This new book from Dom Phillips(former editor of Mixmag) chronicles both the rise of British club culture with the status of DJs in tandem in the 1990s, and the fall subsequently after the turn of the Millenium.
This is a gem of a read for the likes of myself a few years back i.e a hermit-type bedroom DJ with aspirations to have 5,000 clubbers hanging on to my every beat. It contains some great waves of nostalgia and rock n' roll tales,such as how one DJ had his wife leave him after she discovered a clause in his gig contracts specifying the provision of a blow job! All the DJs of the not so long ago era are there: Oakenfold, Tong, Sasha, Lavelle and so on. Here is the Times review.
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your a bedroom DJ?? So am i!!! Got me a pair of Numark Axis 9 and a numark mixer...wanted to get Serato too for the mac but thought it'd best to wait!! :)
I must stress was and yup back in the day had Numarks (TT1900s if I recall)Sold them off for drinking money-still have the records though which is the important thing and play them of a Garrard 401
The vinyl game is an expensive game, once the career cash flows I will get into it again!
Vinyl is cool but when you get back up and running are you really going to carry all that around whenever you play a gig?! Nope - Serato is the way to go. Costs a bit but the tricks and layers you can add are amazing. youtube it :)
had the pleasure of messing with serato a while back-fun and more fun
vinyl is king-the raw sound and physicality of a record is unparalleled!
No way!! you got near Serato!! I will get nothing done when i finally get it (whenever that is)...we must continue this conversation in person! Tuesday night...
indeed sir
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