly 10 years now and it's only > within the last three that people are finally going "oh, I get it!" > Took us ages to even get people to show up for the shows and half of them > were totally miffed as to what we we're doing. > > I think also a lot of it has to do with how DJs are booked and how the > nights are built up. How many places have one DJ all night? > All too often it's a "more bang for the buck" night with 4 or 5 jocks > jockeying for position of best performance. > If you've got so little time how can you possibly let a full disco tune > play out? You shoot for the sweet spot and that means disco edits. > However, it starts to shorten people's attention span for a song - and I > mean a SONG. > Not just a "tune". > > It's the difference between exercising (a night of all disco edits) and > exercising out some demons (a night of all disco songs). > > MEK > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 09/10/2008 11:16:17 AM: > > > I just saw Dj Harvey do his Sarcastic Disco thing in this great venue in > > downtown L.A. rite around the corner from S.Central. Everytime I went up > > to see what he was playing it would say "BLAH BLAH BLAH RE-EDITS". Should > > I be Happy A great Dj like himself is actually playing records? I tend to > > think the whole Re-edit craze takes away from the highs and lows the > > original track has to offer. I don't mind it as a tool here in there but > > Morgan Geist seems upset by it here. What'ch'all think? > > http://andybetablog.blogspot.com/2008/01/morgan-geist-interview.html
