Live PA`s if done properly are just a far more intricated and more manipulated DJ mix, of the artists own music.
How hard is it to mix records together. DJ`s are sooo overrated.
The london squat party scene is FULL of very talented DJ¬s, anyone with time, decks, and commitment, can stick 2 records together.
A live PA is similar to a DJ mix, but with a DJ mix, all you can manipulate, is WHEN you make the mix, how long the mix is, and the eq of each record.
A live PA can do all this, but you can also change the order of each part of each tune, and treat each part separately with FX, filters etc.
I`d rather see someone, playing the sounds from their head, that they have made and are playing them as they think they should be played.
Than some other egotisitical Vinyl Selector, playing SOMEONE ELSES music.