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thing is, when he plays, he actually plays to have fun. he always has this huge smile on his face. he plays for the love of music and I cant think of anything that is more worthy of a DJ
Zabiela was the first DJ I ever went to see, and the always smiling and having a good time was the first thing I noticed about him cause I always see vids and pics of other guys that are always either too wasted or crashed out...
HE rocked Mexico City and then the next day he completley devastated us in Monterrey. He is by FAR the best DJ i've ever seen live. His talents are second to none and in my opinion his track selection was extremeley impressive. I only wish i can see him again live soon cause i was left wanting more.
thanks for the props..!! At least there have been some critisms too to stop my ego exploding!!!
Thanks for all the comments though. Always learning...
James
p.s... I felt my set in Monterrey was not my best so I'm glad you say that you enjoyed it. I was just so tired for that gig (5 gigs in 5 days)! Next time I'll be better I promise...
Basically everbody in the industry makes him out to be this phenominal dj with unbelievale skills and talent. Personally, I just never really liked his taste in music...His dj skills (mixing/effects/ ect ect) are undeniably great but his taste in music I can do without...he is just overhyped by industry people....there are hundreds of unknown djs that deserve respect/praise that dont get it....zabilia gets way to much.
Totally agree with you there. Technically he's brilliant, but when it comes to track selection or programming ... it's kinda like ... He lets the technical aspects overshadow the tunes--sometimes I almsot get the impression he's playing a track for the sole purpose of scratching or doing some efx on it. I preferred his earlier promos when they were more understated before he got so carried away. That said, the recent Four.2 is cool There was also a recent promo cd with meat katie and him, that was sweet too.
The other DJ that springs to mind when talking about Zabiela is Phil K And he definitely doesn't get enough props. Phil K also has a tendency to get carried away on the efx ... hearing him loop a beat and layer efx ontop--nothing else--at 7am in the morning is a bit too much for the head
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Originally posted by Hoff
a powerful and insane mothership that occasionally comes commanded by the real ones .. then suck us and makes us appear in the most magical of all lands
Originally posted by m1sT3rL
Oh. My. God. James absolutely obliterated the island tonight. The last time there was so much destruction, Obi Wan Kenobi had to take a seat on the Falcon after the Death Star said "hi and bye" to Leia's homeworld.
I got pics and video. But I will upload them in the morning. I need to smoke this nice phat joint and just close my eyes and replay the amazingness in my head.
I personaly LOVE his taste in music, I must say he´s one of top 5 djs at the moment, he´s 4.2 promo was just out of this world, by far the best set I have heard this year.
I must agree on Phill K, saw him back in agust in Mexico City (same club zabiela played at) and he played a outstanding set!
No matter if you like his style of not, JZ likes music of various styles that
gets thrown into his musical blender, but not only that he's lifting samples
from films and other forms of media, with a sense of artistry in his sound
that goes beyond mixing. Plus his attitude is just like the rest of us trainspotting
dance music addicted fools, who froth at the mouth and go delierious
whenever they hear a soundsystem pumping out funky ass jams.
Rock on JZ
Originally posted by Shpira
So came back last night...
Sven Vath was amazing...he played a god damn killer set...ended up going to that and came to at like 10 am in some whore house in south Amsterdam...no idea how I ended up there...friday was a bit of a blur got really drunk and visited several parties can't remember a whole lot to be honest hehe...saturday was probably the best day that I recall...started up in the nearest coffee shop and going from party to party...beautiful woman, beer and weed...finished the night by taking some shrooms and listening to an amazing elke kleijn set...sunday...i met a nice girl who worked at one of the coffee shops and ended up talking to her for like 6 hours...was supposed to meet her at some DnB party...but instead went for a steak and walked around red light district bars drinking and smoking...monday took it easy went to a coffee shop and took a taxi to airport....
All in all...I think I will be going back there some time soon
Originally posted by Illuminate
Let me get this straight.
So white-middle class Americans have been told by their Television sets to be fearful of:
1. Mexicans/Latinos from the South bringing drugs and killings n' shit.
2. African Americans cause mos def they are raging a race war and want to occupy America like how the plebs occupied Wall St.
3. Iranians/Afghans/Any one of middle eastern origin to be quite frank, cause you know Islam...
4. North Koreans/Chinese cause you know everything...
I ll be seeing you Saturday in Lausanne for the first time , so i ll come up and say Hi , after all you are one of our members here in MS, best of luck man and see you Saturday .
question: how has jz been playing out live? like what kind of tracks?
my idea of him totally changed after hearing the brilliant 4.2. ive seen him 4-5 times and they've all been fun, but the scartching the fx sometimes became overwhelming. it was so refreshing to hear 4.2 minus the scratching and cutting.
i would of agreed with who ever said he was overrated, but after 4.2, i don't think that is a fair statement anymore.
He lets the technical aspects overshadow the tunes--sometimes I almsot get the impression he's playing a track for the sole purpose of scratching or doing some efx on it.
^^^^^^^ I agree
he can play some good breakbeat though
I enjoy JZ as one of my fav's to listen to because he can play such a diverse selection of tracks and make it all sound incredible. He also has an uncanny ability to get the crowd groovin to the beats. Just seein him up on the turntables havin a great time...that really gets people goin!
Prolly my fav set is the Essential mix...not sure which one, but it has the Vanilla Sky sound bytes...and some incredible tracks.
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At least there have been some critisms too to stop my ego exploding!!! 
He lets the technical aspects overshadow the tunes--sometimes I almsot get the impression he's playing a track for the sole purpose of scratching or doing some efx on it. I preferred his earlier promos when they were more understated before he got so carried away. That said, the recent Four.2 is cool 
There was also a recent promo cd with meat katie and him, that was sweet too.
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