variety-does it work??

Um yeah!
I think dj's as a requirement shoud learn music period.
So many close minded people supposedly into music.
But have no knowledge of their own roots whatsoever.

I can see that in the past working in a record shop would have been the perfect job for gaining access to hard to find music, but I think it's becoming less of a demanding task these days - music is now so easy to access, research and track down using the internet, makes it a lot easier for DJ's to access and incorporate original sounds into their sets.

I guess it's only over the last few years that it's been this simple to find new and original music from small independant labels, but I'm really looking forward to seeing the benefits of this appearing in the clubs and parties, I definately think that people are playing more and more eclectic sets these days, and that clubbers are getting more and more openminded!

having read all of your comments,i guess the answer 2 a bit of a difficult question is really quite simple,it depends on where your playing and 2 who.i bet all or the vast majority of us love more than 1 type of techno and even more than 1 type of dance music,but if your playing 2 a crowd of die- hard hard techno fans then thats what theyve paid there money 2 hear.maybe as a few of you have said the actuall clubs could be a bit more open minded/experimental,but if the crowd doesnt like it then your gonna be castrated.cheers ppl,loads of interestin stuff in there :)

When playing to a hard techno crowd there's no risk to throw in some heavy tribal and dark techno for variety...

i know yeah m8 but i was thinking of a more diverse approach,anythin from hard 2 dark 2 acid 2 percussive blah blah blah as i love all of it and was wondering if anyone had tryed this approach out in clubs or festivals.but i guess it wouldnt work going off all of your comments. :cool:

if you do it from the start, then you've got a greater chance of being accepted in playing these varieties

Everyone should take a note from Ruskin, he mashes it up and it sounds like heaven.

Bassline I love your avatar by the way.
ROCK!

id have top say that it totally depends who and where you are playing dunnit?


well it does for me. wat ya gonna do if sumting aint working. keep playing the same.

i know for me, NZ is very young for Techno and so basically every night io play is from a pioneering stance so i have to be flexible.
plus im so keen to show people sum new shit.

i reckon if you've got the guts and the know how
then experiment away.
bk was telling me today how he's been cancelling gigs to go and see laurent garnier at the end.
i think it's actually people being scared to experiment in a club that's tarnishing the good name of techno
after all a club is just a load of people getting together to listen to music.
i mean experimenting doesn't mean playing a load of shyte that no one wants to hear right?
it's about knowing your audience and your records and working out unusual mixes that really do something and say something .
and as for jerome
well i've seen him play very straight actually , and then i've seen him play really wonky.
he doesn't always throw in an old hip hop classic or something like that, sometimes he hardly scratches , and that's not always a bad thing , in fact the last time i saw him play he played really straight and it really went down great. that was just the vibe that night.
maybe jeromes version of experimenting is to keep it really sane!

It's like eatin soup right. On it's own it's bland (you might like bland). Too much salt and it tastes shite (you might like too much salt).
Mix in just the right amount of salt and BOOM.... you got yourself an awesome meal/entree/ snack/ ....whatever.

I've played Jimi Hendrix to a crowd of hard techno nutters and it went down a storm.. as has been said by Henry and others, it's up to how, when and the situation you do it in... there are times it won't work, and as a dj you have to know these times and the times it will work...

I've been lucky as I've always played the full spectrum of techno so I sometimes get booked at diff types of clubs with diff music policies and I can still do my thang.. but people still say, "oh he's a hard techno dj so thats all he plays" when they haven't heard the other stuff yet as they had only seen me at a "hard techno night" where I knew the crowd wouldn't be up for anything else... it comes down to mood as well as the crowd for me... I usually put at least a little bit of everything in my box when going to a gig so I can go in diff directions if needed or I want to kick something out of place up the ass of the crowd...

But now I have my own night running I've specifically told the djs there is no music policy... I'm only booking djs I trust know how to read and rock the crowd, so I don't think someones going to go off on one and make everybody leave (and if they do I 'might' have a word with them.. haha)... there is a somewhat 'techno' element to it as most of the djs are tech djs, but I can see a few suprises will be popping up too ;)

And I was actually just thinking this morning that the next set I play is going to include the benny hill theme and that little spanish fly song from the simpsons (thanks patty dsp :lol: )... I'll slide them in there somehow with some solid kick drum and see how many laughs I can get on the floor... it's all a bit of fun in the end.. I'm not trying to be mr serious and stand there like a statue with a scowl on my face for the whole set... hehe...

Another example, I was playing B2B last wekeend at a huge **** off party here in Sydney (5000 nutters, you saw the pics Ferny :shock: ) and they guys before us were playing breaks... my mate has a selection of nice rocking breaks (same speed as the tech) and he had some with him, so we ended up playing some techno, some breaks and a little bit of other tuneree for a good portion of the set and my god did it work!! Some of the best reactions of the set were the change-over mixes from one style to another...

Do your own thing is all I can say in the end... :twisted:

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Do your own thing is all I can say in the end... :twisted:

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Yeeeeep, I agree with you on that 110% :clap:

[quote="davethedrummer"]and as for jerome
well i've seen him play very straight actually , and then i've seen him play really wonky.
he doesn't always throw in an old hip hop classic or something like that, sometimes he hardly scratches , and that's not always a bad thing , in fact the last time i saw him play he played really straight and it really went down great. that was just the vibe that night.[quote]

Yep you're right, I was just bringing his name up as an example of someone who is able to play a large variety of music without clearing the dancefloor.

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maybe jeromes version of experimenting is to keep it really sane!

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Gotta disagree there though :D been pretty insane most times I've seen him - anyway I'll shut up don't wanna embarrass him!