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been mixing since 1996, got some 1210's for my 16th birthday, learned to beat-match in a week, i was surprised but once it clicked in my brain something just locked in and that was that. still got the old tapes of my jungle sets from then.

A fair while, i used to buy UK garage from Big Apple when it was still around, i think the first record i bought that wasn't a re-release or a reissue was a track called Pandoras Box, it was a bootleg that someone done where they cut bits from a few 8 bar tracks like Pulse X and Believe by Dj Wire and jumbled them up with Wiley's Eskimo. I tried to find the tune online but it's not about so if anyone knows when it was released, THAT'S when i started.

Trichomes wrote:First 12" i bought was Joey Beltam Energy Flash

What a percy!![/quote]

Listening back to the likes of Speedy J, LFO,Beltram,Aphex Twin i was surprised how little money the tunes fetch on discogs... Some real gems in that 89-92 techno period for Dubstep producers...

Reverb wrote:Does anyone ever mix 80's pop ie Elton John, with their dubstep?

Soundcloud

1. Zero G - Stamina - High Culture
2. Dismantle - Computation - Wheel & Deal
3. Benny Page - Body Pumpin - High Culture
4. Caspa - Fulham 2 Waterloo (Emalkay Remix) - Dub Police
5. Redlight - Progress - Digital Sound Boy
6. Dismantle - Word Dance - Wheel & Deal
7. Mensah - Acid Dub - HENCH
8. Sukh Knight - Shankle - New World Audio
9. Soap Dodgers - No 6 - Wheel & Deal
10. District - 3.5 Grams - Chestplate
11. Skream - Snarled - Tempa
12. Exponaut - E621 - Circus
13. Sub Scape - Turn Me On - Dub Police
14. Nero - Promises (Nero + Skrillex Remix) - MTA
15. Mensah - My HD Just Died - No Label
16. 16bit - Boston Creme - MTA
17. Benton - VIdeodrome - Wheel & Deal
18. Distance - New Outlook - Chestplate
19. Icicle - Galacticstep - Shogun Audio
20. DJ Madd - Good Old Days VIP - Blackox
21. Headhunter - Clone - Blackbox
22. Seven - Lights Camera Action - Subway
23. Truth - The Emperor - Wheel & Deal
24. 501 - Gist - Subway
25. Joker - The Vision (Let Me Breathe) (Remix) (Feat. Jesse Ware & Freddie Gibbs) - 4AD
>>>Skream - CTO - No Label
26. Psy:AM & Stinkahbell - Don't Tell Mum About Ibiza - Terrorhythm
27. Prince - I Would Die 4 U - Warner Brothers
28. Dismantle - Last Line - Biscuit Factory
29. Addison Groove - Footcrab VIP - Swamp81
30. Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat - F Communications
31. The Prodigy - Breathe - XL

Started when I was 16, now I'm 31, so a total of 15 years on the decks

fuck me, can't remember... sometime in the mid 90's

haven't mixed in almost a year now tho

It's funny how many people started at age 16 big ups everyone

Clean wrote:It's funny how many people started at age 16 big ups everyone

I started at 16 as well!

Just started yesterday, surprised at how quickly I'm picking it up. Still got a looong way to go but I'm loving it so far

Sparxy wrote:

Foul Matta wrote:

Sparxy wrote:About 10 years! The first vinyl I ever bought was Bad Company - The Nine

Fave D'n'B tune ever bar none. I remember when i first got my decks and I went to my local record shop and was like "Have you got that tune that goes BAWOWOWOWOWWWWW" Took me a good year to finally i.d. it but was so hyped to get a copy, It was hearing the 9 on a Ray Keith Tape from round 98 that made me decide I wanted to be a DJ

Yes man! It's an absolute classic. I've seen it destroy raves right upto this very day

First heard this on AndyC's show on Kiss, took me months to find out what it was and bought the vinyl even before I had decks.
Had to keep popping round my mates to hear it Kind of tune you have to own!!

Maccaveli wrote:Just started yesterday, surprised at how quickly I'm picking it up. Still got a looong way to go but I'm loving it so far

Yeah I have been going at it for a over a month. What equipment do you use?

I started at 20. Only 21 now.

Clean wrote:

Maccaveli wrote:Just started yesterday, surprised at how quickly I'm picking it up. Still got a looong way to go but I'm loving it so far

Yeah I have been going at it for a over a month. What equipment do you use?

Very basic shit, bought a Numark Mixtrack Pro with Traktor 2, using my Sennheiser HD518s and about $800 worth of hi-fi for sound. Didn't really wanna spend much considering I'm not even sure this is something I'll be doing for long, but I'm having a great time so far so I don't feel like I need CDJs or turntables any time soon. Save that shit for when I'm good enough to legitimately call myself a DJ without being one of those pretentious stnuc who go around saying they're a DJ cos they just downloaded the demo of Virtual DJ on their MacBook haha

How bout you?

12 years and counting. Strictly vinyl. Drum & Bass head since inception - Dubstep since '08. Never gonna give it up. It runs through my veins.

Maccaveli wrote:

Clean wrote:

Maccaveli wrote:Just started yesterday, surprised at how quickly I'm picking it up. Still got a looong way to go but I'm loving it so far

Yeah I have been going at it for a over a month. What equipment do you use?

Very basic shit, bought a Numark Mixtrack Pro with Traktor 2, using my Sennheiser HD518s and about $800 worth of hi-fi for sound. Didn't really wanna spend much considering I'm not even sure this is something I'll be doing for long, but I'm having a great time so far so I don't feel like I need CDJs or turntables any time soon. Save that shit for when I'm good enough to legitimately call myself a DJ without being one of those pretentious stnuc who go around saying they're a DJ cos they just downloaded the demo of Virtual DJ on their MacBook haha

How bout you?

Yeah I use a pretty basic set up as well. Something called the Reloop Mixage interface, and Sennheiser HD 25s. I bout the headphones a while ago, and learned that they were really good for DJing, and that was pretty nice. I also use traktor pro 2. And about the whole being called a Dj thing. My friends go around telling people and stuff that I am a Dj and I have to explain that I'm no good, so I wouldn't call myself a Dj.

First started mixing when i was ummm like 21, now i can make the best cocktail in the north east.

Trichomes wrote:

Trichomes wrote:First 12" i bought was Joey Beltam Energy Flash

What a percy!!

Listening back to the likes of Speedy J, LFO,Beltram,Aphex Twin i was surprised how little money the tunes fetch on discogs... Some real gems in that 89-92 techno period for Dubstep producers...[/quote]

Loads of em are under a fiver! Crazy stuff. Love that period, especially R&S Records and for me Second Phase - Mentasm is the one.

Seems like a lot of veterans here.

Any tips on mixing dubstep for the new kids on the block?

Been mixing for about 4 months. Did the mix in my signature on these



They get the job done though...kind of...

Started when I was 16. Was lucky since my brother gave me his old 1210s as he only uses CDJs now