Corpsey
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Who are the DJs around nowadays who are capable of blowing your mind or lifting your spirits? I dunno if its just cos I'm as jaded as fuck but I haven't seen that many in recent years who have had that effect.
I'd also like to know who are the best DJs you've ever seen live and maybe even get some links to sets if you've got any. Lately I've been thinking about getting back into mixing and its got me thinking about the art of DJing. Is DJing a dying art, what with the rise of producer-first DJs?
One of my favourite DJs (based on seeing him play twice - once at FWD, once in Bristol) is Martyn - both times I saw him he wasn't afraid to play big anthems like ''Deep Inside'' ''Who's Afraid of Detroit?'' ''Gabrielle'' ''At Les'' etc. alongside the deeper tunes and I dunno how he did it but he made me inordinately excited and loved-up both times I saw him (the second time I was blitzed on MDMA but that's been the case with other DJs who haven't done much for me).
I guess I haven't really been ''into'' a DJ since the days of dubstep, when I worshipped the ground Mala/Loefah and Youngsta stood with a spliff hanging out of their mouths on. Before that was Drum N Bass - Randall and Bailey, DJ Friction playing a classics set on Valve and a three hour LTJ Bukem set in Serbia (the only DJ I've seen, in D&B anyway, who really ''took me on a journey'' to use that old cliche). I'm sure there are plenty of sets I'm forgetting now - I guess Marcell Dettmann in Bristol absolutely killed me. I suppose the context surrounding the DJ is very important - i.e. Dettmann there was a full crowd, a dark club, good drugs etc.
I'd also like to know who are the best DJs you've ever seen live and maybe even get some links to sets if you've got any. Lately I've been thinking about getting back into mixing and its got me thinking about the art of DJing. Is DJing a dying art, what with the rise of producer-first DJs?
One of my favourite DJs (based on seeing him play twice - once at FWD, once in Bristol) is Martyn - both times I saw him he wasn't afraid to play big anthems like ''Deep Inside'' ''Who's Afraid of Detroit?'' ''Gabrielle'' ''At Les'' etc. alongside the deeper tunes and I dunno how he did it but he made me inordinately excited and loved-up both times I saw him (the second time I was blitzed on MDMA but that's been the case with other DJs who haven't done much for me).
I guess I haven't really been ''into'' a DJ since the days of dubstep, when I worshipped the ground Mala/Loefah and Youngsta stood with a spliff hanging out of their mouths on. Before that was Drum N Bass - Randall and Bailey, DJ Friction playing a classics set on Valve and a three hour LTJ Bukem set in Serbia (the only DJ I've seen, in D&B anyway, who really ''took me on a journey'' to use that old cliche). I'm sure there are plenty of sets I'm forgetting now - I guess Marcell Dettmann in Bristol absolutely killed me. I suppose the context surrounding the DJ is very important - i.e. Dettmann there was a full crowd, a dark club, good drugs etc.