The DJ/set that inspired you

[Funkedub]

So who did you first see/hear mix and think "fuck yea! i want to be able to do that"

who?

when?

where?

when?

what?

[forenzik]

Ransom - around 1987 - Melbourne

other influences: Taksi / Kano / Paris & Peril / Idem / Illpikl / Katch / John G

[underhousearrest]

lol wasnt even house/dance,

'twas a rainy day back in yr 10, when my music teacher was away and we had a substitue. She put on a dvd about Scratch with performances and interviews with q-bert. that weekend i went and spent my life savings on decks :P

[RudeTed]

who?

Baby Gee

when?

3-4 years ago

where?

GPO

what?

Just tore it up and blew my mind. Because theres no two ways about it - he's an incredible dj!

[Skerik]

Moguai on BBC Radio in Germany about 95

i thought it was a 40 min song!!

[Tha Gooch]

Z-Trip Live in L.A 2003

on way home from a New Years gig with a mate and this came on Tripple J, had the two of us rocking out Waynes World style for the trip home from Sorento

looking back this is still imo the best mix i have heard

[GrEnNo]

Underworld live at BDO 2001 or 2002, amazing, absolutly amazing and cant wait to see them again in a couple of weeks

[Pro Tool]

DJ Rudeboy at an every picture tells a story mid 90's out at Altona. From Bach and Elgar one week to Rob D and Devilfish the next. Love that Rave Epiphany!

[JustForDima]

Probably not the best story, but the first couple of mix CDs that told me to go buy gear and try and do that were a Bass Kleph promotion cd, and a steve lind promotion cd.... wierd, because I don't really play the sortof music they play... This was all about a year ago.. maybe longer, I loose track of time.

[Citizen]

Super Greg. The Pineapple Club. Romania, 2003.

[ChAbIb]

one of my mates back in 03.

[SlicyDicer]

who?

Sven Vath

when?

circa half way through 2007

where?

At home

when?

Listening to sets

what?

As above, I was always producing music but I had fuck all idea about what a DJ did and I was curious. Started listening to sets and stumbled on Sven one day. I fell in love with his sound.

Now I have such an extensive knowledge of all things techno / deep and I owe it all to Sven.

[Mad Rooster]

Every gig I've seen Carl Cox play.

Sean Quinn closing new year's eve party at the Exhibition Buildings circa 1998.

Roger Sanchez Turnmills London 2003. Cheese, but had absolutely everyone in the joint rockin.

Stacey Pullen Stereosonic 2007. Quality techno.

[NORBY]

lol @ me, skitzmix cds back when i was about 16, i started using random programs to join bits of the songs together and yeah, moved on slowly, 4 years later here i am

[beatznbreakz]

Grandmaster Flash. WOW!

Over the 1.5 hours he played, he probably played about 75 tracks. Some only for 20 seconds. Hit after Hit. He had the crowd in the palm of his hands. Total domination from the time he arrived out of the darkness to the drum beat of 'In the air tonight' by Phil Colins!

[fronkybay]

DJ J-Red, Laundry in Melbourne around 2001 sometime.

Before that I just listened to bands and stuff, in one night I was converted to hip hop.

[WADZA]

it was mixmaster mike that made me wanna get into dj'ing, although this is when i was about 15 just listening to beastie boys, started DJ'in furreal when i was 18

[Matty_neal]

ROBERT MILES - CHILDREN. Off a CD I got for christmas called Smash Hits '96. I was only 9 years old and I secretly loved it. I used to think it was weird because it had no lyrics but was such a beautiful song. Oh also that song Nightmare - Brainbug. Haha, those were the days.

Took me a while to get into the DJ gig from there but that's basically the gist of it.

Oh wait, a mix that got me there? No Idea. At the moment, suprisingly enough the one DJ who is currently inspiring me the most is Danny T. Local DJ in brisvegas. No superstar but I always look forward to his mixes .

[boi85]

So who did you first see/hear mix and think "fuck yea! i want to be able to do that"

who?

when?

where?

when?

what?
sasha 09/07/05 novisad,serbia (exitfest).
fuckinginsane.amazing.magic.wonderful.

i left thinking i could never ever ever do that.

