Pre-Mixed Vinyl

[TechMouse]

So, Aphrodite played in Nottingham not so long ago, and I understand he played his whole set with pre-mixed vinyl.

That is, each vinyl was a dubplate with two tunes expertly mixed - so ultimately he was only doing every other mix, and sounding like he was pulling off some mighty manouvres. Oh, and each plate was cut at the same BPM.

... and I'm told this is apparently not uncommon with bigger name DJs.

This sounds shameful to me - especially when (some) people spend half their lives moaning about digital DJs and Ableton sets etc.

Surely this is the laziest of the lazy?

[dan the acid man]

bloody hell, im shocked, i've never heard of such a thing

i'd rather hear a genuine dj mess up than somebody who's ripping off people like this

[rhythmtech]

that aint good...






dan - check filez section... something nice in there...

[Traxx]

You hear stuff like this about certain dnb dj's all the time.

[eyeswithoutaface]

sounds like a total lie to me unfortunately, ive never ever heard of it and i doubt it exists, who'd go to such effort for pressing the vinyl, making sure its mixed first, and effectively bootlegging half your set by pressing the records in teh first place if its not your own material?

sounds totally blag to me

[Electrictribe]

well couple of years ago hype had a dub that last about 15 minutes of all his classic tunes chopped into a single tune that he just scratched over and everyone would say wow how is he mixing and scratching everything so tight. So wouldn't surprise me if aphrodite had something similar.

[eyeswithoutaface]

yeah sounds more like a battle record that, but i mean whole tracks pre-mixed, its so easy to mix a record that i personally wouldnt be arsed with the above

lazy git, i hope people had a go at him!

[Frank Dogshit]

fair play to him.

no different to a lazy ableton set in all fairness.

[Si the Sigh]

Andy C does the same sort of thing. All his plates are cut & pre-arranged so he can keep the pitch locked and play away. D&B DJ's seem to do it loads.

[TechMouse]

sounds like a total lie to me unfortunately, ive never ever heard of it and i doubt it exists, who'd go to such effort for pressing the vinyl, making sure its mixed first, and effectively bootlegging half your set by pressing the records in teh first place if its not your own material?

sounds totally blag to me

OK, but I've now had 3 people confirm this to me.

One innocent bystander, one of the warm up DJs (who says he had quite a long chat with the man himself) and one of the organisers.

I imagine Aphrodite commands quite a DJ fee.

[Traxx]

Andy C does the same sort of thing. All his plates are cut & pre-arranged so he can keep the pitch locked and play away. D&B DJ's seem to do it loads.

Rumours rumours. He's a badass dnb dj.

[Electrictribe]

Andy C does the same sort of thing. All his plates are cut & pre-arranged so he can keep the pitch locked and play away. D&B DJ's seem to do it loads.

Rumours rumours. He's a badass dnb dj.

an very overrated D&B dj, always found his style pretty dull to be honest.

[Electrictribe]

although has made some excellant tunes over the years so won't knock his productions.

[barry_fyasko]

yeah he played at event horizon a few years ago, played a pedestrian set for about 20mins then stormed off cos the needle jumped a few times

use some blu tack on the cart like the rest of us... ;)

but bodyrock what a quality party tune

[dirty_bass]

Man, when we used to run the rigs for Raindance in london, we had the top names in the drum and bass room, and the things that went on there were shameless.
Not "keeping it real" at all.
So this thread doesn`t surprise me at all. I`ll say no more than that.

[massplanck]

Man, when we used to run the rigs for Raindance in london, we had the top names in the drum and bass room, and the things that went on there were shameless.
Not "keeping it real" at all.
So this thread doesn`t surprise me at all. I`ll say no more than that.

spill the beans!

alot of people seem to have issues with the glitterati of the d'n'b scene.

[TechMouse]

but bodyrock what a quality party tune

[djshiva]

how boring. i don't know how true it is, but there are many tactics that big names have used that make me ownder...why dj at all then? ok ok i know they deman exorbitant fees, but damn...wouldn't you wanna have some FUN while you play?

me personally, i truly ENJOY djing, so i don't understand the shortcuts. i would get bored. i keep adding elements in just to keep myself entertained. another turntable, effects units, add ableton into the vinyl scenario.

i just don't understand why someone would make djing BORING to make more money. wouldn't it be more fun to have a good time djing AND get paid? *shakes head*

[mattboyslim]

http://www.urbantakeover.co.uk/newaphroindex.html

check out his shocking website. I think this kind of puts the lazyness into perspective


http://www.urbantakeover.co.uk/aphro/content.html

dislikes: people who don't make an effort

dear god

[eyeswithoutaface]

haha hilarious, just checked that site

his productions all sound very basic to me too i must say, is this guy like some big playa or something? ive had bigger turds