Alfons
Way of the future
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/when-djs-ruled-the-world-1643535.html
article seems a bit all over the place, but still think its a topic worth discussing. The changes in a dj's status took place relatively fast, 8-10s after the the early rave days where the raver was the star the dj has become a superstar. This superstar thing never really went away either did it? Guys like Tiesto still filling stadiums and so on? There's still superclubs around too, in london, ibiza and all over.
At least rock bands don't have dj's anymore, but could the rise and fall (in terms of public visibilty and popularity) of turntablism be connected to the rise of the superstar dj? Scratching and juggling being hard to do and to master and more importantly easy for the public to understand that its hard to master, that it requires practice and its easier to see the connection between what the dj is doing and the sound that is coming out. Where as a techno dj just looks like he's playing the same tune for hours and beatmatching isn't something everyone knows about.
Thoughts?
article seems a bit all over the place, but still think its a topic worth discussing. The changes in a dj's status took place relatively fast, 8-10s after the the early rave days where the raver was the star the dj has become a superstar. This superstar thing never really went away either did it? Guys like Tiesto still filling stadiums and so on? There's still superclubs around too, in london, ibiza and all over.
At least rock bands don't have dj's anymore, but could the rise and fall (in terms of public visibilty and popularity) of turntablism be connected to the rise of the superstar dj? Scratching and juggling being hard to do and to master and more importantly easy for the public to understand that its hard to master, that it requires practice and its easier to see the connection between what the dj is doing and the sound that is coming out. Where as a techno dj just looks like he's playing the same tune for hours and beatmatching isn't something everyone knows about.
Thoughts?