Seattle djs

[bebu*funfun]

djs feed what the crowd likes. and so far it sounds like seattle kids and vancouver kids like different TYPES of breaks. but i think for a dj its all about reading the crowd and play what the crowd goes off to. i know for a fact that if a dj has just a bag of florida beats... ull see lots of bleeding ears up here.. except for myles flailing off to it. i think it also has to do with what the city is used to hearing (what the djs in the local scene play).. our ears get trained to like a certain type of music when we hear lots of it.

so in love with breaks.

[matéo]

Originally Posted by Ashes

Yes, baobinga? He played at my private afterhours club last week, before he went to vancouver, as well as on the radio 89.5 and at a party at the catwalk.

Breakfastaz? Didn't have em this time, but I have a feeling soon.

You win? Im sorry I wasn't aware this was a competition...

You do realize of course, that the reason they say that they had to play "cheesy" stuff, is the same reason seatown dj's coming back from canada, say that they had to play only their "hard" stuff...

this is EXACTLY what i was talking about. People up there want to hear grungy shit, just as much as people down here want to hear "cheezy" shit. It's only cheezy, ... Because its DIFFERENT.

Do you see what I'm saying.

You see people from Van used to play this kind of music also. Used to. It was a fad from the late 90s to the early 2000s. Thankgod a few good djs started realizing that there was no future in the type of tunes being put out from florida producers and looked towards the uk and other parts of the world for music. We then went through an "evolution" for lack of a better word. Which leaves to where we are now. You're right it is different but comparing the two styles is like comparing a toyota to a Lexus. They're the same somewhat but in the end the lexus is a much nicer luxourious ride.

[dj_soo]

^ yea, instead of playing florida breaks that all sound the same, now a lot of breaks djs here now play nu-skool breaks.

which all sounds the same...

[dapimpstress]

exactly. ^

if u think that all breakz sound same.. then u really need to do a reasearch on more breakz and listen things over and over few times..! cause i've been listenning to breakz for many many years..i have a collection of different mixes and albums... and i tell u one thing, no music sounds same!

Originally Posted by mofo-x

^ yea, instead of playing florida breaks that all sound the same, now a lot of breaks djs here now play nu-skool breaks.

which all sounds the same...

its same thing as someone would say trance sounds same!


just because its not the style u prefer, doesnt mean it sounds same!

[dj_soo]

really just a dig at people who remain entrenched in one sub-genre.

and really... nu-skool breaks tunes nowadays really don't differ too much in sound that to me, it eventually all sounds the same. If you have to listen closely to hear the differences then I'm sorry - that means it sounds the same.

And I've been listening to breaks for years now.

Really I just wish more people would diversify their genres. they don't all have to be like Z-trip and drop anything and everything, but what's wrong with taking a breaks set and mixing in some florida breaks, some nu-skool, some rare groove, some miami bass, or even some house? It's all the same tempo... I just find that a lot of DJs get stuck in one particular sub-genre (generally whatever is big at the time) and don't take the effort to diversify their sets enough.

Who want to hear someone who exclusively drops deep-sexy-funky-tribal-house for 2 hours?

[decypher]

i exclusively play neuro-tech-deathstep.

[Kraig]

I see a lot of DJ's mixing genres now.

I mean hell, even I play Breaks and House. -- When promoters ask me to write a bio, I say "all things funky" to not limit myself to a specific genre.

[rawb]

johnny ill plays both funky breaks and every single girl

[Kraig]

Originally Posted by rawb

johnny ill plays both funky breaks and every single girl

OH SNAP!

electronic music is soooo full of all sorts and kinds of different sounds that its impossible to hear all of them the first few times u listen to it! thats what i love about breakz, and drum n bass, is that everytime i listen to this kind of music, i always seem to notice a sound that i never heard before! unlike house music would have couple different bass lines, maybe saxaphone, and couple other sounds.. dont get me wrong, i am a BIG BIG house fan!

my point in here, no i dont have to listen to breakz closly to hear difference.. its all about exploring differences everytime i listen to music.. and that makes me like it more and more!

