DJs exposed (1 Viewer)

[HMD]

DJs pretending to mix and play live

http://www.deadact.com/

 

[Scientician 0.8]

I'm posting a vid from Friday's jihad.

 

[paul-]

haha...i'm sure they've already covered him on that site but there's
some amazing footage on youtube of peter hook (joy division/new
order) supposedly djing.
here for example he is playing a cd that came free with mixmag.

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painful.

 

[daydream_nation]

saw apparat 'live' in crawdaddy in december... live my eyeball. he played ellen alien & modeselektor tracks, tweaked a little bit. cut off the last track before it finished. joke.

 

[Wheels]

haha...i'm sure they've already covered him on that site but there's
some amazing footage on youtube of peter hook (joy division/new
order) supposedly djing.
here for example he is playing a cd that came free with mixmag.

YouTube - Peter Hook DJ Tour in Hong Kong

painful.

In fairness he's spent most of his career playing with knobs...

 

[lympog]

who cares as long as the show is a good one - (cue arguments that this no different from most forms of manufactured pop music)

i doubt the "liveness" of about 97.5% of all electronic artists and in the end if i go to see a laptop artist, i'm more interested in whether the show/experience is good


leigh

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

i would imagine the type of person who runs a blog like this must suffer from some kind of mental illness.

 

[GO]

I agree with Leigh.
But that Peter Hook video is mortifying.

 

[daydream_nation]

who cares as long as the show is a good one - (cue arguments that this no different from most forms of manufactured pop music)

i doubt the "liveness" of about 97.5% of all electronic artists and in the end if i go to see a laptop artist, i'm more interested in whether the show/experience is good


leigh

the 'live' thing matters in that if a dj/producer is advertised to play live they're gonna be playing their own stuff. if it's a dj set they'll just be playing records. there is a huge difference.

compare yer typical laptop-er to someone like legowelt

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[lympog]

fair enough, but it's still not something that would bother me that much and most probably the "live" thing will only be of real interest to a number of connoisseurs out there

 

[Kermit McDermott]

i doubt the "liveness" of about 97.5% of all electronic artists and in the end if i go to see a laptop artist, i'm more interested in whether the show/experience is good


leigh

I :heart: electronic music, but not in a live setting. For that very reason.

 

[sweetoblivion]

I agree with daydream_nation in that if a show is advertised as a 'live' set, they shouldn't just be pressing 'play' on their laptop for most of it. That's just a cop out. It's actually really interesting to watch a DJ play live when they're actually doing something and making 'live' music.
If I want to see a DJ just play some tunes, I'll go see a DJ play tunes, and that's cool. If I want to see an electronic artist create/recreate music then I expect to see that...I know everything that people create in a studio/at home isn't always able to be recreated in a live setting, but you'd expect the majority of the set to be in some way 'live'.
Basically, don't lie.

 

[lympog]

I agree with daydream_nation in that if a show is advertised as a 'live' set, they shouldn't just be pressing 'play' on their laptop for most of it. That's just a cop out. It's actually really interesting to watch a DJ play live when they're actually doing something and making 'live' music.
If I want to see a DJ just play some tunes, I'll go see a DJ play tunes, and that's cool. If I want to see an electronic artist create/recreate music then I expect to see that...I know everything that people create in a studio/at home isn't always able to be recreated in a live setting, but you'd expect the majority of the set to be in some way 'live'.
Basically, don't lie.

you'd be surprised aoife - very surprised

 

[sweetoblivion]

Don't worry, I have a healthy cynicism level

 

[lympog]

Don't worry, I have a healthy cynicism level

you sure? i think it might be a little low...
get yourself up to naas hospital and get yourself a jab - you've my permission to drive very very fast along the way. if anyone stops you, just tell them i said it was okay
!ninjaaaa

 

[daydream_nation]

c'mere leigh, you're some fucking gowl

 

[lympog]

c'mere leigh, you're some fucking gowl

well thumped is for pricks

 

[Scientician 0.8]

When I saw Casiotone he seemed a bit of a deadact. There again, good, entertaining show, vocals were live etc. but there seemed to be mainly backing tracks ands some twirly knobbery.

 

[bogmanfan]

I remember being in the Modern Green Bar many years ago and some head behind the decks was bobbing his head and listening intently to the headphones with a look of fierce concentration. He was playing Brainfreeze by DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist from start to finish and unedited...

 

[lympog]

the local nightclub (nee niteklub)in newbridge has a regular called "Dancin' Dave"
he presses play on his mp3 player and then proceeds to dance in an awkward manner throughout the song - i wish i had footage...

leigh