[baax]

Id been into house and trance for a while, feeling my in if you like but the first set to relly make me want to mix was Richy Rich thumping out the tekkers at Tweekin in Sydney around 98-99

[Dj_Godspeed]

Who: Master kaos / Nick Compound (plus a heap of other talented Melb locals).

When: Round 2001-'02 I think.

Where: Bass Station / Bubble back in the day.

[Eclerkid]

First Party was Halcyon Nights NYE 1997. Kine up was Carl Cox, Darren Emerson and Norman Cook. Left that party and a decade later im still mixing ;-)

The track that sold me on EDM was Age of Love - Watch out for Stella Mix.

[RudeTed]

ROBERT MILES - CHILDREN. Off a CD I got for christmas called Smash Hits '96. I was only 9 years old and I secretly loved it. I used to think it was weird because it had no lyrics but was such a beautiful song.


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[DUSTCHILD]

DJ Jazzy Jeff @ Scratch Masters 2005 or 2006?

[trenthalliday]

Who?
Allistair Whitehead and Jeremy Healy
What?
Fantazia British Anthems CD
When?
'98 I think
Where?
My brothers car
Why?
Being a metalhead at the time it was a guilty pleasure loving dance music, Alistair Whiteheads disk on Fantazia British anthems is amazing.

EDIT: and the booklet that came with it used to give me boners reading about the tour.... :love:

[Funkedub]

lrn2delete DUSTCHILD

[DUSTCHILD]

lrn2delete DUSTCHILD

Just figured out how to do that lol :lol:

[bobanny]

Dj Hype - Jungle Massive Vol 1.

After school

Year 11 (01)

Went and bought a crappy "Stanton Battle Pack!" with my bro soon after I heard Hype and the Ganja Kru. The mixer didn't have MID on the EQ!

[mainform]

I didn't really want to DJ in the first place, I thought the DJs actually performed the tracks they were playing with drum machines and stuff, which is what I wanted to do somehow. Then one of my mates bought turntables and I learned that was how most DJs performed, blew my mind haha. I think that was what inspired me to start getting into it, makes it a bit easier getting gigs anyway.

[Spitchen]

To be honest... none.


I used to make compilations on cassettes for mates in the mid 80s when I was 14. Then I made them for inner city house parties in the late 80s. So really it was a very natural progression to do something similar in bars, parties and clubs later on but with better equipment.

Laurent Garnier, Mr Scruff, Tom Middleton and Norman Jay I do dig however, mostly for their taste and eclecticism.

[rhythmboy]

I'm no dj but I'll never forget being inspired nonetheless...

who? Jeff Mills

when? Hardware Welcome 2000 NYE

where? Shed 14 the Docks

what? Lucky enough to stand side stage and watch the master throw the same record on 4 decks at once, each record offset by a perfect 16th note, so heard all together you got farkin machine-gun kick. Then Jeffy pulls the faders down in various combinations to change up the kick patterns. 8000 munters go ballistic :rock:

Jaw dropping :-0

[dudu]

In year 5 or 6 i think it was, watching the field of dreams dvd.. wooo that was an experience :haha:

Then later that year, listening to a happy hard tape by dj astro-boy or something..

in year 8 started messing with virtual dj

now about to turn 22 and just got the 1's&2's this year!

[Funkedub]

I used to make compilations on cassettes for mates




i actually hadn't thought about it but i started here too.

I'd record tape to tape (dub even) , pausing the tape i was recording as soon as possible after the track had finished. As i knew the tape player let a bit more tape through when i did this, i'd take it out and wind it back a fraction so when i dubbed the next track it would kick in with not gap after the last one.

But as far as being inspired by DJs go, Brisbane's Acidisco events with Pip and Kazu around 2000/2001 is where i became intrigued with the beat matching aspect of DJing. Previous to that the clubs i was going to essentially had the same DJ playing all night and just dropping tracks .. a mix of grunge, indie, hip hop, industrial and chemical/big beats.

Another inspiration was Katch who'd regularly play upstairs at Rics in the Valley during the hey day of big beat.

