Just how popular is vinyl these days?

[_cheef_]

not too popular in my experience

Played a show last week and had multiple people both during and after my set come up to me and comment on how crazy it is that I play "actual records".

People these days seem literally dumbfounded that it's possible to DJ without a laptop, shit's too funny

[atlascesar]

atlas only buys vinyl and atlas only plays vinyl. not so much the emptythree or the pandora box website but only the vinyl disc. be safe"

[garethom]

i think vinyl will always be more popualr then cd's and mp3's.. why you may ask, well vinyl come before cd and mp3 so dj'ing started on vinyl.

Go and have a look round most clubs, see if anybody's using the technics or if they're using the CDJs or laptops.

[Sexual_Chocolate]

i think vinyl will always be more popualr then cd's and mp3's.. why you may ask, well vinyl come before cd and mp3 so dj'ing started on vinyl.

Go and have a look round most clubs, see if anybody's using the technics or if they're using the CDJs or laptops.

wtf r teknics m8?

oh... u meen tha massiv cd holdaz wif coastas on em

i get ya m8

[garethom]

i think vinyl will always be more popualr then cd's and mp3's.. why you may ask, well vinyl come before cd and mp3 so dj'ing started on vinyl.

Go and have a look round most clubs, see if anybody's using the technics or if they're using the CDJs or laptops.

wtf r teknics m8?

oh... u meen tha massiv cd holdaz wif coastas on em

i get ya m8

yeye the one for the oap nights inna di club

[scottie584]

atlas only buys vinyl and atlas only plays vinyl. not so much the emptythree or the pandora box website but only the vinyl disc. be safe"

big ups to atlas for keeping vinyl disc alive

[Blerim]

How popular?
Very.
Next question...

Edit: y'all noticed how every time a party/music is depicted on the tv in adverts or films its a giant black spinning disc?
I fucking love vinyl. I understand why man use CDs in the dance but all that other shit is for convenience purposes only. Timeless music is nearly always pressed on vinyl, all that digital shit is forgettable.. My opinion only.

[chekov]

atlas only buys vinyl and atlas only plays vinyl. not so much the emptythree or the pandora box website but only the vinyl disc. be safe"

did you cut all the tunes in that mixtape to dubplates atlas?

big ups if so

[topmo3]

vinyl is great i used to buy ton of it like every month at least once but then my favourite shop in finland closed and i don't wanna pay huge postages so i havent bought much in a long time

[rogers]

For me, the fact that buying the releases you enjoy on vinyl whether they are brand new releases, old releases, or represses means you have a physical, keepsake medium of that particular tune/album/artist/genre and also results in you having a better understanding and connection with the music, which is cool

[dubstepper]

i think vinyl will always be more popualr then cd's and mp3's.. why you may ask, well vinyl come before cd and mp3 so dj'ing started on vinyl.

Go and have a look round most clubs, see if anybody's using the technics or if they're using the CDJs or laptops.

yeh i know, and like i said in my post a lot of them are only using laptops and cds coz its a hell of a lot easier and a lot less of a pain in the arse then lugging loads of vinyl around. you ask most djs i mean real djs that love the music if they prefer cds n laptops over vinyl and they will mostly say no. vinyl is better. cds n laptops are just more convenient for the dj playing in a club. Of course a dj will prefer to use laptop cds over vinyl in club for all the reasons i mentioned above and that is why you see so many doing so. Oh and a lot of these so called dj's use cds and laptops coz they don't want to pay out alot of money on vinyl but still want to be a dj superstar.

[_cheef_]

Very.

uf-dah...I would get such a sore back mixing on tables set up so low.

[Sexual_Chocolate]

i think vinyl will always be more popualr then cd's and mp3's.. why you may ask, well vinyl come before cd and mp3 so dj'ing started on vinyl.

Go and have a look round most clubs, see if anybody's using the technics or if they're using the CDJs or laptops.

yeh i know, and like i said in my post a lot of them are only using laptops and cds coz its a hell of a lot easier and a lot less of a pain in the arse then lugging loads of vinyl around. you ask most djs i mean real djs that love the music if they prefer cds n laptops over vinyl and they will mostly say no. vinyl is better. cds n laptops are just more convenient for the dj playing in a club. Of course a dj will prefer to use laptop cds over vinyl in club for all the reasons i mentioned above and that is why you see so many doing so. Oh and a lot of these so called dj's use cds and laptops coz they don't want to pay out alot of money on vinyl but still want to be a dj superstar.

tdlolrwut

[stonecrazy]

Dubstep IS the reason I'm a vinyl junkie Started somewhere in 2007, few years after the first DMZ releases. If u see the prices now for early DMZ stuff etc, it's way too expensive for me to collect them, I'm on a quest though One day...
Not many of my friends use CD's or laptops... and we can't complain, lot's of good stuff coming out.
Nope, NEVER considered starting to play with something different than vinyl, and never will.

[topmo3]

i think first DMZ releases were out earlier than 2009 or something..

[Sexual_Chocolate]

was just thinking that

[stonecrazy]

* Edited, wrong word choice