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preppy-kei
It's not so much that I mind that older the DJ's are so popular, it's just that there seems to be so little new blood coming though. I don't think it takes that long for a DJ to get that good, I know fellas in their early twenties that have been DJing for six or seven years and have their skills pat down. This list just seems to be so banal and careerist, most of the funky house/scouse house/trance tunes these fellas are playing could have easily come out five years ago, without sounding ahead of their time.
You've got to respect someone like Erol Alkan for not selling out to things like TV tie-ins and putting out a mix every other month. I just wish a new wave would emerge, drop the silly tempos, get a bit of sparseness in there, have tracks with a bit more of a groove rather than a chug, and still cross over. Sort of when Nirvana made all the hair metal bands look dated, a DJ equivalent of that.
You've got to respect someone like Erol Alkan for not selling out to things like TV tie-ins and putting out a mix every other month. I just wish a new wave would emerge, drop the silly tempos, get a bit of sparseness in there, have tracks with a bit more of a groove rather than a chug, and still cross over. Sort of when Nirvana made all the hair metal bands look dated, a DJ equivalent of that.