DJs you dont get

[floridaorange]

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If I hear another 130 bpm bongo tribal prog track with some sample of a Middle Eastern woman wailing during the breakdown, I'm going to fucking scream.

^This is signature worthy!

[fatalfelix]

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DJ Tiesto

He used to play and make very nice stuff (Obsession, Suburban Train etc.), but when the big crowd reached him after Flight 643 he lost it and went for the money .

[Dhar_2]

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WEDDING DJ'S,they play music old people try and dance to,even if they knew wot it was when they were young

well everyones got a target market!

[Haziel]

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but usually wedding djs are Mcs .

[coliver1980]

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Paul van Dyk

[chunky]

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Paul van Dyk

This bloke cant mix, cant program, bizarrely has the ability to make brilliant records sound crap. If you listen to the 1999-06-18 - Nikita, San Francisco set of his. He plays some records Sasha was playing at the time. They sounded mediocre when PVD played them and amazing when Sasha played them.

I think Dave Haslem said it all in his book Adventures On The Wheels Of Steel (The Rise Of The Superstar Djs). Dave did an interview with Paul and went on to one of his gigs afterwards. His records where played in no particular order, he'd play the wrong side if the records accidentally, and didn't really have a clue.

[floridaorange]

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^ Somebody evidently thought van dyke was talented

Awards

1999 DJ Mag Music Maker[19]
1999 Best International DJ
1999 Best international Award
1999 man of the year by Mixmag
1999 Leader of the Trance Nation
2003 Best European DJ (Miami Winter Music Conference 2003)
2003 second best trance track Paul Van Dyk - Nothing But You
2004 America’s Favorite DJ
2004 Best International DJ
2004 Best Event
2004 Best Music in a Commercial (Motorola)
2004 Mexican Oscar for his soundtrack in the film “Zurdo”
2004 Best Music Maker" by DJ magazine
2004 big winner at the Dancestar Awards
2005 WMC 2005 best track house progressive/trance: Nothing but You (Paul Van Dyk)
2005 WMC 2005 best international dj
2005 America’s Favorite DJ
2005 best dj for Dance/Electronic Album for his original album Reflections
2005 the International Dance Music Award (IDMA) for Best Euro DJ.
2005 DJ Mag No 1 DJ
2005 Best Producer Trance Awards
2005 Best Global DJ Trance Awards
2006 Best Global DJ (Miami Winter Music Conference 2006)
2006 Best record label VANDIT>
2006 Best Producer (Miami Winter Music Conference 2006)
2006 Best Global DJ, Best NuNRG/Euro Track
2006 DJ Mag No 1 DJ
2006 Best Global DJ Trance Awards
2006 Best Producer
2006 Best Mix Compilation for The Politics of Dancing 2
2006 Cross Of Merit From The City Of Berlin
2006 Best HI NRG / Euro Track for "The Other Side" (Miami Winter Music Conference 2006)
2006 B.Z.-Kulturpreis 2006
2007 Best Ortofon European DJ (Miami Winter Music Conference 2007)
2007 Best dj by trance awards
2007 Best producer by trance awards
2007 Best label vandit by trance awards
2007 2nd Best Remixer by trance awards
2007 3rd Best live act by trance awards
2007 2nd best resident by trance awards
2007 Best club night CREAM,ibiza by trance awards
2007 Best album In Between by trance awards
2007 3rd Best radio show vonyc by trance awards
2007 5th Best website by trance awards
his regular 6 hour set at “Gatecrasher” was voted as the "second best club night ever"
Best international DJ by the ministry of sound
Best international DJ by Musik Berlin, Zürich, Amsterdam, Londres, Paris, Milan, New-York, Mexico, Singapore

[ddr]

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Luke Fair
Steve Porter
Martin Garcia


I think I have downloaded every live set from these three and have tossed them out because I just cannot get into them. Tons and tons of people get them but I just don't.... I know if I saw them live it would be different but in-house, volume cranked up... nothing happens.

[chunky]

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^ Somebody evidently thought van dyke was talented

his regular 6 hour set at “Gatecrasher” was voted as the "second best club night ever"

You could compile a list like that for most of the popular DJ's

Them 6 hour sets at Gatecrasher where shite. His sets didn't build or flow at all. He would play some of the same records 2 or 3 times in a night. It seemed to me that as long as he was banging it out hard everyone was happy.

[hambino21]

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Steve Porter I know if I saw them live it would be different but in-house, volume cranked up... nothing happens.

Yeah, The reason I gove Steve Porter props is becasue of his set he spun in Miami at the State back in 2006 I think it was. That dude proved to me that he is on his own plane when it comes to DJ'ng. The whole place was blown away!!! I have never heard a set like that since. I agree that most of the sets that have come out since were just average, but that night was unforgettable. Hell even Digweed was there that night, and featured him on his Transitions show 2 weeks or so later. Insane set!

[DiGiTaLfUnK]

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For me it'd be:

James Holden-I loved him in the past, but I don't get his recent productions. It's just too "out" there for me maybe? Not sure. o.O
Joris Voorn-I still don't get the hype.
Deadmau5-No comment.

That's all that comes to mind at the moment!

[simonr]

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LOL ... missed this thread while I was in ibiza - at least Sasha hasn't had the usual bashing people dish out.

What I can't understand that if people say they haven't liked what Diggers has played for the last 7 x years, then why bother to still listen to him and criticise ?

2002 was Bedrock's 4th Birthday ... it's the 11th this year - so get over it !

I would say he's been diverse over the years and always gone for new music - can't see why staying loyal to Charlie May is a bad thing ... his productions are still bloody good.

For my part Lee Burridge has bored me senseless every time I've seen him. Also Zabiela was a lot easier to listen to live when he was a warm up DJ and playing obscure b sides - but he is still a talent. I'm not a fan of Fanciulli at all either.

I've really never been able to get into the minimal sound or what passes for the fabric sound ... plus anything approaching electro makes my stomach churn.

[|Thrax|]

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James Holden
Absolutely do not get, I could never get into his Balance either...
I could go on and on...

but on the other hand
sky was pink and outhouse mixes are absolutely epic

[Nigel Harkness]

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Steve Porter is someone that you have to see live to understand, he will blow you away live! When you listen to his live sets you have to have seen him enough to understand what he is doing live. It is a nonstop booty-shaking mix of music and he mixes all genres seamlessly.

[floridaorange]

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What I can't understand that if people say they haven't liked what Diggers has played for the last 7 x years, then why bother to still listen to him and criticise ?

very true.