mmmmm, dubstep or happy hardcore?.... no comment...

great britain = england, scotland, wales, and northern ireland

anyone from these countries can claim to be british... this guy is english, and therefore british

just to clear the confusion

woah, more beast than woman...

ok, you win...

but you're still retarded!!!

;)

repost:

BOOYA!!!, got it this time... damn code...

woah, that shut me up...

anyway, you know what they say:

hopefully this damn html code works now...

well, at least we've moved away from the whole 'i'm a better DJ than you' rubbish...

what, are you the forum police now?... am i answering to you?

yes, but it doesn't particularly interest me... sorry

whatever, i don't really care... i was just changing topic to something more interesting... however boring and banal that may be, it can only be more interesting than some dumb 'let's see who's a better DJ competition'... the transformers movie was graphically impressive, but that's about all...

so, anyone watching the rugby world cup?

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so, anyone see the new transformers movie?...

if you put as much effort into schoolyard style internet spats as I put into your mom, then you'd be the undisputed king of the internet..

;)

"the bug - jah war" reminds me of reggie a bit... it's on his myspace page: [ www.myspace.com ] ... the loefah remix of that track is fuckin siiiick, it's on kode9's set at sonar... and speaking of sick, kode9's whole set at sonar this year is off the hook... i've even gone as far as to find the link for you guys: [ www.barefiles.com ] ... this is one set that I can't stop listening to...

incidentally the bug is playing piknik electronik on september 30th...

jack off what now?...

is that a challenge?...

i'll dubstep you back to the last century mothafuckka!!!!

i'll be dubsteppin all ovah you, yo momma, and ya sistah!!!

dude, i've tried to make dubstep, and i failed miserably... lol...

brad, if he likes grime, and sings like that, he's got every right to... dude, you should get over it... the hating is getting a bit much...

also, he's damn good at it - one of the best I've met...

reggie - keep rockin man, I'm rootin for ya...

p.s. have you ever turned your vocal talents to dubstep?

I can really feel the Zen here

polyvalent what now????

a valid point for sure... I do however know a few guys/gals who play great fuckin music (suits my taste anyway) and collect records obessively, and I always enjoy hearing them play...

as for playing the microwave - man, don't knock it... the trick is to make sure that it doesn't overheat - that 'ping' has to come at exactly the right time... all the kids are crazy about that new microwave shit...

I think measuring cocks would probably achieve a better solution to this argument than some mixing competition...

any monkey can mix/beatmatch as far as i'm concerned

what makes a great DJ for me primarily is someone who can introduce me to music that i love... I really don't dig hearing a DJ play tracks i've already heard 10 times... a great DJ puts a lot of time into finding the right music to play... and also presents it in the right way, right tracks, right order, right flow overall...

Making a mess of a mix is a forgiveable offence IMO if the music's good... if it keeps happening, then the DJ probably shouldn't be up there... But claiming you're the best DJ because you can beatmatch perfectly is a little bit ridiculous...

so, arguing about who's a better DJ is kinda pointless, given that music is a matter of taste...

well, the answer from I see is either befriend some promoters, organise your own parties (probably the best approach), play enough to get noticed, and/or try to excel enough to get recognised and get a few gigs... last option is not an easy task, given that there are so many good DJ's out there...

getting gigs in montreal is a hustle, that's why everyone organises their own parties, and those promoters have every right to give their friends a gig if they're DJ's... PARTICULARLY if they're gonna bring a crowd and help to pay for the night...

that's the way it is, you have to work within those parameters... getting frustrated about it will do you no favours at all... I know a few DJs in montreal who play regularly, but only after 3 years of knocking on doors and organising their own shit too...

true, but ya gotta drink a whole lot more water than redbull to die

bottom line: redbull is is nasty shit...

but then, everybody has the right to damage their bodies if they so please...

apparently saying 'such as' makes you sound intelligent these days...

the funniest part for me though is when the host turns to her and says 'thank you very much'... i feel like he's gotta be struggling to hold in the laughter at that point...

egg-fucking-zactly

I repped for redbull in University for a year when it first came out... they brought us to a conference in London, and they practically shoved it down our throats... I don't know exactly how many cans I had, but it was a lot more than 8... in fact, that whole year I had an endless supply of redbull... it's not a nice feeling to be buzzing on that shit... after that weekend, I was pretty ill in my stomach... and the redbull marketing propaganda they fed us also made me sick, it was ridiculous... but thankfully my heart didn't stop...

I haven't touched redbull since i stopped working for them...

apology accepted

of course failures occur in Ireland, just a lot less than here IMO...

that's two times more than would happen in Ireland... I'm not saying it never happens over there, just that I've never heard of it in all my time performing live... microwave ovens or any other appliances don't cause problems to other electrical circuits, point finale... it's not a national pride thing, like i said, i don't care about national pride, canada is a better country in many ways..

and in future, before you tell someone that what they say is retarded, you should consider the fact that they might actually have a point... seriously man, that's pretty rude...

no aggression, but you told me that what i said is one of the most retarded things you've seen in a while, and i found that personally insulting... the reason i know a thing or two about power is because my degree is in electrical engineering...

and actually, canada and the USA use exactly the same power specifications, and their grid is connected... NYC buys a lot of it's power from quebec...

and you cannot compare Ireland and Britain with North America, that's my point i think... it's not patriotism on my behalf, I couldn't care less... it's just fact...

i told you already, my battery on my laptop is perfectly adequate for an hour and a half set... in fact, it could go an hour longer...

seriously man, you're gonna have to lay off with the insults... it's not cool, i'm not pulling facts out of my ass, they have some basis in reality...

