Quote Originally Posted by death on a stick
Unfortunately most DJs have no concept of how important the warm-up slot is. They often view it is a poor slot, but in fact it's an integral part of the night that they should take responsibility for. Too many DJs get over zealous about things and can't help playing what they think are all their dancefloor devastators in an attempt to make a bigger impression within what they view as a limited slot. It's a very immature way to play and can hamstring a night from the offset.
Have to say I don't agree - I wanna be in a club from mid-night with phat hard tunes playing not have to wait until 4-5am when a name DJ comes on to pick up the pace... guess that's why squat parties are so good.

And if somebody left me with 155bmp I'd be very happy you can slam in some acid then rollercoaster it it whatever tempo you want - all the best sets I've heard didn't slowly build in some kinda of uniform way.