This week, Panasonic announced the official return of the Technics SL-1200 turntable, both as a SL-1200G “regular” model, and a limited-run, (1,200 to be produced), SL-1200GAE model. There are some minor improvements to the drive mechanism compared to the previous generation models, but in all, it’s basically the same turntable. To purists, that’s not necessarily a bad...
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Read MoreAs the cost of entry on the software and equipment to DJ with video decreases, it seems more and more VDJ’s are popping up. It’s one of those things that is kinda cool, and bar and club owners are impressed with it. Suddenly, you get dance clubs that only want VDJ’s and turn away DJ’s that rock dancefloors because they aren’t set-up for it (e.g. me). Some may...
Read MoreDJ Epic and I have developed a new DJ night at Club Viva in the Central West end. SubVersion Wednesdays at club Viva represent an exciting opportunity to do away with the mainstream nonsense being played on commercial radio, and to introduce new and interesting sub-genres of dance, electronic, and hip-hop music. Lately, I have been following a lot of DJ’s such as Flosstradamus, Bro...
Read MoreToday, I was time-wasting as usual on my Facebook news feed, when I saw a DJ friend of mine “liked” a video. It was a video of Grandmaster Jay, hip-hop pioneer, endorsing and even putting his name on “Grandmaster Beamz.” In the ridiculous video, Jay effectively plagiarizes a famous routine by DJ legend Jazzy Jeff. He had removed the video, but we all know things on the...
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