Tag: Disc jockey
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I own hip hop, and you do too
Another day, another person having a go at Iggy Azalea. I’m not opposed to that, she’s an awful pop rapper, but then again it’s that hypocrite Q-Tip trying to lecture a rather skewed picture of hip hop history, pretty sure him and Tribe were middle class kids from Queens? Anyway I’m sure those that grew…
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DJ Pierre
I’ve been avoiding Boiler Room videos even though it started here, mostly because of the twazzocks dancing behind them, the beautiful, young, weak, witless, ‘look at me’ hipsters in neon and conspicuous labels who seem less interested in the amazing music than posing for the camera. But they do have ace DJs, and I cracked…
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Another London small venue under threat
But this time, maybe you can do something about it! The Buffalo Bar, where Crimes Against Pop used to be and I spent many a good hour, and me and Kirk even DJ’ed there once, is probably closing due to a chain pub (yes another frigging chain pub, that’s what we REALLY need in London,…
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On ‘real DJing’
The debate about who is a ‘real DJ’ goes on and on…and probably will never stop as new technology comes in, although ironic that a lot of the turntablists have on the sly embraced digital via Serato and Scratch. A friend posted this video from DJ Craze, a response to Daniel Tosh and others who…
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Shit Robot – Do It (Right)
DFA shows how to do a lyric video, with a nostalgic journey through record covers. Trax, Strictly Rhythm, DJ International (which is the one I usually bought, Jackmaster compilations!), C & C Music Factory, House Sound of… series and Jack Your Body cover, Streetsounds, and even nods to Peter Saville (Happy Mondays Hallelujah cover and…
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Slow 78 Luxxury mixtape
Via the Wall Street Journal oddly (eye spy with my little eye, a site beginning/begging a C and ending in D…*cough*) I heard about this mixtape. I’d heard the name and probably heard some of Baron Von Luxxury’s edits, but I love this slow 100bpm disco mix. You can download his edits over at his…