[cloudface II]

Dsico

About 2004

The Zoo

Walked up the stairs stoned as fuck into a crazy scene that ended up with peeps climbing all over the stage and dancing...a chick who later told me she was bi-polar and part Apache (or Navahoe) was dancing above me on stage while I was looking up and she started flashing her red knickers at me during Dsico's mix of Nelly's 'Hot in here'....that was prolly it..

[I skipped all the obvious bits about childhood experiments with tapes n such cuz I'm not a wanker :haha: :lol: .."Yeah I was into dub in the womb man"]



Whoever says Hebie Hancock's 'Rock it' either gets a Gold Star or a punch in the nads depending on being able to prove said claim; agreed?

[Funkedub]

Dsico

About 2004

The Zoo

Walked up the stairs stoned as fuck into a crazy scene that ended up with peeps climbing all over the stage and dancing...a chick who later told me she was bi-polar and part Apache (or Navahoe) was dancing above me on stage while I was looking up and she started flashing her red knickers at me during Dsico's mix of Nelly's 'Hot in here'....that was prolly it..

[I skipped all the obvious bits about childhood experiments with tapes n such cuz I'm not a wanker :haha: :lol: .."Yeah I was into dub in the womb man"]






riiiiiiight ... cos telling stories of getting down to Nelly with bi-polar girls flashing their smalls at you is less of a wank


PS: i wasn't into dub at all then ... it's the technical term for recording tape to tape :thumb:

[cloudface II]

In year 5 or 6 i think it was, watching the field of dreams dvd.. wooo that was an experience :haha:

Then later that year, listening to a happy hard tape by dj astro-boy or something..

in year 8 started messing with virtual dj

now about to turn 22 and just got the 1's&2's this year!

Can't see if there's an actual movie apart from the Kevin Coster one but I'd probably do that "b-sht, b-sht" coff if we were talking IRL anywho...

The first DVD players and discs were available in November 1996 in Japan, March 1997 in the United States, 1998 in Europe and in 1999 in Australia.

22-10 (years old)=12
2008-12=1996
Person who refers to 1200's as "1's and 2's"= :corey:

^jokes jokes dude..;D , buy ya a beer sometime..

[Funkedub]

cloudface : your initial incarnation here clearly failed. you're doing no better the 2nd time around.

[cloudface II]

riiiiiiight ... cos telling stories of getting down to Nelly with bi-polar girls flashing their smalls at you is less of a wank


PS: i wasn't into dub at all then ... it's the technical term for recording tape to tape :thumb:

I wasn't actually refering to you at all you precisous lil flower yew...close your eyes and pretend we bumped into each other at Parklife right when Soulwax dropped "Iron shirt" and we hugged and it wasn't weird...now after you pretend that pretend to remember that hug fondly....there-all better now hug buddy?:lol:

Wasn't much of a story-there wasn't even a dragon or nothing...more of an anicdote maybe..

yes and Baile Funk is the technical term for the party not the genre and Roller Blades is the brand name for inline skates..

[Funkedub]

A: you wouldn't be finding me at a soulwax gig (you're clearly aware of their hits though .... good for you)
B: i'm very much aware of the etymology of baile
C: you need to practice your trolling. it's a bit weak.

[cloudface II]

cloudface : your initial incarnation here clearly failed. you're doing no better the 2nd time around.

Shards being completely non-biased and not wanting to discuss a disagreement when I emailed him to discuss the "issue" "off Forum" doesn't count as a clear failure on my behalf...

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee this is fun...lighten up yo-s'not like this thread is a ton of lot more than you wanting a distraction anywho and obviously you can't seem to ignore me (is it cuz I so pretty?)

[Funkedub]

just because i don't post LOL or use :lol: doesn't mean i'm not having fun

nice history lesson though ... good to see you're over the incident

[TheReturn]

i actually hadn't thought about it but i started here too.

I'd record tape to tape (dub even) , pausing the tape i was recording as soon as possible after the track had finished. As i knew the tape player let a bit more tape through when i did this, i'd take it out and wind it back a fraction so when i dubbed the next track it would kick in with not gap after the last one.

.

Yeah I used to do this, but i'd record scratch samples in between the tracks. I wanted to be like funkmaster flex.

But what made me really want to DJ was "brainfreeze" by Shadow and Cut Chemist. They utilized so many techniques to make a really interesting and exciting set. I wanted to know how it all worked.