have you been to the UK or Ireland?... it's a completely different power system there... all plugs are grounded, and fused, using very sturdy 3 pin plugs, and it's impossible to bend the pins, also each plug uses a circuit breaker to avoid peaks... also, they use completely different voltage and current specifications, and EVERY plug is standardised...

the overall build of plugs, supplies, and terminals is superior... why?... because standards are far more strict in europe... (the same applies to food standards incidentally)... I've never once had power problems in europe, nor heard of anyone who has had those problems, here, it seems to be a prerequisite to have your own supply because of the large number of failures in clubs (you said so yourself)... i've never once heard of a problem like that in Ireland or the UK... not once, and i've been gigging regularly for 15 years...

the reason is because canada and the USA share the same supply... remember about 2 years ago when the whole north east american grid failed?

so, lay off the insults man, there are some things that canada and the US do much better than europeans, but power is not one of them... it's not personal, although you appear to want to make it so...

bear in mind that i'm from ireland, and am used to a reliable source of power... no offence, but canadian power really sucks...

out of curiousity, how do you find out about the venue's power when you're dealing with managers that neither care, nor know in many cases?... and barstaff that look at you like you're a moron when you ask them about their power source... it's great that you were employed by radio canada where it's in the professional realm, and everyone is getting paid to do a specific job, in an efficient way... that's not the realm that many of my gigs have been in though, although some have been... most artists have to deal with less than perfect circumstances, as well as the bigger gigs... when you haven't been trained in this, unfortunately you make mistakes, and that's how you learn... familiarising yourself with the many things that can go wrong takes some time when it's not your job and you're not being paid and trained by someone to know this and you're dealing with barstaff who are not audio professionals...

you getting me?

@databoy:

regarding the power problems, the solution is to play with batteries... I wish I had known it was the power that was fucking my system at the time, but now i do... you learn from adversity...

and the reason i make things complicated is that it's a better set that way... if something is really working well, then i can work with it... it's all about versatility... i don't make my live sets so they can look impressive, i do them so i have enough control over them to optimize how good they sound on the night, with a given audience who react well to some things, and not so well to other things, and a certain type of system which may enhance certain aspects of the set... e.g. if the kick is too low or the snare is getting lost in that particular room, you can adjust each level individually... if a filter sweep/buildup is really getting everyone off, then you want a) control over the length of the filter sweep and b) control over when everything comes crashing back in with a shuddering climax (theoretically) in order to keep building... there are many more examples i can name...

i don't really care about the audio nerdz standing behind me watching everything i do... the balance I have to strike is maximizing versatility without causing system problems (e.g. overloading the buffer).. in the end, i just want everything to sound good...

is that missing the point?...

have you played many live sets?... ever have any problems?

live sets are fuckin stressful man... most clubs are set up for DJ sets... very little goes wrong aside from the needle skipping every now and again..

this year alone i've had the following problems:

- dodgy power supplies blowing my computer, my soundcard, my controller, and all three, happened more than once... fuckin saphir
- doing my soundcheck, everything sounds good, have to take down my stuff to make way for the DJ, set back up under pressure, and plug into the wrong connection - everything sounds like shit for my whole set, and i can't find the problem...
- dealing with plugging into mixers that don't like laptops - plugging into phono = distortion, plugging into line = not enough volume
- overloading the buffer on my computer with the number of samples/FX i'm running... big problems
- a makeshift table for my live set falling off the stage with all my shit on it... nearly destroyed me right there

and that's just this year... i've had many more problems than that... sometimes i wanna just burn mp3's and do it like that, but fuck that... what's the point?

the advantage of doing a live set is that it's 100% original material so you're not really competing with DJ's for space... it opens doors where they might otherwise be shut... the promoters appreciate the fact that it's live, even if half the audience can't tell the difference... also it's interactive... people can see what you do, and see the effect of it, ... and also, when you write a new track, you look forward to playing it out...

funny, i'd agree with both of you... it comes from some of that old eighties stuff in more ways than one... acts like david bowie, joy division, talking heads, eurythmics, pet shop boys, combined with early electrofunk, afrika bambaataa etc etc... they all used elements of what we now call electro... vintage gear is still the best for making electro... but it's stylized in a new way, combining all of these elements to make something that sounds fresh and new - at it's best...

at it's worst, it's background music for fashionistas who'd rather stick half of columbia up their noses and stare at themselves in the mirror than really get into music... it all depends on who the DJ is really...

Hi all

there's a brand new track on my profile [ www.myspace.com ] called liberté... This is more of a dubby techno affair... I wrote all the synth lines and bassline with a korg MS10, a vintage polyphonic synth... a recent acquisition and I have to say, I love the analog warmth off it...

I'm particularly happy with the bass sound which I got using a square wave on the MS10, a low pass filter with low resonance, and a touch of flanger to make it move... i also chopped it up a little and put a ring modulator on some of the chopped up parts...

all feedback welcome as usual

cheers

all this electro dissing aside, there are actually some GOOD electro tracks out there... this thread is dedicated to those tracks... the positive side of electro... robot voices and 8 bit samplers kinda thing...

plenty that I like a lot, but my vote today goes to "afrika bambaata: metal"... it's got all the elements that I like in a quality electro track...

galaksy is my cyber buddy

well, i already told the guy that it's all cool, not to worry etc etc... really, no worries...

sorry, my girlfriend refused to let me pimp her out...

so no sex for you!!!

look forward to it... (rubs fingers gleefully)

nothing wrong with partying when you have kids, as long as you can fit it in... the real question should be, is it possible to fit it in?... personally i don't have kids yet (thank god), but in observing my friends that do have kids, I don't really think it's possible to do it every week... if you're really raging hard, then you won't be capable of doing much the following day, and kids need constant supervision...

if you can arrange it so that the kids have at least one sane and sober adult to look after them at all times, then why not?... but if this is not the case, then the parents are irresponsible...