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Deft Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Carl Cox rules. I remember seeing him at The End. It's interesting someone as talented as A-Trak move from one end of the spectrum to the other. Suppose there is quite a few crossover turntablists / underground dance music people, but I always felt (perhaps wrongly) that they could never quite hang with the best in terms of track selection or depth of production etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Actually think this represents what a lot of DJs who have worked for a long time experience. Agree with Deft - Carl Cox is legendary.The term DJ covers so many facettes its difficult to pick one you feel comfortable. Thus I feel A-Track summarized it quite nicely - depending on where, what, how and for whom you're "working" you have to look over the fence and seek inspiration in fields you previously may have thought little of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted August 13, 2014 Author Share Posted August 13, 2014 Yeah it's interesting. I'm not a Cox fan personally, but I get what he was saying and can relate. I think Atrack, Craze and Klever made it OK for hiphop DJs and turntablists to like electronic music in general and to feel alright just party rocking. I have long enjoyed both scenes but that was pretty rare. I joked with a fellow friend who like me enjoyed both how funny it was to see DJs (well known local turntablists) who had bashed the shit out of electronic music and "raver fags" then turn around and jump 100% on the bmore bandwagon. We thought that was pretty funny. But then there is also people like Aoki and Laidback Luke that make everyone look bad by fake mixing. I guess that's the nice thing about turntablism is it's a lot harder to get away with faking it (even tho there was that debate with Cash Money judging the DMCs)... I just like to see people gettin busy... keep it moving... what I don't really enjoy is the hype DJ that is showing you the record and then dancing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 I like various styles of mixing. It's only really in recent years that it's gone downhill, with the advent of sync, cheap controllers, and the "producer masquerading as a DJ" shit role models that the scene is clogging up with wankers, making it a bit harder to find the good stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medinah_nitro Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 I used to like dance music and hiphop back in the day before I got heavily into scratching so I like a lot of the crossover Djs like Atrak and Craze. I am a lot less snobby now than I was back then too so I can hang with more of the commercial side of things a bit more and let shit ride for what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest broke Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 http://youtu.be/WC0f6QzWYrM?t=4m24s 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blak Randy Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 He wants to play like Harvey. Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted August 14, 2014 Author Share Posted August 14, 2014 http://youtu.be/WC0f6QzWYrM?t=4m24s I'd agree with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest broke Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 http://youtu.be/WC0f6QzWYrM?t=4m24s I'd agree with that. It's not often you see someone completely sum up your point of view so perfectly like that, but Babu totally hits the nail on the head. A dope beat is a dope beat no matter how you get there, but as 'turntablists' we're going to look at the button-pushing of style of DJing like, 'mehhh'... Carl Cox is a boss though, it should be said. Dude was doing all-vinyl three and even four deck sets way back in the day. Also, he lives in the suburbs of Melbourne now, so Frankston represent! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assemblyworker Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 I thought A-Train was going to say he wished he could play the piano. Carl Cox was a bit of a dude in 1990. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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