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Who is a DJ and who play what?

BillieTheBotBillieTheBot Posts: 8,721 Bot
edited January 2023 in General Chat
Just curious, who is a DJ around here and who play what?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I used to play deep house, tech-house, Detroit techno and breaks at warehouse parties in Birmingham. These days I occasionally DJ at a night in Brixton playing anything that takes my fancy from soul, funk, hip hop and reggae to punk, post-punk, indie and industrial.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Blagsta wrote:
    I used to play deep house, tech-house, Detroit techno and breaks at warehouse parties in Birmingham. These days I occasionally DJ at a night in Brixton playing anything that takes my fancy from soul, funk, hip hop and reggae to punk, post-punk, indie and industrial.

    What counts as 'industrial'? Haven't heard of that before.....
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Coil, Psychic TV, Throbbing Gristle, Nurse With Wound, Cabaret Voltaire etc.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Industrial Records
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i used to bedroom dj before i sold my decks...used to play happy hardcore, old skool and drum n bass
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    SkiveSkive Posts: 15,286 Skive's The Limit
    icey wrote:
    i used to bedroom dj before i sold my decks...used to play happy hardcore, old skool and drum n bass

    Same here.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Thought they would be more than that.

    No Acid techno, Dirty Techno, Hardcore, Psychadelic DJs?

    :(
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    We used to have one excellent DJ using the boards. He was called Justin Sane, he was Australian, played hard house. He did a lot of work for the Tidy Trax label. I haven't heard anything from him here since 2004. He used to put up mixes occasionally for us to download.

    And no, I'm not a DJ myself. Though I'd like to be. House is my repartee.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    stargalaxy wrote:
    We used to have one excellent DJ using the boards. He was called Justin Sane, he was Australian, played hard house. He did a lot of work for the Tidy Trax label. I haven't heard anything from him here since 2004. He used to put up mixes occasionally for us to download.

    And no, I'm not a DJ myself. Though I'd like to be. House is my repartee.

    I started on Hard House, but quickly switch to acid techno and more underground sound. Not fan of the Tidy Trax label at all, hate hard house really.

    But I always tend to like more underground and dirty music.

    My favorite label is Brain Recordings... Too bad they have stop tho...

    Playing myself, haven't play in month tho.

    Mainly Acid Techno, Hardcore, french tribe and sometimes Techno.

    But if you want to go and learn, go for it, it's great fun and good for the stress :thumb:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    nihilisticmadman wrote:
    I started on Hard House, but quickly switch to acid techno and more underground sound. Not fan of the Tidy Trax label at all, hate hard house really. But I always tend to like more underground and dirty music.
    Most dance labels from back in the day have gone to the wall, or been bought up by bigger labels. If you haven't got the support of a good record label now, or one of the huge conglomerates, (Virgin, EMI, Universal etc...) you may as well not bother.
    Playing myself...
    You didn't need to tell us that... :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    stargalaxy wrote:
    Most dance labels from back in the day have gone to the wall, or been bought up by bigger labels. If you haven't got the support of a good record label now, or one of the huge conglomerates, (Virgin, EMI, Universal etc...) you may as well not bother.

    Yep it's crap, also you still have underground tribe labels which are good.

    Less easy to find tho. Easy to get in France if you do free parties in the
    south, they often have stand where you can buy tunes which is quite cool.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    stargalaxy wrote:
    You didn't need to tell us that... :p

    Well at least I didn't say "Playing with myself" :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    nihilisticmadman wrote:
    Yep it's crap, also you still have underground tribe labels which are good. Less easy to find tho. Easy to get in France if you do free parties in the south, they often have stand where you can buy tunes which is quite cool.
    Independent record labels need to be stronger than ever these days to compete against the big groups. In a sense, they're driving standards up, but the big groups all too often are keen to release these rubbish cover versions, (as mentioned in another thread) thus pushing standards down again.

    French house music has a fairly good history. I remember Superfunk years ago, also Daft Punk, and now David Guetta. All signed to Virgin Records France if I remember...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    nihilisticmadman wrote:
    Thought they would be more than that.

    No Acid techno, Dirty Techno, Hardcore, Psychadelic DJs?

    :(

    Used to play acid techno (SUF, Routemaster, Smitten etc). Got bored of it really quickly. We used to have the Liberators, Lawrie Immersion, Gizelle etc play at our parties all the time though back in the mid to late 90's.
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    SkiveSkive Posts: 15,286 Skive's The Limit
    nihilisticmadman wrote:
    Thought they would be more than that.

    No Acid techno, Dirty Techno, Hardcore, Psychadelic DJs?

    :(

    Used to play a lot of hardcore, and gabber.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i used to absolutely hate gabber..then one of my mates started playing it loads and one day it just clicked and i started really liking it :D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Skive wrote:
    Used to play a lot of hardcore, and gabber.

    I love hardcore!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Blagsta wrote:
    Used to play acid techno (SUF, Routemaster, Smitten etc). Got bored of it really quickly. We used to have the Liberators, Lawrie Immersion, Gizelle etc play at our parties all the time though back in the mid to late 90's.

    I love lawrie immersion tunes, my favorites I think.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    commercial rock, brit pop, and indie
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    nihilisticmadman wrote:
    I love lawrie immersion tunes, my favorites I think.

    I got bored of acid techno when I quit my speed habit. Go figure.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Blagsta wrote:
    I got bored of acid techno when I quit my speed habit. Go figure.

    Hehe... my interest for techno music also slow down considerably when I stop using chemicals...
    Wouldn't mind give it a go once in a while tho...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I still love techno, but of the "proper" Detroit variety - UR, Red Planet, Octave One, Model 500, Paperclip People, Plastikman etc.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I bedroom DJ at the moment. Play Techno and loving it :D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I like a bit of hardcore like Art of Fighters.

    How's Justin Sane going anyway? Is he famous now?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I don't really do much now, most of my time goes into producing DnB. When I do mix then it's DnB & Prog House/Trance.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    GoodFella wrote:
    I bedroom DJ at the moment. Play Techno and loving it :D

    I love techno, well to start with always like to play some acid techno after it.

    In techno specially like Cluster, Raw, Maximum minimum...
    Acid techno Braind Records, SUF, Routemaster...

    Still got my desk in the bedroom but under the bed atm.
    As soon as I get a bigger place I'll get back on them ;)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    nihilisticmadman wrote:

    In techno specially like Cluster, Raw, Maximum minimum...

    Thats not techno, thats tekno. :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Blagsta wrote:
    Thats not techno, thats tekno. :p

    Hehe... :)
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