you should be getting booked on your own style and tastes. asking people on the internet for help picking tunes means either you're not ready or the promoter has made a mistake booking you for a party you're not suitable for.
all of the above is IMO.
don't take it as a negative.
on a more positive suggestion tip, if you're stuck for tune ideas find a radio show or guest mix by an artist whose style you like and think is suitable, then dig through their tracklisting and google. blackdown and dusk usually include a few free on soundcloud tunes in their shows for example.
that's a pretty generous assumption. i'm not gonna apologize if i sound like a dick but i've been dj'ing for like 5 yrs and i got 300+ vinyl trust me i know my ish
and my usual way of picking up new tunes is just that: going through podcast and radio show playlists. i just decided to try a new approach this time, only to be trolled and patronized
Las - Your Eyes EP
Novelist - Sniper EP
Mumdance - Take Time
Moleskin EP
Dub War & Infra - If Its Not The Police
Wen & Parris - Caught/Collide
Facta -36th Chamber/Zodiak
Etch - Old School Methods EP
Sully - Blue EP
Pinch - The Obsession
Flowdan - Serious Business EP
Impey - Bangclap/4titude
Joker - Head Top EP
El Mahdy Jr - Gasba Grime
Boxed Vol 2
soronery wrote:Too easy to sit behind a keyboard with a playlist of dubstep tunes on, arguing about the defintion of a word in relation to a sound.
All that melts away when the lights are down and the bass is up.
not as much 130 stuff as you can probably find, but I don't listen to that much of it. Wen, Logos, Facta, Murlo, Alex Coulton and those guys are all on that tip. If you want more techno influenced stuff, look at Peverelist, Hodge, Batu, Asusu etc
soronery wrote:Too easy to sit behind a keyboard with a playlist of dubstep tunes on, arguing about the defintion of a word in relation to a sound.
All that melts away when the lights are down and the bass is up.
yeah noticed that your list wasn't full on exactly what i was looking for but didn't wanna seem ungrateful and there were some gems there! just a lot of "chilled" stuff which i appreciate but perhaps not suited for this purpose
dj-wise i've been pretty concentrated on house for a while so i haven't been checking out bass releases but these got my attention, so guess i'm after for something like this (party oriented, hyped out bass hybrids)
ahh fair enough. I don't listen to any of that stuff find it really dull, maybe check out the Swamp81 thread in general.
soronery wrote:Too easy to sit behind a keyboard with a playlist of dubstep tunes on, arguing about the defintion of a word in relation to a sound.
All that melts away when the lights are down and the bass is up.
All these things will affect to some extent what you will play.
But at the end of the day: play what youre feeling, if you execute it well and show enthusiasm the crowd will respond better to this than a paint-by-numbers set of the trendy tunes/genres of the moment.
i know u tryna help but i got enough common sense and experience to determine what i should be playing, you don't need to worry bout that
apparently it wasn't clear enough in the OP but i'm not asking for instructions what to play or how to construct a set, just simply asking for your opinions on what are the best dance / club-oriented releases that have come out lately
