Re: What genre of music has the most technically gifted DJs?
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:58 pm
by chekov
wolf89 wrote:Personally I'm not so impressed by the nobbing about with technology thing.
Rather see someone who can just tie together loads of music from all over the place like Theo Parrish or Gaslamp Killer rather than this "I can use my ipad to do crazy reverbs, play house at dnb speed, loops whatever" crap.
Or someone who can build energy through a set or make it have a direction through tune selection.
Tune selection above everything for me.
this is why i love oneman's sets so much
all about selection (and crazy tight blending obvs)
Re: What genre of music has the most technically gifted DJs?
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 1:21 am
by twilitez
hiphop and then dnb
Re: What genre of music has the most technically gifted DJs?
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 1:49 am
by lovelydivot
There are just too many different DJ styles to really pick "the best"...
Just like there are too many songs to rate...
It really is a group effort - to paint a full musical spectrum...
Re: What genre of music has the most technically gifted DJs?
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 2:56 pm
by lovelydivot
....we can try though...I didn't mean to kill a thread...boy
Re: What genre of music has the most technically gifted DJs?
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 4:28 pm
by noam
chekov wrote:
wolf89 wrote:Personally I'm not so impressed by the nobbing about with technology thing.
Rather see someone who can just tie together loads of music from all over the place like Theo Parrish or Gaslamp Killer rather than this "I can use my ipad to do crazy reverbs, play house at dnb speed, loops whatever" crap.
Or someone who can build energy through a set or make it have a direction through tune selection.
Tune selection above everything for me.
this is why i love oneman's sets so much
all about selection (and crazy tight blending obvs)
seen oneman plenty of times and dont think i've heard him blend 2 records for longer than 16 bars
technical ability is obviously turntablism
disco... riding a pitch is like one skill, turntablists have to do about 50 things perfectly, its literally mastering multiple techniques
techno/house whatever is at most 3
Re: What genre of music has the most technically gifted DJs?
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 6:03 pm
by leyenda
Turntablism can be more than just a scratching dick wagging contest as some people seem to perceive it.
Re: What genre of music has the most technically gifted DJs?
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 6:10 pm
by chekov
i've only seen oneman once but he did some pretty long blends, swear he had lost in tokyo & one thing remix going for a good minute or two