[quote=mofo-x]really just a dig at people who remain entrenched in one sub-genre.

If you have to listen closely to hear the differences then I'm sorry - that means it sounds the same.

QUOTE]

[dj_soo]

Originally Posted by alla

electronic music is soooo full of all sorts and kinds of different sounds that its impossible to hear all of them the first few times u listen to it! thats what i love about breakz, and drum n bass, is that everytime i listen to this kind of music, i always seem to notice a sound that i never heard before!

Meh, I think there are 2 kinds of "all sounds the same" comments.

One is the person that has never really listened to the genre and therefore a mix sounds like one long song, and then there's the people that have listened to too much of a genre and find that a lot of the sound isn't progressing enough and stick too closely to a formula that's becoming played out. Or many of the DJs aren't diversifying their sound enough and end up playing the same type of music (or the exact same tunes) on a regular basis (if I have to hear Subfocus - X-ray one more time I'm going to poke my ears out).

What bothers me is that in any given genre, there is usually *so much* out there that often goes unheard because a lot of people get caught up in the promo-culture of buying the big tunes so that often, tracks get rinsed faster than they need to. And more often than not, a majority of those big tracks remain entrenched in a particular sub-genre... After listening to a particular genre for a number of years, some of us just really need to hear more diversity in their sets.

Kudos to the DJs that mix beyond genre borders and especially those that embrace multiple genres in their sets. I hope it's becoming a bigger trend in the culture (I'm a bit biased tho).

Granted this is coming from the perspective of a club goer and DJ where genre lines are firmly in place...

[bebu*funfun]

Originally Posted by rawb

johnny ill plays both funky breaks and every single girl

in class right now and can't stop laughing.. ppl are looking at me funny. omg.. silently laughing hurts. LOL. oh johnny ill!

[dj_soo]

incidentally, in terms of dnb, I've been very impressed with Zacharia...

not exactly my style of dnb, but he's a wikkid dj...

[dapimpstress]

Zacharia is a wikkid dj... but there are MAD other DnB dj's that haven't made a stop in van, that are, IMHO just as fab as z.

[middle mike]

Dig Dug...?

[matéo]

yeah dig dug is pretty good too!

James Steele and Sir Kutz aren't to shabby as well. Although I think James is from Oregon.

[Kraig]

Originally Posted by matéo

yeah dig dug is pretty good too!

James Steele and Sir Kutz aren't to shabby as well. Although I think James is from Oregon.

James is definitely on his game.

[decypher]

Yeh Zacharia came on after the USC8 headliners, freakyflow, fresh, decoder and tech itch. His whole crew kept the party going late with my kind of tunes.

[Kraig]

Is it me or is Seattle's DnB flavor different from ours here in Vancouver?

[dj_soo]

^ yea, it's pretty different.

I think the Seattle kids like their dnb a little heavier and techy than here. Here, the heavy dnb of choice is usually the UK-banger style with a lot of bassey-rollers, wobbler/clown-step sounds, and the occasional soulful tune thrown in...

Definitely a different sound in vancouver than seattle methinks...

[soma]

Originally Posted by mofo-x

Kudos to the DJs that mix beyond genre borders and especially those that embrace multiple genres in their sets. I hope it's becoming a bigger trend in the culture (I'm a bit biased tho).
.

me too

like dillinja...



i personally looove liquid funk...

Originally Posted by mofo-x

Here, the heavy dnb of choice is usually the UK-banger style with a lot of bassey-rollers, wobbler/clown-step sounds, and the occasional soulful tune thrown in...

Definitely a different sound in vancouver than seattle methinks...

[dabbler]

dillinja is the worst perpetrator of playing only one sound. HIS sound.
(not that i'm complaining, i love his stuff, but he plays at most 2 tracks a set that he didn't make himself)