Question: Does anyone actively use DJing in a curatorial sense that isn't something familiar?
Like say, the DJ's trying to form a connection that may not even exist, but is trying to form some sort of blend that makes these things all seem like they belong together. Or perhaps they're DJing a specific strain of something that isn't popular nor is there any significant niche interest.
Obviously this could mean the DJ just goes nowhere altogether, but do DJs still actively try to argue there is something they're doing that the rest of their kin don't? I guess kind of like how Funky splintered into Circle, the more 'intelligent' groupings, or charting funky. Or even further back, the eski/sublow/proto-dubstep sort of mutations. I never get the feeling that there's DJs right now saying "THIS IS SOMETHING WE KNOW NOBODY ELSE IS PICKING UP ON." in either a sense of current music. Older music, sure, you can have people who say "THIS IS A SPECIFIC VEIN OF MINIMAL WAVE THAT CAME FROM ONE VILLAGE OUTSIDE OF COLOGNE THAT HAD A SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT BPM STYLE." but I don't think there's a general sense of splinter anymore, nor is there desire?
