variety-does it work??

[Jimfish]

I see what you are saying mark but i believe there is a lot of other music out there from other scenes that gets overlooked as its not on techno labels but basically IS techno (well insomuch as it gets botties shakin and its a simaler bpm) but has a different sound to it because its made by people who arent wrapped up in the techno scene.. i know its easy to say standing here but if i was a dj i would definitly hunt around for tracks from all scenes because there are definitly heaps of tracks tracks which will crossover neatly..

[Jimfish]

definitly definitly tracks tracks

[schlongfingers]

two words

Jerome Hill

[MARKEG]

I see what you are saying mark but i believe there is a lot of other music out there from other scenes that gets overlooked as its not on techno labels but basically IS techno (well insomuch as it gets botties shakin and its a simaler bpm) but has a different sound to it because its made by people who arent wrapped up in the techno scene.. i know its easy to say standing here but if i was a dj i would definitly hunt around for tracks from all scenes because there are definitly heaps of tracks tracks which will crossover neatly..

totally 100% with you. i'm very, very lucky jim because i work for magazines i get alot of records sent to me. from all genres. you wouldnt believe the variety i get - in fact when i actually used to edit Wax i used to get a phenominal amount - nearly a god damn wheelbarrow full a week. its actually very hard to find records from other genres that fit with hard techno but they are out there. the problem is as a record buyer you must have time to search and search and search.

you know, i sometimes sit and think how can ppl be only into one style or sound. it's almost beyond me. but these last few months i've had a few problems with my PO Box and it's taken me ages to get the records that are sent to me. so i've been making do with records i've bought from websites (and i tend to by just techno or hard trance when i spend money on the net). and i tell you what. i've noticed a real void in my life. musically i feel so much more unchallenged. you spend 100 quid and 40 quid of the records are awful when you actually get the package. i've been very lucky over the years being able to find gems that i real coudn't have found otherwise. oh hold on, even with this, i still spend my whole life searching for music on the net. argggghhhhh. it's never ending. i mean as a regular buyer, how can you seriously keep your eyes and ears on 40000000 releases each week?

to be innovative, different and musical challenging as a dj, it really is a whole heap of time effort and hard work. respect to anyone that achieves it.

[MARKEG]

two words

Jerome Hill

5 words

'works in a record shop'

[massplanck]

two words

Jerome Hill

5 words

'works in a record shop'

hahahha!!!

[schlongfingers]

two words

Jerome Hill

5 words

'works in a record shop'

hahahha!!!

7 words

and always plays an extremely eclectic set

[schlongfingers]

He dinnae work in a record shop these days though, he's tearing up Brazil.

[MARKEG]

yeah fair play to the guy, he's brilliant. but were in not for the shop i very much doubt he'd have been able ot develop his sound the way he has. if you see what i mean.

[schlongfingers]

yeah fair play to the guy, he's brilliant. but were in not for the shop i very much doubt he'd have been able ot develop his sound the way he has.

How you mean? Because of access to a large variety of music?

[The Overfiend]

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.

[schlongfingers]

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!

[basslinejunkie]

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 :)

[Numeric]

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

[basslinejunkie]

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.

[dan the acid man]

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

[The Overfiend]

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

[The Overfiend]

Bassline I love your avatar by the way.
ROCK!

[DJMAYA]

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.

[davethedrummer]

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!