[cloudface II]

A: you wouldn't be finding me at a soulwax gig (you're clearly aware of their hits though .... good for you)
B: i'm very much aware of the etymology of baile
C: you need to practice your trolling. it's a bit weak.

A. Refered to Lee Scratch Perry song as Soulwax song; FAIL at validating name.
B. Yes I'd think so (see kids he kinda just said "I'm very aware of the history and usage of of ball")
C. Trolls have no purpose apart from causing grief; I'm acting more like a playfull lil rascall...plus rule no 1. from even way back in the Newsgroups days was "Don't fee the trolls" and you're older man so viz; you don't regard me as one at all but are a willing participant in a cunning game of wits....that you're being beaten at...

...well that was distracting...sorry Funke, I gotta go my mum's calling (this....unfortunately...is true *shame*)

[cloudface II]

just because i don't post LOL or use :lol: doesn't mean i'm not having fun

nice history lesson though ... good to see you're over the incident

;D

very good-I'm genuinely pleased...


ITM keeps sending newsletters to my main email and I keep clicking on them and then getting Shards friggin "This isn't gonna work out" "Ban to be lifted: Never" message....I die a lil each time I click...

[Radic]

john ferris - back around 94/95 it was a JJJ mix up. I was just getting into it all and that set really opened the doors to now really.

tsuyoshi suzuki - 2001 Room 680 - psychedelic techno. best shit ever. pity he dosen't mix tracks like that now :(

Dave Clarke - Chevron 2001. The set that changed my life. The techno he was spinning around 2000/2001 was the best shit ever!

[Radic]

I'm no dj but I'll never forget being inspired nonetheless...

who? Jeff Mills

when? Hardware Welcome 2000 NYE

where? Shed 14 the Docks

what? Lucky enough to stand side stage and watch the master throw the same record on 4 decks at once, each record offset by a perfect 16th note, so heard all together you got farkin machine-gun kick. Then Jeffy pulls the faders down in various combinations to change up the kick patterns. 8000 munters go ballistic :rock:

Jaw dropping :-0

r u serious dude. I've never heard anyone do shit like that b4. That's nuts!

[dj deza]

carl cox
2000
sydney big day out

i remember thinking thats the shit

[certifiedwiser]

sadly i dont even remember the name of the DJ, but i was just searching on youtube for awesome battle routines, and found this one guys from the DMC championships. I bought 1200s about a week after.

great story isnt it/

[johnjay]

tiefschwarz in 2006

[trancemuppet]

Paul Van Dyk

Maroubra Seals

Circa 1999

Just started the whole disco biscuit thing and can remember dropping a 1/4 and going nuts. Great crowd the floor was pretty dodgy though with that amount of jumping.

Awesome!

[KuRuPTeD]

Who?
Recycled Loops, Deetron and WetMusik

when?
October 19th, 2002

where?
Public Office Warehouse, Melbourne

what?

WET008

C’mon as if you can walk away from watching Umek and Valentino back to back, deetron working three decks and then melb’s own boys tearing it up live, back when drivng tribal techno was at it’s peak, all in a dirty grimy warehouse environment overlooking a lit up shipping yard and not be inspired!
Ah bless the memories, it’s all I have left hahaha

[rhythmboy]

r u serious dude. I've never heard anyone do shit like that b4. That's nuts!

Serious! Couldn't believe it. Even scarier is the ease at which he did it - his hands barely moved... if dj'ing could be 'graceful' then Jeff epitomised it.

Just as scary was watching Will-e-Tell do the old reverse record trick - stick a post on the turntable, pop the record on top so it floats about an inch off the platter. Then Will sticks the arm underneath, flips the stylus upside down and plays the bottom of the record backwards. On deck 2 he has the same record playing normally forwards.

End result is the two tracks at once, one forwards, one backwards - shoom-kick, shoom-kick...

:hooray:

[KuRuPTeD]

god yes Mills is amazing to watch, his hands constantly working, his mind constantly moving forward ahhhh so envious lol

oh and will e tell was a machine, so many tricks that guy had!

i still hold hope he will play again one day, although last i heard he was no longer in aus?

[KuRuPTeD]

Thread now about WET and Mills circle jerk...

