DJs over doing it?

[Traxx]

A good soup needs some salt, but too much of it can ruin your soup. ;)

a soup man eh? ;)

[sash]

A good soup needs some salt, but too much of it can ruin your soup. ;)

my visual arts lecturer kept sayin that about our art work. It's good philosophy

[serox]

leave the scratching to hip-hop i say. think it soudns eak with techno. would much rather see tight mix after mix. Watching som1 who can beat match in under 20secs and then leave the records in mix for mins without touching the pitch is far more entertaining to me. If the mixes are done in the right place in the records it sounds great when things are going right, things stopping and starting at the same time. Just stand back and let the records do the work. :clap:

[gumpy green]

leave the scratching to hip-hop i say. think it soudns eak with techno. would much rather see tight mix after mix. Watching som1 who can beat match in under 20secs and then leave the records in mix for mins without touching the pitch is far more entertaining to me. If the mixes are done in the right place in the records it sounds great when things are going right, things stopping and starting at the same time. Just stand back and let the records do the work. :clap:

man you just aint seen me dj yet ;)

[tioneb]

some djs like jerome hill use tricks very cleverly ...

others like dave clarke or claude young have overused them, though for both ive always thought they were quiet with it when i had the chance to witness them.

concerning me, i tend to be tricky when i am drunk. and actually when i re-listen to the set in a "dry" set im quite happy of some tricks i dont even know how i did them

[MangaFish]

i think the best tricks are the ones that sound liek they were part of the record. anything more is showing off

[Col]

i think the best tricks are the ones that sound liek they were part of the record. anything more is showing off

i disagree. if you think you can enhance a record by doing whatever you like to it, then that can only be good.

in saying that though i still consider programming to the most important side of a dj's performance.

[The Overfiend]

Love it!!!

But I loved Hip-Hop before I got into techno!

Love hearing the turnatbales used as instruments - but like all things it can be over done - I like it when it adds to the over all sound rather than just trick, trick, tricks, then music.

It's like scratching, I like a bit of that on maybe one track in a one hour set, but have heard some DJs ( ) and all their set consists of is scratch, scratch, scrrrrr . . scrrrrr , scratch, scratch scratch, with the music comes a poor second!

When I go out to boogie I want to hear something I know I wont hear elsewhere.

fuk me i thought i had wrote that.

i gotta say i luv seeing trurntables used in a freaky way...ya gotta IMO...have the music flowing for a few mins , then wammbammfankyoupamm some headfuk trickery....

its all about the balance.....

that the style i try to play.... hiphop influenced mixing.

I was waiting for you to jump in on the one mate ;)

[The Overfiend]

A good soup needs some salt, but too much of it can ruin your soup. ;)

Well well well look who it is.
Hope you enjoyed new york chief.

[dtl]

Was at Dance Valley last week, caught Dave Clarke 4 the first time, there was at least half his set (which I saw) when he was only beatmatching pushing tunes in..... At the speed of me djing.... I was a bit disappointed not to see he pushes 7 buttons and fly his records all over the place... I only hold that expectation after hearing his I Love Techno 99 mix, which every mix is on ****ing fire.

On the other hand, I was thrown by Technasia's chrunchy beats and skills on 3 decks.... Well worth the trip for that one.

And Seeing Carl Cox playing at the speed of a trance dj, for the last set at Dance Valley 10th Anniversery, fireworks going off half way through his set.... Reassures me that he is sucessful, and he doesnt have to try.

Oh and Jeff Mills I caught. A full 5 mintues of it. The same record the whole time... Isnt he suppose to able to play 140 records an hour?

So another word, just how over the top you need to be when you get your gigs regardless your performance?

[MangaFish]

i think the best tricks are the ones that sound liek they were part of the record. anything more is showing off

i disagree. if you think you can enhance a record by doing whatever you like to it, then that can only be good.

but surely if you do it well, it sounds like it was ment to be recorded that way.

just as if you do it badly or too often, it sticks out like a sore thumb

[Col]

i think the best tricks are the ones that sound liek they were part of the record. anything more is showing off

i disagree. if you think you can enhance a record by doing whatever you like to it, then that can only be good.

but surely if you do it well, it sounds like it was ment to be recorded that way.

just as if you do it badly or too often, it sticks out like a sore thumb

of course. i did say "enhance" ^

[mattboyslim]

saw jeff mills last month and he was very technical. constantly had 2 tunes in the mix while he was digging thru his box for the next one. nice use of eq, nothing over the top. really enjoyed it

first time i saw dave clarke was at turnmills for split v atomic jam back in may. wikid set. he put alot of effort in and it was technical. good beat chopping and effects and it sounded lush on the turnmills system.

dj rush is a good one for letting the records do the work, but he drops them in the right place to make it really go off in every mix. doesnt need to over do any effects cos he chooses the records that work well together.

at the end of the day its all down to personal taste. i like it all. variety, spice, life etc

saying that i saw dave clarke lastnight at atomic jam and he was a bit hit n miss. perhaps he's been over doing it, too many gigs and that but who knows. ben simms played a nice set though

[Frank Dogshit]

ben sims played the best set ive seen in years last night!

phenomenal,all action performance! :clap:

[Tiptoe]

ben sims played the best set ive seen in years last night!

phenomenal,all action performance! :clap:

what was jam like???

[Traxx]

ben sims played the best set ive seen in years last night!

phenomenal,all action performance! :clap:

rub it in ya bastard ;)

[andy james]

ben sims played the best set ive seen in years last night!

phenomenal,all action performance! :clap:

ben sims is THE MAN when it comes to technical skill behind the decks ! his programming is top notch and he knows exactly when to cut it up without it being too much. his set in detroit this summer was pure banging tribal goodness......best techno set i've EVER seen :clap: !

[killarava2day]

dj rush is a good one for letting the records do the work, but he drops them in the right place to make it really go off in every mix. doesnt need to over do any effects cos he chooses the records that work well together.

I agree, I love listening to a DJ who can pull a set off the whole way like that.

[Luke Logan.]

I think if your going to play looped based techno then you have to mess around with it, I find it keeps it much more interesting and gives it that bit more energy. When I look up at a DJ behind the decks and he's all over them it just makes me want to dance more. But yeah its got to be good tunes and not to much of the same thing, bit of a DJ ying and yang... a good balance!
Dave Clarke played here in Dublin years ago in a small club called the Kitchen (before he was huge) and he ripped it up with double copys, scrathing etc etc, the man was on fire, why he gave this up I'll never know?

[Frank Dogshit]

yeah,i think dave clarke plays now without much heart in it at all and turns up just for the money and not to entertain. it saddens me that as this is one dj who in previous years has never failed to amaze me each time ive seen him. id get excited before a night out about the prospect of him doing a another brilliant set but now its just 'ohhh dave clarkes on' and you pretty much know hes not gonna make you stand back in awe.

we all know he can be class but thesedays it looks as though he cant be bothered. :dontevengothere: