playing after a drum and bass dj....advice? opinions?

[anx]

alright, i have played after drum and bass dj's a handfull of times, most of the time with little success on keeping the dancefloor going and having to spin to a very weak crowd for the first 15 minutes until the techno people realize there is techno playing...

this summer im playing right after Adam F at a fair sized festival and im kinda racking my brain as to how to start the set....im also thinking that maybe i should just start off with whatever i want and not care...

i know its been a topic of decussion before about the relationships between techno and jungle/dnb....the percussion...the evil synth lines...the 2 minute intros and the funky diva samples...etc...(kidding about that last bit)

any suggestions as to what style of techno i should start off with to keep at least a few of the drum and bass heads dancing?

i dunno....what would u do....

[The Overfiend]

Play bass heavy material

[Dustin Zahn]

I'd say Drumcode 20,5 is a good place to start.

[dirty_bass]

from drum and bass, do some tech-breaks, bassy techno, then whatever

[djshiva]

my favorite tactic is to either

a) if the dnb record is playing at 45, throw on a techno record, tick it up to 45, and start cutting back and forth. then at the right moment, hit 33 on both cuts, dropping the tech record to the right speed, and turning the dnb in to electro. THAT gets their attention.

or

b) start cutting up the dnb record and throwing delay effects on to cut up the beat. let them know right from the start that you. mean. business.

[Si the Sigh]

Take D&B DJ's last record, do a massive spinback, yank it off the decks and smash it over your head Mark EG style.

That will do the trick.

[teknorich]

Something bass heavy and chunky, like Neil Landstrumm or Dave Tarrida. Or Maybe Si Begg. Still enough of a b-line for the D&B kids, but pushing the rhythm and drum patterns towards techno...

[RDR]

Throw a paddy and demand to be on before them.

[Split-Personality]

Take D&B DJ's last record, do a massive spinback, yank it off the decks and smash it over your head Mark EG style.

That will do the trick.

That works for me :lol:

[force]

maybe start with a dubstep tune?

[Si the Sigh]

Hope for an A&H mixer and VCF the tracks at the same time, bringing the techno in and the D&B out and smash in on a fat b-line.

[Daire]

You could play DJ Scud's remix of Panacea's King of the Jungle on his Underground Superstardom album. Starts off heavy as nails, but breaks down to a old skool hardcore sound and tempo.

You could then spin a couple of old harcore tunes before mixin' in techno with great aplomb, ease and gusto :)

[Si the Sigh]

Good call! Everyone loves the old skool...

[marginmaster]

prodigy

[Frank Dogshit]

booty

[schlongfingers]

Experimental techno ala possible music stuff into breakbeat techno at +8 slowing the pace at breakdowns till you're sub 140

[rhythmtech]

it'd start with a big spin back (they love all the rewind shit!!) then drop in something with a phat b-line like hydraulix 30a or something with a heavy dub feel.

[koma]

depends on how many bpm's will he finish
just dont let that number go down too fast, crowd usually dont like it

i'd try with some off beat slovakian shyte
or shock them with breakcore lol
someone mentioned older hardcore, which could also go well

[audioinjection]

murder was the bass

[vadarfone]

Make a DnB to Techno track yourself in Ableton... Use a really simple break and filter bottom out of it... Then slice in a Techno loop and bring the loop out slowly with a SHITLOAD of effects. You should be able to slight of hand the Tempo down this way without the crowd losing interest... Then quickly mix into something Bassline driven and you are on your way!