[Eclerkid]

I'm no dj but I'll never forget being inspired nonetheless...

who? Jeff Mills

when? Hardware Welcome 2000 NYE

where? Shed 14 the Docks

what? Lucky enough to stand side stage and watch the master throw the same record on 4 decks at once, each record offset by a perfect 16th note, so heard all together you got farkin machine-gun kick. Then Jeffy pulls the faders down in various combinations to change up the kick patterns. 8000 munters go ballistic :rock:

Jaw dropping :-0
That was one of the best techno sets ever dropped in Melbourne, that, his gigs at Cheveron, WET Musik at stroy hall and Space djs for 6 hours at dome. Ahhhhhhh back when techno had big big balls!!!!!

[leetboy]

back in 98/99 i listened to Wild FM and bought the CDs.

that shit got me hooked but my tastes have significantly progressed since then :D

[sekali]

DJ Shadows Miami Bass mix got me hooked.

Still listen to that set to this day.

[Radic]

That was one of the best techno sets ever dropped in Melbourne, that, his gigs at Cheveron, WET Musik at stroy hall and Space djs for 6 hours at dome. Ahhhhhhh back when techno had big big balls!!!!!

Yeah i was at that space dj's gig right up the front. That set was my mates fav set ever. It was bangin.

[Underdog]

tony humphries, 4 hour set at a Rockshots, on a Thursday in newcastle upon tyne in 1991 - absolutely amazing!

[littlebrains69]

I think the turning point was when I was about 16 or 17 working in a resort bar/kitchen, and the manager had Fat Boy Slims Beach Boutique II playing on the plasma in the bar.

I remember my amazement watching 1 guy playing records to 250,000 people. And I've always loved the horns in his 1st track of the mix: Tim Deluxe - It just won't do.

So I think that's when I took the interest. Then I moved to Brisbane and loved the nightlife and got a job as a mobile (Wedding / School Social) DJ and met a cool guy who introduced me to CDJs etc and him combined with some of the local Brisbane talent got me more and more into it. Brett J, Habebe, Murray Brown, Baby Gee etc.

I think the Beach Boutique DVD was when I first got inspired, but I continue to get inspired every time I go out and see a good DJ, local or international.

[J0rdz]

Gatecrasher Black.
First mixed album i ever listened to - 13yo i think? I was totally astounded. It amazed me that it didn't have any breaks between the tracks. More research into this introduced me to the phenomenon that is DJing :)

[Mad Rooster]

I think the turning point was when I was about 16 or 17 working in a resort bar/kitchen, and the manager had Fat Boy Slims Beach Boutique II playing on the plasma in the bar.

I remember my amazement watching 1 guy playing records to 250,000 people. And I've always loved the horns in his 1st track of the mix: Tim Deluxe - It just won't do.


I was at that gig. Absolute mayhem. It just won't do was being flogged on commercial radio in London at the time. I must say that Fatboy cannot mix for shit. Midfield General warmed up for him and he was the highlight of the evening.

Major eye opening experience being at that event - and not being able to get back to London until 2pm the next day stuck with the dregs of British society. Completely :corey:

[polanski]

DJ Shade

1991

Leeroy's Nightclub Newcastle

Blew my head off etc etc

[ratticus]

who: mu-gen

when: would have been a couple of years ago

where: either click click or eurotrash

what: the fact the guy can play a hundred tracks in an hour, and it all works so well

[Ecosse]

So who did you first see/hear mix and think "fuck yea! i want to be able to do that"




who? Kissy Sell Out

when? 2008

where? Family, Brisbane

what? Electroclash mashup

and I've been trying ever since!

[SilverStreak]

I heard alot of dj's in tracks listenening to the old Just2Def hip hop show on 4zzz in the later 80's. (Eric B, Jazzy Jeff,Scott La Rock, Terminator X, etc etc) but who I actually saw in the flesh.....


who? Dj Angus (RIP)

when? 92 or 93 fuk knows sometime round there

where? Adrenalin 2@ old old Metropolis (Bottom of the myer centre Bris)

what? breakbeat oldschool techno with his scratching over the top

[locky]

Eric prydz set at shorething had to be heard to be believed.