I say if you're not Carl Cox, just STFU.

only get on the mic to say something you mean, and dont do it just cos you feel you should. you can tell when they are forcing another "you guys are amazing!"- and you can tell when they dont mean it. and chatting in the middle of the set can be a fine line between looking like a douche and actually contributing to your set, I'd say Gaslamp Killer is one of few who can pull it off. Though its always nice to hear a sincere "thank you" after an awesome set- shows respect for your fans :)

i think above and beyond does it the best... with the text msgs on the screen

Love coxxy on the mic. Hate most others. Not the DJ perse but that's a fantastic set from James Zabiela at Diabolika where the MC is continually jumping on and talking shit. Thankfully James does a good job of sampling, filtering and building it into his set.

Carl Cox can do anything. Living. Legend.

Can't stand it when artists do the "make some noise" followed by the typical "I can't hear you" routine. Above & beyond do do it very well. Unless its something funny or interesting- don't wanna hear you.

You serious about lil' Jon? He made the song "yeah" with his endless BS. Saw him before Wu-Tang two years ago.....sad to say his endless bs was a country mile better than the Wu (it really hurts me to say that, honestly)

Fuck MC's off.

MC's are ok if there is a genuine lull in the track being played or to introduce the artist and hype them up etc - but during a melody / big build up - seriously shut the fuck up.

yep anotherr vote for above & beyond!

Carl cox is pro at it

Unless it's Carl Cox, every dj shouldn't bother!

Should DJ's STFU? Should journalists not use text speak? These are the hard hitting questions.

all d'n'b MCs can suck a fat dick, ive never heard one set where ive genuinely thought that overspeed babble has contributed to the set in any way.

maybe Pete Tong and Carl are the only 2 allowed!

And Patrick Lindsay

death to all MCs who aren't in hardcore acts like Ultra-Sonic, Dyewitness etc

and death to all DJs who talk and aren't Carl Cox

shout out to hot girls you want to root only IMO

As a general rule don't do it. Love the way A&B do it, with writing on the screens rather than talking over the music. Apart from that I don't mind Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike doing it. They are hilarious.

MC's ruin (electronic) music. Classic examples is that piece of shit MC Gee at Sensation. Get the fuck off the stage, and the MC that performed with Diplo at the Parklife after party last year, ruined his would-be-incredible set.

Steve Angello does it quite abit. Gotta say I'm a fan of it. Same with Tong, Cox and many others. It's their connection with the fans.

italian mcs are known to yell louder than music, half of the night... those are really nasty.. but 2-3 sentences to start the set, and a couple to end it - why not?

Shureshock or STFU!

Can we get a few of them off the decks while we're at it?

if you're actually a good MC it's okay, but stop telling us where we are and what your name is... we either already know if don't care...

also I dunno about A&B's stuff, sending messages to the audience through visuals sounds cool

but if 90% of the visuals are just the DJ's or venue's name spinning or scrolling past on repeat that sucks

Good Love I kinda dissagree with you, I admit 90% of them distract from the music, you cant even understand might as well (and probably are) just going bab bada bad bada bab let me here u say a drum and *bass* etc. but there are some really incredible dnb MCs out there too- DubFX and Flower Faerie tunes would be empty without MCing, and Tali is just f*king incredible- best dnb "female" MC, but I'd say best dnb MC full stop.

During Sub-Focus's dying set on stage at Coachella this year (if you missed it, he had to reboot his whole show) it was made worse by the dude on the mic trying his best to keep the crowd going... What's with DJ's having that guy on the mic, but not on their recordings? Even Pendulum have someone to "rev up" the crowd.. Lame in my opinion..

oh yes oh yes!!

MCs are like Soundcloud timed comments but in real life


fuck that shit off

Above and Beyond have this nailed - no talk .. just words in time with melody.

"aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw YEAH! how many of y'all know this waaan????"

Oh yes, oh yes! ... only Carl Cox can get away with it :-)

I can't stand Armin's radio voice/style

thank god this topic was brought up. Guetta looked like a flop at creamfields. Apart from his Nova 96.9 set his talk over was that bad that people started boo'ing him. I have seen Above & Beyong 3 times now and everytime i feel emotionaly connected with the music as you have time to read the font, tak e a second to think and then embrace their beautiful melodies.

skrillex tells everyone that "this is a brand new track" But i must say Rusko is hallarious. Even though dubstep is rubbish, he made me laugh, good connection with the crowd.

1 Patrick Lindsay love.

Whoever wrote Shureshock FTW must be joking!

CC should stay off the mic IMO. Especially talking about him in the third person, introducing the biggest legend in techno etc. Respect... lost.

"Get me a smoke, I'm redlining" is acceptable in my book.

so many stick-in-the-muds, WTF???, like carl cox was playing in nightclubs like a vegas fkn retirement home cabaret nostalgia when I was in MY 30'z,&doing my"2nd childhood" in the 90'z catchn'tha "next wave" (ie,"attendances/sales dropping in country of origin,send them to tour Oz) thang,nightclubs that catered for older yuppies THEN,lols,re actual article? i've been into electronica &Scratchn etc since kraftwerk/tangerine fkn dream, GMF&TF5,SHG WuTang,RSC,PE,RDMC,Doom,Fantastic,Atmosphere, etc,but (mostly)Femme DJs in perth in 90's kicked the arses of coxie&chums, without ejaculating a grunt except the occasional Sincerely Joyous or Orgasmic oneas they cut sick Dancing as they spun tha deckz, like it'z a DANCE thang dudes,ya there for PantyDropn DickHarden'n MIXEZ,not for a fkn 3rd party SPORTS COMMENTATOR in your crib,so,unless She SINGS those "to-tha-mix"words (like http://jillianann.bandcamp.com/ for eg.) whilst PLAYING thoze Sampled Beats like Strings&Drums&Elephant Stomps&Ozone/Van-Allen-Belt-Cosmic-Ray-Static PianoGuitar MGF, then save it for tha footy or tha fkn trotting track&GRIND,fwaaaarrrrk, :)