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Seem to have somehow been skipped by whats known to the rest of human race as "evolution" :confused:

The reason I make this statement is because I have just been back tracking all the DMC world championships (Ill try and make these publically available for everyone via some free webspace soon, although only for a limited time, some 90MBs in total) and it has become clear to me that the very best performances where those given by the likes of "Cheese" "Cash Money" and "Sir Skratchalot" to name only a few in the mid to late 80's, infact of about 40 sets I have after 1990 only one or two are worth the time they occupy (typical bedroom boy stuff, nothing wrong with that, just for the world championships Id expect a little better).

So whats happened...god knows.
Maybe DJ's nowadays think its ok to look good (nice clothes, jewelery etc) and aslong as you know how to pick out the tempo and seemlessly blend 2 tunes together youre sound as a pound ??


Ok this may sound a little harsh, which I must agree with coz I know plenty of DJ's that use the turntables like and extension of themselves but Im just talking rather generally and on a broader scale. i.e 1 of every 25 DJ's knows his stuff leaving 24 wannabes festering my ears. Whereas in the late 80's that same statistic was maybe 1 in 5.

I dunno, what do you think.....

Flame me baby :p
 
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I agree with you there, Myk.

(By the way, if you have a DVD player, I would definately recommend the DMC World Mixing Championships 2001 DVD - as a 'little extra' it has all the finalists' performances from 1987 - 2001 - f**king awesome - buy it!)

I was reading DJ mag only today (have a look at the current issue, page 33) and saw an advert for 'Purple In The Park', some gay event in London - look at the fekkin DJ's - are they trying to be DJ's or fashion/perfume models.

Even before I saw your post, I took one look at that advert, and thought to myself "If I was gonna book any one of those DJ's just from their picture*, it would be Luigi Rosi", purely for the fact that he looks like a DJ who enjoys being a DJ. Just look at the rest of them, I know it's a gay event, but they couldn't look mincier if they tried.



So whats happened...god knows. Maybe DJ's nowadays think its ok to look good (nice clothes, jewelery etc) and aslong as you know how to pick out the tempo and seemlessly blend 2 tunes together youre sound as a pound ??
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What, you mean that Boy George wearing a silly 80's hat and being able to beatmix isn't enough? It's Y2K man, get with it! :S

Coming soon: 'Now that's what I call the best studio mix in the world, ever volume 12, take 4.'



*never book a DJ based on their picture, it would be very silly.
 
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Myk said:
All mp3 m8.

Still the MP3's are well worth havin bud..I could zip em all and theyd probably weigh in at some 55Mbs complete (some 35+ sets in total from 1-9 mins each).

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nice 1 mate its ur call mate id like em on the new site - summet different innit n if its gonna attract people for not much effort then bonus innit. to get more n more peeps here i need to branch out a tad althou stay on the same path kinda - thats y uncle al is sortin me shitloads of sasha/shelleys mixes

wud prolly best puttin em up as real audio tho for the legalities n shit innit mind u if ive got a anti leech on em most peeps wont know how 2 pass on the link so will have to tell there mates to come to the site to chek the awesome scratchin n then we gots another 1 by the balls

all equatin to world domination lol not long off now :)
 
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Skippy, what program do you use?

I've tried Morpheus Preview Edition, and it crashed all the time - problems with the screen update if I swap windows and stuff.

I used the previous version of Morpheus with no problems, but now of course you need the current version to connect...

I'd love to download some of the older DMC videos if they're out there, every time I see them in HMV I can't help that £15-£20 quid for a VHS video is a bit expensive.

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cheers for the dj cheese cut

i'm sure i've heard that before somewhere
(awesome scratchin and tune selection)

myk by any chance do you know which video

*dj hype aka doctor brown (i think)
is on

*and which dmc video nipper is on
he's defo on a uk finals one, but which year

* and the dj mink in the 92 finals
is that the guy at warp records who did the awesome warp004
'hey hey can you relate' under the dj mink name

cheers
james

ps. who said BOY GEORGE could beat mix
first time, that made me laugh very loud
 
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hey myk......you wouldnt happen to have the 1 with dj swamp????
a friend of mine had it........when i heard swamp do the tone scratch copying the guitar line from that old rock song smoke on the water...i went home and didnt stop till i figured that shit out.....lol.....do any of you guys like the ninja tune artist?
 


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